Reincarnated as a Genius Prodigy of a Prestigious Family - Chapter 143

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Reincarnated as a Legendary Talent Genius of a Noble Family Episode 143

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92. The End of Subjugation (1)

 

 

 

 

 

The 3rd Prince, Edward Danter, was pacing outside the barracks.

 

He had been doing so ever since Dane and Ernest entered the ruins.

 

“Your Highness.”

 

The one who approached Edward was Delphion Onet, commander of the Imperial 4th Knight Order.

 

“Ah, Sir Onet.”

 

“All preparations are complete. We will attack immediately upon receiving the signal.”

 

“I see.”

 

Sir Onet hesitated for a moment before speaking.

 

“Honestly, I’m not sure if this is really the right approach.”

 

“You mean attacking according to the signal?”

 

“Yes.”

 

The current operation had been modified.

 

From methodically clearing monsters from the outskirts, to charging in all at once to annihilate them.

 

“I understand what you mean. But from a military strategy perspective…”

 

“Sir Onet.”

 

Edward asked.

 

“Weren’t most of those military strategies written born from situations like this?”

 

“…”

 

The tactics written in military strategy were all verified and proven effective.

 

And those effects were usually demonstrated in life-or-death crises or seemingly impossible situations.

 

“Trust me. And trust Dane.”

 

“I will do so.”

 

Sir Onet no longer expressed any doubts.

 

Instead, he spoke of something else.

 

“If Your Highness continues pacing like that, anxiety will spread throughout the military camp.”

 

“…You’re right about that.”

 

Edward sighed.

 

But his anxious heart wouldn’t easily subside.

 

“Do you think it’s too difficult for just those two?”

 

Sir Onet guessed as much.

 

No matter how Dane had defeated over 200 monsters without a scratch in the previous night raid, this time was different.

 

There were even more monsters inside-

 

And the one commanding those monsters would also be in there.

 

‘It’s understandable that he’d be anxious.’

 

Honestly, even he, a Penta-class, wasn’t confident he could return alive from inside those ruins.

 

Yet two students, freshmen at that, had headed in there.

 

Even leaving behind instructions to attack when they gave the signal.

 

‘What could they possibly be thinking.’

 

For these reasons, Sir Onet thought Edward was anxious.

 

Because they were friends.

 

But-

 

“That’s not it.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“I’m disappointed in myself.”

 

The answer was unexpected.

 

“I wish I could be there with them. But I couldn’t bring myself to say I wanted to go together, fearing my inadequacy would be a burden.”

 

“Your Highness…”

 

“I’m disappointed. Disappointed in myself, disappointed that my power is still shallow compared to my elder brothers, and disappointed that I don’t meet the level His Majesty the Emperor desires.”

 

Edward had lived his entire life this way.

 

A prince unworthy of being a prince.

 

Cursed hands.

 

“Most of all, I’m disappointed that I still lack confidence in myself.”

 

That’s why Edward could say this.

 

“So the next time I meet my friends… I will become strong enough to stand alongside them.”

 

“…”

 

Firm resolve.

 

Sir Onet trembled with emotion at those words filled with will and determination rivaling an Imperial Oath.

 

The 3rd Prince.

 

Edward Danter.

 

This was the moment he finally, truly made his resolution.

 

“I will help you.”

 

“Yes. I’ve been learning much from you, but I will learn even more going forward.”

 

As he said this, Edward recalled.

 

The Imperial Secret Arts he was currently studying.

 

He didn’t know what they truly were, but given that even his two elder brothers couldn’t master them, they must be terrifyingly difficult.

 

But he would accomplish it.

 

Triumphantly.

 

Starting to learn sword and magic so late, this was ultimately the only way for him to distinguish himself.

 

“By the way, I wonder when we’ll hear from them.”

 

As Edward looked toward the ruins, Sir Onet reassured him.

 

“They say no news is good news. If you wait just a little longer…”

 

That’s when it happened.

 

Boom!

 

Beyond the ruins.

