"Let's have a duel then... I will prove my words with my sword..."
Reus said this with a confident look over his face, others also seemed to be getting affected by that overwhelming charisma but Klaus...
'The heck is wrong with his logic, what does the words have to do with sword and magic, is that twisted thought process of muscle head people...
Isn't it just another way of saying the one with a stronger sword holds more weight in his words?
Klaus seemed to be exploding with this kind of thought process but at the end he also just sighed and said
"Looks like 'Leaf Dawn' will have to delay their adventurers a bit more, Sania prepares for the dueling area..."
Sania nodded and left the place without any questions, except Reus, others seemed to have perfectly understood their situation
'God Damnit... Another waiting days now...'
In just few short minutes the place for duel was ready, Sania brought them to the dueling area
Reus was equipped with just a few light guards on top of his clothing and his usual dark sword, while on other hand Klaus was only wearing a white noble shirt and his pants without any kind of gaurd or weapon
Others from Reus's party were standing on the sidelines, beyond the boundary of the dueling area along with other adventurers who have gathered there
"I'm sorry but keeping out all the adventures was a little tough, they were excited to see you again after months..."
Sania said with a little nervous face, Klaus just nodded and did a little warm up of his hands and feet and said
"No problem at all, this might actually work as a good promotion event for 'Leaf Dawn' adventurer party..."
Sania nodded and returned back to sidelines near others from Leaf Dawn party
A middle aged man who looked a little tough and rough with few scars over his face came out as the referee and looked at both sides
"Start!!!"
After gaining the agreement from both sides he gave the signal and immediately left the place within a moment
And just as he left the dueling area Reus immediately dashed at Klaus with his dark sharp edged sword
Klaus also dashed towards Reus but unlike Reus he didn't seem resolute or bright for the excitement in battle
He was just confident, his overwhelming confidence was putting pressure all over the dueling ground
He moved just like a lord with absolute lord control over his grounds
"You should not look down too much over your opponents!!!"
Reus moved his sword with immense strength and speed forming a crescent moon like arc which was coming towards Klaus coldly
Klaus just smashed his blunt fist over the crescent cut destroying it completely and said
"I don't need to look up when my opponents are like you..."
Klaus seemed to be holding back a lot!!! He can crush the whole area with that fist if he wanted but
'It seems like I protected Reus too much, his strength grew but his arrogance also seems to be approaching peak
He needs to mature faster, for that he needs to see the wall and... I'm that wall!!!'
Reus was still rushing towards Klaus with resolute strong face and this time he struck Klaus's hands with his bare sword directly
But this strike was also blocked by Klaus like it was child's play, Klaus's raw skin was tough enough to not even get a scratch even after getting hit by Reus's sword directly
"Wha;?"
Reus and every other being present there was surprised by this scene, Klaus just grinned and a curved kick landed right on Reus's face sending him crashing to ground
"What was that!?!"
"How did he even do that!?"
"Blocking a blade with new skin..."
"That kick was quite something!"
The adventurers present there were also very shocked by Klaus and praised Klaus but Reus's party seemed more worried about Reus after taking a kick right into his face
"Caugh!"
Reus stood back wiping the blood leaking from his face and looked back at Klaus in a little aggressive tone
"I will definitely prove myself here!!!"
Reus shouted and once again rushed at Klaus with his sword and on his way Reus released dozens of crescent cuts towards Klaus
But Klaus dodged almost all of them and destroyed a few but this created a lot of dust around Klaus
'Got him!!!'
Reus seeing this grinned and suddenly appeared behind Klaus with shining eyes and sword
But just as he was on air Klaus suddenly turned his eyes towards him that were shining brightly in blue golden light
"Too naive..."
Klaus muttered and his first kick landed on Reus stomach powerful enough to make Reus forget breathing for next few seconds
Next Klaus caught Reus's shoulders and crushed his face with his own knees and then Klaus grabbed Reus's right elbow and wrist
And smashed Reus right beside him to ground creating a big caterer there
"Caugh! Caugh! Caugh! Uwah!!!"
Reus somehow stood back like a zombie and groaned from the immense pain he was feeling
Klaus seeing this decided to taunt Reus again "Enough? Now return on your way, you can't even take pain and dare to talk about justice for others..."
Klaus clearly made a face that seemed to look down at Reus, Reus gritted his teeth and once again dashed at Klaus,
The pressure and aura this time seemed much more stronger and violent that the past, but seeing this
Klaus grinned and suddenly appeared in front of Reus with his fist covered in purple lightning
The clouds in air also seemed to have purple thunder on them
Next moment along with Klaus's fist the thunder from clouds also rushed at Reus
"Kuaaacckk!!!"
But Reus somehow managed to block both the fist and thunder with the help of his dark sword
Reus looked at Klaus with a horrified gaze but the only thing that changed was the amount of grin over Klaus's face
Next another fist touched Reus's chest from the bottom sending him crashing to ground quite far away
"Did you see anything?"
