The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

“Don’t be a deadweight now alright? Masked adventurer.”

“That’s my line, Hero woman.”

“Haaaaa!? There’s no way I would be a deadweight right!?”

“Is that so? You seem to be struggling a lot just now though? How about you being honest and thank me for bringing the Emperor’s proxy here for once?”

Elna’s shoulders shook at my provocative words.

Oh, she’s angry, she’s angry.

While enjoying such a reaction from Elna, I erected a defensive barrier and healing barrier to cover the whole Albatro’s capital city.

Through Elna’s struggle, it seems that the area where the citizens were concentrated didn’t receive any damage. However, there are still many injured people and those who are still haven’t evacuated yet.

But right now they are calmer than before.

Because of Trau-niisan’s exaggerated speech when he gave Elna the permission to use her holy sword, the people in the capital have been informed that rescue has arrived.

He probably didn’t aim for this to happen. Half of the reason for his speech was his hobby and the other half was a performance to give his permission to Elna. It was Trau-niisan’s role to be as exaggerated as possible and show the Empire’s prestige and presence so he just did it that way.

Still, it’s thanks to Trau-niisan that the confusion in the capital has been eased.

If he doesn’t have such a disappointing personality I would definitely want to support him to become the emperor.

“Are you listening!? Silver!”

“Nn? What? Did you say something?”

“Ara, I see…..you want to say that my words aren’t worth listening to aren’t you?”

Elna smiles while her vein is popping up on her head.

I bitterly smile at her and ask her a question.

“Sorry about that. I was thinking about other things. So about that. Are you perhaps asking for the way to defeat that Sea Dragon?”

“If you understand then give me an answer already. Do you have any plans? If you have none then, we will go with mine alright?”

“Well, it’s not like I don’t have one but let’s see what kind of plan a hero came up with shall we. What do you want me to do?”

“For now, you can focus on defending the capital and lure its attention to you. I will cut that dragon down myself.”

“So I am the decoy huh. That strategy is so like you.”

While saying so, I step a little forward.

Perhaps she received that as my acknowledgment, Elna moves away from me.

[[To think that there would actually be a human who can receive my water bullet. I’m surprised.]]

“The same goes for me. Dragons are smart monsters. Why did you choose to come into direct conflict with humans like this?”

[[Hmph, they forced me to fall asleep. If I can’t get them back for this humiliation then I will lose my pride as a dragon. I am a Dragon that reigns over at the top of all living beings! Do you think I will tolerate being looked down by humans!]]

“Pride huh…..worthless. Is that pride of yours more important than your life?”

[[You are saying that as if you can defeat me?]]

“I can. Don’t underestimate humans.”

At that moment, a large number of water bullets emerged in front of Leviathan.

It is not just a hundred or two. Is it meaning to say that it wasn’t being serious before?

[[Let me say it again. I won’t tolerate being looked down by the like of humans!]]

“Then let me repeat my answer. Don’t look down on humans.”

With that said, I deployed the same number of magic circles behind me.

Since it can’t beat me with a single blow, perhaps it is thinking that it can beat me in number.

“Don’t think you can defeat me with numbers now aren’t you?”

[[You damn human!]]

Countless water bullets and magic collide in the sky above the capital.

It’s like a battlefield.

A battle of attrition that lacks the decisive blow to finish each other off. If those are not enough then Leviathan will add more water bullets and I will add more and more magic to keep up this exchange.

There are many colorful sparks scattered in the sky.

If seen by those who don’t know the situation, they might think that this is some kind of fireworks show. 

[[Kuh! Don’t get cocky!]]

Leviathan opens its mouth wide.

The water bullets so far were only something created using its power, they are not the special attack of the dragons, the [Dragon Breath].

So it finally decided to use its trump card huh.

As those words came up in my mind, more and more water is being compressed inside Leviathan’s mouth. It was compressed into a small ball, and from there, a water breath fired out like a beam.

I try to stack up my defensive magic to deflect it away but the water breath treated it like it was non-existent as the water breath pierce through everything and continue toward me.

“Seriously!?”

After I quickly moved out of the way, the water breath passed through the place I was standing on and easily pierce the mountain behind the capital.

“That was close…..”

Looking at that scenery, cold sweat started to form on me.

Piercing through my stacked up defense magic like that, isn’t that firepower too absurd?

Was it something like a super compressed water cutter? So that’s Leviathan’s version of the holy sword huh.

It can cut and pierce through anything like butter.

If that’s the case then it would be a disadvantage to remain on the defensive. It’s better to go ahead and finish this.

But as expected, that move can’t be fire repeatedly huh. 

Leviathan starts to bombard me with water bullets again. I look up at the sky while defending against it.

Elna is focusing her mind up there.

Looks like she is really intending to cut a dragon down huh. It’s been a while since I last saw Elna being that focused.

But,

“Hurry it up will you……”

I complain while deflecting a ginormous water bullet that was incomparable to the one that was used to aim at Trau-niisan.

However, such a voice cannot enter Elna’s ear now.

When Leviathan and I ceased our attack for a moment,

Elna dives down from the sky. Her target is, of course, Leviathan.

[[Don’t get carried away!!]]

Leviathan fires a water bullet at Elna but she just avoided it with minimal movement.

She then swings down her holy sword at Leviathan’s head.

Seeing the shining holy sword, Leviathan judged it as a threat.

Leviathan twists its body to avoid the approaching blade. However, with Leviathan’s ginormous body, it couldn’t completely avoid it.

A chunk of its body was severely cut off along with its left wing.

[[Guohhhh! ! ? ?]]

With pain and surprise, Leviathan sank into the sea.

With the biggest opening, she should immediately do a follow-up attack to finish it off but….

“That woman…..”

Elna descended in an attempt to deliver a finishing blow but as I thought, she is still scared of water so she performed a strange turn and rose back up to the sky.

I head to Elna’s side.

“So you really are useless at sea huh.”

“Shut up! Scary things are scary right!?”

Most of Leviathan’s body is submerged in the sea. The finishing blow can only be delivered from up close. However, Elna couldn’t do that.

So she was that focused because of this? Well, if she can’t finish it in one blow, she has to get close to the sea to finish it off after all.

Seriously, this woman…..

“Can’t be helped then. Let’s change our roles.”

“D, Don’t make fun of me! You act as the decoy and I will finish it off, I’m not changing that!”

While saying so, Elna didn’t even try to approach Leviathan.

As I tiredly sigh, Elna suddenly noticed something.

That is,

“Silver……why do you know that I’m not good around water?”

Ah……..

I accidentally talk with her casually like usual.

In his history as Silver, that was the most careless word he let slipped.