I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel

TL/Editor: raei

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"What are you! How can you use my pow-"

SPLAT!

The demon's head exploded before she could finish speaking.

Purple light flared from beyond, stretching toward its next target.

ROAR!

A giant monster bigger than Sinking Star Palace threw a punch with all its might as it faced the approaching light.

Though its power was incredible enough to shatter fortress walls in a single strike- BOOM!

Celphia's small outstretched hand blocked it as if it were nothing.

Before the monster's eyes could even register shock at this incomprehensible scene- CRASH!

Celphia instantly absorbed all the monster's demonic energy through the point of contact and converted it into new power before releasing it back.

The monster's upper body vanished before it could properly react.

BOOM!

Celphia's power as she crushed monsters had grown incomparably stronger than during the Beast Sea incident.

This was inevitable.

Her power was 'Magic Consumption'.

It shone brightest when there were many monsters, making it most effective in situations like this.

However-

"AAAARGH!"

"Too many... AAAH!"

Unlike Celphia, the situation around her wasn't good.

Perhaps because they were in the outskirts?

The knights' abilities weren't very high, and they faced overwhelming numbers of monsters.

Their numbers seemed endless.

Moreover, Celphia had no proper area-of-effect abilities.

Because of this, despite her efforts, the battle line was gradually shifting in the monsters' favor.

On top of that-

SCREECH!

As they say, disasters strike all at once.

As if to deliver the final blow to this disadvantageous situation, another wave of monsters began pouring from the hole in the sky.

Their target was exactly where Celphia and the knights stood.

"Ah..."

The knights who witnessed this scene let out blank voices, forgetting even to swing their weapons.

It was truly a desperate crisis.

Like the knights, Celphia also stood frozen, staring blankly at the falling wave of monsters.

However, her state differed slightly from the other knights who had given up fighting in despair.

Just like when she first awakened 'Magic Consumption'-

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Celphia's heart pounded madly.

The surrounding noise gradually faded and the world entering her vision began to slow.

'Why...'

Despite this clearly hopeless situation, she felt no fear at all.

No, rather, her eyes watching the wave of monsters were filled with excitement and anticipation.

Slowly.

Celphia's hand began rising slowly upward.

As if she had always done this.

The moment her naturally outstretched hand toward the sky clenched- Multiple Consumption Attribution.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

The hearts of every knight around her began beating frantically.

"Oh? It's Master!"

Liushina immediately recognized Zion and waved.

"I was just wanting to see you, what perfect timing."

The witch approached, looking only at Zion as if no one else mattered.

Up to there she seemed like her usual self, but her next words were completely different.

"I was just about to end this annoying contract anyway."

Of course, there was only one way for her to forcibly break the contract.

Taking Zion's life.

'She doesn't seem completely consumed yet...'

Zion thought this as he watched the purple-tinged witch approaching him.

The backlash from taking the power of the end.

Since seeing Liushina's eyes at Sinking Star Palace's training grounds before.

No, since first showing her the path toward the end, Zion had known this day would come.

The timing just wasn't great.

Even Zion hadn't expected Liushina to be consumed in sync with the attack on the palace.

Moreover, the current Liushina was even resisting their imperfect soul-bound obedience contract using her newly gained power of the end.

'This might work out better.'

Though it would have been easier to suppress this madness earlier, Zion didn't think the current situation was bad.

Black Star Force's eight stars.

Reaching that level required massive time, and one way to shorten that time was battle with an enemy strong enough to make him feel tension.

And Liushina who had reached her end possessed enough power to meet that criteria.

Swish!

Eclaxia materialized in Zion's hand.

Perhaps no more words were needed?

CRASH!

The battle began with a collision that shook the surrounding space.

"Actually Master, ever since you crushed me in the Soul Extinction Formation, I've always wanted to fight you again."

SCREECH!

As Liushina spoke, thousands of beast heads tore through space around her and opened their mouths toward Zion.

"That time remains my greatest humiliation."

The beast heads approached, devouring all the flames of Muspelheim's Flame World that seemed strengthened by the power of the end.

"I think I can finally erase that humiliation now."

Zion smiled slightly at this and said:

"Then I apologize in advance."

He tapped the air before him with Eclaxia.

A single ripple spread from that point.

"Because it won't happen again."

At that moment-

CRASH!

Thousands of blades burst from the ripple, shredding all the approaching beast heads.

Simultaneously-

Whoosh!

Zion used 'Distance Denial' to move instantly to Liushina's front.

Though she had gained the power of the end, Liushina's essence was still that of a mage.

Therefore, closing the distance was almost essential.

"Master, just so you know..."

The witch smiled eerily at Zion who had appeared right before her, as if she had expected this movement.

"I'm really strong now."

She tightly clenched her fist that had somehow extended forward.

At that moment-

SCREECH!

The entire surrounding space transformed into a purple snake's head and swallowed Zion.

As if that wasn't enough, an even larger snake appearing above swallowed the snake that had swallowed Zion.

CRUNCH! CRUNCH! CRUNCH!

This repeated ten times total.

The madness in Liushina's eyes watching this scene grew deeper.

As she had just said, she could feel her power had grown incomparably stronger than before.

Strong enough to thoroughly crush even the Archdemon of Jealousy if they met again.

Such confidence was natural, but...

There was one thing Liushina had overlooked.

