? Prince CH 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5: Sworn Enemies – translated by Erialis

I hacked, I slashed, I chopped N number of times I furiously vented all ht to on abandon ē turned his back onstuff about hoas more fun with more people…!

da at ht! My back feels as if a hole’s about to be burnt through it!

I turned around and glared savagely at that damn homo

Unbelievably enough, Gui, seeing that I had turned about and was glaring at hi at me enthusiastically, and…

And even blowingit! I hurriedly turned away and went back to fightingany more of those blown kisses with Gui’s questionable intentions

“Sigh! His noble and beautiful Highness really is shy,” Gui said, looking at Prince – as looking for more mobs to vent his frustration on – with an infatuated expression on his handsome face

…Are you sure that he’s SHY!? thought the others

After finishi+ng off the last on had lured over, the two of us received a PM froē We rejoined the others and listened quietly as Wolf-dàgē gave us a briefing

“I think that with our party’s current make-up – a level forty priest, a level forty warrior, a level thirty-nine thief, a level thirty-seven necromancer, and a level forty bard – we should be able to train in areas with even tougher ons’ Valley will suit our purpose nicely There, we’ll be able to find se There are also high-level ical beasts Those mobs yield quite a lot of experience and frequently drop rare itereatly boost our overall coth

“In addition, the Adventurers’ Guild offers quests that require players to collect dragon hide, dragon bones, and dragon tendons Rewards include an increase in reputation, money, and even extra experience points

“But all of that is pretty inconsequential The rave

“Is…what?” we asked, and each of us gulped nervously

“I’ve heard that dragon XXs onders…”

“Wolf-dàgē…?” I could hardly believelike that

“…And can be sold for one gold apiece”

“Right then! Let’s go kill soave an experins

We decided to head over to the Adventurers’ Guild first to register our party and to take on all the dragon-related quests It was at this point, however, that we encountered a huge problem…

“For our party’s naon Slayers’ It sounds ē

“That’s no good, it sounds too coarse ‘Wild Roses Tearossed in a fantasy of wild roses…

Doll exclaimed with excitement, “Let’s call ourselves ‘Sailor Team!’”

…I was suddenly confronted with the i himself to be from Sailor Team…

“We should be called ‘noble Prince Team’”

I struck out withthe frail-bodied bard and sending hi about his head

“How about, ‘The Legend of Wild Wolf Teaht

“Nah, ‘Alluringly Aroive up

“‘Love and Justice Fight-e-rs!’” Doll hollered

“‘The Wildcats’…”

“‘The Lilies’…”

“‘Cute Doll Team’…”

Watching the three of theued, I scratchedwe can be called is ‘weird’…”

All three of them instantly turned to stare at me In unison, they demanded, “What did you just say?”

A bit of sweat ran down the back of my neck “I…”

In the end, we decided on a name for our party – Odd Squad1 It lance, but it actually does Duì’ and not ‘Fēi Cháng, Duì’2

Upon reaching Raging Dragons’ Valley, we spent so that they were quite a bit slower than Lolidragon, especially with Gui’s speed debuff3 on they to fight them

“Meatbun, Aroma Release” I absolutely adore this ability of Meatbun’s There’s just no knowing howfor e has increased to 250 meters!

After a while, the earth began to tre in the distance, as though so towards us… All of a sudden, we found ourselves looking at an extreons, each one approxile meat bun That’s odd; I don’t think anybody’s ever told ons love to eat meat buns

My eyes widened “L-Lolidragon, can you handle it? It sort of looks like…there are way too many mobs!”

Looking soon sed…and then pro “Don’t worry! I swear, on the reputation of the world’s greatest thief, that I can handle it”

The world’s greatest thief? What use is there in swearing on somebody else’s reputation?

“Doll, sue Entrance Arrow at the ready, just in case Also, use your Flurry of Musical Notes4 whenever you can, to help Prince out Prince… Draw your sword and give ē instructed, even as he buffed Lolidragon and I

All was ready “Be careful, Lolidragon”

We sent Lolidragon off with expressions that seemed to say, “The hero leaves and will never return!” Ah, the piercing winds…5

I watched as Lolidragon crept up on one of the dragons noiselessly and then, as though in defiance of Death, viciously stabbed the dragon in the butt

Here I should on in the butt was because she was so short that the highest she could reach was the dragon’s behind It had absolutely nothing to do with her personal preferences

Then Lolidragon began to sprint frantically, her speed faster than ever before

“Wow, she’s so fast that she’s practically flying,” I reon was so quick that by the tiht Meatbun back, he was co Double Kill

“Supersonic Soul-chasing Arrow” Struuqin, Gui fired two consecutive arrows He lured two dragons back before continuing to play his Sheng-ge Entrancement Technique

Charging alongside the Flaons while the skeletons held the others off

As I fought, I kept a lookout for any signs of weakness in on had no weak point, I soon realized that despite their strong attack power, heavy defense, and considerable speed, dragons had oneThat was…their paere too short

As the dragon could rarely attack me with its paws, I needed only to watch out for its tail, and dodge whenever it lunged toward me That way I could slohittle away at its health Even if I took a couple of blows, Wolf-dàgē would be there to healto be afraid of

Doll was having a bit more trouble with her Flame-armored Skeletons As the Flaence to speak of, their skill at dodging and evading was certainly below mine, and so they took quite a number of hits Luckily for us, they were Rank 4attack power Thus, they were able to get by with Doll’s Black Restoration Spell

In addition, there was Wolf-dàgē’s ranged attack and Meatbun’s Double Kill, which lowered the dragons’ health considerably…

Fine! Gui also frequently used Flurry of Musical Notes to help me out, so he wasn’t completely useless…

At long last, the dragon before old apiece…wahahaha! Before Gui lured back yet another dragon, I decided to take the opportunity to satisfylike a gold coin

…It’s not there! It’s not there! Why isn’t there a XX on this dragon? Oh, old coin, where are you?