 

Definitely around the central area.

 

“Your Highness…!”

 

Magic fireworks were exploding in the air.

 

Plan B.

 

He didn’t know what had happened, but what needed to be done was now clear.

 

Edward gave the order as if he’d been waiting for it.

 

“All forces, charge.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monsters.

 

Long ago, beings that flowed in from the Demon Realm and began breeding after being left here.

 

Ferocity, belligerence, and that distinctly unpleasant feeling they gave off.

 

On top of that, their reproductive ability was so strong that periodic subjugation was necessary.

 

Those monsters began to rampage.

 

From the moment the mana barrier scattered and the force restraining them disappeared.

 

“Kruuuuuu!”

 

“Dane, over here!”

 

And Ernest and I are now crossing through the midst of monsters that are going crazy, biting and killing each other.

 

“Karnas!”

 

“Kiryuk!”

 

Whoooosh!

 

Karnas breathes out flames to clear a path, and I lightly brush away the charging monsters with my spear.

 

We are not the monsters’ ‘primary targets’.

 

Right now, everything visible to the monsters was an ‘enemy’.

 

We were just one among countless ‘enemies’—

 

“Kwaaaaak!”

 

“Kruuuu!”

 

Most of the monsters were charging and biting each other the moment their eyes met.

 

“It’s, it’s brutal.”

 

Ernest trembled, perhaps seeing such a sight for the first time in his life.

 

It’s brutal alright, but it’s also absurd.

 

The fact that hundreds of those creatures could be controlled by preventing them from fighting.

 

Does that secret organization have plenty of guys with such strange abilities?

 

“Let’s go. We can rejoin the main force soon.”

 

We were running not toward the path we came from, but toward where the subjugation force was currently advancing.

 

The monsters were going crazy, so the path we had taken back had become meaningless.

 

“Over there.”

 

And it begins to come into view.

 

The subjugation force flag.

 

“Karnas.”

 

“Kiryuk!”

 

Karnas shot one last fireball and slid back into my arms.

 

“Well done.”

 

Karnas’s combat experience is steadily accumulating too.

 

His body size is still mini dragon size, but so what.

 

He’s growing steadily.

 

“Kwaaaaak!”

 

In the midst of this, a group of monsters was charging toward us.

 

They were all the same species.

 

It seems they managed to stick together among themselves in the melee.

 

I recalled piercing through 9 pieces of Dirium ore during the subjugation force selection test and drew my spear.

 

“I’ll have to go retrieve it later.”

 

Should I ask Big Sister to make me some kind of tracker to attach to my spear?

 

Father said spear throwing was a last resort, but I’m not so sure.

 

If I don’t have a spear, I can use another spear, and if I don’t even have that, I can use other weapons.

 

“Hup.”

 

I took a breath and assumed the spear throwing stance—

 

Shwaaaak!

 

I infused it with mana and threw it, piercing straight through the charging creatures in a line.

 

Kwang!

 

The sound of the spear hitting something in the distance.

 

“…Didn’t you say that was a spear Father gave you as a gift?”

 

I shrugged at Ernest’s incredulous expression.

 

“Stay close behind me.”

 

From now on, we break through to the subjugation force at full speed.

 

“Answer the Call.”

 

What I summoned with two hand seals were two fellows I hadn’t seen in a while.

 

“Krrrruk!”

 

“Kyung?”

 

The wolf-shaped summoned beast, Gendpu.

 

And Altemar, who had distinguished himself during the Magic Department exam.

 

I even proceeded with Summoned Beast Enhancement, further increasing Gendpu’s strength and Altemar’s buff intensity.

 

“Ernest. Get on here.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Ride and shoot your bow.”

 

“R-ride?”

 

I’m in a position where I need to break through over there.

 

So it’s hard for me to properly protect Ernest.

 

But if there are summoned beasts, the story changes.

 

Ernest, though flustered, very carefully climbed onto Gendpu’s back.

 

“Uwaaaaa!”

