32. Fall of the Murdoch

"What is it now?" Harrison quickly inquired.

The Knight had a perplexed face, before he went out and escorted ,a middle aged couple with ragged clothes multiple scars and wounds covering all over their body.

Rahim Valta quickly frowned and thought

'Why did they brought beggars inside my royal palace ?'

Before, Rahim Valta could voice his opinion, a loud growl was heard throught out the entire palace.

"Who dared to harm the nobles of the Empire ?"

Listening to the Knight's angry growl, Rahim Valta had a shocked face plastered all over his face, and a deadly chill loomed all over his body.

Cause never In his wildest dream would he have quessed this people are nobles, and from the Empire at that matter of fact.

If he has to describe it , these people looked like every run of a mill, commoner you see in the Royal Capital.

But there is no reason for the Empire Knight's to lie to him, the main issue is, who did that to the them ?. Rahim Valta pondered and gazed at the Knight who escorted them in, asking for answers.

"when we reached the destination, we saw certain Knight's from this kingdom, forcefully dragging them." the Knight paused for a while after continuing. " We immediately rescued them, and interrogated the assailants and found out they were working under the a certain nobleman in this kingdom named Vincent Murdoch."

It's quite rude to call a noble man by his name, but the Knight of the Empire didn't care any of that.

This person dared to assault a noble household of an Empire, there's no need to treat him with courtesy and respect, the Knight's thought.

Listening to the name, Rahim Valta lost all his strength from his legs as he thought " does it have to be a high ranking nobleman of the Kingdom ?,and It's Count Murdoch again, Just how much trouble is planning to cause ?.'

Rahim Valta had a disgruntled face, as he wants to strangle that Count with his own hands.

One of the escorted Knight's suddenly interrupted his thoughts as he said.

"Captain according to the information we gathered, Vincent Murdoch is a Cardinal Rank Swordsman" he gulped before replying " I am afraid our strength is not enough. "

There were a total of 20 Knight's from the chronos Empire, Each of the ranging from ' '7 Star Knight' ,to their escort captain who is a peak '9 Star Knight'. They are a group of experienced and well groomed Knight's, but it's nowhere near enough to take down a Ranked Swordsman.

Harrison nodded his and said "You're right, for now let's escort Viscount and Viscountess Cortis back to the Empire."

Listening to these words, Rahim heaved a sigh of relief as he thought, ' Ranked Swordsman are a big deal, even the Empire would be vary of them.'

But the Escort Captain's next word almost made him puke blood.

"After escorting, we will notify the Empire and charge in here with our army."

Hearing this words Rahim Valta inwardly cursed before replying.

"There's no need for that Sir Harrison, I'll sent someone to drag that Count in front of you."

After that he signalled his attendee to call for the Captain of the Royal Knight's.

"You're Majesty, you summoned me " The Royal Knight's Captain kneeled in one leg waiting for his orders.

"Captain Garcia, Drag Count Murdoch in front of me" Rahim Valta thought a bit before continuing "I don't mind, even if you have to chop a few of his limbs off. "

"Understood, Your Majesty " Captain Garcia took a bow, before dashing out to follow his order.

Rahim Valta looked at the Knight's beside him and replied " Captain Garcia is a 'Bishop Rank Swordsman' and the Captain of of our Royal Guard, this might let you be at ease."

Rahim Valta can't let an army of a foreign power inside his nation, he would become a laughing stock in the entire Azaroth Continent. It's just not worth it, even for a Cardinal Rank Swordsman.

And he severely miscalculated the strength of the Empire, as he thought even the Empire wouldn't want to deal with a Cardinal Rank Swordsman.

But how would he know, there are Hundreds of Cardinal and Even Bishop Rank Swordsman filled in the Empire, how could they let be afraid of one mere Swordsman, that they haven't even heard a name of.

Harrison walked towards the old couple who were watching this entire scenario with a confused look on there face.

He gave an amicable gentle looking smile and said

" Viscount and Viscountess cortis, the carriage his here, let's depart to the Empire"

The couple looked at each other before squeezing all their strength, to let a voice out of their body.

"Sir I think you got the wrong person, we are just a simple merchants working in the capital." The old couple said unisonly as they thought 'this Knight must have mistaken them for someone else.'

"We Know, Viscount Bane Cortis already informed everything about you , he was the one asked us to escort you back to his estate."

" "

" He has already accepted the hereditary Nobility title from the Empire "

The couple went momentarily silent and followed the Knight's, it seems they would need a few moment to process all the information that was thrown towards them.

"Your Majesty, then I'll leave this matter about Count Murdoch, for you deal with." Saying so Harrison bowed and took his leave.

Just as the group left, Rahim Valta was still there standing in daze as he thought 'Wait , Wait a minute , Bane Cortis ? , the one from the academy'.

Is this some kind of karma, Count Murdoch kicked Bane out of the Academy, and that same thing has led to his doom.

But more he thought, more he was perplexed by it. And wait why did the Empire offered him a nobility, from what I've heard he barely passed the first Round.

And given the demeanor of the Empire they won't even look at you ,if your not in the Top 100.

"Wait!, I did hear he almost defeated one of the top 10 in the Competition, I guess it is true "

Rahim Valta did heard about those rumors surrounding Bane Cortis, but dismissed it as a hearsay. But after witnessing the scene in front of him , he guessed the rumours weren't baseless after all.

Rahim Valta will soon figure out the true Value of Bane Curtis in few years, When the skill called "Beserk Bane " , would be famous throughout the entire Continent as a secret last maneuver of the legion's of Magicswordsman from the Chronos Empire, which was named after it's Inventor

Viscount Bane Curtis.