The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

Fortunately, thanks to the preparations made in advance, the carriages modified by Abassael and Silua’s foal series were unscathed and safe.

I gathered the divine power enveloping the city’s ruins into high-purity gems.

Then I warned the administrator to quickly evacuate the city’s people before the heresy inquisitors arrived and immediately left the city’s ruins by carriage.

I couldn’t leave behind the precious divine power that remained even after manifesting a miracle.

I should make good use of the gems containing divine power later.

“The rainy season is slowly coming to an end.”

The cloudy sky was gradually dispersing, allowing sunlight to descend on the ground.

Hot and humid winds blew from the south, but it wasn’t too unpleasant since it was right after the rain.

“Jade, how’s your body?”

At my question, Jade, who was meditating in the corner of the carriage, smiled with one eye open.

“Thanks to being healed with the highest-grade holy water, I’m in top condition.”

The problem was being hit by black magic power, but since the wounds themselves were not severe, the recovery was fast.

“You were lucky to get away with just that after facing Ahletan.”

Ahletan, the 9th Apostle of the Dawn Star Cult, was one of the world’s top combat magicians.

If we only consider pure magic combat without prior preparation, it would not be an exaggeration to say she was the world’s strongest.

The magic she used was simple, making the calculations fast and extremely difficult to interfere with or block.

Moreover, her magic power quantity and density were higher than Bahamut or Yekatrice.

“You don’t face such a monster head-on.”

Even if she gave up the environmental advantage, she was a monster among monsters that even a fully grown Jade and Precia would struggle against even if they teamed up with their comrades.

Such a monster had to be thoroughly lured into a trap, quickly crushed and killed with an opposing force so that they couldn’t fight back.

“Was that woman that strong? No wonder she was so powerful.”

Yard clicked his tongue.

“So cheer up, Silua.”

When I patted her back, Silua fidgeted.

“But… I used up all those magic stones and couldn’t support you when it mattered, Yuan oppa.”

She seemed to feel bad about not being able to come to my aid as planned.

I patted Silua’s head and said.

“It’s okay. I had considered the possibility of you not being able to come. Rather, you did well.”

Instead, I highly praised her for decisively judging the situation without hesitation and pushing Ahletan with all her might.

If she had saved the magic stones assuming she would help me, on the contrary, even the decisive weapon, the Doll’s Castle, could have been damaged.

In that sense, perhaps we should be relieved that only the magic stones were consumed.

At my words, Silua smiled brightly as if her mood had improved again.

“And we can obtain the magic stones and holy water we used this time again.”

Fortunately, I was able to fully acquire the corpses of the 6th and 11th Apostles.

If I sell the heads of the two apostles to the cardinal through Bahamut, I can get back several times the holy water and magic stones we used.

No, if I sell not only the heads but also the achievement of slaying the apostles, I might be able to obtain not only holy water and magic stones but also a few rights.

If the storehouse is emptied, it should be immediately refilled.

Precia, who had fought the Death Knights and felt a lot after seeing the image dwelling in Vermilion’s sword from afar, was meditating.

“But why are you being so cautious?”

When I asked Gilbert, he hesitated and answered with an apologetic face.

“Well… I let him get away.”

“Get away? Who?”

“You know, that perverted bishop I fought against.”

The cross-dressing perverted bishop Nord.

Ah, he said he wasn’t a bishop now.

“You let him get away? How?”

It shouldn’t have been an environment where he could escape when it was filled with divine power.

When I asked back in disbelief, Gilbert scratched his cheek.

“Well, I thought I had killed him, but he was just pretending to be dead. I cut off both his arms and stabbed his heart, but I didn’t expect him to survive.”

Nord had excellent regenerative abilities like a lizard, so it was difficult to subdue him just by cutting off his arms.

Moreover, his heart was on the right side, so stabbing the left side wouldn’t kill him.

“Ah, that’s understandable to let your guard down. Next time, just slice off his head. Then he’ll probably die.”

“Yes! Understood! I’ll make sure to cut off his head first next time!”

Gilbert clenched his fist and vowed.

“Now then, our next destination is the city of explorers, Vahanad.”

As I talked about the next destination, Jade raised his hand.

“By the way, when can we eat the dishes you promised to make?”

Come to think of it, I had promised to make each person’s desired dish when things were over at the inn.

“Wow! Yuan oppa’s cooking!”

“You’re going to cook, young master?”

Before I knew it, Silua and Precia, who had been meditating, were also looking at me with sparkling eyes, wiping the drool from the corners of their mouths.

I had no choice but to shrug and take out a frying pan.

“It’s bothersome to make several dishes at once, so I’ll make them in order.”

At my declaration, everyone gathered to play rock-paper-scissors to determine the order.

Does cooking come before the next schedule?

*******

“Cough! Cough!”

Ahletan, the 9th Apostle of the Dawn Star Cult, coughed lightly and spat out faintly black blood from her mouth.

Breathing was slightly difficult due to the divine power penetrating deep into her lungs, but her profound magic power would soon expel the divine power.

Rather, the burning pain seeping into her lungs made her temporarily forget the fatigue and laziness bestowed by demons, so she didn’t feel bad.

She placed a small disc token on the ground and let her magic power flow.

“Connect. 334, 545, 129, 333, 186.”

The numbers and disc tokens she uttered as if chanting a magic spell resonated and enveloped her in darkness.

