Return of The Unrivaled Spear Knight
Side Story Chapter 1
In Year 748 of the Continental Calendar, the throne of the Avalon Empire sat empty—or should have been, for its owner was missing. Instead, a blonde woman in her thirties at most was sitting on the throne.
“I’ve received a report of the rebels conquering the southern region just now,” an Imperial Knight reported.
The news came as a shock—it had only been five days since the rebellion had broken out in the southern region. Nevertheless, the woman on the throne remained silent. The Imperial Knight in front of her waited for her instructions without saying anything either.
“How big is the rebel army?” the woman finally asked.
“The estimated number is one hundred thousand, currently led by Marquess Suspen, who is calling himself the Southern King.”
It was truly an arrogant title. Would they have still been able to act like this if he was still here?
“...Any news on His Majesty?”
“I’m afraid not. Sir Cain is looking everywhere...” The Imperial Knight trailed off.
“It won’t be easy to scour this vast continent on his own. Besides, he has gotten old.”
“He always says that he’s still hale and hearty. Commander—no, Cain, the ex-commander, will find His Majesty for sure.” The Imperial Knight nodded.
“...There is something that His Majesty also used to say to Sir Cain,” the woman muttered.
“Pardon?”
“‘Use that energy to get married.’”
“Cough...” The Imperial Knight tried desperately to not laugh.
“It’s going to look like Sir Cain didn’t get to marry because of His Majesty.” The woman quietly heaved a sigh. “Where is Sir Cain right now?”
“He... is training the knights.”
“Isn’t it a scolding?” the woman flippantly remarked.
The Imperial Knight didn’t answer, but his silence was answer enough.
Ten years passed since the disappearance of the Emperor of Avalon, and it had been two years since civil war had broken out within the great Avalon Empire, dividing the vast territory into five parts: the central region, where the woman and the Imperial Knights were right now, the east, the west, the south, and the north.
The current emperor’s reign had a rocky start. Although the Emperor had the right to take the throne, the process with which he had done so was closer to a coup than an inheritance. However, the Emperor had suppressed all forms of resistance with his overwhelming power. And yes, that was the very emperor who was missing now...
“How are the situations in the other regions?” the woman asked.
“They aren’t good.”
Of course they weren’t. The rebel army’s key forces had spread to all five regions in an attempt to overthrow the government by starting simultaneous uprisings all over the Empire.
“The other countries won’t stay still if the civil war stretches any further.”
“We’ll never let it happen,” the Imperial Knight said with determination.
The Avalon Empire was no longer the overwhelmingly strongest empire like it was before. It wasn’t that the Empire had weakened, but that the other countries had made remarkable progress. In the past, there were three strong countries, seven mediocre countries, and two weak countries. However, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that there was now one superpower country and eleven other countries; the entire continent was in chaos right now.
“...The Hubalt Empire.”
The three empires were the main cause of this chaos. The Swallow Empire, which had been one of the three strong countries, self-destructed. Although the Swallow Empire and Thran Kingdom had equal status now, it was just all show and no substance because of the discriminating elitist citizens of the Swallow Empire.
Those citizens didn’t try to accept the people of the Thran Kingdom as their equals. The problem was nominal autonomy. It might have been different if the two countries’ governments were united, but the idea of one country, two systems was ridiculous to them. Their culture, policy, heritage, race, rulers... The citizens of these two countries shared no similarities, but the governments put them together by force...
After a long moment, the woman heaved a sigh. “It really is a shame. It would have been great if they could help us.”
Cerona bel Grace was the female emperor of the Swallow Empire, and Ulabis was the king of the Thran Kingdom. Both were allies of the Avalon Empire. The two of them had come up with the one country, two systems plan, but that plan had turned out to be an utter failure. Afterward, civil war also broke out within the Swallow Empire. The conflict continued to go on. While the other two empires were busy fighting within themselves, the Hubalt Empire had increased its power drastically.
The Avalon Empire’s foreign affairs alone was a great source of trouble, but the state of affairs within the Avalon Empire had become even more serious over time.
“Pardon? By Class A, you mean...?”
“If I remember correctly, all of them are now called Masters.”
Argo’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. “I-is that true?”
“Yes, it is.”
“That’s impossible! The Flame Emperor, who is currently considered the strongest Star among the Nine, isn’t at that level...” Argo trailed off.
“That very Flame Emperor lost to Joshua Sanders too.”
Argo, startled, shut his mouth.
