Emperor of Steel

Chapter 722: Luke VS Rudolf 2

Luke’s anxiety and panic reached the peak when the SS Knights resistance was turning strong and Rudolf kept approaching the time travel device.

‘Damn it, if I could use Warp or Blink, I would have gotten him right away!’

Unfortunately, space movement magic couldn’t be used anywhere in Nemesis because of interfering magic artifacts that were installed all over the place.

In fact, it was even impossible to get the Gigants out of the subspace bracelet. However, somehow, he managed to solve it after thinking of some countermeasures... Yet, Blink or Warp wasn’t available.

The reason for that was, the Gigants which were stored in the subspace bracelet were ‘inanimate objects’ while Blink was used to move ‘living’ creatures.

Therefore, it would require a lot more complex and difficult countermagic, but Luke didn’t have the time.

‘I can’t just let things roll like this!’

Clenching his fists, Luke induced Golden Aura into the Dragon Tooth sword that he pulled out of the subspace bracelet and used Cyclonic Rage.

The Cyclonic Rage was a lot inferior to the Meteor Sword or Clock Up sword or any other skills of the second half of the Gold Sword in terms of power.

However, it still had the advantage of being able to manifest a long-distance attack quickly.

Slash!

The bright light that started from the Dragon Tooth broke through the air and flew right at Rudolf.

“This guy...!”

Suddenly, when a golden trajectory came for him, Rudolf instantly swung his sword.

He could have avoided the attack by stepping away, but if Rudolf did that, the time travel device that was in the same way as him would have been destroyed.

Bang!

The moment Rudolf’s sword and the Gold Sword collided, dust rose around.

Rumble!

Rudolf, who had to take a few steps back, was shocked and puzzled.

‘I am being pushed back...!’

Rudolf had always been confident for being the strongest knight in the Rhodesia Continent, and he had reached the Sword Emperor level.

Arsene would have surely been stronger than him, but that was because Arsene was a Lich, and Rudolf always thought that there was no one who could rival him when it came to swordsmanship.

But to be pushed back by Luke...!

“Where are you going, you crazy emperor? The strongest knight who steals away the vision and legacy of another family, and now that you are at a disadvantage, you want to change the past? Now that it turns out that the Baroque Imperial family and the knights below have all fallen way down beyond repair.”

“Kuek! What did you say?”

“Whether you go or not, the decision has been made! Rakan and Baroque, the 500-year-old family feud needs to come to an end!”

“Oh, if you want that, then I’ll happily cut your throat!”

Rudolf’s reasoning got cut off with Luke’s provocation and rushed in for Luke.

“Your Majesty, you shouldn’t...!”

Count Ruff, tried to stop Rudolf from acting reckless. However, seeing that Rudolf had completely lost his reasoning, he went quiet.

It was because he knew, once Rudolf lost his reasoning, no advice would work on him.

“You men, protect the time travel device. I will help His Majesty.”

“Yes, commander!”

Count Ruff ordered his men and drew his sword to support the fight.

Of course, he had no intention of going in to help Rudolf directly, especially when he was fighting with Luke.

If even a Sword Sage would intervene in the battle between those two superhumans, it was obvious that their throat would get cut right away, so he targeted the troops behind Luke instead.

“That little girl...!”

Ruff’s impression distorted at the sight of the child.

It was because she seemed very clean with no blood spot on her body, and it annoyed him even more.

Karen was able to fight equally or even overwhelmingly against 3 SS Knights.

Unlike her young appearance, her skills in dealing with sword and magic seemed astonishing for anyone.

‘A dwarf? No, she is definitely a human. Maybe she is one of the Age shift ones of the Southern Continent.’

There was a Fist Sage who appeared to be from the Southern Continent among his enemies.

And he must be the head of the Symphonia’s Guard Knights, the right-hand man of Luke, as told by the rumors.

‘Anyway, I need to get rid of the young one first!’

Unlike the other enemies, Karen had been eyeing the time travel device for some time.

Probably, if given a gap, she was sure to launch an attack on it.

Ruff, who thought that, rushed over to Karen.

“How dare you...!”

An old man stopped him from attacking Karen.

“Die!”

Count Ruff unfolded the Gold Sword he learned from Rudolf. He only learned around 80% of it and was capable enough to kill an opponent in one strike.

With that amount of Gold Aura, he could cut off even an advanced Sword Master at once.

Kang!

However, contrary to his thought, the old man’s counterattack blocked him.

Rather, the counterattack of the old man made Ruff take a few steps back to gain balance.

“Kuk! Pretty strong for an old man!”

Count Ruff calmed his trembling hands and spoke back.

“Huh, that was what I was going to say.”

The two men, who exchanged words, went back to fight.

Gregory, who was watching the movements of his opponent was impressed.

It was because it seemed like the opponent was about to enter the Sword Sage level and cross the Sword Master level.

‘Shocking! I haven’t thought that such talents would have been under Rudolf...’

Very little was known about Rudolf’s escorts.

As a result, Gregory couldn’t help but he surprised at Ruff’s skills, even some of the Knights of Guards showed an advantage over the Saint Guards.

However, it was his opponent’s swordsmanship that shocked him more than the ability of the Sword Sage.

It was the Gold Sword.

‘There were rumors about Rakan’s death and his swords skill being passed down in the Baroque Imperial family. Maybe that was true?’

Perhaps, the rumors were indeed true. It made sense that Luke and his retainers were raging against the Baroque Imperial.

Anyway, the look on Arch Duke Gregory’s face, who recognized the opponent’s skill, changed.

Till a moment back, Karen and the other Saint Guards had fought, trying to examine the situation, but now, they decided to focus on the opponents in front of them.

It was because if they were caught off guard, it would be a huge loss for Luke.

As his eyes changed, the force of Gregory changed too.

Slash! Slash!

Count Ruff was shocked to see Gregory come at him with sharp glances and fierce sword movements.

“That is the sword skill of the Holy Empire...! Are you Arch Duke Gregory?”

“You found out too late.”

The fact about Arch Duke Gregory’s quick aging wasn’t known to the continent.

It was because the Holy Empire controlled the information, so Count Ruff didn’t recognize him.

‘Since it is Arch Duke Gregory, I don’t have to worry about it.’

Karen, who had defeated an enemy knight, quickly caught Gregory who was fighting Count Ruff.

The opponent seemed to be strong, but she didn’t think that Gregory would lose to him.

Erwin and the other members of the group didn’t seem to be in any danger for the time being.

Although they were struggling against the strong resistance of the SS Knights, thanks to Hwang Bo-sung flashing his fists around, there didn’t seem to be any dangerous situation.

‘Two people near me and seven men who are protecting the device?’

Karen was anxious at first.

Although Rudolf was provoked by her father, there was no guarantee that his subordinates wouldn’t perform the ‘mission’ instead of their emperor.

No, even if that wasn’t the case, there was no guarantee that one of those knights wouldn’t use the device for their own personal greed.

As a result, Karen became nervous when the SS Knights ordered by Ruff got close to the time travel device.

However, they were only near the device and didn’t even dare to enter the dimensional gap.

‘It was probably because they are extremely loyal to Rudolf, or maybe he brainwashed them to obey his orders. Thanks to that, I am able to catch my breath.’

So Karen decided to take down the two knights, who were blocking her, and then defeat the knights who were guarding the time travel device and then destroy it.