The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Adventurer Guild, Imperial Capital Branch.

As Silver, I have been standing by at the Imperial Capital Branch waiting for the report from the investigation team.

However.

“Still nothing yet?”

“Unfortunately……we lost contact with them.”

There is also an adventurer guild branch in the Kingdom’s capital.

We should be able to receive the report of the situation through that channel.

However, there is no subsequent report after we were notified that the team encountered multiple Demons.

A considerable amount of time has already passed since the initial report. That should be more than enough time for the SS-rank adventurers on-site to take care of things. It’s very unlikely that they have not settled it yet.

“That’s………”

The guild staff responded with a troubled expression.

They don’t know what to do even if I said that huh.

That being said, the role assigned to me was to standby here in case of an emergency.

The lack of contact from the investigation team should also count as one.

When I was thinking that far.

A report came through.

“There’s a report, sir!”

“Hurry up and say it!”

“Yes! The investigation team encountered Demons in multiple locations and the SS-rank Adventurers moved in to engage them! All three Demons have been subjugated, sir!”

Sigh of relief spread inside the Branch.

The plan was to send three SS-rank Adventurers in.

It indicated that failure is not an option.

However.

“A follow-up report just came through, sir!”

Another staff member hurriedly entered the room behind the first one.

His face bears a grave expression.

“There is more!?”

“Yes! A fourth Demon has appeared in the Kingdom! It was trying to escape and the SS-rank Adventurer was in pursuit! The initial report said that three cities have been destroyed in the process, sir!”

“WHAT…….?”

“Did they manage to subjugate it?”

“That is yet to be confirmed, sir…….”

The atmosphere immediately turned heavy.

They were celebrating the SS-rank Adventurers until earlier but they immediately got pulled back to reality with the second report.

The other party is a group of Demons.

Obviously, defeating them is no easy task.

“Did they request my help?”

“Y, yes…..SS-rank Adventurer Jack has issued an official request for your dispatch, Silver-san.”

“Good. Then I’m going. I will ask Jack for the details.”

Saying so, I immediately transferred to the Kingdom.

Using two consecutive transfers, I arrive at a guild branch in the Kingdom.

There were some commotions due to my sudden appearance in the guild but Jack immediately called out to me.

“Thanks for coming……Silver.”

“Let’s hear the details.”

“Before that, follow me.”

Jack leads me out of the branch office.

The scene outside of the office could be described as hell.

A large number of injured people were laid down there and people were working tirelessly to treat them.

“I want you to heal these people first.”

“I see. Of course.”

With that said, I cover the city with a healing barrier.

Albeit slowly, their wounds start to heal. With this, we should be able to avoid casualty.

“Let’s talk…….how did this happen with the three of you on the scene?”

“……when we investigated their bases, we each encountered a Demon. But those guys were just decoys. The Demon that appears to be their leader used the time they bought to escape. Elder Egor was the only one who immediately noticed it. During the chase, that Demon destroyed the nearby cities to stall us. We lost three cities and as you see many citizens were injured.”

“The fact that you are here means you’ve already subjugated it right?”

“Yeah, somehow. We were having a hard time because it was focusing on escaping. We managed to subjugate it in the end while the three of us cooperate to restrain its movement. That guy was clearly stronger than the executives we encountered.”

“Did you catch its name?”

“It called itself Botis.”

“I see…..”

The name of the Demon that Jii-san mentioned was Dantalion.

The former executive in the Demon King Army.

Since Grimoire’s leader was called the Grand Duke, I assumed that such a position belonged to Dantalion.

It wouldn’t be strange if my assumption is wrong………still………….

“This might be the most catastrophic incident in recent times. I don’t even want to imagine the number of casualties.”

“They caused this much damage even though the Guild dispatched three SS-rank Adventurers after all. Still, there are some suspicious points. Why did the Grand Duke attack these cities to escape? There’s no way that such a thing can stop the pursuit of SS-rank Adventurers.”

“That is a mystery to me too. If you want something useful then try talking to Elder Egor. In a situation where we need to rely on intuition like this, no one is more reliable than him.”

