CHAPTER 784: 613, IT’S FINE TO JUST WATCH FROM THE SIDE_2

Regarding the Sword Saint of the Borlay family, he was not only the contemporary Sword Saint of the Borlays, a family infused with legend, but he also inherited everything from the past several generations over seven whole generations.

Generation after generation, the legacy accumulated by the Borlay family is unimaginably profound, especially in terms of swordsmanship insights and abilities, far beyond what ordinary people could compare.

Owing to this, the current Sword Saint of the Borlay family was regarded as the second most powerful in the kingdom, just below the elder Sword Saint. His strength was said to far surpass that of an ordinary Sword Saint, even senior Sword Saints could not match him.

He currently held the position of the Kingdom Knight Corps Commander, responsible for commanding all the direct knights of the Kingdom of Genas and even the Border Guardian Sword Saint, Revin Meipros, was ranked below him. In battle, Revin had to follow the orders of the Kingdom Knight Corps commander and become his subordinate.

He was also widely recognized as the strongest knight in the kingdom, bearing titles such as "Perfect Knight," "Sword Saint Knight," and "Supreme Knight."

Many knights, charmed by his charisma and seeing him as a pillar of support, even believed he had surpassed the elder Sword Saint, who always stayed in the royal palace and remained mysteriously out of sight, thinking he was the true strongest in the kingdom.

This man was also the father and master of Albert Borlay, the first man below this Sword Saint. He was raised and taught by his father from a young age, being both his son and his disciple.

With these two legendary Sword Saints stationed there, plus a Shadow Sword Saint, the royal palace was genuinely as secure as a fortified wall of copper and iron.

Not to mention...

"The royal palace also has a strategic-level defensive magic barrier—[Light of the Celestial Pillar] guarding it."

Yuri’s expression became more serious as she spoke to Reiger.

"That defensive barrier can not only block direct attacks from strategic-level magic, but it also ensures that no magic can be cast inside the palace unless special permission is granted by the royal family. Otherwise, even I would become a mere mortal upon entering the palace."

In other words, upon entering the palace, Reiger was also going to lose his magical power.

Moreover, even the abilities of a Swordsman’s special sword techniques would be restricted, making them unusable within the palace.

For example, Liz’s War King Sword Skill, once inside the palace, wouldn’t be able to unleash its spiritual power, only capable of displaying pure swordsmanship.

Under such circumstances, even a Sword Saint entering the palace would have his strength greatly reduced under the influence of [Light of the Celestial Pillar].

Facing such numerous restrictions, who would dare to cause trouble in the palace?

"If it weren’t for your knack for working miracles, I would’ve urgently warned you never to conflict with His Majesty."

Yuri sighed thus and glanced at Reiger, noting that he still appeared calm, as if he wasn’t concerned about these matters at all.

"I know all this," Reiger said, looking at Yuri, "don’t worry. If it comes to that, you just watch from the side, and don’t worry about me."

Yuri did not take offense at these words, merely smiling wryly and nodding.

After all, once inside the palace, she would be a common person, unable to cast any magic, unable even to help Reiger if she wanted.

Plus, she couldn’t just help him if she wanted to.

The Franzel family was after all a noble family of the Kingdom of Genas. If she acted carelessly, helped Reiger, and perhaps could be accused of treason.

For now, she could only see how things unfolded and try to steer events in a favorable direction.

Being one of only two strategic-level Magicians in the kingdom, and Reiger being both a Sword Saint and a tactical-level Magician, if they were to take action together, even King Hemulinp would have to consider whether he’d drive away two such rare talents capable of significantly affecting the military power of the nation.

If he carelessly lost Yuri and turned Reiger into an enemy, making both immensely talented prodigies adversaries of the kingdom, then Hemulinp would have utterly squandered a winning hand.

Hemulinp also had his reservations, evident from the fact he merely placed Liz under house arrest and did not dare do more.

Yuri thought, leveraging these reservations, it might not be impossible for them to safely take Liz away.

Her only current worry about Hemulinp’s irregular actions was what they were intended to achieve.

"Perhaps the Kedalion Duke’s family also sensed this and thus made a corresponding restraining move?"

Yuri thought thus.

She keenly noticed that Saint Nidor and Saint Charia intended to narrate Liz’s ordeal to Reiger, the purpose being to provoke Reiger into confronting the royal family and to observe their response.

The sudden action from Hemulinp was inexplicable even to the people of the Kedalion Duke family, but they had to remain vigilant nonetheless.

Besides, they were probably thinking that if Hemulinp truly offended Reiger, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for them.

At that time, they might be able to take the opportunity to rally Reiger to their side, thereby gaining a powerful combat force.

"These people of royal descent really shouldn’t be underestimated,"

Yuri thought to herself, glancing at Yuloli who was dozing off,

At this moment, Yuloli’s appearance had completely changed from when Yuri had seen her the day before.

Her graceful figure hadn’t changed, her ruby-like eyes hadn’t changed, but her face had, becoming one Yuri had never seen before.

The face was still pretty beautiful, not much inferior to Yuloli’s original appearance, making her still look like an incredibly stunning beauty.

An angelic face, a devilish figure, that was now Yuloli.

"Why don’t you make this queen... cough, this lady look a bit more ordinary?"

Yuri said this, not out of jealousy.

Although she indeed envied the figures of Yuloli and even Liz, she was confident that, regarding facial beauty, she wouldn’t lose, even if she couldn’t win.

Yuri said this simply because since Reiger had a way to change Yuloli’s appearance, why not make her less conspicuous?

Being beautiful is nice, but sometimes beauty is a sin and the source of trouble. Yuloli’s current appearance, if thrown onto the streets, would almost certainly cause a major disturbance and thereby attract unnecessary trouble.

"I would like to,"

Reiger said with a wry smile.

Last night, in his own room, he had summoned a Faceless Shadow, just as planned, allowing it to become Yuloli’s pet and concealing her original appearance.

But at that time, Reiger discovered that the Faceless Shadow also harbored a mimicking trait.

That is, the more beautiful the original person’s appearance, the more beautiful the appearance it mimics would be, and vice versa.

Meaning, it couldn’t make a person uglier or more beautiful, but only change the person’s appearance to another that matched their level of attractiveness.

Thus, Yuloli appeared as she did now, with charm as strong as her original appearance.

Had the mimicry of the Faceless Shadow not been exceedingly exquisite, to the extent that even Reiger, after activating Through the World, couldn’t tell, he might have tried another method to alter Yuloli’s appearance.

Moreover, since the Faceless Shadow was an intangible liquid-like entity, looking like a touchable yet untouchable black water, and when it clung to Yuloli’s face, even Yuloli herself couldn’t feel any difference, accepting it without any awareness; another method might have made her unhappy.

Considering these two points, Reiger had no choice but to let it be.

"As long as it doesn’t expose the original appearance, let it be a bit more eye-catching then."

Reiger said helplessly.

"Alright then."

Yuri accepted this reasoning.

As for Marilyn, she remained silent throughout, seeming like an outsider; she showed no reaction to the fact that Reiger and Yuri were about to enter the palace and confront her father.

Thus, the carriage proceeded into the royal palace, bringing an invisible clamor.