I Regressed to My Ruined Family – 40

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Murren, who had been hovering in midair, finally crashed heavily to the ground.

Fortunately, he had protected himself with mana while flying, so he did not suffer any serious injuries when he landed.

Murren looked at the Grand Duke.

“…What happened?”

As a 5-star knight, his strength, speed, and mana control had all risen to a level incomparable to before.

Even if he targeted a nearby viscount instead of a baron, there weren’t many knights who could match him.

That was why he had confidently charged at the Grand Duke.

But what was that reaction speed the Grand Duke had just shown?

The speed at which he spun around and swung his sword as soon as he took the rear position was so fast that even Murlen would have had trouble reacting.

The moment the sword struck him.

If he hadn’t infused his armor with mana, his body would have been neatly cut in two by the black sword.

“…It was a coincidence.”

It had to be a coincidence.

Otherwise, it would mean that he had attained a level of skill higher than that of a 5-star knight in just three months since he had awakened.

Among all the lords of the Duke’s family, there had never been anyone who started from scratch and reached the rank of 5-star in just three months.

Therefore, it was impossible for the Grand Duke to be stronger than him.

Yes.

This was a coincidence.

“Knight Commander!”

Soon, he heard the knights calling him urgently.

Now was the time to prove that he was still alive.

He circulated mana through his body. Blue mana rose steadily from his sword.

Only then did the knights surrounding the Grand Duke feel relieved.

It was their Knight Commander who had achieved the rank of 5-star.

“Of course.”

“The captain must have let his guard down.”

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“The Grand Duke did have a hidden card up his sleeve.”

It was a coincidence caused by carelessness.

That was undoubtedly what had just happened.

Everyone looked at the captain of the knights. The same was true for Baron Zifron.

Seeing his eyes burning with anger, he felt relieved.

Although they had suffered a slight loss in the battle just now, the commander of the knights was still unharmed.

He would not let his guard down again, so it was obvious that the grand duke would be subdued before long.

Murren looked at the grand duke.

He could see him standing quietly in the distance.

He could even see him smiling slightly as he looked back at him.

It was a clear mockery.

Guh!

Murren gritted his teeth. How could a guy with nothing but his bloodline to rely on act so arrogant!

“Everyone, stay out of this fight!”

Murren shouted fiercely.

Attack him together?

That thought did not even cross his mind.

“I won’t let him get away with this.”

One on one.

He would crush him in this battle. Murren was now completely focused.

He spun his mana.

The Duke’s pure martial arts technique was quickly healing his internal injuries.

“Haah!”

Murren rushed toward Ethan. He was much faster than when he approached him earlier, and his speed was now more precise.

Ethan slowly raised his sword.

“I’ll finish you!”

In an instant, he took aim and swung his sword.

He was aiming for the abdomen.

It was one of the fatal spots where his intestines would spill out when the sword pierced him.

He wasn’t even wearing the usual armor, so he would surely collapse to the ground with this one blow.

Murren didn’t doubt his judgment for a moment.

It was at that moment.

The crown prince twisted his waist to the side.

The speed was clearly slow.

The sharp blade was sure to slash his abdomen.

However.

The sword only grazed the air.

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“How did he do that?”

How on earth did he dodge it?

There was no time to think about it.

His head was instantly grabbed by the Grand Prince’s hand.

The tremendous force pressed down hard on his skull.

“Ugh… Aaah!”

He frantically shook the hand holding the sword. Mana gushed out of the sword, slashing wildly at his surroundings.

However, the sword did not strike Ethan’s body. He dodged the sword dance with ease and struck Murren’s wrist with a light blow.

It felt as if his hand had been paralyzed, and all sensation disappeared.

Ting!

The sword fell to the stone floor with a scream.

“Your sword technique is terrible, and your breathing technique is also terrible.”

“Kraaaah! Let go!”

“If you’re going to steal it, you should learn it properly.”

The boy had learned the Duke’s mana breathing technique and sword technique.

However, he had only learned them and was unable to apply them properly.

His sword technique was no exception.

It was as if he was showing his opponent where he was going to attack, using his sword so poorly that even with bare hands, his head was easily grabbed.

Fulton, the knight assigned to him by the Besos family. A proper knight would stand out even if he only learned ordinary sword techniques and breathing methods.

In Ethan’s eyes, Fulton was one of the proper knights.

Even if he didn’t know exactly what the subtleties of sword techniques were, he had reached the stage where he understood them to a certain extent and was able to apply them.

On the other hand, Murren, who was now attacking him, seemed to have received only a crash course in sword techniques rather than truly understanding them.

To Ethan, who understood swords better than anyone else in the world, Murren was nothing more than a toy.

It was the worst possible matchup.

That was why Murren was hanging in midair with his head in Ethan’s grip.

“Save… the Knight Commander!”

The baron shouted urgently.

If he left him like that, Murren’s head might be blown off in an instant. He couldn’t lose a five-star knight so easily.

At Zifron’s urgent cry, the knights, who had been staring blankly at the scene, drew their swords.

Just as they were about to rush forward,

“Too late,”

Edan smiled wryly and tightened his grip. He had disliked this man from the moment they first met.

