Rowan turned his gaze toward Aurielle at the mention of Cedric’s words, who was now eating her food roughly while looking angrily at Luke.

Cedric nodded with a shy smile when he saw Rowan’s attention shift toward Aurielle.

On this Rowan nodded and decided. "Since this hero has already made fun of me, then how can I lose the chance of getting revenge?" With that, he placed his wine glass back toward the table before both of them moved toward Aurielle, who was still looking at Luke.

"Aurielle, you have become even more beautiful during my absence."

Aurielle, who was ignoring everyone’s gossip and only focusing on her husband, heard a familiar sound that she didn’t want to hear.

Slowly she turned toward the Voice, with a wine glass still in her hand, and there was Rowan, who was smiling, while behind him was Cedric, who was giving him lecherous smile.

Aurielle ignored them and returned her gaze toward her husband.

Rowan didn’t get angry about this; instead, a brighter smile appeared on his face as he said.

"Aurielle, I have heard what happened with you, and I was truly sad for all that."

She still has not responded, but Rowan got a little close to her while continuing.

"You are so beautiful and talented and deserve someone better, but they married you off to a waste of a hero without your permission. On this I know you are upset, and I can understand your pain."

When he said those words, Aurielle suddenly turned toward him with a swift motion and gave a death glare that was clearly saying.

"One word and I will not care about the count but will kill you."

Rowan didn’t flinch from this, because he was not only a peak bronze knight but was also the holder of a C-rank Origin skill, so he knew he could easily subdue Aurielle.

But Baron Cedric, who is just a Peak Iron Knight, when he felt Aurielle’s murderous intent toward them, nearly jumped backward but controlled himself with his full willpower, as he didn’t want to make a show of himself in front of everyone.

Even though Aurielle was in the corner, some nobles still sensed this commotion and turned their gaze from Luke and Nyra toward her with an interesting expression.

Rowan continued.

"You know this, Aurielle; that useless hero has not given you anything, but instead he consumes all your resources and only have takes advantage of you."

Aurielle’s anger is somewhat reduced, but instead it’s turned to slight confusion.

"When did Luke consume my resources? Instead, he always gives me and our territory everything."

Aurielle thought this, which Rowan mistook for his words working, so he continued with new enthusiasm.

"You have seen his real self, Aurielle; he is not trustworthy at all."

Rowan continued as his gaze turned toward the dance floor, where Luke suddenly pulled Nyra closer.

"Look, he just got separated from you and now is already flirting with Nyra."

Aurielle also turns her gaze toward Luke, who is really holding Nyra too close.

Then Rowan makes a sad expression, like he has sacrificed so much.

"Aurielle, you already know how much I love you."

Rowan saw that Aurielle didn’t react to his voice, but he didn’t mind and continued while getting a little closer to her with each word.

"I have never married or even touched another girl, because in my heart there is only one woman, and that’s you."

He lied with a straight face about the girl part, because all of the girls he used were already discarded after he was done, so who would find the truth?

Cedric from the side smiled on this, because he also knows about Rowan’s hobby, so after he gets bored from Aurielle, he will also be able to get a taste of her, which is why he doesn’t mind if she doesn’t become his because in the end she is going to end up in his bed.

Aurielle comes out of her thoughts as she turns toward him.

"So, marry me instead and forget about that waste."

As he finished his final sentence, he reached out and suddenly grabbed Aurielle’s left hand.

Auriele’s pupils dilated, as she doesn’t like other men touching only her husband.

But Rowan was smiling like he had won her heart, but the next moment Aurielle suddenly swung her right hand and gave a hard slap to Rowan’s face.

SLAP!

Everyone in the hall heard a loud slapped sound and instantly turned toward it.

Luke, who was dancing with Nyra, also heard the slap sound and turned toward it.

But the next moment an endless rage burned inside him because he saw Rowan was glaring at Aurielle with bloodshot eyes, and his right cheek had a hand-slapped print while his hand was holding Aurielle’s hand forcefully.

Luke released his hand from Nyra and turned toward Rowan, then he muttered a word in a very low voice.

"Myrkhal Ascension." The next moment his body swelled and grew to a 12-foot-tall faceless titan whose whole body was white, but he didn’t waste any time to feel his titan form; instead, he activated the form transformation ability instantly.

The next moment, his white, flawless body cracked and again started swelling. As its size increased, some black-colored horns emerged from its head on all sides except the front, which gives him an appearance that he is wearing a thunder crown because lightning was jumping from one horn to another.

As the transformation completed, a thunder titan who has earned the title of warden of Storm Path appears in Luke’s position.

And surprisingly all of this happens instantly as Luke forces this transformation to be fast. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Nyra, who was just enjoying her dance, heard the slap sound, then felt Luke released her hand.

She saw Luke look angrily toward Rowan, but in the next moment, his body transformed into a white giant body in 1 second, and before she could process, "What is this?" She got baffled as that white giant body again in a second transformed into a being whose whole body was made of dark plate armor and six massive spines had grown from his upper back, while he also had grown horns, which were crown-shaped.

Nyra was stunned from all these transformations, as she had never heard anything about Luke’s power before, so she tried to ask him something.

But then she noticed Luke’s hind legs suddenly swell lightly as lightning appeared on his whole body the next second.

BOOM!

The ground where both of them were standing was blasted apart, and a heavy shockwave was generated, which nearly threw Nyra to the ground, but in a moment Octavia had already appeared beside her as she also shielded her from the shockwave.

Even though Nyra was glad for being saved, her attention shifted toward the front.

After being slapped by Aurielle, Rowan’s anger had already reached its limit, and he glared at her with angry eyes.

"How dare an exile princess slap me?"

This word comes into his mind because this arrogance should not be shown by Aurielle at all, whose whole territory was already dying.

As he was in the middle of thoughts, suddenly an alarm rang in his mind. His years of training and his realm allowed him to sense that something with insane speed was coming toward him and he had to do something.

So he hastily released Aurielle’s hand and turned sideways, the direction from which the threat is coming.

But the next second his pupils widened because he saw a black armor plate covering a large fist was already in front of his face.

Before he could use his Aether to protect himself, the fist connected with his face, and he felt his foot lose its ground and his vision blurred.

BANG!.

He instantly got blasted away and directly crashed toward the wall with heavy force.

Suprisngly not a single cracked appeared on the walls, as it’s made to bear even more heavy attacks.

After a moment Rowan blurred vision, also returned, and then he felt a metallic taste in his mouth as Blood was coming out of his mouth and nose.

He felt some teeth got broken while his nose also got tilted sideways then a slight pain run through his body, though not enough to make him cry, but definetly it’s feels uncomfotable.

He spat the blood on the ground and stood up, then looked toward the 15-foot-tall giant whose body was full of lightning, which was slowly returning back inside his body.

"Hah!"

The next moment, he released his peak bronze knight aura with a shout as the anger returned to its face.

But the next moment.

BAM!

A golden sword suddenly comes and embeds itself between him and the giant Luke.

"Both of you halt."

[Chapter End]

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Author Note:

Specials thanks to 115599_ for your Golden Ticket! Your support really means alot to me.