Chapter 273: The Man who doesn’t know when to give up

As I slowly descended down, a silver sphere appeared between my hands.

If I crush it, Silvery Ray will be unleashed.

However, someone asked me to wait.

W, Wait! Silver! This is only a misunderstanding! We have no intention of using the Holy Dragon for invasion!

You are saying that even after they have crossed the border and fly right over to the Imperial Capital? Prince William.

But no damage has been done yet! I will have them withdrawn immediately! So please just wait!!

You are telling me to not subjugate them because they still havent done anything [Yet]? Sorry, but most of the monsters that we adventurers subjugated were monsters that still havent done anything [Yet] either. If it poses a threat to the people we will subdue it. Thats how us adventurers do things. It would be too late once the damage is done after all.

Hearing my argument, Williams face distorted for a moment.

He probably thought that he couldnt convince me with words.

However, William continued speaking to me.

He really is great. Even though he knows that the situation is hopeless for him, he still chooses to try and convince me huh.

Th, the Holy Dragons are not just any monster! They are animals!

For the United Kingdom alone that is. This is the Empire. In the Empire, Its obvious that I would treat the Lizards that will not show any mercy on anyone aside from the people of the United Kingdom as vermins, right?

Please, stay your hand.I wont let them do anything.so.

If you werent a prince of the United Kingdom, if those lizards were not called the Holy Dragons, and if it were not for the rebellion in the Imperial Capital, I would have been more flexible..but it is already too late. Dont you think that it is too unreasonable for you to ask me to let them go without doing anything after you have cooperated in starting this rebellion and sent those dragons here?

I understand your reason. You are entirely correct..but these are the Guardian Deities of my country.so please, let them go.!

Your country has already negotiated with the Adventurer Guild to have them excluded from the subjugation targets right? No one would raise a complaint if they only protect the United Kingdom. The problem here is that you have brought out your Guardian Deities to your enemys land. Everything would have been fine if you keep those important dragons of yours inside your country.

Saying so, I crush the silver sphere.

However, there was another person who tried to stop me.

SILVER!! DONT YOU UNDERSTAND!?

Understand what? Prince Gordon.

What you are about to do! There is an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Adventurer Guild that the Holy Dragons can not become subjugation targets for the Adventurer Guild! If you kill them here, the Guild will not be silent! That should pose a problem for you who belong to the Guild right!!

And I was wondering what you wanted to say..Prince Gordon. Could you not look down on us Adventurers so much? The arrangement between the Guild and the United Kingdom? That kind of thing has already long become irrelevant. Even if they are the Holy Dragons for the people of the United Kingdom, they are only evil dragons for the invaded country. The arrangement with the guild only applied when their scope of activity remained only within the United Kingdom.

Do you think that we will accept such a reason! The agreement they made wasnt that detailed in the first place! The only thing that was agreed upon was that the Holy Dragons will not become subjugation targets! If you put them down here you will break the Guilds agreement you know!

Hmph, I see. So? What about it?

What!?

Gordon opened his eyes wide.

Such a reaction, its obvious that he was looking down on me.

Its a big mistake if you think that an adventurer will stop just because you bring up the rule.

Adventurers are being dubbed as outlaws by many. And that is true. We adventurers do not care about the rules! Obviously, we would leave things like that for later! Right now, the only thing that matters is that there is a monster threatening the lives of the people! Know how foolish it is to bring up rules to an adventurer in such a situation! There is only one rule that we adventurers value! It is for the people! Thats the only rule! If you brought up other rules besides that we only have one thing to say back to you! to hell with it!

Saying so, I proceed to crush the silver sphere with both hands.

Then.

[[Silvery Ray]]

I recite the magics name.

Spheres of light float around me.

The number is seven.

Their targets are the red and green dragons.

They probably felt the threat toward them as well.

They are preparing to fire their breath to resist.

However, no resistance matters before the silver light.

