The Duke(1)

Now back to Terroriser and Nogla's scene during the time when Delirious and Marcel follow a group of knights towards a city name Kalren, Moo taking care the little Cat girl at their home and Vanoss and Wildcat continue to crawl through the small space tunnel before they encounter Oum, the two pairs were right now escorted by the Royal Knights in this luxurious Airship in the sky.

It's been a few hours ever since that battle, the two finished interrogating just an hour ago and fortunately they trusted them, thankfully they didn't fully answer about their origins, Minecraft, and other major secret stuff.

By the time they arrived at their final destination, Terroriser and Nogla couldn't help but feel a slight surprise. While living in a modern world, the architecture and the city down below still looks beautiful, while primitive, it looks far better than the medieval cities from Earth. It is like traveling back in time.

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And what made them more amazed was that this medieval world has magnificent Airships with great designs, while not advanced compared to theirs, Earth doesn't have that kind of Airships in their records.

And unlike the medieval time back on Earth, these large wooden airships that the two currently spotted dozens around them, most of them are a transportation or merchant type airships of what they heard, some has a more noble like airships which belongs to some Royalties and more armed with many lethal weapon that look seem to be a military-grade one. 

As they finally descended in the frontyard lf the huge Mansion that was about the size of two Football Stadiums, the two friends, escorted by the Noble girl and her Holy Knights.

First, seeing the Mansion on foot, the Mansion in front of them seem slightly better than most rich mansions on Earth when added a magical atmosphere.

"Come with us, newcomers. You'll be rewarded." Penny said in front of the two who are currently side with her brother and several Knights.

"For what?" Nogla asked.

"For saving us from the Sky Pirates, obviously." She said to Nogla in a strange look before giving her attention towards the cyborg. "Does your friend always like this?"

"Well, sometimes… maybe often… or most of the time…" With a brief silence, Brian looks at Penny with a complicated look, "...Probably all the time."

"I see." Saying this, she decided to change the topic. "Oh well, my father will be even more worried if we are wasting more time, so come on."

After saying this, Penny, her brother and his Royal Knights headed to the large castle followed by Terroriser and Nogla, a bit excited about their new adventure, they also felt worried for their other friends during their own adventures.

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By the time they entered the castle and walked through the long corridors, the first person who broke the silence was Brian.

"Hm, I am quite impressed that a 10 year old is being very polite, does every noble kid act like that these days?"

"Well, not every kid, some were kinda arrogant and some were thought of as someone that the world revolves around them or some being racist to other races and commoners." Penny answered, frowning when mentioning these types of kids her age.

"I see."

"Where could we get our reward?" Nogla asked, interrupting the two's conversation.

"Well, it was my father who will give you the reward, well, if he wants to or not." She said with a hint of nervousness in her voice, that didn't go unnoticed by Terroriser.

"Is there something wrong?" Brian asked with an odd look.

"Yeah, you see... well my father can be a little—"

"PEEENNYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! YOUR PAPI IS HERE FOR YOU!!!"

Before she explained, at that moment through the corridors, a very loud voice was heard that could make Terorriser and Nogla feel a slight earthquake appeared.

'Papi?' °_°

Not before long, the large twin doors 10 meters in front of them loudly open revealing to be a middle aged man with a huge muscular body, long brown hair and beard, he has a worried and excited expression on his face.

"WHERE IS SHE!?!?!?!?" The big man yelled out, shaking the castle for a moment.

"Hey father, it's been—"

Before Alden could react, like a bullet, the man dashed at his first son at the speed that not even Alden could even react as the man hugged him very tightly.

"OH SON, YOUR DADDY MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!!!!"

" *Chocked* F-Father... I..... can't.. breathe."

Hearing his son dying, he lets go, chuckling as he Alden breathes heavily, he thought he was in Genesis' garden.

"I apologize, my son. And also…"

As the toture continues, the man before him grabs his son's uniform before he starts shaking him a little violently.

"WHERE IS YOUR SISTER, SON!!! DON'T TELL ME SHE'S DEAD OR WORSE R***!!!!!"

"F-Father... she-she... is.. fine.....don't worry! 😵 "

Meanwhile back with Nogla and Terroriser, Nogla leaned in to his friend beside him.

"He kinda sounds like that actor Karl Urban." He told to his friend.

"When you mention that, he does sound like him." Terroriser nodded, whispering back to him.

"Sh-She... is... obviously.... near you... you old geezer!!" 

Listening to his son's words, he immediately turned to his right and saw his daughter nervously waving her hand.

Getting the man's attention, Terroriser and Nogla notice the Knights behind them immediately step backwards.

"Oh boy I got a bad feeling about this °_°; " Nogla said, feeling there is something bad happening.

"Same °_°; " Terroriser agreed to the fool, not just him but almost everyone was feeling the pressure.

Dashing towards his daughter in a blur that surprises the two, he immediately hugs his daughter.

'Too fast!!'

"MY BABY GIRL, ARE YOU OKAY!?!???"

" *Chokes* Yes father....gah.... don't worry... and please let go.. I'm dying!"

"How can I not worry when I heard you got ambushed by sky pirates!"

"Father, stop! Think about your strength for a moment, you'll kill her!" Alden, not here to watch immediately pushes the two with all of his might.

"Oh, I'm so sorry."

"I-Its okay, cough! cough!"

"Father, you should know that you're at Rank 8, at the peak level of Grandmaster, and your daughter is still at Rank 1 for bloody sake, you could easily kill her by just using a pinky."

"Sorry, I got carried away."

Knowing his daughter was okay, he immediately looked at Alden and his 16 remaining men.

"Tell me more about the ambush! The bloody reports I received are not enough to let me know more about it!!" Shaking the castle with a small earthquake once again, the Duke yelled out that scared many people outside the castle.

"Well, we got ambushed by three pirate airships." Alden then began to explain what happened in the battle, "My men and I tried to defend ourselves until a Minotaur came in, about one Realm lower than you. While we thought it was over, two strange men appeared and helped us from the brink of defeat"

"And who are those two strange men?" The man, all of the sudden said in a serious tone.

"U-Um, right over there among my knights, father."

Turning towards their direction once again, Terroriser and Nogla notice the Knights step backwards even further which made them even more nervous.

Pietro Fionire, a powerful Rank 8 individual obviously knew where the two strange men among the knights were because of them wearing peculiar clothing.

"YOU!!!" He looked at the two with an intense look as if he wanted to tear them apart.

Terroriser and Nogla all of the sudden froze, the pressure was too powerful for them, they nearly choked as their legs began to feel weak, the atmosphere was chaotic as the castle shook a little violently, while the Knights behind them stepped backwards even further until they were already at the end of the hall.

The Bastard is too powerful!

Pietro steps forward towards them, every step he takes makes the pressure more stronger.

"W-What is this!" Brian shouted with a pale look.

"Ah shit, it feels like numerous icicles are sticking out on my ass inside all day until I pass out!" Nogla yelled, if this continued, he would piss his underwear.

As the man's muscular figure was already feet away in front of them which made the pressure even worse, Pietro raised his hand and...

....pated both of their shoulders.

"I'm extremely grateful for your help with my children's safety! I'll reward you with the best price for this!!" The Duke shouted with a pleased look and a massive grin.

""Y-Y-Y-Yeah... hehe.""

*Thud!* *Thud!*

With their last breath, the two immediately passed out on the floor.

"Hm?" Pietro looked down and saw the two's passed out bodies.

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With a sorry look, he said, "Oops, seems like I should've held back my pressure that much…"