## Chapter 634 – I Won’t Forgive You

The old man with light blue hair looked every bit the mage. His robes, made of a greenish fabric with gold accents, and the wand at his hip gave it away.

ㅡLord Lormalza, the Duke and dueling witness of the Hylen barony.

Wasn’t his title Azure Magic Marquis?

More importantly, is this bastard daring to interfere in my duel?

“Stop that barbaric act immediately, you barbarian!!!!!”

He must have used Blink, a short-range teleportation spell, because he suddenly appeared in the middle of the arena, his face completely contorted as he pointed at me and shouted.

Barbaric act, he says.

This was a sacred duel. It was by no means barbaric; rather, what that guy was doing was nothing short of insulting the fallen Salverein Baron.

To criticize him for fighting so hard, calling him a barbarian.

“The duel is over!! The barbarian should know the honor of a victor and act accordingly!!!!!”

…What’s this guy’s deal?

To know the honor of a victor and act accordingly, the best thing would be to kill the defeated Salverein Baron. That’s what a duel of honor is all about.

This guy must be a mage and doesn’t know anything.

“Hehehe, gramps.”
“Wh-what? Gramps, you say…!”
“You applied for a duel as you pleased, and now you’re ending it as you please? You double-dickhead. No, you double-dickhead duke?”
“You insolent fool!!!! There’s a limit to how much you can run wildㅡ!!!!!

Duke Lormalza, after being cursed, raised his voice at me, his neck veins bulging.

“If you don’t stop that barbaric act immediately, I will hold you accountable not only for using vile means during the duel but also for insulting Salverein Baron with that filthy tongue of yours!!!!!”
“This guy’s a moron too.”

It was such a fatally absurd statement that I couldn’t even bring myself to say anything.

Those who value honor so much that they can’t bear insults try to ignore their own stupid actions.

Is this what they call a noble attitude?

I certainly provoked Salverein Baron while fighting, but that was all based on facts, so it couldn’t be called an insult.

“The duel is over!!!! I, Azure Magic Marquis Lormalza Arkedeon, will not forgive the attempt to humiliate and kill the incapacitated Salverein Baron! Barbarian! End the duel now!!!”

The mage duke, spouting such nonsense, pointed at the host who was watching the situation from above, spitting as he did so.

“Y-yes, yes! Then the winner isㅡ!!!!”

I was going to see what he was saying for a moment, but I can’t.

“Whoㅡ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Before the host could end the duel, I unleashed a Lion’s Roar, suppressing the space. The volume erupting from my throat echoed loudly, sweeping through the arena.

“Who dares to end my duel without permissionㅡ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

No one can end my duel!!!

This was a sacred duel, no different from a ritual offered to the gods to cleanse my insulted spirit!!!!!!!

“No one can stop this sacred duel!!! This is a duel for my honor!!! And this is the arena!!! The duel won’t end until one of us dies!!!!!!!!”
“Wh-what is this barbarian saying…!”

The mage duke, covering his ears with both hands, glared at me. Is my word not even worth listening to?

Unacceptable!

“Lormalza, you rude bastard, you can’t interfere!!!!! How dare a witness interfere in a duel? What kind of outrage is this!!!!!!”
“What did you say!!!”

I grabbed the collar of the fallen Salverein Baron, who was bleeding profusely, lifted him up, and declared.

“Someone, anyone, bring this man’s mother here right now!!!!!!! I will hold her directly responsible!!!!!! Hylen Baron, that son of a bitch, will have to pay the price for issuing me a dishonorable duel!!!!!”
“Kuhhhh…!!!!!!”
“Answer me, Salverein Baron!!!! Where is your mother now!! Didn’t you say she was alive earlier!!!”
“Ku, kuheok…!”
“Can’t answer!! Then I’ll take it as your mother has passed away, you orphaned baron!!!!”

If Salverein Baron doesn’t have a mother.

Who should I hold responsible for insulting me?

“How dare a lowly barbarian insult a noble…!”

Duke Lormalza’s face turned as red as a volcano as he opened and closed his mouth, saying those words to me. It’s not that I insulted the nobles. It’s just that they did things that deserved to be insulted.

“Lormalza! Didn’t you guys insult Lady Isvant first!!!!”

I don’t care if this guy’s a mage or whatever!!!

Whether he’s a duke or a butt!!!!

And I don’t care if he blows a trumpet with his butt!!!!!!!

Because there’s no reason to consider that!

“Qu, quickly declare the end of the duel!!!!!!!”

Lormalza started acting like a spoiled brat to the host. The poor commoner host was just trembling at the sight.

“The duel is not over!!! Because Salverein Baron is not dead yet!!!!! Host, stay still!!!”
“You barbarian bastard!!!!”

Just then, Duke Lormalza drew the wand he was wearing at his waist.

“Oh yeah!!! You old fart!! You’re trying to find your own grave!!”

So, he wants to try now?

ㅡKwaang!

I immediately threw Salverein Baron, whom I had been grabbing by the collar, to the ground.

Either way, I have Risha’s Archmage Artifact now. Chopping up that old mage bastard is enough in 5 seconds, even considering Blink!!

“I told you to stopㅡ”
“ㅡAzure Magic Marquis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The moment I heard the shout.

ㅡKwaang!

Lady Isvant, who had been watching the duel from above, jumped down and landed.

ㅡSquelch!

The impact of the landing caused dust to rise, and the chest of her daring dress, with more than half of her cleavage exposed, violently swayed.

In the midst of the dust, the lady’s frenzied eyes gleamed.

