THE USELESS PRINCE-Chapter 46: The Magician

Van was a psychopath, yes, he was a madman and he had no intention of denying it. However, he was also a person who cherished the things that belonged to him.

When he was a child, he was constantly abandoned and stripped of everything that belonged to him.

At the age of 3, his parents left home to earn more money, and until now, they still hadn’t even come back.

At the age of 7, all of Van’s friends abandoned him, simply because he was poor.

At the age of 9, his 2 younger brothers were kidnapped, and he... could only be pinned to the ground and watch that miserable scene. He had tried to fight back, but he was too weak.

And then finally, at the age of 15, the girlfriend he loved so much broke up with him for a richer and more powerful man.

"..."

Van stood still, watching her leave without being able to do anything. At the same time, an indescribable feeling welled up in his heart.

After being stripped of everything and abandoned hundreds of times in a row, Van finally realized the reason for such events in his life. He was weak, and had no power at all.

A man who was born in the slums, without any education or power like him, could only live the life of a pile of trash.

A year later, Van stood on the roof of a church, preparing to jump off, ending this life filled with pain.

"Please let me awaken the system..." In that moment of despair, Van prayed for something that he knew was unlikely to happen.

Nevertheless, surprisingly, the world had actually answered his wish.

He had received the system, along with his Fate - The Magician.

The moment he saw the words from the system, Van was so happy that he almost cried. He had truly received the system, something he had never dared to think of before.

And in that very moment, he swore that he would do his best to protect the things he held dear.

Van had once been a boy with a normal mind and mindset, but that was until he joined the Abyssal Organization.

Even though he had received the system, Van was still very weak, and he couldn’t even kill an Abyssal Creature by himself.

He had to become stronger, no matter what.

That was when the Abyssal Organization sent him an invitation to join. And of course, Van accepted without even a moment’s hesitation.

After spending more time in the Abyssal Organization, Van had completely changed. No one knew what he had gone through except for the members of the Organization, they only knew that he had completely become a madman.

The reason he kidnapped that girl was not too big, he just wanted to play with her as friends.

But he was a psychopath.

The reason he kidnapped Canis and Ash was also because he wanted to have more friends.

And once again, he was a psychopath.

However, when he came back, they had already run away.

"Impossible... My friends..." Van was stunned when he saw that his prison had been destroyed, and worse, that girl had long since died.

For the first time since receiving the system, he felt such despair. It was as if the time when he had no power had returned.

"Impossible... Wait for me, Ash and Canis."

Fate The Magician gave Van 2 Abilities.

The first was Fake Identity, which could help him transform into another person’s face by reading someone’s thoughts. Obtaining a week’s worth of memories of the opponent.

And when reading Ash’s thoughts, he recognized a person named Lucian - someone quite special to this Third Prince.

Next was Magician’s Footstep, which could help his speed increase rapidly, like a magician.

They always appeared in different places at a speed that no one could keep up with. Like ghosts, they disappeared and reappeared.

And with these two Abilities, plus his Ascender Rank, Van would definitely be able to capture Ash "Worthless" Voidveil and Canis.

***

Lucian stood there, watching the scene unfold without saying a word. However, there was a hint of hatred and seriousness in his eyes.

"You’re not a lecturer at the Academy. Who are you?" It seemed that Lucian didn’t take long to understand what was going on.

After all, he was very smart.

"And who are you, blond? You seem familiar." Van said in a contemptuous tone.

"Sigh, it seems you don’t want to answer my question? Oh well, whatever." Lucian began to stretch his muscles.

"Hm?" Van stood there, completely unaware of what the other was doing.

And then, in the blink of an eye, Lucian had completely disappeared, no, to be more precise, he had approached Van in just a split second.

Lucian’s speed was extremely high, even comparable to Van’s. He was so fast that no one could keep up with him.

And the most surprising thing was that that speed wasn’t even because of his Ability.

Van tried to dodge the punch that was heading straight for his face, but unfortunately, it was impossible.

Just like that, the punch that seemed to want to punch through a mountain landed right in the middle of his face, smashing Van’s nose bridge.

"Fuck!" Van took a dozen steps back, only now were Ash and Canis able to move again.

With all his remaining strength, Ash tried to stand up and realized that it seemed like his body had gotten a bit better. He was able to move normally like before.

"Hey Third Prince, what’s the situation now?" Lucian asked.

"In short, he’s a psychopath and he captured me and Canis. But we were lucky to escape. That’s why he’s chasing us."

"...Why didn’t you wait there until the exam was over? After all, all the lecturers would be holding a search party then."

"Are you stupid? If that was the case, I would have been either miserably killed or brutally tortured by now."

"Hey Lucian, do you have a flare gun?" This time, it was Canis who spoke up.

"Sorry, but I don’t have a flare gun. I gave it to someone else just now, so we probably have no choice but to fight this guy."

The three of them gripped their weapons tightly, looking towards Van, who was still rubbing the bridge of his nose.

The current situation was extremely unsuitable for joking around. They didn’t even have the time to think of a complete plan.

Their opponent this time was a psychopath, a madman with immense power.

If they were careless, one of the three would definitely die. Or maybe all three would be killed by Van.

There was no time to think anymore, all that remained was to kill and survive.

"It hurts..." Van muttered.

"IT HURT YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!" He shouted, causing the entire forest to shake.