I Became the Youngest Prince in the Novel

TL/Editor: raei

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Even among the Four Great Demons who effectively ruled the demon realm and were said to have ascended beyond demigod status, differences in power existed.

And now-

BOOM! BOOM!

Wrath, who Liushina's strike team was currently facing, was known to possess the highest status among them.

"To think you'd directly attack a Demon God Temple. I wonder if this is boldness or foolishness... did you really think such an operation could succeed?"

With that simple motion, hundreds of attacks flying toward him exploded, shaking the surrounding air. As if that wasn't enough, tens of thousands of demonic energy spheres instantly formed around him and shot toward the strike team.

Though each sphere contained enough power to destroy an entire fortress, none reached their targets.

"Looks like it will succeed," Liushina said.

With an eerie sound, countless demon eyes opening around her froze all the spheres in mid-air.

"And you're probably going to die here today."

SCREECH!

With a grin, thousands of Evil Beast heads burst from her entire body and shot toward Wrath, intent only on devouring him.

This authority was incomparably stronger than when she had been the Witch of a Thousand Killings.

Simultaneously-

"I'll take your head."

Ludwig Ascalon, head of the Radiant House, appeared beside Wrath and swung his golden-gleaming sword.

As one of the Seven Heavens and acclaimed as the world's finest swordsman, his strike transcended ordinary sword principles.

But-

SCREECH!

His sword was deflected with tremendous force, unable to pierce the "World Isolation" wreathing the Great Demon's entire body.

Then-

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CRACK!

The ominous words of destruction that flowed from the Great Demon's mouth not only erased Liushina's Evil Beasts without a trace but also completely devoured Ahmad's white flames that followed. ṚАƝօᛒЕş@@novelbin@@

A scene that perfectly demonstrated the overwhelming authority possessed by a Great Demon.

After erasing all attacks in an instant, Wrath slowly raised his hand toward Liushina and the other Heavens.

"Your abilities don't match your confidence."

Just as the sphere of destruction formed in his hand was about to launch-

"...?"

The Great Demon's eyebrow twitched.

His eyes fell on Liushina's still-smiling face despite none of their attacks working.

"Don't tell me..."

As realization dawned in Wrath's hardening voice-

BOOM!

A tremendous explosion erupted from the central temple behind them, not where he and the strike team were fighting.

As the temple began collapsing amid numerous explosions large and small-

"I told you it would succeed," the Witch of the End smirked at the bewildered Great Demon.

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"This is the first time I've seen you in person since the floating city."

The girl with violet-tinged lips slowly approached Zion.

"You seem to have changed quite a bit. Enough to surprise me."

"..."

Without answering Madness's words, Zion glanced at the fallen strike team.

'Evelyn, Mileion, and the entire Agnes Knights were defeated?'

Mileion's skill roughly matched Ludwig's, and Evelyn was known as one of the strongest "Heaven beyond Heaven" among the Seven Heavens.

The Agnes Knights were also the empire's finest warriors. Even with help from the High Priests, this scene should have been impossible unless Acrimosia's power transcended imagination.

'And she deliberately didn't kill some of them.'

Zion could hear faint breathing from some of the fallen. Though he couldn't determine the exact reason, it seemed she wanted to make him care about their fate.

"Zion... I'm sorry..."

Evelyn managed to lift her head and spoke in a thin voice while looking at him.

Her injuries were clearly severe enough to prevent movement.

Just as Zion was about to respond-

"Why aren't you answering me?"

As if she had been there all along, Acrimosia appeared right in front of Zion with a slight smile and immediately thrust out her hand.

Space shattered and reformed in the wake of her strike.

As Eclaxia materialized in Zion's right hand to meet the Great Demon's attack-

SCREECH!

The tremendous shockwave that erupted began destroying everything it touched.

Debris shot skyward.

Night Cutter.

Even with his vision obscured, Zion perfectly tracked Madness's position and swung his light-extinguishing sword vertically, the blade resonating with an alien sound.

"Kyahaha! What kind of strike is this!"

With a delighted laugh-

BOOM!

Acrimosia crossed her arms to block Zion's sword.

She laughed not because his attack was weak - rather, it was stronger than she had expected.

"You've really gotten stronger! Now I can fully believe it!"

As she felt chills run down her spine from Zion's sword penetrating through her "Domain of Madness", the Great Demon shouted louder while drawing up her authority.

"That you killed Pride and Jealousy!"

BOOM!

Her power instantly doubled, forcing Eclaxia upward.

