Chapter 304.

I retrieved the remains of the dragon tooth soldiers and those that were still intact, putting them into my pocket space before undoing the Fireflys Bright Annihilation. Of the 28,000 soldiers in total, about 10,300 were intact. More than 5,500 needed simple repairs, and 6,000 were ruined to the point they had to be half-remade. I had no choice but to dispose of the rest completely.

However, the ones done in by my great-grandfather had turned completely into powder, so I didnt have to dispose of them, which saved me some trouble.

"Then, shall we run? I said to myself, while stretching and checking my bodys condition after the Curse of the Giants disappeared.

Just then, someone arrived behind me on a deer and said, "You'd better not do that.

I turned my head to look at the person; it was Hestia noona. I asked, "Third Sister? Why are you here?

Third Sister smiled gently and greeted me. "Long time no see, Youngest. You've gotten much taller since I last saw you.

"Well, I was in my growing phase. What brings you here? I asked.

Hestia noona got off the deer and said, "It's nothing. Aunt Talaria, our secret agent working on the outside, has requested assistance from the village. So I came out for experience as the chiefs advisor, and as a military advisor for Father."

"Aunt? Wait. Military advisor? That means...! I exclaimed, surprised.

Hestia noona nodded. "Right. The full force of our village is outside of Olympus Forest."

I couldnt help but be shocked. "If it's the full force, then the council of elders has also come out?!

The council of elders was the strongest organization among the five major organizations in the village. If the warrior force and the guard division were for growing youth, then the council of elders was for older, stronger individuals who had mastered their martial arts. It contained only monsters that were on par with or stronger than dragons.

"Yeah. Of course, they didn't come this far."

"They did well moving their heavy butts. They were the same old people who stayed put when I ran away without getting permission after being chosen as the successor, I said admiringly.

In fact, when I ran away, I had taken into account that the council of elders likely wouldnt make a move. If they had taken action, I would have been caught in less than a day.

Hestia noona smiled bitterly. "From their point of view, your running away was just a trivial accident made by a little troublemaker. There was also Father's precedent as well.

"I suppose compared to what Father did, my actions must have seemed cute."

They had probably laughed at me, saying I had been too quiet so far and that now I was really my father's son. Back home, I had caused less trouble than my brothers, of course, but the same had even been true for my sisters.

"And even if you run away in your current state, Father will catch you soon, so give up, Hestia added.

I frowned and pressed down on my forehead, troubled by Hestias point. "Kkeung~[1] Thatll likely happen, right?

If I were in normal condition and the dragon tooth soldiers were fine, it wouldnt have been impossible to run away. But my condition now was at its worst and my power had been cut in half. In addition, my use of mana was restricted for the time being because I had even used Firefly's Bright Annihilation.

For now, waiting for my father calmly was the only way to increase my probability of escape.

"Why did Aunt ask for help from the village? If its our villages force, it must be a pretty big deal, I asked.

Hestia noona sighed. "Let's go back to the main force of the imperial army first and talk about it then. You're tired, and they should have almost arrived at Shellen Fortress by now."

They were much faster than Id expected. Id thought they would arrive tomorrow at the earliest. If I had known this would happen, I wouldnt have had to deal with the Space Specialist and Curse Specialist.

"Uncle, Mac hyung. Wake up. How long are you going to remain sprawled out and asleep? I woke up the two people who had fainted after being hit in the forehead by my great-grandfather's strong aura.

"Kkeung, I'm dizzy.

"Uwack, I'm getting nauseous. This is second place among the experiences I don't want to have again.

The two were struggling with the aftereffects of having been hit with the Curse of the Giants. But anyway, how painful had that terrible experience been for the curse to only come in second place?

"Ehew, tsk tsk. I couldnt even overcome that. Tristan?" I clicked my tongue and called Tristan.

"Yeap. Did you call me, Master?" Tristan emerged in front of me from my pocket space. He was holding Yvain and Ovain, who had both been cut in half at the waist, in both hands.

"My lower body feels empty, Prince Crow!

"What is this? Is this what it feels like to wear a skirt, Prince Crow?"

The twins smiled playfully and joked.

"Oh my. And these people are?" Hestia noona asked, looking curiously at the twins who were alive even after their lower bodies had been severed.

I answered the question as if it were nothing. "They're my servants. Tristan, please take care of those two," I instructed, pointing to Uncle Bloody and Mac.

"Yeap, the servant has to listen to his master." Tristan roughly threw the twins away and picked up Uncle Bloody and Mac.

"Argh! So mean! I can't believe youd abandon your comrades who were cut in half!

"Are you becoming like Prince Crow?"

"No! I'm sure hes becoming like Mordred, not Prince Crow."

"No way! Mordred grew up naive, living only in a forest, and abandoned Tristan plenty of times!"

Yvain and Ovain spoke in turn as they complained to Tristan. Tristan simply kicked the twins in the back of the head, summoned a black horse, and put them on its back.

"Aigoo! Save me!

"The wicked hunter is trying to kill us!

In response to the twins dramatic behavior, Tristan smiled cheerfully and lifted them both, saying, "Ahahaha! No, youre a dragon tooth soldier now, so you have to say Save me, a dragon tooth soldier." [2]

"Argh! You Farhan-like bastard!"

"Right! Farhan!"

The twins shouted Tristan's real name, and Tristan threw the twins back into my pocket space without hesitation. He then suggested, "Well then, now that we've collected all the broken ones, and all the normal ones have entered the pocket space, let's go now, Master."

I nodded and whistled to call my deer, which was still flying in the sky. I could barely use mana at all, so it was impossible to even unsummon the deer.

"Tristan, I'm hungry. Get me something to eat from the pocket space, I said. I felt empty because I had vomited on an already empty stomach. But I couldn't do anything about it myself, because I couldn't even open my pocket space.

At my request, Tristan smiled and opened my pocket space, throwing bread at me before remarking, "What? Have I become Master's nanny now?

"Well, it's kind of like that. You rose in status from a servant to a nanny in just three minutes, I joked with Tristan as I bit down on the soft bread.

"I'm so thankful it makes me cry. Then, should I raise my status with the goal of becoming Master's knight? he responded.

"Then let's go back, Noona, I said, expecting no further inconveniences to happen.

I mounted the green deer with my white half-mask in my inner pocket. Then, I rode the deer through the sky and headed for the fortress, thinking, I'm glad I'm not the one injecting mana.

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When we returned to Shellen Fortress, at a glance, hundreds of thousands of troops could be seen crowding around.

As we approached the fortress, Orphina's Red Dragon Knights took off and flew up to us.

"Your Highness General