I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel

150 - The Shaking Seal (3)

150 - The Shaking Seal (3)

TL/Editor: raei

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What happened?

Even seeing it with my own eyes, I couldn't understand.

The heads of the highest officials in the Order of Light vanished in an instant.

“Ah…”

Everyone in the meeting room, including Archbishop Verdio, couldn't react at all to the surreal scene of decapitated bodies falling to the ground, watching with vacant eyes.

“This mad murderer!”

Paulo was the first to move.

A paladin, with a face twisted like a demon, charged at Zion.

Could he really be one of the less than fifty first-class paladins throughout the entire Order of Light?

Whoosh!

The divine power bursting from his sword was so immense and brilliant that it filled the entire meeting room.

Paulo, with speed almost invisible to the eye, swung his sword down at Zion.

But the strike, fierce enough to split a small hill, didn't reach Zion.

Zion, as if he knew it was coming, thrust forward his dragon spear at the perfect timing.

Screech!

Paulo's sword, clashing with Zion's Agdravar, sparked and slid off the spear's shaft.

“You're more impatient than I thought.”

Zion, without hesitation, punched the paladin in the exposed gap.

Crash!

At that moment, with a terrifying force, Paulo vanished and then reappeared, smashed against the wall of the meeting room.

His body slumped, seemingly unconscious.

Zion decided to spare Paulo for now.

From the outer seals to the central square of the city where the flesh of another angel slept, there were seven places to strike simultaneously, so more hands were better.

'Besides, he's the only human among the highest managers of the seal.'

It was surprising that Paulo, who doubted and pushed Zion the most, was the last human, but it was a fact.

Perhaps he was left alone by the demonic forces because he completely lacked the ability to understand situations and people.

"Chosen one! What on earth are you doing!"

Amidst this, Verdio, barely holding onto his senses, shouted at Zion with a face mixed with confusion and horror.

He couldn't understand why someone who had received the light's designation and even experienced descent would kill members of the Order.

Then,

“You'll see.”

Zion briefly answered, quickly engraved something on the ground, and immediately stabbed the Agdravar into its center.

Whoosh!

With that, the light flowing from the engraved seal amplified as it passed through the dragon spear, bursting out in all directions and beginning to fill the entire meeting room.

And the next moment.

People could see.

The bodies, decapitated by Zion, sprawled on the floor.

Screech!

The scene of those bodies rising up with a chilling scream, grotesquely transforming.

“That, that is!!!”

At that sight, the eyes of everyone including Verdio swelled to an incomparable size.

Demons.

The energy emanating from the transformed beings was clearly demonic energy.

How could there be demons in the deepest parts of the Order of Light's headquarters?

While people were once again shocked, Bang!

Zion, pulling out the Agdravar from the seal, shot straight towards the demons.

Zion's eyes remained as calm as they were at the beginning.

‘They all seem to be high-ranking.’

Originally, it was impossible to detect high-ranking demons with the incomplete seal.

However, the amplification by the dragon spear and the strike just now had compromised the demons' bodies and cores, revealing their true nature.

-Damn it!!! What are you...!

Was this turn of events completely unexpected?

Rosary, now fully transformed into a demon, panicked and screamed, shooting a green, shimmering venom at Zion approaching her.

Sizzle!

The venom, spreading out as if alive and dissolving everything it touched in the air, covered Zion's entire body.

Or, more accurately, it attempted to.

Before it could, Crack!

The frost from the ice spirit starting at the tip of Zion's spear froze all the venom.

Crunch!

Zion's spear, continuing through the frozen venom, shattered Rosary's upper body in an instant.

This time, the demon's lower body fell to the ground, motionless, as if it had completely stopped breathing.

Meanwhile,

-We must kill that one too!

The other demons, realizing they couldn't escape, all charged at Zion.

However, they had more than just Zion to worry about.

“Huh!”

Olivia, taking a deep breath, fiercely emitted divine power from her entire body, blocking one of the demons.

Having already fought alongside Zion once, she somewhat expected this and could move the quickest.

Boom!

From the clash between Olivia and the demons, a tremendous roar erupted.

"Everyone, assist the Chosen One and exterminate these demons!"

Awakened by the roar, Archbishop Verdio quickly grasped the situation and issued urgent commands.

Following his lead, other priests and paladins joined the battle, and a fierce fight ensued.

Clang! Clang!

"How dare these filthy demons enter this place!"

"In the name of the Light, we will judge you!"

The tide of battle quickly turned.

Could these truly be the highest officials of the Order?

The divine power emanating from each person present was immense, easily overpowering the demons' dark energy.

Among them, Archbishop Verdio's divine power was especially overwhelming.

Whoosh!

As he recited prayers, high-level holy spells poured out, melting the demons without a chance for resistance,

-These disgusting followers of the Light!! Arrgh!

With the last demon extinguished, the battle ended, and Archbishop Verdio, watching the vanishing corpses of the demons, slumped down, overwhelmed.

His eyes were filled with confusion and turmoil.

But his emotions weren't because of Zion.

The battle with the demons had confirmed that everything Zion said was true.

Thus, any doubts about Zion were completely dispelled.

However,

"How could Rosary..."

The highest officials of the Order.

