Rise of the Legendary Emperor

Chapter 302: Francis Lucroy

"Yvonne, where is General Knight? I'm afraid my father has only a little time to live. If we don't cure him within the next two days, he will" Kamil's voice broke in grief. He and his father were very close and both of them loved each other dearly. For Kamil, his father Francis was more of a friend than a father. When his father failed the tribulation and fell victim to the curse, he couldn't even concentrate on his own cultivation as he ventured out more often searching for a cure. Coupled with his father's injury and his absence, the Lucroy family started to decline, and once an influential family became prey to every one.

Kamil was unable to accept the fact that his father might die and wanted everything in his power to cure his father. This situation was very similar to the situation of Nicolas. When Vivian was in a coma, he was ready to do anything to save his mother. Just like Nicolas, Kamil also adamant to save his father and that was the reason when Knight asked them to settle down in Everlight if he wanted to save his father, Kamil accepted with no second thoughts. Besides, Yvonne trusted Knight and Don as she knew Don had his own secrets that might save her family.

"Don't worry father, Knight said he will cure Grandfather and I trust him. If anyone has the means to save Grandfather, it's Don"

"Lord Lucroy, Young Miss Yvonne!" just as they were conversing, one of the guards of the Lucroy family came running.

"King Don and General Knight is on their way to here" 

"Father, come one, let's go outside and welcome them" A wide grin appeared on Yvonne's face as she rushed outside. Kamil's heart started to beat faster expecting the cure as he dropped everything he was doing and followed Yvonne behind.

After they departed from Vreston, only the Loyal guards and servants of the Lucroy family followed them here to Everlight while many servants and guards went to serve the other noble families. Therefore, the number of the Lucroy family shrunk from 98 to 60. Even many young girls and boys in Yvonne's harem broke off and left her. When Kamil and Yvonne stepped outside, all the 35 guards bowed as both of them looked in the distance to see the famous Black-armored soldiers marching towards them.

In the center of the black-armored men, Yvonne could see the figures of Don, Knight, and Adria. As usual, Yvonne saw Don adorn the black armor, and just like him, his brother Knight also wore identical robes to Don. The only difference between the armors was that Don's had silver linings and shiny chest and shoulder plates, whereas Knight's armor had neither of those.

Besides Don, Adria seemed solemn and serious but she looked more refined and elegant than before when they met at the Gathering.

"He's so young" Kamil couldn't help but comment when he saw Don. He heard great things about Don from Yvonne and his scouts, but seeing him in real amazed him.

The black-armored men formed two lines and made way for Don, Knight, and Arrora.

"Lord Lucroy I presume?" The powerful aura Don radiated made Kamil and Yvonne lower their heads subconsciously and respect him.

"Im honored to meet you, Your Majesty"

"Nice to see you again, Your Majesty" Yvonne winked at Don before bowing towards him.

"Nice to see you too, Yvonne. I heard everything about Lord Francis, let's go and see what we can do to help him without wasting any time" After seeing the worried look on Kamil's face, Don realized the graveness of the situation and he wanted to help Francis before it's too late.

"Yes, thank you, your majesty, follow me" Kamil shook his head up and down and gestured at Don to follow him to see his father.

After following Kamil into the house and then to one of the rooms, Knight saw Francis lying on the bed. His condition seemed to get worse each day as he looked more shriveled and paler than before.

"Knight, you know what to do" Don looked at Knight as Knight nodded and walked towards Francis.

"Lord Lucroy, the Elixir will lift the curse and cure your father, but it won't restore his cultivation level, he will have to cultivate if he wants to restore his cultivation level," 

"His cultivation level doesn't matter anymore General Knight, at this point, I only wish to see and speak to our father again," Kamil said as Yvonne and the servants nodded. The old man who met Arwen and Knight at the gates stood beside Francis and prayed to the gods.

Knight flicked his wrist as the golden Elixir appeared in his hand and lit up the entire room with its golden light.

"It's real" Yvonne mumbled while the servants trembled feeling the aura coming from the vial in Knight's hand. Knight opened the vial and drizzled the elixir into Francis's mouth. He stared at the golden liquid and calmly said, "The elixir will start lifting the curse and heal his soul now"

Hearing this, Yvonne's and Kamil's expressions changed slightly. However, they could only clench their fists and wait.