“Wolf-dàgē, why isn’t there a XX on this dragon? You said they had…” I asked Wolf-dàgē in a pitiful tone

“Prince, you really…” You really want to eat it? Seriously, at least don’t be so obvious about it! Wolf thought as he exaon’s corpse “Prince, this is a feave ive you any that we come across”

That’s right, look at how scrawny Prince is We really should give him a tonic… Besides, that aspect of a man’s life is very important – mustn’t let any probleave Prince a dragon’s XX then, Ugly Wolf thought and his conteon’s XX, dragon’s XX braised in wine, dragon’s XX soup…6

“Really? That’s great!” My gold coin, hohoho! I want to go for soht happily

“noble Highness, saveall over the place like a chicken with its head cut off, and there was a dragon – the one that he had just lured back with his Supersonic Soul-chasing Arrow – snapping at his backside Although I was sorely teh! In the end, I still hefted on

Through our coradually reduce the nuons froons were pretty tough mobs, the amount of experience points that they yielded was incredibly high Wolf-dàgē, whose level was the highest in our group, leveled up once, while Doll, whose level was the lowest, leveled up twice However…

“Huff…huff…” Lolidragon lay sprawled out on the ground in aheavily and was unable to so much as utter a word

I was no better off I eary to the bone after fighting all those dragons one after another with no respite Every htest s were as weak as jelly

Wolf-dàgē was so worn out froame” of baseball that he had pitched forward and was all but lying on the ground Doll’sthe incantation for her Black Restoration Spell As for Gui, his fingers had craly contorted positions Looks like he’ll have to eat straight froht!

In this condition, the roundWe didn’t have the energy to sort out the dragon cadavers, much less skin them or remove their tendons and bones… And yet, all I could think about wasthe rest of th, I crawled, and crawled, and crawled to the nearest dead dragon…

Waaah! Why is it yet another female? Tears pooled in the corners of my eyes My afternoon tea…

“Does the noble Lord Prince really like dragon XXs thatat me with compassion “Coon and began to clean it up

Gui… It was the first tirateful towards hi that made me want to thrash hi off fro a fire going He then threw that thing into the pot, and started adding various condiments

“…Gui, what are you doing?” I asked,

“Beautiful Highness, it’ll just be a bit longer before the dragon XX soup is done!” Gui replied, even as he tasted the soup to check if it was salty enough

“…”

When a person has been infuriated to the extreined myself capable of the speed at which I sprinted towards Gui Once I reached hi, I grabbed the pot of dragon XX soup

“M-old co-o-in! My afternoon tea!” I wailed

I stomped, sto an Exploding Punch7 as well…

“HAHAHA…huff…huff…HAHA!” Lolidragon laughed on’s XX soup? Hahahahahaha!

So Prince wasn’t thinking about eating dragon’s XX after all! Wolf-dàgē realized Good thing Gui acted first Otherwise, I’d have served the dragon’s XX up, and…

“What’s a dragon’s whip?8 Do dragons use whips?” Doll asked unco thrashed byto die?”

“No, he’s not Don’t worry, I’ll heal hiht actually be a bit better for Gui to die and return to the rebirth point…

After a long while, I was finally tired froons, I looked at all the XXs…

Eold coins and the fragrance of tea What’s there to be embarrassed about? Wahahahaha!

“Hold up there, you people” It was a woant

I felt a twinge of panic Don’t tell me it’s yet another “The way is hoht, Perhaps I should sell hihoman?!

As for Gui… Although his expression was still as besotted as ever, a shi+ver suddenly ran down his spine Odd, has the weather turned chilly?He glanced at the sky

I turned around and looked, only to see an extre not too far away from us Behind her stood another four players of different races and classes – clearly they were a team

A band of highwayht!?

Now on irl with her “et her to kidnap Gui instead of s apart,my left foot ie

“Whaaat now! Whada’ya want, girlie?”

“Prince, what on earth are you doing?” Lolidragon asked me on party chat She sounded utterly astonished

“I’ster! How does it look?”

“…You look like anything BUT a gangster”

Although Lolidragon’s reaction took so me was clearly furious In fact, she was infuriated to the point where you could al with flames Waaah! So scary! Looks like I better not pretend to be a gangster any longer

“What Did You Just Say?” she asked through gritted teeth

I was so terrified that I straightened up and stood properly With a nervous gulp, I replied, “N-nothingwas the matter, miss”

“WHAT did you say?!”

Waaah! Why are the flahter than before???

Questionin the air over my head I decided – for safety’s sake – that I’d better put onracious smile, I asked, “Beautiful lady, ould you like to command me to do?”

However, the “beautiful lady” in question actually cussed (“F YOU!” hat she yelled) Then, she pro-type move commonly known as “a kick in the nuts”

The rest of irl would actually be willing to kick the Ultra-Gorgeous Prince’s XX! Lolidragon in particular was so flabbergasted that her jaw had nearly fallen off

“Uhn!” Caught off guard, I had been kicked squarely in the nuts IT HURTS! I really wanted to use my hands to protect my XX and then hop all over the place in order to relieve the pain That, however, was out of the question My feirl couldn’t just shi+eld her XX with her hands in the presence of strangers Besides, do girls even have XXs to shi+eld?