Raised in Dungeon

"Did you hear about the other-worlder child who just came to this residence?"

"Yes, what's the matter?"

"Lord Wulfgeat challenged him to a duel!"

"Thar's crazy! Why would Mr. Wulfgeat challenge him? He's just a peasant, right?"

"I heard Lord Wulfgeat likes Lady Felicia, but Lady Felicia defended the boy at the dinner! She openly praised him in front of everyone!"

"Lies! There's no way Lady Felicia could be interested in a peasant!"

"No! I'm not lying; I was there during that incident; Lady Felicia has completely changed since she returned from the Wolverlope residence! She even denied Lord Boldenville's words!"

"Is that really true?"

"It definitely is! Now that everyone is in front of the house, the duel is about to begin!"

"Let's see! I can't wait to see how that kid gets destroyed by Mr. Wulfgeat!"

The events at the dinner table spread among the maids of all the residents. Due to word of mouth to mouth, the rumor even developed into a love triangle between Allen, Felicia, and Wufgeat, even though it had nothing to do with romance. The rigors of the maids' daily lives made them imagine many things for their entertainment.

Now the Boldenville family, Lavinia, the maids, the errand boys, the gardeners, almost everyone went out to see how Allen and Wulfgeat dueled.

"Why are there so many people watching?" asked Ayde.

"Don't they have something to do?!" Felicia snorted in annoyance.

"Let them for now," Reynold didn't care about the absent maids. He more or less knew there would be unpleasant rumors spread, so by letting them watch this fight, he hoped any rumors would soon disappear.

'My personal knight's honor is at stake here. I don't want people to know that Reynold thought he challenged a commoner just to be a punching bag.'

They dueled in the large field in front of the residence, which is usually used for parking carriages.

"You should get ready to leave here, filthy peasant."

Wulfgeat took out his sword, which looked very striking. The hilt was gold, and colorful diamonds decorated the hilt. He then threw down his scabbard and assumed a stance Allen had never seen before. His legs and torso were open, and he held his sword with one hand, looking like he was ready to slash.

'He appeared to deliberately show his body to me for attack. Most likely, his sword style focuses only on offense and not defense. From his body, he is not as strong as Theobauld, which means maybe he is quite confident with his agility.'

While thinking of a strategy, Allen took out his dual blades from his back.

Unlike Wulfgeat, who exposed his body, Allen covered his body by crossing his hands and holding knives in front of his face. His body was slightly hunched, one leg in front and the other behind, preparing to defend and retreat.

'I don't know what god's blessings he has or what sword style he uses. For now, I should focus on defending to glean as much information as possible. Then just in case...'

"Reig, can you merge with me without turning into a weapon? I want to focus more."

Allen intended to use a parallel mind so that he could dodge while analyzing his opponent's fighting style.

Allen's scarf then spread around his body slowly, unnoticed by others. Reig intended to protect Allen's body, as his opponent had a huge appetite for killing.

Reynold approached, holding a gold coin in his hand.

"The duel will begin when this coin falls; during the duel, it is forbidden to strike the head and stab the abdomen. The duel will end when one of you surrenders or faints. And the duel will end if Allen cannot defeat Wulfgeat in 3 minutes."

Although Reynold mentioned the rules, Wulfgeat didn't care. Allen's presence really bothered him. He had already felt humiliated by him at the dinner table. Felicia's words had really escalated his emotions.

'I will definitely kill him! I'll show the others that it was just an accident!' thought the increasingly brutal Wufgeat.

Reynold tossed the coin.

Then in 3

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"I'LL KILL YOU, YOU F*CKING PEASANT!!!"

Wulfgeat ran towards Allen and swung his sword at his head. Allen dodged his attack with one of his blades.

Wuflgeat then repeatedly slashed his sword into Allen's face. Because Allen took all of his slashes with his blade, he gradually retreated backward.

" So you're just going to stick around?! You can't beat the great Wulfgeat!"

Sometimes Wulfgeat attacked Allen's body, sometimes his legs, but all of them were held back by Allen.

Seeing the fight, Felicia looked surprised, which relieved Reynold; he thought his daughter had finally realized that the person she made a knight was weak.

With disappointment, Reynold said

"Felicia, what are you going to do from now on? With that caliber, I think he can't take care of you. We'll inevitably have to find a mentor for the boy so that he becomes strong enough to protect you. Not only that, we'll have to hire a high-level dungeon explorer to escort you in the future, and that will cost a lot of money-"

"Father..."