Just a few seconds after the elixir entered Francis's body, a dark red smoke emerged from his body and let out a 'puff' sound as it disappeared. Francis, who originally had no feeling of his surroundings, suddenly shivered at this moment.

With the help of the Battle energy and Blood bending, the condition within Francis's body appeared in Knight's mind when he sent a stream of battle energy into Francis's body. Knight sensed the blood that had nearly become black and his eyebrows were gradually knit together. The curse had already spread deep into Francis's body and he would have been dead within a day if they had done nothing.

As the Elixir circulated inside Francis's body, a painful feeling gradually surfaced on the originally numb faced Francis. His shriveled hand was also tightly clenched and the veins on his arm stirred.

"Ah" On the bed, Francis, who had both his eyes tightly closed, suddenly opened them. He let out a hoarse and intensely painful roar from his mouth. His ferocious and imposing presence, woke up as though it was the brief moment of clear consciousness before death.

"Grandfather!" 

"Father!"

Eyeing the old man who had suddenly opened his eyes and roared, Yvonne and Kamil hurriedly shouted.

"The cure is currently removing the curse inside our body and healing your soul, you will feel intense pain for the next few minutes. If you can withstand this intense pain, you will survive" Knight glanced at the grumbling face of Francis and faintly said.

Hearing the voice beside him, Francis tilted his head around slightly. He looked at the golden hair youngster and batted his eyes slowly. Then he clenched his teeth and slowly spoke: "Kid, are you the one who saved me?"

"Old man, I didn't save you at least not yet, but don't die on my watch" Knight grinned.

"Haha, I'll try kid but no promises" The corner of Francis's mouth twitched, withstanding the intense pain in his body as he laughed in a heroic manner.

"Grandpa, nothing will happen to you!" At the side, Yvonne let out a slight sigh and scolded involuntarily as she eyed Francis who had awoken from his comatose state.

"Yani you little devil! Are you still running around with harlots and gigolos!?" Francis stared at Yvonne and tried to laugh bearing the pain. Before his furious roar fell, the corner of his mouth, which was twitching, emitted another dry howl. He turned his head around, looked at Kamil, and laughed bitterly "Kamil..."

"Concentrate on fighting the pain, old man" Knight's words quickly made Francis close his mouth as Kamil nodded at his father.

Yvonne eyed Francis's bitter expression. Her heart had some laughter. In all these years, this fellow was the only one who dared to speak in such a manner to the irritable and silly old man.

As these few people became quiet, the atmosphere in the room secretly became quiet. After the quiet atmosphere continued for a long while, Kamil pulled Yvonne and stepped a little back. 

"Yvonne, send word to Vreston and sell all our assets there. We should make ourselves home here"

"Already done father, I think they have a plan for us, let's just wait and see. We can discuss this further after Grandpa has healed"

While Kamil and Yvonne were whispering, the Golden elixir destroyed the cure and healed Francis's soul little by little. Both Knight and Don wished Reghys was here to tell how much longer they have to wait.

Inside the quiet room, Yvonne and her father were talking in hushed tones, occasionally turning their gazes toward the Knight and Don. After some time, their whispers slowly stopped when they saw the sweat rolling off the old man's face and blue veins popping on his arm. The Lucroys looked at each other and saw anxiousness and restlessness in each other's eyes.

With the continued healing of the Elixir, a red mist quietly seeped out of Francis's bones, but before it could escape, the Golden Light of the Elixir swiftly surrounded it and roasted into nothingness.

On the outside, at this time, Francis's body had been drenched with sweat. His old face, while twitching uncontrollably, was emitting a slight sound of sucking in cold air from between his teeth.

"Kid, how much longer?" Francis's trembling voice came out hoarsely and blue veins on his arm twitched as if they were small snakes.

"Just a little longer, old man"

"Your Majesty!" A shout suddenly appeared in the room and everyone turned back to look at Joel running towards Don.

"Joel?" Knight frowned looking at the serious expression on Joel's face.