The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

The Lyre Constellation Zone was made up of a curious and endlessly vast river flowing from the ground to the sky.

Usually, when entering the Lyre Constellation Zone, one would pass through a gate at the end of the river, and crossing the river would allow passage to the next zone.

We, who had come from Vega to the Lyre Constellation Zone, landed on a sedimentary island in the middle of the river where the entrance to Alpha Star was hidden.

“It’s a strange flow of magical power. If I say it’s a real space… it would sound natural, but it’s not a real space.”

I added to Abassael’s words.

“You mean, even in the mythical era before it was realized as a labyrinth, this space wasn’t a real space?”

“Ah! Yes, that’s right. I’m not good with words….”

Abassael’s analysis was accurate. This place was a space created by concepts during the mythical era.

To be precise, it was the river that served as the boundary between the imaginary space called the underworld and reality.

The Sanzu River (三途川) or the River Styx, a place that naturally doesn’t exist in the present era.

“Wow! Where are we?”

Silua, who had just woken up, looked around with sparkling eyes.

At that moment, the space of the Constellation Labyrinth shook, and the world trembled loudly.

Checking the celestial clock, the needle began to rotate wildly, and the constellations started to move greatly.

With that shaking, the island began to collapse, and the river started to flood.

“Oh no!”

Jade quickly struck the river with his magic staff, freezing the water.

“Hurry and get on top!”

The huge ice chunk Jade created was stable even on the violent waves, not shaking greatly.

“How thick did you make this?”

When I tapped the ice under my feet and asked, Jade replied as if it was nothing.

“Who knows? About 30 meters? I tried to fix it to the riverbed, but it seems the river is deeper than that.”

The ice chunk we were riding on flowed little by little toward the sky along the river.

“The depth of the river of the moon is immeasurable.”

At my words, Gilbert asked in surprise.

“Then, is this the underworld?”

“No, not the underworld, but kind of like the path leading to it?”

Even that was only realized in a very small part. Gilbert was scared by my answer.

“Then, if we cross the river, won’t we die?”

“If it was real, that would be the case, but since it’s fake, it’s fine.”

At most, there were giant piranhas swimming around in the river, but with this size of ice, they wouldn’t dare attack.

“Eunha.”

Shaa-!

At my call, Eunha swam through the light.

Eunha, who had been circling around me, displayed a video in front of me of the gate that moved between zones.

When searching a wide area without a plan, a light spirit was indeed the best.

“Let’s see….”

I looked at the map to find which way we should go.

“It’s that gate.”

Between a gate that looked like the entrance to hell and a gate surrounded by vegetation, I chose the one that looked like the entrance to hell.

The Constellation Zones periodically change the locations of their internal zones.

I reverse-calculated that rule and deliberately came to the Lyre Constellation Zone that would be connected to the Shepherd Constellation Zone, which doesn’t move much from the deepest part of the labyrinth.

The Lyre Constellation we are in now has become a huge ship and moved to the deepest part of the Constellation Labyrinth in one breath.

“Eunha, Rami.”

At my call, Eunha guided us in the direction of the gate I had chosen, and Rami controlled the flow of the river to move the ice chunk.

Of course, the fish that occasionally jumped up and charged at us while we were going were sliced by the Sword Demon.

Crunch~! The flesh is sweet!

******

The Sword Fairy felt the energy of the magic sword and quickly came to the Crown Constellation Zone from deep within the Constellation Labyrinth.

Just after narrowly arriving at the Crown Constellation Zone, the Constellation Labyrinth’s zone rearrangement began, but unlike other zones, the Crown Constellation Zone didn’t shake much.

It was thanks to the Crown Constellation Zone being located in the middle of the Constellation Labyrinth and being one of the areas with little movement.

There was a reason many exploration teams included the Crown Constellation Zone in their middle route.

Not only was it safe, but it was also easy to prepare for unexpected constellation movements as it shook very little.

However, as the wide open door of the royal tomb closed, the huge statues that had been raising their weapons high as if paying respects lowered their weapons back to their original positions.

At the same time, the magical power of the ruins was sucked into the royal tomb like a gust of wind.

The explorers of the Izel Expedition, who were resting and preparing for the zone rearrangement, were almost sucked into the royal tomb by that flow.

“Are you okay?”

As soon as she entered the Crown Constellation Zone, the Sword Fairy saved the people caught in the huge flow.

Yuan had dealt with the 13 warriors and apostles of the Earth Goddess who had become saints, so the force being sucked into the royal tomb to refill the emptied power had no choice but to be strong.

“Th-Thank you. We survived, thanks to you.”

Those who were saved were sweating coldly. There would have been no answer if they had been trapped inside the royal tomb.

Abassael had shown how to open the royal tomb, but they didn’t have the most important young blood-sucking shaman or the magic crystal with earth attributes to supply magical power.

While trying to gather the materials to open it, those trapped inside would have surely starved to death or been killed by the skeletons roaming inside.

“If you’re thankful, I’d appreciate it if you could answer my question. Have you seen the Sword Demon here by any chance? Friends from the Izel Expedition. And the Mercenary King.”

At the question of Sword Fairy Nayuta Elisfil, Rotulus approached her with a smile.

“It’s been a while, Sword Fairy.”

“It has been a while. Thanks for your help in Riftel.”

“I also told the Sword Demon, but it was just a job I was paid for. Don’t worry about it.”

“Hahaha, still, I’m grateful for what I’m grateful for. But you’re saying the Sword Demon said the same thing?”

Rotulus nodded at Nayuta’s question.

“A few hours… No, time is a meaningless concept in these ruins. Anyway, the Sword Demon was here.”

“If she was here, that means she had the magic sword, right?”

“That’s right. She said it was the ancient Chilling’s magic sword.”