The fact that those he had lived with for decades were demons was hard for Verdio to accept all at once.

His face aged a decade in moments.

Zion waited for Verdio to collect his emotions, having dispelled the summoning of his dragon spear.

After some time,

"...The seals."

A calmer voice emerged from the Archbishop.

"So, all six seals have been overtaken by demons, and the seal of the other angel is about to be broken?"

"I've already told you."

Verdio, after pondering with a heavy heart, instructed one of the nearby bishops.

"Immediately recall the forces assigned to the investigation of the disappearance of the saintess candidates and gather all available forces in the Order. From now on, the Order of Light will focus all its efforts on reclaiming the seals."

If Zion's words were true, this was a grave crisis.

If the seal were broken and the rebel angel were to emerge into the world, the destruction of Lezero was almost certain.

So, it was essential to prevent the seals from being broken at all costs.

“I will speak to His Holiness the Pope myself.”

“Understood.”

As the bishop responded and hurried out of the meeting room,

“All command over the forces deployed for this recapture will be mine.”

Zion opened his mouth, looking at Verdio.

“...Excuse me? That might be difficult.”

Verdio replied, indicating the difficulty.

Despite being designated by the Light and having experienced descent, it had been less than a day since Zion's arrival.

Moreover, his identity remained unclear.

Therefore, entrusting him with the command of such a large-scale order's forces was practically impossible.

“Though the Light has designated you, strictly speaking, Zion sir is still an outsider who has not yet joined our order. Everyone here has devoted themselves entirely to the Light. Hence, following the orders of an outsider, other than those from the Agnes royal family, is out of the question.”

“Is that so? Good then.”

Zion responded with a smile.

The Archbishop's face was filled with confusion.

He clearly conveyed a refusal, so why did Zion say it was good?

Then, suddenly-

Zion's face began to flicker, signaling the start of the release from the transformation magic that had altered his appearance.

Facial features shifting subtly and hair turning a deep shade of gray.

And finally, when Zion's face fully reverted to its original appearance,

“!!!!!!”

The mouths of everyone present, including Verdio and Olivia, dropped open once again.

---

In a small, abandoned castle on the outskirts of Lezero.

“Have you finally noticed?”

Inside the castle, a demon with two horns on his forehead chuckled to himself.

His name was Derkal.

He was the demon overseeing the seal of the other angel in this castle.

“Truly, there's no end to the slowness.”

Derkal was leisurely, despite having just received reports that the Order of Light's movements were unusually active.

“Moving now would be utterly pointless.”

The time was near.

The seal of the other angel was about to be completely broken, and the city's destruction was imminent.

‘Of course, the Order might storm this place before that...’

It didn't matter.

The force of demons within the castle was significant, and although they might not win, they could hold off until the seal was broken.

Moreover, this place was a seal site.

Therefore, the enemies had no choice but to move cautiously to avoid tampering with the seals, which imposed many restrictions on them.

A favorable condition in many ways.

"This is something we and He have prepared over decades. We absolutely cannot fail."

Derkal muttered to himself, recalling his direct superior, Gullihur, who had left him in charge of this place and gone to the city's center, and looked towards the main gate of the castle.

Since all other entrances were blocked, the only way for the Order's forces to enter was through that one place.

Therefore, he had stationed all demons, except those controlling the seal core from the castle's underground, in front of the main gate.

"When will they come?"

Derkal muttered with anticipation in his eyes.

While it would be best if they didn't come until the seal was broken, he hoped the Order's forces would reach here before that.

It wouldn't be fun if everything went too smoothly.

Then,

"Hm?"

Derkal noticed something and a question mark seemed to hang in the air.

Small pebbles on the ground.

Click, click!

One of them was shaking.

The demon frowned slightly at the pebble, which was shaking for no apparent reason, and then the trembling began to spread to the surroundings.

Rumble!

The shaking extended beyond the nearby pebbles and objects, to the floors and walls, and then to the entire castle.

"What, what is this!"

The demons noticed the abnormal phenomenon, their eyes filled with unrest.

The space inside the castle seemed to be trembling in fear, as if the entire space was shaking violently.

In this bizarre situation, a foreboding feeling crept into Derkal's mind.

"Everyone out..."

Just as he was about to issue a desperate command,

Crack!

A small spark appeared in the air.

At that moment, Derkal's eyes wavered,

-------------------!

The entire field of vision turned incandescent.

If a god were to unleash divine punishment upon the earth, perhaps it would look like this.

Everything, including the demons, vanished into the white light, plunging the world into perfect silence.

And then, a moment later,

An explosion and shockwave beyond imagination burst forth in the incandescent world.

How much time had passed?

After the white light had completely disappeared, the scene that was revealed bore no trace of the castle.

Only a few remnants stuck to the ground proved that a castle had stood there moments ago.

Into the center of the completely shattered castle, a man holding a still-trembling black spear from the aftermath of his strike slowly descended.

With listless eyes and an alien darkness emanating from his entire body.

It was Zion.

"Erase everything."

As Zion muttered this, looking at the exposed seal core and the surviving demons beneath the devastated castle, whoosh!

The elite forces of the Order that followed burst forth, pouring down a brilliant baptism of light.

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