Chapter 23 fates that began to intertwined

  "Announce the arrival of the Most Honorary Majesty Great Noble And its Respected Subjects!!!" Along with those words, the large doors of the room opened to the left and right with a heavy sound, with rows of knights on both sides, everyone in the room fell to their knees.

  Except Tormak.

  "Welcome! Oh! Welcome! most esteemed Highness!" Raising both hands high and smiling broadly, Tormak greeted with enthusiasm.

  Behind that door, a group had appeared, the long-awaited Great Noble.

  Finally!! Luck is on my side! This Tormak has managed to welcome a Great Noble that would make any Noble envious!!

  Tormak was very happy in his heart, for some reason that stupid Gordoban suddenly left this room, but Tormak didn't care, with this he could welcome the Great Noble alone.

  If Tormak is able to win the heart of the Great Noble, then he will be able to solve all his problems, and he will be able to take revenge on the people who have humiliated him, he only needs to make a good impression and everything will be successful, fortunately, Tormak is smart and has prepared everything, who needs that piece of shit Gordoban anyway, with this the Great Noble will definitely realize his value at first glance.

  Unfortunately, his subordinates did not have the same enthusiasm as him at this time, they even tried to forbid Tormak from welcoming the Great Noble, they seemed unable to read his plan at all, they were truly stupid, well, he could deal with that later, Tormak thought to himself, after all, he was always the one who had to work the hardest.

  And right now, the reason Tormak did not kneel to give the impression of being equal to the Great Noble, a small gesture that could have a big impact without realizing it, so it would make it easier for Tormak to relate to the Great Noble at the same table.

  I am indeed a great genius!! Maybe even in the entire universe!

  At that moment, when the door was fully open, Tormak could see the group of the Great Noble well, in the front was a young man with green hair, green eyes and a kind smile on his face, Wearing pure white noble clothes, he looked at Tormak with a slight frown, yet his kind his smile remained the same.

  Behind him were two girls and one guy, the girl on the right had long black hair, porcelain white skin with an expensive-looking black dress, staring around with her cold green eyes, she frowned at Tormak while covering her mouth with a fan.

  Meanwhile, The girl on the left had the same hair and green eyes as the guy in front of her, wearing a beautiful green dress, with a cheerful smile on her face, she looked amused by Tormak's welcoming.

  Finally, the last one, a tall slender young man with black hair that reached his ears, he had green eyes and a fierce-looking face, wearing elegant black Noble clothes, he stared at Tormak with a glare.

  What attracts the most attention however is dozens of Knights in jet-black armor standing side by side behind the girls and young men, while emitting a suffocating aura of intimidation, even at one glance everyone knew this was a high-tech power armor that could not be compared to the power armor that the Tormak knights wore, even Tormak himself trembled when he saw the dark knights.

  "O-Oh Great Noble and the rest of your subjects! How are you all!" Managed to maintain the widest smile on his face, Tormak was only able to call them Great Noble because he did not know which Great Noble house they were from, or which one of them was the head of the family, although they all looked young, but with today's Empire technology it would not be strange if they were already several hundred years old.

  However, it would be better if they were as young as they looked, that way he would be able to fool them more easily, Tormak hid his thoughts.

  Not infected by Tormak's happiness however, the young man at the front tilted his head "You are not Gordoban"

  His kind smile is still the same but his eyes are not kind at all.

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  "Multi magic! Fire Lances!" with that chant five magic lances flew through the air and hit the enemies in front of them, while being protected by the round blue Shield that surrounded him and Arlain on his head, Jake continued to fire his laser rifle.

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  After the unexpected incident and the message from the administrators in the cafeteria, Arlain and Jake thought about their next move, indeed the Administrators said about sending someone or something here that might be reinforcements, but Jake himself suggested not to bet on it, after all he didn't know anything about these administrators, while the enemy's attacks were still continuing, so they decided to continue fighting rather than waiting there, for something that might be a trap.

  With the waves of enemies they encountered, this time the guards are not using handheld lasers or bullet weapons anymore, but magic and heavy weapons like laser cannons carried by four-legged robots that looked like a carnivorous animals, while some others carry something like grenade launchers, with various elements and ordinances light up the dark hallway, Jake's laser shots felt like drops of water in a river, after a few minutes, finally the magic throws and the robots became silent leaving a half-destroyed hallway.

