I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel

151 - The Fallen Angel (1)

TL/Editor: raei

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Zion knew time was running out before the seal broke. Instead of the conventional strategy of breaching the main gate, he opted to obliterate the enemy's stronghold from the start.

He figured the seal's core, buried deep underground, could withstand a single shock.

His strategy seemed to work well. He'd wiped out half the enemy forces along with the castle surrounding the seal site, and even exposed the seal's core in one go.

"Stop them... Stop them!!"

The remaining demons, stunned at first, finally snapped out of it and charged at Zion. But they never reached him.

"The light is with us."

The Order of Light's forces that accompanied Zion intercepted them completely.

BOOM!

The seal site transformed into a battlefield in an instant.

CRACK!

'They're certainly elite troops,' Zion thought as he effortlessly pierced the heart of a demon rushing at him.

Despite being strong, the demons guarding this place were being swept away by the holy knights and battle priests, unable to properly counter their attacks. It was a clear demonstration of the caliber of the Order's forces deployed for this operation.

Among them, Paulo stood out the most.

"How dare you deceive me all this time!"

After regaining consciousness and learning the truth, he had apologized to Zion and volunteered for this mission. Perhaps he couldn't showcase his true skills in the conference room because he'd lost his composure.

SLASH!

His face contorted with betrayal, Paulo's demon-slaying prowess was far superior to before.

'This might end sooner than I thought,' Zion mused as he picked up his pace.

'Damn it... Damn it all!'

Derkal, the demon who had survived Zion's initial attack, was watching the scene unfold while hidden, spewing curses. His face was pale with shock. He never dreamed they'd be attacked like this. To think they'd blow up the entire castle...

'Did they not consider the core might be destroyed?'

Thanks to this, his subordinates gathered at the main gate were wiped out, and the ritual prepared to break the seal was half-ruined.

Even worse,

'Why is he here?!'

The one leading the Order's forces was none other than 'Zion Agnes'. Though Derkal had never seen him in person, he recognized him instantly from his dark gray hair and other distinctive features.

It was a situation he couldn't understand at all.

'This is dangerous.'

Losing this battle didn't matter, but the seal was the problem. At this rate, they'd be annihilated before the seal could be fully broken.

'Before that happens, I'll destroy the core.'

The seal could still be broken even if the core was destroyed. They hadn't done so earlier because it would weaken the fallen angel's power compared to a proper unsealing. But now, it was far better than letting the seal be reconstructed.

Having made up his mind, Derkal began moving towards the seal's core, melting into the wall.

Swish-

Derkal, whose specialty was stealth, moved swiftly past the battlefield towards the core. His movements were smooth and undetected. In fact, no one on the battlefield, not even Zion Agnes, noticed him as they were focused elsewhere.

'Made it.'

Finally reaching the core, Derkal extended his hand without hesitation to destroy it.

But at that moment, SNAP-

His outstretched arm was severed without warning and fell to the floor.

"...Huh?"

As the demon's voice trailed off in disbelief,

"What were you trying to do?"

A voice he shouldn't have heard came from right beside him.

How could this voice be so close? He was sure he'd seen him standing over there just moments ago.

As Derkal, his face drained of color, turned towards the voice, WHOOSH-

The image of Zion in the distance vanished like an illusion, and CRACK!

Derkal's vision went dark.

* * *

In the central square of Lezero, the City of Light.

"Haah..."

Elysis let out a deep sigh.

Since seeing Prince Zion here last time, she'd been spending most of her time in this square. She'd even separated from her companions, but despite her efforts, she hadn't caught even a glimpse of Prince Zion again.

"Where could he have gone..."

Elysis muttered, her voice filled with disappointment.

Even if they met, she didn't have anything particular to do or say, but she just wanted to see his face once more.

'But why did he come here in the first place?'

The Prince Zion she knew wouldn't move without reason. Moreover, if he was moving unofficially while hiding his identity, there must be a compelling reason.

Just then,

"Hm?"

Her eyes caught sight of a group approaching.

'Knights?'

They were holy knights. Judging by the engravings on their armor, they seemed to be of high rank. Their expressions were grim, as if they were about to enter battle.

After walking for a while under people's curious gazes, the knights stopped in front of the statue in the center of the square.

"From now on, access to this area will be restricted!"

The knight who appeared to be the highest-ranking among them shouted towards the puzzled onlookers.

"We ask that those in the square leave immediately!"

People began to stir at these words. This had never happened before. What could have occurred for them to be asked to leave without any explanation?

"May we know the reason?"

"We can't explain yet. Please hurry, we don't have much time."

One of the knights shook his head in response to someone's question.

"But to ask us to leave so suddenly..."

As the confusion deepened and more people began to speak up,

'That man...'

Elysis was looking elsewhere.

A man standing alone, a bit away from the square's center. She couldn't take her eyes off him, having noticed him when the knights appeared.

Apart from being thin, he had no distinctive external features, but the feeling he gave off was incredibly bizarre.

'He doesn't seem human.'

Unclean and repulsive. Yet chilling.

Yes, if the stench of a sewer rotting for decades could be expressed as a feeling, it would be like this.

Moreover,

'Why is my heart...'

For reasons she couldn't understand, Elysis felt her heart beating faster than usual from the moment she saw the man.

Not only that, but the holy power flowing through her body was also stirring.

As confusion filled Elysis's eyes,

Sneer!

An unpleasant smile spread across the man's face as he looked towards the knights.

Feeling an instinctive chill from him, Elysis unconsciously took a step back.

SPLAT!

Without warning, the heads of people around the man exploded.

Blood and brain matter from the corpses sprayed in all directions.

"...?"

As nearby people, covered in blood, looked on in confusion, BOOM!

