I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel Chapter 185

I became the youngest prince in the novel Episode 185

Chapter 48 Floating City (2)

Is it because of the dense trees?

Or is it because of something else?

“Damn, damn!”

Someone was running through a dark forest where there was not a single ounce of light, swearing.

A woman with light gray hair tied up in a ponytail and a strong body.

The woman was Lynette, a member of the special exploration team ‘Digging Eyes’, one of only five in the empire.

“Why does this only happen to me again!”

Even though Lynette let out a cry mixed with frustration and fear, she never slowed down.

No, on the contrary, I used all my strength to speed up even more.

Because it was clear that the moment I slowed down, the ‘things’ chasing me would take my life.

‘I am the god X who accepted the request!’

The place where Lynette is now is the ‘Forest where the sun never rises’, located in the northwest corner of the empire.

The reason she, who was in the capital, came this far away and was being chased was because, just like last time, a request came in for the expedition team.

A request received from ‘Black Fairy Village’, the only village within the forest.

The content of the request was that strange, unidentifiable things had appeared in the center of the forest some time ago and they were to be investigated.

Exploration leader Allos, who felt it was similar to the previous request from Hoire Village, tried to send Lynette, who had solved the request, once again. She refused several times, but eventually accepted under jaw-droppingly unconventional conditions.

And the first thing Lynette saw when she arrived at the ‘Black Fairy Village’ after accepting the request was the black fairies that had been wiped out without even leaving behind their bodies, and ‘something’ chewing on the bodies of those fairies.

‘What on earth are those?’

With that thought, Lynette slightly turned her head and looked at the ‘something’ chasing her.

Gurgling-

They were strange creatures that looked like werewolves, but their entire bodies were made of red, blood-like liquid.

No, it was questionable whether they could really be called living things.

This is because the internal organs that a living organism should have did not exist at all.

Of course, Lynette had never seen or heard of such a being.

‘This is the limit!’

My breath reaches its limit and my legs become heavy as if I had cast iron weights on them.

In contrast, those strange creatures were chasing after me at a speed no different from the first time, as if the concept of fatigue itself did not exist.

at last,

“f*ck you!”

Lynette cursed loudly, stopped running, and turned around.

He decided that it would be better to fight while he still had some strength left, rather than to face death in vain with complete loss of strength.

“Even if I die, I’ll take one of you with me!”

With a scream that was like a struggle, Lynette drew her sword and rushed towards the strange creatures.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Finally, the strange creatures were about to attack her with their mouths so wide that a living creature’s jaw structure would never have been able to do so.

Pow!

The body of the strange creature that was charging in front exploded without even leaving a trace.

“… … uh?”

The moment Lynette saw the scene and a dazed voice came out of her mouth because it wasn’t something she did, bub bub bub!

The bodies of other strange creatures behind also began to explode in succession without any warning.

with him,

“I think I’ve come to the right place.”

An eerie yet familiar voice sounded in her ear.

Lynette turned her head and saw a red-eyed woman looking in this direction and smiling.

“All of you!”

“We met again?”

A woman lightly waves her hand at Lynette, who shouts with her eyes wide.

It was Liu Sina.

“Now, now…” … .”

Soon, Riosina slowly walked up to Lynette’s side and turned towards Lynette, who was still looking at her with her eyes wide open.

“Let’s go find out where these guys come from.”

He smiled and opened his mouth.

* * *

Magic proxy war.

It was an event that was even called the flower of an exchange conference, as it was a place where wizards representing the empire and floating cities competed against each other’s magic.

The purpose was to improve each other’s magic level through friendly competition, but the battle itself was bound to separate winners and losers, so as time passed, it developed into a kind of battle of pride.

That is why the loser in the magic proxy war goes to the extreme for three years to win the next proxy war.

‘But I never thought they would send Prince Sion away in such a proxy war.’

Archendelt, the deputy mayor of Adegripa, thought so and looked at the stadium where the proxy battle of the new wizards was taking place with complicated eyes.

Quagwagwagwang!

