Became the youngest prince in the novel Episode 46
Chapter 13: The Phantom Army (11)
‘It arrived at the right time.’
What caught Zion’s eyes as he entered the cracked space was a huge cavity.
On the ceiling of the cave, which was overall dark, countless stars were shining like a night sky, giving a mysterious image.
Along with that, the achievements of the ancient god Kronos are engraved on the walls of the cavity.
Shion nodded because it was identical to the description of the compensation space written in the chronicle.
at that time.
“Has the cursed army finally come to rest?”
A voice came into Zion’s ears.
As Shion turned his head, a tall man came into sight.
A long-haired handsome man with golden hair that hangs down past his shoulders.
“hmm? “Aren’t you asking who I am?”
The man was struck by the sight of Shion not being shaken at all even when he saw himself like that.
The first thing everyone who came here so far said when they saw the man was to ask about his identity.
But unlike them, Shion already knew the man.
‘Guardian.’
Even in the Plosimar Chronicles, it only says that.
In the chronicle, the warrior asked the man’s identity.
Even then, the blonde man only introduced himself as a guardian and didn’t say anything else about himself.
I could only guess that it was not a human based on its vertically slit pupils, like those of a reptile.
“Where are the ‘Five Questions’?”
Since he wasn’t interested in him anyway, Shion turned to the Guardian and asked about Kronos’ Noble Phantasm that he needed to obtain here.
“… … Do you already know what you will receive? After all, he should be called a hero… … for a moment.”
The Guardian shrugged his shoulders and opened his mouth to Zion, but his words stopped.
“you… … “You are not a hero.”
Along with that, his eyes become increasingly suspicious.
“How did this happen? According to the destiny, the hero must destroy the army and come here… … .”
“A predetermined fate?”
There was also doubt in Zion’s eyes.
Because it was something I had never read in a chronicle.
The guardian in front of me was speaking as if the hero had been determined to destroy the army and obtain Kronos’ Noble Phantasm.
“Where did it go wrong? Hmm, this is difficult… … .”
“What does that mean?”
Shion asked again towards the Guardian, who was rubbing his chin and frowning despite his own question.
Only then did the Guardian, conscious of Zion again, open his mouth.
“Yes, since you are here, you have the right to listen. “Do you know what fate is?”
Shion nodded to that question.
All records of a being’s past, present, and future are luck.
The time a being exists in the world is life.
The two combined become destiny.
“That fate was decided from the beginning. So, it cannot be twisted or changed, even if it is not easy. So, the talk that is commonly made in the world about one’s own destiny being created by oneself is all bullshit.”
With those words, the Guardian stretched out his finger and pointed to where Zion was.
“Originally, by such fate, a hero should have defeated the cursed army and stood where you are now. “Now that I think about it, it seems like it was much earlier.”
It was decided from the beginning and could never be changed.
In addition, the conditions for entering this pupil were made so difficult that entry was impossible without knowing the method in advance.
Because I had to block out any variables that might exist.
‘If it is a predetermined fate… … ‘Do you mean chronology?’
Shion’s eyes sank coldly.
The contents of the chronicle and what the Guardian was talking about now coincided with the predetermined fate.
In that case, it could be that the Plosimar Chronicles recorded the fate of this world in written form.
“What that means is that there has been a variable in fate… … “For that to be possible, a transcendent being must intervene.”
Zion knew what that transcendent being meant.
God.
“I don’t know what happened. And you… … .”
The Guardian who had been talking up to that point closed his mouth and stared straight at Sion.
In fact, he had been trying to read Sion’s fate ever since he found out that Sion was not a hero.
however.
‘Why can’t I see anything at all?’
It wasn’t simply unreadable.
Destiny itself did not exist at all.
As if it doesn’t exist in this world.
Even though he has lived countless years, this is his first time experiencing it.
“So you’re saying you won’t give it to me?”
Shion thought there was no more information to be gained, so he looked at the guardian and changed the subject.
“No, that’s not it. Just coming here is enough to qualify you for the ‘Five Questions’. Well, this might be another fate.”
The Guardian, who had decided not to think any further since his mission was to deliver Kronos’ Noble Phantasm to the person who came to this cavity in the first place, shook his head and snapped his fingers.
OK.
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Huh!
The space shuddered above the guardian’s palm, and soon a gorgeous-looking golden bracelet appeared.
‘That’s it… … .’
Lee Chae is young in Shion’s eyes.
Kronos’ five questions.
A mythical Noble Phantasm that contains the power of embodying the five questions that the ancient god Kronos asked humans.
Each of the five colored gems embedded in the bracelet meant one question, and the power contained in each one was nothing less than genius.
A variable that can turn the tables, or even destroy the entire board, in any situation.
Except for the fact that it is consumable and can only be used once, it is an item more suited to the name Mythical Grade than any other Noble Phantasm.
“The ‘question’ that is missing here will be filled in if you provide the ‘coordinates’ that you have. “In the first place, the illusionary army was derived from the power of the ‘question.’”
The Guardian said, pointing to a slot that was not filled with jewels, unlike the other four, and then held out the bracelet towards Sion.
Paaaat!
As soon as the bracelet is handed over to him by the guardian, Zion’s new type begins to slowly fade with a bright light.
“I’ll just ask you one thing.”
The Guardian asked one last question as he watched Shion disappear from the void.
“Who are you?”
It is not simply a question of name or identity, but a question about the existence of Zion itself.
“well.”
Shion’s body, which answered that question with a grin, finally completely disappeared from the cavity.
* * *
“I don’t know what happened… … .”
Charon, the leader of the 5th Division of the Gray Lions, muttered absently as he watched the battlefield slowly being cleared.
