230 Destiny

Piaro's eyes ravenously brightened…yet immediately felt his head hurt from all the text.

Yes…In his excitement, he tried to read all the book.

"This is…"

Marek smirked:

"This is your guide to the top."

"Keep this book on your mind at all times."

The Emperor then willed before new pages were written:

Piaro's flaws in the world codename 'Satisfy': 456905 Flaws

Supreme Swordsmanship Flaws: 45689 Flaws

Fated to Perish: 4567 Flaws

Great Swordsman's Enlightenment: 87945 Flaws

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"Start by reading this, you bonehead."

"When you correct all the flaws here. Even the gods would crawl before your power."

Piaro narrowed his eyes as he nodded.

"Also…Look at all the books on Swordsmanship in your predecessor's shelf."

"It will make everything much rapid."

Piaro nodded, still too excited to complete understand his Emperor's words:

'This….'

'This is the road to Sword Saint!!'

Marek knew what he thought and could only sigh:

"Soon, you will look down on the title of Sword Saint. But let's not spoil his mood."

Piaro's longing eyes then landed on a shelf with books on it.

Marek seeing all of it. Finally sighed in relief, as he looked at the advance of the two.

Soon….

The next events began to unfold in front of him.

While Mercedes was in hermitage-like training….Preparing to face her destiny.

Piaro heeded the words of his Emperor…as some truths became more and more apparent.

'Empress Marie…Astaroth…'

With the help of his connections he uncovered the conspiracy that has been brewing in the Empire he once served.

He took a deep breath as he looked at his old friend, the hatred in his eyes dimming:

"It seems his majesty was right after all…"

"Amosphel was controlled by the Yatan Powers brewing in the Imperial Palace."

He then had a look of determination, in his eyes.

'It seems it's apparent what needs to be done.'

The next days….One head after the other fell on Empress Marie's faction.

Piaro didn't need and didn't want to take permission form an Emperor's he no longer served.

So he did as he wanted and never bothered to explain himself.

Only…Before that he resigned, the Red Knights…A terrible blow to the Empire…And what's Juander have seen as a terrible betrayal.

After that, Piaro rejected the convincing of myriad of people…Be it the Dukes he treated as cute juniors, be it his own companions…And be it, his own best friend Asmophel.

He never only stayed in his mansion for that moment…Practicing the perfect version…of his sword.

After all…The most difficult work has been done by Mercedes, there was no point in doing two times.

And he practiced this world…For Two Months…He realized….

"I am a Sword Saint."

"….But I feel this weird need to connect with the Earth…I don't know why?"

By the time…Piaro already realized…

The Swordsmanship perfect for the man named Piaro…

"The Supreme Swordsmanship of Primordial Life."

…Was much profound than a simple Sword's Saint….Piaro felt that with his current potential…A possibility…

'The Sword's God Realm.'

A Realm no one ever reached with his sword alone…

And he felt that even then…He wouldn't reach his limits.

And this is only in the event of a fraction of the flaws repaired. After all the Supreme Sworsmanship of Primordial Life was only perfect in the world of Satisfy.

Realizing that he needed another training environment.

Piaro who has been holed up in his home for a year. Finally decided to make a move.

The next day…

Juander found out to his horror. That Empress Marie and Edan were slaughtered in cold blood.

Their corpses disposed off in the gates of Titan, where everyone could see.

Immediately he gave the order to search for the culprit…Only to come out empty headed… with a single exception.

The former captain of the Red Knights…Had left Titan.

In the ground of his mansion, were written words, that seemed to hold a tinge of irony and another one of good conscience:

'Farewell, old friend.'

After wreaking havoc in the Imperial Castle and becoming a fugitive of the Empire.

Piaro left and began to act as he always did…With his instinct…

…And his instincts told him…

….To Plow the field…

A new chapter appeared on his book:

Farming technique: 643….↑ ↑ ….. ↑567

He spoke in his mind:

'I feel it…My Swordsmanship would only be complete if I did this!!'

His eyes narrowed as he under the cover of a measly farmer was accumulating endless power.

Years passed by…

As the two knights stayed holed up, away from the world.

The Two's powers increasing in such a fashion…that would scare the gods themselves.

Yet no one knew of their respective accomplishment....

On their respective lonely journeys….They had only one companion.

The Emperor they served.

Marek felt that Piaro and Mercedes needed some human contact, and he felt that he needed to get more familiar with the two.

He did the same with Braham, who was stuck at the Apex of the World waiting for the other two.

Actually Braham was the loneliest of the bunch.

So he left his will in the Library for them to communicate with. And, While Merely minutes passed in the DBZ World…In the Emperor's mind years and years of memories of flooded his mind.

A warm and delighted expression appearing on his face. For Marek, there isn't a greater feeling than connecting deeply with his subjects.

The Three were quite curious about the world outside, about the Empire they were now a part of.

The Emperor was generous with his words, and opened his heart, the same way he did with his closest kin.

In the passing years…As they power grew, their understanding of the world outside of it grew with it.

By the time, the Episode of Nevarthan arrived.

They were already extremely familiar with the lord they served. An extremely kind, yet extremely monstrous individual.

Piaro who saw people come and go. Couldn't help but marvel at such character.

He heared of the glorious enemies and endless powerhouses in the outside world. And he couldn't help but yearn for such challenges.

