Chapter 119
The rule of primogeniture.
According to imperial tradition, the succession of the Grand Duchy of Lancaster should have fallen to the eldest son, Richard.
However, the Heavenly Sword, Duke of Lancaster, rejected imperial tradition and designated his ‘second son, Michael’ as his heir. Using this act of breaking imperial tradition as justification, Richard’s wife’s family, the House of York, declared a war of succession.
Summoning the continent’s mightiest warriors, secured through the wisdom of York.
It was, without a doubt, the largest-scale war to erupt after the Empire unified the continent.
This is a different level altogether from the past, when the Black Mage and the Holy Knight waged proxy wars through lesser lords. Moreover, the battles unfolding in the Kingdom of Britannia would be mere child’s play compared to the scale of conflict when those two great lords commit their full strength.
The Heavenly Sword, hailed as the strongest among the Seven Swords of the Continent, now faces the combined might of two swords from the Seven Swords of the Empire, champions of the realm. And when the Seven Swords of the Continent step forward, it never ends with just them.
Though not comparable to the Seven Swordsmen’s realm, the ‘next generation of powerhouses’ destined to take their place in the future are no exception.
Just as with Michael, the second son of the House of Lancaster… the Sacred Sword and the Holy Sword are no exception.
