Chapter 30. Are you saying my strength is not enough?

Chapter 30. Are you saying my strength is not enough?

Victor appeared amid everyone's surprise. The crimson windbreaker made people feel even more dangerous.

"Your Majesty, Victor Clevenner has arrived."

The eunuch reminded Emperor Oberly.

The mages around looked at each other and asked each other:

"Victor Clevenner? Is that the head of the Clevenner family?"

"Didn't it say that Victor wanted to trigger a volcanic eruption and finally died inside the volcano?"

"He didn't die. Instead, he came back?"

A mage suddenly asked Victor:

"Victor! You sinner! How dare you come to the palace to see His Majesty!"

Hearing that person's words, Victor's tone was cold.

"Crime? What crime have I committed?"

He glanced back at the source of the voice.

The cold eyes were like an ice spear, stabbing deeply into the mage's heart, making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

However, soon, a blazing indignation spread throughout his body.

As if being on the scene, in the next second, he fell to the bottom of Mount Vesuvius.

The intense heat actually made him start to gasp for breath...

Is that magic?

Someone can actually cultivate the oppressiveness of magic to such a terrifying level!

Suddenly, Victor withdrew his gaze and looked at the king again.

"Ha! Whew..."

The mage grabbed his neck and breathed heavily, frantically craving this mild air.

Revenge, that was revenge from Victor!

His heart was in a state of panic and he was sweating profusely.

But even so, he needed to stand up here and question Victor.

"You... sinner who almost triggered a volcanic eruption!"

"Even if you didn't die, you have committed the great crime of fleeing in fear of punishment! How dare you come back!"

"Heh."

Victor sneered contemptuously and didn't look at him again.

"I came here on the emperor's order. But you repeatedly asked me why I dared to come back?"

"Could it be... that you are more powerful than His Majesty?"

The mage quickly shut his mouth. There were some things that needed him to be a lead, but he didn't dare to respond to this matter.

But his goal had been achieved.

Some things, others will say for him.

Other mages quickly took over the conversation. In their words, they were full of hostility towards Victor.

"Your Majesty, the head of the Clevenner family is simply making a mess!"

"He didn't mention his crime at all and even slandered us ministers and Your Majesty!"

"Please Your Majesty convict him!"

Emperor Oberly waved his hand, and the eunuch around immediately shouted.

"Silence!"

Everyone on the hall obediently shut their mouths.

But they still stared at Victor with hatred in their eyes, wishing they could skin him and drink his blood.

There was no way. Because he was Victor Clevenner.

He was already hated.

The second prince in the crowd shook his head.

It was a pity that Victor wasn't pushed to a desperate situation.

But... he actually didn't die in the volcano.

The second prince still remembered the descriptions among many mages at that time.

An astonishing energy burst out from the crater of the volcano and instantly suppressed the erupting trend of the volcano.

If Victor was really inside the volcano at that time, trying to make the volcano erupt.

Then under that energy, he had no chance of surviving.

"Tsk, what a pity."

The emperor stretched out his hand and beckoned to Victor. The eunuch beside him immediately shouted in the hall:

"Victor Clevenner! Come forward and listen to the trial!"

Victor walked to the position closest to His Majesty and waited for questioning.

The emperor opened his eyes and stared at Victor and asked, "Did you trigger the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?"

Hearing this question, everyone present couldn't help but stretch their necks, curious about what kind of answer Victor would give.

Or rather, what they hoped for even more was - Victor's sophistry.

Gwen was also curious, and she hoped even more that Victor could tell the truth.

Tell the truth that this matter has nothing to do with him.

Gwen could stand beside the emperor not only as His Majesty's guard.

Her role was crucial. With her just heart, she could easily distinguish true and false lies.

So, when the emperor questioned Victor, Gwen's gaze had been fixed on Victor.

The just heart had already been activated.

"The abnormal movement of the volcano was indeed caused by me."

"His——"

Victor frankly admitted it.

Hearing this truth, everyone couldn't help but gasp. Gwen's heart also thumped.

She couldn't believe it was true, but the just heart truly told her.

"Victor is not lying."

Gwen spoke and pronounced Victor's authenticity.

And this sentence almost ignited everyone's emotions present.

They were like a volcano that suddenly erupted in silence. Pointing at Victor, they started to output crazily and curse loudly:

"Bastard! Do you know what you have done!"

"You murderer who almost killed everyone!"

"Volcanic eruption, a natural disaster of this level. Do you know how much responsibility you have!?"

In Gwen's heart, there was also an unbearable emotion.

The person who had the hardest time accepting that Victor became the culprit who led to the volcanic eruption was her.

Gwen was extremely guilty.

If a natural disaster strikes, then she is the biggest sinner.

She didn't refuse Victor's accompaniment. In the end, it almost caused a disaster.

"But the person who stopped the volcanic eruption is also me."

Suddenly, Gwen raised her head. In her gaze, a flash of obvious shock appeared.

"Victor is not lying..."

Duke Livy, who had been kneeling and sitting on the ground expressionlessly, suddenly raised his head.

When Victor aroused everyone's anger, his next sentence suppressed everyone's mouths again.

Accompanied by Gwen's judgment of the just heart, this sentence was like a thousand-year-old ice that sealed the volcano, making everyone present fall into endless silence again.

All the mages present clearly saw that scene.

At the moment when the volcano was about to erupt, that astonishing white light soared into the sky and mercilessly suppressed the volcano.

That was definitely not magic power that humans could possess.

And at this moment, Victor actually said that he stopped the volcanic eruption.

Even the mother of the volcano wouldn't dare to think like this!

But, Gwen actually said that Victor was not lying?

Oberly looked at everyone's reactions and then looked at Victor again and asked.

