webnovelvip Chapter 376 There are limits to being a princess, so, Father and Brother, I'm not going to be a
Chapter 376 There are limits to being a princess, so, Father and Brother, I'm not going to be a
Chapter 376 There are limits to being a princess, so, Father and Brother, I'm not going to be a princess anymore!
After being reminded by You Gou Hui, Broly and the others suddenly realized that they had made a mistake. In order to protect the future peace of this world, they needed to form a new Demon King army, but they did not actually need to form an army that could fight against the combined forces of the three kingdoms. They only needed to form an army that looked capable of fighting.
"Yeah, that's right. After all, we want to prevent war from happening, not start it!"
Darkness suddenly realized, and the others followed suit.
"To achieve this, all you need is a nominal power. You don't need to actually hire people and build a real army. You just need to hire some extras to put on a large-scale murder mystery drama. This is much cheaper than building an army, which is perfect for those of you who are short on money."
"You're quite something," he said again.
"Wow, that's amazing! You're a genius!"
She praised him gently.
"No way, it's just that I've written so many stories that I'm better at grasping the main point. If you hadn't explained the details to me, Youyou, I might have thought you were trying to create a Demon King Army 2.0."
You are very humble.
"Ah, I don't want to do anything like this, anything that involves deception."
However, while everyone was excited to have found a super money-saving solution, Huihui shouted out, clearly expressing her disagreement.
Because she didn't want her future Red Devil Army to be just a facade, filled with hired temporary actors from murder mystery games.
"Ha, if you don't want to fake it, then show me the money! Want to play it real without money? You're not getting a free ride!"
Aqua retorted without any politeness.
"But this kind of facade will crumble at the slightest provocation. We are meant to pose a continuous threat to the three great kingdoms. If someone sends someone to test us, they'll find out that the Demon King's army under me, the future Demon King, is utterly incompetent. Then who will be afraid of me? And why would the three great kingdoms unite as a result?"
Huihui quickly retorted.
"Hmm, Huihui has a point."
Darkness stroked her chin and said something fair.
"This problem is actually easy to solve."
Everyone instinctively looked at the blindfolded girl next to them. She puffed out her well-developed chest, and her red eyes, which weren't covered by the cross-shaped blindfold, shone with wisdom as she gave the answer directly.
"All we need to do is create a spectacle that will deter others from easily sending anyone to test the new Demon King's army, and that will be enough!"
"For example?"
"For example, when Megumin makes her appearance, she can display her powerful strength in front of the three kingdoms and use magic to create a terrifying barrier."
Some adventure novels have this kind of description, where a super villain appears and all sorts of miraculous phenomena occur, making you feel that he is a powerful figure just by reading the description of his appearance.
It has to be said that the plot is old-fashioned but classic and effective. Even some monsters in the wild that are good at illusions rely on similar bluffing tricks to scare others.
"Hahaha, I knew my explosive magic would one day shine, and that day has finally arrived!"
Huihui suddenly burst into laughter, feeling that no one else could do it better than her with her ability to describe things so well!
"Megumin, what level has your Explosion Magic reached now?"
They're incredibly curious.
"Enough to blast a small mountain apart!"
Huihui answered with absolute confidence.
"Wow, that's amazing?"
You might be a little surprised.
"Of course! Don't you know who I am?"
Hugh, who was living off his parents, puffed out his chest like a fried egg, completely forgetting that his level was mostly achieved by being carried by his companions.
"However, if it's only this level, it probably won't scare anyone."
He's quite talkative.
"Ha, you're something else, aren't you? You're not kidding me, are you?"
Huihui looked over with a displeased expression.
"Yes, it's not scary at all. If my sword energy is released at its maximum power and is not obstructed by anything else, it can easily cut down a mountain."
Destroying a small mountain isn't particularly difficult, except for expending more energy to unleash a powerful sword strike.
The Demon Princess crossed her arms in front of her chest. With her strength, if she hadn't encountered Broly back then, she wouldn't have been defeated so easily like cannon fodder.
"There's really nothing difficult about it."
Princess Alice nodded in agreement, saying that her strength was similar to, or even greater than, that of the Demon King's daughter.
She excels in large-scale battlefield combat techniques and attack techniques against large monsters; destroying a small mountain might be easier for her than for the Demon King's daughter.
"Hey, you two, you can't be bragging, can you?"
Huihui stared at her.
"I'm not bragging. You're underestimating the strength of this world's top professionals. To put it simply, your explosive magic with the power to blast mountains was something that any officer in our Demon King's army could withstand."
Huihui looked at the Lich Lady, while Wiz simply smiled and did not refute her, clearly acknowledging that what the Demon King's daughter said was true.
"You need a bigger spectacle."
She's quite the talker.
"But even my explosion magic can't do that, how can I...?"
Huihui stopped halfway through her sentence, realizing she had made a foolish mistake.
At this moment, apart from the members of the Yougou Association, everyone present turned their attention to Broly.
