THE USELESS PRINCE-Chapter 12: Voidveil Empire

Most of the survivors of the Ur Kingdom were in a state of dying, at this moment, for them, death was only a matter of time.

But before dying, they at least wanted to have a peaceful death without pain. But it seemed that this time, luck was not smiling on them.

In the distance, loud screams began to ring out, so loud that all those who were about to lose consciousness had to regain their senses instantly.

A small ray of hope began to appear in their eyes, thinking that those screams belonged to the people who would come and save their lives.

However, the moment the flag of the Voidveil Empire entered the sights of the remnants of the Ur Kingdom, their eyes once again became lifeless, immersed in indescribable despair.

"Damn...fuck..." A soldier muttered in despair.

He and everyone here wanted to die in peace, but why did they have to clash with the Voidveil Empire's army at the last moment?

This was nothing short of an insult.

Just the next moment, a cold iron blade sliced ​​through the soldier's neck, granting him a painless, yet extremely humiliating death.

***

"KILL ALL THE ENEMIES, MY LOYAL SOLDIERS! AS I SAID BEFORE, USE THEIR BLOOD TO CLEANSE YOUR SINS!" Ash shouted.

Receiving the order, the death row inmates began to let out fierce screams, causing the entire sky to shake as they rushed around, searching for survivors just to kill them.

Since all of these soldiers were people who had committed unforgivable crimes, they were naturally quite good at fighting.

All of Ash's soldiers began to kill the remnants of the Ur Kingdom one by one, leaving their entire bodies covered in the blood of their enemies. freewebnøvel.com

Meanwhile, Ash just stood there with Serena, witnessing this horrifying scene, unable to help but feel fear and a little shocked as this was the first time he witnessed such a massacre.

The stench of blood continuously filled his nose, causing Ash to cover it immediately and breathe through his mouth.

'This is so unpleasant.'

Honestly, if he could, Ash would not choose to kill the survivors. Instead, he would heal them and make those people work for him.

But unfortunately, Ash couldn't do that. It was all because of the so-called tutorial objective.

The truth was that Ash didn't need to complete this tutorial and could have just retreated right away, but he still chose to stay here, and one of the reasons was because of the reward he would receive for completing this stage.

In False Horizon, all characters would receive a new Ability after going through the tutorial.

And since Ash had to become strong enough to face the unpredictable events of the future, he had to receive that new Ability no matter what.

Ash had to become stronger quickly.

Stuck in his hazy thoughts about the uncertain future, Ash was attacked by a soldier of the Ur Kingdom without realizing it.

However, that soldier was quickly finished off by Serena. Everything happened so quickly that Ash didn't even know what had just happened.

He stood there, lost in his own thoughts.

Normally, he wouldn't have let his guard down like that, after all, this game had a hellish difficulty level. But since Ash had a loyal servant named Serena, he didn't need to worry too much.

If he had just lost his concentration for a moment, it would still be acceptable.

***

"Sir! We're back!" The voice that had just spoken belonged to a large-bodied death row inmate, and it seemed like he was hiding something behind his back.

"What are you hiding?" Ash asked, genuinely curious.

With a sinister smile, the death row inmate threw that thing at him. And when he got a better look, it was the head of a person whose name he didn't know.

Ash was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground on the spot.

But because he had mentally prepared himself for something like this, Ash was still lucky enough to hold on until now.

"What do you want me to do with this head?"

"Hehe, please declare our victory, sir." The soldiers around him also started looking at Ash with expectant eyes. Even Serena looked quite eager.

"Urgh...Alright..."

Ash sighed helplessly.

He coughed a few times until he was certain that his throat was fine before he began to speak:

"My soldiers! Today is a great and special day! Today is the day we destroy the entire kingdom of Ur! The day you will no longer be the death row inmates, and the day to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their lives for this campaign!"

He raised the head of the soldier belonging to the kingdom of Ur so that everyone could see it clearly:

"Shout after me: LONG LIVE THE VOIDVEIL EMPIRE!"

"LONG LIVE THE VOIDVEIL EMPIRE!"

[Congratulations! You have passed the tutorial! As a reward for your great contribution, you will receive a new Ability.]

***

Before the army left, they all agreed to stay here for a while longer. The purpose was to find out if there was anything valuable in this place, and if there was, then of course it would belong to them.

Well... those guys were criminals after all.

Ash didn't intend to stop the death row inmates' idea because he also needed time to check what Ability he had just received.

He opened his information panel and saw [Loyal Servant] right next to [Unlucky and Useless].

Furthermore, under the Ability section, Ash had also received a new section called "Servant", as for what purpose, he would have to check it first to find out.

[The Useless Prince could never succeed if he is alone. Rely on others more.]

[Loyal Servant: You can turn any 5 people into your Servant as long as they have great faith in you. And when they become your Servant, their power will increase greatly. Of course, the Servant will never harm the master. And you cannot replace your Servant.]

'Oh... that's interesting.' Ash exclaimed.

As soon as he finished reading the information about his new Ability, Ash immediately thought of turning the strongest characters in the game into his Servant.

That way, their power would become even stronger than before.

But if he did that, how crazy would the game's plot change?

Indeed, Ash knew very well that as soon as he turned the powerful characters into his Servants, the game's plot would most likely be changed a lot. But...so what?

It was already changed anyway since Ash survived the tutorial of The Useless Prince.

Furthermore, in order to survive in this game, go to the end of the world and return home, Ash was forced to have strong and trustworthy companions.

And for him, strength was more important than the authority to know the future.