Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure

After he pulled out this dark stone, Duke Yuletide raised his other hand up to his mouth.

However, he didn't seem to do anything after that.

With the way that he was just standing there, it was almost as if he was hesitating to take this final step.

Both the fourth prince and I knitted our brows when we saw the dark stone that he took out.

While I had no idea why the fourth prince was looking like this, I had this worried look on my face since I could feel the magic energy coming from this dark stone. It was clear that whatever this dark stone was, it wasn't a normal item.

It was clear that this thing was some kind of magical item that must have some kind of shocking effect if Duke Yuletide thought that it would be able to save him from this situation.

It was just that I had no idea what this was.

That was until the fourth prince suddenly said, "Where did you get this thing?"

When Duke Yuletide heard this, the hesitant look on his face was replaced with confidence again.

He had been hesitating over using this thing since there was a dire consequence that came with using it. However, if the fourth prince recognized it and knew what this thing was, then he would have a chance to avoid using it.

After all, if he could just use this thing to bluff his way out of this, that would be good enough for him.

If he didn't need to actually use it and was able to threaten them into letting him go, that would actually be the best case scenario. After all, that would mean that he would have some kind of leverage to protect him and his family as they escaped from this kingdom.

As long as they still had the Snake Syndicate, it was possible for them to rise up in another kingdom.

That was what Duke Yuletide thought.

So he lowered the hand that was in front of his mouth and lowered the hand that was holding the dark stone high up.

He didn't bring it all the way down and just held the dark stone in front of him as he said with a smile, "You recognize this?"

The fourth prince didn't need to say anything, but he still said with a nod, "That's a Summoning Crystal, isn't it?"

I was surprised since I had heard of these Summoning Crystals before. However, it was only in the flavour text of the game and wasn't in the game itself since the Summoning Crystal would have been too broken of an item.

I had also heard online that while this game was still in testing, the Summoning Crystal had been considered a broken item that was immediately taken out by the developers.

So I knew that the Summoning Crystal that the fourth prince mentioned wasn't a normal thing.

I narrowed my eyes to look at the dark crystal in Duke Yuletide's hand after the fourth prince said this.

Duke Yuletide gave a satisfied nod before saying, "It's good that you recognize this thing." Then his eyes suddenly turned sharp as he said, "Since you recognize it, you should know just how dangerous this thing is."

He raised it up a bit higher before saying, "If I were to unleash this thing, what do you think will happen to everyone here?"

Both the fourth prince and I knitted our brows when we heard this.

I turned to look at him and I found that he was looking at me as well.

It was clear that both of us were hesitating on what to do in this situation.

However, I could see that there was a trace of a plan that was in the fourth prince's eyes when he looked at me. Unlike me who didn't have a single idea, it seemed like the fourth prince had some idea of what to do.

Well, since that was the case…

I didn't believe that the fourth prince would make a bad decision in a situation like this.

So I just suddenly gave him a nod as if I was agreeing to whatever he was planning to do.

The fourth prince was surprised to see this and he even looked at me as if he was confirming whether I was really supporting what he was planning to do.

In response, I just gave another nod of agreement.

I had no idea what to do, so I trusted the fourth prince in this situation.

I was certain that he would have the same idea as me in a situation like this.

But…

After seeing this nod, the fourth prince turned to look at Duke Yuletide and said, "Men, take him down! Don't mind the Summoning Crystal and just focus on taking him down! We will not let him escape today!"

I looked at the fourth prince with a shocked look on my face when I heard this.

At the same time, Duke Yuletide revealed a very ugly expression as he saw the fourth prince's people moving towards him.

He knew that it was impossible for him to bluff his way out of this situation, so Duke Yuletide once again lifted his hands up. One hand was in front of his mouth while the other one was held high up above him.

Seeing him like this, I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile.

It seemed that this time, the fourth prince and I were not on the same page.

I thought that the fourth prince would think of some way to take Summoning Crystal away from Duke Yuletide before he had a chance to use it, but it seemed that this wasn't the case.

The fourth prince was just planning on using brute force to take Duke Yuletide down which would most likely be the most costly move.

It was just that it was too late to stop it.

When Duke Yuletide saw the fourth prince's men coming closer, he suddenly bit into his finger and there was blood that came out. After that blood came out of his finger, he raised that hand up to where the Summoning Crystal was and dabbed his finger on it, leaving his blood on the Summoning Crystal.