I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel Chapter 254

I became the youngest prince in the novel Chapter 254

Chapter 65: Attack on the Imperial Castle (1)

The imperial castle can be said to be the center of the Agnes Empire.

Among such Hwangseong structures, there is one special thing.

The five palaces surrounding Baekseong Palace.

These palaces, which are currently used by candidates for the next great emperor, were built suddenly after the end of the First World War, and the purpose for which they were built is unknown.

One peculiar thing.

If you connect these five palaces and Baekseong Palace with a line at the vertex, a huge magic circle with unknown meaning will appear.

– Excerpt from The Wonders of the Imperial Palace

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Chimseong Palace training hall.

Huh!

There, a woman with silver hair had been swinging a sword since early morning.

The woman’s name is Claire Plosimar.

He was the one called a warrior.

The sword she swung was simple, but on the other hand, her eyes as she swung the sword were extremely complex.

“… … after.”

The reason why she, who had been finding stability recently, is sighing like this again.

Just a feeling of helplessness.

Claire knew.

The last war is just around the corner, and the story of this world is almost at its end.

Still, he was so helpless.

So much so that not even the Archduke under him could handle it, let alone the Demon King.

Of course I knew.

Compared to before the return, the current Archdukes have a level of power that makes it impossible to think of them as the same being.

However, he also returned and acquired all future information.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but feel helpless that the gap was still this wide.

‘Without Emperor Zion, we can’t even deal with a single Archduke… … .’

The only way to resolve this feeling of helplessness is to become stronger.

However, the wall of the next realm blocking Claire’s path did not collapse, as if it were about to collapse.

‘A little more… … ‘You have to try a little harder.’

With that thought, it was time for her to strengthen the hand holding the sword.

“It’s an attack!”

“We need more support!”

There was a commotion outside the palace.

Claire’s eyes were filled with doubt.

“Is there a problem?”

She goes outside the palace and asks one of the knights who are busy moving around.

“The demons attacked the imperial castle.”

“what? “How many?”

“one person… … . “There is only one person.”

Claire’s expression changed strangely at that answer.

There is only one demon attacking the imperial castle, the center of the empire.

A situation I don’t understand.

“But the power of the demon was so strong that it was requesting support.”

“… … First, let’s go to where he is.”

With those words, Claire’s new brother quickly moved along with the knight.

“Claire, did you hear?”

One by one, Lane and the others began to join her side.

“okay.”

“At this point, I thought the devil might make the first move, but to attack the imperial castle with just one person… … . “Something is strange.”

The companions quietly nod their heads as Tyrian opens his mouth with his eyes shining.

How far did it travel like that?

They could be seen from the center of the imperial castle where they finally arrived.

“Hee hee hee hee hee! Wow, the King is calling me!”

A demon laughing like crazy and looking up at the sky blankly.

As if a battle had already taken place, the area around her had turned bright red with the corpses and blood of the knights.

In addition, something unpleasant was flowing from Serkia’s whole body, turning it dark red again.

At the same time, the concentration of demon energy in the air is rapidly thickening.

“… … Serkia.”

It was the moment when Claire recognized the identity of the demon and a firm voice came out of her mouth.

Whoa!

Serkia’s body exploded as she grinned at the hero, and all the blood within it spurted upward.

In an instant, a huge amount of blood rose up to the sky above Baekseong Palace and began to draw a huge magic circle in the air.

“Uh, that is!!!”

Tyran noticed something in the appearance of the magic circle and immediately performed a deactivation spell, but rrrrr!

It was already too late.

A blood-red line begins to be drawn along the center of a magic circle so large that it covers most of the castle.

Wow!

The space splits along the line drawn like that and the pitch-black abyss revealed beyond it.

Kiaaaaaaaaaaa!

From that void, waves of monsters so enormous that the end is unknown begin to pour towards the ground.

A truly hell-like sight.

However, despite the unprecedented situation in history, the gaze of everyone in the castle, including the hero’s party, was not directed at those monsters, but toward the abyss hole in the sky.

“iced coffee… … .”

No, to be more precise, pitch-black eyes looking down at them, filled with such holes.

It was right to say that I was looking into those eyes.

I couldn’t take my eyes off it.

As if the fate of the world was forcing me to look into those eyes.

I couldn’t turn my head or move my fingers.

All people can do under such transcendent pressure that they cannot even breathe properly is to open their eyes, which they cannot even close.

‘A being like that… … ‘Our enemy?’

In a world filled with madness and despair and the cries of monsters echoing like crazy, the owner of the eyes declares.

-Get up.

That moment,

Dedddddddddd!

All five palaces surrounding Baekseong Palace collapsed,

—————-!

Beings that should never exist in this world began to arise.

* * *

‘Master of Trials? So, speaking of the country of the past… … .’

Even with a questioning look on his face, Shion expressed his intention to accept.

There was no need to continue in an ordeal that had already ended.

Hahaha!

A world that changes with the bursting light.

The first thing that happened was that the subordinates and the enemy army that were looking blank around them disappeared.

Afterwards, the sky and the earth disappear, and darkness fills their place.