As a blue flame rose from the darkness, two shadows appeared from different directions centered around the blue fire.

-You are the 9th Apostle.

The one who spoke was the shadow that appeared four spaces to the right of Ahletan.

“Excuse me. You must have been surprised by the sudden connection, 5th Apostle.”

-No, it’s just that since it’s not the regular contact time, only the 7th Apostle and I have received the communication. In fact, the apostles dispatched to Duplion are busy dealing with the Sun Church.

The shadow called the 5th Apostle giggled like a child and added that already one-third of the Dawn Star Cult’s branch in the kingdom had been destroyed, and about half were preparing to withdraw to the empire.

At that moment, the 5th Apostle flinched in surprise and looked somewhere.

-…Huh? 1st Apostle!

Simultaneously with the 5th Apostle’s surprise, a shadow appeared four spaces to the left of Ahletan.

-I was late due to some business.

“No, I apologize for the sudden contact.”

-The 6th and 11th Apostles?

At the question of the leader of the Dawn Star Cult, the 1st Apostle, Ahletan let out a small sigh.

“Both of them have gone to God’s side.”

At Ahletan’s answer, the shadows of the taciturn 7th Apostle and the childish-voiced 5th Apostle shook in surprise.

-I see, is that so.

Only the 1st Apostle calmly accepted the fact.

“Did you expect it?”

Their plan was careful, and their preparations were secret. Where did they anticipate the ritual’s failure?

To Ahletan’s question mixed with curiosity, the 1st Apostle calmly answered.

-No, I had prepared for the death of the 11th Apostle, but not the 6th Apostle. According to the prophecy, the ritual should have succeeded, and the legendary Hell Knight should have been born as the new 11th Apostle. However, just before starting the ritual, the 4th Apostle sensed the shaking of the stars.

The 4th Apostle was a person who had made a contract with a demon possessing the power of prophecy and was an acquired prophet, unlike the star reader.

Due to the powerful force of prophecy originating from the demon, not himself, the power of prophecy itself was not very strong after being filtered once.

However, instead, with the intervention of the demon’s power, which was the subject, prophecy was possible more stably than other prophets.

-If the 6th Apostle has died, naturally, the Demonic Body Ritual must have also failed. I want to hear the details.

At the 1st Apostle’s command, Ahletan took a deep breath and tried to explain the situation she had experienced in as much detail as possible.

Starting from going to Bryuta as support troops at the request of the 6th Apostle Agistream, she explained the battles that took place and how the city was filled with divine power.

However, all she could explain was about Yard, Jade, and Silua’s aerial weapon.

She did not know how the ritual had failed or why divine power had filled the city.

“…I apologize. If it were the 6th Apostle, he could have grasped most of the details just from the flow of magic power, but this is all I could discern.”

She was the strongest combat magician, but her talent as a magician was almost nonexistent.

Having explained everything she could, she clapped her hands, remembering something she had forgotten.

“Ah! That high-ranking magician! I sensed the power of the Four Seasons from that young, almost childlike high-ranking magician!”

-You mean the power of the Four Seasons?

-You did well to notice with those dull eyes.

At Ahletan’s words, the 5th and 7th Apostles, who had been listening quietly, showed interest.

“Excuse me, 7th Apostle. I, too, can recognize the magic power of an opponent I’ve fought while risking my life.”

-Are you saying that young high-ranking magician is the new Sage of the Autumn Leaves?

At the 5th Apostle’s innocent question, Ahletan flinched.

-There’s no way the 9th Apostle can distinguish the power of the Four Seasons. And unlike the other seasons, the Autumn Leaves is still too young to find a successor.

Dalanta of the Spring Flowers, Dmitrikron of the Summer Fruits, and Yekatrice of the Winter Wood were all old monsters who had lived for over a century, but the current Sage of the Autumn Leaves was a young man who had not even lived half a century.

At the 1st Apostle’s affirmation, Ahletan became disheartened.

“…Excuse me, but I heard the name of that young high-ranking magician.”

At Ahletan’s words, the gazes of the three shadows focused on her.

“It’s Asha Staypolo! I clearly heard it!”

Ahletan had asked Jade like this before dodging.

‘Excuse me, I sense the fragrance of the Four Seasons from your magic power! What is your name?’

To that question, Jade answered without a moment’s hesitation.

‘Asha. Asha Staypolo.’

Jade, who had perfectly adapted and was stained by Yuan, sold out the name of his master’s friend’s disciple without any reservations.

-Asha Staypolo. The newly born Sage of the Spring Flowers that appeared some time ago.

The 5th Apostle also nodded in agreement with the 1st Apostle’s murmur.

-It can’t be the Sage of the Winter Tree, who is tied down in Bastille, or the Sage of the Summer Fruits, who is still struggling to find a successor, so it must be the new Sage of the Spring Flowers.

“Yes! That’s right! He must be the new Sage of the Spring Flowers, the successor of Dalanta Wiesel!”

At the 9th Apostle’s conviction, the 1st Apostle spoke seriously.

-The Sage of the Spring Flowers, the previous Spring Flower Dalanta must have helped, but he has already resolved the Delebvrion incident and come to Bryuta? He’s a man who can’t be ignored.

At the 1st Apostle’s seriousness, everyone nodded.

However, there was one fact they didn’t know.

Asha Staypolo was a woman.