Chapter 282
Chapter 282: The repute of a genius
At the Garden House in the northern part of the city, lush palm trees filled the structure that was suffused with the fresh feeling of spring. The garden had been arranged in an exquisite fashion, with all sorts of flowers emitting pleasant fragrances, and had been planted in the surroundings. Several maids moved carefully amongst the flowers, watering and pruning them.
First prince Charles was squinting as he conversed with a crude-looking man on a soft patch of grass. The latter had two criss cross scars on his neck, was a meter and seventy five centimeters tall, and looked very sturdy with his brawny arms and legs. His eyes glinted with a brutal, beastly light.
“Mister Leah, olou shouldn’t have challenged those three great swordmasters as soon as you arrived. You’ve just arrived here from the Brut Merchant Alliance after all, and our nation is prejudiced against foreigners. If my father finds out that you’re one of my people, this could affect his impression of me.” Charles frowned with displeasure, clearly irritated by Leah Cain’s unauthorized acts.
Leah Cain leered and chuckled, saying brazenly, “Your Highness first prince, although I’ve joined your banner upon arriving in the Lancelot Empire, I don’t have to listen to you for all matters. I am a swordsman first and foremost. Since I’ve come all the way to the Lancelot Empire, I will challenge the local experts as according to my habits. How else will I be able to improve my skills?”
Damn it, what a brute! Why don’t you go challenge Karel Ascot if you’ve the balls to! Let’s see how horribly you die then! Charles cursed inwardly, his expression darkening even further. He turned to Leah Cain, “Let’s just drop this matter. I hope you tell me before you do anything like this next time. Do you remember the Bryan whom I mentioned to you? The one I wanted you to help me kill?”
Leah Cain blanked momentarily, then nodded. “Oh, the kid with the strange techniques that you mentioned last time? What? Has he appeared in Ossen City? Do you want me to kill him today?”
Shaking his head ruefully, Charles said, “The situation is different now. Bryan’s reputations has greatly increased over the past couple of days during his leave of absence from Ossen City. His reputation has grown greatly after challenging these experts, and now, word on the street is that he’s returned to challenge you.”
“After this news was released, all of the nobles and experts within Ossen City began paying close attention to this. You’ve been training in the Garden House, so you may not have been aware of this, but even my father is interested in this matter now. It’s no longer appropriate for you to kill him secretly. What I mean for you to do is why not go and challenge him directly then kill him in that way? No one will be able to say anything about this then. What do you think?”
“No! Absolutely not! Who am I? I’m Leah Cain! How can I lower myself to challenge this unweaned brat? Hmph, I’d welcome it if he challenged me, but I’d never go to the door of an infamous kid just to challenge him!” Leah Cain rejected this suggestion soundly, with no room for discussion.
There had been several mages in the center of the knights, who were now revealed due to the knights spreading out. The mages in the Magic Corps of the Northern Guard were all journeyman or adept mages. There was only one thunder archmage. Boris had told him before the mission had started that he was to listen to Han Shuo’s commands.
Some of them had been unruly and rebellious at first, but when Boris told them of Han Shuo’s identity, all of became docile and didn’t dare to not listen to Han Shuo’s commands.
Han Shuo had traversed half of the Lancelot Empire in the past few days, challenging villains with infamous reputation. They’d all been killed on the spot, and that kind of violent, ruthless method made Han Shuo’s evil prestige come to life. The group of mages in front of him had all quieted down afterwards.
Someone who could kill numerous experts was someone that they couldn’t afford to antagonize, not to mention that he had full control over the team from the commander of the Northern Guards. They would be foolish as to provoke Han Shuo.
“Alright, all of you find your positions. It’s best to stay in between the knights. Listen to my orders afterwards and attack with the strongest spells you’ve got!” Han Shuo flicked a glance over the thunder archmage and gave his orders.
“Understood, Sir Bryan!” The thunder archmage said respectfully with a nod. He wasn’t angry at all about Han Shuo taking his position as the commander of the Magic Corps.