Chapter 30 (English)

Normally, Ray's task shouldn't pose any difficulties for him and his men, but it quickly became clear that two of the Royal Guards were present in the camps and had been waiting for us.

They were numbers 2 and 4 of the four Royal Guards.

The numbers indicate their strength ranking as Royal Guards.

This situation alone ruined our plan.

At the same time, Bigs arrived in the hall where the Royal Guards were supposed to be, but instead, he found only one person standing at the end of the hall, who turned around as Bigs entered and said with a wicked smile, < "Well, I've been waiting for you. Since we haven't met yet, I'm Paula, the one who's going to be responsible for you tonight." >

At that moment, it became clear to Bigs and Ray that there must have been a mole.

< "It's nothing personal, but I'd like to keep the evening short since I can't be with my Puis because of you. AND THAT REALLY PISSES ME OFF!" >, she said, getting more and more aggressive.

With that, Paula made the first attack of the night, and the battles began.

Meanwhile, things were not going according to plan for Algris and me either.

When we reached the room where Puis was supposed to be, there were 2 Royal Guards standing there.

< "Where is Puis Wallace?" >, was my first reaction to the situation, but instead of an answer, I was attacked by number 3, who said, < "It's rude to ask about others when we came here just for you." >

With two daggers, he attacked me, but I dodged him with little enthusiasm and kneed him in the stomach to keep my distance.

When I received no answer and number 3 ran at me like a madman again, I took a step toward him, teleported directly in front of him, and created a dagger in my right hand, which I stabbed into number 3's stomach.

Overwhelmed and shocked by the situation, number 3 wanted to attack me, but I teleported behind him, created a dagger in my left hand, and then, standing with my back to him, stabbed him in the back of the head. I then looked at number 1 with a serious expression and threatened, < "I don't like asking twice!" >

I twisted the dagger in number 3's head and then pulled it out while waiting for an answer from number 1, who told me, < "I am now more aware of the difference in our strength and would prefer to fight only your companion, so I agree to tell you Mr. Wallace's whereabouts. At the moment, Mr. Wallace is on his way to Mut, to her family." >

It was something I had considered but hoped wouldn't happen, and that I would have encountered him here.

Rage began to rise within me, and before I disappeared, I said, < "Algris!" >

< "Understood!" >, he replied and walked toward number 1.

I then teleported home.

< "In terms of strength, we are on the same level, so I hope for a fair and honest fight, Mr. Algris." >, said number 1, unimpressed.

Algris stepped forward and responded briefly, < "The only danger you pose to me is that I might have to take a second shower after your blood touches me and makes me unclean." >

So far, nothing has gone according to plan, and the beginning of the war has started to our disadvantage.

However, this didn't change the plan, as we had also prepared for the worst-case scenario.

When Ray got into trouble, Shiro appeared to his surprise, < "It looks like you could use some help." >

< "Shiro, what are you doing here!? Jun didn't want you to be here!" >, Ray said, completely surprised.

< "Jun wanted me to stay passive and not interfere as much as possible, but the situation doesn't seem to be going well. Don't worry, I'm here because, theoretically, I could defeat both of them on my own." >, Shiro replied to Ray's statement.

Suddenly, number 4 attacked Shiro, but Shiro teleported behind number 4 and said in a threatening tone, < "If you don't want to die, now is the best time to disappear!" >

Intimidated, number 4 took a step back, whereupon number 2 challenged Shiro to a fight.

< "This is too much for you, number 2, let's get out of here and get help." >, suggested number 4, but number 2 grabbed number 4 and threw him toward Shiro.

Shiro intended to fend off number 4 by killing him, but as Shiro moved to attack, number 2 suddenly pierced his comrade, creating a hole in Shiro's stomach.

< "Now you're no longer a threat to me." >, said number 2 emotionlessly.

Then he turned his gaze to Ray and said to him, < "Now let's get back to you." >

Meanwhile, Bigs was fighting Paula.

It was a battle between speed and precision versus slow and powerful.

However, it quickly became apparent that Paula was no match for Bigs.

Even though not everything went according to plan, Bigs is the strongest after me.

So it wouldn't have mattered who Bigs faced as an opponent.

Paula is well-trained in martial arts and very fast, as well as precise in her attacks, but she was only slightly stronger than number 1 of the Royal Guards.

This means that even Algris would have been enough to defeat Paula.

As the fight went on, Bigs began to increase his power and put more pressure on Paula to find out Puis's whereabouts.

As his power increased, Bigs' aura also changed, and a slight yellow aura began to form around him, which appeared intermittently like a faint light.

< "Damn, you can use it too!?" >, Paula wondered, annoyed, when she saw Bigs' aura.

< "I'll ask one last time, where is Puis!?" >, Bigs asked again.

Backed into a corner, Paula cheekily and provocatively responded, < "Look under your massive breasts, there's probably a lot you were looking for and couldn't find." >

She hit a nerve with Bigs, who, after pushing her back, wanted to deliver the coup de grâce, but at the last second, held back and decided instead to knock her out with a precise blow.

Bigs grabbed Paula, annoyed, threw her over his shoulder, and went to find me.

I teleported home, only to find it completely turned upside down.

At that moment, I wasn't surprised or angry because I had expected such an action from Puis, which is why I asked Shiro to take Nima and Tobo to the Mubae Empire.

Puis stood in the middle of the living room, amidst all the chaos, and said as he turned to me, < "You're a clever boy, but I can take care of your family after I'm done with you." >

With a serious expression, I replied to him, < "I forgive you for being in my house, I forgive you for messing everything up and destroying it, but the fact that you want to harm my family is the reason I won't spare your life!" >

We stood facing each other in the living room while the moonlight of the dark night shone on my back and Puis stood opposite me in the dark.

At that moment, we both went on the attack, engaging in a Taijutsu battle.

I was surprised by Puis's strength, as he was not only good at attacking but could also take my punches.

During the fight, Puis attacked me in such a way that he pushed us through the window of the skyscraper, and we fell into the depths.

We continued the fight in mid-air, and just before we hit the ground, I teleported to the ground to avoid taking any damage from the fall.

Puis, on the other hand, crashed full force onto the ground but got up and brushed the dust off his shoulders as if it was nothing.

It puzzled me what kind of superhuman abilities Puis possessed, so I asked him, < "Where did you get this superhuman strength, Puis?" >

< "You've gathered so much information about my empire, but you didn't know I had special abilities." >, Puis wondered and started laughing loudly.

< "No wonder you attacked me; you don't even know what you're dealing with here. That explains a lot." >, said Puis.

< "Alright, I'll tell you my little secret. In the Wallace family, blood is always taken from the current head of the family and injected into the new leader. It's a substance that was injected into the first leader of the Wallace family and mixed with his blood, granting these abilities to anyone who receives a part of his blood. I don't know exactly how it works or what it is, but I can do this (his hands start glowing). It strengthens my body, allowing me to withstand much more. I'm also much faster than other humans. Here, I'll show you." >, Puis explained and then attacked me, but this time his feet and hands were glowing, and his speed and strength had massively increased.

Every one of his punches felt like being shot with a shotgun from a meter away.

For the first time, I felt such pain in a fight against someone else and didn't know how to respond.

It was bearable but still hurt quite a bit.

I no longer held back as much and used more of my power.

The more I used it and the angrier I became, as I was overwhelmed by the situation, the more I turned into the Beast, as in the fight against Mosuke.

But this time, I still had partial control over myself, which was gradually slipping away.