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Gazef sat on the ledge on top of a high building, he had just finish watching Lady Albedio arrive and the King bow his head to her every whim, the monster horse's caused commotion and fear.

It made him want to scoff.

Every since the day that he put the Kingdom soldiers in their place, no Noble dared to speak out against him because they could picture him slitting their throat no matter how many guards they have.

The king had kept his promise and began to give him money, money that was worthless in his eyes and not at all like the beautiful coins back in his country.

Of course, he know he was being followed, his personality simply was too wild to go unchecked and his skills were like a double edged sword.

Great for him but bad for everyone else if he went crazy.

He heard a sound of Armour clanging together suddenly appear near him, and the heart beat of a man.

A man who came around once in a while to visit.

"You came to visit me again, Vice Captain of the Warrior Troop" He said, turning and giving him a smile.

"What are you doing up here?" The Vice captain said.

"Taking in fresh air." Gazef said, getting up and saying. "Or is it illegal for me to get some air?"

No it was not and the man was silent about it.

"Vice Captain I want to ask you. Why do you come and visit me, everyday?" Gazef said, the man always had something strange in his eyes as if he was expecting something. "What makes me so interesting to you? Aren't you supposed to be glued to the Kings side right now, especially if the Sorcerer Kingdom negotiations goes south?"

It was really strange, this man should be protecting that fat green horn with his life, in case he dares to offend Lady Albedio.

"Somebody would like to see you" The Vice Captain said, surprising him.

"Somebody? You have to give me a little bit more than that if you want me to move" Gazef said. "I'm not part of this Country or its military. I'm just the outside help"

And that was exactly the problem with him.

He was so strong but nobody knew if he would ever be loyal to something.

He had been here for almost a month and he either wore civilian clothes or his Sorcerer Kingdom uniform, he refused to wear anything any blacksmith made for him.

The only thing keeping him here was money and the Kingdom felt nervous at the idea of him attacking them if somebody offered him a better deal.

"The person who wants to see you is the old King" Vice Captain revealed much to his surprise. "The current king has only been on the throne for a few months"

The old King wants to see him?

Gazef smile widened as he said. "You should have told meme that from the very start. Perhaps, it would be more interesting than watching the civilians below"

He could finally tell Red something interesting in his report.

Ch 8: The monster visits his former Master

Gazef walked lazily through the halls of the palace walls that were supposed to leave him awe but just left him unimpressed.

There were soldiers in the corridors and Nobel's who passed him by warily.

But Gazel predicted that since he was now the strongest man in the Kingdom, the fear would turn into want and many nobles would come to poach him behind the King's back.

They came to a grand door that was again unimpressive.

Vice Captain knocked on the door to be polite and Gazef soon heard.

"Come in"

The voice was old and aged.

It struck a cord within him.

Interesting.

Was the human he was about to meet, using magic on their voice to get people to lower their guard?

It was certainly much better than the fat green horn that was currently on the Kingdoms throne.

They both went inside and immediately saw how dark it was since the curtains were closed.

It was dark but warm, through his night vision that came with being a Mothbrow, he could see the finely crafted furniture and an old hunched figure in the darkness.

The vice Captain went to draw the curtains and Gazef finally saw what he was truly looking at.

The figure was an old man with a mid length grey hair and a shaggy grey beard, the man wore luxurious clothing uncommon for a man as old as himself and Gazef could almost imagine a crown on this old man's head.

The old man was looking directly at him and Gazef felt something unknown within him stir, that he made sure to push all the way down.

The magic this man used was amazing.

"You can leave now, Vice Captain" Said, the old man.

"Yes, my King" Said, the Vice Captain

Oh?

The Vice captain of such an important group was still calling the former King, King.

Perhaps, the fat green horn doesn't have all the loyalty on his side?

"You can sit down" said, the old man bringing him out of his thoughts.

And Gazef didn't need to be told twice and sat in a chair that was hard compared to the seats he was used to back in his Country.

"My name is Ramposa III" Said, the old man getting another spark of familiarity within Gazef.

The old man was good.

"So what does the former King of this Country want with a hired help?" Gazef said, the man looked shocked to hear his voice.

"G-Gazef?" The old man said.

