The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

We followed Gromit’s guidance through the hidden shortcut to the burial chambers of the other direct warriors.

This time, even without Sophia blowing the divine power of the earth into the burial chambers, Gromit opened the doors himself and subdued the undead guarding the burial chambers.

-It’s strange. I don’t see the light of souls from the guardian warriors.

The undead guarding the burial chambers were the elite subordinates of the king’s direct warriors.

In the novel, since they appeared in the latter part, each one boasted superhuman-level strength.

“That’s why I said an unusual situation has occurred.”

I overturned the treasure chests next to the golden coffins as if saying something obvious.

-My king?!

“I promised to give a few things they want to my new subjects. Pick the ones you like.”

“I am deeply honored, my king!”

Sophia cleverly played along with me and started choosing treasures.

-Then I will choose the best ones…

“Stop. I want to see their own discerning eyes, so don’t interfere.”

-Understood.

I stopped Gromit, who was trying to pick good treasures for them.

We weren’t looking for good treasures but treasures we could take out.

It would be nice to have powerful treasures, but most of the original treasures outside the ruins had been weathered by time and became unusable.

Chilling would realize his plan was wrong and that the Mythical Era had ended long ago when he saw the treasures imbued with the power of the withered gods.

“This much is enough for this humble one.”

At Sophia’s playful words, I ordered her to step back with a solemn expression.

Then I picked up a gemstone rolling on the floor and awakened its mana.

“Arise, my bow!”

Using the power of Gromit’s golden laurel crown on my head, I awakened the mummy in the center of the burial chamber.

Seeing the golden coffin shaking and swaying, Gromit exclaimed in admiration.

-As expected, you are amazing! You are awakening the oversealed soul by giving it a shock! It’s as if you’re pulling a soul from somewhere far away!

It’s not as if, that’s exactly what it is. I don’t know if he’s quick-witted or clueless.

-Ugh…! Who dares to impersonate my king… Gromit?

The mummy, trembling as if in shock, raised its body and was startled to see Gromit.

-Mind your manners, Akak. You’re in front of the king.

When Gromit pointed at me, Akak, one of the thirteen warriors, clutched his head.

-Ugh…! It feels like someone pulled my soul and tossed it. But are you really… the king?

“That’s right, pissbaby.”

-No! Even that old matter! …Haha! I see. This general pays respects to the king.

Akak, who stumbled out of the golden coffin, prostrated before me and paid his respects without saying a word about my body or my companions behind me.

“Rise. There are still many to awaken.”

-Let’s go to the next burial chamber, my king.

Gromit led the way, and Akak picked up his bow and quiver scattered on the ground and followed.

It’s convenient that I don’t have to persuade them much once I wake up Gromit.

*******

Antares Alpha site, a hidden unexplored area among the Scorpius areas in the depths of the Labyrinth of Constellations.

There, Sword Demon Anastasia looked up at the night sky.

In her hand was a cursed sword with cursed mana flowing and even liquefying, dripping down.

“This makes five.”

She unbuttoned her front and devoured the cursed sword as if piercing her chest.

“Ugh…!”

On her skin as white as white jade, the black curse protruded like blood vessels and spread throughout her body.

As if feeling dizzy, she staggered, and a huge bone dragon exhaled deathly energy and charged at her with its maw open.

Anastasia didn’t show any interest in the attack of the monster from the Mythical Era and struggled to digest the cursed sword while clutching her chest.

The moment the dragon’s hard and sharp teeth were about to crush her, the hundred-meter-long bone dragon split in half, leaving a mana crystal behind and disappeared.

The jet-black blade that had been drawn from the scabbard at some point glinted in the mana light of the disappearing bone dragon.

“Whew… Five in a short period of time was a bit too much.”

Five legendary cursed swords that were notorious in the Mythical Era disappeared again before they could see the light of the world.

Her mana had become that sharp and vast, but at the same time, it was also dangerous.

“Hoho.”

Anastasia smiled, thinking of a boy at the burden felt in her body.

“Jade boy… was it? I hope he liked it.”

The gray-haired boy who stopped her, saying it was dangerous to see her devouring cursed swords, possessed mana that was so dear to her.

Thinking of the boy, she picked up the mana crystal on the ground that was larger than a fist.

Then, while looking up at the night sky and divining her next target with astrology, her eyes sparkled.

“The door has opened. It’s a rare opportunity, so I should go back.”

Anastasia went back the way she came.

******

“Is this the last burial chamber?”

-That is correct, my king.

Following Gromit’s guidance, we toured the warriors’ burial chambers, collected treasures, and awakened the thirteen confidants of King Chilling from their long slumber.

Perhaps thanks to the environment of the Mythical Era, the Labyrinth of Constellations, none of them noticed that it was an era where mythology had ended.

Of course, it was largely due to the fact that their senses had become very dull as they weren’t living bodies, and they were forced to be summoned here from the royal tomb where their original souls were sleeping, taking a hit as space-time was distorted.

“This is where I sleep.”

When I spoke wistfully and bitterly, Chilling’s subordinates bowed their heads and comforted me.

-It is because of this foolish one’s incompetence that I failed to serve you till the end. Please punish me.

-It is I who failed to accomplish the great cause. Please punish me.

