Became The Son Of The Final Boss [EN]: Chapter 56

56.

Returning to the detached palace, I opened a window and slumped into a chair.

“Hmm.”

I wanted a warm cup of tea.

Smiling, I summoned a salamander.

I smiled faintly, watching the salamander blink its eyes.

The salamander read my thoughts and jumped onto the kettle.

Soon, the salamander’s entire body began to turn redder.

“That was fast.”

I brewed tea from the kettle that the salamander had heated.

-The master of the covenant asks for peculiar things.

The salamander’s voice was high-pitched, befitting its small lizard form.

“It’s a request. It would be sad if I only called you during battles, right?”

I joked and summoned another salamander, trying to warm the entire room.

I wanted to keep the window open because it felt stuffy, but the wind was very cold.

The later-summoned salamander sat on the windowsill, warming the incoming breeze.

It was quite fascinating.

“Then, shall we take a look?”

Since the salamanders were absorbing mana on their own, there was nothing more to worry about.

I immediately opened the status window.

-Current Bonus Stats: 1,200

I had accumulated quite a lot of bonus stats.

‘I think I have enough skills, so this time I should unlock some quests.’

I had no ongoing quests left.

Next, I clicked on Random Skill Selection.

Once again, a question mark began to spin.

I waited for the result with a relaxed mind.

-S Flame Wind has been unlocked.

I jumped up.

The salamander lying on the windowsill spoke first.

-Oh, that’s a technique that even spiritists rarely use.

The salamander playing on the kettle added.

-Becoming one with those wind spirits feels unpleasant, but it’s definitely an excellent technique.

It was the first S-rank skill unlocked since Wind Breathing, and unlike Wind Breathing, it was an attack skill using spirits.

As the salamander said, Flame Wind was a technique that combined wind and fire spirits.

The two different attributes of spirits met to implement a single skill, and the power was so great that I could feel it without even casting it.

‘It’s literally a firestorm.’

The wind spirit would create a huge wind, and the fire spirit would add flames inside it.

This attack seemed particularly useful in war.

‘A skill specialized in mass destruction.’

I shuddered.

It felt like some kind of fate.

Wouldn’t this be the most needed skill if I went to the West?

If I used this technique against tens of thousands of charging orcs, it would be incredibly effective.

‘Of course, I need to become a high-level spirit master and raise the skill level a lot, but…’

I placed great significance on the skill unlock itself.

“I got a dud in the random talent unlock, but I got an S-rank in the skill unlock.”

I sent the salamanders back and closed the window.

I immediately turned my gaze back to the status window and used all the bonus stats without leaving any behind, hoping for as many quests as possible.

-A Commander of the West: Receive oaths of allegiance from the lords of the West.

└Bonus Stats: 1,000

-A The Death of Goran: Kill Goran before he gains complete power.

└Bonus Stats: 1,000

-S Rescue Gale: The Orc King plans to extract Gale’s mana and offer it to Goran. Rescue Gale before the Orc King uses Orc shamans to perform the ritual. Time remaining: 100 days.

└Bonus Stats: 5,000, Minimum A-rank skill unlock

Three quests appeared.

One S-rank difficulty quest was to rescue Gale. I clenched my fist involuntarily.

The most important thing right now was that Gale was not dead.

‘A 100-day time-limited quest makes it even more difficult.’

Even after the evaluation tournament ended, I couldn’t go to the West immediately, so time was running out.

I also needed to be appointed as the commander-in-chief by my father, and all of that was a kind of ceremony.

And if I were to take the Central Army with me, time would only be further delayed.

The conscription of soldiers needed to conquer the Pieron Kingdom was not yet complete.

‘First, I need to ask my father about this. After the participants and I go as commanders, we can hold a meeting with the lords of the West to rescue Gale, or… wage an all-out war with the orcs.’

I also needed to consult with Ken.

“There are three matches left… everything will be decided after winning.”

I decided to announce that I was cured tomorrow.

It was a disguise tactic that Ken and I had devised after quite a bit of deliberation, but since the situation had changed, a quick change of pace seemed like a good idea.

‘I need to tell Ken about this in advance.’

I called a servant outside the detached palace and told him to bring Ken.

Until Ken arrived, I calmed my mind and body by practicing the Wind Breathing technique for the sake of my physical condition.

* * *

I had a rather long conversation with Ken yesterday.

I didn’t decide everything on the spot.

Even though I only mentioned that I might clash with the lords in the early stages if I went to the West and that I had to find Gale, Ken was curious about why I was so sure that Gale was alive.

To Ken, who was trying to find out if I had other informants, I just brushed it off as a hunch.

Ken seemed to accept it as the affection of a lord for his loyal subject.

