Chapter 11 - Chapter 2: Alliance #2 (2/2)
“Are you okay?”
”Hiiik!”
In-gong stared straight into the face of an orc when he woke up. He tried to move his body away as much as possible.
”Pant, pant...what a surprise.”
It was shocking to suddenly go from looking at a beauty to an orc.
The orc who he saw was Carack. Carack stared at In-gong and sighed with relief.
“Did you have a bad dream?”
”Uh, that is...”
In-gong made a confused sound. He obviously had a dream but couldn’t remember the contents. They were all just blurry images.
”Well, it was just a dream. By the way, why did you ask the princess to hit you? The princess has been restless.”
In-gong checked the time before answering. It had only been approximately five hours, so a day hadn’t passed yet. He knew it was dark without needing to go outside.
‘Was she really worried?’
He recalled Caitlin’s face from just before he fainted. Her face was cute when she was confused.
”Prince?”
”Ah, no. It is nothing.”
Now wasn’t the time to be thinking about this. In-gong leaned against the wall in a sitting position. He ignored Carack’s suspicious gaze and held out his palms.
”Wait a minute.”
He closed his eyes and focused his senses. He was able to sense the new energy in his body without difficulty.
“Ohh, I sense it.”
This was Aura. It was only level one, but he still had Aura!
In-gong’s eyes shone while Carack’s eyes widened.
”I can feel something.”
”Aura. I asked Caitlin noona to hit me with her aura so that I could feel it.”
“Huh? Then you’ve awakened Aura by feeling it?”
Carack was dumbfounded. In-gong quickly dismissed it with his hands.
“No, that’s not it. It is hard to explain.”
It really was difficult to explain.
Carack bit his lip, like he was thinking, before nodding.
“I understand. Anyway, I am glad that you are safe. Congratulations on awakening Aura.”
”Yes, you should also celebrate. Killing Kaichin is a big achievement.”
‘By the way, what about the reward for the merits?’
In the game, a prince who achieved great merit would receive compensation from the Demon King’s Palace. Things like getting an increase in monthly living expenses, receiving good items or receiving permission to access various facilities in the Demon King’s Palace.
‘Should I ask for Carack?’
Carack had originally been a local warrior.
'Yes, I shouldn’t separate from him. That boat had already sailed after I gave him the axe.’
So be it. He might even give him another dwarf weapon later on.
While In-gong was nodding to himself, Carack stared at him with a strange look. He looked around for a while before saying in a cautious tone,
”That- In fact, I wanted to ask you something.”
“What do you want to ask?”
”Well, there was something strange when we were fighting. All of a sudden, power suddenly burst into my body? Besides... Um...”
“What is it?”
“That... It is strange but I felt loyalty toward Prince? The emotion was like a burning flame.”
Below the King’s Flag.
A king could give power to his followers by drawing out hidden power from them.
In-gong answered with a smile.
”That’s right. I enhanced your power.”
“Ohh? Nevertheless, Prince is also a prince!”
”Yes, so serve me well.”
“I understand.”
Carack grinned and nodded. He was happy but his face still looked quite fierce.
‘Should Carack just be my subordinate? He fought well today.’
His first subordinate wasn’t a beautiful succubus or dark elf but beggers couldn’t be choosers.
”By the way, can I hear about the progress of today’s battle? I haven’t heard from Caitlin or Chris.”
He wasn’t able to hear any important news due to the conversation about Aura.
Carack nodded and explained with clenched fists.
”Prince Chris and Princess Caitlin have destroyed Kaichin’s position. We killed Kaichin and Kaidum. It was a sweeping victory thanks to us! We succeeded in taking over a military headquarters.”
In-gong cocked his head for a moment after hearing the story.
”Wait a minute, military headquarters?”
“H-have you forgotten this as well?”
Carack asked with wide eyes. In-gong frowned.
”Wasn’t it only Chris, Caitlin and I who came to quell the Red Lightning tribe?”
“That is impossible. The Red Lightning tribe isn’t lacking troops.”
This made a lot of sense. Including Carack, Shutra only had 31 troops. Caitlin had dozens more soldiers than Shutra. However, if they combined their troops with Chris, it would only reach up to 400.
There was a military headquarters. Chris, Caitlin and In-gong didn’t have enough troops to take it over.
”Who took the military headquarters?”
In-gong asked quickly. He felt an ominous premonition.
Carack scratched the back of his head and replied.
”General Vandal.”
The ogre Vandal that was the match of 100 warriors.
He was the one closest to Zephyr.
Author's Note: These questions will come up sooner or later, so I will answer them in advance.
Q : What species is the Demon King?
A : The Demon King is a ‘sura.’
Therefore, all of the Demon King’s children are half sura + half another species.
E.g. Shutra: Sura + gandharva/ Chris, Caitlin: sura + lycanthrope(Gallehed who is Caitlin’s father is also a sura).
The rest of the children will gradually be revealed (the species of the queens are different).
See you tomorrow.
Today is a happy day. :D