Khaled calmly surveyed the surroundings and spoke.

If he was going to help, he had to do it at the very dangerous moment, when everything seemed to be over.

Rescuing them when they still had some strength left would obviously make them not appreciate the help and restrain themselves.

“The First Troop has moved to the valley separately, so the waterway should be cut off soon.”

Khaled looked up at the sky.

The weather was good.

There would be no unforeseen variables such as rain or a sudden gust of wind.

“Right. It should be sorted out in two hours.”

He coldly watched Raul and his knights who were busily attacking Alrag from a distance.

He wouldn’t be able to save all of them. And he shouldn’t.

Even if criticized as unethical, Khaled was ready to appear by chance after observing their failure. So that anyone would see Raul failed, and it was Khaled who rescued him.

‘I must fulfill what Velia wants.’

That’s how he could win her heart.

Khaled calmly evaluated the situation.

‘Right… Behind…’

It was a good position to attack Alrag.

The reason Raul and his knights were struggling was because they couldn’t secure a proper position.

Of course, the slimelike quality preventing their weapons from reaching the body was a problem, but why couldn’t they secure a good position and were in such a dilemma?

‘What a waste of manpower. Such a fool.’

The knight order led by the First Prince was actually of a very high standard.

The Emperor would not have attached any mediocre individuals.

But Raul was complacent, underestimated the situation, and overconfident. That resulted in his current state.

Raul was not incompetent. If his ability was significantly lacking, no matter how much the emperor loved his son, so many people would not have been attached to him.

“It seems the monster’s power is stronger than we thought.”

Indeed, it was completely different from the normal power of Alrag, just as Velia had warned.

Khaled carefully observed the area near the monster’s tail. Naturally, there was nothing to see with the naked eye, but for some reason, that area drew his attention.

‘Is there really a magic stone there…’

The abnormal power of the monster and the location it appeared. There was not a single piece of information that was not valuable. If Velia had chosen Raul instead of him, all this information would have flowed to that guy.

Khaled felt very upset at the thought he didn’t even want to think about.

It was such a relief that Velia chose him to reject Raul’s proposal.

She might have chosen a nobleman from the same Ronica kingdom instead of him, whom she had never met. Then he might have never met her.

‘Am I lucky…?’

Khaled felt good again.

Velia sent a letter not to anyone else, but to Khaled.

Even Khaled, who would have ignored it usually, came to the Kingdom of Ronica after reading the letter.
It started with very small whims, but these little things added up to create the relationship they had now.

“Your Highness. The first prince has been injured. Should we engage now?”

At Asid’s words, Khaled scanned the battlefield once again.

Raul was injured and the knights were barely holding on.

Should he wait a bit longer, or…

‘Should he step in now.’

Raul, who had injured his shoulder, was bleeding as he retreated to the rear.

There were injured among the knights too.

No one had died yet. Khaled silently watched them for a moment.

“They’ll be annihilated if left as they are.”

…The knights are not at fault.

It would be unjust to meet their death wrapped up in the princes’ conflict.

Khaled nodded his head.

“Everyone, prepare for battle.”

Schwing.

The sound of swords being drawn could be heard.

The knights shone their eyes at the longawaited battle.

With Alag, if the first team can block the waterway, they can handle it quickly.

“Starting now, we will rescue Prince Raul and the knights. The Alag subjugation will begin after they have all been rescued.”

“Yes!”

Khaled looked at Raul with icy cold eyes.

“Then let’s commence the operation.”

The knights from the second prince’s side, who joined the battlefield, quickly drew Alag’s attention, rescued the knights and Prince Raul, and retreated to the rear.

A few knights, including Asid, stayed behind by the river and confronted Alag to prevent the monster from moving, and the remaining knights and Khaled began to treat the heavily injured from the monster battle in the rear.

Although it was only emergency treatment, it was a valuable measure that could save their lives.

“How did you…….”

Raul, who had seriously injured his shoulder, also found Khaled’s face in his blurry consciousness.

Khaled did not answer Raul’s question. Soon Raul lost consciousness, and Khaled, who had been silently watching his unconscious brother, hesitated no longer and turned to approach the monster.

The knights of the first prince, who watched Khaled draw his sword from his waist, looked at his retreating figure with envious eyes.

His personality might be disgusting and his behavior bad, but as the grandson of Duke Tessa, his skills were real.

Soon, it seemed that the knights sent upstream were successful in blocking the waterway, as the water flowing in the river gradually diminished until it eventually revealed the bottom.

“Everyone, surround the monster and attack. Don’t delay! Kill it instantly!”

“Yes!”

Khaled’s swinging sword cut off Alag’s arm.

The knights thrust their swords into the monster from all sides.

In the absence of water, the monster fell powerless.

“Waaaah!”

The knights of the first prince, who had been watching, and the knights who fought together, couldn’t help but shout in surprise at the sight of the monster being suppressed in an instant.

Khaled, with that shout behind him, walked towards the monster’s tail. Then, without hesitation, he thrust his sword in.

There was a thud, followed by the sound of metal hitting metal.

“Ha…!”

There, as Velia had said, there really was a magic stone.