Prince Lethers’ Curie skills were truly impressive.
Yuren did win a few times, but soon adapting to Yuren’s uncombo, the prince ultimately defeated Yuren.
In the meantime, other gamers approached while watching Yuren and Prince Lethers play the game.
“Wow, that guy is really good.”
“I think it’s the first time since Pink Curie that someone plays Curie this well.”
Seeing the atmosphere, Yuren stepped aside so that others could challenge Prince Lethers.
Prince Lethers, seemingly excited, taunted everyone.
“Haha! Anyone is welcome! Is there no one who will challenge me?!”
“Well, if you put it that way, I, Karuga from Zephia, have no choice but to step up.”
“Haha! Good! Bring it on!”
The taunting effectiveness of Prince Lethers was remarkable.
Onlookers began to challenge Prince Lethers.
“Hey, doesn’t that guy look like Prince Lethers from that match yesterday?”
“Oh, come on! There’s no way the prince of the Kingdom of Ra would come to a game center! He’s just a tourist from the Ra Kingdom who looks similar!”
“Yeah, you’re probably right.”
Their unthinkable thoughts made Yuren feel uneasy.
Meanwhile, Prince Lethers was engaged in a fierce battle with other gaming masters from Zephia.
Some were using Karuga, some Blanc, and others Alicia to attack.
Having only engaged in predictable battles with his subordinates, Prince Lethers was impressed and enjoyed playing against the masters of Zephia who fought in ways he hadn’t anticipated.
As he thought he would return to the palace in about an hour with nothing happening,
Yuren watched as Prince Lethers was relentlessly hit with infinite combos from Karuga.
‘Oh, this time the prince completely lost,’ Yuren thought.
In the meantime, they quietly appeared at the game center.
About five or eight individuals, they quietly surrounded the place where Prince Lethers was gaming.
The people deeply focused on their games didn’t notice them.
One of them grabbed Prince Lethers from behind.
When the person who seemed to be the leader nodded, that individual slowly approached the prince from behind.
If he stabbed Prince Lethers in the heart with the prepared dagger, their grand mission would be accomplished.
With such a sense of duty, he thrust the dagger towards the prince’s heart.
But…
“WHAAAT!!? What the heck!?”
The assassin’s hand was suddenly bound by a green vine.
Yuren, who had been behind the prince, reflexively swung Yudra’s whip.
“Who the hell are you guys?”
At Yuren’s words, they stepped back.
The gamers around them seemed too engrossed in their games to notice the commotion, and the prince still focused on his game.
There was still a chance to assassinate Prince Lethers.
“That’s none of your business.”
“We just need to take care of that dragon bastard. We don’t want to see blood between compatriots, so step aside.”
Facing off against the assassins, Yuren found the situation absurd.
The fact that he had created a fighting game and ended up being a boxer in a coliseum was absurd enough, but now there were assassins too?
He wanted them to leave him alone for once.
Yuren sincerely told them,
“I don’t want things to get noisy either, so just turn back and leave.”
But they couldn’t just turn back after coming this far.
The three assassins in front of him drew their knives in response to Yuren’s words.
Yuren felt a headache coming on.
He couldn’t tell how many were there, and if the prince got hurt, it could get really messy.
Was this the only way left?
Yuren decided to use his trump card only available at the Zephia game center.
“Everyone, there are knife-wielding punks causing trouble here!!!”
Yuren’s shout drew everyone’s attention.
Chaos was expected, but while the assassins were panicked by Yuren’s attention-grabbing preemptive strike, all eyes in the game center turned to them.
“What?”
“A knife?”
“Are you serious, in the holy game center?!”
As the news spread that someone had a knife, gamers in the game center began to gather around.
Only then did Prince Lethers notice them.
“Hmm? What’s going on, Yuren?”
“Please remain quiet and watch, Your Highness.”
While I was stopping the prince from trying to jump into the chaos,
The apparent veteran gamer with a shaved head spoke to the knife-wielding assassins.
“Hey, you folks, why don’t you put away the knife? The only thing allowed in the game center is a chair.”
The assassins were bewildered.
Typically, an ordinary person would be alarmed just to see a knife and run away.
However, there was no fear in their eyes.
“Do you guys want to die!?”
“We don’t want to see any unnecessary blood, so everyone back off!!!”
Even the extremist assassins understood that this was a game center.
But they only knew it was the perfect spot to commit assassinations while people were gathered there for fun, not what kinds of people were currently in the game center.
