The Extra Prince Sets Out To Conquer The World

In the front, there was a Hydra with only bones remaining.

In the rear, a horde of zombie minotaurs with flesh falling off.

In the sky above, a flock of bone wyverns wrapped in black mana.

“This is a big problem.”

Abassael broke out in a cold sweat.

No matter how much it had lost its regenerative ability from its living days, a Hydra was still a Hydra.

It was a monster that had accumulated enough strength to be dozens of meters in size.

A Hydra of that size, if it were alive, would not be an exaggeration to compare it to Fenrir, whom they had fought not long ago.

Rather, it wouldn’t be strange to call it an even higher-ranked monster.

Both Fenrir and Hydra were legendary monsters all the same.

Fenrir was slain relatively easily because Rotulus, the King of Mercenaries, drew its attention with the assistance of the Sea Demonination’s most elite knights and priests, while the Sword Demon targeted its weak points.

However, now there was no transcendent to draw attention and assist with dozens of people, and they didn’t know the Hydra’s weaknesses.

If it were just a matter of defeating the Hydra in a head-on battle, it wouldn’t be a big problem.

Even if they sustained some injuries, they could recover safely with Sophia’s help.

But the undead they faced weren’t just the Hydra.

There were at least three digits’ worth of zombie minotaurs and dozens of bone wyverns.

“The difficulty level is insane.”

Jade also swallowed dry saliva.

“The only fortunate thing is that our goal is not extermination.”

At Abassael’s words, Jade grinned.

“That’s right. There’s no need to fight head-on.”

At the mention that they didn’t have to exterminate, the group’s stiffness slightly loosened.

Their goal was, after all, to catch the skeleton rabbit and reach their destination.

There was no need to directly confront that terrifying Hydra.

They were briefly paralyzed by the shocking situation, but they quickly regained their rational thinking.

Realizing that fact, March, who was standing on the center of the Hydra’s skull, giggled and laughed.

“Now, let’s start the real game!”

As March closed the lid of the pocket watch, the hordes of undead began to charge.

“Moooooooo!”

Seeing the zombie minotaurs rushing in with cow-like moans, Abassael flew into the sky and shouted.

“Silua! I leave the rear to you!”

“Yes! Uncle!”

Silua summoned dozens of defense dolls from her subspace ‘Doll’s Forest’ to face the zombie minotaurs.

In the meantime, Abassael, who had risen to the sky, fired flaming arrows to keep the bone wyverns in check.

“Precia! Jade! Please take care of the Hydra!”

“Yes! Understood!”

“Leave it to me!”

As Precia charged at the Hydra with her sword wrapped in sword energy, Jade created dozens of ice wolves to escort Precia while restraining the Hydra with chains made of ice.

The Hydra twisted its entire body to break free from the restraints and attacked Precia and Jade.

However, the tail swung while bound was easily blocked by Precia’s sword strike.

“Gilbert! Yard!”

At Abassael’s call, Gilbert and Yard ran behind Precia as if they knew what to do.

The two’s target was the skeleton rabbit, March.

“Mother dwelling in the earth, your children have come to a strange land, so please have mercy on us! Please bestow courage, hope, and blessings in a full course as you see fit!”

As Sophia swung her holy staff with the Fallen Angel’s Horns attached, a clear and pristine bell sound rang out in all directions.

Her divine power was amplified by the sound waves, enhancing all the abilities of her companions, and the Goddess of the Earth responded with full force to the prayer of her impudent daughter.

Everyone was surprised by the tremendous blessings they had never received before, while constantly moving without rest.

Precia’s sword chipped away at the Hydra’s bones, and Silua’s dolls tore apart the zombie minotaurs.

Abassael also created a net of flames to bind the bone wyverns.

Among them, the ones who benefited the most from the Saint’s blessings were Gilbert and Yard, who had climbed onto the Hydra’s body.

No matter how much Jade restrained the Hydra’s body and Precia attacked to draw its attention, the two running on the mighty undead’s body were in the most danger.

“Gilbert!”

“Yes!”

Yard pulled out mana threads in all directions, moving around various parts of the Hydra’s body like a tightrope walker, creating footholds for Gilbert to step on and jump up.

Gilbert stepped on the footholds created by Yard, leaped high, and swung his sword energy, aiming at the skeleton rabbit.

March’s physical strength wasn’t exceptional.

However, he was faster than any other immigration officer, so he hopped around and dodged Gilbert’s sword energy.

“You can’t catch me at that speed. Tick-tock, time is passing.”

Of course, Gilbert knew well that he wouldn’t be able to hit due to the time difference while the sword energy was flying.

“Come quickly!”

However, at the end of the trajectory that the skeleton rabbit dodged Gilbert’s sword energy, Yard was waiting.

Yard widely sprayed mana threads towards the skeleton rabbit running towards him and smiled.

But March scoffed at Yard and stepped on the air.

“That was a good attempt.”

Turning direction in midair, March leaped high into the sky.

“Yeah, it was a good attempt.”

In the sky, Abassael, who had been facing the bone wyverns, threw a flame net at the skeleton rabbit.

I chewed on peanuts and asked,

“What are they doing?”

I asked Bahamut because I couldn’t understand the sight I was seeing.

She was holding her stomach and roaring with laughter.

“Hahahahaha! This trial is always funny whenever I watch it!”

My companions, projected by the old projector, were diligently running around swinging their swords in the air.

Yard and Gilbert were even using mana threads and flying in the air.

