Starting with a Military Arms System I Rise to Dominate Another World Chapter 55 : Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Outside the Castle, Whoever Wins Becos the Family Head

The eldest son of the Jurgen Family was Hermann Jurgen.

The second son of the Jurgen Family was Otto Jurgen.

The two of them had brought their subordinates with them, around 400 people in total.

In addition, they had spent a large amount of Gold Coins to hire adventurers, around 100 of them.

That made for a total of roughly 500 people.

Among those 500, there were 50 B-rank Mages, including Hermann himself, while the remaining 450 were all C-rank and D-rank Mages.

On Alfred’s side, he had brought only around 50 subordinates.

The difference in numbers between the two sides was tenfold.

Under normal circumstances, that would have been a gap large enough to drive anyone to despair.

But Alfred was an A-rank Mage.

So this difference in numbers ant nothing.

The strength of an A-rank Mage was not sothing that could be overco by re numbers like these.

What was more, Alfred was one of the best even among A-rank Mages.

Alfred’s subordinates did not panic just because the enemy had overwhelming numbers.

Instead, they were furious at Alfred’s two elder brothers.

They were furious that the two of them actually dared to challenge Alfred’s authority. They truly had no idea whether they were dead or alive.

Because Alfred’s wife and daughter were still inside the castle,

Alfred intended to move the battlefield outside the castle.

By the ti Alfred led his n out of the castle,

he could already see his two elder brothers in the distance.

Alfred raised a brow.

His two elder brothers had brought so many people that it was obvious they ant to take his life.

In a situation like this, it was impossible for him to hold back.

Originally, he had still thought about trying to persuade his two brothers with words.

But judging from the situation now, that was completely impossible.

In truth, he had never wanted to be the family head in the first place.

What he longed for was a free and unrestrained life.

But back then, before their father died, he had entrusted the position of family head to Alfred, and Alfred would not betray his father’s expectations.

Moreover, he knew very well that his two elder brothers were complete fools.

If the Jurgen Family fell into their hands,

then within ten years, it would definitely begin to decline.

As the saying went, guarding an empire was harder than winning one.

If they had rely been conservative family heads, that would have been one thing.

But Hermann was absolutely not the kind of family head who would govern conservatively.

Hermann had always resented the fact that their father had not passed the position of family head to him.

If Hermann beca the family head, he would definitely carry out sweeping reforms.

And if that happened, then no matter how deep the Jurgen Family’s foundations were, they would not be able to withstand Hermann’s reckless ddling.

But when Alfred thought of his father’s final instructions, he sighed inwardly.

Boom! Boom!

A series of footsteps rang out.

Hermann and Otto appeared before Alfred.

“Big Brother, Second Brother, do you truly have to go this far?”

Alfred asked slowly.

“Hmph, Alfred, Father must have gone senile. He passed the position of family head to you instead of .”

Hermann said viciously.

“Alfred, Big Brother is right.”

Otto cut in. “The position of family head should have belonged to Big Brother from the start. You’ve already been family head for long enough. It’s ti to return the position to him. You know Big Brother’s abilities very well. He will definitely lead our Jurgen Family into glory.”

“...”

Alfred curled his lips helplessly.

Others might not know what his two brothers were really like, but how could he not know?

As brothers born of the sa mother,

Alfred understood all too well that his two brothers were the very definition of ambition without ability.

If the two of them had rely been diocre, then it would not have been impossible to hand over the position of family head to them.

With the wealth of the Jurgen Family, even if the two of them lived extravagantly for their entire lives, it would not have been a problem.

It was impossible to drag down the Jurgen Family through spending money alone.

But Hermann was too ambitious, and on top of that, he craved glory and loved grand displays. He was an enormous pit waiting to swallow everything.

Alfred would never place the position of family head into the hands of such a man.

“No.”

Alfred shook his head. “Big Brother, I will never hand over the position of family head to you!”

“Good, good, good!”

Hermann’s face flushed red with rage. “Since you insist on resisting to the bitter end, then let’s settle this with our strength! Let see exactly what kind of thods you, an A-rank Mage, possess!”

“You lot, attack!”

Hermann turned and roared at his n.

“Move, move!”

Otto waved his hand as well, sending his own subordinates forward to attack.

“Hmph, a mob of rabble!”

Alfred raised his right hand, palm facing forward, signaling his own subordinates not to move.

He was going to use absolute strength to teach his two elder brothers a proper lesson.

He was going to tell them both

that in the face of absolute power,

no matter how many n they brought, they were only here to throw their lives away.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Fireballs, Wind Blades, Ice Arrows, and earth spikes.

A dazzling storm of magic filled the sky as it flew toward Alfred as though it cost nothing at all.

“Magic Shield!”

Faced with the magical attacks of so many people, Alfred used only a single, simple Magic Shield to block every one of them before him.

