Chapter 57 – Prince Clark

Merjen checked Helena’s letter.

The group decided to treat Mr.Gado in a separate house. Kyle decided to bury what was involved with King Carne and help Merjen first.

When their team, including Kyle and Leaf, first left Pendragon’s house, Pendragon gave them the royal family certificate. Merjen bowed her head because she knew

Pendragon and Cecilia would come running to her whenever she needed help.

After they had breakfast left, Pendragon opened his mouth.

“I’m thinking of going to the royal palace, but I can’t take everyone with me. Holy knight, you, and the old man can go with me.”

Dex received a white belt and transformed his face, but he didn’t have to go to the palace.

Pendragon looked back at the group and said.

“The place we are going to go is the inner palace, especially the sun palace where the prince stays, so only me and Cecilia can carry weapons, so you guys have to leave all your weapons behind. Is that okay?”
“Yes.”

Either way, neither Ed nor Arin actually needs weapons. Even without it, they can take away the opponents weapon and kill them if necessary.

Ed took off all the equipment and got into the carriage that Doug drove.

Thane asked, looking at Ed in the carriage.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“I’m okay.”

“Pendragon praised you very much. He said that you were impressive.”

Ed smiled bitterly at the words. Even though Ed sincerely attacked him, he couldn’t even touch Pendragon’s collar. For Ed, it was literally an overwhelming defeat.

However, he is still growing. He hunted more demons, became stronger, and had the chance to beat Pendragon. Because his goal is to kill the Great demon.

“That was my limit.”

Thane smiled at the words.

“As expected, you think differently.”

Thane, who had already shared the journey of hunting the Great demon with Pendragon, knew that he had met the right person to burn the last flame before his death.

“What about you?”

Arin replied while holding the back of her neck.

“I’m okay. I didn’t get seriously hurt because he went easy on me.”

Arin has looked somewhat sullen since yesterday. In the meantime, She couldn’t keep up with Pendragon’s movement even though her physical ability has grown significantly thanks to her thirst for sacredness through prayer.

She was caught in the back and even fainted at a single hit.

She knew that the three heroes were great, but she didn’t know he would be this strong. There was nothing to be afraid of when the sacred power became strong enough to compare to Master Paladine. She thought she could deal with the demons as much as she wanted with Ed.

It was a day when she realized how foolish she had thought.

She was traumatized so much.

Ed looked at her and opened his mouth.

“Pendragon is one of the strongest in the world. But we can grow stronger. More than a Pendragon.”

Arin looked at Ed. Edo left an impression on Pendragon. And his gaze was telling the truth.

“Thank you.”

Arin knew that Ed said that to comfort her. But she knew that his words would definitely come true.

“Let’s make an unforgettable impression next time.”

At Arin’s words, Ed smiled. She seemed to have come to her senses to some extent.

That’s enough for now.

She will have a lot of fights in the future, and she will naturally become stronger.
Ed looked out the window of the carriage. When he went to meet Volkov with Grant, there were three inspections, but now there were no inspections even though they were on their way to the inner palace.

However, Ed felt a disturbance outside.

Well, Pendragon, who had never stopped by the royal palace after his marriage, came in with Cecilia, so he thought it was understandable.

As Ed was looking outside the window, he heard the sound of horseshoes. When he put my head out to see what was going on, a group of knights in flashing armor rushed in front of Pendragon.

Pendragon looked back at those who blocked him and smiled.

“Long time no see, Oliver.”

“What brings you to the palace, Sir. Pendragon and Princess Cecilia?”

Pendragon smiled and replied.

“Why are you questioning that? Is there a reason why we shouldn’t visit?”

Oliver spoke with a look of tension.

“Your arrival is a surprise and there is an emergency in the palace.”

“I’m not here to see your Highness, so don’t worry. We are on our way to the Sun Palace. Are you going to stop me?”

“If you’re on your way to the sun palace, we’ll guide you.”