"It was fast..."
"I just saw a blurred image between him and the lord..."
"The Lord is amazing!!!"
Reus seemed to have lost almost all his consciousness right there, his body was still breathing but he clearly didn't seem to be in condition to move anymore
But Klaus still kept looking at Reus with shining eyes, Sam and others tried to enter the duel hall but Sania stopped all of them with a gesture
"What? Isn't the duel over!?"
"What is left now?"
"But that black haired guy was strong too..."
"Yeah, even I don't have confidence to defeat him!"
The adventurers started discussing things but suddenly Reus's fingers started moving and the shadow beneath him seemed to move too
'Finally! Plot fight!'
Klaus grinned seeing this and next moment Reus stood back with loose hands grabbing his sword like a complete zombie
And this time his ability and all overall abilities seemed to have boosted by a lot
In just a flash Reus arrived right in front of Klaus with his sword, he struck Klaus with his sword
But this strike was still avoided easily by Klaus, Reus kept making various strikes and Klaus kept dodging
But as time passed it seemed like Reus's strike was also getting stronger and stronger
The slashes made by his sword had started leaving marks over ground,
But even then it is a basic thing and common knowledge that no matter how powerful a strike is it won't work on someone or something that can't be touched
Klaus was just dodging all the strikes made by Reus with almost no look of struggle over his face
"Hey... Don't you think the lord is starting loose now?"
"Why isn't it attacking?"
"Is his mana finished!?"
"That guy is just too strong..."
The newbie and immature adventurers suddenly started thinking that Klaus was the one losing
But the experienced veterans knew that duel ground was just a chess ground of Klaus and Klaus had thousands of different ways to finish off Reus in a matter of seconds
'Lord Brahm... He's just playing with that kid... The skills and abilities of an SSS Rank is really beyond our comprehension...'
The same man who announced the beginning of the duel seemed to be one of veterans and elite that understood the situation really fast
The eyes of elite and veterans were focused completely over Klaus, they didn't miss a single moment
And almost forgot to even blink at current state and as the match was going more and more intense
Suddenly Reus tried to pierce his sword into Klaus's chest but this strike was caught by Klaus
Klaus just needed to move a little more to the side and as Reus's sword passed right besides his chest Klaus caught his sword with his arm
But next Reus's other fist suddenly rushed at Klaus's face from the bottom,
'This time definitely! I got him for sure!!!'
Just as Reus was thinking that a grin appeared over Klaus's face and...
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Reus's other fist suddenly rushed at Klaus's face from the bottom,
'This time definitely! I got him for sure!!!'
Just as Reus was thinking that a grin appeared over Klaus's face and Klaus blocked the fist with his knees
"Now what?"
Klaus asked with a grin over his face, but Reus didn't seemed to be over just yet and Reus replied
"Now... the end..."
As he said that suddenly another sword rushed towards Klaus from Reus's shadows
Reus seemed to have a lot of expectations with this strike but only word came from Klaus's mouth
"Dumb..."
Klaus just moved to a little right with his head and the sword that came from Reus's shadows completely missed Klaus and went up in air
But next moment the sword returned back towards Klaus's head but the match had already been decided till now
Klaus just moved Reus's body above his own body and the next thing that happened was Reus's own shadow sword stopping just barely a few inches behind Reus's own head
The whole shadow sword and Reus was bound tightly by a silvery white chain that seemed to be coming out from a void
Reus had no end to his surprise right now as next moment Klaus looked back at him with shining cold blue eyes and said
"Then have a goodnight!"
Klaus's fist struck Reus's guts and this time Reus had no way to remain conscious again, during this whole duel Reus was beaten like a dog by Klaus despite being the protagonist
Sam and others immediately arrived to Reus and Yumiko shouted at Klaus "You didn't have to be so hard on him Klaus!!!"
'Guess the friendship is really isn't as good as love...'
Klaus thought while looking at raged face of Yumiko, other seemed to be confused over their own thoughts right now
[Lol, the 'Hero' became a 'Villain' 🤣🤣]
Apollo also seemed to be having fun but next moment Klaus also turned to her and a barrier of mana covered Klaus and Reus's party to stop the voices from leaking out and Klaus said
"I can do whatever the heck I want, don't forget the Duke and the one with highest authority over adventurers is still me
In every way, I have the right to bring my best friend on the right path and you should know this better and if you want him to be treated better
Then you should have treated him better ... from the day I left the only thing you have given him is problems...