I shall praise your will to stand with the United Kingdom until the end. You both are admirable for not running away.

With that said, I point my arm at the two dragons who chose to resist until the end. Accordingly, the silver lights shot out.

The heads of the two dragons that were trying to release their breath disappeared and their bodies powerlessly fell to the ground.

I catch their bodies with a barrier.

Blood.Leaf.

William muttered as he stared at the corpses of the two dragons.

For William who has grown up with the dragons since a young age and became known as the Dragon Prince, the dragons are probably special existences to him.

Its a pity. If I can let them go I would have done it.

Even those two dragons possessed the choice to run away. They are dragons. They should know well the difference between our power.

Still, they chose to confront me.

Just as William thinks that they are special, William and the people of the United Kingdom must have been special to them as well.

With this, the United Kingdom has lost two out of three of their Guardian Holy Dragons. It is up to them to decide whether to continue the fight or to quietly withdraw but it is certain that their national power has greatly diminished.

Two other countries are our enemies.

That was why it was necessary to subdue the dragons even though I didnt want to.

Using the magic power from the bracelet, I create two giant transfer gates. Then, at the destination of the first two gates, I created more gates beyond that.

The destinations of the gates that were connected like a tunnel are the northern and the western borders of the Empire.

At the northern border, the Dominion army is fighting a fierce battle with the Northern Border Defense Force. The Northern Border Defense Force is having a hard time holding them back. It seems that the United Kingdom has also joined in plus there are many of Gordons supporters in the north. They may have some kind of plan in place there.

At the western border, the Kingdom Army has mustered up a large army. They appeared to be waiting for the moment to attack.

I address those two armies.

Commanders of the invading armies of the United Kingdom, the Dominion, and the Kingdom, can you hear my voice? This is SS-rank adventurer, Silver.

The Dominion army at the northern border that was strengthening their offensive clearly weakens.

Seeing the transfer gates that opened up in the sky, they seem to understand that the voices identity was genuine.

On the other hand, the Kingdoms army on the western border grew restless.

Forgive me for speaking to you in this way. I have an important announcement to make. In fact, there was a fool who tried to invade the Imperial Capital using dragons. The use of monsters in war is synonymous with declaring war on us adventurers. In response to such a situation, I have moved to protect the Empire as an SS-rank adventurer. I am sorry but Id like both armies to cease actions for the time being. If you continue your attackI will take that as your show of support for the army that mobilized monsters for aggression purposes, making you my subjugation target.

The moment I said that, I send the silver spheres through the transfer gates.

The silver spheres of light float a little above the two armies.

This is not an order. Only a request. Howeverif you choose to ignore it, I will take the appropriate action. At least cease activities for a week. In the meantime, the turmoil inside the Empire will subside. If you can not make the decision then you should consult your kings. If your kings are wise, they will not order you to press the attack. However, if your king is likely to make the wrong decision, you may relay this message to him. [No matter which country it is, this transfer gate can be opened right inside your castle].

After I said that, I gradually closed the transfer gates.

At the same time, the jewels on the bracelet broke. So it ended up as disposable after all huh.

Well, it cant be helped. If I dont stop the invasion, the Empire will be shaken by the time we can put the turmoil here under control.

The Adventurer Guild will tell me that I went too far but since they will complain that I took down the Holy Dragons anyway, I better see this through.

As an SS-rank adventurer, there are some things that can only be done by Silver.

However, the opposite also holds true.

I can say it myself but I dont think that Gordon his subordinates will notice. For them, Silver should be an unstoppable existence.

Impossible..thats impossiblemy rebellionwhy..? Why did you get in the way? Why are there people like you in this world..? Why..? Why, why, WHY..

Gordon! Hold yourself together!!

However, there are things that even Silver is now allowed to do.

If there was a person on the enemy side who noticed then it would only be William.

There is one flaw in my action this time. If William uses that, he can open a loophole in this situation.

It is a narrow flaw but will he notice it?