But it was not over yet.

The adventurers Hermann had hired drew the longswords and blades at their waists and charged toward Alfred as well.

First ca overwhelming magical suppression, followed imdiately by adventurers closing in for the kill.

It was an excellent tactic.

It was a commonly used strategy against Mages.

But

the one they were facing was Alfred.

Not only was Alfred profoundly skilled in magic, but his martial arts were also extrely powerful.

When those adventurers drew near Alfred, they still believed they could defeat him.

If they succeeded, they would have sothing to brag about for the rest of their lives.

However, reality was cruel.

The mont they closed in on Alfred,

he left behind an afterimage where he stood.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Alfred’s figure appeared amidst the crowd of adventurers.

What followed were the adventurers’ screams.

“Ugh—ahhh!!!”

“Ah! He’s over here!”

“Urgh... no, don’t kill !!!”

“Run, run!”

“He’s a monster! We can’t beat him, run!!!”

“...”

Once Alfred entered the crowd, he was like a wolf among sheep.

He began a rciless slaughter of the adventurers.

With every breath, soone died at Alfred’s hands.

Before Ryan, Alfred had always shown a side of himself that was warm, straightforward, and heroic.

But that was only the face Alfred showed to those he acknowledged.

When facing these adventurers who had made themselves his enemies for money,

Alfred had only one standard.

Kill.

Hermann and Otto were his blood brothers, after all.

Making up his mind to kill his own brothers was extrely difficult.

But killing these unfamiliar adventurers brought him no psychological burden at all.

If one ca, he killed one.

If two ca, he killed the pair.

This was the family head of the Jurgen Family.

When it was ti to kill, he killed, utterly decisive.

After only a single clash,

the 100 adventurers hired by Hermann had already been scared out of their wits by Alfred’s slaughter.

In the blink of an eye, only a dozen or so remained out of the original hundred.

As Alfred walked toward them, those few survivors trembled and backed away.

They had been thoroughly frightened by Alfred.

“Heh, is this all you’ve got?”

Alfred narrowed his eyes as he looked at the people before him.

“With only this much courage, you dared ddle in the internal affairs of my Jurgen Family?”

“Ugh... ahhh!!!”

At last,

under Alfred’s relentless pressure,

those dozen or so adventurers could no longer endure it and turned to flee.

Now, only Hermann and Otto’s own subordinates remained.

These people had followed them for many years and were extrely loyal.

Even in the face of Alfred’s overwhelming might,

they only furrowed their brows, feeling the imnse pressure.

Even so, they still did not run.

“You’re not running?”

Alfred looked at the group before him and muttered.

The reason he had struck so viciously just now had partly been to intimidate them, but the result had not been good.

In that case,

he would not hold back any longer.

“Hah!”

Alfred shouted, clenching his right fist as the muscles in his arm tensed.

Everyone could clearly see the veins bulging along Alfred’s arm.

Then Alfred smashed his fist fiercely into the ground beneath his feet.

BOOM!!

A thunderous explosion rang through the air.

Then everyone saw a crack appear in the ground before Alfred.

At first, the crack was still very small.

But it expanded at astonishing speed, growing larger and larger.

Crack! Crack!!

The people closest to Alfred saw this and imdiately shouted, “Careful, get back!”

The people behind them began retreating at once.

But everything had happened too quickly. Those in front had no ti to retreat before they were swallowed by the fissure.

“Ahhh!!”

“Urgh—ahhh!!”

“He’s a monster! He’s a monster!!”

“How are we supposed to beat a monster?”

“...”

At this point,

even the morale of Hermann and Otto’s subordinates began to crumble.

They could not help it.

They had not even touched the edge of Alfred’s clothing, yet they had already lost more than half their number.

If this stalemate continued a little longer,

they would likely be wiped out to the last man.

“Damn it! Damn it all!!!”

Hermann, standing at the rear, naturally saw all of this and roared in fury.

But there was nothing in Hermann’s voice except impotent rage.

This was an A-rank Mage!

This was Alfred!

This was the current family head of the Jurgen Family!

“Haa...”

Alfred let out a long breath.

“It’s been a long ti since I last fought seriously. Starting a battle so suddenly feels a little unfamiliar.”

Then Alfred looked ahead and shouted, “All right, the warm-up is over. Shall we begin for real now?”

Hermann: “???”

Otto: “???”

Everyone: “???”

The mont they heard Alfred’s words, everyone froze on the spot.

A warm-up?

He called this a warm-up?

Out of the 500 people Hermann and Otto had brought, more than 100 had already been lost.

And this

had only been Alfred warming up.

At that thought, everyone felt a chill rise up their backs.

Cold sweat instantly broke out across their foreheads.

He was impossible to fight head-on!

Those four words surfaced unavoidably in everyone’s minds!