I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel Chapter 23

I became the youngest prince in the novel Episode 23

Chapter 8: Succession Ceremony (4)

In the imperial castle, there are five palaces that appear to surround the central Baekseong Palace.

These are the palaces with the grandest scale, except for Baekseong Palace, where the emperor resides.

The top floor of Hyeokseong Palace, the reddest palace among those palaces.

There, a man with dark gray hair was sipping tea and looking out the window.

How much time has passed?

“The night of rest is gone?”

At some point, the man opened his mouth to the wizard who was standing behind him with his hands folded politely.

“… … That’s right. “It was completely erased overnight.”

The wizard bowed his head and answered.

“It is said that, except for the first, second, and third floors where guests stay, no traces of people were found on the upper floors. “The strange thing is that although there were traces of battle, there were no blood stains at all.”

“There was no blood stain…” … Was the Blood Tower involved?”

“We’re looking into it now.”

“Those guys should have been brought in during this succession ceremony, right?”

“That’s right.”

The man tapped the window frame with his finger as if he was annoyed.

“I didn’t expect to lose a fairly useful hand like this.”

A night of rest.

It was a hand that could be used and discarded at any time, but at least it wasn’t a hand to lose now.

“Recently, the results of things related to that guy Shion haven’t been very good.”

Zion Agnes.

The man’s own half-brother.

I was just trying to get rid of it because it was annoying to see it wandering around without knowing how to use it, but it was slipping away like a loach.

The man didn’t like it when someone else got involved in the plan he had already made.

Especially if he doesn’t even have the qualifications.

Additionally, if Sion passed the succession ceremony and officially became one of the emperor candidates, there could have been a change due to his maternal family.

“Am I lucky? Or really… … “Is there something there?”

The man muttered that and looked at the Baekseong Palace reflected outside the window again.

“If I survive this succession ceremony, I might have to see it again.”

But the man thought that couldn’t be possible.

The succession ceremony he prepared this time could never have been avoided by luck alone.

* * *

Degurrr.

In the director’s office, which quickly becomes silent, the only sound that resonates is the sound of the mage’s severed head rolling.

“how… … .”

Lambard’s eyes fluctuate.

His eyes were fixed on Sion, who was standing behind the wizard’s corpse.

The other supervisors slowly began to feel bewilderment and astonishment at the appearance of someone who should never be here.

“Kill!”

At that moment, Lambard, who had quickly grasped the situation, glared at Zion and shouted.

I didn’t know how I got here, but I was in a situation where I had to kill Prince Shion at this succession ceremony anyway.

The supervisors here are also not that weak in terms of force.

If they attacked all at once, I didn’t know if I could handle them easily.

‘It went rather well. ‘It’s better to come here on your own than to miss out.’

But that’s Lambard’s thoughts.

Kwazijijik!

The next moment, everything changed completely.

Without any warning, the heads of the two supervisors next to Shion explode.

“Attempted assassination of a direct royal family member, and manipulation of the succession ceremony. “I believe you both know that it is a summary judgment.”

Shion speaks senselessly through the blood pouring from the corpses of the overseers who are collapsing with their heads missing.

Tadadat!

The other supervisors, who finally came to their senses, began to rush towards Zion.

Shion easily dodged the sword strike of the middle-aged knight who arrived first by simply twisting his body.

Quad deuk!

In one fell swoop, the heart was ripped out of the knight’s chest.

Fresh blood bursting out along with it.

Behind Zion, who took a big step forward, covered in fresh blood.

Quagwagwagwang!

The fireball crashes down and shatters the surrounding screen.

Using the aftereffects that flowed from him, Zion increased his speed even further and ran straight in front of the wizard who shot out a fireball.

“what… … !”

A wizard who is taken aback by the incomprehensible speed, but quickly wraps his entire body in a shield of flame.

The flame was so vicious that it could turn a person’s body into ashes the moment it touched it, but Sion did not stop and hurled his hand toward the flame shield.

The darkness that is densely condensed by the hands of Zion.

The moment when Zion’s hand and shield collided with each other.

Sreuk-

There was no explosion.

There was no sound.

A shield that simply disappears as if it never existed in the first place.

“mad… … .”

Kwazizig!

The wizard’s head was smashed as he was shocked and cursed at the incomprehensible scene.