“We will continue the duel!!!!!!!! Lormalza! Interfering in a duel, there’s a limit to dishonor!!! Return to your seat immediately!!!!! You have no right to stop the duel!!!!”
“How can you continue a duel that’s already over!! Salverein Baron can no longer fight!!! Then the duel is over!!!”
“But he’s alive!!! He came to the arena as a duelist of the Hylen barony to have a sacred duel for the honor of his family!!!! No one except death can end his duel!!!! Go up immediately!!!!!!”

The enraged lady pointed at Duke Lormalza and strode towards him.

The duke didn’t know what to do at the sight and shouted at me.

“I-it’s an order! Show mercy, barbarian!!!! I’ll give you one last chance, so quickly declare victory and get out of here!!!!!!”

I was so dumbfounded that I was about to laugh.

This crazy bastard still hasn’t come to his senses.

“Hehehe, Duke Lormalza. Showing mercy is not something you order.”

I tapped Salverein Baron’s head, which I had thrown down, with my toe and said.

“You have to ask while paying a fair price, this son of a bitch still doesn’t understand the situation? What if I just kill him because I feel like it? Do you want to see this bastard’s head explode?”
“You filthy bastard!!! Are you trying to do business in a sacred duel!!!!!!”

The duke, after hearing my words, spat out saliva while getting furious. But he didn’t use his wand because the lady was right in front of him.

“You idiot, don’t talk about business. It’s the right of the victor, you old bastard.”
“Don’t try to package business with the word right!! As expected of a barbarian, you’re greedy for money!!”

As the duke shouted that, the lady, who had finally exploded with anger, declared, revealing clear hostility.

“Lormalza…! If you insult my duelist one more time, I will kill you without warning…!”
“L-Lady Isvant…!”

The flustered duke didn’t know what to do.

I’m grateful that the lady is taking my side. It’s something to be thankful for.
But this was my job.

I have to solve it myself.

“Lady!! I’m fine!!! Please leave this to me!!!! Because this is my duel!!!!”
“Barbarian warrior…!”

The lady, who looked back at me, shouted as if she understood.

“I understand!!!! I trust you!!!”
“Thank you, Lady!!!!”

After finishing the conversation with the lady, the duke, who had been watching for an opportunity, suddenly took something off his neck and threw it at me.

ㅡChwareuk!

“Take that and get out of here!!! If you go back now, I will forgive your rudeness until now!!”

What flew in was a luxurious-looking gold necklace studded with jewels. This… it looks expensive, but it’s not enough to save face.

How dare you try to bribe me with money!!!

ㅡPeoeok!

I kicked it away and shouted.

“Are you trying to pay for a person’s life with this kind of trash!!! You don’t know anything about the value of life!!! A person’s life is something you can’t change even with billions of dollars!!!!!”

A person’s life can never be bought with this kind of gold scrap!!

“Are you insulting me, Lormalza!!!!!! Or are you insulting Salverein Baron!!!!”
“What nonsense are you…”
“If you want to save this bastard, hand over treasure worth that much!!!”

ㅡKwaang!

“Keuhak!”

I immediately stomped on Salverein Baron’s chest, causing him to vomit blood.

“Wh-what is this reckless bastard…!”

The duke grabbed his head in a panic.

Looking at it, it seemed like Salverein Baron and Lormalza were quite close. That’s why he was so shocked.

“L-Lady Isvant!!! If you don’t end the duel right now, I will have no choice but to protest as a witness!!!!!! Please stop it!!”

Only then did he come to his senses and start asking the lady for help.

“What nonsense are you talking about, you!!!!! As I said, the duel is not over!!!!!!”
“Are you trying to continue the duel even after seeing that filthy sight!! That filthy barbarian is not only defiling the sacred duel but also trying to do business and collusion!!! He should be punished!!!!”
“Your bullshit is excellent, Duke!!!! Be grateful that the barbarian warrior declared that he would take care of it himself!!! Otherwise, you would have died just now!!!”
“This crazy…”

The duke and the lady started arguing.

“Keuhak…!”

I looked at the face of Salverein Baron, who was vomiting blood.

He was bleeding profusely from his almost torn shoulder, and his complexion was completely pale as he vomited blood.

His skin was discolored like a vampire, so I thought he was a real vampire.

ㅡKkwak.

I reached out and grabbed his neck, lifting him above my head.

“Sa… save…”

Then, the baron struggled to let out the words to save him.

He was talking about insults, but when it came time to die, he wanted to live. It’s an attitude that can never be tolerated as a warrior and duelist.

“Salverein Baron. Do you want to live?”
“Ugh, ugh…”
“But Lormalza, that guy, is not good enough, so I can’t.”
“What…!”
“No.”

This is all bullshit too.

“From the beginning, I had no intention of saving the bastard who insulted me.”
“N-no way…!”
“There was no negotiation from the beginning, Salverein Baron.”

There is only death for the loser.
Bargaining was just for fun.

There was no room for negotiation from the moment I came to the arena, and I had no intention of saving the bastard who insulted me.

“Please…!”

At the same time as the baron pleaded while vomiting blood, I put strength into my fist, which was covered with blue aura.

“Raging Night Blood Jade Hand (狂夜血玉手).”

ㅡBudeudeuk!!

“…!”

Along with the sound of muscles bursting, Salverein Baron’s neck was torn off along with his vocal cords and esophagus. Grabbing the flesh and tearing it off as it is, Raging Night Blood Jade Hand.

ㅡTuk.

Thus, he fell like a doll with a broken string. Even though half of his neck was blown away, he didn’t move at all even when he hit the ground.

“Die. This is retribution for the Hylen barony who insulted me. I, Heavenly Demon Kim Kat, will never tolerate existences like you, and I swear to cut off your lives according to the true truth of Fusion Confucianism.”

That was the meaning of this duel.

“Th-that…! Th-that bastarddddddddd!!!!!!!!!”

The mage duke shouted in anger, and I looked at his face.