I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel Chapter 24

I became the youngest prince in the novel Episode 24

Chapter 8: Succession Ceremony (5)

Chwiseonggung (?星宮), one of the five palaces surrounding Baekseonggung Palace.

Evelyn Agnes, the owner of Brittle Palace, was pacing back and forth in her room.

The look on her face as she went back and forth like that seemed a little uneasy.

“Your Highness, please calm down.”

Dearned, a middle-aged knight with a diagonal scar on his face, looked at Evelyn and quietly opened his mouth.

“I have calmed down enough. No, I’ve never felt anxious in the first place.”

Evelyn shook her head and answered, but Dearned knew.

That’s exactly what he’s been doing since he heard the news that Prince Shion was heading to the Palace of Entitlement.

Prince Shion is probably quite worried.

“Did Shion enter the palace of qualifications successfully?”

Immediately afterwards, Evelyn asked Diorned a question.

“That’s right. “This is the fifth time you’ve asked.”

“is it.”

Evelyn took a long breath as she answered and sat down on the chair as if burying herself.

She had experienced the succession ceremony once before, so she knew very well how dangerous it was.

Evelyn could not imagine the scene she had seen of Sion going through the succession ceremony.

‘Of course, I know that something has changed compared to before.’

I felt it the last time I saw Shion and knew that there was some hidden power, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t worried.

In Evelyn’s memories, Sion was a weak younger brother who always received her help.

If it weren’t for the unwritten rule that only those involved in the exam could attend, they would have headed to the Palace of Qualifications a long time ago.

“… … “Have you seen or received anything from the eyes attached?”

“yes. There has been nothing unusual since I felt demonic energy at Chimseong Palace the other day. As usual, Prince Sion stayed in the palace until the succession ceremony.”

“If it’s Magi… … “You mean that warlock’s attack?”

“That’s right.”

In fact, Evelyn was very upset about that incident.

The traces at the scene of the incident and the testimonies of people nearby all pointed to the work of a warlock.

She couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something more hidden in that case.

“Zion… … .”

It was the moment when Evelyn approached the window, softly calling the name of Zion at the center, and looked at the palace of qualifications, which was close to her palace.

——-!

The sound of an explosion rings in my ears.

It was so small that you couldn’t hear it unless you were listening, but it was clearly coming from the palace of qualifications.

With that, her complexion began to harden.

A subtle energy felt along with the explosion.

“Magi… … ?”

If you didn’t concentrate, you couldn’t even feel it and it disappeared quickly, but it was definitely demonic energy.

“Get the knights ready right now.”

“All right.”

Diorned bows her head and answers without even questioning Evelyn’s instructions.

“I will go myself.”

There was urgency in Evelyn’s eyes as she said that and put on her coat.

* * *

Zion Agnes.

A person of no importance, neither subject to surveillance nor contact.

That was the assessment made by Delice and the monster group he belonged to until now.

But Deliques thought that assessment needed to be revised.

The sight of Sion Agnes at today’s succession ceremony was completely different from what I had heard and seen so far.

‘Plus, they even know of our existence. how?’

Could it be that they have already encountered other demons?

I have never heard of any contact with Prince Sion.

However, even if they came from the same demon region, Deliques himself did not know all the demons hiding in the castle, so there was a good chance that would happen.

‘If contact was made, what happened to that demon…? … .’

Deliques’ thoughts could not continue from there.

Crackle!

With a horrifying sound, the dark thread wrapped around Sion’s hand shot out, targeting his entire body.

Dark Soul Death (暗魂絲).

Originally, it was a Black Star ability used to track a target, but depending on whether it was used or not, it could be fully applied to attacks.

Hwaaaaaaa!

In response, Deliques lightly clenched his fists, and the surrounding magic energy clung to his entire body, forming a suit of armor.

Titty teating!

The dark spirit of Zion cannot pierce the demonic armor and bounces away.

‘I didn’t expect it to have this much power… … .’

Deliques, who had dug in between the dark hairs bouncing in all directions, pulled his right hand back sharply.

Crash!

Delique’s hand transforms into a long awl shape accordingly.

‘Even then, you can’t be my opponent.’

I destroyed the Death Knight and massacred the supervisors, but that doesn’t matter.

