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nChapter 69: I Am the Young Lord 1

nKung Kung kung!

nThere were four Gigants crossing the wasteland of North into the Rakan.

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n“I think we have entered the land of Rakan by now?”

n“Maybe the Rakan would fight with the Gigants.”

n“Tch, if Rakan has been defeated in there, it is just less work for us.”

n“That is true.”

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nThose Gigants, driven by the riders, with no trailers, belonged to the Count Monarch for infiltrating Rakan land.

nThese groups were sent by the Goth, without letting Cain know.

nOriginally, only a small number of knights had been dispatched to look into the enemy estate and search for the Shadow Knights.

nHowever, when the war broke out, they decided to infiltrate the enemy from the back or to intentionally take over the Rakan manor in advance.

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nIt was because they didn’t want the other nobles to intervene in the war because the opponent was weak.

nGoth got permission from Count Monarch, organized the Gigant riders and divided them into separate groups and infiltrated the north of the Rakan.

nAnd when the war broke out, he ordered them to head into the Rakan territory.

nThud!

n“It is nice that Mileon could get back this time.”

n“Huhu, I don’t know how many nights I could get sleep because of that.”

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nThe leader of the four groups of Gigant was the rider of Achilles, Mileon.

nHe lost the credit the Monarch had on him because of the defeat he faced last time in the Gigant Arena in the hands of the Black Knight.

nSo when Goth was picking up the riders, he volunteered by putting the other works aside.

n‘It was the Rakan who had taken the black knight?’

nThe main reason why he volunteered for the operation was that he learned of the news that the Black Knight, who defeated him, belonged to the Rakan territory.

nAccording to Goth, the young Lord is likely to stay in the manor.

nSince he didn’t have much fencing skills if he went into the battle and died, everything would be over.

nIf the young Lord remained in the manor, the knight, and the Black Knight was likely to be there.

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n‘Kukk, I’m going to trample him and kill him.’

nThe Gigants of the Rakan would have been placed to prevent an attack from the front.

nThis meant that the black knight, the lord’s designated knight would be Gigant-less.

nIn such a state, he could never beat Achilles.

n“The permanent manor is almost ahead. Speed up!”

nMileon, imagining the brutal revenge scene looked back at the following Gigants.

nAt the orders, the 4 Gigants began to run at high speed.

nLuke stared at the board in the office room of the manor.

nOn a large map of the situation board, the figurines of knights, Gigant knights, and the infantry were placed by giving one a glimpse of the current deployment of the forces.

nIron Mage Todd, approached Luke, who was watching the Yottern Canyon.

nHis friends Humphry and Gordon had followed Mute to support the Gigant forced, but Todd decided to remain here and conduct the communication magic.

n“What is it?”

n“I just got the news that the ambush happened and the battle has started.”

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nAt those words, Luke nodded and asked Todd who’s face showed nervousness.

n“Do you think we will win?”

n“I… I don’t know.”

nTodd wanted to say that they would lose, but he didn’t want to say things that would make him hated.

nLuke smiled and spoke,

n“From what I see, we will win.”

n“Although the Monarch army had been taken by surprise, aren’t they high on power?”

nTodd knew too.

nThe fact that Count Monarch and Rakan’s power difference was like an adult and a child.

n“Huhu, that is true. But since I never lose when I use my hands.”

nAt the words from Luke, Todd couldn’t understand anything.

n‘Isn’t the young Lord a little weird? Or did he have some kind of medicine overdose?’

nSoon the lordship could be ruined too.

nWhether he was weird or not, Luke looked out the window and opened his mouth.

n“We might not suffer too much…”

nIf Sebastian did good work, then they might win.

nWhat Luke worried about the most was the power and force of Rakan not to deplete.

nEven if they were going to win the war with knights, riders or wizards, there was always a damage that was taken by the winning side too.

nThey couldn’t recruit people with their money, and not many were willing to come to the remote Rakan for the war.

n‘If this war is won, then it would change everything.’

nLuke was looking outside the window waiting to hear about the outcome of the battle.

nDing!?

nSuddenly the bell from the watchtower of Lord’s began to ring.

n‘What is up?’

nButler Hans ran into them as the doors were widely opened to see what Luke was doing.

n“Something huge has happened! Four Gigants have appeared in the North.”

n“What?”

nLuke was surprised.

nHe did anticipate the case where the enemy would bypass, and prepared for it. Deploy canons or gunpowder.

nHowever, four Gigants had come in from the North.

n“Did you check it?”

n“The first one had a boar symbol drawn on the chest.”

n“Dammit, that Monarch! What hell are they planning to do in the estate…?!”

nLuke shouted, however, he didn’t have the time to get angry. The enemies Gigants were going to reach the lordship.

nThe only power Luke could currently use while being in the Manor was to deploy a few soldiers.

nRogers led most of the power to fight the battle of life and death on one side.

nAnyway, as the situation reached such point, Hans and the other old knights of Volga gathered around.

n“Young Lord, what do you think? Do we need to evacuate him first?”

nThere was a wall, but the power to fight the Gigant wasn’t there.

nIn order to reduce the damage to the people, it would be right to evacuate as Hans has said.

n“After the evacuation, bring a few in. Strong and fast man.”

n“Yea!”

nAt the instructions of Luke, Hans ran out.

nAfter a while the watchtower began to ring a different sound, maybe it was the sound for the evacuation.

nLuke looked at Todd.

n“If you flee, you die.”

n“I won’t run away.”

nEven when bound by the mana oath, everyone thought about running away when they face a crisis.

n“I need to believe them.”

nWhen they came out, they saw the villages running to the wall with a pickaxe, kitchen knives, and stuff.

n“What happened? Why haven’t they been evacuated?”

nAt the question from Luke, the soldiers next to him spoke,

n“Huhu, we can barely eat and live, where else do we have to go?”

n“So you want to die fighting with the Gigant?”

n“A person dies once, not twice. Although the Rakan family had no power, you have cared for the poor like your family. When people starved, you starved with us, we work together and we live together.”

n“…”

n“It would be a sin to ignore the crisis upon the Rakan family which took care of us.”

nIt wasn’t sure if the old man spoke on part of the entire village, but Luke was impressed with them.

n‘The Rakan family had been great.’

nThat was why the people were coming out bravely to defend their homes and protect them.

n‘Is it really the Rakan family? That Rakan guy really thought his generations all that?’

nLuke had thought that Rakan was just a dumb guy who ruined his revenge, but there was some similarity with him.

nThey both were hostile because of the different lives they had.

n‘Oh my, Rakan. I will protect your people and your family. Using all my strength and knowledge!’

nDefinitely to defeat the Count’s Gigants!

nWhen Luke set his mind, Hans brought in a black horse.

n“Here you go, young Lord. But, what do you plan on doing…?”

nLuke took over the horse and laughed.

n“We need to draw the Count’s Gigants away. As far from the manor as possible.”

n“Uh? What, what do you mean!”

nShocked Hans tried to stop, but Luke ran away with the horse before Hans could do anything.

nAs Luke approached the gates, the people who recognized him shouted,

n“Wahh, young Lord!”

n“Young Lord has come to protect us all!”

nLuke spoke to them loudly,

n“Open the gates??!”

nThe gates were opened by the people not knowing what was happening.

nKkkku!

nAs the massive gates opened, Luke went out.

nHe was able to see the dirt rising from the Gigants which were approaching.

n“They have come till here. Now you will be the sacrifices for my people!”

nLuke spoke fiercely to the Gigants.

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