Of course, it seemed to be because the skeleton rabbit was hopping around in the air.

But I couldn’t understand why only Yard and Gilbert were chasing the skeleton rabbit while the others were digging in the air.

No, before that, in the novel, the trial was to face the endlessly spawning undead monsters in the maze while catching the skeleton rabbit who was being a nuisance in between.

“Don’t tell me…”

At my question, Bahamut, who had been laughing for a while, wiped her tears and nodded.

“That’s right. Your friends are currently fighting fiercely against the illusions created by the maze. We can’t see them since we’re outside the labyrinth.”

After answering, Bahamut still found the sight of them fighting fiercely against non-existent monsters funny and kept hitting the armrest of the chair while laughing.

Certainly, the sight of the dolls struggling and fighting was funny.

If they weren’t my companions, I might have laughed like her too.

“Leaving others aside, I thought Precia, Jade, or Abassael would have noticed, but they don’t know?”

At my question, Bahamut answered as if it couldn’t be helped.

“The Dark Queen created that maze, so of course. No matter how much of a sage of the four seasons they are, if they enter without knowing, it won’t be easy to figure out.”

It meant that if they entered knowing, they could deal with it.

The dolls fighting the illusions showed movements as if they were facing real entities.

Yard’s mana threads were binding something in the air, and Yard himself was performing aerial acrobatics, supporting his body with those mana threads.

It meant that for those who saw the illusion, it affected reality as if it were real.

It certainly didn’t seem like an ordinary illusion.

“Then the reason why the trial won’t be valid if I enter is…”

“The senses of the spirits synchronized with you can’t be deceived. The spirits you contracted with are ultimately beings of the spirit world, the ‘otherworld’, so the laws of our world often don’t apply to them.”

When she put it that way, it felt like my spirits were like Cthulhu.

Come to think of it, it didn’t seem to be very different.

Spirits were supernatural beings that were the embodiment of nature itself.

Spirits were that great of beings, and I was also aware that I wasn’t able to fully draw out the power of the spirits yet.

If I read Lisbeth’s spirit book that I haven’t properly read yet, will it improve a little?

It was frustrating not having a mentor to teach me spirit arts.

Unlike magic, spirit arts weren’t popularized, and the spirit books I could obtain from the magic tower were all a mess.

If I ever go to the Sky City, the holy land of mages, there should be fairies there, so I should try to obtain spirit books there.

Proper spirit art masters were extremely rare even among fairies, but it was at least worth hoping for.

I inwardly sighed and looked at my companions who were struggling.

“In the end, it’s one of two things. Either realizing it’s an illusion or overcoming the illusion.”

Even in the novel, they never realized it was an illusion in the end, but it wasn’t impossible.

Silua’s half-neglected scouting dolls were walking through the empty maze without sending any unusual signals.

In other words, that illusion only had an effect when the target perceived it.

The reason Silua’s controlled dolls could engage in combat was that she perceived that illusion as real.

On the other hand, the reason the scouting dolls out of sight didn’t encounter enemies was that Silua didn’t perceive the enemies where the scouting dolls were.

“Yard perceiving the enemy with his scouting mana threads was because that skeleton rabbit deliberately cut off the mana threads to create a misunderstanding.”

It made them aware of the invisible enemy’s presence, creating a preconception.

Once the battle started, there wouldn’t be room to scout, so a single preconception could completely twist their perception.

For the same reason, the skeleton rabbit didn’t touch Silua’s scouting dolls because if the scouting dolls were attacked, Silua would obtain the ‘situational information’ that they were attacked without perceiving the enemy.

That information could raise suspicion about the illusion and ultimately be fatal to the illusion.

At my speculation, Bahamut laughed as if it were interesting and nodded.

“That’s right. That rabbit is cunning. It’s nothing compared to you though.”

“Don’t add unnecessary remarks, will you?”

At my complaint, Bahamut shrugged.

“Unnecessary? In my long life, you’re the first cunning fellow I’ve ever met.”

Anyway, if they just notice the difference, they can shatter the illusion.

Even if Silua doesn’t realize it, Jade should be able to.

If it were me, it was a big enough factor that I would surely notice, so I thought Jade would also be able to notice it.

However, the situation went in the opposite direction of my expectations.

“Hahahahahaha!!”

Bahamut burst into laughter at the scene unfolding beyond the screen.

The skeleton rabbit March twisted its body and separated all its bones to escape through the gaps of the flame net thrown by Abassael.

“Aaah! That was close!”

As the pocket watch in March’s right hand began to turn counterclockwise and overflowed with black aura, it stuck to the scattered bones of the skeleton rabbit and reassembled the skeleton rabbit’s bones.

“Oh my… It seems my weakness has been exposed.”

As March made a small tsk sound, Abassael smiled.

“Yeah, that pocket watch is the main body….”

“How dare you do this to my precious ears!”

Confirming that the end of the rabbit ear headband attached to the skull was slightly burnt, March let out a sound as if wailing.

However, being an undead, no tears flowed.

“I won’t let this slide!”

The moment he made that declaration, an ominous flow of mana was felt from the ground.

“Young Master said! If you don’t know, just break it! Simplicity is efficiency!”

Precia’s sword, Jade’s mana, and Sophia’s divine power gathered together, and a huge sword energy dozens of meters long erupted.

Kiiiiiiiiiiii-!

The huge and sturdy sword energy rotated fiercely, making a strange sound.

“Ah, no!”

The skeleton rabbit turned pale at the ominous power.