-No, it is I…

I raised my hand to stop the mummies competing to confess their faults.

“Enough. I did not bring it up to punish anyone.”

Then I said with a sorrowful smile,

“It’s just that the past suddenly came to mind, so you don’t need to feel guilty.”

-My king…

-My king…

Chilling’s sword, Devamberve, and the king’s eyes, Gromit, looked at me wistfully. Looking at them like that, I felt a twinge of conscience.

“The new saint of the firm earth.”

“This humble one is here. Command me, my king.”

Sophia skillfully bowed her waist and acted like a respectful subject.

“You open the door.”

At my words, the thirteen mummies were startled and looked at me and Sophia.

They didn’t whisper and remained silent, but it was obvious that they were pondering what kind of relationship Sophia and I had, and whether I favored her more than them.

“I will follow your order.”

Sophia solemnly placed her hand on the door and blew the divine power of the earth into it.

Unlike when Gromit opened it, the undead inside for security didn’t even budge.

The center of the royal tomb where the king was sleeping was filled with more splendid treasures than anywhere else.

“My eyes.”

-Command me, my king.

At my call, Gromit bowed his waist and waited for my words.

“My old body still contains great power.”

-That is so.

“It’s because only the soul barely moved when transferring to a new body. I want to blow that power into this body right away, but this weak body won’t be able to endure it.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Jade took out a large magic crystal.

It was a huge mana tank that Abasael had found in a hidden place while coming along the route I had set.

Now it contained no mana, but as an item from the Mythical Era, its storage capacity was on a different level from the current era.

“For now, I plan to put it in here and slowly absorb it into a new body over time.”

-That is wise. We will gladly do it.

As expected of someone called a bag of tricks, he easily noticed the reason I brought it up.

Extracting power from the sacred remains of a monster who was even an apostle of one of the seven major gods was not an easy task.

That was also the reason I woke up those who were sleeping well and brought them here.

In their lifetime, the thirteen mummies were clergy who had risen to the ranks of saints of the Goddess of the Earth, and each one was a heaven-shaking monster.

“Here it is.”

When I personally handed over the magic crystal, Gromit, who received it respectfully, placed the magic crystal in front of Chilling’s remains, or more precisely, the replica of the remains, and drew a magic circle.

Then he gathered the other twelve mummies in one place and began chanting a spell.

-Aham-Asanne-Bheurbhanu-Lop…

The thirteen mummies followed Gromit’s lead and extracted the sacred power from Chilling’s mummy with all their might.

No matter how much they were thirteen monsters who had risen to the rank of saints, handling the power of an apostle was not an easy task.

The more they extracted Chilling’s power, the more the power possessed by the king’s direct warriors was greatly diminished.

If they had living bodies, their mana would have shrunk so much that it wouldn’t be strange for them to collapse from exhaustion at any moment, and they staggered as if struggling.

-It’s the end now!

The moment the huge mana tank was filled to the brim and the mummy that possessed great power lost most of that power, a flash of light brushed past their bodies.

-Huh?

Swish.

Their bodies were divided into upper and lower halves and collapsed, and Precia sheathed her sword.

-What is the meaning of this!

Gromit shouted, filled with bewilderment, anger, and humiliation, and Precia calmly replied,

“If your great cause is to sacrifice innocent people, I cannot let you do it.”

At Precia’s words, the mummies trembling and gripping the ground erupted with fury and killing intent.

-How dare you betray the king and us with such worthless sense of justice!

-My king! That rude wench…!

I raised my hand to stop them from speaking.

“Ah, my apologies. I am not your king, you see.”

When I took off the golden laurel crown and greeted them like a gentleman, they were shocked.

-Th-that can’t be! Those were definitely memories with the king that others didn’t know!

-H-how dare you impersonate the king!

-A scammer who deserves to be chewed to death!

Judging by their reactions, the color of my soul reflected in their eyes seemed to be quite different from King Chilling’s.

“What are you saying? The one who got fooled is the idiot. You barbarians who perform human sacrifices.”

-You son of a…!

I didn’t want to listen anymore, so I swapped out the storage cartridge in my device and activated the pre-stored sealing technique.

-Aaargh!!

It was a very complex magic that consumed a lot of mana, but fortunately, there were many treasures created by the power of the ruins here, and there was the power of an apostle that filled the huge capacity mana tank.

-How dare you! How dare you!

-I will curse you and curse you again!

-May the curse of the firm earth be upon you!

Even with the frenzied curses, the bodies created by the ruins disappeared, leaving only mana crystals the size of seeds.

The sealing technique I activated with my device bound the souls of the thirteen and firmly sealed them in the mana crystals falling to the ground.

Since their souls couldn’t return to their original place, if I slowly dispose of only their real bodies later, I would have prevented a future calamity.

“Fools, there’s a saint favored by the Goddess of the Earth here, so what curse?”

From the moment they became undead, their connection with the Goddess of the Earth, who governs life, had long been severed.

Rather, if they had converted from the earth to the moon, or had gone to the side of the gods after death, they might have lived well, strutting around in the divine realm.

If there was such a thing as an afterlife, that is.

“Now, shall we suck out the last bit of marrow?”

I smiled, looking at the mummy of our great druid king, whose power had been sucked dry like dried fish.

“Arise, my king.”