“I’d appreciate it if you did.”

Ed closed the window of the carriage as they moved under the escort of a row of knights from side to side.

“I don’t know if they are escorting us or if they are trying to surveillance us.”

“It’s my first time coming here after marriage, so I guess it’s natural.”

Ed recalled what kind of person the king of Travia was. The indecisive and timid king. The royal palace’s guards seemed to have been quite useful because they were scared, but Pendragon once overturned the royal palace.

In a way, it is natural to be scared of him.

Thus, the group was able to go to the Sun Palace under the escort of the guards. So when they arrived at the Sun Palace, Prince Clark came to meet him with two guardian knights.

“Brother-in-law! Long time no see?”

Pendragon jumped off the horse and approached Clark. Then, as he approached, the guardians standing behind held their swords, but they did not dare to stop him.

Pendragon looked at Clark quietly and smiled and said.

“I’m here to have a meal with you, brother-in-law. Let’s go inside.”

Pendragon took the lead, stopped, and looked back at Clark.

“They’re my party. Mind if they join us?”

Clark frowned slightly when he saw Ed getting off the carriage, but soon nodded.

“Sure. It is still too early for lunch, so I can offer you some refreshments. Let’s go to the sunflower garden, the pride of the Sun Palace.”

Clark took the lead pretending like nothing was wrong, and the guards retreated soon after. Seeing that the guards were stepping down at the main gate of the Sun Palace, the group will probably be escorted by the guards when they leave the Sun Palace.

Thus, the group arrived at the sunflower garden behind the Sun Palace.

This was a royal palace. The garden alone was not comparable to what Ed saw in Caren’s mansion. The place was full of sunflowers.

It was a garden suitable for the sun palace.

Inside the garden were a stone table and an arched pavilion. It was a place where vines were growing, so it was quite elegant.

The butler has already prepared refreshments. Looking at this, Ed wondered if they had some kind of superpowers. Seeing that Pendragon’s quick steps had been completed.

Clark recommended a seat, so everyone sat down. When the maids poured tea into the glass and stepped back from Clark, Pendragon opened his mouth.

“Please tell the butler and maid to go back inside.”

Pince Clark knew they were of no help anyway, so he silently raised his hand and motioned then to go inside. Clark, who had picked up a cup of tea and had a sip, looked at the group and opened his mouth.

“So. What made you come to the palace? You haven’t visited since you got married.”

Pendragon smiled as he sat across from Clark.

“I wanted to tell my brother-in-law about something interesting.”

“Let’s hear what kind of interesting story you have to tell.”

Pendragon slowly got up from his seat and walked around the table. The guardian knights stepped forward as he walked to Clark, but Clark raised his hand and stopped them.

It was an act that Pendragon knew well that if he decided, the guardian knights could not stop him.

Pendragon walked and leaned against the table in front of Clark. Then he looked down at Clark still. Clark’s eyes shook slightly as he looked up at Pendragon.

Pendragon looked at Clark still, then turned to look at the guardian knights.

“I thought you looked familiar. You were the prince’s guardian knight in the past, right?”

“That’s right.”

Pendragon smiled and approached the guards.

In front of Pendragon, the guardian knights looked at Pendragon quietly because they couldn’t pull out their swords.

Pendragon smiled while looking into the eyes of the guardian knights.

“Yeah. I knew it.”

“What do you mean?”

Pendragon smiled as he put his hand on the shoulder of the guardian knight.

“Why would you put your hands on such power?”

At Pendragon’s whisper, the guardian knight tried to pull out his sword like lightning, but Pendragon’s hands were faster. He twisted the guardian knight’s neck even before his sword was pulled out.

While one guardian knight collapsed, the guardian knight on the other side pulled out a sword and rushed in, but Pendragon ran toward him and punched him.

Pshshhh!

Even before wielding the sword, his head burst out and sprayed blood on the floor.

Clark’s body suddenly flinched.

The two guardian drivers died behind Clark’s back even before he tried something.

