< Chapter 76 - Ultimate One >
Chapter 76 – Ultimate One
It was the next morning that Uther and Cordelia’s midnight escape was discovered.
The maid was startled when she found the letter on the bed and hurriedly went to find Count Chase, and the news of the two people’s midnight escapade spread quickly throughout the surrounding area.
“Count Bayer and Count Chase ran away for love!”
“What? Count Bayer and Count Chase?”
“Oh, no! Not the fathers! The children!”
Since Uther and Cordelia were already the center of attention, it only took about an hour for the entire capital to hear the news.
And the reactions of people who heard the news of the two people could be largely divided into two.
“Love’s Escape? Weren’t you two already engaged?”
“There’s no objection at home, right?”
Those who found out about the two people after the recent Wangdo incident were unable to immediately understand the current situation.
That was because it was hard to understand how two people who were supported by their families and had no one to stop them could run away in love, and run away in the middle of the night at that.
And the reactions of people who knew about the two people before were almost identical.
“also?”
“Isn’t this already an escape from love?”
That’s right.
Because love has run away once or twice.
The two of them had already officially run away from home at least five times.
Moreover, since they were officially recognized as such and even their families actively supported each other, it only felt like the two of them were going on a trip together.
“No, but we’re only engaged.”
The two were not yet married.
Moreover, he is only 17 years old.
Even if you are engaged, if you go on a trip alone, there is bound to be some kind of scandal.
Just as bad rumors had been circulating in the North since the first runaway.
But since then, the two people’s status and public perception have changed.
The reactions of those around them to the honeymoon trip of the two young people were as follows.
“What? You haven’t had an accident yet?”
“Shouldn’t it have been done a long time ago?”
“No, if those two don’t cause an accident, who will?”
“If two people hit each other in the first place, wouldn’t it not be an accident?”
The two of them were already the couple of the century, recognized not only by their family but by the entire kingdom – no, by the entire Kingdom of Seilun, for the word scandal to be attached to them.
In fact, in people’s minds, the two were already no different from married couples, and they had long been synonymous with a love that could not live without each other.
There were rumors that if the two were to break up, the entire Kingdom of Seilun would rise up in protest.
“As planned.”
“Huh···?”
When Cordelia spoke with a sleepy face and a blank voice, Uther smiled and said.
“Our princess, should we wake up now?”
“Ugh······.”
Cordelia was half-asleep as usual because she was sleeping a lot in the morning. Uther lightly kissed Cordelia’s forehead and whispered again.
“You have to get up.”
“Euuuung······.”
And when he pressed his lips to her forehead again, Cordelia flinched.
“Kiss kiss··· Kiss kiss No······.”
Because skinship is prohibited.
But Uder tilted his head and said,
“I’ve never done it before. Could it be that it was in a dream?”
“Is that so······? Then it’s okay.”
Because it’s so nice.
Cordelia, who had laughed bashfully, closed her eyes again, and Uther smiled bitterly and gently pinched Cordelia’s cheek.
I wanted to keep letting him sleep, but it was time to get moving.
“I really have to get up now. Are we almost there?”
“Euuuu······.”
Cordelia forced her eyes open, covered her cheeks, and looked around.
My vision was blurry because my eyes were still half-asleep, but I could tell that I was in a forest.
“Whoa······.”
Cordelia yawned and stretched, then closed her eyes again and stretched her body, and Uther quickly handed her the basin he had prepared in advance.
“Okay, wash your face. And have a glass of cold water.”
“Ugh······.”
At this point, I couldn’t help but wake up.
Cordelia, who had washed her face and even drank cold water, blinked, and when she came to her senses, she had already washed her hair – no, even her hair had been washed.
“Stay still, stay still.”
“yes.”
After learning message magic and various basic magic, Yuder mixed wind magic and heat magic to dry Cordelia’s hair and started combing it with skillful technique.
‘Something, something feels more comfortable than before I ran away?’
Isn’t it supposed to be hard when you leave home?
While Cordelia was thinking to herself, Uther finished combing his hair and looked at it with a very proud face before going straight to preparing dinner.
Since it was outdoors, I was thinking of making pancakes, fried eggs, some sausage, and some vegetables.
A frying pan over a campfire.
And even the tea that has been brewing since a while ago.
Cordelia, who was crouching and watching what Uther was doing, pursed her lips and said.
“Hey, Yuder.”
“Oh, Cordelia.”
“I’ll definitely make you some ramen later. I’m really good at making ramen.”
“Where does ramen come from?”
“Wouldn’t Yuder make it for you? Oh, and rice too. I have to eat rice with ramen.”
As Cordelia laughed bashfully, Uther seemed to think this was his chance and pulled at both of Cordelia’s cheeks.
“Do you have a conscience?”
“Ugh, it’s so hot.”
“Let’s check it out sometime.”
Whether or not the hair actually grew out.
