Volume 3 - CH 6.2

Act 3-6.2: Algore’s Prince

「Prince Omiros. Would you really not have stopped advancing if Maxis hadn’t stopped you back then?」

Omiros became rattled upon hearing Parsish’ question.

「Sorry, Parsish-dono… I just want to know Regena’s current status as soon as possible…」

Everyone in the cave fell into silence when they heard Omiros’ answer. They knew that his mind was already filled with all the worst situations that could befall a woman who was captured by Goblins.

「But still, we’ve already killed most Goblins in this area.」

Omiros nodded to Maxis, he knew that fact too.

「Yeah. That’s why, just a bit more.」

The other warriors vehemently opposed the moment those words left Omiros’ mouth.

「NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT! WE HAVE TO STOP BEFORE WE ENTER TOO DEEP INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAIN!!」

「Don’t be so unreasonable, Omiros-sama, the Goblins in the northern territory are more powerful than the ones here in the southern side. That’s way too dangerous!!」

The warriors’ objections were reasonable.

Goblins in the northern territory were powerful and intelligent, using their own iron weapons and armors when battling, unlike the ones in the southern territory, who only equipped themselves with clubs. Omiros also knew that fact.

Everyone in their party, except for Parsish, would surely get killed if they fight against fully armed goblins.

Though Balzasa and Maxis weren’t saying anything about it, they were actually also complaining inside. Parsish was the only one who didn’t raise a complaint upon hearing Omiros’ remark.

「Please don’t blame him, everyone. I understand our prince’s worry about Regena. I mean, I can’t blame him for his persistence since the princess is beautiful.」

Parsish rebuked everyone. But, for some reason, Omiros felt his blood boil upon hearing his remark.

「Parsish-dono! If that’s really how you feel, why didn’t you go save Regena back then?! She might be now tre–」

「The one who decides these things is your father, the king. I really can’t do anything about that.」

Omiros fell silent at his reply. Parsish was correct. The one who had exiled Regena into the Goblins’ nest was none other than his father.

From the very beginning, there was internal rivalry in Algore. The origin of that strife could be traced back to the founding of Algore.

Algore was originally a fort built four hundred years ago as the gathering place for warriors or chivalric orders of the Eastern Continent to subjugate the Demon King. Though its original function was to serve as a temporary fortress until humanity captured Nargol, it turned into a country with the passage of time.

With the commander as the king, each knight order of every country and each mercenary group formed their own clan.

Though in the beginning, people thought to choose the king from the Holy Republic of Lenaria’s clan, it was utterly rejected by the other clans. Thus they reached an agreement that the new king will be chosen every ten years by the patriarch of each clan, using a rotation system.

But, as time passed, that tradition held no meaning since the influential clans started to covet the throne for themselves and, Regena was a member of one of those influential clans

Though some of the other clans were dissatisfied with her clan, none of them said anything since hers was an extremely powerful one.

But, an incident suddenly occurred.

During his visit in Velos Kingdom, the biggest kingdom of the region, Qupis, the previous king of Algore, fell in love with the Velos king’s fiancée. Things had quickly escalated as Qupis finally eloped with the woman, bringing her back to Algore.

Naturally, Velos Kingdom was enraged by Qupis’ action and demanded he return the King’s fiancée. However, Quips ignored their demands.

The other clans of Algore were of course dissatisfied with his decision. They tried to persuade him to return the woman to Velos, but he ignored their advice. Thus, their dissatisfaction, which had been piling up for a while due to Qupis and his clab monopolizing the throne with their power, only grew.

As a result of his stubbornness, Algore Kingdom had officially become the enemy Velos Kingdom, the most powerful kingdom in the region, which in turn made the other neighboring countries cut their relationship with Algore, worrying that any links to them might make them Velos’ enemy as well.

After that, no merchant ever visited Algore and the citizens were forced to live in poverty. As a result, Qupis’ clan became the number one enemy of all the clans in Algore. They all then decided to gather behind Montas, leader of the second strongest clan and Omiros’ father, and requested for Qupis to abdicate the throne for their new king.

Naturally, Qupis ignored their request too.

Qupis’ clan was really powerful, their power unrivaled in Algore. Of course, they couldn’t go against all the other clans unharmed, however, Quips knew that the others would stray away from war as an all out civil war would completely destroy Algore. Thus, only a cold war occured.

Yet, the accumulated dissatisfaction gathered under the cold surface like boiling magma, ready to explode with the slightest trigger.

Years later, the woman who eloped with Qupis gave birth to a princess.

Her name was Regena.

Omiros had met Regena for the first time when they were still five years old. It had happened when his father had brought him to the Patriarch gathering in the Royal Palace. At that time, Omiros was really excited about his first visit to the Royal Palace, and had thus ended up running around on his own inside.

It was during that time that he happened to meet Regena who was strolling along the palace grounds.

They easily got along with each other thanks to their similar age.

Despite the conflict between their parents, such a thing had nothing to do with them as they were still children at the time. Sometimes, they would play together behind their parents’ back. Thus, they grew up together as childhood friends.

Regena then grew into an extremely beautiful woman.

Though he had never said it in front of Regena, Omiros wanted to become stronger to protect her. That’s why he had left Algore a year ago along with Belzaza and Maxis to hone his skills as a warrior.

But, that decision was a mistake.

Upon his return from his training journey, he was completely taken aback by the changes that occurred in Algore. Because, when he returned, his father had already become Algore’s king, banishing Regena and her clan from Algore.

He heard later that the previous king, Qupis, apparently wanted to kill everyone in Omiros’ clan. But then, his father beat Qupis in his own game, and was crowned as the new king of Algore.

Omiros almost couldn’t believe it all once he heard the news. Surely, there was rivalry between the clans but king Qupis wasn’t supposed to be such a reckless person. And yet, his action this time said otherwise. And though king Qupis was just paying for his failure, Omiros wondered whether there was really a need to exile Regena who had nothing to do with her father’s deeds.

Omiros resented his father for what he did to Regena, but he really couldn’t do anything about it. He needed to know what  happened to Regena first.

Thus, he borrowed the hero Parsish from his father and went deep into Akeron mountain to confirm Regena’s condition. He wanted to make sure she survived with his own eyes and do everything in his power to save her from this hellish place if she was still alive. If was dead, then he wanted to at least bring her body back to Algore.

He didn’t wish her to be buried inside the dark Goblins’ nest.

Thus, Omiros braced himself and raided every goblin nest he found along the way. But, he was the only one who wanted to do that in his group. The others were really troubled by his recklessness.

「Prince. I understand the pain in your heart, but we have to go back before the night comes. Let’s stop our search today.」

Omiros had no choice but to agree with his comrades since they were right. He knew that he couldn’t endanger everyone’s life with his selfishness.

Soon, everyone had recovered after their brief rest and stood up, preparing to go back.

「Have you rested enough?」

Suddenly, they heard a woman’s voice calling out to them. Everyone turned around at the same time towards the place the voice came from.

「「「？!」」」

Everyone was at loss for words, unable to speak at all. Standing in front of them was an extremely beautiful girl. She was a supreme silver-haired beauty, with transparent white skin. Her body was wrapped in a black dress, and in her hand was a giant scythe.

It was the first time Omiros saw such beauty. It was as if the place where the girl stood was another world, a God’s world. The same could also be said of his comrades, all of them were charmed by the girl.

「Did you guys come from Algore?」

The girl asked Omiros and his companion as she pointed her scythe toward them.