Hearing Rotulus’ answer, Nayuta let out a deep sigh.

“I don’t know if she’s overdoing it again.”

“Even the Sword Demon won’t immediately devour such an ominous magic sword. She’ll probably try it in a safe place, at least here or in a few safe zones.”

“Then there’s still a chance to stop her.”

The reason Nayuta was chasing her old friend Anastasia was to stop Anastasia’s dangerous devouring of magic swords.

By Anastasia eating the magic swords, the world becomes safer, but if she keeps doing that, her end won’t be good at all.

“Can you tell which way she went? Strangely, I can’t find any traces from here.”

If it was a magic sword with a power strong enough for Rotulus, a superhuman, to call ominous, just holding it should have allowed one to sense its direction, but it couldn’t be felt at all.

It was because Yuan had erased those traces with the power of spirits so that the Sword Fairy and Amelie wouldn’t be able to cooperate and pursue them.

“She went over to the Aquila Constellation Zone, but the connection between here and the Aquila Constellation Zone would have been cut off just now as the constellations moved greatly.”

“Hmm, so there’s no choice but to search blindly?”

While Nayuta was pondering, Amelie spoke.

“Sword Fairy-nim, I have a good idea, would you like to hear it? If we do it well, we may be able to meet the Sword Demon-nim without exerting much effort.”

She smiled with a confident yet mischievous grin.

******

Passing from the Lyre Constellation Zone, the path of the dead, to the Shepherd Constellation Zone, a space full of vast grasslands and mountains surrounding the grasslands appeared.

“It’s a peaceful space.”

Sophia looked around, seemingly in a good mood from the warm sunshine.

“There are sheep grazing over there too. I thought it would be a very dangerous zone since it’s the deepest part of the Constellation Labyrinth, but I guess it’s a safe zone?”

I chuckled at her question.

“A safe zone? Don’t you think the sheep over there look a bit strange?”

“Strange? How?”

“Take a good look.”

At my words, everyone stared intently at the sheep in the distance.

“Wait… Why are the trees near those sheep so small? Are they ornamental trees?”

“It’s not that the trees are small….”

“The sheep are huge!”

The sheep of the mythical era, the Rockslide Sheep, sensing our presence, ran towards us.

“Baaaa~!”

The sheep’s cry resonated through my body as if it were being pounded.

If I hadn’t made Navi prepare just in case, we would have nearly died from that sonic weapon, spewing blood from every orifice.

Shing-

As the Sword Demon slowly drew her sword, I raised my hand to stop her.

“Don’t kill it. It’s not particularly charging at us to attack. And it would be troublesome if you killed it.”

Just as I said, the legendary sheep that causes rockslides with its cries ran with its bulky body and stood right in front of us, offering its flank.

It meant for us to comb it.

The Rockslide Sheep was mistaking us for shepherds.

That made sense, as the only humans who could hear its cries and not die were the shepherds leading them.

Using Navi’s power, I created a wind rake, no, a comb, and combed the Rockslide Sheep’s wool.

“Baaah~!”

The sheep cried out as if feeling good, but the ground shook, and the mountains crumbled a little from the aftermath.

Then, as if drawn by the sheep’s cries, other sheep hiding in various parts of the mountain range poked their heads out.

The sheep poking their heads out from a distance were cute, but when they stuck out heads the size of houses up close, it was scary.

If those monsters started crying all at once, it would truly be a natural disaster befitting their name.

“These Rockslide Sheep were raised by the god of shepherds and struggle. Considering when the labyrinth was created, to be precise, it would be a realization of the sheep ranch cultivated by that god’s ancestors.”

Thanks to the ruins being full of historical records that could infer the era, I could roughly guess when these ruins were created.

At my explanation, Sophia clicked her tongue.

“The visuals are so different from the illustrations in the scriptures I learned?”

“Well, these Rockslide Sheep are extinct now. It’s mentioned in the scriptures too, right? When the god of shepherds and struggle ascended to the divine realm, he led the sacred beast, the shepherd dog Fenrir, and the flock of sheep, ringing seven bells to end the divine era.”

At that time, the god of shepherds and struggle took all the Rockslide Sheep to the divine realm, causing them to go extinct.

“Indeed, since he raised sheep with this kind of visual, he overcame the seven trials. But how do you know such things?”

“You can find out by reading books. Read more.”

“Tsk! I read quite a lot too!”

“I’m sure you do.”

At my gesture, the sheep lay down and lowered its head.

After combing its fur, it seemed to acknowledge me as a shepherd and considerately allowed me to climb on top of its head.

I grabbed the horns of the Rockslide Sheep and climbed on top of its head.

“Come on up. There won’t be a safer place than this in this zone.”

At my words, everyone climbed on top of the sheep’s head.

As we were riding the sheep and roaming the grasslands, Jade looked around.

“What’s wrong?”

“Ah, it’s nothing. I don’t know if it’s just my feeling, but I feel like I’ve seen this place somewhere before.”

I chuckled at Jade’s words.

“Of course you would. This is the basin terrain in the Bastille mountain range.”

To be precise, it was the territory of ‘Monohorn,’ one of the five great magic beasts ruling the mountain range.

“Ah! I see! No wonder it felt familiar.”

As if finding it fascinating that the land that had been a snowy field for over 600 years was a peaceful land draped with vegetation in the distant past, Jade looked around the familiar terrain.

As we rode on the sheep’s head, sheep began to gather one by one, forming a herd.

“I think it’s about time.”

Sophia asked at my murmuring.

“For what?”

“My target.”

At that moment, a sharp howl rang through the sky, shaking the world.

“Awoooo!”

The shepherd dog ‘Fenrir,’ who leads the Rockslide Sheep, appeared with the ‘Twin Bells of the Fallen Angel’s Horn’ around its neck.