7th Demon Prince Jilbagias’ Chronicle of Demon Kingdom Toppling

５２.2  Roar of The Dawn

FUUUUDGE, IT HURTS LIKE HELL!!

「――!」

Verossa seemed to be distracted for a moment but he still slashed at the head of the white dragon with his recovered body.

「NGYAAAAAAAAAAA!!」

His slash cut through the white scales, drawing a red line across the long neck. Faravugi retreated quickly with seemingly impossible speed for such a huge body. Dammit, just a bit more and we could have killed him!

「Jilbagias! Leave him to me! You have to escape from this place!!」

Verossa spoke in a way of a superior giving an order to his junior as he kept attacking Faravugi. His choice of words was correct in this situation since we would be in for real trouble if he shouted 「Your Highness!」 instead.

As Liliana licked my wound, the wound that I took from Verossa healed at a rapid speed. I also wanted to leave this place but――

『Is this lizard an enemy?』

It’s not a situation in which I could ask for his cooperation.

Even if we manage to kill everyone in this place, there was still the hunter outside, and my shadow escorts too.

Even if we managed to seal their mouth, there was still the possibility of me getting killed in the ensuing battle. Not to mention that I had no time to persuade Faravugi either, and it didn’t mean that he would accept my proposal either. And even if I succeed, cooperation was a bit――

I looked at everyone rolling around in this place

――I don’t think it’s worth the sacrifice. And the white dragon was an unstable factor.

In short, our current encounter was nothing more than bad luck for both of us.

Dammit, I had to move my body immediately! I can’t believe that damn Verossa can actually stand up under this kind of condition! His entire body had literally carbonized! Even Liliana’s healing power had a hard time healing this kind of wound――

And now that Verossa was in perfect condition, he danced around to dodge Faravugi’s claws, and unleashed a counter on the latter’s forelimbs.

But.

「HOW DARE A BUG LIKE YOU UNDERESTIMATE ME!!」

Faravugi raised a warcry, his eyes glowing with an ominous light.

「【DON’T MOVE】!」

Verossa’s body spasmed on the spot due to the light containing a tremendous amount of magical power.

Oh, crap.

Faravugi didn’t waste that chance, his long tail sweeping like a ship before hitting Verossa.

Verossa was blown away along with the sound of a heavy impact. He crashed into the wall, scattering red color into the air.

「My, apo… Logies…」

The 『Sword Saint』 then fell down into his own pool of blood―― His body twitched, and he returned to his night elf form.

「Human transformation!? And a sword-wielding elf!?」

Even Faravugi was equally dumbfounded and forgot about his anger at that moment. Well, I was just as surprised as him back then.

Okay, I could finally move my leg. Now I just need to sneak o――

「Brat… Don’t you dare move!」

Fiery wrath dwelled in Faravugi’s eyes again as he looked at me.

Well… I know it…

「――YOUR HIGHNESS! ARE YOU SAFE!?」

「WHAT THE HECK!? A DRAGON!?」

「PROTECT HIS HIGHNESS!!」

A voice calling out from behind.

The hunter team who were standing by outside had come inside in a hurry.

The next moment, a barrage of darkness curses, fire magic, arrows, and knives were raining upon Faravugi.

But, all those projectiles got repelled by his silvery scales.

「――GAHN!」

The breath that he fired as the return gift mowed down the hunter team. After a momentary scream, their voices became smaller and smaller as the breath turned them into literal dust.

「Your highness… Is it?」

Faravugi’s eyes locked on me.

「Should I say “How do you do”? The patriarch of the white dragon, Faravugi.」

I looked back at him while propping myself up.

「If you have business with me, keep it short. I’m a busy man.」

「Your highness… Isn’t it? Who in the hell are you?」

Faravugi spoke again as if to make sure that every word was true.

「――【Our name is Jilbagias. The son of the Demon King, I’m The Demon Prince Jilbagias】」

I declared so while picking up my spear.

「… FUHAHAHAHAHA! THIS MUST BE THE BIGGEST JOKE OF THE YEAR! THE SON OF THAT FU*CKING DEMON KING HAS ACTUALLY DELIVERED HIMSELF RIGHT BEFORE ME!!」

His glowing golden eyes cast dangerous light.

「Faravugi. What makes you so angry? What makes you hate the Demon King so much?」

「――YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER! YOUR KIND HAS BEEN WORKING IN CAHOOT WITH THOSE DARK DRAGONS TO KIDNAP MY DAUGHTER AND THEN MURDERED MY WIFE!!」

The white dragon bellowed in anger despite doing so causing the gash on his neck to spurt another batch of blood.

「Besides persecuting my clan, they even tortured our younglings! This hatred… Must be paid in full!」

His fiery hatred felt like it was going to burn my skin due to how deep it was.

Anger because his family was robbed from him huh.

「I understand your pain.」

「SHUT UP! HOW CAN A PRINCE WHO WAS RAISED WITH CARE UNDERSTAND MY RESENTMENT? I DON’T NEED YOUR EMPTY WORDS!!」

I contracted the muscles inside of my entire body as Faravugi approached me.

「YOU! THE SON OF DEMON KING! I’M GOING TO KILL YOU IN THE MOST PAINFUL WAY! AND THEN, AS SOON AS I BRAINWASH THAT HIGH ELF TO HEAL ME, I’LL FLY ABOVE THE DEMON KING CASTLE TO SCATTER YOUR MINCED FLESH!」

「… Are you still planning to go to the demon king castle?」

「OF COURSE! I’LL BURN DOWN THE DEMON KING CASTLE AND KILL AT LEAST THOUSANDS OF DARK DRAGONS TO VENT MY WRATH!!」

「I see. Sounds like a tough job.」

I readied my spear.

「I know, of how much you thirst for revenge but―― My life isn’t cheap.」

Burning the demon king castle won’t solve the problem, dumbass? The demon king himself is still alive.

I understand your feeling but sorry, I couldn’t afford to take such a risk. Something like that is…

The reward… Ain’t worth the effort!

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「Arrogant demon race! You’ll suffer before you die!」

The patriarch of the white dragon who lost his wings brandished his claws.

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Faravugi of The Dawn