Those were things Deliques himself, who had returned to his original form, could easily do.

If everything Prince Shion has shown so far is all he can do, he won’t even be a match for him.

Tooung!

With the sound of condensed air exploding, Deliques’ right hand, transformed into the shape of an awl, shoots towards the heart of Sion.

An attack so powerful that the surrounding air instantly ignites.

The moment when such an attack was about to pierce Zion’s heart.

Let’s go together!

The Dark Spirits that flew out in all directions lined up like a net and attacked Deliques from behind.

Was this what they were aiming for from the beginning?

Puff poop!

Unlike before, a black thread pierced through Deliquith’s demonic armor in an instant and became entrenched in his entire body.

“Aaaah!”

Due to the shock he felt, Deliques stopped attacking and screamed.

As if he didn’t want to miss the gap that was revealed, Sion grabbed Deliques’s outstretched hand.

Quad deud deuk!

Following the gesture, the net of the female warrior becomes tighter and digs inward.

“Ugh! “You bug-like human being!”

Deliques let out a cry stained with anger and pain.

Fuhuahahaha!

Immediately, the dense magical energy that exploded from his entire body tore apart the net of the Dark Soul Temple.

However, blood was flowing from Deliques’ whole body, as if he had already suffered significant injuries.

‘He’s stronger than the junior I met last time, but… … Compared to the intermediate level described in the chronicle. ‘Isn’t this an entity that has completely reached intermediate level?’

Shion, who roughly guessed the strength of his opponent in that one clash, raised Black Star.

Along with that, an alien darkness descends around Zion.

Sion had no intention of prolonging this battle.

If the battle continues, the outside world will definitely notice and come rushing in.

‘I have to finish it before then.’

It was not yet time to let people know that there was a demonic presence within the imperial castle.

“dare… … .”

Monsters that hide in the human world are trained in the skills they need to possess.

However, this did not change the basic tendency to despise humans.

Therefore, Deliques was feeling great anger at this situation.

Because, as a demon, he couldn’t tolerate being treated by humans.

Dudduddu!

An incomparably more vicious demonic energy flows out of Deliques and begins to fill the entire control room.

Kwazijic!

Screens that cannot withstand the force and shatter.

Soon, Deliques’ new form, which was in the midst of such demonic energy, seemed to disappear.

Phew!

It appeared right in front of Zion.

The speed is almost like moving through space.

Using that speed as a driving force, Deliques’ fist pierces Shion’s head.

No, what I was trying to do was right.

Sreuk-

Because the pierced new form of Zion scattered from the spot like an illusion.

Dark Currents, the representative movement technique of the Black Star.

Soon, the scattered Shion gathered back together behind Deliques and stretched out one hand.

Kiiiiing!

Zion’s hand moves forward, absorbing all the surrounding light.

but.

“I already knew it would come out like that!”

As if he had expected it, Deliques immediately turned 180 degrees, smiled fiercely, and unleashed a storm of magical energy that he had prepared right in front of Sion.

Black magic bomb.

One of the most powerful techniques possessed by Deliques, it is a conglomerate of magical energy that has enough destructive power to blow up a palace the moment it touches it.

At this distance, you can’t avoid it or react to it.

‘I won’t even let you leave a body behind.’

Soon, the moment when the magic storm and Sion’s hands touch each other with a young joy in Deliques’ eyes.

“That goes for me too.”

Zion’s eyes were curved like a crescent moon.

Black hand.

It is the most basic Black Star technique, and one of the techniques that most captures the essence of Black Star.

There was no explosion, no light, no sound.

As soon as it touches the blackened hand of Zion, the storm of magical energy disappears as if it had never existed in the world from the beginning.

“… … !”

Shion’s hand immediately pierced the upper body of Deliques, who was astonished and unable to even utter the right words at the scene that was incomprehensible to common sense.

Quad deuk!

A hand digs inward, lightly ignoring the demonic armor surrounding the demon.

Immediately afterwards, darkness like a flame seemed to burst out from Zion’s hands.

Kwaaaaang!

With a large explosion, half of Deliques’ upper body was blown away.

“Kwaaah… … .”

Despite this, Deliques, who was moaning and unable to tell if he had stopped breathing, began to stumble and slowly regenerate his body.

