Chapter 21: The Test of Will and Reut

At noon,

Inside the study of the castle.

Kyle stood at his desk with his head bowed, not daring to say a word.

Between the rows of bookshelves, Evans was clearly not focused on the books in his hands, and he looked at Kyle from time to time with a hilarious exploding head.

But he didn't dare to look at his father, and when he reached the level of Juggernaut (transcendental), the telekinesis warrior was very sensitive to gaze and mental scanning (telekinesis greatly increased telepathic attributes), and as long as you dared to look at it, you would be discovered immediately.

As an epic-level high-level sword master, Reut definitely has a higher acuity.

There were only three people in the study, and even the butler Ford was waiting outside the study for a summons, and for a while, the room was very quiet, which made the apprehensive Kyle extremely depressed, in fact, he doubted that Reut did it on purpose.

Behind the desk, Reutte was reading the official documents.

Although the Platinum Empire is a country ruled by dragons, and the high nobles basically only have dragons, they will also win over the strong mortals.

The supreme ruler of the empireβ€”β€”β€”β€” the platinum king Bahamut has been asleep for a long time now, and the actual power of the empire is held by more than a dozen sixth-order metal dragon elders in the Senate.

These dragons, who have lived for at least thousands of years, also possess age-appropriate intelligence, knowing that repression will only affect their rule.

He often uses various means to win over the elites and powerful of various races under his rule.

Reuth is a prime example.

He was originally from a mercenary family, but he was extremely talented in swordsmanship, and became a sword master at a young age, won the championship in the dragon knight selection twenty years ago, became the dragon knight of the empire, and signed a contract with the golden dragon Kudelia to serve in the imperial military.

Even now, if the situation on the front line is not good, they will obey the call to go to the front.

And, during the battle, they became closer and became a real husband and wife, and when the lord Kudelia basically didn't ask about the territory, Reut was the acting lord.

Kyle glanced at his adoptive father.

Although he is over 50 years old, Reuth is still very strong.

He was full of blond hair, wearing the demigod weapon he relied on to become famous, the famous sword, the Tooth of Tygural, and exuded an inexplicable momentum all over his body, like a divine sword in its sheath.

But his eyes were not as sharp as those swordsmen who had just become a sword master.

Kyle once saw a newly-turned Juggernaut telekinesis come to challenge Roytec, and upon seeing Reut's eyes, the Juggernaut immediately gave up the challenge. Kyle learns from him that Reut is a higher realm.

Juggernaut's telekinesis is powerful and sharp, but it can make the people around him feel dazzling and piercing, indicating that the telekinesis is not completely focused on the weapon.

And although a high-level sword master like Reut does not have that sense of sharpness, his telekinesis is actually more concentrated and restrained, and his power is naturally more powerful. The Sword Master and Reuth glanced at each other, and they understood that in terms of telekinesis, they were absolutely crushed at the touch of a button.

Once you understand the gap, give up on the challenge.

……

The oppressive silence lasted for nearly half an hour, broken by the head maid, Lady Teresa.

She is the wife of Ford, the butler, and is responsible for managing the affairs of the castle. Ford, the butler, was more of an assistant to Reut, who had never done official business before, and it was only in recent years that he got better, but most of the official duties were actually handled by Ford.

Lady Teresa had come to inform the Acting Lord that lunch had been prepared, whether to eat in the dining room or in the nearby study.

Royte glanced at the rest of the documents, stacked them high, and told her that he and Kyle and Evans would have dinner in the study.

Lunch is also very depressing, Reutt has no expression on his face, and there is a cold and majestic aura around him, this is not an illusion, powerful telekinetic warriors have a similar will aura, which will oppress people with weak will and mental power. 、

It is said that the most powerful telekinesis warriors can even fight back against dragons.

Kyle saw that Evans was fine, and Lady Teresa was also unmistakable, and immediately knew that β€”β€”β€” TM was definitely aimed at himself.

If you want to pass today, you can only endure it.

Thinking of this, Kyle looked up and looked at Reut. No sooner had he met his eyes than Kyle felt a sharp pain.

It's a physical pain!

With a concentration of 225, Kyle is already able to freeze the fallen leaves in the wind.

And Reut, as an epic telekinesis, has at least a thousand or more in each of the three items of concentration, soul force field (mental power), and will (epic: 1000-2000), and under such concentration, Kyle's eyes are pressed and painful.

If it were an ordinary person with less than 50 tenacity, his eyeballs would be crowded by now.

Under such oppression, Kyle's body instinctively wants to close his eyes, but Kyle understands that as long as he closes it, he will fail.

It's not uncommon to be inferior to your opponent in terms of strength.

In addition to the gods, no matter how powerful a life is, it will meet a life that is more powerful than itself. Even if it is a god, it is estimated that it will be suppressed by a more powerful god, but as a mortal, he doesn't know if there is such a existence.

