...unless Father was gone himself… At the point of his betrayal, the crown prince seemed to see through everything.

He had underestimated the second prince and devoted all his attention to dealing with the threat of peak-grade lifeforms that lay before them instead. Survival was the most important thing—he expected that everyone, like him, would be focused on the threat of the peak-grade horde.

Most importantly, his brothers were a blind spot of his. He was so far ahead of his other brothers, and his father all but viewed him as his successor. As a result, the crown prince never expected any of them to pose a threat...