#When we returned, the family was ruined (277)
After Theron’s fresh propaganda.
When Ethan once again declared that there was no problem in using the items given to him, the trend of using items such as bombs without hesitation began to spread among executives.
It was also what Ethan wanted. Even if a knight pursues fairness, it does not mean that he does not use such items at all.
What do you do in search of justice after death?
Moreover, the way that using a sword is justice and using a bomb is not justice was just a ridiculous standard in his opinion. After all, the dead are silent.
Moreover, the executives gathered here were not even knights but intelligence agents. They are talented people who must survive and pass on information, even if it means using all sorts of items.
Within a day after this fact was made public, various types of attacks began to appear. Shooting poisonous needles was just a form of cuteness.
Things like planting a lot of bombs under the ground and detonating them, using magic restraints, or using potions that increase physical abilities.
Each was beginning to freely utilize attack methods appropriate to their positions as intelligence agents and assassins.
Thanks to this, Ethan also had to maintain tension every time he sparred with executives. Didn’t he almost get hit directly by the bomb that Theron used? Of course, because of the difference in level, a direct hit would not have resulted in fatal injuries, but if it had been an assassin of the same level.
He must have suffered serious injuries. This was a good wake-up call for Ethan as well. Because the difference in level was so great, it was true that I was subconsciously letting my guard down while teaching sparring.
Because of that, I ended up receiving an unexpected blow from my younger brother.
‘It’s not like I’m immortal like some kind of god.’
Plus, you can’t know what’s going on in the world even an inch ahead.
Perhaps there was an underlying sense of pride due to the rapid increase in skill that he had recently experienced.
‘You can’t say no.’
Ethan clearly admitted. Actually, it was. Unlike his previous life, now at the age of 20, he has reached a fairly high level among transcendents, and if he uses all his skills to the limit, he is not at a level where he can be helplessly defeated by the Absolute.
If you were to face off against your past self, a tense fight would ensue.
In terms of the number of times you can vibrate mana, your past life self with training time and a higher mana amount will be ahead, but your current life self will have Yonginhwa, a technology system that did not exist before.
Not only that, the speed at which the dragons were exterminated was overwhelmingly faster. In my previous life, I was able to hunt down the ruler for the first time only 7 years after the war began.
but now?
At most, a little over a year after they returned, they had hunted down two rulers who had advanced in skill by colluding with humans.
Even with the memories from before returning, it was clear that the speed was amazing. This was the reason why I could not deny that I was implicitly conceited.
‘There was definitely that aspect to it.’
This was revealed to its extreme in Dalian. Because I received an unexpected blow from my younger brother, who had at best reached the level of a superhuman.
‘There’s still a long way to go, and I… I guess my discipline was lacking.’
Ethan laughed bitterly.
In the end, being careless is just a shortcut to the afterlife.
Just being aware of this fact once again made the week-long guidance period worth it.
After maximizing the power of the Black Society for a week, I headed to the duchy with Theron. It wasn’t a move made publicly. It was because Theron didn’t want it.
El Dorado.
It was one of the largest teahouses in the outer castle. After making him sit there, I called Elena and Myers. Upon hearing the news that Theron had arrived, two people ran, leaving everything aside. The two faces brightened as they entered the golden scent.
Especially Elena’s face.
“Theron! how have you been?”
She came running on socks and squeezed Theron’s hand. Soon, her eyes turned red as she meticulously examined her hands.
“Why are your hands so rough? “Was it that hard to work there?”
“…It’s not that hard. “Everyone else is doing it too, so why not?”
Theron, who was shaking his hand awkwardly, said.
“…How is your sister doing?”
“I’m always doing well. So I was worried all the time. You’ve only heard the name of an intelligence agent, but you should know the details of what they do. “Even if I ask Sylvia, she won’t even tell me…”
Elena swallowed her saliva and asked.
“…But you’re not asking me to do anything too dangerous, right?”
“…It’s still a probationary period. I’ve never taken on any particularly dangerous work. And I know that my life is a waste, so you don’t have to worry too much. “What kind of kid am I?”
“So, is your child an adult? “How can someone who isn’t even 20 years old try to act like an adult?”
Elena answered pointedly and looked at Ethan.
“Please make sure he doesn’t get hurt, okay?”
“Oh, my sister won’t have anything to worry about.”
“…No bro!”
Theron, with wide eyes, immediately tried to interrupt the conversation. The reason was simple.
My sister’s request was a kind of request. Since we are related by blood, please take good care of us. Theron knew best how disgusting something like that was. I lived in Kingdom 7 for a day or two.
The sons who were recognized as official successors paid attention to their appearance and made efforts to be recognized by their retainers.
However, not everyone behaved that way. It was not uncommon for the character to appear under the auspicious sign. Children of high-ranking noble families who, just by virtue of their birth, take a much easier and more comfortable path than others, do not try to hide their arrogant nature, and spend their whole lives enjoying favor. To exaggerate a bit, Elena’s request was no different from asking someone to make herself like that.