“Where is he?”

“Don’t be surprised alright? He’s meditating just outside the city. He didn’t get lost and managed to reach this place, you know.”

“It wouldn’t be strange if it starts raining spears now huh.”

“Pretty much. Also…….one more thing, Silver.”

Jack looks like he is having a hard time trying to say something.

Obviously, there is only one topic he would act like this for.

“Mia awoke safe and sound. She will be helping me out at the Dominion in the near future. She needed a place of employment after all.”

“I see…..thank you for everything.”

“Don’t mind it. She is just that capable.”

I stopped talking there.

Jack probably wanted to hear more about Mia but this conversation is nothing but a risk for me.

I flew to the sky above the city and searched for Elder Egor.

Soon, I found him just outside the city so I descended toward him.

“——you came.”

“…….you didn’t get lost huh. I guess you don’t need someone else to guide you anymore?”

“You are not here just to tease me right.”

Egor is meditating with his eyes closed.

It seems that he plans to stay like that while we have this conversation.

“…..how do you see this incident?”

“One of the worst I have seen recently. This much is a given if we are fighting Demons…….that is what everyone is probably thinking.”

“I agree. There were five Demons in total that we encountered and subjugated. There would be a full-scale panic if more of them show up. Still…..was Grimoire truly destroyed?”

“It appears to be the case from the initial investigation. The Demon the three of us cornered was the Grand Duke, their leader. We should be able to dig deeper once we continue the investigation.”

“……and what does your intuition tell you?”

Until now, he only spoke about the objective assessment of the situation.

That is not Elder Egor’s intuition.

And his intuition is exactly what I want to hear from.

After all, this person has relied on his intuition to solve many conflicts for hundreds of years.

“My intuition huh…..then it’s a different story. My intuition is telling me one thing. It is not over yet.”

“Agreed. Mine didn’t come from an intuition though, just speculation.”

“Speculation?”

“The incident is too flashy. The damage is great. Enough to camouflage the things that didn’t add up. Three SS-rank Adventurers were sent in to destroy Grimoire and albeit suffering a certain amount of damage, they came out victorious. That should be the narrative that everyone is seeing. But I don’t think that an organization that has been lurking in the dark for so long would be destroyed this easily. Rather, it would make more sense to think that the Demons that showed up so far were all decoys.”

“Do you have any proof of that?”

“None. But we can expect one thing. At the base I subjugated the first Demon, I found something that connected the Grand Duke to a certain person called [Highness]. If they were truly destroyed, information about this Highness should also surface. If the Grand Duke was truly destroyed then there should at least be some information about Highness from the investigation.”

“That’s true.”

“But, there probably won’t be any. After all, they are trying to hide themselves using four Demons as decoys. The real Grand Duke should be hiding somewhere else and already disappeared back to the shadows. The reason behind such an action is simple. He simply doesn’t want to interact with the SS-rank Adventurers yet. Still, he knew that he couldn’t get away so easily. That’s why he laid out the baits for us. Some ridiculously good baits at that.”

“……..it would be nice if you are wrong……..”

“I think so too. This incident will conclude the cooperative relationship of the rulers of this continent. That will make it easier for Grimoire to move behind the scenes. It would be great if I’m wrong but…..it is best that we prepare ourselves.”

“That’s right. We are humanity’s shield as well as their weapon. It would be best if we sharpen ourselves.”

With that said, Elder Egor delved deeper into his meditation.

The anxiety in my mind still doesn’t disappear.

This is not over yet. Still, we have no evidence to back that claim.

Without proof, the Emperors and Kings of this continent would not cooperate.

“They outplayed us huh…….”

If my guess is correct then this Grand Duke is surprisingly bold.

Using plenty of valuable pieces, he managed to avoid direct confrontation with the SS-rank Adventurers.

The problem here is that to use such a daring move, the Grand Duke must have some kind of way to replenish his lost pieces.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have used them so daringly.

After a long, long sigh, I left the place.

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