  But the damage this time was clear, Arlain's magic shield was heavily cracked and damaged in the front.

  "They fought to the death again" Jake said seeing the corpse of one of the Guards whose body was destroyed and burned along with his armor, like a snail that was stepped on.

  "they will die if they retreat either way, so they prefer death by resistance" Arlain answered as if it was normal, making Jake frown "Is that so, the cruelty of the Pirates"

  "..." Arlain wanted to tell Jake, that most nobles also did the same thing to their soldiers, but he decided not to and just stayed silent.

  Walking in the dark with Arlain as a light, Jake was still thinking about the message from the administrators, should he believe it and what it all meant, there was doubt in his heart, it sounded like these Administrators were on his side and even knew about his condition, but what was that system...

  Continuing to walk in that narrow corridor, Jake found a fairly large elevator at the end of the hallway, they had found an elevator like this several times, however, it was dangerous because they could be ambushed or trapped at any time, instead they just climbed the metal ladders beside it to go up.

  "Can't you just make a hole in this ship straight up" Jake said while climbing the ladders carefully with his rifle dangling on Arlain's slime hands, that was not comfortable at all since the rifle kept slapping him in the face.

  "No way, we will definitely be attacked and swarmed if we do that, didn't I tell you they can sense our presence the closer we are to them" Arlain said preparing magic to be on guard against ambush while trying his best to hold on Jake's rifle.

  Up to the floor above, Jake peeked around first from under the ladder hole, it seemed like they had arrived at a hangar area inside the ship, with eccentric red jet fighters parked inside, the problem was... a massive barricade was built with dozens of Guards and different types of robot drones guarding behind it.

  And in front of the barricade, someone in full bright red armor stood in a waiting pose with a sword in its hands, there were feminine features on the design of the Armor that came out straight of a mecha movie.

  Seeing that, Arlain and Jake immediately knew who the owner of the Armor was.

  "It looks strong" Jake said with a doubtful face.

  "Hmph such a cheap Armor" Arlain answered but his voice sounded a little shaky.

  Just when the two of them peeked from under the stairs, the owner of the Armor shouted at the two of them.

  "Arlain Felfantaria Duraim Heirseim The Great!! You are finally here! At this moment! Here! I invite you to a duel! Face your death! And I will also chop up that Terra Humanis!" Swinging her sword with a strong burst of wind that cut the far-away metal wall, the girl, Sentria shouted at the two.

  "Arlain, can we win?" Jake asked flatly.

  "I'm a Great Noble, this much is nothing" Arlain replied flatly "but.."

  "But?"

  "Not everyone can challenge me to a duel, so let's decline"

  "is a Great Noble scared of me?! And what about the Terra Humanis who insulted me earlier?! I already knew the Terra Humanis was just talking nonsense!! But is a Great Noble just a coward?!"

  "yeah, I agree..." Jake was about to walk down the ladders before he seemed to notice something and turned around. "huh?...."

  I can feel it? What is it, something is approaching, it feels so strange, like I have to meet it no matter what...No, I don't want it.

  "Jake?" ignoring Arlain's call, Jake walked out of their hiding place and stood in front of Sentria.

  "Did you finally show up, I don't think the Great Noble has fallen that far, even though your appearance is very disgusting in my eyes" Sentria insulted from behind her closed helmet that looked like a robot.

  But both of them were not provoked at all by Sentria's words which were like a gentle breeze to both of them.

  "what are you doing Jake?" Arlain whispered to Jake, but Jake just smiled confidently and answered "Trust me"

  Hearing Jake's words, Arlain could only nod, he couldn't imagine what Jake wanted to do, but he trusted him completely, even though the current situation was quite dangerous.

  His mana was only left for a few spells and the ultimate barrier had expired, so the two of them were completely naked right now, however, Arlain believed in Jake no matter what.

  Taking a deep breath, Jake tried to calm his mind.

  He had already realized that Arlain was nearing his limit, they couldn't keep running, this was their chance if they wanted to have a chance, Jake didn't care if the message from the Administrators was true or not, he also didn't care if whatever was approaching him now was here to help him as written in the letter, but Jake had his own plan, this was the only way, for Arlain to reach his goal, he couldn't run anymore.

  Standing in the middle of the enemy, Jake took a deep breath and threw his rifle on the floor before announced loudly "I will give this slime to you! So, please spare my life!!"

  With those words, silence filled the place.