Along with that, blood and brain matter burst out in all directions.

Zion knew.

The most effective way to deal with a large number of people is to engrave overwhelming fear into the minds of the enemies so that they cannot move properly.

Therefore, Zion was taking the lives of the supervisors more cruelly than usual.

“What a devil!”

The supervisors were shocked by the sight, but did not stop attacking.

However, they had already lost their momentum and were no longer a match for Zion.

Quad, quack, quack!

Each time you make exactly one move, one life is lost.

A movement with no unnecessary elements.

They were all people with enough status to enter the imperial castle, but there was no mercy in Sion’s hands.

From the time he was emperor until now, Sion has never saved the life of someone who tried to kill him.

No matter who it is.

“What on earth is this…?” … .”

Lambard was looking at the scene with blank eyes.

Although the supervisors gathered here now may not be exceptional, each one of them was powerful enough to lead a small group.

In the first place, there was no way in a succession ceremony that valued military power, those with less military power would be appointed as supervisors.

But those people were being torn apart like sheets of paper by the hands of just one Prince Zion.

‘Didn’t you show everything even when dealing with the Death Knights?’

I couldn’t believe it.

The reality is that everyone is being butchered by one person who is called the shame of the Agnes royal family.

monster.

A word that comes to mind when looking at direct blood relatives who are steeped in Agnes’ blood.

Lambard was now seeing such a monster in Prince Sion.

“Please, please save me… … “Aaaah!”

“Your Highness Zion, please have mercy…” … “Gagging!”

A battle that takes place in a room.

No, it could no longer be called a battle.

One-sided massacre.

The supervisors beg Prince Sion for their lives, and Prince Sion takes the lives of those supervisors without hesitation.

“How can you kill something like that… … .”

Lambard fell to his knees in despair as he looked at Prince Sion, who had taken the lives of everyone in the room except him.

Can’t kill.

It was decided from the beginning.

Just like water flows from a river to the sea.

Jerk, jerk.

Zion slowly approaches Lambard in ominous darkness and opens his mouth with a sly smile.

“Someone probably told you to do this too. “You are probably the ones who follow with everything and the ones you fear the most.”

“iced coffee… … .”

Zion and Lambard’s eyes meet.

Lambard felt as if Zion’s eyes were digging into his heart.

“by the way. “It is not he you should fear.”

There was no need to say that afterword.

You would have already understood without me having to say it.

Kiiiiing!

With him, the darkness that gathers again at Zion’s right hand.

Lambard, feeling indescribable fear in that ominous darkness, shouted urgently.

“I will tell you! I’ll tell you everything about the person who did this, so please spare your life… … .”

No matter what you do, your life must be saved.

Lambard thought so.

The reason he kept himself alive in the first place was probably to hear information.

But the words that came out of Zion’s mouth once again exceeded his expectations.

“You don’t have to say anything.”

“… … yes?”

“Because I already know.”

“… … !”

With those words, Sion smiled and struck Lambard’s head without hesitation.

Kwasik!

Lambard’s head rolling around on the floor with eyes full of questions.

Shion looked at that head for a moment, then looked at one of the corpses scattered everywhere and opened his mouth.

“How long are you going to stay like that?”

A strange situation where you are talking to someone who is already dead.

Obviously, it was normal for there to be no answer, but there was confidence in Shion’s eyes that an answer would come back.

and.

“Did you get caught as expected?”

A neutral voice is heard immediately.

With him.

Wood clatter!

A corpse of a wizard with its chest pierced suddenly stood up, twisted its entire body, and began to transform into something.

A body similar to a human but with different proportions and clear horns sprouting from the forehead.

Almost black skin and pupils with no whites.

The thick demonic energy flowing out with it showed that it was a demonic entity.

Demon.

Among the monsters living in the demon realm, they are the closest to humans and at the same time the most difficult to deal with.

‘It seems to be a higher-level entity than the one I saw last time.’

Although she didn’t know it when she first entered the control room, Zion could tell from the demonic energy that came out slightly when the demon broke the heart of a disguised human a little while ago.

In addition, its smart pronunciation and neat appearance showed that it was a higher-ranking entity than the monsters that had been dealt with in Chimseong Palace before.

‘Well, it was in Chimseong Palace, but it’s even weirder that it’s not here. Rather, it worked out well.’