"I've already come up with an idea for you. As long as we combine the power of all the great mages of our Crimson Demon Clan and carefully arrange the stage, we're sure to create a super-large-scale entrance and appearance."
And the location will be set on the former territory of the Demon King's army, the [Wilderness Plains]. Hey, why are you all looking at Broly?
He was quite good at coming up with ideas, but suddenly realized that no one was agreeing with him. After noticing that everyone was watching Broly, he couldn't help but ask.
"If we're just talking about creating a grand entrance without needing anyone else, Broly can do it all by himself."
"Youyou said."
"Um?!"
They looked at the Saiyan boy with great surprise.
"Yes, I should be able to do it."
Broly nodded to her.
"To what extent can it be done?"
They're incredibly curious.
Broly thought for a moment, then squatted down and patted the ground.
"What do you mean?"
There's enough that you won't understand.
"I can blow up the earth beneath my feet, this planet."
"?!"
Not only was the man stunned, but everyone else was also stunned.
Everyone knew the boy was capable, but they didn't know the exact limit of his capability.
However, one thing is now clear: it is literally the extent to which it could destroy the world.
"Ah, it doesn't have to go that far."
Even someone as skilled as him couldn't help but wipe away a bead of cold sweat at that moment.
"To what extent should it be done?"
The boy pressed for more details.
"The exact extent to which it will be achieved is still uncertain. We need to see how many people and who they are in this grand drama of 'World Crisis Reappears, New Demon King Army Appears'."
. . . .
"Bang!"
Inside the royal palace of Belzegu, the first prince, Jedis, suddenly smashed his wine glass on the ground.
"This is outrageous! This is outrageous!"
The demands made by the diplomatic officials from the Kingdom of Bradrue that day infuriated the warlike prince.
"Jedis, calm down."
King Belzegu comforted his son.
"How can I stay calm? Father, those guys from the Kingdom of Bradru are shameless. They actually used national diplomacy to threaten us."
If we don't marry Alice to their prince, they will support the Kingdom of Elord internationally and cut off their military funding to us.
But Alice, that's my sister, your most beloved daughter. If they had asked for it normally, I could accept it, but they used threats! What do those guys take my lovely sister for?
"A reproductive tool to improve their royal bloodline."
The old king answered the question.
"Father, you know?!"
Jedis looked over.
"What's there to not know? Those guys from the Kingdom of Bradru are always imitating us in Belzegu, from absorbing the bloodline of heroes to forming a legion of magical beast cavalry."
"They learn from us, but they don't dare to go to the front lines like we do. Their royal family just cheers us on like cowards, only sending some dragon knights to support us."
Jedis was somewhat sarcastic, feeling that the soldiers of the Kingdom of Bradru were more noble than their royal family.
"In fact, we had no choice but to go to the battlefield ourselves, since we were the country that bordered the most Demon King's territory back then."
"Yes, but now the Demon King's army is gone. Those guys who hid so well back then have now betrayed us. Even if we are willing to take a step back and share the Demon King's former territory with them, those greedy guys are still not satisfied and think that our Belzegu Kingdom will be a new threat."
Jedis clenched his fists. This kind of diplomacy, which was both soft and barbed, rendered him powerless. Even though he could fight the Demon King's army officers to a standstill on the battlefield, his military strength was ineffective against the harassment of his former ally.
He wanted nothing more than to smash the heads of the Kingdom of Bradrue's diplomatic officials today, but he knew that doing so would only put his father in a difficult position.
"This is human nature; there's nothing we can do about it."
The old king sighed.
"But we never intended to threaten them."
Jedis argued.
"But we do have the force to threaten them."
Even if someone has the ability to do something but doesn't have the intention to, they will still inspire fear in others.
If instigated by someone with ulterior motives, even the best allies will begin to distance themselves from them.
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The Kingdom of Elord is like this, while the Kingdom of Bradru is the one with ulterior motives.
They didn't step forward when the Demon King's army was around, but now that the Demon King's army is gone, they jump out and demand benefits.
Furthermore, they also want to challenge for the position of the number one power.
"Father, what are you really thinking?"
Jedis asked the question.
"Let them have their way."
The old king said.
"What? You're going to marry Alice off to him?"
As soon as Jedis finished speaking, the old king, who had stood up, punched him on the head.
"I mean, they think we're a threat, so why don't we just pretend we are!"
"Well……"
The First Prince rubbed his forehead, which had been hit so hard, and was somewhat speechless.
"It's because you didn't explain things clearly, Father, that I misunderstood."
Jedis complained, but immediately fell silent when the old king looked at him.
"We will prepare the army in secret, and the day we set out to fight will be six months later, during the autumn harvest."
"This should have been done a long time ago!"
"But before that, we need to play dumb with them first. Tomorrow, reply to the Kingdom of Bradru and tell them that we need to consider Alice's marriage."
"Then relay the message from the Kingdom of Bradru to the Kingdom of Elord, letting them know that the Kingdom of Bradru is willing to form an alliance with us."
"no problem."
"By the way, what about Alice? Don't let that child misunderstand and think we really want to sell her for the country."