Taking advantage of the opening, Acrimosia dove into Zion's guard and drove a fist wrapped in dozens of layers of thread-like "Authority of Madness" toward his solar plexus.

Dark Current Transformation.

Using Soul Extinction he had deployed in advance, Zion appeared behind Madness and-

Sun Severance.

He created a tiny sun and attempted to cut through both Acrimosia and the world itself simultaneously.

The world began turning white as part of it was erased.

But-

CRACK!

The strike that had cut down two High Priests who had borrowed otherworldly rulers' power failed to cut through Madness.

Using infinitely multiplied space through her authority to absorb Zion's strike, Acrimosia charged at him wearing crimson armor of divine chaos across her entire body.

"Kyahaha!"

With her maniacal laughter, space around the Great Demon endlessly went berserk and distorted.

The ruler who commanded all blood and madness in the world.

Though her power seemed similar to Liushina's at first glance, it was completely different.

While Liushina's power was based in blood magic, Acrimosia had been born with the unique authority of "Madness" that let her take control of part of the world's laws.

RUMBLE!

Space - no, the world itself was going mad.

All existing laws twisted as Acrimosia's laws of madness filled the void.

Reversed gravity, backwards-flowing time, grotesquely warping space.

Though none of it followed any order or rules, there was one common thread - everything changed solely to ensure Acrimosia's victory and Zion's death.

Denial Domain.

Though Zion continuously spread Black Star Force in all directions to erode space, he couldn't completely drive back the Domain of Madness.

"This is... this is so fun!!"

SCREECH!

Acrimosia devoured even his Denial Domain as she dove toward him.

'She's strong.'

Zion thought this as he blocked her strike using Partial Eclipse and Muspelheim simultaneously.

Perhaps the saying that none of the other Great Demons could match her in pure might was true?

He could clearly feel that Acrimosia was a level above Pride and Jealousy whom he had faced before.

Thus their battle remained evenly matched rather than one-sided, and-

CRACK! CRACK!

It was a precarious balance where the slightest mistake by either would completely tip the scales.

"Letting you live back then seems to have been a great choice!"

With a loud shout, Madness once again twisted the laws to make the distance between them zero and unhesitatingly thrust forward a fist gripping a crimson sun made of demonic energy.

She seemed to be clearly enjoying this deadly dance.

SCREECH!

Though Zion also loved and enjoyed such battles more than anyone-

'I need to speed this up.'

This time was different.

He knew that realistically, he couldn't maintain this kind of battle for long.

Just two years.

That's all it had taken to bring this ordinary - no, below ordinary - body to its current level.

So even though he had reached 7 stars of Black Star Force, his endurance for maintaining maximum output was inevitably low.

He simply hadn't accumulated enough power yet.

Additionally, he was beginning to feel that strange pressure from the world itself again as soon as he drew out his power.

'In that case...'

There was only one option.

As this thought occurred to him-

Click!

A tiny sound that only Zion could hear rang out from within his body.

At the same time-

"Is that all you've got? If so, I'm a bit disappoint- Huh?"

Acrimosia, who had been charging at Zion, suddenly stopped.

"What was that just now?"

The Great Demon asked with questioning eyes.

With her transcendent perception that far surpassed mortality, she sensed something had just changed.

But even she couldn't tell if the change was in Zion or in the world itself.

"Hey, what did you do?"

Despite her repeated questions, Zion remained silent with his head slightly bowed.

"Not going to answer?"

Her eyebrows twitched in displeasure as she shot toward him at devastating speed.

The world twisted and reformed with her laws of madness as she charged.

The entire world began moving solely to ensure Zion's death.

As if fate itself had decreed it.

Until the Great Demon reached point-blank range, Zion remained motionless with his head bowed as if frozen in fear.

"Zion, look out! Zion!!"

Evelyn desperately called out as she forced her upper body up.

"Then I'll make sure you never answer again."

Just as Acrimosia's fist was about to blow Zion's head off-

Whoosh!

It happened in an instant.

The time it took for the Great Demon's entire arm connected to that fist to vanish.

"...Huh?"

As she stared blankly at where her arm had been, her vision registered the rapidly darkening world and Zion slowly raising his head.

The moment the alien smile on his lips fully reflected in her retinas-

Click!

With a sound of something going wrong-

CRACK!

The world under Madness's control completely shattered as her vision began endlessly distorting.

Among Black Star Force's techniques were two special moves.

One was "Eclipse" - the perfect reversal technique that could turn any situation around.

The other was an overwhelming technique created solely to absolutely crush the opponent.

Solar Eclipse.

The Eternal Emperor's favorite amplification technique once again revealed itself to the world.

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