Come to think of it, Argo had read about that in a biography entitled 《Joshua Sanders, the Reigning Emperor’s Life》, but he didn’t really want to read or hear stories about the current emperor. History was written by the winners, so he thought it was definitely exaggerated. Argo had struggled to keep his morale up, so he didn’t wish to kill it with an absurd rumor.
Suspen firmly shook his head. “You need to hear this. In order to win a war, you need to know your enemy.”
“B-but... I have confidence in myself!”
“...In that case, do you want to test it?” Suspen asked.
“What? What are you—?”
“Over there.” Suspen pointed north.
Of course, Argo knew exactly what lay in that direction.
“Fortress Raymond...?”
“All the loyalist remnants from the south must be in there, along with the child of the Emperor you were wondering about.”
“...Are you talking about Kireua Sanders?” Argo quietly asked.
“Yeah, he’s the same age as you, right?”
Argo’s face darkened. Kireua Sanders was one of a few people in the entire Empire that Argo considered his rival. Kireua had been taught by the Knight of Red Flame, the Star who still shone brilliantly.
“...Someone told me that the current emperor intentionally led the situation to turn out like this,” Suspen mumbled.
“What do you mean?”
“He’s trying to sort out bad seeds. It has already been twenty years since the current emperor took the throne. The children born at the time have become adults, so it’s the perfect opportunity for the rebels to come back out of hiding.”
“Th-the are you saying that Joshua Sanders saw everything coming and started this to arrest all the rebels?”
“I don’t know, but we’ll find out soon.” Suspen’s eyes turned sharp.
The Emperor was surely a monster, but he was still a human like them. If he had the slightest amount of affection for his children and something bad hadn’t happened to him, Joshua Sanders was going to show up soon.
“After the death of the Dark God, many nobles weren’t happy about the current emperor taking the throne, but no one dared to say it out aloud. That was how overwhelmingly strong the Emperor was—but no longer,” Suspen declared. “Over the past twenty years, we’ve gotten remarkably stronger than before, and that monstrous Emperor is still out in the wild. Even if he shows up like you say... we’ll be able to take the Avalon Empire because we, the four Kings of the rebel army, have become as strong as a Star.”
His eyes gleamed as he drew his sword.
“Let’s go,” he said. “We won’t be able to achieve anything without taking risks. We’ll march over our dead comrades and drink our enemies’ blood after slitting their throats. That is how we will build our own little world.”
“We’ll follow you to the end of hell!” Argo shouted.
Suspen released his radiant aura and clad his upheld sword in it.
“Let the main story begin.”
Chapter 401: Side Story Chapter 1
In Year 748 of the Continental Calendar, the throne of the Avalon Empire sat empty—or should have been, for its owner was missing. Instead, a blonde woman in her thirties at most was sitting on the throne.
“I’ve received a report of the rebels conquering the southern region just now,” an Imperial Knight reported.
The news came as a shock—it had only been five days since the rebellion had broken out in the southern region. Nevertheless, the woman on the throne remained silent. The Imperial Knight in front of her waited for her instructions without saying anything either.
“How big is the rebel army?” the woman finally asked.
“The estimated number is one hundred thousand, currently led by Marquess Suspen, who is calling himself the Southern King.”
It was truly an arrogant title. Would they have still been able to act like this if he was still here?
“...Any news on His Majesty?”
“I’m afraid not. Sir Cain is looking everywhere...” The Imperial Knight trailed off.
“It won’t be easy to scour this vast continent on his own. Besides, he has gotten old.”
“He always says that he’s still hale and hearty. Commander—no, Cain, the ex-commander, will find His Majesty for sure.” The Imperial Knight nodded.
“...There is something that His Majesty also used to say to Sir Cain,” the woman muttered.
“Pardon?”
“‘Use that energy to get married.’”
“Cough...” The Imperial Knight tried desperately to not laugh.
“It’s going to look like Sir Cain didn’t get to marry because of His Majesty.” The woman quietly heaved a sigh. “Where is Sir Cain right now?”
“He... is training the knights.”
“Isn’t it a scolding?” the woman flippantly remarked.
The Imperial Knight didn’t answer, but his silence was answer enough.
Ten years passed since the disappearance of the Emperor of Avalon, and it had been two years since civil war had broken out within the great Avalon Empire, dividing the vast territory into five parts: the central region, where the woman and the Imperial Knights were right now, the east, the west, the south, and the north.
“How are the situations in the other regions?” the woman asked.
“They aren’t good.”
Of course they weren’t. The rebel army’s key forces had spread to all five regions in an attempt to overthrow the government by starting simultaneous uprisings all over the Empire.
“The other countries won’t stay still if the civil war stretches any further.”