"Its Griffin Zul" Gazef said. "I've been mistaken for this Gazef person since I came to this Kingdom. He must have been a very important person to the country"

The old man seemed to be thinking about something before saying. "He was. I would have trusted my life to him. He was my Sword and with him there I had a little bit of power in the room. My words held weight in that room full of nobles who most have never seen War"

"Oh, you mean the babbling children in that room?" Gazef said his smile getting bigger. "Its always land this. Land that, with them. Aren't they living next to a Country ruled by an undead King? Those people have so much free time, that you just want them to leave and complain in their own houses"

And the old man looked shocked, perhaps it was because he talked about the Nobles who ruled the land with such disrespect.

However...

"They are like children aren't they?" said the old man agreeing and Gazef smile got wider.

Finally somebody in this place who wasn't so upright.

"I am now convinced that your not Gazef" Said, the old man. "Gazef would never describe them with such disrespect"

"So he was a gentleman? Great" Gazef said, sarcastically.

"Gazef was more than that. Before the battle, he actually suggested that we just hand the land over" Said, the old man. "Of course, the Nobles didn't really listen to him because of his lower birth. I took him seriously though"

"So what happened?" Gazef said. "I heard that it was a massacre on that battlefield., tons of people died"

"Even though I believed him. I didn't truly believe him" said, the old man, sighing "Gazef should have had an idea of what that being was cable of since he interacted with him but I don't want to believe that the person making demands was that strong. It would mean enslaving my country to an undead but I see now that Gazef acted more of a King than he was"

Silence.

"If I had listened, the Kingdom wouldn't have been crippled so badly" said, the old man. "If I had listened the military wouldn't be such a wreck. If I had listened, we could have looked for a solution to get ride of the undead in secret. My trusted sword Gazef Stronoff would still be alive to day"

His biggest regret was not taking the words of his most trusted man seriously enough.

"I didn't want to believe that something that strong existed" the old man continued. "I know that everybody in the room did not want to believe that something that strong existed. Gazef could have run and hid but he plunged right into battle out of shear loyalty to me. I did not deserve that kind of man next to me."

"So that's why you locked yourself in here out of regret and grief?" Gazef said. "that's pathetic really." Surprising the man. "You made a giant mistake, get over it. Its not like those in that room would have shut up and allowed you to hand over that land to an undead. They have too much ego. Your country is falling apart and your son is not qualified to lead. Your a King, act like it. Replace the Nobel and educate some people to take their place. If another country can do it, than you can do it as well. To hell with proper blood relations. Your still alive and breathing aren't you?"

What followed after his statement was long hard silence.

"Can you take off your mask?" Finally the man said.

"Huh?" Gazef said.

"It feels like Gazef is giving me advice" said the old man. "There is definitely some difference but I can't help but think I'm talking to my Sword, Gazef. Can you take off your mask so that I can distinguish you two better?" it was really confusing.

Gazef paused before saying. "Are you sure? This mask isn't for show, it hides my killing intent. If I take it off your old heart might not be able to take it. Than I'll be sitting beside a dead old man"

The old laughter and said. "I've been through countless battles and faced many people with different levels of Killing intent"

The old man was sure he could handle it.

Let's see about that.

Gazef hands went to his mask and he began to yank it right off his face, it let out smoke as if it containing something within.

His mask let out a metal sound as it made contact with the floor, Gazef looked directly into the old man eyes.

The old man's eyes were wide and didn't seem to be moving.

Was he dead?

After a minute the old man still did not move.

Gazef went closer to the old man and checked his pulse.

There was none.

The shock of seeing his face plus the killing intent had been too much for the old mans heart to handle.

Gazef didn't know why he closed the old man's eyes so respectively after that or why he called for help with dealing with the dead.

Gazef appeared with his mask on as people came rushing in only to be shocked to see the dead corpse of the former king.

Soon the whole Kingdom would be in an uproar once they heard of the Kings death.

Gazef made sure to see the old man's corpse leave the room before attempting to leave himself.

He was instantly blocked by two people in guard uniform.

"Giffin-san. You don't mind answering some questions do you?" said, one of them.

So he was being detained?

"I have nothing to hide so ask away" Gazef said.

It was only fair.

He was the last person to see the old king alive, after all.

And scene!

This chapter will be beta. Next chapter, interrogation time and it isn't long for his nature to make those interviewing him to make him take off his mask. Review/ fav and follow.