Reborn As Noble

”Nothing... just an upgrade to my current knights who are defending the Armand wall,” he said with a faint grin. ”I don’t want to risk my people for this useless war. That’s why I’m sending my knights, my special operation units, my drones... and my mana missiles.”

Gloria’s brows arched slightly. ”Ara... sounds like someone’s preparing a surprise.”

”Exactly,” Javier said, a sly spark in his eyes. ”And surprises are only fun when no one sees them coming.”

Inside Javier’s mind, the plan unfolded with cold precision.

When the upgrade transport reached the Armand Border Wall, every one of his older-model knights would integrate the new systems stored inside.

All of them.

Without exception—would shed their outdated frames, emerging as specialized units far beyond their current limits. Not just sword and shield, not just the old mana rifles... but fully enhanced weaponry and armor that could tear through even Edmund’s celestial-powered golems.

And when that moment came, he would send everything.

Every special unit under his command, every Shironii—flanking hard and fast into the enemy’s death legion. The very corpses Edmund had risen with his celestial power would be met head-on... and dismantled, piece by piece, until nothing was left but scattered dust.

I don’t like this war. I hate killing.

But when you cross the line... when you dare to set your sights on the Armand Region...

When your mages rained those endless dark fireballs on my people, turning the skies black and forcing innocent families to flee for their lives... when your attacks threatened every farmer, every merchant, every child behind our walls...

Then, Edmund... I can no longer stay silent.

I don’t care if you were once my father’s old friend. That bond means nothing now. The moment you seized that Celestial, let its whispers seep into your soul, and surrendered yourself to its hunger, you became something else.

Something that cannot be reasoned with. And now, standing at the Fifth Stage, you are no longer a man—only a vessel for destruction.

No more sealing. No more mercy. My father entrusted me with a mission: deal with you before the world drowns in your madness. He left the method to me whether to kill or to seal.

But from the knowledge he passed directly into my mind, I know the truth. There is no sealing a Celestial like yours anymore. It’s beyond chains, beyond wards, beyond the rituals of my father used to.

The only end for you is annihilation.

And when that time comes... I will show you why power borrowed from something like a Celestial is worthless.

You’ve lived thinking that strength comes from what you take, what you steal from others. I’ll teach you the difference between that... and true strength. I’ll carve it into the battlefield with my own hands.

( End Of Chapter )