The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Haagenti shot multiple water bullets toward me but I projected a barrier with my right hand and forcibly closed the distance.

“Even though you are a mage you are quite a brute aren’t you?

“It’s necessary you see.”

Just like that, I slammed into Haagenti.

Her reaction was a little delayed due to my unexpected action.

Using that opening, I opened a transfer gate behind Haagenti and pushed her inside.

Then.

“Seriously……..what a rough way to use transfer magic.”

“It is going to get even rougher from now on.”

There shouldn’t be a problem if we go wild here.

“Silver’s transfer magic……I’ve heard rumors but this seems really convenient. Can you travel freely at both long and short distances?”

“What if I can?”

I said that as I teleported behind Haagenti in an instant and kicked her away.

With clouds of dirt accompanying the impact, Haagenti was sent flying but she managed to safely land.

I didn’t miss that chance and started chanting.

[[I am one that acts on the will of heaven・I am one who understands the law of heaven and earth・The time of Judgment has arrived・Let the innocents rejoice and the sinners tremble・Let my judgment be the judgment of god・Let my blow be the blow of god・Let the flame gathered in my hand scorch the heaven・O’ Flame of Heaven turn the sinners to ashes——-Execution・Prominence]]

My opponent is using water.

The reason I used fire, an element that is disadvantaged against water, is to test her ability.

A huge flame was emitted from the magic circle I deployed in front of me and headed toward Haagenti.

In response, Haagenti gathered the water from the nearby river and turned it into a giant bull.

Then, she made it rush toward my Execution Prominence.

I thought that she would try to avoid it but she is facing me head-on.

“Looking down on me huh……!”

“So this is Silver Ancient Magic…….interesting.”

The giant bull and the flame collided and continued to combat each other for a while.

However, both eventually reached their limit and burst into the air.

Although there was a river nearby, to think that she can actually offset my execution prominence……….

Moreover, it appeared like she had done that with no chant.

“This is my bad habit you see…….I always let those I have interests in show off their hands first.”

“So you are saying that you let me use the transfer magic and the earlier attack?”

“Correct, that was splendid by the way.”

“I see……”

I let out a long sigh.

Although I had expected it, accepting the reality in front of me now is a little tiring.

After all, I can expect a much more troublesome future.

“Out of juices already? Don’t you have anything else to show me?”

“That should be my line. Are you the only one? Does Grimoire have other Demons in their employ?”

Demons can not use magic. To say it better, they have no need to.

Because all Demons have [Authority]. An ability that only Demons have.

Like how the Demon Furcas created a giant sword in my fight against him in the south, it was not that he was specialized in that kind of magic. It was because that was his authority. ṛἈＮǑВЁ𐌔

Because such authorities given to the Demons are something specialized and the fact that the wielders are Demons that are far superior to humans, these authorities greatly surpass your average magic.

That’s why I can assume that Haagenti is a Demon. Only Demons can offset my magic without chanting like that.

The problem here is no matter how I look at her, she appears to be human.

In fact, I have feared this since my encounter with Furcas.

The Demons are mixing into human society.

I was expecting to see more of them.

There’s no way that an organization like Grimoire which has been lurking in the shadows for so long would count on chances to summon a powerful Demon through the corruption of the Saint.

They should already have successful trials.

‘Because they already have their success, they put their plan into motion.’

With that line of thinking this should be no surprise. However, this will surely bring turmoil to the entire continent.

The Demons that once wreaked havoc on mankind are sneaking their way into our society in the form of humans.

That is a serious matter that will require careful countermeasure.

However, Haagenti lightly laughed at my question.

“Is it that obvious? Well, it doesn’t matter even if we got found out though.”

“Grimoire was trying to use the Saint to summon a Demon. I thought that it was just some delusional plan but……you people already produced some results and are aiming to improve on it huh?”

“The SS-rank adventurer that always appears whenever the Empire is in crisis. As expected, you are sharp. You are mostly correct. There are two methods of summoning Demons. Either you use a fresh corpse of a human or through someone that is mentally similar to the Demons. But the success rate of summoning Demons using corpses is terrifyingly low. You could think of those successes as pure coincidence. That’s why we gathered the people whose mentality is close to that of the Demons and try summoning through them one by one. And one of those successes is me.”

“What happened to the original personality? It doesn’t look like you are coexisting in there though?”

“I took over the human over time. It’s normally impossible for humans to retain their ego while they have a demon inside them for a long time you see.”

“I see…….you are quite talkative aren’t you.”

Thanks to her, I learned a lot of things. One is that they also have Demons who they managed to summon using corpses. And that Haagenti is not the only one summoned using the latter method.

It is quite daring of her to talk this much.

Haagenti thinks that she has the advantage.

That carefree attitude of hers has not changed ever since the beginning of the fight.

“It seems that you have defeated a Demon summoned through a corpse in the south before but……..between a living human host and a dead one, a living host provides us with more power. In other words, I can wield my Demon Power however I like.”

Feeling something strange, I looked up at the sky. Water spears were lining up above me, leaving no place for me to escape to.

She probably reused the water from her previous attack.

To think that she can dish out a large-scale attack like this without any preparation. She is certainly superior to the Demons I fought in the south.

However, that doesn’t mean I can’t win.

“How fortunate.”

“What?”

“It seems there won’t be a problem even if I hit you with all my power huh.”

Saying so, I put my hands together in front of my chest.

Then.

[[I am one who understands the principle of Silver・I am one who was chosen as the true Silver]]

I quickly started chanting.

TLN: So, what Silver is trying to say is………………………….there is an imposter among us…

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