Monkey Prince escapes

Chapter 35: Monkey Prince escapes

His name was Kuyu K. Gunny.

The fourth monkey prince decided to finally make an appearance in the world. It was his first war and battle to retake their territories back, but his skills already exposed his natural talent.

The Royal Bloodline could often influence the soldiers and it was a common feat.

Even if the royal person didn't have any abilities related to an army, the royal's influence could bring their soldiers closer to the origin.

Since Kuyu K. Gunny's presence had been that influential, General Fran and Vis assumed he was a person with army-related skill.

If not, then it was raw talent right here!

Vis narrowed his eyes, "This is bad…" Within his eyes, the battle between General Fran and Kuyu K. Gunny unfolded. The sword and staff continued to clash with each other, bringing tremors and sparks to the battlefield.

However, the monkey prince had an edge and it was just a matter of time before he would take down the general.

Similarly to them, the soldiers from the Kuyu Empire had been showing off far greater results on the battlefield.

"Miku, I will give you control over a few zombies," Vis glanced at his second servant, then issued an order. He also gave her control over his army as it was what the true general should be able to do from the very beginning.

It was an easy process.

Miku nodded, feeling the connection with various zombies spreading through her mind, "Yes, I will take care of them."

Like a good servant, Miku promised to take care of the zombies and bring down all enemies her master wished to fall.

"I hid a few zombies before on our stroll. Just now, I made their fists and teeth flash with silver skin." It was the strongest battle mode for those zombies as of now, "I don't know if you can use my abilities, but just order them around and silently take down as many Kuyu soldiers as possible."

Vis left the order, then Miku turned around and prepared to leave. She didn't have any maid clothes, but the armor and gloves were prepared from the Merthic Empire. She still should be able to blend in the environment and use her speed to pass the battlefield.

Just before she could pounce, Vis added, "Kill anyone that tries to wound you."

In this world, people would have a lot of thoughts depending on the battlefield and their mood.

Some soldiers possibly could think of changing sides or just leaving the battlefield with a few women.

In this case, Miku would have a conflicted mind, but Vis gave her a lot of freedom.

"Yes," Miku replied and disappeared into the battlefield.

Left alone without anyone accompanying, Vis turned his eyes to the two most important people.

'I can't expose too much. It would leave others suspect of me and other brothers would treat me differently.' While thinking like that, Vis rushed to help General Fran.

He already had an idea as to how to move, but this idea put a scar on his heart.

The plan was to move like a victim and just use his black bones to endure every attack from the monkey.

Vis would 'sacrifice' his body to hold the monkey and allow the general to take the final blow.

That was why he didn't even try to hide, but played a dumb person that was rushing to save the general, "I will help you!" Vis even shouted like a naive idiot.

But General Fran didn't even have an option to shout back at him as the royal monkey was turning more serious and aggressive.

However, he was exactly the person that could speak carelessly, "Oh, these eyes… This appearance… Are you royalty from Merthic Empire?" Gunny giggled and added, "You don't look that familiar, and the way you just moved and shouted; Are you the fifth? Haha!"

As he got recognized instantly, Vis shouted, "Yeah! That's me. What a smart monkey you are!" He taunted, then stood in front of the general with his arms spread.

This allowed General Fran to sigh with relief as he finally could rest for a little. But he was disappointed as Vis gave off the different feeling before.

Now, the fifth prince exposed his naivety and stupidity.

"Haha! I am so lucky, am I not?" Gunny clenched his staff tighter, "Not only I will retake our territory, but I will also bring Merthic Blood to our empire!" No way in the world would Gunny let General Fran rest.

His staff became bigger for both Merthic Fighters as Gunny closed up distance.

His thrust perfectly landed on Vis' forearm! The silver-haired prince raised it to protect himself, but both General and The prince expected his arm to break.

However, the silver skin was already here.

It didn't engulf his whole arm, but the place where Gunny had aimed.

"You aren't that useless as the rumors say," He commented on this, then retreated his staff. Once it went behind him, Gunny unleashed more power that made his hair and clothes flutter from all this energy leaving his body!

He then went on the mad assault that broke through Vis' defenses.

His staff was just so nimble and flexible that Vis felt something hitting his back once! The silver skin couldn't properly keep up with this whole process, "AHHHH!" And Vis screams were what everyone could hear in the vicinity!

But it was fine as Vis wasn't feeling that wounded at all. He just screamed more because his whole plan was to play the victim.