After finishing the lame joke, Yuder returned to focusing on cooking.
And a few minutes left.
Cordelia took a bite of her sausage and looked around.
“But where is this place?”
“The nameless forest between Morrison and Garinto. If you go a little further south, you will reach Mount Damos, which is part of the territory we will be assigned.”
Cordelia’s eyes widened as she recalled the map from the second volume of Heroes’ Chronicles at Uther’s explanation.
“Already? Hasn’t it only been a day since we left?”
“It’s the power of Phantom Steed.”
It was a Phantom Steed that could run continuously without getting tired as long as horsepower was supplied.
With Yuder as the rider, who had so much stamina that he only needed about two hours of sleep a day, running for hours on end was no problem.
“Um… I’ll get your ears checked later.”
“Why all of a sudden?”
“No, I… I feel like it’s just making things too difficult.”
“Are you feeling guilty?”
At Uther’s question, Cordelia pursed her lips and nodded slightly.
“And… I’ll definitely boil some ramen for you, so make some ramen for me. Okay?”
“I know it’s a bit like bowing down to receive praise, but I understand, ma’am.”
In fact, ramen is made by simply making noodles from wheat flour and frying them in oil, so you can make it right away if you have the ingredients ready.
“Anyway, it’s called Mt. Damos.”
“There’s an Ultimate One in the basement there?”
“Oh, to be exact, it’s where the blacksmith shop of the Black Horn Guild, one of the seven guilds of the Sword Seekers, is located.”
Ultimate Seven series.
A seven-handed weapon of war created by the city-state of Seven Seekers, one of the seven ancient dwarven kingdoms.
It might seem odd at first to call a sword a decisive weapon, but it was a different story in the Ultimate Seven series.
These were special swords developed with the goal of becoming the ultimate sword, as the name suggests, containing the essence of the Sword Seeker.
“To put it simply, they are mythical items.”
“A myth that surpasses legend. If we rank it, it’s SS rank.”
Among the items that Uder and Cordelia have acquired so far, the highest grade one is the Amplification Earrings, one of Arcaman’s secret treasures.
An S-rank item that increases the power of spells several times in exchange for enormous magical power consumption.
However, the Ultimate One was an SS-rank item that surpassed the S-rank.
“It’s practically a graduation item for veterans.”
Once you get one, you don’t need to go for the sword anymore.
“Huh… This is exciting.”
In single player, it was the Ultimate series that everyone could find and use, but in multiplayer, it was a different story.
These were truly unique, fantasy items that existed only once per server.
“You weren’t there either?”
“In multi… what… I used Solar Blade instead.”
The Holy Sword of Solari used by Landius in the first volume of Heroes Chronicles when he was still called the ‘Red-Haired Warrior’.
In the second installment of Heroes Chronicles, it was an item that sparked the question of whether Landius was killed by Duke, the highest-level mine of the Devil’s Hand, because he was carrying it.
Anyway, Solar Blade’s rank is SSS rank.
In terms of rank alone, it was one level higher than the Ultimate series.
“But for me right now, the Ultimate One is the best.”
It wasn’t because Landius was carrying the Solar Blade.
In fact, the Ultimate One, the first sword in the Ultimate series, was more useful to Yuder than the Solar Blade at this point.
“Hehehe, anyway, it’s good. If we get the Ultimate One, our Uther will be super strong, right?”
“Well… I guess I’ll get stronger.”
“If I collect all the Ultimate Series later, it’ll be even more powerful?”
“And the protection of the Four Seasons and the Fairy King are added to that?”
“Landius might pass on the Solar Blade.”
“Our princess collected all of the Arcaman series?”
“Take Malekith and take his dragon heart.”
“And with that, you can wake up the giant statue of Solari?”
“The horse race is great~ The giant robot is really great.”
“I’ve always felt this way, but you really like big rides?”
“Hehe. Anyway, I’m looking forward to it. I want to get it soon.”
Cordelia had an ecstatic expression on her face as she talked about the items, wondering if anyone would say it was rotten water.
“Haa, I suddenly want to fight Malekith quickly.”
“Excuse me, Malekith is an agent dragon?”
Is this really a monster that can destroy a country by itself? And he even has an army of dragons under him?
“So. It’s the Dragon Heart of the Agent Dragon. Ah… How is it. Yuder, my heart is thumping. My heart is pounding.”
Because in the original, it was not implemented as an item and was therefore unobtainable.
But in reality, it would be different.
“Yeah, yeah. Since we’re going to have to fight each other anyway, I guess I might think that way.”
It would be much better than giving in to fear and despair.
“Ah, I suddenly feel regretful. It would have been nice if I had stopped by Maeve’s auction house.”
You may not have been able to obtain the items I just mentioned, but you should have been able to obtain quite a few A-rank or S-rank items.
“There will be another chance.”
Anyway, I have to stop by the royal capital again.