From taking care of all crimes over Captial at age where he should have enjoyed his life to even dragging him to base of cultists to risk his life, every hecking problem was given to Reus by you and only you
And at that time when 'you' wanted to be righteous and give a little girl justice when Reus was trying to find better way
You decided to intervene and dragged Reus down with you and immensely offended a Count when you yourself don't even have a status of Viscountess to stand there
Have you ever imagined what you were going to do if I couldn't help you there, do you even know how many people I have made enemies of trying to help you all who are basically going around in noble society offending every second one of them
Do you even have an idea that before getting sponsored by even the least major holder the adventure party needs to be ranked in the top 7 and 'Leaf Dawn' isn't even in top 1000
You have no idea of how much trouble I'm going through just to push you all higher just to hear this bullshit of being righteous and man of justice
I'm telling you again don't act righteous if you don't even have any strength to protect yourself, this is me saying this to you as a friend not a lord and
You don't even have a clue of how much he already has over his shoulders, now don't give him the burden of world safety too
That role is mine and only mine! And nobody is going to take that from me!"
Klaus's expression seemed extremely sharp and true, everyone present there felt like the beast inside Klaus had been released
Next Klaus suddenly disappeared in air leaving Reus and others alone there, Sam, Ariana and Anna seemed to still holding their grounds
But Yumiko immediately knelt to ground, tears flowing down from her eyes with immense realisation of her actions till now
"What have I done... All the time, I was the one burdening Reus with my own thoughts... I'm such a nuisance..."
Back at Klaus's mansion
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Klaus was walking towards his office with a expressionless face while Apollo was looking at him with blunt eyes
[You are such a great actor, I never knew!!!]
'I know right!!!'
Suddenly both Klaus and Apollo started beaming with brightness and gave each other a fist bump
[What the heck was that about offending people ahahahahahaha!!! They are afraid of offending you! Haha! And you told them you were having problems by offending others!!!
How can a dragon be afraid of mere rats getting angry over him and in first place who will even dare to get offended hahaha!!!]
Apollo grabbed his stomach tightly laughing like a maniac, Klaus also arrived back to his office and started laughing
"Damn! I think I went too hard there! Hahaha!"
[And-and that one about being Hero!?! Aren't you just telling them to lay down and don't go around causing trouble with your name?]
"Haha! Isn't this better way of saying that!?!"
Klaus also grabbed his stomach while laughing on his sofa, Apollo suddenly took out a mustache and said
[What was that about rules of Guild, you are basically owner of whole adventures guild with more than 50% shares, you can just make new rules!
Ahahahahahaha! Why did you say it in a way that made it feel so wrong!? Hahaha]
"Ah... Ah... Ahahahahahaha.... I can't my stomach hurts... Hahahaha!!!"
Both Klaus and Apollo kept laughing like maniacs, the Klaus's subordinates that passed by the office looked at Klaus's office with weird face
"Is he on drugs now?"
"Weirdo Klaus..."
"He might have finally lost it there!"
The fairies also commented while making their way back to Elena with a lot of snacks over their hands
Finally after few dozen minutes the things calmed down and Klaus and Apollo returned to sanity again and Apollo asked
[But isn't it wrong to just dump all blame to Yumiko?]
Klaus also turned a little serious and said "Yumiko is practically innocent, she was just a plot character designed to trigger plot for Reus, it is just like saying this was her destiny
But with this she will grow a lot so it is not a total loss, all of them will act more mature now and will think a lot before dragging Reus into such matters
Right now the only thing Reus needs to do is grow stronger and unnecessary plots are not needed here
Those guys will also work as walls for Reus to not go around triggering traps for himself too, it is a win win situation
And at that moment I also announced them as my friends, this will practically extinguish their all problems while being here for a year at least and that is enough!"
Klaus looked a lot mature and a man with high insight as he looked far in distance with a golden glow at centre of his eyes
But just as this was going on Klaus suddenly noticed a change over the space and next moment suddenly Seraphim and Lilith walked out of thin space to Klaus's office
"Waah~ Klaus been a while!!! Did you miss me!?"
As always Seraphim seemed to be carefree and immediately went to Klaus and gave him a big hug while rubbing her cheeks at Klaus
It seemed just like a mother rubbing her cheeks with a newborn kid,
'Gosh... Seraph is just too much like mother...'
Klaus just sighed with tired face and next Klaus gaze moved at Lilith who still seemed to be a reluctant standing there
"Still angry here lady?"
Klaus asked with a smile on his face, Lilith looked away acting like a kid, Seraphim went to the window and opened them with bright look on her face
As she did that a cool blow of wind touched Klaus's face and the room suddenly seemed to be much more comfortable and fluffy
Klaus couldn't help but to smile and his mood also seemed to be getting better, Klaus looked at Seraphim and asked
"So what brings you here?"
Seraphim looked at Klaus and said "Don't you feel tired now, it's already been months since you summoned me you know?
It takes a large chunk of mana just to keep me here for just minutes and how are you still alive even after months?"
"That's what I want to ask too, how can anyone just keep the mother of spirits in this world so easily... Are you drinking mana potions as food now?"
Both Lilith and Seraphim looked at Klaus with surprised look on their faces, Klaus looked at them and just replied
"Guess I'm just stronger that your imagination... Anyways answer my question..."
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