After the blue flame sword that filled the sky suddenly disappeared, the barrier that covered this place and the remaining phantom forces also naturally disappeared.
A scene from before came to mind along with him.
‘It was definitely Prince Sion.’
A sword of disaster created by the king of the illusionary army.
It was such an overwhelming sword attack that even Charon himself could only stare blankly.
It was Prince Sion who destroyed such a sword strike with a single blow.
‘How is that possible?’
Just thinking about it brings a shiver to my whole body.
Any perception he had of Prince Sion before entering the barrier had long since disappeared.
The power of Prince Sion that he saw just a moment ago was so great that it shattered all the prejudices he had seen and heard about.
To be honest, I still couldn’t quite believe it.
‘however… … ‘Where has Prince Shion gone?’
With that question in mind, Charon looks at the spot where Zion was standing just moments ago.
“Are you here to kill your master too?”
Liu Sina, who had already returned all the handshakes, approached Charon and the 5th Division and asked.
As if killing so many phantom armies just moments ago wasn’t enough, her eyes were still shining with life.
Therefore, Liu Sina hoped that the newly appeared Charon and the knights were enemies of Zion.
“No, we are the knights sent by Her Highness Evelyn to protect Her Highness Zion.”
Unit commander Paulo, who recognized that she was Zion’s subordinate, opened his mouth on Charon’s behalf.
When Liu Sina was about to open her mouth again.
“That would be correct. “At least the Charon I know wouldn’t take on assassination missions or anything like that.”
A new voice sounded in their ears.
Charon’s eyes widened as he turned his head to see who the voice was.
“uh… … ? General Liam? General, why are you here?”
Liam Reiner.
In the past, before Charon joined the Gray Lions, he was his superior when he worked at the border with the Demon Station.
In fact, even if that wasn’t the case, there was no way he wouldn’t have been recognized as a hero of the empire.
“I heard that you retired… … “Is this really where you came after that?”
“okay.”
Liam nodded to that question with his usual blunt expression.
But contrary to his face, his heart still had not calmed down.
I had seen scenes that I had never seen before, even on battlefields I had been on for decades, one after another in the space of a few hours.
It was surprising that the phantom army attacked the village, but now Liam’s mind was filled with the red-eyed woman and Prince Zion next to him.
‘I never thought we could take on an entire army just the two of us.’
In particular, Liam thought he would never be able to forget the scene where an army of handshakes crawled out from the blood flowing from that woman.
“I’m glad you’re safe. By the way, General Liam. “Do you know what happened here?”
“What you see is what you see. A phantom army appeared, and Prince Sion and that woman destroyed it.”
I already knew it in my head, but Liam’s words confirming it once again were enough to silence the knights.
“… … .”
It was a story about the phantom army, one of the seven great plagues of the empire and the most difficult one, having completely disappeared.
And that too by just the two of us.
No, even if there were three, including Liam, it didn’t make sense.
But since I saw it with my own eyes, I couldn’t help but believe it.
‘But those monsters who were fighting against the phantom army… … .’
A new question arises in Charon’s head because he did not see the scene where Liu Sina summoned the handshakes.
“Anyway, where has the owner gone?”
Liu Sina furrowed her eyebrows, looked around, and opened her mouth.
Were her words a signal?
Wow!
The air in a place not far from where the people were split, and Zion slowly walked out of it.
“Oh, you’re here?”
“Your Highness Zion!”
Liu Sina raises her hand in welcome towards Zion, and the knights run beside her, loudly calling out Zion’s name.
“I need to get some rest.”
Shion said with tired eyes as she looked at the people approaching her.
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5 days.
This was the time it took for Zion to completely recover from the damage caused by the lunar eclipse.
Zion, who had been living in the Kurdish village for a while, was now standing at the entrance of the village.
Liushina and Narie lined up next to Zion, and the 5th Division of the Gray Lions, including Charon, lined up behind her.
“I’ll go.”
Zion looked at the villagers, including Liam standing in front of him and Perna lined up behind him, and opened his mouth briefly.
“I will follow.”
Liam, carrying a large bag, seemed to have already prepared to leave, and came next to Zion.
“Do you want to go together?”
Shion asks while looking at Liam.
“A promise is a promise.”
Liam remembered what Zion had said when he came to his house before facing the phantom army.
Liam promises to save himself and the village once instead of going under.
Zion kept its promise.
At that time, Liam did not agree, but since he had already received the payment, it was impossible for him to just pass it up.
And even more so if you owe your life.
‘Of course I’d like to stay in the village longer, but… … .’
Thinking like that, Liam glances in the direction where Perna is.
at that time.
“No, I’m here now.”
Shion smiled and spoke to Liam.
In the first place, the purpose of leaving the imperial palace this time was to obtain the ‘Five Questions of Kronos’ along with proving the successor.
Liam Reiner was a side benefit.
For now, it would be nice to have it, but it wouldn’t really matter if it wasn’t there.
Of course, things will be different later when the full-scale war against demons begins.
“I’ll call you later when I need it.”
Liam, who was silent for a moment with wide eyes at Zion’s completely unexpected words, grinned.
“Your Royal Highness, you always exceed my expectations. Then I will not decline. Please call me anytime you need.”
A retired hero who bows his head respectfully toward Zion with all his heart.
Along with him, the people of the Kurdish village behind the hero also bow their heads towards Zion.
Shion begins to slowly walk towards the imperial castle, leaving those people behind.
‘I think it’s slowly ripening.’
As Zion walked like that, a light of anticipation slowly appeared in his eyes.
Seeds that were sown before leaving the castle.
Now it was time to collect one of them.
fantasy,