“We’ll never let it happen,” the Imperial Knight said with determination.
The Avalon Empire was no longer the overwhelmingly strongest empire like it was before. It wasn’t that the Empire had weakened, but that the other countries had made remarkable progress. In the past, there were three strong countries, seven mediocre countries, and two weak countries. However, it wasn’t an exaggeration to say that there was now one superpower country and eleven other countries; the entire continent was in chaos right now.
“...The Hubalt Empire.”
The three empires were the main cause of this chaos. The Swallow Empire, which had been one of the three strong countries, self-destructed. Although the Swallow Empire and Thran Kingdom had equal status now, it was just all show and no substance because of the discriminating elitist citizens of the Swallow Empire.
Those citizens didn’t try to accept the people of the Thran Kingdom as their equals. The problem was nominal autonomy. It might have been different if the two countries’ governments were united, but the idea of one country, two systems was ridiculous to them. Their culture, policy, heritage, race, rulers... The citizens of these two countries shared no similarities, but the governments put them together by force...
After a long moment, the woman heaved a sigh. “It really is a shame. It would have been great if they could help us.”
Cerona bel Grace was the female emperor of the Swallow Empire, and Ulabis was the king of the Thran Kingdom. Both were allies of the Avalon Empire. The two of them had come up with the one country, two systems plan, but that plan had turned out to be an utter failure. Afterward, civil war also broke out within the Swallow Empire. The conflict continued to go on. While the other two empires were busy fighting within themselves, the Hubalt Empire had increased its power drastically.
The Avalon Empire’s foreign affairs alone was a great source of trouble, but the state of affairs within the Avalon Empire had become even more serious over time.
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“Joshua Sanders was a Class A at your age,” Suspen said.“Pardon? By Class A, you mean...?”
“If I remember correctly, all of them are now called Masters.”
Argo’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. “I-is that true?”
“Yes, it is.”
“That’s impossible! The Flame Emperor, who is currently considered the strongest Star among the Nine, isn’t at that level...” Argo trailed off.
“That very Flame Emperor lost to Joshua Sanders too.”
Come to think of it, Argo had read about that in a biography entitled 《Joshua Sanders, the Reigning Emperor’s Life》, but he didn’t really want to read or hear stories about the current emperor. History was written by the winners, so he thought it was definitely exaggerated. Argo had struggled to keep his morale up, so he didn’t wish to kill it with an absurd rumor.
Suspen firmly shook his head. “You need to hear this. In order to win a war, you need to know your enemy.”
“B-but... I have confidence in myself!”
“...In that case, do you want to test it?” Suspen asked.
“What? What are you—?”
“Over there.” Suspen pointed north.
Of course, Argo knew exactly what lay in that direction.
“Fortress Raymond...?”
“All the loyalist remnants from the south must be in there, along with the child of the Emperor you were wondering about.”
“...Are you talking about Kireua Sanders?” Argo quietly asked.
“Yeah, he’s the same age as you, right?”
Argo’s face darkened. Kireua Sanders was one of a few people in the entire Empire that Argo considered his rival. Kireua had been taught by the Knight of Red Flame, the Star who still shone brilliantly.
“...Someone told me that the current emperor intentionally led the situation to turn out like this,” Suspen mumbled.
“What do you mean?”
“He’s trying to sort out bad seeds. It has already been twenty years since the current emperor took the throne. The children born at the time have become adults, so it’s the perfect opportunity for the rebels to come back out of hiding.”
“Th-the are you saying that Joshua Sanders saw everything coming and started this to arrest all the rebels?”
“I don’t know, but we’ll find out soon.” Suspen’s eyes turned sharp.
The Emperor was surely a monster, but he was still a human like them. If he had the slightest amount of affection for his children and something bad hadn’t happened to him, Joshua Sanders was going to show up soon.
“After the death of the Dark God, many nobles weren’t happy about the current emperor taking the throne, but no one dared to say it out aloud. That was how overwhelmingly strong the Emperor was—but no longer,” Suspen declared. “Over the past twenty years, we’ve gotten remarkably stronger than before, and that monstrous Emperor is still out in the wild. Even if he shows up like you say... we’ll be able to take the Avalon Empire because we, the four Kings of the rebel army, have become as strong as a Star.”
“Let’s go,” he said. “We won’t be able to achieve anything without taking risks. We’ll march over our dead comrades and drink our enemies’ blood after slitting their throats. That is how we will build our own little world.”
“We’ll follow you to the end of hell!” Argo shouted.
Suspen released his radiant aura and clad his upheld sword in it.
“Let the main story begin.”
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