And the first match of the morning. I overwhelmingly defeated my opponent.

It was thanks to contracting with the intermediate fire spirit Phoenix after finishing the conversation with Ken yesterday. I also additionally contracted with the wind spirit with the highest affinity, so I could fight with Sylphere and Phoenix together.

With mana close to that of a high-level spiritist and the ability to use skills without gaps through spirit consciousness, it was difficult for anyone at the evaluation tournament participant level to stop me.

After the first match, as I came down from the stage, I realized anew that I was quite strong.

‘Well, the stage isn’t important.’

Comparing stages with swordsmanship was because there were so many who dreamed of becoming knights.

Because the entry process wasn’t difficult like magic or spiritism.

‘Anyway, the average level of the evaluation tournament participants is intermediate. That’s why Riorden was a favorite to win, but now he’s fallen.’

Chen and Riorden were the strongest candidates to win, and there were about two more, but they could be said to be intermediate knights.

I overwhelmingly won against one of them.

The more mana I supplied to the spirits, the stronger their power became, and I also received the title effect.

This meant that the skills I used as a low-level spirit were not significantly inferior compared to those of a typical intermediate spirit.

“Your Highness.”

It was David’s voice.

I turned my gaze.

“David.”

David bowed briefly.

Currently, David was monitoring the servant who had brought the potion made by Ken.

He was called a servant, but he was an excellent magician who could even change his face and body shape with magic.

“I am sorry to bring you bad news.”

I frowned involuntarily.

If David brought bad news, it could only be about the servant.

As expected, David brought up the story about the servant.

“He committed suicide by causing a mana overload.”

I felt the muscles in my face stiffen.

“Soris is analyzing the body to see what method he used.”

“If it was a mana overload… the aftermath must have been considerable.”

“Some of the underground prison was destroyed, but I quickly stopped it, so it ended there.”

I immediately examined David’s body.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

Question marks appeared in David’s eyes.

“Why? If you were close to someone causing a mana overload, you would naturally be caught in the aftermath.”

“Ah.”

David then replied with his usual stoic face.

“I am fine.”

“That’s a relief. Hand the body over to Soris.”

“Yes.”

I instructed David.

“Still, keep a close eye on your physical condition, just in case.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

“By the way, as soon as the tournament ends, I will ask His Majesty to go to the West immediately. There’s no time to wait for the Central Army to be organized.”

David trailed off.

“In that case…”

“Yes. That’s the only moment you can leave. If you go to the West with me, I’ll work you to death, so think carefully. You don’t have much time.”

I smiled.

“I heard you’ve been cured. And after watching the match… your skills have improved a lot.”

David changed the subject.

I shrugged.

“I started late, so I have to catch up with the other competitors as quickly as possible. I have to overcome not only my brothers but also those sitting over there.”

David’s gaze turned to the VIP seats.

His body trembled.

“Especially the heads of the Aetran and Riverhill families have outstanding princes as their grandsons. They won’t just sit back and watch me keep this position.”

I didn’t leave near the stage for the next match.

Some nobles approached, but I intentionally waved them off, blocking their approach.

I felt that this was an opportunity to completely persuade David.

“Just reducing the share occupied by those two giant families would be enough to feed the poor in the capital and the commoners being exploited by the lords in the provinces.”

I calmly added.

“Of course, if I become emperor, I plan to reduce the share of the imperial family as well. If I can’t control His Majesty’s desire for territory… using it isn’t a bad idea either. A large territory means a large production volume. His Majesty doesn’t incorporate the nobles of the conquered countries as nobles of the empire. He thoroughly tramples the royal family.”

Speaking it with my own mouth, my father was a truly terrifying person.

When the empire conquered a kingdom, all the royalty and nobles were beheaded.

That point rather added strength to my argument.

“His Majesty’s conquest increases production. If the nobles and royals who took most of that production are all beheaded, and that share can be returned to the commoners of the fallen kingdom, the commoners of the empire, instead of the nobles of the empire… the world you envision isn’t just a dream.”

Without realizing it, my words gained strength.

“What if… His Majesty leaves only the Calpheon Empire on the continent? If the emperor of one powerful empire oppresses the few nobles, distributes grain, and shares wealth, then the world you envision will truly come.”

Of course, it would be institutionally impossible, and there would be countless problems.

But now was the time to convey the hope that David’s ideals could become reality.

If David were a modern person, it would have been an impossible persuasion, but this was the Calpheon Empire, and his origin was a fallen royal family from the Middle Ages.

In particular, he was a prince of a royal family who held a grudge against the Aetran family.

“There was a reason why I didn’t kill anyone while living as a mercenary.”

David began to speak.