So many stars rising in a world so pitch-black that it is impossible to even tell the direction.

The appearance was similar to the night sky, no, the universe.

In fact, Shion felt as if his body was floating in the air rather than stepping on something.

And there is a huge dragon quietly looking towards us from the center of the universe.

The appearance of such a dragon was unique.

A body that repeats endless scattering and coming together as if the form does not exist, and a presence so faint that it is suffice to say that it cannot be felt.

Gragias, the nihilistic dragon.

It was an ancient dragon that had lived the longest among the dragon species currently existing in this land and possessed such transcendent power.

And in the past, he was defeated in a battle with Sion himself and was imprisoned here in the basement of the imperial castle.

-Has so much time already passed? It’s been a while, Emperor of the Black Star.

The dragon of nothingness, who recognized at once that Zion was eternal, quietly greeted me.

At that, Zion’s eyes took on a strange light.

According to the chronicle, Gragias was half-mad with mania at this time.

However, I could not find any such madness in the eyes of the dragon I saw in person.

“Are you the master of trials?”

With that question in mind, Sion asked Heo Mu-ryong.

-Yes. To be precise, I took over ownership of the ordeal from you in the past.

“That means… … “Are you saying you knew in advance that I would be here?”

The reason why Shion thought so was simple.

The ordeal just now was an ordeal to prove that Shion is who he is.

Therefore, it was a trial of no use if he did not come here.

Gragias nodded slightly as if Sion’s thoughts were correct.

-I’m not sure, but I think I had a guess.

“Then why did you create this ordeal and wait for me to come?”

Zion’s questions continue.

The dragon, who was staring at Zion, slowly opened his mouth.

-You seem to have a lot of questions. If so, why not ask the person concerned directly?

“… … ?”

It was the moment when a question appeared in Sion’s eyes at those unknown words.

Sreuk

Gragias, who had been gathering and dispersing repeatedly, disappeared.

At the same time, the stars that illuminated the universe lost their light, and black stars with a light darker than the darkness began to appear one by one.

and.

Jeopuk

The familiar sound of footsteps echoing in Zion’s ears.

As Zion turned his head, a man appeared in his eyes.

A man with dark gray hair and dark eyes like himself.

The appearance of the man wearing a pitch-black suit was similar to mine, but he had a sharper look.

Shion knew who that man was.

No, I couldn’t have known.

Because that was the person who was Orrelion in the past.

Even the energy of the Black Star was felt the same.

“… … Is it a ‘remnant’?”

A low voice came from Shion’s mouth as he looked at his past self with interest for a moment.

The man with the same languid gaze as Shion nodded.

“Yes, ‘I’ am a ‘remnant’ of the past that I left behind to welcome you when you come here.”

dregs.

I meant it literally.

Message A residual will left behind by a higher being to convey their will to someone else, such as magic or illusion.

“Why did you create an ordeal in a place like this and leave you behind?”

In response to Zion’s question, Janjae immediately opened his mouth as if he knew he would ask that question.

“I used to think. As I went to the future without any information, I would constantly question the situation around me. And I thought I would come here someday to solve that question. “Because Heo Mu-ryong here has a connection with me from the past.”

The remnants were created for the coming Zion.

To be precise, a being created to solve Zion’s doubts to some extent.

“Once I appear, I disappear immediately. Therefore, such a proving trial was inevitable.”

Shion, who immediately understood the situation, asked the next question.

“So you can answer everything I ask?”

“It may not be everything, but it may be able to answer more questions than any other being in the world.”

It had to be that way.

Because the remnant before my eyes was Shion herself.

He also has all his past memories intact.

“The time I can exist is not very long, so ask only the core questions.”

Shion smiled and opened his mouth at those remnants’ words.

“contract.”

The first question has already been decided.

“I want all about the contract with the gods.”

Why was the contract made and what kind of contract was made?

And what happens when the contract ends?

Shion wanted to know everything.

Janjae, who was looking at Sion with eyes whose thoughts were unknown, slowly opened his mouth.

“Do you remember your state as Orrelion before coming here?”

Shion nodded.

The infinite boredom felt only by the absolute who has nowhere else to rise.

At that time, I was filled with such boredom.

“At that time, even though Black Star was an 8-star, I didn’t bother to raise it to a 9-star. “Everything in the world was already at our feet, and nothing would change even if we reached the 9th star.”

With those words, the remnant, who was looking indifferently at the eight black stars that appeared on the palm of his hand, continued.

“But that thought changed as we fought a war against demonic forces that were unknown to the world at the time. “Because I learned that a new world exists other than the world we live in now.”

“New world?”

“Yes, a completely different world beyond my reach or control. “The moment I learned of the existence of that world, I thought.”

Shion knew without having to listen to the backstory.

“I want to devour that place.”

The boredom and freedom that dominated his entire body.

My past self probably thought that was the only way to escape from them.

“But there was no connection between that world and our world, so a special method was needed to get over it.”

“That’s it… … .”

“Yes, the Black Star reaches the 9th star. And ascending to godhood.”

The remnant’s eyes begin to emit a strange light.

“That’s the way it is.”

fantasy,