27-27 The Visit of Ruin (1/2)

The prince has been running around the capital tirelessly.

The dozens of ”threats” that had been hiding in the capital became a reality.

Starting with the appearance of one of them by the investigation team's 【Cloaking Removal】, powerful demons appeared one after another, and as if the calm of this morning had been a lie, the capital was in great confusion.

Fortunately, soldiers had already been dispatched to most of the hiding places, and the members of the Royal Sixth Army led by the Six Saints and the Adventurer Mercenaries organized by the Royal Capital Adventurer's Guild were scattered throughout the capital to deal with the demons that had appeared.

The battles were hard fought, but if it weren't for the information brought by Lean, that man, and Noor, the situation would have been much worse.

I can say that we are fighting the good fight because we had a party that had taken countermeasures in advance.

There have been a lot of injuries, but fortunately there have been no deaths yet because the [monk] lineage was dispatched in time.

All citizens within earshot have been evacuated to areas on the edge of the royal capital where safety has been confirmed.

Not much damage has been done so far.

Hundreds of buildings may fall, walls may fall, churches may fall, but as long as people remain, King's Landing can be rebuilt.

The loss is not great.

Not yet.

But not yet. There's always next time.

Perhaps the raids up to this point have been a diversion, a stepping stone for their next move... in which case, they'll make their move here.

When our pawns are confused, exhausted, and worn out, they will launch the next big wave...

I know that.

The problem is, we don't know what that is.

”Where is it?　Where is it coming from?

The prince's head spins frantically.

He has been giving orders to his men without a break since last night, and he himself has been running around gathering information.

But I don't understand.

I can't gather any information at all.

Right now, a covert army led by the Hidden Sage is searching the perimeter of the capital with all their might.

They are scouting with a ferocity that lives up to their name, and it seems that they have already searched almost all of the land around the royal capital.

And yet, they found nothing...

There's a high probability they'll attack.

But from where?

Where is the enemy placing their pieces?

The prince was at his wit's end, looking up at the sky... when he noticed something.

”What the hell is that?

It was a slight feeling of... discomfort.

A part of the sky was shimmering slightly.

The discomfort seemed to be growing as he watched.

”No way, it's coming from the sky!

I thought, ”Oh no.

This was not the time to be running around on the ground.

I hadn't ruled out the sky as a possibility.

I thought I had instructed him to be alert.

But only as far up as I could see.

And if we go any further...

There's nothing we can do about it.

The enemy was sending something from far above the alert range.

”Concealment Removal...?

The prince, needing to see the enemy as soon as possible, ripped off the transparent membrane that covered the ”something” with [Cloaking Removal].

Then...

In the blink of an eye, a huge shadow fell over the royal capital.

”What the hell, ......?

It was the shadow of a creature.

It was a creature that everyone knew about, but no one had ever seen before, but no one was allowed to see (・・・・・・・).

”No way... that's ......?　No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!

The prince could not immediately believe what he saw.

No, he knew what he saw was real, but his instincts refused to believe it.

Because the fact that it was there meant...

It meant the destruction of King's Landing.

That's absurd.　What the hell are they thinking?　What the hell were they thinking, using something like that in human flesh!　Are they really out of their minds?

The prince was shouting in confusion.

The prince was screaming in confusion, he couldn't believe they were sane.