For Mercedes…The Emperor was the sole companion she had, in her road to power, since she was seventeen. She always felt, that as a knight, it was the Emperor who looked after her. While that filled her with deep affection and gratitude, she felt somewhat ashamed of it as a knight.

She wanted to go serve him as soon possible.

'If not…I will soon become a useless person!!'

Braham on the other side…Kept his rather haughty and 'tsundere' attitude, but the Emperor could feel genuine affection from him.

Because Braham already reached the limit of the world, he delved into different other disciplines, and become nigh omniscient and the equivalent of Morpheus. But he also had much more time in his hands so he exchanged with the Emperor the most.

Nevertheless he never intervened in their own training, it would kill the purpose of the experiment.

Finally When Mercedes reached 27 of age….

A Monstrous Roar terrified the continent.

A Warm voice resounded in the knight's head:

"Good luck, My Mercedes."

"Go accomplish your destiny."

Mercedes who has been meditating, a sword on her fair legs, finally opened her eyes!

In the book named 'Mercedes Vaintz' one could see:

World Codename 'Satisfy' Flaws:

Mercedes Vaintz's flaws: 0 Flaws…

Properties:

Eye of Wisdom: 0 Flaws

Mercedes' Imperial Sworsmandship:0 Flaws

Marial God Weapon Mastery:0 Flaws

Mercedes aura was steady, yet there was extreme beauty in the way it flowed. Like looking at the calm water stream.

Her eyes were dark blue, with a tinge of platinum light in them.

She stood up, her posture straight, her character still bold, her will unbending. Yet, in her ethereal disposition one could see deep indifference.

She only smiled with a tad of bitterness:

"To think I've been obsessing so much about this day…"

"Now that it's finally here…"

She disappeared!!

And reappeared at the gates of Titan where millions were wailing and crying looking up at the giant monstrous being flying in the sky causing havoc and destruction on the rest of the continent.

The Red Knights, the Emperor, the Grandmaster all showed helplessness in face of this terrible force.

Piaro who felt the approach of the humongous monster, had a brilliant smile, brimming with fighting spirit. He was about to put down his hoe…when he heard a voice:

"Don't even think about it."

"This is the fight of your fellow knight."

Piaro's brow were raised:

"Oh? I could finally see the other knight of his majesty."

Marek sighed:

"Go. But don't cause trouble or intervene."

Piaro nodded before disappearing too. What he found was the monstrous Green Dragon Nevrathan unleashing chaos and destruction on the world.

All…That lived no matter the status or the power could only cower in fear.

Nevertheless…he saw a silhouette appear in front of the Dragon!!

It's brilliance, its ethereal beauty, it's knightly grace…Nearly made the whole world halt for an instant.

Her blue hair who had a taint of greenish hue in it's ends, was levitating in the air.

As her terrifying eyes looked down on the Majestic Dragon.

"Now..."

"The only thing I feel is disappointment."

On her words, one could understand that this wasn't the knight of the past. On her omniscient eyes one could see deep pride and vainglory.

The Same Vainglory, the generals, the Marshalls and the Atleasians possessed.

She was now, Mercedes Vaintz. An Imperial Knight of the Atleasian Empire and she showed magnificiently.

She spoke coldly to the Dragon, and her melodious voice could be heard in any corner of the continent. Her eyes were shining with dark ominous luster as she berated:

"Too many flaws."

Piaro had a nostalgic smile on:

"The keen-eyed girl became a wonderful knight, indeed."

"…And her eyes became rather terrifying."

"To think that the time she quit, was so she can go serve your Majesty."

The GrandMaster, those at the Tower of Wisdom all felt their back turn cold when they looked at the silhouette.

Even Hayate, the Absolute who slayed a Dragon wasn't any different.

Because the sense of oppression he felt from the silhouette at this moment was inexplicably much, much higher than the Nevarthan.

But that was nothing compared to the moment, when her fair hand touched the hilt of her sword

"Let's end this."

Immediately a crushing sense of dread that even awakened Nevarthan form his folly, descended!!!

The Sword was seemingly rather mediocre, but the energy it contained couldn't be underestimated.

The terrifying sword energy grew to a terrifying peak than even the past Sword Saint Biban couldn't possibly fathom!!

'What is…'

'This sword?'

But Biban had only a short time to admire it.

Before a gigantic sword energy disappeared in the world. Mercedes then narrowed her eyes for a moment, before turning around.

A beautiful smile on:

"It's finally time to come by his majesty's side."

Behind her. Not only the Dragon, but the whole rest of existence was cut in half.

But unlike with a standard sword saint strike. The World seemed to want to merge under the power of Rebecca. But was unable to.

Some lingering sword energy remained on the cut, that overpowered even the power of Rebecca.

Finally after a Whole minute, the time it took for the Sword Energy to disappear, the world was rescinded once more.

Marek responded:

"Go find Braham….It is time indeed."

"Piaro."

"I know your majesty."

His tone was calm, but to the ears of the Emperor who got to know him, his excitement was clear.

"Braham….It's finally your time."

Braham snorted:

"Hmph! If your majesty has kept me in this hell hole another second I would have killed myself!! And you would have lost your greatest magus!!"

Marek spoke calmly:

"Morpheus. Stop the time flow for now."

"Yes, your majesty."

The Experiment was a success.

After all…The three would appear for the first time in reality. They should be welcomed in the Empire where they belong. Not here.

His eyes then landed on the bewildered Bulma, as he asked:

"So…What do you think?"