However, its speed was significantly slower than that of Liu Sina that Zion had seen.

‘Is the object of comparison wrong?’

Shion puts aside his pointless thoughts for a moment and immediately begins attacking Deliques.

Sion had no intention of waiting until all the demons in front of him were regenerated.

“Kwaaah! “You piece of shit!!!”

In response, Deliques forced his not-completely regenerated body to move and fought back against Sion’s attack.

But the victory was already tilted.

Kwak-ga-ga-ga-gak!

The demon’s eyes become more despairing as the battle continues.

I couldn’t even see a way to get out, let alone win.

All of your movements are blocked, and all of your opponent’s attacks hit critical points.

Is it like reading the future?

‘No, that’s not it.’

Why didn’t I know from the beginning?

Only now did Deliques know.

There was a huge gap between him and that monster named Zion from the beginning.

‘Even when dealing with supervisors, he didn’t show his full strength.’

No, not only that, but even now it seemed like it wasn’t fully showing.

Perhaps even if his body was fine, the result would have been the same.

A perfect joke.

dump.

Deliques finally fell to his knees, feeling his body no longer regenerate.

In the eyes of such a demon, the image of Sion is reflected, with darkness blooming all over his body, coming to finish him off.

The figure looked like a grim reaper.

“The accursed blood of Agnes.”

A vain voice flowing from Deliques’ mouth.

Soon after.

Kwasik!

Darkness swallowed his head.

‘The accursed blood of Agnes… … .’

Sion’s eyes turned black as he looked at Deliques’ disappearing body for a moment.

Use your bright eye to find the transmission core inside the corpse.

‘There it is.’

Soon after, Zion found the transmission core and immediately destroyed it.

Quack!

It was a very important task because it was absolutely necessary to prevent information about oneself from leaking into the demon realm.

After completing the task so neatly, Sion’s head turned towards the entrance to the control room.

‘Those guys… … .’

Since when has it been around?

The door to the control room was suddenly open.

And beyond that door, two men and a woman who appeared to be participants in the succession ceremony were standing with their mouths open with expressions of astonishment, looking in this direction.

‘It seems that the entire palace system was paralyzed due to the battle that occurred here.’

That’s why I could have skipped the exam and come straight here.

Shion glanced at the completely destroyed interior of the control room and slowly walked towards the two.

Jerk, jerk.

The same steps as when Zion first appeared in the Palace of Qualification.

But Lynette’s eyes, watching those steps, were shaking in an incomparable way.

‘What about that just now…? … .’

After the Palace of Qualifications test stopped, she and Veil recklessly moved towards the place where they felt the magic energy and darkness.

Because I thought nothing would be resolved even if I was there.

The moment you climb up the floor of the test and finally open the door to the control room you find.

Lynette could see.

The corpses of supervisors fill the control room.

and.

Quad deud deuk!

In the center, Prince Sion is engaged in battle with a being clad in darkness and emitting terrifying magical energy.

No it wasn’t a battle.

Just one-sided violence.

Lynette knew.

The only beings in the world that emit such magical energy are demonic beings, and each such being has a strength that far surpasses that of humans.

How much strength do you have to have to destroy such a monster like that?

‘And how could the demonic presence be here…? … .’

It was a huge event on a completely different level from the undead I had seen just before.

in between.

Jerk.

Shion came right in front of Lynette and Veil and looked at them with drowsy eyes.

Unable to bear the ominousness in their eyes, the two lower their heads, trembling without realizing it.

Are you really saying that the person in front of you is the one called the imprisoned prince?

I couldn’t believe it.

at that time.

“You are in second place.”

Zion pointed his finger at Lynette and opened his mouth.

“… … yes?”

Lynette questions the endless words with a puzzled expression.

Shion, ignoring her question, pointed to the veil next to him.

“You are in third place. “Congratulations on passing the succession ceremony.”

Shion passes by the two who are still standing blankly despite those words.

Soon, Shion, who was walking slowly, looked back at Lynette and Veil and opened his mouth, as if something had occurred to him.

“And what you just saw is a secret.”

A voice that is quiet but full of power that can never be disobeyed.

Seeing Shion grinning along with him, the two nodded frantically.

With those words, Shion turned his head again and left the nearly destroyed control room.

Knights were approaching from afar.

fantasy,