Young God Divine Armaments Chapter 28

Chapter 28 – Dancing On Top of My Hand

“It’s alright, lift your face. This is not a formal occasion so be more at ease”

“Elder brother, I have come today to voice my opinion for the last time. Please cancel off the talk about the princess engagement. And also at the same time, cancel the kingdom unification declaration that accompanies it. Please reconsider again.”

“So you saying that you are willing to sell this kingdom for the sake of your safety in the future new kingdom? Are you sane?”

“To be fooled by foreign country prince trickery… Are you really going to end our kingdom long glorious history!? What is your excuse when you met our great accentors?”

“You are the one that is stupid! Such kingdom created from such kind of conspiracy can only be a papier-mâché kingdom! Eventhough it was big it will become despicably weak! The only right way to bring the two kingdoms into one is by exerting force and makes the other side submit under our greatness!”

“That’s why I told you to use full force right? Because we never show our true full power that those guy keep on looking down on us and think that they could disobey us. Let’s bring our overwhelming power and force them to surrender immediately! We will then heavily punish those who try to disobey us and made them example of what those rebels will become if they disobey us! And in the end, they will be our servant who will help us getting glories for our kingdom”

“Ending up in a draw? That is wrong. What I propose here is a way for Rugartis to have a complete victory. And I have made enough preparation to make that plan come true. I now possessed the [Power] that had never been recorded in history before! This is my last warning to you elder brother!”

“A timid and weak like you king that can’t even produce successor are not needed in this kingdom. Would you rather hand me the throne or be a corpse right now, you are free to choose!’

“I am sane……! I will never let this kingdom to walk on the wrong path! The greatest wish of our ancestors in which is to unify the continent into one kingdom...... I will never let…… I will never let it to be fulfilled in such a disappointing way! I absolutely won’t accept that! I won’t accept that as the descendant of the royal family that is proud of their valor!”

“That! That feebleminded approach is definitely you bastard weakness! Does a kingdom can flourish by just using such kindhearted approach? No! It was because we sacrifice the blood of our people to steal other kingdom territory that has more commodity and wealth than what we have! For you who don’t have the resolution to attack other kingdom is not adequate to sit on the throne!”

“If Sirkaberia is a stupid kingdom that threatens the peace of our beloved kingdom then I will definitely take up arms and fight them until the last drop of blood that I has. But, both of our kingdoms people now wish for peace! They already had a life filled with happiness so I won’t forgive anyone that tries to harm this peace even if it was for our own kingdom interests!”

“That is wrong! The kingdom is there to help its people! A king that doesn’t respect his people will definitely met resistance from it people and overturned in the end!”

With a masterful step, Duke Conrad held his sabre in thrusting stance. His posture is strong without any sign of weakness that is expected from an experienced warrior he is. He, an expert who have experienced real war, with a movement void of excess movement in a blink of an eye close up himself to his target, King Bernard. Even the royal guards who try to obstruct the duke by using their spear, with a horizontal sweep from the duke, two of royal guard member got thrown backward unable to match the duke frontally.

The deadly sword edge that is swung by a masterful skill is presently closing in the king’s neck.

But suddenly the king appearance disappear from the throne without a trace.

It was one common reaction of everyone that present in the audience room. Where in the world did the king disappear to? The one who is going to answer their question leisurely comes out from the door in the back of the throne. He then with air full of composure says:

“You…… that bastard Prince Gerard!”

From Gerard back is King Bernard who until just some time ago sits on the throne. And the one who offer such kind of ‘magic trick’ is of course Renya.

Hearing the duke requesting for an audience, Gerard ask the king to have some insurance just in case.

No one in the audience room except the parties related that can follow up with anything that had happened just now. But the knights that are devoted to their duty without hesitating quickly surround the king to protect him.

Gerard with a fearless smile provokes the duke that is two times older than him. If someone not related to this were to see such spectacle, they will only think that Prince Gerard as a kid that tries to act like an adult.

But no one in that place holds such opinion toward the prince.

The Gerard now is showing a portion of his face as a ruler, as a king, eventhough it is still giving an inexperienced feel from it.

Toward this usurper who tries to steal the throne, he doesn’t have any reason to become timid. His sharp gaze is like those who are about to pass judgment to such sinners.