 

And the moment I started moving, when Gendpu ran out together with me, he screamed.

 

Shing.

 

I drew my sword while running.

 

Perhaps thanks to Altemar’s buff, power overflows from my entire body.

 

I could still summon several more, but that can wait until after rejoining the main force.

 

Now.

 

It’s time to break through.

 

Slash!

 

I sliced off the shoulder of the first one-eyed monster that charged at me, then pierced through the chest of the one behind it.

 

“Kruuuuk!”

 

“Kyaak!”

 

Monsters I had faced several times in my previous life.

 

They can’t block my path now.

 

Slash!

 

Crack!

 

Cutting flesh, breaking bones, repeatedly advancing several steps in an instant.

 

Though my blood boils with the excitement of combat, my body wielding the sword becomes even calmer.

 

Composure.

 

A tranquility completely different from before flows through my entire body.

 

It wasn’t to this extent originally.

 

Could this be the influence of the ancient magic power concentrate staff I’m holding?

 

“Kraaaaak!”

 

In the midst of this, what blocked my path was a giant monster, ‘Ortka’.

 

At least 3 meters tall.

 

A monster that, with tree trunk-like limbs, can face even Quad-level knights with pure physical strength alone.

 

Moreover, its roars are mixed with mana, making weak-hearted people collapse on the spot.

 

But why is it?

 

My body should tremble even slightly from its influence, but I don’t feel even that.

 

“Is it really this?”

 

I tried sticking the staff firmly into the ground and letting go as a test.

 

Then immediately, trembling transmitted through Ortka’s roar.

 

It’s not difficult or anything, but seeing how I feel it the moment I let go of the staff…

 

“This makes me look forward to the third circle too.”

 

I can roughly guess what kind of ability I’ll gain next.

 

Of course, it might not be just that one thing.

 

“Good.”

 

I drew my staff again and charged at Ortka.

 

Crack!

 

“Graaah!”

 

Dodging the fist it brought down, I slashed its Achilles tendon, making it stagger instantly—

 

“Graaagh!”

 

I fired a mana bullet at the staggering creature’s back of the knee, bringing it down completely—

 

Thoom!

 

Then leaped up and plunged my sword into its chest.

 

Crack!

 

“Graaaaaah….”

 

That was the end.

 

A battle that ended far too quickly.

 

Normally, I would have attacked its legs a few more times, then waited for it to attack again while accumulating damage.

 

But staying calm and maintaining composure made me see better than usual.

 

More efficient attack methods, that is.

 

“Is this why Father emphasized mindset?”

 

Composure and equanimity.

 

I like it.

 

If I’m this good without properly absorbing it yet, what will it be like when I do absorb it?

 

“Hmm, he’s doing well?”

 

In the midst of all this, I spotted Gendpu carrying Ernest and racing across the battlefield.

 

Ernest, who had only been screaming before, was now holding onto Gendpu quite calmly.

 

He still couldn’t shoot his bow, but Gendpu was steadily clearing a path.

 

Good, no need to worry about that side.

 

“Waaaaaaah!”

 

“Annihilate the monsters!”

 

Now the Subjugation Force had finally arrived and the real battle began.

 

And—

 

“Dane!”

 

I turned at the sound from behind and instinctively thrust my sword.

 

Squelch!

 

A monster collapsed with a thud, its body pierced through by my sword.

 

When I pulled out the sword, the monster fell completely, revealing a familiar face behind it.

 

“Sir Hilderon.”

 

“…To respond to an enemy from behind at that distance.”

 

Good to see him again.

 

From his heavy breathing, it seemed he’d run here like mad.

 

“I thought I could repay some of the debt I owe you….”

 

I burst into laughter at Sir Hilderon’s oddly disappointed expression.

 

“Then I’ll entrust my back to you.”

 

“That’s what I was hoping for.”

 

Sir Hilderon nodded and stood beside me, raising his sword.

 

Now.

 

Shall we go sweep up achievements and make the people who bet on me rich?

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