Furthermore, there was also a Maeve auction house in the South. Maeve was originally a noble from the South, so the southern auction house was closer to the main branch.
‘Of course, it’s ridiculous to compare the head office and branch office of an auction house.’
In any case, there were plenty of opportunities to stop by.
“Ooh, good. Let’s go with this tremor in our hands. Since we’re already in our territory, what should we call it? Stealth? Undercover? Anyway, let’s do that too.”
“Could you make me a maple leaf?”
“Oh, the secret royal inspector is here! If you shout it, a bunch of summoned creatures will appear.”
“Excuse me, Miss. You are the magician, not me.”
“anyway.”
Cordelia laughed again and stood up from her seat after finishing her meal.
“Okay! Then let’s go again!”
And I tried to turn around naturally, but it was absurd.
“Cordelia, what about the dishes?”
Even though she didn’t know how to cook, Cordelia was responsible for washing the dishes.
“It’s just going to get dirty again anyway, so is there any need to clean it?”
“Cordelia, isn’t it time to wax your conscience?”
“I hate waxing because it makes my skin look like it’s going to itch.”
“Don’t change the subject?”
“Okay, I got it.”
Actually, washing the dishes was done quickly if you used magic.
After having breakfast and finishing her morning routine, Cordelia climbed onto Uther’s back instead of riding Phantom Steed.
It was a bright sunny morning, not a very good time to operate the Phantom Steed.
“Outdoor Combination! Eudellia!”
Cordelia, perhaps because she was in a good mood, shouted loudly and hugged Uther’s neck, and Uther laughed lightly and kicked the ground.
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Mount Damos.
It is a small mountain located on the border between the center and the south, and is known to the surrounding residents as a ‘mountain you absolutely must not enter.’
The reason was simple: there were so many monsters.
“But… isn’t it a bit strange?”
“I know.”
Even in the story of heroes, a gathering of the old, Uther and Cordelia were famous rotten creatures.
What this means is that you can immediately recall where and what monsters come from without even having to search the Utherwiki.
But right now, a monster that shouldn’t be on Mount Damos was loitering in front of me – a water creature to be exact.
“Borg.”
“Wild boar tribe.”
They were a large, sturdy, and strong race of Ain, with an average height of over 2 meters, with the largest of them reaching nearly 3 meters. They were a mercenary race whose entirety was engaged in mercenary work.
‘Of course, Borg mercenaries and Borg robbers are practically synonyms.’
Because they had such a hasty personality and a strong tendency to be violent, they were the kind of guys who would betray anyone, regardless of contract or anything, if they didn’t like them even a little bit.
‘Why are you here anyway?’
The Borgs were more numerous in the Empire than in the Kingdom of Cailun, and even in the southern swamps of the Kingdom, where they could be found, they were quite far from Mount Damos.
[Hey, Yuder, look at their chests.]
Cordelia nodded to Borg, who was passing about ten meters below, hiding in the bushes at the end of the ramp, and as she said, Uder’s eyes widened when he saw the copper plate they were wearing on their chests.
[Black Hand Mercenary Group!]
They were particularly infamous among the Borg mercenaries, and were also associated with the black dragon Malekith.
But what surprised Uther was not his relationship with Malekith.
[Gamor Khan is here?]
[I guess so?]
Gamor Khan.
The most ferocious and powerful Borg, notorious even among the ferocious Borg.
Although he was a mercenary, his reputation was low, and he was a powerful warrior to the point that some considered him to be on the same level as the Ten Swordsmen.
That man came to Mount Damos with his men.
This place, which is still under the direct control of the Royal House of Cailun, will become the territory of Uther and Cordelia.
[Is he after the Ultimate One too?]
It was such a sudden connection, but it also seemed like a valid idea.
Gamor Khan was the owner of the Ultimate Five – Grand Order Shield and Sword, one of the Ultimate Series.
‘The resonance effect of the Ultimate Series.’
There was a resonance between the Ultimate series created from the same Sword Seeker.
It was well known that Gamor Khan was coveting other Ultimate series.
‘But at this point in time?’
In the original, he was a guy who wandered around here and there in search of the Ultimate Series, but at this point, he had never come to Mt. Damos to find the Ultimate One.
What happened?
Could this be one of the changes resulting from the butterfly effect starting from the North?
‘anyway.’
Either way, it was already done. Since it had come to this, I had to get my hands on the Ultimate One before that guy did.
But it was at that very moment.
“Hehehe.”
Cordelia looked at Uther with a bashful smile, and Uther smiled along with her instead of making a subtle expression as if asking why.
Because they both thought the same thing.
““Ultimate Five.””
Grand Order.
Not only the Ultimate One, but also the Shield and Sword Grand Order.
Gamor Khan was Malekith’s subordinate, so he was defeated individually as well.
Uther showed his usual dark smile, and Cordelia, who had suddenly become pale, also smiled darkly.
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