Kyle is well aware that he is not powerful. The whole of Tyguras has a hundred, a thousand times more powerful existences than himself.

But Kyle doesn't allow himself to be overwhelmed by will.

"I have the 'Infinite True Sutra', and after only reaching the second level, I am already in the second stage of the power class of Taigulas, and the demigod is the sixth level of the power system of Taigulas. What if I practice the 'Infinite Sutra' to the seventh stage? Will it be able to compete with the true God? ”

Kyle β€”β€”β€”β€”is confident that he won't be forever in Sharpsburg, an ordinary city in the northern frontier of the Empire.

He's going to see the world.

For example, other continents, and even other planets like the Demon Realm-Tessivane, appreciate the fantastic beauty of this world.

And in the outside world.

Reuth is definitely not the only one with strong minds, there will be people who are comparable to him, or even surpass him.

"I ...... Can't throw in the towel here! ”

Kyle's thoughts, but time in the outside world is only for a moment. In Evans' eyes, Kyle's expression became extremely distorted as soon as he looked up.

His eyes cracked, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his eyes were forced to stare at Reut.

Seeing Kyle's appearance, Evans whispered, "Father, this ......"

As if hearing his words, the high-level sword master looked away, cut a piece of meat from the plate with a knife, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then swallowed it, and commented with a cold face to Kyle, who had recovered some of the muscles on his face: "The mental power is vulnerable, and the willpower is weak. ”

Speaking of this, Kyle's heart hung in the air when he heard this, but Reut's expression softened and he said again, "But determination and courage are not bad!" He smiled slightly.

Hearing this, and looking at Reut's expression, Kyle's heart finally let go.

"But ......"

Hearing this, the mage's heart immediately lifted again.

"It's understandable to suddenly find out that you're also at this age, but you're my adopted son, and your words and deeds don't just represent yourself, you must always pay attention." Reut unties a money bag from his belt and tosses it to Kyle.

"If you really want to be a woman, the crimson paradise in the east of the city is very suitable for you."

Hearing this, Evans bursts into laughter at Kyle and kicks Kyle with his foot under the table.

Kyle also hears the snickering laughter of Lady Teresa and the maids she brought with her. As a man, of course Kyle knew which one was the best in Sharpsburg, but Kyle, who didn't expect Reuth to come to this hand, had to take the money bag head-on.

The corners of his mouth twitched in agreement, "Okay, uncle." ”

However, Evans was not much better, and Reut turned to him and said, "Evans, you too, as a half-dragon, you have reached the juvenile stage of the dragon clan according to your age...... You've probably heard of what dragons are like at this stage, and I don't want to hear any bad rumors about you! ”

"I understand, father."

Dragon's Teenage ...... Isn't it just messy hair. Love? Most of the wurms of Tygulas, except for the experimental results of the mages, are basically made by these young dragons.

"Good!"

The atmosphere in the second half of lunch was noticeably better than the first half, except that the snickering laughter of the maids made Kyle and Evans uncomfortable.

Don't think they're maids, and their status is low.

In fact, as the only city within a radius of 300 kilometers, most of these maids were daughters, sisters, or relatives of the dragonborn nobles in the territory under the jurisdiction of Sharpsburg, and ordinary people could not be maids at all.

Therefore.

Evans' glare only made them more presumptuous.

In fact, Kyle thinks they want to hook up with the lord's son in order to improve his status.

Why don't you let it go?

While it was unlikely that Kudelia would have died before Evans, they would not have been able to become lady lords. Moreover, even if Kudelia were to die in battle, the Senate would take back Sharpsburg. It would be nice to be able to give Evans a small town as compensationβ€”β€”β€”β€” if it weren't for the dragons, it would be basically impossible to be the lord of a city.

I managed to stay up until lunch.

Evans and Kyle went to Evans' room to play two games of magic chess.

This is a simplified version of a popular magic game among mages, a bit like chess, except that the pieces are replaced by the Platinum Empire's classes and various abyssal demons. To play this kind of chess, you need to direct the chess pieces with your voice or a special magic wand.

It is said that the game played among the civilians outside is similar to that of chess in the previous life.

Kyle and Evans play a more upscale game, with a variety of special effects, such as the knight's chess pieces will randomly flash various colors of magic light to represent various fighting spirits when they kill the opponent's demon class, and there will be action demonstrations in battle.

In the original version of the magic game, the mage controlled a force to build, develop and eventually defeat the opponent.

Sounds a lot like Kyle's real-time strategy game from his previous life.

But closer to the real situation.

The game was originally designed to simulate warfare, but mages have found it very interesting to play as a game. It's been all the rage for over a hundred years since it appeared, and it's a pity that only mages can play this kind of game. And, fortunately, it takes a lot of energy to play this kind of game, so there are not so many addictive mages.

But it is said that there are really a lot of addicted archmages who have explosive energy attributes, and they pull people to play games all day long.

Even their own research and meditation are deserted.