Clark figured out why Pendragon was doing that and felt a cold sweat.

Pendragon said, wiping the blood on Clark’s shoulder.

“How did you come up with that power while I was on the royal road?”

Clark looked up and looked at Pendragon. Then his eyes turned red and shouted as if he were supporting evil.

“I got the secret to immortality. Why shouldn’t I use it?”

When Pendragon looked indifferent, Clark, who gained momentum, shouted quickly.

“This power! If I have this power…”

Slaaaap!

At one slap by Pendragon, Clark lost five teeth, hit his head on the table, and fainted.

“You’re still good at making up bullshit.”

Pendragon looked back at Thane.

“Old man. Do you recognize this situation?”

“I’ve seen something similar before.”

“Really?”

“Do you know what this is?”

Pendragon lifted Clark’s eyelids and said.

“I guess a lot of research has been conducted on demons. This is a change that occurs when humans accept the power of the demon.”

“I met a person last time that used the demon’s power.”

“You met someone who uses the demon’s power?”

Thane nodded and replied.

“He was from Akalan.”

Pendragon laughed in vain.

“I knew Akalan was studying demons, but I didn’t know they were doing such crazy things”.

Pendragon’s gaze headed for Cecilia.

“You should be the queen”.

“Are you crazy?”

“The kingdom is rotting down. You’re really not going to do it?”

Cecilia said after a moment of contemplation.

“I can fix the rotten affected kingdom. But I don’t inherit the throne.”

Pendragon nodded and looked back at Arin.

“Can you extract the power of the demon?”

Arin tilted her head.

“I haven’t tried this before yet.”

“Will you give it a try?”

Arin got up and approached Clark. Pendragon lifted a teapot into Clark’s head and poured it.

It’s still hot.

Clark woke up screaming before Ed could say anything.

“Argh!”

Clark, who woke up screaming, grabbed his swollen face and stuttered. Pendragon whispered in Clark’s ear.

“Be quiet. If you don’t want to die.”

Ed honestly admired Clark when he saw him stop screaming and shut his mouth. Ed has no hesitation in dealing with the demon because he has no connection here, but Pendragon did not hesitate a little while dealing with his brother-in-law.

Even now, he gave Arin a chance, but if that didn’t work, he would break the prince’s neck right away.

That is how he caught the great demon.

Arin put her hand on Clark’s head and began to pray. First of all, it seemed to burn the demon’s power with sacred power, but he recovered again. But a terrible scream erupted from his mouth.

“Argh!”

It was an incredibly terrible scream.

Soldiers rushed from the sun palace.

When Pendragon saw them, he walked toward them and said.

“Keep going.”

Pendragon could prevent 10,000 soldiers if he needed to. Ed, who was looking at his back, looked at Clark again.

Seeing that he was bleeding from his nose, mouth, and ears, Ed thought he was going to die.

Arin also felt it, so she couldn’t pray anymore and had to stop.
Over there, soldiers running stopped in front of Pendragon and were unable to do anything.

Cecilia approached and grabbed Clark’s chin, and looked up, and sighed. Cecilia shook her head when she saw that his eyes were still red.

“We were told to be warier of the demon as we got stronger.”

Cecilia looked at Clark in the eye and asked.

“Tell me who it is. Who convinced you to use the demon’s power? If you tell me, I’ll end your pain.”

Clark replied as if he was possessed.

“David.”

Cecilia nodded and picked up the sword of the guardian knight who was next to her. Ed grabbed her wrist when she tried to swing it.

As Cecilia turned around, Ed took the sword silently and cut Clark’s neck.

“Why did you do that for me?”

“He’s your brother.”

Cecilia held Ed’s shoulder silently.

“Thank you”.

While Cecilia picked up her Halberd and walked to Pendragon, he also turned his head and smiled at Ed. It was a smile of gratitude.

Thanks to this, Ed earned some points. And he received more experience as a bonus.