Along with suffocating demonic energy, dozens of centipede-like legs burst from the man's body and began to slaughter people who hadn't yet grasped the situation.

"KYAAAAH!"

"M-Monster... It's a monster!!!"

Was this outburst of screams a signal?

Numerous demons hiding around the man revealed themselves and began indiscriminately massacring the remaining people.

CRUNCH!

The square turned into hell in an instant.

"I wonder if killing everyone here will be enough?"

The man - no, Gullihur, the special demon of the great holy city - muttered with a satisfied smile as he looked over the square.

There was only one reason he was massacring people here in the Square of Light instead of at the seal site.

It was to quickly replenish the power of the fallen angel soon to be summoned here.

The angel's power had weakened due to the long seal, and Luminous's holy power was needed to restore it.

The method he'd devised to obtain that holy power was to sacrifice the people of this city.

'Almost all the citizens living in Lezero are devotees who worship the God of Light.'

Thus, every person had at least a trace of holy power in their body, which would serve as excellent nourishment for the fallen angel.

Just then,

"Stop this massacre and kill all these disgusting demons!"

The holy knights at the square's center began charging towards Gullihur and the other demons.

Brilliant light enveloped their bodies, and immense holy power radiated from them.

But Gullihur's eyes were full of composure as he watched.

"That'll be difficult with just you lot."

This central square was relatively less important compared to other seal sites.

Therefore, the caliber of these holy knights dispatched here was likely lower than elsewhere.

In contrast, his side consisted of the most elite demons, including himself.

The gap between them was inevitable.

And just as he thought, CRASH!

The holy knights clashing with the demons began to be pushed back almost immediately.

"ARGH!"

"Light preserve us...! AAAGH!"

The holy knights, unable to withstand the demons' attacks, began losing their lives one by one.

"How kind of you to volunteer as holy power suppliers!"

As Gullihur called out with a bright smile, clearly pleased with the situation,

'I need to run!'

Elysis, watching the battle, turned to leave the square.

She desperately wanted to help the holy knights, but there was no way she could. Her own level was far too inadequate to intervene in this battle. She'd surely be more of a hindrance than help.

Moreover, Thump! Thump!

Her heart was racing faster and faster, and the surging holy power within her body left her in poor condition.

'There's nothing I can do here.'

The enemy was too strong, and she was too powerless.

Deep despair and a sense of defeat filled her eyes.

As Elysis turned away from the people being slaughtered around her and was about to step out of the square,

"Waaah! Mommy! Mommy!"

Her eyes caught sight of a child crying over his dead mother's body.

He looked barely three years old. Such a young child.

"Human offspring are so noisy."

Was the crying irritating?

One of the nearby demons stretched out its hand and shot a magical bullet at the child.

Whoosh!

The bullet sped towards the child's head.

But it never reached him.

CLANG!

It was deflected by a barrier that someone had spread in front of the child.

And that someone was,

"Damn it."

Elysis, muttering a small curse.

She knew full well that facing this demon with her power was suicidal.

But the moment she recognized the bullet being fired, her body moved on its own.

"Look at this worm trying to protect another worm?"

The demon, muttering in amazement as it looked at Elysis, began concentrating magical energy at its fingertips again.

The power emanating from it was incomparable to before.

But even as she watched the magical energy gather, Elysis didn't move from in front of the child.

Of course, she knew all too well that she couldn't block this attack.

She had barely managed to deflect the previous bullet.

But,

'I have to protect him.'

She couldn't turn away anymore.

No, she didn't want to turn away.

How could she ever be worthy of repaying Prince Zion if she couldn't even protect one child?

A firm resolve filled Elysis's eyes.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

As if responding to that resolve, her heart and holy power pulsed even more strongly.

"I'll pierce both your hearts together."

At last, a far more powerful magical bullet shot from the demon's hand.

Whoosh!

The world Elysis saw slowed down.

Very slowly.

The magical bullet tearing through the air and the shockwave spreading in concentric circles around it.

In this rapidly accelerated perception and thought, memories of her mother's words began to surface in Elysis's mind.

'Elly, you're more special than anyone. Remember that well.'

Words she had heard countless times, yet never understood their meaning.

But as those words of her mother overlapped with,

'You're special. Try to recall that specialness.'

Prince Zion's voice that followed, Thump!

With her heartbeat reaching its peak from this realization, FWOOSH!

The holy power surging within her extended out from her back, forming a pair of brilliant wings.

* * *

"Was it already unsealed?"

At the same time.

At the seal site of the old castle where the battle had just concluded.

"Things are getting interesting."

Zion smiled coldly as he received a report from the informant sent by Narie.

"At this rate, I might need to ask for additional compensation."

Zion's eyes were fixed not on the seal core, but on the distant city center.

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[Hi ya everyone! raei here. So the previous tl was Rungir. For those who aren't in the discord, Rungir started university, went back and forth to tl-ing until eventually he admitted a few months ago that he really can't do this without his grades falling off.

I've been asked a few times to pick up this novel and I've said I'll take a look when I finally have time for it...

And that's now! So the last 4 I posted are what Rung had in his backlog. This chap, chap 151, is by me!

Now, something to note...

I have not read a single chap of this novel. Rung has few notes to go off of so unfortunately, if there are names and terms that are not in his notes, they could be end up slightly different than what you've read in previous chaps. For example, Zion could also be transliterated as Sion and I'll just pick whatever sounds better.

I don't go on the website ever, but I always check discord so if anyone wants to correct something, let me know in the discord and I can adjust my notes. We have channels for every novel so you are more than welcome to give me the heads up there.

I do plan on finishing this novel, but there is an English publisher at work so hopefully we can stay under the radar till the end.

Anyways enjoy the chappy!]

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