The Legendary Arthur Wallace

Samael smiled, then the old man tapped his forehead. "Let me think, who was the last person to make a deal with me here... Oh right, it was a fellow named Arthur Wallace!"

"Arthur Wallace?!!"

This time, Freyr and the two Witches exclaimed in unison!!!

It was not surprising, given how prominent this name was!

Arthur Wallace was recognized as one of the few top-tier paladins in the continent for hundreds of years, and also as one of the very few top-tier Wizards in the same period! His name signified a legend, being the only person in history capable of mastering both martial arts and magic to the highest levels!

Even Naya... she was one of Arthur's admirers, which is why she chose the path of both martial and magical training!

But the more shocking reason for their reaction was not just Arthur Wallace's legendary prowess...

More importantly...

Arthur Wallace!

He was the founding emperor of the current Wallace Empire!

His Majesty, the Great Emperor Wallace I! He led his army through numerous battles, unifying countless small countries, city-states, alliances, kingdoms, and duchies over decades of war, eventually establishing the Wallace Empire that now spans the entire continent!

"Don't be so alarmed, Arthur Wallace was the last human to come here and make a deal with me."

"Arthur Wallace arrived here following a shipwrecked vessel. Sadly... that ship should never have anchored on this island. It was swallowed whole... and Arthur was brought here by me. It was here that we made some agreements," Samael's tone was somewhat ambiguous.

But even such a vague hint was more than enough!

Freyr had, of course, read the history of the Wallace Empire! In fact, during his first few years in this world, his tutor Earl Edward had taught him many things, and Freyr had read the biography of the empire's founding emperor... He had treated it as if it were a novel.

Arthur Wallace, the great founder of the Wallace Empire... His life, to Freyr, seemed almost like one of those fantastical adventure novels from his previous life!

Arthur had the remarkable luck and bizarre experiences of many novel protagonists. To put it in a trendy phrase from his previous life: his luck was unbelievably strong! His resilience was akin to that of a cockroach!

The biography detailed the life of this empire's founding emperor in great detail. Arthur was born into a declining noble family, not even the eldest son but the third, with no inheritance rights. He loved adventures from a young age.

At sixteen, he left home to venture out alone. Arthur had joined some mercenary groups, a young man full of adventurous fantasies.

That era was the most adventurous period of the continent! Unlike now, where the entire continent is unified under the Wallace Empire's thorny flower flag, that time was a warring states period with countless small countries. Continuous wars, annexations, plots, and schemes... It was an era that forged heroes and legends.

At sixteen, Arthur spent several years with a mercenary group before becoming fascinated with maritime adventures.

At twenty-one, Arthur was already an excellent swordsman with considerable savings from his mercenary years. He invested all his assets into a merchant ship for a maritime trade adventure.

However, his first voyage ended disastrously. The ship met with a catastrophe, sinking completely, but Arthur miraculously survived, escaping with his life!

Historians agree... If not for that shipwreck, this great founding emperor might have ended up as a successful maritime trader... and not an emperor!

Because of this, after his maritime trade dream was shattered, Arthur returned home to find his father had died, leaving all the property to his sons... Arthur received the smallest portion.

His father, a minor noble, left little inheritance. Yet Arthur did something considered almost wasteful at the time... He sold all his assets to organize a small private army.

This seemingly ruinous move was ridiculed by everyone, as Arthur's homeland was a peaceful country on the continent's edge, far from any wars, with no need for a private army's protection.

Arthur's gamble paid off! Within half a year, war erupted, and his small country was engulfed in the conflict between major powers, conquered within a month, and then repeatedly fought over by two major nations.

Arthur's two brothers died in the chaos, their estates and farms looted and burned.

Arthur, however, joined one of the major powers' armies with his private army, securing a significant military position.

After this, Arthur began to demonstrate extraordinary capabilities!

He showcased immense strength, even killing a renowned high-ranking knight of the enemy nation on the battlefield, accumulating countless military merits...

After the war, he was granted a noble title and a fief... a land far larger than his father's!