However, General Fran commented, "How foolish. You are just shaming the name of the Merthic Empire! I must… kill this monkey!" And everyone else that had seen or heard those sounds.

Otherwise, the failure descendant's rumors and tales would again spread around the continent and people would point their eyes at them.

General Fran stepped in the duel, but Gunny had been waiting for it, "Your prince was doing a great job to save your ass. Are you going to abandon all his hard work?" He giggled and unleashed a few more thrusts.

The staff was amazing, but the prince had immense control over it.

General Fran could predict far more of its trajectories due to his experience, but he still got hit a few times.

By then, he heard Gunny's voice, "I will make this prince sleep. Can you stop me?"

The victim, Vis, had been doing his 'utmost best' to help the general and even tried to catch the staff too.

But all of this was useless and Gunny just kept laughing at him… Nonetheless, it was also disturbing and any lucky catch would greatly threaten his life.

Sometimes, even a second was enough to kill.

That was why Gunny decided to neutralize the threat by just knocking Vis unconscious.

General Fran said, "Try it." He wouldn't back off nor he planned to beg or even sound weak. He sounded confident, instead.

The monkey smiled, then unleashed his staff. It swept through the area, then stopped.

It stopped.

"Hah?" The monkey let out a stupid exclamation, then glanced at Vis who held the staff with everything he got.

His appearance didn't match the strength behind his grip.

The staff didn't even tremble after Gunny tried to take it back.

"MONKEY PRINCE!" That was the advantage that General Fran needed! Even though he shouted, his sword was already close to the prince's head!

This one slash could as well end his life!

And if he gave up on the staff, then the monkey prince's strength would get halved if not even more!

These two thoughts clashed within Gunny's mind and he belatedly tilted his head. His shoulder got slashed instead due to that.

"UHHH!" His eyes trembled and slightly popped. He never felt this much pain due to how talented he was, but now, the battlefield became the new experience that was bound to change his life.

That was why he took that pain with himself and let the staff go.

He then nimble began to escape!

"Shit!" General Fran cursed, but he instantly took orders from his soldiers! His eyes assessed the battlefield, then Merthic Soldiers began to take down enemies one by one.

"No one can survive this! After them!" General Fran also moved forward, but he glanced at Vis for the last time.

The fifth prince's eyes didn't meet his.

Instead, the prince had been looking forward as if following the monkey prince with his eyes!

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"Damn! For how useless they made him, the fifth prince turned out to be a pretty tough guy! I even lost my staff… Father will be angry! Ahhh!" The monkey prince cried out loud while escaping!

He held his wound with his hand, but when he imagined his father's anger, he raised his hand and massaged his forehead.

It ended up with him getting a lot of blood onto his face…

The prince's goal was to reunite with his soldiers and escape as it was their loss.

He didn't nor never planned to fight until the end as his life was just that valuable.

However, the monkey prince felt like something was off… "Where are they?" He just felt his people through his royal bloodline, but they suddenly disappeared as if they died.

He narrowed his eyes cautiously, then sneaked his way deeper into the forest.

Here, a woman with white hair stood with some soldiers around her.

This woman also had blood on her hands and this blood belonged to Gunny's people!

He clenched his fist and kicked the ground to take her by surprise.

A monkey's punch was not an easy thing to take.

The white-haired woman just felt it with her head as it separated itself from her body and flew up into the sky!

"Merthic Empire! You even dare to chase after me!" Gunny shouted, then threw more punches at those soldiers.

They shouldn't even be able to take him down as General Fran and the fifth used so much strength to just wound him!

What should be an easy pie turned out to be an easy pie!

The soldiers fell one by one, then Gunny exclaimed, "You have been avenged, my soldiers!" He then clenched his hand and looked at it with narrowed eyes. One could see the pain caused by the loss of his soldiers…

His people died because he wanted merits… But those merits would strengthen him and his path.

Even now, Gunny felt stronger and richer with experience!

"UGH!" But he suddenly spat out the mouthful amount of blood! His eyes turned to his clenched fist that was already red from all the blood.

He then shifted his eyes to the hand that was coming from behind him.

A slim hand pierced through his body, heart and left through the other end!

"Who?" He questioned, his eyes turning around.

Here, he saw a headless dullahan standing behind him.

The green chains snatched his soul a minute later…

"Ridiculous…" The Monkey Prince died before his talent could fully sprout.

How many prodigies had fallen before they could reach their peak?

So many that Gunny was grain in the background of those fallen.