SLASH!

That very Archdemon of Jealousy had met their end at Zion's hands.

A single crack appeared in the center of the final snake's head.

Hundreds of smaller cracks spread throughout the snake's body from that crack, then- CRASH!

The snake shattered as Zion emerged, his entire body wreathed in black flames and gray light shining in his eyes.

Soul Extinction Armor.

A new defensive technique evolved from the fusion of Soul Extinction Armor and Muspelheim.

"KYAHAHA! Right, I didn't think that would kill you!"

As if she had been waiting, Liushina transformed the surroundings into her domain and summoned tens of thousands of demon eyes.

The eyes, turned purple by the power of the end, all began staring at Zion.

The world's laws twisted momentarily, freezing time around Zion and the surroundings.

As if that wasn't enough, Liushina swung an arm made from thousands of merged Evil Hands straight at Zion.

Just as the witch's attack was about to crush Zion's entire body frozen in stopped time.

Slowly.

Zion's eyes that absolutely should not have moved turned.

At that moment-

SPLAT!

The Evil Hand arm exploded without warning.

Then-

SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT! SPLAT!

Along with terrifying darkness, chain explosions traveled up the arm toward Liushina.

Instinctively sensing she mustn't let those explosions touch her, the witch preemptively cut off her arm connected to the Evil Hand arm to block their path.

But-

"You know what?"

Zion's form had already reached right in front of her.

"Some battles are decided from the very start."

The moment she registered Zion, purple spikes burst from Liushina's entire body to tear him apart.

However-

SPLAT!

Her upper body disappeared faster than that.

The witch staggered a few steps with her upper body gone, then- CRUNCH!

Her body began regenerating as if rewinding time.

"How...!"

As tens of thousands of eyes rose around her again, before Liushina could finish speaking- SPLAT!

Zion's swung Eclaxia shattered the witch of the end's entire body.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The same scene from the Soul Extinction Formation began repeating afterward.

It was completely one-sided.

Of course, compared to then, Zion was at several disadvantages now.

His Black Star Force was at seven stars rather than eight, and Liushina's power was at its peak.

But it didn't matter.

No matter if she gained the power of the end or had infinite lives, Zion would never lose to an opponent he had beaten once before.

Breathing, timing, authority control, muscle movement.

Zion's Dark Eye that had absorbed all information about Liushina perfectly predicted her every next move without error.

CRASH!

Because of this, Liushina was continuously shattered without proper resistance.

"S-stop..."

Memories of the Soul Extinction Formation slowly rose in her mind.

Along with this, the madness gradually faded from the witch's eyes.

-What...

Meanwhile, Iades who had barely regenerated her head and arm watched Zion with wildly trembling eyes.

The former Great Demon's attention was so focused on Zion she didn't even register Rubrious nearby.

The reason Iades's eyes shook uncontrollably wasn't because he had instantly blown off her head earlier, or because he was overwhelming that witch who seemed stronger than her current self.

-Just what is he...?

Darkness.

The ominous darkness writhing through that man's entire body.

Just looking at that darkness filled Iades with fear and trembling.

It was so similar to the Eternal Emperor's power that she had glimpsed from afar when she was a low-ranking demon.

The unique atmosphere and feeling it gave off were so alike she wondered if they might be the same person.

Moreover, his overwhelming might was incomparable to the other Agnes bloodline member lying there!

That's why she knew the moment she saw him.

That this man was the Emperor of Agnes.

The true master of the world who had inherited the Eternal Emperor's power.

'Must kill him, must kill him here no matter what!'

Iades, who had lived longer than almost any in the demon realm, remembered.

The despair-inducing power that Eternal Emperor Aurelion Khan Agnes had shown in the unknown First Great War.

Therefore she had to kill him somehow before he fully mastered that power.

To prevent history from repeating.

And for their King.

The thought of destroying the palace complex no longer existed in her mind.

Just then-

"I won't lose again like this...!"

As if making a final struggle?

Liushina, who had barely avoided Zion's attack by preemptively severing part of her body, created dozens of massive demon gates in all directions.

CLANK!

As the gates opened, an endless army of Evil Hands poured through, charging toward Zion alone.

The surrounding world distorted from the demonic energy flowing from these Evil Hands.

Moreover-

-Now!

Iades's eyes flashed as she slipped between the army of Evil Hands and began surging toward Zion's back.

"Zion, danger!"

Rubrious who had recovered behind them forgot even honorifics as he urgently shouted while watching the Great Demon's movement and army of Evil Hands.

The situation was that precarious.

It looked like a small boat floating alone amid massive waves crashing from all directions.

But the eyes of Zion, who was the target of all this, remained completely calm.

As if none of this had anything to do with him.

Swish-

Then Zion released all darkness wreathing his body along with Eclaxia and began raising one hand toward the sky.

His movement was far too slow compared to the Evil Hand army and Iades rapidly closing the distance.

The Evil Hands that had reached near Zion opened their mouths filled with hundreds of teeth wide to devour him.

FLASH!

Behind him, Iades launched a sphere created by exhausting all her swamp authority straight at Zion's heart.

Finally.

CRUNCH!

Zion's hand reaching perfectly toward the sky clenched.

And at that moment-

--- -!

All light visible to the eye simultaneously vanished.

And everything existing within began to be erased.

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