"The maids told me that Alice went to Axel to visit a friend and clear her head. Should we call her back?"
"Jedis asked."
"No, now that the Demon King's army is gone, she no longer needs to shoulder the heavy responsibility of protecting the country, so it's better for her to live more freely."
The old king waved his hand.
. . . .
The next day, Princess Alice returned.
It brought him and his son some frightening news.
"Father, elder brother, having been a princess for so long, I've come to realize that there are limits to what I can do as a princess..."
"Ah, Alice, what do you want to say?"
"I want to help you. I know what the future holds for this world, but I don't want to see a world that has already achieved peace plunge back into an era of war and chaos."
"Alice, you are a smart child, but you don't need to worry about anything. Leave these things to your brother and me."
"No, Father, Brother, if you can't handle this, I have to help."
"So how do you want to help?"
"I'm not going to be a princess anymore! I'm going to join the new Demon King's army and become a super villain!"
"ah?!"
The old king and the first prince, Jedis, were stunned when they heard this.
Upon seeing this, Princess Alice, who had been looking serious, revealed a look of having successfully pulled off a prank.
"Just kidding, my friend and I are planning to play the role of a major threat to humanity and rebuild a new, impressive demon army..."
The little princess explained her experience of going to the Scarlet Devil Village yesterday, recounting Miss Sokatter's prophecy and the thoughts of her friends, including Megumin.
"In this way, the other two kingdoms will also have to rely on Father and Brother, and on our Belzegu Kingdom, again because of the emergence of the new Demon King's army."
After hearing about the massive script-based murder mystery game project, the old king and his son felt that the project actually had a promising future.
If they act well, they might actually be able to avoid war and allow the other two kingdoms to change their ways again.
"Although we don't have much money, there are ways to do things even when you don't have money. On Miss Yougou's advice, we decided to hire people to set up a large number of magic circles on the desolate plains."
When the new Demon King, who is also my friend Megumin, makes her appearance, put on a grand entrance show so that outsiders cannot discern the true strength of the new Demon King's army and dare not easily probe its situation..."
After Princess Alice finished speaking, she cautiously looked at the old king and the first prince.
"What do you think, Father, Brother? Do you think what we're doing is appropriate?"
"Yes, but not quite right yet."
"Huh?!"
"Why bother with a fake Demon King's army? If you're going to do something, do it for real."
"That's right. If you don't have enough money, my father and I will send you some. If you need manpower, we can also cut some people from our country's army and let them join you."
After they finished speaking, the old king and his son exchanged glances, each seeing in the other's eyes the meaning of "keeping a bandit in order to enhance their own prestige."
[I should have thought of this earlier. My sister (daughter) is so clever, while my father is too rigid in his thinking (and my son is too simple-minded). Luckily, we have the lovely Alice~]
Sigh, I wonder which rascal will manage to marry such an outstanding sister (daughter). They'll have to carefully vet their future brother-in-law (son-in-law)!
"Alice, have you discussed this with your father and brother?"
Just then, Broly came over and asked.
"It's all agreed that my father and brother are quite supportive of our plan and are willing to provide us with financial and manpower support."
Princess Alice smiled sweetly at the boy.
"Let's go back to Scarlet Devil Village. Megumin is still rehearsing her entrance moves and lines."
As Broly spoke, he moved closer and picked up Princess Alice.
"Thank you for your support. We'll ask for more money and manpower if needed. I'll take Alice back now."
Holding the little princess in his arms, Broly bowed to the two wide-eyed people, took two or three steps toward the window, and then jumped up and flew out of the window.
The old king and the first prince watched the figure fly rapidly away in the sky and fell silent.
"Father, has my sister been kidnapped?"
Jedis was a little unsure, since Broly looked rather young.
"What do you mean 'kidnapped'? This is called 'having one's heart set on someone else.' Didn't you see how she didn't resist at all, and naturally wrapped her arms around the boy's neck?"
The old king tapped his son on the forehead again.
He had already recognized the Saiyan boy's identity. Although today was their first meeting, he still knew about the young hero who had defeated the Demon King's army more than two years ago.
Although the family's beloved youngest daughter was kidnapped, this was considered a respect for the long-standing tradition of the Belzegu royal family—the princess marrying the hero.
"Brother Broly, could you fly a little slower?"
Meanwhile, Princess Alice, who was being carried away in the sky, asked the question.
"What's wrong? Is there a draft coming in through my protective shield?"
Broly looked at Alice in his arms with some confusion.
"It's not that a wind is blowing in, it's just that I've never flown like this before, and I want to fly a little longer, is that not allowed?"
Princess Alice asked cautiously.
"That's possible."
Broly thought for a moment, then slowed down and retracted his air shield.
"But we have to get back before noon, I don't want to miss the lunch Youyou made."
He added.
"Okay~"
Princess Alice nodded obediently, looking down at the land flowing slowly below, wondering if she should catch a dragon as a mount, or, as the prophecy foretold, become a bone dragon knight.
(End of this chapter)