Felicia didn't stop showing her shocked face.

"Father… Wulfgeat really is a palladium rank, right? If I'm not mistaken, he's also always boasted about it to me." Felicia asked.

Because of Felicia's face, Reynold was now confused.

"Yes, so what? is he stronger than Theobauld the mithril?" asked Reynold.

Reynold thought Felicia was surprised to see Wulfgeat, who was much stronger than she imagined.

But...

With that confused and surprised face, Felicia pointed at Wufgeat while saying

"Is the Palladium rank really this weak?"

Felicia's question, shattering all of Reynold's expectations and thoughts

"Huh?"

Meanwhile, In Allen fought with Wulfgeat.

Wulfgeat, who launched attacks with a big smile, that smile was gradually disappearing. He began to wonder why none of his attacks were always parried by Allen. Even though he had repeatedly launched attacks as strong as possible, everything could be dodged easily.

Allen, who had been trying to analyze Wulfgeat's plan, became even more confused because he felt that Wulfgeat hadn't done anything.

'Hm? Don't tell me this is the only thing he can do. And if I'm not mistaken, he was running earlier, right? Not lightning steps or shunpo? I guess it has something to do with his god's blessing. But it's been more than a minute, and he still hasn't done anything. This is not his strategy to buy three minutes, right?'

Allen looked again closely at Wulfgeat's movements and realized that Wulfgeat's attack pattern was always the same.

'His movements are very slow, and his attacks are very predictable. Compared to Theobauld, he really is nothing. Even Felicia should be able to figure out the direction of his attacks easily, but of course, she can't possibly withstand them.'

Not wanting to waste time, Allen immediately intended to end the duel.

As Wulfgeat, with all his strength, attacked Allen's head, Allen parried the blow with the blade in his left hand and then swiped at it with the blade. As he swiped, Allen's body spun clockwise, then he kicked Wulfgeat in the stomach.

"Akh!"

Wulfgeat was immediately thrown backward, destroying one of the carriages at the end of the field.

"Ah, I accidentally used all my strength. Is he dead?"

The whole crowd was suddenly silent because everyone was shocked by the battle as Allen suddenly made a very fast movement that they couldn't see clearly; they didn't even know how Wulfgeat could be thrown back.

"Hey there! Check his condition!" Reynold ordered one of the groundskeepers to check on the motionless Wulfgeat.

Fearfully, the groundskeeper walked slowly over to look at Wulfgeat's body. Then, after sinking into silence, the groundskeeper cried out

"He…he's fainted! MR. WULFGEAT HAS FAINTED!"

"WHOA!"

Hearing that, the audience's shocked voices could be heard clearly behind Reynold.

"That's crazy! He defeated Mr. Wulfgeat!"

"That arrogant Wulfgeat is defeated!"

"Did you see his movements earlier? What was he doing?"

"I don't know, that kid suddenly did something with his blade, and then suddenly Wulfgeat was blown away!"

Although they kept their voices down as much as possible, Reynold could hear them clearly.

"SILENCE! An insult to royalty will not be forgiven!" Reynold shouted.

Reynold realized that what the workers were saying was true.

'This child is really strong as Felicia said. Who exactly is he?

And then Felicia's reaction earlier… what has she learned at the Wolverlope residence?'

Allen then quickly ran to Reynold.

"How's the time? Is that more than 3 minutes?"

Reynold forgot about the time, but it should be faster than three minutes. So Reynold just nodded.

"Huft, thank goodness. I thought I'd be stuck with his strategy."

"Hmm? What strategy?" asked Felicia.

A little tiredly, Allen explained his thoughts to Felicia.

"That guy is probably stronger than I imagined. He deliberately hid his true abilities from me to buy time and make me lose. He even deliberately slowed down his movements and exposed a lot of gaps. I couldn't help but analyze his tricks. Fortunately, at the last moment, I could attack him with a single strike."

"Aaah, I see… That's why his movements look slow, so it's all part of his plan."

Hearing the two of them talk made Reynold's head spin.

'What is this kid talking about? A plan? a strategy to buy time? How could that be? Those were Wulfgeat's usual moves, and he always managed to defeat the criminal who attacked me in just a few strikes! Wulfgeat is honorable; he wouldn't use such a cowardly plan to win!' thought Reynold.

The duel ended with Allen's landslide victory, exacerbating the rumor among the maids.

And that night, Allen ate the entire portion of roast meat in his room with satisfaction.