Ideals

They had been found out!

Qin Ran was startled, but he quickly understood what Stegerna meant.

It was all too easy to understand.

Before them, Stegerna held Feilin and Duke Merck locked in his arms. Neither could break free. Punches, kicks, headbutts—nothing worked.

For Savage Charge, a target that could not move was the perfect opportunity.

Stegerna must have examined the traces of my fight with the Gale Knights Regiment!

That's how he guessed I used Savage Charge to break through their shield formation!

Once he realized he'd fallen into Duke Merck's trap and couldn't change his own fate, he decided to use me to turn everything around!

All so...

Mordler could live!

Even though he knows Mordler isn't his biological son!

These deductions flashed through Qin Ran's mind.

Compared with Stegerna, Duke Merck was utterly cold-blooded.

To secure a decisive victory over the Duchy of Titan, he had been willing to sacrifice two sons.

If a greater prize lay before him, what would stop him from sacrificing the one son he had left?

To someone so selfish, any sacrifice was acceptable as long as he got what he wanted.

That was why Stegerna wanted Duke Merck dead.

And Mordler to succeed him as the next Duke Merck.

Otherwise, Stegerna would have had far more chances to kill the duke.

Qin Ran exhaled.

One man would stop at nothing for himself, even sacrifice his sons.

The other was willing to give his life for his son.

Those opposing ideals shook Qin Ran. He took a deep breath and set the feeling aside for now.

Then he tightened his grip on the Piercing Spear and aimed it at the three men.

The next moment—

The earth shook.

Roar!

As the faint image of a rhino appeared, nature's most primal force carried