"O esteemed guest, thank you for your visit." said Ynder to a young, light brown-haired man.
When Robert sees such an attitude from Ynder towards the young fellow, he frowns and wants to say something, but then he withholds his words and quietly follows the Count and the guest towards the meeting hall.
Upon reaching the meeting hall, Ynder asked the guest
"Please come inside, sir, and take a seat," and he orders the servants to bring the refreshments.
But to his surprise, the young man didn't take his seat but rather knocked down his head on the floor, and with a hurried tone of voice, he said
"Count, my name is Trek. I am a small businessman who lives in Aigr Duchy and does frequent trade with Ballad County. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me."
Upon seeing the man on the floor in such a disgraceful position, Ynder frowns a little and starts to have a doubt about the man's identity, but he doesn't want to rush things, so he immediately controls his facial expression and again addresses the young man in a respectful tone.
"Sir, what are you doing? Please get up. And why will you offend us? Rather, we are afraid that we have offended you, as seeing the way that you are testing us.
And Sir, I am very grateful for the gift that you sent me, as it has lifted a heavy burden from my shoulders."
Trek, without breaking his knock-down posture, replied again with a shaking voice.
" lord! I am afraid I am not the person who you think I am, and about that gift," he stops a little and again says, "I only delivered the parcel that the man told me to deliver to you."
"W-Whaattt??? So who was the man that told you to deliver the parcel?" asked Ynder after hearing Trek's explanation.
But suddenly a voice echoes throughout the meeting room.
" p-pufffffffffffffff-fffff-haaaaa-aaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
Sorry, my bad! I was not able to control myself from laughing at your performance.
Please continue the drama! I am enjoying it very much." said a servant who stood in a corner of the room.
After hearing such disrespectful remarks towards the count, Robert's expression, including that of the guards present in the room, became extremely ugly.
But despite such a tone, the Count stopped the guards from withdrawing their swords and asked the person in front of him with a serious expression.
"Who might you be? By your attire, it seems you are a servant in the mansion." asked Ynder in a serious tone.
Seeing the gravity of the situation, Robert immediately replied:
" Lord!! This fellow's name is Asfer Rolland. He resently joined as an assistant butler prior to one month ago."
Listening to Rober's explanation, Ynder could not keep his cool and shouted in rage.
"What did you all think of me? getting ridiculed by a servant! Am I a joke to you all?"
and a huge pressure descended upon the meeting hall. The pressure was so intense that no one present in the room, whether they were servants or guards, was able to keep standing, and they all fell down on the floor.
This was the pressure emitted by a peak-S-rank powerhouse.
But despite emitting such bone-crushing pressure, the person who is the culprit of all this is quietly watching the scene as if the pressure was never applied to him.
Upon seeing this, he got even more infuriated. Originally, Ynder was an easy-going person, but due to not being able to meet the person for whom he waited for so long and being laughed at by such an insignificant servant, it hurt his self-esteem very much, so he decided to release his full might to crush this insignificant fellow before him.
When the black-haired man faces the full might of a S-rank cultivator, the smug expression on his face is replaced with a serious expression.
Seeing the change in his expression, Ynder smirks a little, but the joy he felt didn't last long, as the black-haired boy vanished from his place and appeared in front of Ynder.
Even Ynder, who is a peak S-class cultivator, was not able to respond to such a fast reflex, and suddenly he felt a heavy punch in his gut.
The pressure that Ynder was emitting immediately dissipated, and Ynder coughed up a mouthful of blood.
The force behind the punch was so great that Ynder started to bleed from his eyes and ears.
His bones, which were tougher than an iron rod, got shattered like a piece of glass, and his body became a total mess.
Usually, when a person gets stuck with such brute force, they tend to go flying.
But rather Ynder is on his knees and his body structure became almost distorted, it is rather a surprise that he is even alive.
The damage caused by this single punch was much larger than any attack Ynder has ever faced.
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before 1 month
After giving orders to the trek to deliver his gift to Ynder, Sun started to follow the actions of Ynder and the trek.
After delivering the parcel, trek resumed his usual business as if nothing had happened and was also able to sell all his wines at an exorbitant price and make a huge profit.
But after staying quiet for 10 days, Ynder started to make moves in search of the sun's identity. So to properly monitor him, Sun became an assistant butler in the ballad mansion.
After a few days of searching, Ynder was finally able to somehow locate the trek and immediately summon him to the castle.
But due to the sun's carefree nature, his cover got blown, and it escalated the situation, where almost all the members present in the room except the sun got almost crusted by Ynder pressure.
So to stop him, he launched himself forward at an incredible speed, which seemed like he was teleported before Ynder, and punched him in the gut.
Sun directed all the force behind his punch to all parts of Ynder's body, which prevented him from going flying, but as a result, he destroyed almost everything in his body.
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Now at present
Sun looks towards the Ynder, who is coughing a mouthful of blood and groining in pain on the floor.
When Robert and the surrounding guards regained their consciousness and saw Ynder in such a condition, they became infuriated and launched themselves toward the sun to attack him.
but suddenly a voice interrupted them.
"Everybody stop! What are you all doing? said Ynder, coughing a mouthful of blood.
After seeing such conditions of the Ynder, a white-haired man runs towards the Ynder and supports the Ynder's body as it lies down on his lap.
" lord!!! It was all my fault. If I manage the situation well, then this won't happen to you. Robert said it with a heavy and sad voice.
Ynder, who is lying on Robert's lap, closes his eyes and says with a very weak voice:
"You also know that the person who can turn an S-rank cultivator's body into such a bloody mess by a single punch
!!!! cou-coughh!!! by no means an ordinary person.
cough, cough!
It was my fault that I was not able to recognize the strength of such a profound person and became blinded by my rage and did something foolish as attacking him.
although I don't have any regrets in this life, Robert.
!!cough!!! I will not be able to survive this Robert.
But please persuade him to save our county, and in return, give him any price that he wants."
"Ynder!" said Robert with a sad expression, and a tear rolled down his cheeks.
After a few moments when he was not able to detect any sign of life in Ynder's body, he thought to himself:
"Now it's not the time to become sad, as my lord entrusted the future of ballads into my hand; I have to take action."
So, Robert gently put Ynder's body on the floor and positioned himself in a dogaza position before Sun.
"Great one!!! I know that we are at fault, and if you want to exterminate the whole ballad lineage for it, it is totally justified.
But please have mercy on us for our folly, and this shameful servant also has a favor to ask you on behalf of my lord.
Please save our county. We are willing to pay any price for both of our actions."
After listening to his plea, Sun looked towards Robert with an indifferent expression and said:
" No!! I will not help ballads" and walked past Robert, who was still in the dogaza position. Roberts stayed in that position without lifting his head, as if he expected that kind of response, but then he heard a totally unexpected response.
"But he will help ballads and also will make ballads the most prominent family in the Leia Kingdom." pointing towards the Ynder body.