Still, I could understand my sister making such a request.
Because he was someone who cared very much for his younger siblings from the beginning.
Of course, he showed his love especially to his eldest brother, who was the mainstay of the family, but that did not mean that he did not love his other younger brothers. So let’s say that could be the case.
But I didn’t know that even my eldest brother would immediately nod his head to such a request. Didn’t his eldest brother understand how he entered the black society and became an intelligence agent?
It is atonement for the family. If, as a member of the group, he maintained his life by only taking on easy and comfortable tasks, he would only be causing trouble to Ardan. Think about it.
Do other executives want to take on dangerous missions?
No matter how loyal a person is, there will be a desire to take on missions that are not dangerous and easy.
There are many people who are not single and have families to support. He immediately tried to say something contrary to his brother’s words. However, I could not help but be dumbfounded by the next words.
“This guy has become quite strong.”
It was just one word, but it was short yet contained deep content. While he was silent at the unexpected remark, his eldest brother continued.
“No matter what mission you undertake, you will most likely come back alive.”
“…Really?”
“Why don’t I lie to my sister?”
“That’s true, but…”
Elena’s eyes were filled with curiosity as she wiggled her fingers.
“How strong is it? “Are you sure you’re stronger than the knight commander?”
“hmm. “If this guy surprises Nerian first, the odds of winning will be about 50%, right?”
“really? “You’re that strong?”
Elena’s eyes widened.
Nerian, the leader of the Dragon Slayer Order. As the leader, he was a man of great power who was known to have no rival in the duchy, except for Ethan. It was known that that state had reached the edge of superhumanity.
I can guarantee that an expert of his caliber will have half the chance of winning.
Although there was a premise that they would attack first, it was something that did not reach Elena’s ears.
I was only surprised that my odds of winning in a match against the knight commander were 50/50, and on the other hand, I felt proud.
Elena wasn’t the only one surprised.
Myers, who had been quietly listening to the conversation next to his sister after her death, had been wide-eyed for a long time.
‘The little brother was that strong?’
Unlike his sister, who had an abstract idea of Nerian’s strength, he knew very well how strong the knight commander was as he was with him all year round.
As Myers was a direct blood relative of Ardan, he had learned the arcane skills passed down in the family from Ethan.
Despite this, he was unable to gain the upper hand in the sparring match with Nerian. This was because their levels were similar to each other as superhumans, and Nerian’s skill in Yonginhwa was more sophisticated than his. When you give your all, the odds of winning are about 6:4.
It was 40% on my side.
But what about the little brother?
It’s actually half and half. Of course, there was the premise that it was a surprise attack, but even taking that into account, the result was still surprising. Just a few months ago, didn’t he come back from a faint and end up in bed like when his eldest brother collapsed? Moreover, I heard from the older brother that in the process of purifying the younger brother, more than 80% of the younger brother’s mana was lost.
‘If what my eldest brother said is true…’
Theron had completely recovered in less than half a year.
So it’s bound to be surprising.
In the past, if I had been a childish person who hung out with gangsters and drank together, I would have smiled and immediately congratulated him.
It was different now that I had been appointed as the deputy commander of the Dragon Slayer Corps.
My insides were burning hot.
That feeling was a heated competitive spirit. He was appointed as the deputy commander of the cavalry division and had been concentrating on training. One unfortunate fact was that there were few opponents in the duchy that could be called rivals.
At most, the eldest brother, the head of the family, and Nerian, the knight commander. Excluding these two, there were no knights who could receive his sword.
But now.
One more enemy has appeared.
I wanted to cross swords with my little brother right now.
“Are you sure bro?”
“what.”
“That the little brother is that strong.”
“If you are surprised first, you will lose by more than 80%. “If we meet from the front… I guess that’s even half the odds.”
“okay? “Good.”
Myers said, looking at Theron with burning eyes.
“It’s been a while since the brothers met each other in good health. Wouldn’t it be sad if we just let it go? “You think so too, little brother, right?”
“You want to hang out with me?”
“uh. “It looks like fun. What do you think?”
“The guy who used to have a prickly nose has grown a lot?”
“You have to grow up a lot. “It’s been a few years since my brother left.”
The image of her youngest child that Theron remembers most was when she was a child. When he surrendered himself to 7th Street, he cried and begged me not to go, holding on to the leg of his pants.
When I woke up in the Dukedom’s bed, I didn’t know much because I didn’t have much conversation because I felt guilty.
I can see it now.
The fact that the youngest, who I thought was just young, has now grown into a full-fledged knight. Theron smiled and nodded.
“Yes, we need to sort out the rankings. “Would you like to see the youngest guy’s skills?”
“It’s what I hoped for.”
The two brothers’ eyes burned.