As expected, as promising players who will lead the next era, their level was incredibly high for someone of their age, but Archendelt could not focus on that.

‘It’s not even a new proxy war, it’s a free proxy war.’

The proxy war at the exchange meeting was divided into two parts.

A proxy war in which promising players participate and a free proxy war in which high-ranking wizards participate.

Among them, the one in which Prince Zion participated was the free proxy war.

‘Are you sure you think of proxy war as a joke?’

Archendelt shook his head as if to deny the idea.

For that reason, the magicians from other empires who participated in the proxy war were amazing.

‘I’m sure I’ll be embarrassed… … .’

It was a situation where he had to worry about deliberately losing in order to save the royal family’s face.

Archendelt looked at the other wizards who were looking at the list as if they were having similar concerns, and then his eyes turned to Ahamad, who was watching the game next to him and constantly letting out excited exclamations.

“I… … “Ahamad, I have a question to ask you.”

“Please tell me.”

“Does Prince Shion know how to use magic?”

I already know this isn’t the case, but I was asking just in case.

But the answer he received was as he expected.

“As far as I know, Prince Sion cannot use magic.”

“Then why did you participate in the proxy war? “I think it would be difficult to fight.”

“Hehe, you never know. “His Majesty Zion may be thinking of something else.”

It certainly could have been a possibility.

The restriction in magic proxy warfare was not ‘you must use only this’ but ‘you cannot do certain things’, and there were many loopholes.

However, there was a reason why it was decided that way.

Because of the ambiguous scope of magic.

If you look at it in a small way and say that only spells systematized by ‘level’ are magic, if you look at it in a big way, things like witchcraft, elemental magic, and holy magic also fall into that scope.

Therefore, I couldn’t pinpoint one thing and define it as magic.

‘Even so, if you don’t have basic magic skills, you can never win.’

The restrictions imposed, such as prohibition of using weapons, prohibition of physical contact, and prohibition of use of any special abilities related to martial arts such as sword energy, were terrifying.

‘I really don’t know.’

Even while Archendelt was in trouble, the proxy war continued.

And the free proxy war finally begins.

The Empire’s participants in the opening match, marking the beginning of such a free proxy war, were:

“Huh, from the beginning… … .”

It was Zion.

Shion hears his name called and walks straight to the center of the stadium with his eyes unclear as to what he is thinking.

On the other side of the arena stood a dwarf wizard who was already seen as an opponent.

Grimmel, the elemental tuner.

Just like his nickname, he was a wizard who manipulated elemental magic and was one of the strongest, ranked 17th in the magic hierarchy.

However, Grimmel’s face was so distorted that anyone could tell.

‘That’s annoying.’

In fact, he really didn’t like this situation.

It was a proxy war that had been prepared for three years since the last defeat.

But then, Prince Shion, who can’t even use magic, is his opponent.

‘What on earth do you think of proxy wars…? … .’

I was so irritated that I became angry.

Therefore, Grimmel had no intention of keeping Archendelt’s earlier request to be gentle.

No, rather, I was planning to push it even harder.

‘I’ll attack you as soon as it starts and make it so you can never even think about participating in a proxy war again.’

No matter how much they belong to the royal family, they cannot be held responsible for injuries caused by proxy wars.

In Grimmel’s mind, the thought that he would lose did not exist.

I had heard that Prince Sion was strong, but unless he could use magic, defeat was almost certain.

Soon after,

Whick!

With a sharp sound signaling the start of the game, Tuhwahahak!

A dozen flame spears created around Grimmel began flying toward Zion.

Is he really a top wizard ranked in the top 20?

Even though it was a very basic magic, the power of each flame spear was strong enough to blow up an average house.

“Such dangerous magic from the beginning!”

Archendelt’s eyes, who were watching him, were filled with embarrassment.

Meanwhile, Grimmel’s flame spear had finally reached right in front of him and was about to hit Sion’s whole body.

For a moment,

Sreuk-

All those windows disappeared.

As if it never existed from the beginning.

“… … uh?”

Then, a questioning voice came out of Grimmel’s mouth.

