The Sole Prince of the Fallen Kingdom

"You know, Your Highness, I was extremely happy that day and even decided to comply with Her Majesty's threat but..." Pope Eugene squatted down and continued while looking me straight in the eyes, "...both they and the water sovereign betrayed me."

The sword that I was pointing at him had already drooped down in shock hearing that My parents, whom I thought to be the kindest and most understanding people ever to exist, gave a person a threat to his loved one's life just to keep a secret. 

Thoughts inside my mind were racing at an abnormal speed with numerous questions, but everything went silent the moment he said they betrayed him.

"Five Years Later, when I was in the church doing what I usually did, I was informed that my house had caught on fire due to a Monster attack. I hurried back as fast as I could to see Natalie, Rio, and Rhea but when I arrived at the scene, did you know what I saw?"

"...What?"

"The house was indeed burned down by fire, but that fire wasn't that of a monster's fire. It was an alchemically created fire that was only available to a handful of people in the entire world. A Fire that only goes out after it burns down its target to ashes and the target of that fire was... was..." Pope Eugene stuttered, and for the first time throughout our entire interaction, his eyes showed any human emotion which intensified and manifested the dark energy around him into existence for a moment but quickly disappeared as it never existed in the first place.

"...At that time, when I reached there, their bodies were still burning even though they had long taken their last breath and the Royals were present there, looking at them with dead eyes-"

"STOPPPP!" I lost my temper when he accused my parents of being a Murderer, "...You are lying, there's no way Father and Mother would do something as heinous as that!" My sword was already at his throat and a line of blood could be seen running down his neck. "If you ever try to accuse My parents again falsely, I will make sure on my name that you won't see the sun the next day!" I made my words sound as threatening as possible and even though I knew that I couldn't defeat him right now, my anger was getting the better of me.

"...Pfft! Hahaha," Even when the sword was pointed at his neck, Eugene laughed like he heard the best joke in his life and spoke as his eyes turned black, "Splendid, Splendid, Your Highness! I underestimated you. The Chivalry, Courage, and Righteousness that you have shown me today, I haven't expected that to be shown by a ten-year-old! I am sure Rhea and Rio would love to meet you, So..."

Sensing the danger, I instinctively pressed the blade harder onto his neck to finish him off, but he grabbed the blade with his bare hand and continued speaking while abyssal energy was emanating from his whole body, stronger than ever before, "...Would you mind meeting them?"

[Eugene, Disciple of the Abyssal Lord is trying to send the Host's Soul into the Abyssal Realm.]

[Trying to Protect the Host's Soul from the invading Abyssal Energy 1%2%3% ...Error. Failed.]

[Accessing the Blessing of the Reincarnator to unlock the System's full potential.]

[1%2%3% ...Error. Failed. The host's Physical Condition isn't in a suitable state, if to unlocks the system's full potential now, the chances of the host losing his life are... 100%.]

[27% of the Host's Soul has been contaminated by the Abyssal Energy. If not done anything urgently, the Host would lose his life.]

"Urghh..." I groaned, hearing all the notifications Char was sending, as my vision once again started getting blurry and the injuries and tiredness from the previous time didn't make it any easier to keep my eyes open. 

[38%...]

'...Am I gonna die like this?'

[46%...]

'No... I can't die without killing him.'

[57%...]

'If I die without Killing him, he will go after Father and Mother's life, and I can't let that happen. Absolutely not!'

I bit my tongue as hard as I could to keep my eyes open and resisted the urge to succumb to the darkness. Leaning my whole body weight behind the sword, to force him to use both hands to block if he did not want the blade to penetrate his neck. 

[65%...]

"Eughhh..." I groaned as my tongue started to bleed, but I still persisted and kicked the ground trying to put as much power behind the blade as possible.

[76%...]

"Hrggh..." Pope Eugene for the first time in our confrontation showed a sign of struggle and his act of a gentleman broke, "...Stop trying to Resist, You Little Ignorant Child!"

[82%...]

'No... No, It's not enough. I need more power!'

[89%...]

'MORE POWER!!!'

[92%...]

At that moment, my mind was just wishing for more power to kill the threat that was looming over my family and the Kingdom that they loved. I wished for more power, a Power beyond the common belief, and... it happened.

