The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Chapter 300: Five

The 7th Division that was dispatched to intercept the monster is almost wiped out! The giant monster is still steadily heading toward the city, sir!

Kuh..

Vengerov, Lord of Karelia, the largest city of the western region of the Sokal empire couldnt help but moan at the worsening situation.

He has long gray hair and a white beard. Despite being over 60 years old, Vengerov is still the Lord of one of the largest cities in Sokal empire. This man is also experienced in warfare as he has fought countless battles against the Empire. Still, even with so much experience under his belt, Vengerov has never encountered a monster that can wipe out an entire interception unit this quickly.

Whats the adventurer guilds opinion?

They said that judging from its appearance, it seems to be a [Green Plant Tiger] but they have never recorded any with this size before, sirthey think that it might be a mutated species.

Ridiculoushow could such a monster suddenly appear inside a powerful nation like oursare they saying that a sudden mutation like this could happen at any time!?

Vengerov slams his sword on the ground.

IT has been his companion that fought together with him for many years but right now it is no different from a wooden stick.

what are the characteristics of Green Plant Tiger?

Although it resembles a tiger, it is a plant-type monster that possesses high regeneration power and it can also produce a copy of itself. The recorded size has reached up to dozens of meters large but according to the adventurer guild, it can produce enough copies of itself to overwhelm an army, sir..

An almost unkillable monster that can face off against an entire army.

Vengerov looks up at the high wall surrounding Karelia.

Cities located in the western region of the Sokal empire which neighbor the Empires border have more than adequate preparation for a defensive battle. Among them, Karelia boasts its defensive capability as one of the Sokal empires key cities. However, that was against human opponents.

To think that I would see the day when Karelia seems so unreliable.

Vengerov has no family. His wife passed away at a young age and his eldest son lost his life shielding Vengerov in a battle against the Empire.

For Vengerov, the people of Karelia are his family.

Thats why Vengerov immediately made his decision.

..gather up the children, the women, and the elderly. We will evacuate them away from Karelia.

U, understood! However, where would they go.? It would be too dangerous to direct them toward the central region!

The monster is blocking their path toward the center of the empire so it would be dangerous to escape there. However, even if they choose to evacuate the civilians to a nearby city, the monster threat still remains.

They have no safe escape route.

Except for one.

Evacuate them to the Empires eastern border.

The Empires eastern border!? Are you sane, sir!?

Of course I am. I have fought against the Empire countless times already. Thats why I know the Adler clan well. They are the clan of dream chasers that still managed to rule the middle part of the continent to this day. Each one of the Imperial Family that they sent to the frontline were all annoyingly excellent.

Exactly, sir! Even Young Master was!

They did take away my son. Still, it was my fault for bringing my son along even though he was against the war. The Imperial Army only repelled our invading army. I have fought my share after that. Battle after battle and ceasefire after ceasefire, each time their Imperial Family was always present. I couldnt help but want to kill them. Butthat is exactly why we can trust them. They will never abandon the civilians.

However! Right now they are in the middle of a civil war! Even the Empire surely can not afford to accept any refugee right now!

I dont care about that. To them, their circumstances dont matter. Their Imperial Family took it up as a duty to accept and manage the people that come their way. They are excellent enough to do that. Especially that Princess General. In this kind of situation, no general is more reliable than her.

As soon as he concluded that, Vengerov gave out his order again.

Gather up the civilians and evacuate them to the west gate! Those who can fight are to gather at the east gate! Even if it only amounts to one second, we will stall that monster as long as possible!

As, as you command! I hope the SS-rank adventurer will be able to get here in time

SS-rank adventurers can show up anywhere. If Silver can come and go anywhere like a phantom as the rumor says then we might be able to expect that.its a shame though, that man has always operated around the Empires capital. He has never appeared in Sokal. Noname wont make it in time. This incident is all too sudden after all.

They have already requested the dispatch of SS-rank adventurers.

For a monster that can annihilate an entire army, dispatching normal high ranking adventurers would be useless.

Although it might be excessive, it is common sense to hit something like that with the highest firepower. Thats where SS-rank adventurers come in.

However, there are times when they can not respond to a sudden threat like this. Vengerov knows that to be the case this time.

Thats why he gave an evacuation order.

Lets go.

Prepared for death, Vengerov picked up his sword and put it on his waist.

Rzhev, an A-rank adventurer of the Karelia branch adventurer guild, was a young man with a dream.

He became an adventurer due to his desire to be a hero.

He believed that one day he would encounter a mighty foe, defeat it after a battle to the death and make a name for himself.

However, in front of the mighty monster he had dreamt of, Rzhev couldnt even take a step.

The monster that has approached the city of Karelia is a Green Plant Tiger.

Its height was dozens of meters and its length from head to tail seemed to have exceeded a hundred meters.

In front of that giant tiger, Rzhev couldnt even hold up his beloved sword.

Ha, Haha

A dry laugh escaped him.

The Lord, his knights, and the adventurers have gathered on top of the city wall. The arrows and spells that they have fired at it in desperation seem to have no effect.

Reality is much crueler than the illusion he dreamt of.

He thought that even if it is a monster that requires an SS-rank adventurer to defeat, he would at least be able to put up a fight.

However, when he stood in front of it, he immediately realized.

Theres no way that he can fight that thing.

We are just a pebble to that beast

Just as how humans dont care about the pebbles on the street, this monster doesnt even pay any attention to them.

And like how a pebble cant possibly fight a human, a human can not fight this monster either.

They cant even serve as its opponent.

His sword technique and the experiences with monsters that he has accumulated as an adventurer are meaningless against this thing.

The scale is too different.

Why did he dream about encountering such a thing?

Rzhev resented his child self.

He had dreamt of becoming an adventurer who could help anyone. That was how he got here only to realize how meaningless his effort is.

As long as you are a human, you can not beat this monster.

It is something that was decided on the species level.

Thinking so, Rzhev cast his eyes down.

Then, the sky became dark.

Wondering what happened, Rzhev looked up at the sky and muttered.

Ahh..so it was only a stupid dream after all.

The monster raised its forelegs high above the wall.

And it came down.

Like trampling on a pebble on the side of the road, this monster will just crush the wall and break through Karelia.

Thinking so, Rzhevs body shakes.

Not because of fear.

But his boiling anger.

Dont fuck with meDont you dare look down on humans!!

Rzhev raised his sword to the sky even though he knows that it would be useless.

Even when he knew that it was completely useless, he at least wanted to get a hit in.

No matter how small it is, he wanted to inflict pain upon this monster.

That was the feeling behind his sword.

However.

Eh..?

At that moment, the monster was blown away from the city.

Did my hidden power awaken and blew away the monster?

With a short-lived misunderstanding, Rzhev trembled with joy for a moment but soon he felt the sense of intimidation that was strong enough to blow away his joy and looked up at the sky.

There stood a mage clad in a black robe whose face was concealed by a silver mask.

You have done well enduring so far, knights and adventurers of Karelia. Now, five of us SS-rank adventurers will defeat the enemy monster. Repeat Five of us SS-rank adventurers will defeat the enemy monster. Leave the rest to us.

Those words were heard by everyone who stood on top of the wall.

Every single one of them doubted those words before their bodies trembled and rejoice.

Five?