SHK CH 552: SETSUNA VS KUN PENG (2) (Patreon)

Setsuna had been sitting cross-legged and meditating. She had to be in her best state for what was about to happen. The fight against the sage would determine how she would be seen by the rest of the world.

“I need to give my best.”

No, she needed to give far more than her simple best. She needed to be flawless. She needed to show to the world that, even though she was only a Duke, she would never be inferior to her uncle once she ascended to the throne and became the queen.

Even though soldiers could harm neither of them, having the entire population behind her would increase her legitimacy greatly.

It would also increase the chances of Sol occupying Wratharis without too much opposition from the population.

‘I will think about all that when we reach the door of Wratharis.’

For now, she had to focus on her power.

Her zone.

If she had to be honest. Even for her, the power of her Zone was a little too fraudulent. It was a power that made her tremendously more powerful and dangerous than she should have any right to be.

Even the witches, had clapped when they realized the full potential of what she could do.

‘I can do it. I just need to focus.

‘

It was when she was thinking this, releasing a deep sigh to relax her body and her articulations that she heard it.

The shout filled with vigor and confidence of the Great Sage.

“Setsuna…”

Isis, who had been silent as well, looked at her now friend, Setsuna.

“You know why Sol brought me with you, right?”

“Yes. Do not worry. I am prideful but not stupid.”

“Very well.”

Isis smiled as a small ball of energy left her body before entering Setsuna’s shadow and settling there.

Isis was not there to help Setsuna fight against a Duke.

She was there as an insurance. Just in case Lupus decided that breaking the rules was worth it if it was to kill Setsuna.

She had placed a king-level undead close to Setsuna so that it could react in time and protect them should any sneak attack happen.

Lilin had been in the same situation. Though in her case, it was Lilith who had been ready to attack just in case someone interfered.

Finally, even now, Sol was in his dimension with all four directions ready to appear anywhere should the King attack.

Setsuna watched all this calmly,

“Do you know? If I have to be honest. I hope that Lupus attacks me.”

Even if it was dangerous. Even if she had a chance of dying. She hoped Lupus would be honorless enough to attack her or decide that he had no reason to listen to the international warfare convention and try to kill her on the battlefield.

After all, unlike what people thought, in terms of an absolute powerhouse, Lustburg was incredibly and completely superior to Wratharis.

If Lupus dared to attack her…Then this would mean all Kings could attack and once this happened.

Wratharis would fall within the day.

“Heh. Don’t you think it would be funny?”

She snickered a little and started walking away, her sword in hand and her samurai armor on her back.

Today she was not just Setsuna, the Knight of Sol.

She was not just Setsuna, the princess of Wratharis.

She was just Setsuna. Her existence represented an instant, a moment and this is what she would do.

She would show her might. She would show her brilliance to the world itself and they would all have to kneel.

She would make them all remember this instant forever.

“Let’s go!”

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When Setsuna walked out of her tent, all the soldiers of Lustburg who had been looking at Kun Peng from afar gazed at her.

The look in their eyes was complicated. There was no outright hate or disregard. Only complication.

If Setsuna had just been a storm wolf.

If Setsuna had just been Sol’s Knight.

And if Setsuna had just been a fallen princess.

None of this would be so complicated.

But she was not just one of those three.

She was something more.

She was a Blessed.

Where did her loyalty truly go? To whom? Were they fighting and dying for a political battle? Why did they have to shed their blood for a princess of another country?

Such sentiments went around all of them, causing them to question the very reason they were fighting and this transformed into hostility for Setsuna.

But not now.

Now they were all looking at her, forming a road of honor as she walked in the middle of it.

Her back was straight. Her gait was steady and her eyes held no fears, no hesitation in them.

She was walking like a proud wolf, a proud knight, and a proud princess, causing all those with negative thoughts about her to simply look down in shame at the pettiness of their feelings.

Truly this was a moment where she was shining brighter than anyone else. Soon, she reached the end of the hay of honor but this was not the end.

Tack~!

A calm sound resonated as a lotus flower made out of ice appeared floating below her feet. Soon, more and more of them appeared, each time Setsuna walked forward, bringing her higher and higher until she reached the same altitude as Kun Peng.

“Great Sage, you have called.”

“Ohoh. How surprising. I wonder what a wolf is doing in the air.”

Setsuna smiled, “Only one man in this world is allowed to look down at me and it’s not you.”

“My… Is it the prince? It seems like he is quite the man to tame a woman such as you. I will pay him a visit after this.”

Setsuna was not enraged by the frivolous way Kun Peng spoke of Sol. After all,

“You will never have the occasion to fight him.”

“Why?”

He smirked, his eyes slowly blazing with the intent to fight.

“Why?”

Setsuna smiled. She had the report of Lilin's fight. Certainly, the Great Sages were brazen and arrogant. Years of being invincible at the same level with no one but Sun Wukong as their target had dulled their sense of danger.

If Lilin had a proper fight with the two sages as they used their Zones, then certainly, it would have been very hard for her and she might even have lost. The name of the seven great sages wasn’t for show.

Sadly. They were too arrogant.

This reminded her of something Sol once told her in jest.

{When fighting, unless you are completely confident, it’s better to strike first with your strongest attack before your enemy starts powering up.}

Setsuna laughed. Her laugh was so gentle and beautiful that it was entrancing. But what followed were bitter and cold words.

“Why, you ask? Because you will lose to me now.”

『 Zone –::– Eternal Memories 』

『 A Step into the Present :—: Fimbulvetr 』

She would end this fight in one instant.

[1] The funny thing is Setsuna awakened her Zone at CH 451 and used it at CH 452. Now She is using it for the second time at CH 552. 100 chapters later. This kind of timing is always pretty funny since I didn’t even try. Since CH 551 and 550 can be inverted in terms of actual timeline, then I can say she awakened at 451 and used again at 551 but whatever. Anyway. After Setsuna, the vol only has two or three more small arcs before the end. Then Vol 14 will be the start of World Domination.