Transmigrated: Rise of a King

Chapter 56

The new day started as Lucas woke up and started to train in his magic as he stayed in his room and kept a watch on the borders of the kingdom to make sure that his subordinates are fine and was glad to see that they were keeping watch over the border. Though he is dissatisfied about the fact that he wasn't able to look at the enemy kingdom and understand what was happening.

Falkor is also in the garden and is working as a guard to ensure that they are safe. Since he has very sharp senses, he would be able to know when danger is afoot, which will allow him and his family to be ready.

He doesn't know who has shot that attack but he knows that they are strong for being able to do that. But he also didn't know if that was the best they could do or if they have more tricks up their sleeve.

There were more questions than answers, which frustrated him as he didn't know what to do in such a situation, other than creating plans based on what he knows and can hypothesize as he just wanted to have the knowledge he needed to prepare himself.

He had warned the royal family about it, so he hoped that they would also prepare their own troops to ensure that they were ready. He wondered if the other noble families had been notified about the situation, otherwise they would panic when the situation escalates.

"I can think about it later, but now I have to do this." Lucas said to himself as he went to the secret room.

He knew that he needed every advantage he could get, which is why he had spent the better part of his time studying the spells in the various grimoires that he had stored.

This particular book that he has in his hand is one which contains information about various runic inscriptions which can be used to strengthen oneself or items. He is able to inscribe runes on his weapons as he had learned about it, but this time he was more focused on the method of inscribing runes on their own body.

By using this method, the user can strengthen themselves using the runes, however it is a difficult endeavour due to the fact that it is being inscribed on a living being rather than an inanimate thing. Which is why he had only the ones for the warning on him.

Because of this risk he was very hesitant in using more variants of it, even during the war, but now that the situation has reached such a stage, he knew that he would have to be more cautious and stronger if he wanted to survive.

And unlike the runes which have no physical effect on him, which made it relatively safe to use, the runes he was planning on inscribing on himself would be the ones needed for strengthening himself, which directly influenced his body, which meant that if he wants careful, then it could backfire on him.

So he made sure that he was perfectly calm before he started to inscribe the runes on himself as he read the information on the grimoires to be extra sure. He felt the runes took effect after each one was successfully inscribed on his body, and when the complete combination was done, he felt the full effects.

After he was done with the first set, he did some movements with the rune to make sure that it was working properly and that it wouldn't suddenly go haywire and cause damage to himself as well.

"Okay, this is working as I want. Great." Lucas said to himself as he couldn't help but smile at the fact that he was able to inscribe a rune like this on himself without any negative effects.

This emboldened him to inscribe more runes on his body as he made sure that they were fine and correct and was made in correspondence to the grimoire in his hand. He inscribed it on his chest, stomach, shoulders, back, with the last one being the most difficult due to its position.

He still wanted the runes to be a secret, which meant that he had to put them in positions that people weren't able to see. He also inscribed runes on his forearms and legs as he wanted them to be functional and even if they were discovered, he didn't mind it, especially since they were essential limbs that would help him to survive.

He just hoped that all his preparations would be helpful in the coming battle, though he doesn't think that it would be a war since he doesn't believe that the soldiers of Sweden would want to fight after the crushing defeat that they suffered at his hands.

"I can only hope that the situation will be good for us." Lucas said to himself as he closed the book after he was done.

He then looked at the sword that he owned as he started to inscribe runes on it. The runes that he used weren't about to make it as powerful as Aslaug's sword, but he is sure that it will be strong enough to at least make it much more stronger than it normally is.

And in such a situation, he needed every advantage that he can have. He inscribed the runes on the sword as he watched it take effect as he nodded to himself at the successful inscribing before he started to place more runes on it.

After that was done he did the same with another good quality sword he has, as he planned to give it to Kriemhild as he wanted her to have a better weapon to use in times of crisis, as the sword with the runes will be an especially powerful weapon for her to use and will guarantee more safety for her in battle.

She is a good swordsman and is quite useful, and considering how much he has shown her about his strength, he is sure that she won't betray him. While he is fairly certain that she won't, it wouldn't hurt to be suspicious of her as well. But she is a good ally and having her be alive and working for him works much better for him in the long run.

And giving her this sword is also a form of trust as it would show her that he trusts her enough to give her something like a rune inscribed sword, and a sword like this isn't easily made.

This is especially true since he had spent an hour in the space, working on the runes, and inscribing the runes on the sword he planned to give her took 15 minutes, which was much faster than before owing to the fact that he had studied the runes more thoroughly and he was just placing the same runes he had put on his sword.

This act will certainly gain her favor and loyalty and will ensure that she would be more inclined to follow him as well. He hopes that in the future he would be able to trust her more, but at this moment it's best if he were to be cautious.

"And that's done. The swords are done correctly and Aslaug doesn't need one since she has her own divine sword that her parent had left her. The runes I have placed on myself are also functioning properly and aren't showing any abnormalities as well." Lucas said to himself as he looked at the swords and at himself.

After he was sure that the runes were okay he left the room and was glad that no one had come to his room. Even though he had asked to not be disturbed during this time, he didn't want his parents to come in when he is at the space.

But seeing that everything was peaceful and okay, he went to the crystal ball and started to look at it to spy on the border like before. He used his magic to see what is happening at the border at this moment.

But his eyes widened when he saw soldiers rushing out of the border as he jaw dropped at the amount of soldiers who were rushing out of there.

"Oh no." Lucas said in horror when he saw that they were attacking right now.