Panicking, they swung their knives, threatening the gamers.
“They’re not listening to reason…”
“I guess we have no choice; let’s all go shirtless for a bit!”
“Ooooh!!!”
On the signal from the shaved head, the gamers took off their shirts.
Then…
“W-What is this!”
“What kind of muscles…?”
Their toned muscles were revealed in the game center.
Each gamer displayed combat-ready muscles as if they were warriors, overwhelming the assassins with their presence.
This was the result of Yuren’s Legend Fighter connection.
With the activation of martial arts training linked with Legend Fighter, it had become a trend among gamers to learn their main character’s martial arts.
Beyond that, among groups of masters, a culture had developed where one had to win in martial arts battles to be recognized as a true victor.
Such games and martial arts were centralized in the Zephia game center where top-tier masters gathered.
This was also the reason why Yuren had granted the prince’s wish.
Because right now, the Zephia game center was one of the safest places in the empire.
“I told you, I don’t want to get noisy.”
Surrounded by dozens of muscular men, the assassins found themselves cornered.
Consumed by extremism and resenting the world, those who had not even undergone the most basic self-training had only one option left.
“Damn it! Kill them!!”
“Uwaaaah!!”
The eight assassins threw themselves at the prince in a frenzy.
But…
“Lightning God’s Fist!!!”
BAM!!!
“Gahhh!!”
The shaved head gamer skillfully unleashed Zergas’ Lightning God’s Fist.
With one powerful punch, the leading assassin crashed into the wall and fell unconscious.
The situation for the other assassins wasn’t looking good either.
“Uurgh!!!”
“This technique is called the Dark Grasp of the Black Forest, you know. Normally, you’d faint within ten seconds of getting caught. How long can you hold out?”
There were gamers systematically demonstrating actual martial arts techniques to subdue the assassins.
But most used the standard weapons allowed in the game center to overpower the assassins.
Thud! BAM!
“Argh! Cough! Ugh!!”
Thud! Thud! Thud!
“Holy! In the game center!”
Thud! Thud! BAM! Thud!
“Who do you think you are, swinging knives around!”
Thud! Thud! CRASH! Thud! Thud!
The only move allowed in the holy game center was the ‘Chair Shot.’
With a shock absorption spell, it delivered about the impact of a rubber mallet, but that only counted if it was done softly.
Even a rubber mallet could kill someone if properly used.
As the eight assassins were being overwhelmed by the gamers in Zephia, Prince Lethers watched and asked Yuren,
“Haha! Is the Zephia game center always this lively?”
“Well… it gets this way occasionally with uninvited guests.”
Seeing the situation settling down, Yuren checked the time and spoke to the prince.
Though he wanted to stay and watch more, time was up.
“It’s time we go. Come on, Your Highness.”
“Has it already come to that? What a shame, but it can’t be helped. Let’s go, Yuren.”
Prince Lethers stood up, keeping his word.
As he looked at the assassins lying around, frothing at the mouth, Yuren approached a gamer with pink hair who had been watching from the corner.
“Then please watch the back for me, [Pink Curie].”
Nodding,
the pink-haired gamer, Mineva, silently nodded in response to Yuren.
With nothing but happy memories, Yuren and Prince Lethers left the game center.
Only the eight assassins, or punks, and the Grey Witch, who heard the news of their failure, had a fateful night of suffering.
*
The next day came.
After safely returning to the palace and casually going through all the schedules, the prince began his journey back to the Kingdom of Ra as planned.
Since it felt like a proper farewell as his sparring partner, I attended the event.
After the formal greeting, the prince approached me informally, requesting a handshake.
“Yuren, thanks to you, I leave Zergas with joyful memories until the end. I wanted to express my gratitude.”
“I also enjoyed it, Your Highness.”
As I shook the prince’s hand, the stormy moments flashed through my mind.
There were plenty of moments where I broke into a cold sweat, but ultimately I had fun as well.
However, one thing was certain: I wouldn’t touch martial arts for the next ten years.
I now hated martial arts… I was scared of martial arts…
While I was thinking like that, Prince Lethers handed me a red gemstone, the size of a thumb, shaped like a dragon.
What’s this?
“What is this?”
“Haha! If you show this in the Kingdom of Ra, they’ll guide you straight to me. I look forward to the day we meet in the Kingdom of Ra, my friend Yuren.”
With those words, Prince Lethers set off for home.
Like when he came, he left the palace confidently, leading his subordinates and maidens.
Finally, the moment had come when all missions were complete.