Thinking so, I look at William.

SilverI want you to tell me one thing..if we do as you sayyou will not lay your hands on us right?

Saying so, William resolutely looks at me.

Seeing him like that, I narrowed my eyes.

So he noticed it after all huh. The shackle that can bind Silver.

It was your army that used those monsters for war though?

Thats what you one-sidedly said about us. I had been denying your accusation and the fact remained that the two dragons had not done anything yet. Both the fact that they provided any advantage to my army or how harmful it will be to the Imperial Army, those things are only your conjecture. I will not say anything regarding how you have murdered our two dragons. However, if you are going to use that excuse to attack us, it will only be a false accusation.

Hou? Are you going to use that reason to run away now?

It might be true that you have the authority to subjugate monsters that might harm the people but you have no say when an army might harm them. If you are going to use such a reason to destroy my army, then by that logic, you will have the authority to eradicate all the armies in this continent, no?

Against monsters, Silvers authority is absolute. This is because of my position as an SS-rank adventurer, the highest peak of the adventurers.

However, there are many restrictions placed on dealing with humans.

There is no problem as long as it ends with a threat. After all, monsters can not be reasoned with. However, if I attack the army directly, it would be like lumping them together with the monsters.

As William says, his army did not fight together with the dragons. If an SS-rank adventurer directly attacks the army in that situation, this case will get even more complicated and the question will be about whether Silver can be trusted or not.

In the end, it will be the other SS-rank adventurers who come to subjugate me.

Williams reasoning could be said to only be sophism but he did poke where it hurt.

As expected of him. I wonder how many will notice the shackle that can bind Silver and even use it to bargain like this.

Just earlier, I defeated the dragons while saying to hell with the rules.

I cant be surprised now when I am faced with the same tactic.

In this place, my power is absolute.

And William chose to face me head-on.

The name of the Dragon Prince really cant be looked down upon.

Prince William. You are still planning to fight?

Of course. We can not go back anymore.

You have already lost two Holy Dragons. Even so, you still wont stop?

It was because I lost them that I cant give up. If I can not get something of equal value to their livesthen what did those two die for?

I am not holding a grudge against you. You have only played your part. We also bear the fault here. I admit that. But giving up is an entirely different story. The United Kingdom must get something from this! For that purpose, Gordon is absolutely necessary for us! You have no ground to touch him! You got that right!? Silver!!

Even though I have shown him that much power, he still hasnt given up and tried everything he could huh.

After seeing my attack, Gordons face went blank.

He probably couldnt accept that his rebellion has ended in a failure.

Perhaps, he no longer knows who is going to bear the flag of this conflict anymore.

No, it is pretty clear huh. Gordon himself is only the flag and William is the flag bearer.

Right now, their position is clear.

Just why this man has to be on Gordons side.

Its regrettable. Truly regrettable.

So be it. This is out of my hand.

I answered William so.

In truth, since the bracelet has already broken, it will be difficult for me to fight right now.

This time I used up too much magic power. Even though I have limited myself to use only the minimum amount while I was moving behind the scenes, I ended up having to exert myself and even relied on a magic tool.

My remaining magic power is enough to defeat William and his men but thats it. It would be tough for me to capture them or prevent them from escaping.

One could say that this is the moment the tide has turned.

I managed to stop the movement of the enemy armies and put an end to the rebellion.

I wanted to take care of Gordon now but that wasnt the job for Silver.

Below us, Lize-aneue has already organized a pursuit unit.

William and Gordon will probably have to desperately run away from them after this.

However, Williams eyes are not dead. Im sure that he will do everything he can to ensure Gordons survival. His eyes possess the strength that made me think that way.

He really is a man who doesnt know when to give up, seriously.

But, I do not hate that.

Lets yield to his stubbornness this time and quietly withdraw.

Well played. Prince William.

All troops withdraw!! We will retreat to the north and regroup!!

After he commanded so, the rebels began to withdraw all at once.

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