Since it was an opportunity to find out the power of the demons, Shion smiled quietly and lifted up the Black Star.

In the meantime, the demon, who had completely changed to his true form, looked at Zion and opened his mouth.

“I never thought it would turn out like this. “That imprisoned prince was hiding such power.”

The demon, Deliques, was truly surprised.

It was a scenario that even he, who had been hiding in the imperial castle for a long time, could not have expected.

I never dreamed that my identity would be revealed in this way.

Besides that.

“… … “Aren’t you surprised to see demons in the imperial castle?”

Delice’s eyes, which had been showing an expression of surprise as he saw Shion not even twitching an eyebrow at the sight of him, gradually turned colder.

It was natural for beings who did not belong to the devil to be embarrassed or startled the moment they saw the presence of the devil.

Because monsters were the enemies of the entire world, including humanity.

But there was only one thing that caused such a reaction.

“You already knew.”

How much do you know?

Are you a demon?

Or even other beings that permeated the imperial castle?

Dark magical energy begins to seep out of Deliques’ body.

“I was just going to go… … I changed my mind. “I have something I want to ask.”

A magical energy of such high purity that it cannot even be compared to the monsters I have seen before.

A normal person’s face would turn white just by being close to it.

“That’s not up to you.”

However, while still looking at Deliques with calm eyes, Sion quietly recited.

“I decide.”

Let’s go together!

Soon, darkness like Zion’s thread began to leak out from both of Zion’s hands, accompanied by a sound like scratching on a blackboard.

* * *

The second floor of the exam in the Palace of Qualifications.

“Where on earth did you go?”

A member of Hermes, one of the top exploration teams of which there are only five teams in the world.

And Lynette, who was also Agnes’ collateral blood relative, was wandering around looking for Prince Sion, who had disappeared right before her eyes.

‘If you want to survive this crazy succession ceremony, you have to stick next to Prince Shion.’

Suspicions about Prince Sion’s unknown power had long since been put aside.

Because I had to survive here to clear up those suspicions.

If you were next to Prince Sion, who had taken out four monster-like Death Knights in an instant just moments ago, your chances of survival would be even slightly higher.

‘But the problem is that I have no idea where Prince Sion has gone.’

As part of the exploration team, she was well versed in tracking, but she could not find any trace of Prince Sion, who disappeared right before her eyes.

‘Should I give up?’

It was a moment of confusion in her eyes.

Jerk.

The sound of footsteps coming from the corner of the maze right in front.

Sugagagak!

As soon as she heard the sound, Lynette pulled out her crescent-shaped sword and swung it towards the direction of the sound.

If it was a Death Knight, I was planning to attack first and then jump right away.

but.

“Shouldn’t we at least check whether it’s a person or a monster before swinging it?”

Whoops!

Her sword was blocked by a steel shield along with a familiar voice.

Soon, a man catches Lynette’s eyes.

It was the veil of the Steel Magic Tower.

The condition of the veil was not that good.

Blood was still seeping from the deep cuts from the shoulder to the side and from the sword wounds that looked like they had been hastily stopped bleeding all over the body.

“Are you still alive?”

“I thought you would die on the first floor.”

Words of kindness exchanged favorably with him.

“Have you seen Prince Shion?”

After that, Lynette opened her mouth as she took more careful care to stop the bleeding on Veil.

“Prince Shion? I didn’t see it. “I think he probably would have died a long time ago.”

“No, he’s alive. And I have to find it.”

“What does that mean?”

Bale asks him with questioning eyes.

“You know that this succession ceremony is strange, right?”

“okay.”

“If we want to survive this succession ceremony, we must find Prince Shion.”

“So I asked what that meant.”

“Because he is the strongest.”

“No, what nonsense…” … !”

Bale was about to lose his temper due to Lynette’s continued incomprehensible words.

Quaaaaaaaaaaa!

The palace of qualifications began to shake with a loud explosion sound coming from above.

At the same time, the magic circles that controlled the entire palace lose their light, and the tests on each floor begin to stop one by one.

“What again this time!”

The moment when an embarrassed cry came out of Lynette’s mouth in that unexpected situation.

——-!

Lynette and Veil, they could feel it.

The dense darkness that engulfs such demonic energy along with the horrifying demonic energy that extends from the upper part of the palace.

fantasy,