God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains - Chapter 209

Chapter 209: Arthur Toretto, Unanswered Questions

After Keith’s display, everyone had questions and this included Clara as even she hadn’t known about Keith’s healing abilities until now.

“I’ll be back in a bit, so take care of my daughter until then please.” he said after he opened the door.

The butler looked at Miya and nodded, “As you wish, sir.”

“Miya, stay with uncle for a few minutes until I’m back, okay?” he said as he patted her back slightly and she walked forward before standing beside the guy.

She nodded and then said, “You promised cake.”

“Sure sure, I’ll buy you a huge cake once I’m back.” he said as he smiled and then left the mansion along with the others.

The whole place was covered by 4 meter tall walls, which provided privacy from the eyes outside. But that wasn’t the case when it came to the servants. They could see what was going on through the windows, but when Keith looked up, he saw all the windows covered by curtains.

He inwardly nodded to himself and walked to the back of the mansion where there was quite a lot of empty space.

Arthur didn’t have any sword in his hand, but Keith already knew that he didn’t need to carry one thanks to his awakened ability.

“I’m ready.” he said raised his hands up slightly, getting into his most comfortable stance.

Arthur nodded and almost instantly, a long sword appeared in front of him, the one that contributed a lot in earning the title of the strongest sword of the empire.

The handle seemed to have been made of gold and the blade was slightly greyish in color. It didn’t look too flashy and didn’t have much of a grand feeling to it, but Keith did feel danger from it. His arm stung, signifying that the threat in front of him had a chance of ending his life.

‘Even though I have supernatural regeneration? Damn.’ he thought as he stared at the sword before looking at Arthur.

“Just don’t slice my head off, okay?”

“Sure. You should let your daughter learn under me though. It’s an opportunity that even the kids from the royal family crave for.” he said as he began to walk towards Keith.

Seeing the Duke close the distance leisurely, Keith got serious but he didn’t stop talking as he still had a question.

“Why Miya? She’s just a child and there’s no way you’re doing it for free right?”

Arthur suddenly dashed towards Keith and his sword drew an upward arc as he swung his blade swiftly.

“Tch.” Keith clicked his tongue as he leaned backwards slightly while the tip of the sword missed him by a millimeter.

But the sword didn’t stop moving. Arthur paused midway and brought the sword back down as he took two steps further.

This time, Keith could tell that he couldn’t just lean back to dodge the incoming attack. Before he could even think of what to do, his fist flew towards the sword, hitting it’s flat part and deflecting it’s trajectory effortlessly.

Arthur paused this time and looked straight into Keith’s eyes, “You’re good. You have talent… a lot of it.” he said, but Keith did not miss the punch that flew towards his chin.

Using the short distance between them, he leaned backwards to dodge the punch and immediately kicked. His foot made contact with Arthur’s chin and forced him to take a few steps back.

“Well well well… I didn’t expect that.” he said and this time, he didn’t launch any sneak attacks. Instead, he clenched his jaw and glared, “But I can’t let you beat me up in front of my daughter so I’ll have to get serious now.”

‘Fuck…’ Keith cursed and instead of retreating, he dashed forward as he knew that he was at a disadvantage when it came to the range.

Just as he released his punch, he saw Arthur’s palm closing in on him but it was too late for him to react. The guy in front of him was not in his prime, but the grip he had was strong and painful.

Keith’s leg instinctively shot towards Arthur’s eggs but instead of feeling an impact, all Keith felt was stinging pain.

“Going for such places… it feels like you learned your way of fighting from the streets. You have no honor at all.” Arthur lectured as he pushed his sword deeper into Keith’s leg until the tip appeared from the other side.

“Ughhhh!… fuck.” Keith cursed and reduced his sensitivity to pain before grabbing Arthur’s neck with his right hand.

He couldn’t see anything thanks to Arthur’s large hand blocking his vision, but he could feel his opponent’s large boot planted on his chest.

Almost immediately, he found himself flying backwards and fell to the ground. With his vision restored, the first thing he looked at was his leg which had a deep gash that started from his knee and went to his foot. It was cleanly sliced in half.

The cut healed extremely fast while Keith shifted his attention back to Arthur who shook his head.

“The only way to beat you is to kill you but I can’t do that now, can I?” he asked and walked towards Keith before offering his hand to him.

Keith took it and got back up on his feet before nodding, “Yes, that’s the only way but I never expected that I’d be played with like a ragdoll…”

“Of course. Who do you think I am? I’m the sword of this empire.”

Keith sneered in response, “I never used my fire abilities though. If I did, you’d probably be burnt before you could even touch me.”

Arthur laughed loudly when he heard Keith’s words, “Haaaaahahahahahahahaa!!! Oh god, you’re funny. My sword cuts everything. Those elemental awakened bastards can’t do a thing against me since my sword can literally absorb their power and use it against them. There’s a reason I’ve gone undefeated until now.”

“Is that so… I’m sorry, I didn’t know.” Keith said as he frowned. Arthur was never mentioned in the novel and even though the war arc was pretty long, there was not even one instance were the word “Arthur” was written.

‘I wonder what happened.’