It was as if he was warning him not to make any foolish moves, as if to say that he could cut him down with a single blow.

What an insolent man.

Thirty-two.

Although Ethan had not lived a long life, he knew very well how to deal with such a man. If he let him live, he would only cause trouble.

Therefore, there was no need to spare him.

Crack!

With a sound of something breaking, the knight commander’s body twisted and collapsed.

“No… No way…”

Everyone swallowed hard at the sight.

It couldn’t be.

It had to be a mistake.

But when Ethan’s hands opened wide…

Kwoong!

The knight collapsed to the floor, lifeless, not even twitching.

“You… You’re crazy!”

A five-star knight died without even landing a single proper blow!

This was truly unbelievable. Yet, the unbelievable was happening right before their eyes.

“One down.”

Ethan’s gaze moved naturally toward Zippron.

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The baron let out a fierce scream. He realized that something was wrong. What had just happened was no coincidence.

The Grand Duke’s skills were so overwhelmingly superior to Murren’s that even his seemingly playful actions had easily subdued him.

It was like a nightmare.

The Grand Duke was not supposed to be this strong.

The only reason the baron was still in his right mind was because he still had many soldiers left.

“K… Knights, stop the Grand Duke! And call all the soldiers! Hurry!”

Two hundred soldiers and over thirty knights.

With them, surely…

Surely…

They would be able to subdue the Grand Duke.

Jifron’s pupils trembled violently.

The knights, who seemed to have regained their senses, returned and blocked the Grand Duke’s path.

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One against many.

At first glance, it seemed that the many were at a huge advantage, but that was only true when one person was completely incompetent.

Even if half a dozen clumsy knights charged at him, it would be nothing more than boring for Ethan.

Perhaps because they had seen the bitter example set by their commander, the knights’ morale was already in shambles.

“Don’t… don’t panic! Everyone, maintain your formation! Act as you were trained!”

One of the four-star knights shouted at the top of his lungs, commanding the knights.

However, in reality,

it was the four-star knight whose pupils were trembling the most.

He was a level higher than the other ordinary knights.

He realized much more clearly than the other knights how one-sided the battle between the knight commander and the grand duke had been just a moment ago.

He had no idea the Grand Duke was such a monster. Even if all the knights here charged at him, he would be worried whether they could even subdue him, let alone defeat him.

The eight knights surrounding him swung their swords as they had been taught in the manual.

As befitting the textbook, there were no openings in the eight thrusts.

That was what the official knights thought.

Of course, that was from Ethan’s perspective.

“How pathetic.”

It was a pass that was so boring it didn’t even spark his interest.

The moment he swung his sword.

Clang!

Clang!

Eight swords were cut in half. It was the result of the hardness of the Nefron Greatsword and the use of mana to maximize its cutting power.

“…Ugh!”

It was a scene that would make even the slightest remnant of fighting spirit disappear. Seeing the knights screaming, he couldn’t help but sigh in disappointment.

“There’s no need to use the Crimson Flame.”

Unless he had to kill all the knights here, that is.

In Ethan’s eyes, there were only a few who deserved to die.

Most of them were just ordinary knights following the orders of the viscount.

His figure disappeared.

Soon, he grabbed the hair of a four-star knight and lifted him high into the air.

“Help… Help me! Aaah!”

“If you wanted to live, you shouldn’t have looked at me with those eyes.”

These vermin had forgotten the grace of the duke.

This guy was the same as the knight commander earlier.

Kwaaah!

The man’s head exploded.

The knight commander and his deputy were all killed.

The knights fell silent.

The Ardan family.

The family of the great hero who had once shaken the kingdom.

Their reputation was not false.

He realized that now.

Meanwhile, the soldiers rushed in.

The baron saw the soldiers and said with a smile.

“Attack that guy!”

Two hundred soldiers armed with all kinds of weapons.

They should be able to stop the Grand Duke…

The baron’s thoughts were cut short. The soldiers began to rebel fiercely.

The soldiers stood rooted to the spot, unable to move a single step.

The Ardan family.

They were the family that saved the kingdom.

The baron was mad to order his men to attack the descendants of such great heroes.

Even if Baron Zifron was their commander, attacking heroes was unthinkable.

“…Attack the Grand Prince? I cannot obey!”

“…I cannot do it either! How can we repay his kindness like this?”

The knight who had brought the soldiers was taken aback.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a situation. Seeing the soldiers not only refuse his orders but also drop their weapons to the ground, he was at a loss for words.

“…Damn it!”

Only then did the baron realize his mistake.

As a nobleman, he thought of the duke’s family as fools who only sacrificed themselves, but the commoners saw things completely differently.

They had grown up hearing stories about how the duke’s family had saved the kingdom.

If the people outside the duke’s domain felt that way, how much more so would the people within the domain feel?

It was not at all strange to think of the duke’s family as a kind of guardian deity.

It was as if he had been stabbed in the foot with the axe he trusted.

The viscount’s face contorted as he shouted frantically.

“You… you bastards! Are you all mad? Disobeying orders is punishable by death…! Heh… heh!”

The baron, who had been raging, let out a scream.

The grand duke, wielding a great sword, was approaching him.

“Stop… him!”

Despite his desperate cries,

no one in the inner castle moved.