Because I couldn’t figure out what just happened.

“What are you doing!”

Still, like a battle veteran, Grimmel quickly came to his senses and immediately fired the next spell.

This time it was hundreds of arrows made of ice and a huge hand sticking out from the floor.

His specialty, cross-attribute magic, was unleashed.

But this time too,

Phew!

Grimmel’s magic disappeared right in front of Sion without being able to reach it.

And at that moment,

“!!!!!”

The wizards who were watching the scene with Grimmel’s eyes filled with bewilderment stood up.

“Uh, that is!”

It didn’t happen because I knew what Shion had done.

On the contrary, it happened because I had no idea how it was done.

It was no exaggeration to say that the level of wizards attending the proxy war was the highest in the entire empire and floating city.

It was quite shocking that they could not even grasp a fragment of the principle.

“Dispel?”

The words that flowed from the mouth of one of the wizards.

But everyone there knew that wasn’t the case.

In order to dispel, or nullify magic, the process of calculating the target magic in reverse was essential.

However, in that scene just now, no such process existed at all.

Jerk, jerk.

slowly.

Shion walks towards Grimmel, who is looking at her with trembling eyes.

“what… … what!”

Quaaaaa!

Grimmel began firing magic indiscriminately at Zion.

At the same time, darkness flickers faintly around Zion, seemingly invisible.

The magic that touches that darkness is erased without even leaving a trace, like a stone sinking beneath the surface of the water.

“That power… … .”

It’s not against the restrictions, but it’s not magical either.

A heterogeneous power that has never been seen before.

When the astonishment of the wizards watching him deepened,

“Aaaah!”

In the end, Grimmel, who had lost half of his senses, even began to unleash magic that should not be used in sparring.

A high-ranking wizard known to always keep his cool in any situation.

There was a reason why such a high-ranking wizard lost his temper so easily.

Jerk, jerk.

A terrifying pressure flowing from the approaching Zion, consuming all magic.

The pressure was growing bigger and bigger with Zion’s steps, weighing heavily on Grimmel’s spirit.

And finally, Shion came right in front of Grimmel, and boom!

His fingers lightly touched his final spell, which had just been completed in his hands.

That moment,

Quaaaaaaaaaaa!

With Grimmel’s spell contracting like a black star sucking everything in the world, a huge wave of power erupted from him, shattering everything around him.

Along with that, a thick layer of dust rose up and covered the stadium.

Soon, where the dust cleared,

Fighting-

There was Grimmel, who was thrown out of the stadium and thrown against the wall, unconscious, and Sion, who was standing in the same spot as before the explosion.

“… … .”

The silence that follows.

It was a completely unexpected sight and a completely unexpected result.

No one could open their mouth and just stared blankly at Zion.

at that time.

From the mouth of Zion, who looked at those people with languid eyes, no different from the first time,

“The sky became whiter than yesterday.”

Suddenly, words of unknown meaning flowed out.

Even in the confusion, people had doubts in their eyes, but Zion did not answer those doubts and just smiled to himself.

‘This should be enough.’

This is the end of bait spreading.

Now it was time to wait for the fish to take the bait.

* * *

The proxy war that followed proceeded smoothly.

The level of such proxy wars was jaw-droppingly high, but the wizards were unable to properly focus on it.

Because the battle that Zion showed during the opening match continued to remain in my mind.

That’s how intense and shocking the battle was.

After many twists and turns, when Zion returned to his assigned lodging after completing all the proxy battles and completing other schedules, it was already late at night.

‘I should have just summoned the frost spirit.’

As soon as the proxy battle was over, Shion, with a slightly fed up look on his face as he remembered the countless wizards clinging to him with the intention of grabbing his trouser legs, immediately lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

Actually, I was at a point where I didn’t need sleep, but getting a good night’s sleep for an hour or two was helpful for the next day’s activities.

But Zion’s eyes opened again not even a minute later.

“Are you here?”

With those words, Shion smiles and looks somewhere.

It seemed that the fish took the bait earlier than expected.

fantasy,