The water started forming around the blade I was holding, its pressure increasing with every moment passing. Strong and sharp wind currents started gathering around the area where we were fighting, attacking Eugene with precision and intent to kill. Lightning crackled through the blade that I was holding, injuring me too as well as Eugene but in my case, it only helped me keep my consciousness intact.

[Host has awakened Magic through the method of (Forced Awakening)]

[{Unique Skill: Aquilonis} has been granted as the effect of the Blessings of the Almighty Water Sovereign and Wind Sovereign.

Description: Water Sovereign, Jcuhydro, and Wind Sovereign, Kleigniah has blessed Aiden and has granted him control over every form of Water and Wind there is.]

[Elements of the Magic that the Host's Soul can convert Mana into are: Lightning (Mastery Lv. 0), Water, and Wind.]

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As the Magic started to Gather around the sword that Aiden was holding, Eugene was stupefied witnessing the Awakening of a 10-year-old Kid through the method of [Forced Awakening], the most dangerous known method to awaken Elements of the Magic in the Soul of a living being.

But that wasn't the only thing that sent Eugene's mind into a panic state, it was the other miracle that he was seeing in front of his eyes. 

A boy, no older than 10 years in age, who had just awakened through [Forced Awakening] was controlling three elements at a single moment, something that takes even a genius at least half a decade of practice, instead of suffering the aftereffects of the [Forced Awakening].

Seeing the Miracle that Aiden was doing, Eugene finally realized why the Emperor, the most powerful person in the Mortal Realm of Melux, wanted the Prince of Everhart Kingdom Dead. It was because ...He is a monster in the making.

As soon as Eugene realized the potential of the opponent he was fighting, a bead of sweat rolled down his cheek. He decided to stop taking this fight lightly and strengthened his Abyssal Mana to finish the fight as soon as possible.

Eugene gathered all his strength, threw Aiden at the wall, and prepared himself to use the Trump Card he never wanted to use it against a kid but it couldn't be helped at that moment.

CLANK

The Sword, whose blade had been dulled due to coming in contact with the Elemental Mana, dropped from Aiden's Hand as he collided with the wall, destroying it in the process.

The Force that Eugene threw Aiden with should have been enough to kill anyone whose Vitality is in F-RANK, but not only did Aiden survive the impact with only blood coming out of his mouth and his head, but he was trying to stand back onto his feet.

Once Again, Eugene realized that if he didn't use his trump card right now, there was close to zero chance he would make it alive from here. His trump card, [Extra Skill: Soul Sacrifice], was a skill that was granted to him by Emperor Norbury himself when he agreed to make a Soul Pact with him.

The Pact was that if Eugene killed and presented the body of Aiden Von Everhart to Emperor Norbury, the Emperor would help Eugene meet his family once again. The Skill was granted to Eugene by the Emperor to accomplish his end of the pact was [Extra Skill: Soul Sacrifice].

[Extra Skill: Soul Sacrifice], A skill that sacrifices one's soul to the Devil and grants him the power to defeat his opponent. When Eugene received this skill, he was baffled for a moment by how a human could grant Skills and why would he need a power of this level just to kill a child, but now, he got the answer to the latter.

"[Extra Skill: Soul Sacrifice]", Eugene activated this skill for the first time since he had received it, and as soon as he did, he felt an immense level of power surging throughout his whole body.

His body started turning into some kind of a Demon. His hands started morphing into black sharp claws with red plates covering his arms and extending to his shoulders. His legs turned into a substance that was as hard as a Diamond in durability but Charcoal Black in color. His left eye turned golden as a scar spread across his face diagonally to his jawline.

Slowly, but surely, his mind also stopped thinking rationally and he succumbed to the pleasure of overwhelming Power overflowing through him, and now the only thing that was differentiating him from an actual Monster was his ability to speak.

"Muhahahahaha... Feast your eyes on this immaculate form of mine, You Mortal Kid, as this would be the last thing you would get to see before death." Soon enough, Eugene's soul was completely sacrificed to the Demon in desire for power, and he got completely corrupted by him, ending the life of a Mortal named Eugene, then and there.

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