“Heh it is just as you say that what I do can be seen like that. In the context of starting a big change for the future of the two kingdoms, what I do and what you bastard doing is basically the same. We just adapt a different way in achieving it. But then again……”

“I believed that rather than the kingdom that you try to build, mine definitely will be overflowed with more smiles. I definitely won’t be wrong with that”

“Wha…… So what with the people smile! Does the kingdom need such useless thing!?”

“It is a common knowledge that those kinds of beautiful ideals will definitely be crushed under the reality known as war! If you want to dream do it while you sleep!”

In the face of this debate where both side refuse to compromise even a bit, everyone present in that audience room can only hold their breath. But when everyone frozen stiff from the atmosphere, the knigh regain their awareness faster and quickly made their move.

The thing that this prince had said is indeed a too beautiful ideal. Eventhough the war was over a long time ago enough to make the younger generation of both kingdom to feel nothing from it, the fact that there are still enmity hidden deep within the heart of both kingdom people’s heart is also not something that can be ignored. And Gerard declares that he will bring smile to all the people in the two kingdoms with that condition looming in the background. That prince talks about such extremely impossible ideals without feeling ashamed.

But then again if there is a king that force its people to war and to plunder other kingdom wealth with the price of blood and a king that command their people to smile first, then to made themselves and in the same time the kingdom to become wealthy. If asked which king you want to believe then their answer is unanimously only one.

And like trying to demonstrate their decision, the knights move in front of the prince and the king to protect them. Those knight figures is indeed proves that Gerard had yet to take another step towards reaching the thing he wants to achieve.

“Under this situation you said that you can still win?”

The duke flicks his empty left hand. And with the sound it made, like appearing out of thin air, in the duke surrounding a man clad in black appears one after another.

The men clad in black then throw away the cloak that covers their body. Under that cloak is a knight that wears jet black full plate armor complete with a jet black one handed sword and shield.

But those knights movement seems too inorganic for it to be a human movement. It was too perfect. Gerard instinct tells him that those black armored knight is a very bad news. Four knights from the entire black armored knight shows a synchronized move to take position to protect the duke. Those perfect movements feel ominous to Gerard and the others.

“Hou, you are sharp, prince. These troops are something that is given to me from the one that is supporting my great cause. And with their power, I’ve planned to trample your kingdom to the ground”

“If you only judge them by only their looks, you will definitely regret it. In the previous wars, we can’t grab a hold victory because we are lacking the means to deal the finishing blow. So in the end, the war keep on persisting, trapping the two kingdoms in a swamp that slowly swallows them”

“AGH!!”

“Just as you see this black knight is an expert in surprise attack and infiltration. We will just need to leave the battle front to the soldier while the black knights kill the enemy steadily from the back. In the end I will engulf their capital city in flames as the starting mark of my military rule!”

“That is because you are incompetent prince Gerard, and also elder brother. When I said that this black knights excels in surprise attack and infiltration did you know what I meant by that?”

“Conrad, you bastard!”

Gerard can only keep his mouth shut hearing this shocking news. And duke Conrad who believe that he already win the fight laugh out loud while giving orders to the black knight.

“Despair, eh?...... pu, kukuku…… HAHAHAHAHAHA! What a big joke that is!”

“No, I’m laughing at your ignorance”

“The Queen and the rest have Floria and the others protection. They will definitely be alright Prince Gerard”

The one that appears and trample down on top of the black clump mess is a youth with black hair and black pupil. His appearance is shabby. From the duke eyes he is just a mere lowly birth commoner but there is something in him that attracts other people attention. And in his hand, is a magnificent sword that’s not matched with his shabby attires.

“Duke, it was a bit earlier than what I had planned but this farce had finally ended. In order to this fight which will affect the two kingdoms future greatly, it is logical to think that not only you prepare an ace card”

“I know that you won’t stay still even after I managed to suppress the warring faction noble in Sirkaberia, weakened the warring faction noble in Rugartis, and even managed to dismantle your private army. So I was able to predict all of your movement until now. That powerful black knight force is out of my prediction but ---- I also had prepared myself for such unpredictable cases. Thank god that I don’t even need to use my last card because of that”

Author note: I truly beg your forgiveness for not giving out any girl in this chapter.