Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 607 - 325: Traces of the Demon, Jino and Kulin Attacked?

[Location: Lokeshi Empire · Zone 14 Military Camp]

Zone 14 Military Camp is a very special military camp of the Lokeshi Empire.

It is established outside the Imperial Capital, near the city where the headquarters of the Extreme Cold Giant Elephant faction is located.

It is not a member of the 13 large Knight Orders but directly under the honorable emperor of the Lokeshi Empire.

The honorable emperor of Lokeshi is different from Ense, where the royal lineage is the basis for succession.

As the title suggests, honorable emperor means that this emperor is not fixed to any faction.

The 13 families derived from the 13 bloodline factions, or 13 nations, each have the opportunity to compete for the throne of honorable emperor.

The appointed person can become the ruler of the empire during their term.

Then the question arises, if being emperor compared to the power one held before brings no change, would anyone be willing to sit in this position?

After all, each family is already managing a large Knight Order. If becoming emperor doesn't allow for expansion of power, then what's the point of being emperor?

Clearly, this is not the case.

The military faction to which Zone 14 belongs is a special army that only pledges loyalty to the emperor, not to any bloodline family.

Today, this army has welcomed a group of noble guests.

"Fourteenth Legion, Neo Baroque, greetings to the gentlemen."

Neo Baroque, the de facto manager of the Fourteenth Legion, a lieutenant general, and a Legendary Strongman.

At this moment, he is observing the guests with a curious look.

Wearing typical Ense Empire attire, hidden beneath the simple yet luxuriously elegant clothing is a strong physique that cannot be concealed.

This is the person Neo is meeting today, hailing from the Ense Empire across the mountains, a Saint Realm Martial Artist born on the land blessed by the emperor—

Kulin Yodel.

More often, people like to call him the "Imperial Sword Saint."

"Lord Kulin, please."

In places unknown to Louis, someone is burdened with paving the way for him.

Of course, no one would come to him and boast of their achievements.

Kulin is the same.

He wouldn't just run to Louis and say, "You can inherit the Curse Swordsmen and even the Swordmaster legacy partly because of me, since I agreed to engage in technical exchanges with Lokeshi."

The authority of the Saint Realm is considerably respected in certain environments.

Especially when they make agreements with martial arts they've created themselves, they mostly keep their word.

Whether they are good or bad people, normally, those who can enter the Saint Realm have invested enough passion into their own legacy.

To make an agreement with something they cherish and then break it, even a villain would feel uncomfortable.

So the Swordmaster did not demand Kulin to give first when handing over the legacy but fulfilled their part of the agreement first before letting Kulin carry out the martial arts exchange agreement.

Previously, Neo Baroque was ordered by the emperor to execute a mission in a certain area and only returned now.

Hearing that Kulin has been selecting excellent combat seeds in the Fourteenth Legion and teaching the Sword Saint's way for several days, he hurried here to meet this legendary Sword Saint.

"Sword Saint, how do you find the outstanding seeds of our Zone 14?"

Kulin remarked, "Their talent is better than I imagined, not at all inferior to the geniuses I've taught over the years."

Hearing this, Captain Neo disagreed:

"Sallya and Barton, those two kids, are they merely not inferior?"

Upon hearing Captain Neo say this, Kulin remembered those two children: "Sallya and Barton, indeed, they are geniuses among geniuses, far superior to the other seeds."

Hearing Kulin say this, Neo's face broke into a smile.

But the smile did not last long as Kulin punctured it: "Very excellent, comparable to my troubled disciple."

"Hmm?" Captain Neo didn't react at first but soon matched the description to the person he mentioned, "Are you talking about Captain Jino?"

Neo's face showed a slight smile as he said, "To have reached the exemplary peak of his profession at his age, he indeed is an excellent professional."

Kulin's nose almost lifted in pride.

Don't be fooled, privately he often bickers with his disciple, but in public, his undisciplined disciple still brings him great pride.

Just like Neo, although they are both captains, and even though Neo is a Legendary Curse Swordsman, Neo is already 120 years old.

But Jino?

He's just a bit over a quarter of Neo's age.

Now he is preparing for the legendary realm, a minor breakthrough at any time could lead him to ascend to the legendary field.

At that time, he might become one of the fastest in human history to ascend to a legend through conventional means.

It must be noted that each of those individuals counted as either a great hero or a great scourge.

How to give a high evaluation to Sallya and Barton?

Answer: Their talent is no less than Jino's.

"It's just a pity they were born in the wrong era." Kulin sighed, lost in thought.

Neo could probably guess Kulin's thoughts; he frowned and said:

"Is Prince Louis's talent really that strong?"

Kulin was stunned for a moment, then immediately said, "No, I'm not talking about Louis, that kid shouldn't even be in the evaluation system."

"Ah?"

"Why would you even consider competing against such a great sin?"

"All are human, why can't we compete against great sins?"