It has been a month since Damon was brought back to life and he had been pretty busy. After the event that happened in the woods Damon realized that he could not slack off or else he would be killed off before he could complete his mission.
He started training for ten hours a day for seven days in order to boost his strength and proficiency in his talents. He was already well versed in boxing and karate which when mixed together was very effective.
He used one of his training days to learn swordsmanship from the chief knight whom he had noticed was still loyal to the late Lord as they were friends that grew up together.
The chief knight Avon Barksdale was a beginner three star warrior that meant that he was stronger than even Damon's uncle , Lucas.
He had also started to use biokinesis after several animal testing to start improving his body little by little. For instance everyday for the past month he made sure to increase his lung capacity , improve his skeletal frame and bone density , tight and elastic tendons , increased muscle mass and increased heart size. This helped him to maintain speeds of up to thirty kilometers per hour for a period of up to four hours. He was also able physically pick up weights up to four hundred kilograms easily and he was able to use telekinesis to lift three times that weight.
As Damon was getting more and more active his uncle and his supporters were in a state of turmoil. It seemed like the poison that was supposed to kill him was infact nourishing him.
At the moment Lucas was in a heated discussion with the alchemist Darius who was responsible for the production of the poison.
"Darius tell me has your loyalties faltered because I don't mind replacing you with someone more receptive to simple instructions. What happened with the poison".
" forgive me my Lord but I retested the potion and it proved to be very effective,I am afraid the fault doesn't lie with me ". Darius replied.
The real fact of the matter was that naturally Lukas was not threatened by Damon in any way even as he had gotten out of his sickly state. He had more allies than Damon who had just the support of the chief knight and less than twenty knights out of a hundred and fifty knights . Lukas on his own had the support like being married to the third daughter of a powerful lord who was a four circle mage and also very wealthy, he also had the loyalty of the bulk of the family knights numbering almost one hundred and thirty . He also had the support of Darius who was an alchemist and also a peak two circle mage. Lukas himself was also a peak two star mage on the verge of breaking through to three .
Even the fact that Damon was learning swordmanship from a three star warrior was not even bothering him.
The only thing bothering him was that Damon's seventeenth name day was coming up which was the legal time for him to take over the region . He then came up with a diabolical plan.
He waited for Damon to go out for his regular training then he planted forged evidence of a conspiracy to commit treason against the imperial family which was bullshit , but gave him reason to keep him in the dungeon for up to a year pending investigation from an imperial prefect .
Damon and the chief knight Avon walked into the courtyard after their training only to be stopped by Lukas and a retinue of knights.
"Damon you need to come with me into custody while I send for the imperial prefect to investigate if you resist I will be forced to put you down where you stand".
Damon looked around the courtyard seeing that he was sorrounded he shouted with a loud voice
" Are you knights who were sworn to the house of Merula going to stand here and watch this man commit treason against his lord.
I will give you all a chance , bend the knee and sweat your undying loyalty to me.
In fact you have two options, bend the knee or you will die here today."
After the speech about fifteen knights flocked to Damon's side . Now it was his fifteen knights against the over hundred knights that his uncle had .
" Damon what do you think you can do with just fifteen knights, even if you have the chief knight with you sooner or later he will grow weary and die.
Oh wait a minute did you really think that because of some miserly small lessons that you are worth shit."
Damon then whispered something to the chief knight who in turn shouted " knights of our Lord Damon, man the gates and let no man escape".
Damon then turned to his uncle and asked " why don't we do this one on one without any much blood shed don't you think so?"
"Hahaha I never knew that my nephew could be brave and stupid at the same time. Yes bring it on let me see what you are made of".
A space was then cleared in the middle of the courtyard for the battle.
Lukas came welding a longsword while Damon picked up a short sword and checked the balance by swinging back and forth.
Lukas already livid by the gall on Damon , he thought that he could intimidate Damon into submission but as his plan failed he was backed into a corner so his only option was to kill his nephew.
The went into position and then rushed at each other Lukas had the upper hand as the more experienced. He dealt heavy blows in quick succession barely giving Damon time to react. After some time of exchange blows Lukas knocked off Damon's sword from his hand which Damon in turn retreated a few steps back.
" I don't know how you are able to handle my strikes boy , being that you are a magicless worm. Give up now and I might let you live as a stable boy." Lukas shouted from across the courtyard. But in reality Lukas had actually been going all out and was really freaked out by Damon's endurance.
Damon noticing that his uncle was Spirit was shaking decided to taunt him more .
" My dear uncle, you have sinned against God and man by trying to take something that doesn't rightly belong to you and for that you will die".
Lukas then screamed rushing at Damon with a front slash which he dogged by sidestepping . As Lukas was about to change the position of his stance Damon quickly sent a flame powered kick to his uncle's side which his uncle immediately with a quick reaction blocked it . But the result of that action was that Lukas got the arm that he had used to block the kick both burnt and bent out in a weird way with parts of his bones sticking out.
For a moment he stood like nothing had happened but when the pain finally kicked in , he fell to the ground screaming. " Daaaamooon! Daaaamooon " Lukas voice roared in pain.
Damon then turned to the rebel knights at the other end of the courtyard and declared " the usurper Lukas has been defeated , lay down your weapons and live in punishment for your actions but if one of you resists , you all will die ".
Soon weapons started dropping as the knights took off their armor in surrender. Damon then tasked the chief knight and the his remaining ten out of the fifteen knights to facilitate the arrest of those surrendered knights while the remaining five were to bring him his uncle's wife and those maids that were loyal to Lukas and helped poison him.
After some time Lukas' wife was escorted into the the courtyard and when she saw her wounded husband she rushed at Damon screaming " you bastard, what have you done".
Damon noticed that she was gathering magic to use on him. Perhaps she needed to be in close proximity for it to be effective so when she got to fifty meters from where he was he stopped her using telekinesis, hanging her in the air .
". You dare attack me even when I was trying to show you mercy"? Damon asked while coming close to her . " Such pathetic cowardice shown by an ungodly bitch such as yourself , Lady Bella Ronalla ."
" You know you can't kill me , I am the daughter of Lord Ronalla of house Ronalla my father would have your head for this." Bella screamed hysterically.
"Sir Barksdale,put Lady Ronalla in an empty cell and feed her once a day then send word to her father so we can see how much she is really worth to her Father."