"Victor, what is your reason for doing this?"

Victor knew that if he told a lie, he would be 识破 by Gwen.

He didn't think too much and simply told the truth about the volcano.

Sincerity is the greatest ultimate move.

"Your Majesty, under the volcano, there is a terrifying magical beast sealed, named 'Groudon'."

"If this magical beast is not dealt with now, in a year and a half, the magical beast will break through the seal and cause the volcano to erupt completely."

"At that time, the scale of the natural disaster will be enough to engulf heaven and earth."

The emperor narrowed his eyes and stared at Victor and asked:

"So, you solved that magical beast?"

Victor put his hand on his chest and bowed slightly.

"I am fortunate not to have failed the mission."

At this moment, even if Gwen didn't stand up to confirm his authenticity.

The mages were all in a hurry.

"Your Majesty! Don't believe Victor's lies! This must be a lie he made up to shirk responsibility!"

"Purely slander! How could there be a magical beast under the volcano! Even if there is, how could a powerful monster like that be dealt with by Victor alone?"

"We all saw the magic at that time. That kind of magic energy is definitely not something that humans can possess!"

"At least it is not something that a third-order mage like Victor can do!"

The mages around once again pointed their spearheads at Victor.

"In our opinion, Victor is lying!"

Only a few third-order mages didn't speak, including Count Beck.

He looked down at the several friendly mages around him. At the same time, they were also looking at Beck at the same time.

They simultaneously remembered the crazy old woman in Sankel Town.

'The legend of the volcano god... is true.'

The king turned his head and looked at Gwen. Gwen nodded, indicating that Victor was not lying.

"Knight Captain Gwen, if I remember correctly, you have an engagement with Victor, right?"

As the second prince spoke, he walked out of the crowd.

When Gwen heard his question, she was stunned for a moment and then nodded.

"Even when applying for an accompanying mage for the volcanic investigation, Miss Gwen chose Victor."

"Victor has been missing for seven or eight days. Do you really not know what he did?"

The second prince had a smile on his face, but his words were clearly heart-piercing.

Now, many mages reacted.

Gwen was not to be outdone. She stared firmly at the second prince and said, "Your Highness, are you questioning me?"

When the second prince heard this, he smiled slightly and nodded.

"Please understand. This is a reasonable suspicion."

The emperor spoke at this time and said, "Gwen's just heart is never wrong."

The second prince bowed to the emperor:

"Father, please allow me to speak frankly. The just heart can indeed distinguish the truth and falsehood in other people's words."

"But who can distinguish the truth and falsehood in Gwen's words?"

When the other mages heard this, their eyes lit up.

"That's right! Gwen is Victor's fiancée!"

"Almost being deceived by this sinister couple!"

"What the second prince said makes sense. How can we distinguish the truth and falsehood in Gwen's words?"

The mages were extremely grateful. If the second prince hadn't suddenly appeared to save the situation, they would have almost been turned over by this couple Victor and Gwen against the wind.

Sure enough, the second prince is extremely intelligent.

Gwen opened her mouth and wanted to explain, but in the face of the doubts of the mages around her, she was so anxious that she couldn't say a word. Even her eyes were red with anger.

As a knight, she can defend the country and kill enemies on the battlefield.

But when it comes to using words, she can't compare to these eloquent mages in her entire life.

"Then, Your Highness, are you questioning my strength?"

At this moment, Victor spoke.

He didn't turn back to look at the second prince. None of the mages behind him could see his expression at this time.

The second prince narrowed his eyes and smiled, looking very confident.

"Your Excellency Victor, I think everyone present knows about your talent."

"But in order to hide your actions, you have to fabricate a so-called magical beast."

"Your Excellency Victor, you are just a third-order mage."

"Is it a bit thoughtless to boast like this?"

His words were deeply rooted in people's hearts.

With so many third-order mages present, no one would believe that it was Victor who alone stopped the volcanic eruption.

They couldn't do it. Victor, who was also a third-order mage, couldn't do it either.

Because the pride of these mages wouldn't allow Victor to be stronger than themselves at the same level.

So they wouldn't believe it.

But at this moment, Victor, who was originally standing there, disappeared.

Everyone widened their eyes and tried to find Victor's whereabouts.

Instead, a ball of fire rose into the air.

"Where did Victor go?"

In an instant, countless exquisite formations were generated above the second prince's head and rotated continuously.

There were so many that all the mages present couldn't see a single pattern clearly.

"What... what formation is this?"

"The patterns are so messy... No! The patterns are too complicated. They can't be understood at all!"

"What's going on here?"

All the mages present were shocked. They wanted to stop it and understand it, but the temperature in the room suddenly rose sharply.

At this moment, they couldn't even calm down to release magic power.

Suddenly, a voice rang out.

"Quick... look! That, is that Victor!?"

A mage pointed at the sky in horror.

It was seen that Victor's figure was bathed in flames. Gradually, a flame golem that reached the roof appeared. It was constantly burning like the sun, dazzlingly bright.

The intense heat made the walls around the hall start to burn. Even the ground in the hall began to crack due to the high temperature.

His pair of eyes coldly stared at the second prince. The overbearing pressure from above made the second prince not even dare to breathe.

"Are you saying my strength is not enough?"

Out of thin air, a small flame ignited on the second prince's clothes.

Smoke gradually rose. But under the intense temperature, he didn't even feel that he was burning in the flames.

Gwen stood in front of the king and used her enchanted armor to block the blazing light emitted by Victor.

"Then let's talk with strength."

Buzz——buzz——buzz——

Countless formations made a noisy sound, drowning out everyone's doubts and gradually merging.

Suddenly, a mage looked at the sky in horror and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"That is... fourth-order magic!"