Hunting, the last time this monster engaged in the activity the entire area got eradicated. The Prince got concerned knowing this unpredictable weapon would again be choosing a target. He heard a bit of the discussion earlier. The man's forces would be engaging in a duel for an unknown reason after seven days.
This meant, before that one week, his forces would be power leveling in a zone to raise their levels. If one took that thought to its logical conclusion, then it meant the likelihood that this man would hunt the area clean of resources is quite high. This meant that this person and his unfathomable strength could be used as a resource miner.
While the prince still had higher stats than Hiro, from the purity of his Calibers to the bloodlust he radiated. This man could definitely give him a run for his money. For while Dylan and his harem could take on the SSS class monster invasion, he would need days to kill them all. And that needed the royal army to serve as a breakwater for the beasts.
Dylan thought of the most trouble spots in the kingdom, one he would directly benefit from if the monsters would be annihilated. The empire maintained numerous hunting grounds to train its soldiers and system users. Having those annihilates would lead to the empire weakening as a whole.
An ideal spot would be somewhere they could clear for expansion and it would be best if the sold materials could flow back to the Dominii economy to bolster spending. Vesna who saw her husband thinking deeply knew what thoughts enraptured in his mind. She kissed his cheek and whispered. "Love, why not send them west?"
Dylan derived an epiphany from his wife's suggestion. Out of the four empires, only one area grew infamous for its brutality. Located in the lands governed by the Alabarda lay the Apocalypse zones, unlike the other empires, no kingdom from the Alabarda empire survived the onslaught of monster invasions.
Every fifty years a gigantic monster invasion called the "Apocalypse Tide" would come from the west and would require the entire human race to fight it. This is primarily the reason that no matter how many years passed Valorious technology and civilization never surpassed the middle ages.
The Apocalypse Tide would almost bankrupt the empires, millions of people would lose their lives, and brilliant heroes would perish. There were still twelve years before the tide, the battle puppets Dylan financed were his effort to replenish the Dominii ranks for the coming storm.
No one knew why the tide came, no one could spare the manpower to investigate it. What everyone knew, however, was that like clockwork it never missed a season, most kingdoms were busy preparing for it. That was why no one could spare bandwidth for the invasion business.
The crown prince now had a golden opportunity. He could investigate the place, but if Hiro and his party died, his backer would disappear. A part of him wanted them to stay safe and train somewhere near. But the gambler in him felt he should take the chance.
The riches one could gain from the monsters would be substantial. If one could figure out a way to secure a supply chain they would gain enough resources to fight with Rhyne. Vesna with her intelligence knew that what Dylan lacked were money and influence.
Being able to purchase the monster corpses from Hiro would grant him a huge boon. The monsters were rare specimens who only came every fifty years so they were in high demand. The irony of this tide was that the amount of loot they would get would allow them to rebuild and even expand.
As everyone at the table had over 100 AGI, Vesna's soft murmurs naturally could not escape everyone's hearing. Raylene, Vanessa, and Jade had fierce expressions on their faces.
Dylan noticed early on, Hiro's wives had enough wisdom to understand politics, and their movements could not hide the upbringing of nobility on top of being able to fight in combat.
Even if Arcus harems existed, very few women chose to lead and fight. When given the option of bearing arms on a daily basis or on occasion. The fairer sex often chose to latter. The only exceptions were nobility and those belonging to battle harems.
Most female system users gained access to the system by being born into a family of one or joining a battle harem. In Valorious unless you fell into either category you would never gain access to the system, thereby remaining human for your entire life.
Thus both the Battle harem system and Domination chains had the same origin point. Which made the line of power evident. To find women of such caliber Dylan knew none of them had simple backgrounds.
Unfortunately, for some reason inspection skills did not work on any of them so he had no way of knowing who they really were. Afraid they would misunderstand and think he had malicious intentions Dylan quickly explained.
"Hiro, before you misunderstand I want to explain. Your history in hunting is frightening. The area's around the empire are maintained to ensure the next generation grows in a controlled environment. Thus I cannot have you massacring everything there."
The butcher didn't say anything and waited. Crown prince Dylan took that as a good sign and continued. "There is only one place I know of that would not be missed by anyone even if you cleared it. And the materials there are extremely valuable and could make you a large amount of money."
The more Hiro heard the more he liked the idea, but before he could say anything his wives interjected for him.
"Crown prince don't be stupid! The tides require three empires worth of armies to stop them. None and I mean none of the expeditions to the land of Alabarda has returned in over hundreds of years! And you are asking my darling to go there!"
"Prince Dylan, you seem to be under the impression that Hiro-sama is a fool. Only the insane would go to those lands, they are called the apocalypse zones for a reason!"
"Husband is not your gofer, he will not be used for your ends. The materials would make you a fortune but only if you lived to tell the tale. Your way of treating your allies is extremely poor."
Caught between a rock and a hard place Dylan felt he had no good option and started to think of an area he could sacrifice to the Wolfen butcher, but before he could say anything. The man whose opinion mattered spoke.
"Tsugu what do you think?"
"Eh? What do you mean what do I think? Nii-sama they are talking to you."
"You should be aware of these lands no?"
"Yes, I have also almost died twice from my missions there. Very bad place"
"Oh? Interesting, you think you will still die there now?"
"Pfft. Pl-ease. Nii-sama, the amount of time I thought I would die while with you is already in the hundreds you know?"
Amazed at the light-hearted banter between the Mitsurugi siblings even Hiro's wives started to think these people were insane.
"So, you think we can hunt there?"
The white-haired woman then made an exaggerated thinking expression. Waiting for her words the entire table went silent. Lene, Jei, and Nessa wanted to stop the siblings but Tsugumi made a brilliant smile and said the words no one expected to hear.
"We wouldn't be who we are if we couldn't no?"
Hiro then made smiled at his sister and both Hiro and Tsugumi had Calibers start rotating around them.
"That's my girl."
"Haha, I only learned from the best Nii-sama!"
Dylan taught out of wonder. 'What kind of fucked up family did these two come from?'
