The Young Noble Ascendant
Chapter 30: The Betrayal of a Knight

Chapter 30: The Betrayal of a Knight

The ancient Basilisk snake began to wave its tail like a hard whip, then attacked the troops around it using its tail.

"CRACK!"

The tail whip also looked very powerful, and was able to destroy large rocks that some of the other troops were using to hide.

"Ugh, what an incredible strength." Said one of the ten mysterious figures who appeared in the horse carriage earlier.

However, from the attack, some troops died due to being hit by large pieces of rock from the Basilisk attack.

"Everyone! Run quickly!" Said one of the surviving mercenaries, with his breath exhausted, he tried to run.

The entire army started running to avoid the next attack from the Basilisk.

On the other hand, Theo and the others also ran from a distance so as not to be seen by the other troops. However, one of the ten mysterious figures accidentally saw Theo and the others running.

Then the mysterious figure moved quickly with the shadow step ability that had reached the top level.

"WOSH!"

"Huh, I thought who was running... It’s you, Cedric!" Said the mysterious figure arrogantly and looked down on Knight Cedric and the others.

"So it was really you who planned all this, Lorcan Veydras!" Said Knight Cedric filled with anger.

Then, without thinking, the two of them clashed swords, making the surrounding air feel even bigger.

"CLANG!"

The clashes continued to occur, with the speed of their movements making it difficult for Theo to see the direction of their attacks.

However, at that moment, Theo also used his Origin Eye skill to see the movements of Knight Cedric and Lorcan.

"Huh, I wonder who Lorcan is?" Said Theo, who was confused by the name, as if the name also included a great person.

Not long after, the mage Alden answered Theo’s question,

"Lorcan Veydras is a top-level Knight who is always paired with Knight Cedric."

"According to the information I got, they are both competing with each other."

The mage Alden explains that Lorcan was once Knight Cedric’s greatest rival.

However, because Knight Cedric was considered to have fled the war, Lorcan indirectly became the leader of all the troops of the De Valemir noble family.

From here, Theo could conclude that the reason Knight Cedric was considered a traitor was because of Lorcan Veydras’ plan.

Theo then tried again to use his Origin Eyes to see what level of power and other information from Lorcan.

"DING!"

[System Information] - Architect Origin v1.5

[Name: Lorcan Veydras]

[Class: Swordsman]

[Tier: 6-Star, A Rank]

[Job: Knight]

[Other info: One of the members of the secret organization ’Obscura’]

Seeing the information from the system, Theo focused on the word "Obscura", then he tried to ask Alden and Julian.

"Hey, do you guys know about the Obscura organization?" Theo asked them casually.

"Ugh, sir! Why do you say that word so casually!?" Said Knight Julian, who was surprised to hear Theo say that sentence.

Then the mage Alden answered Theo’s question,

"Obscura is a secret organization that operates only for their own personal interests."

"Including a very dangerous organization in this world, because they use forbidden techniques to become stronger."

Hearing this, Theo understood why this technique was called a forbidden technique.

because Theo accidentally caught a glimpse of Lorcan Veydras’ eyes suddenly turning red as if he was using a technique that should not be used by the human body.

It looks like a technique from a monster that has turned vicious or like a berserk monster.

While Theo was thinking, Knight Julian tried to ask Theo,

"But, Young master, why did you suddenly ask about that organization?"

And Theo answered casually, as if he knew something, "Lorcan Veydras... he is a member of Obscura."

Theo continued his conversation more seriously,

"And it seems, the previous ten mysterious figures also included the same members."

Then, on the other side....

Knight Cedric, who was fighting Lorcan, this fight was very fierce. Until they moved a little away from where Theo and the others were.

The clash of swords continued. Knight Cedric used his sword technique that seemed to tear the air around him.

However, Lorcan deflected the attack with a slash containing a dark aura. At that moment, Knight Cedric knew that Lorcan was a dark sword user.

Previously, Lorcan only used ordinary sword skills with techniques from the De Valemir family Knights.

"Ugh, you! Who the hell are you, Lorcan!?" Said Knight Cedric angrily.

Without answering Knight Cedric’s question, Lorcan continued to fight with his sword, that gave off an aura of darkness, until about Knight Cedric’s body.

"SLASH"

The slash injured both of Knight Cedric’s hands, causing him to be thrown quite far away by the force of the sword.

"Arrgh!... that attack was so powerful, I couldn’t fight it alone."

At that time, the mage Alden tried to help Knight Cedric. However, he was suddenly blocked by several B Rank mages.

"Damn! I can’t help Knight Cedric like this." Said the mage Alden, who was fighting several mages in black robes earlier.

Then one of the mages seemed to be in a hurry and said, "We must quickly recapture the daughter of the De Valemir family!"

Then, Theo gave orders to the mage Alden and Knight Julian to protect De Valemir daughter.

Meanwhile Theo...

He immediately rushed to help Knight Cedric, because currently, Knight Cedric was cornered by Lorcan’s attack.

"Huh, looks like I’ll have to borrow the skills I kept in the blueprint archive again."

"Shadow step!"

"WOOSH!"

Theo quickly moved towards Knight Cedric.

However, when Theo was about to head towards the fight.

Suddenly...

"BOOM!"

A huge explosion came from the direction of Knight Cedric.

Theo became increasingly panicked, and he accelerated his movements to reach the place where Knight Cedric was fighting.

When Theo arrived at Knight Cedric’s battle, he looked shocked to see Lorcan who had turned into a monster.

His body was covered in a dark aura, and on his head, there looked like there were two small black horns, and his eyes were also blood red.

"Huh, this power is really amazing! haha..." Lorcan laughed so hard that it put pressure on Theo and Knight Cedric.

However, at that time, Knight Cedric looked quite badly injured, his body and both hands that were slashed were seen bleeding.

Theo tried to see if there was anything he could do by relying on the system.

"Hey, system! Give me a powerful skill!"

"I don’t care what it takes! But give me one skill that can fight!"

Then, the system responded to Theo’s request.

"DING!"

[Detected, Host’s strong desire and belief!]

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