THE USELESS PRINCE-Chapter 14: Death

"What just happened!?" Serena stood up right away with a somewhat panicked expression, it seemed like she was no longer affected by Death's attracting ability.

She expected an explanation from Ash, but sadly, no explanation was waiting for her.

Ash was standing still like a corpse, he was not looking at the Abyssal Creature floating in the air and he had no intention of paying attention to it either since he knew that it would take some time for the second attack to be carried out.

Instead, he was staring at the death row inmates who had sworn allegiance to him with tragic eyes - the ones who had destroyed the remnants of the Ur Empire with Ash.

Now, they were nothing more than empty corpses. They were still alive but at the same time, they were all dead.

Their bodies were still functioning normally, but their souls could no longer return.

Ash probably couldn't remember the names of those people, but he still vaguely remembered what their faces looked like and how many there were.

402 was the number of soldiers who were slain after Death's first attack.

Just a few days ago, everyone was still laughing and partying together. All of them had a happy expression and looked forward to returning, but now, the faces of these soldiers looked extremely soulless and lifeless.

Honestly, even though Ash had been reincarnated into a game, he had never thought that these soldiers or anyone else were NPCs.

Unlike NPCs, they had emotions, knew joy, sadness, anger, and more. They were humans and would always be humans just like him.

"How sad..." Ash muttered to himself. He looked so lonely and pathetic.

***

Death's second attack wasn't as strong as the first, but of course Ash and Serena still couldn't let their guard down.

A black aura of death began to radiate from the hand holding the giant scythe. And when that aura disappeared, the next attack was performed.

From within Death's cloak, a series of smaller versions of it began to fall to the ground, and their level must be at least Fiend or Beast or even higher.

Although they could not be as strong as their true form, the number of these smaller versions could not be underestimated.

Within just 1 minute, more than 1000 Mini Deaths had surrounded the entire citadel, leaving Ash and Serena with no way to escape.

He glanced around, unable to help but feel anxious and panicked. If all of them attacked at the same time, the chances of both of them winning were really low.

And in order to increase that survival chance, Ash or Serena had to become stronger.

Ash knew that he himself couldn't become stronger right now, but Serena was different. If she became his Servant, her power would increase significantly.

In fact, he felt quite regretful about making the choice right now. But if he didn't do it, he wouldn't have any other choice.

'System, answer me!'

[?]

'Holy shit.' Ash was really surprised that he had actually received a reply from the system. In False Horizon, he had never heard of such a case.

But could it be because Ash was a special person?

'I've already decided who I want to turn into my Servant!'

[Who?]

'Serena!' Ash even pointed at the black-haired girl holding the sword and glanced around warily, even though he knew he didn't need to do so.

[...]

The system was silent for a moment before giving Ash an answer that couldn't be more shocking.

[Unfortunately, Serena doesn't trust you. Please make her trust for you become higher.]

'Huh????' Ash was dazed like an idiot, completely surprised by the message sent from the system.

He slowly turned his eyes towards Serena, looking at her with an unbelievable gaze. No matter how many times Ash died and came back to life, he really couldn't accept that Serena didn't trust him even a little bit.

If that was the case, then why did she follow The Useless Prince all the way here?

'Or maybe it's because...' A sudden thought flashed through his mind, but he didn't have time to waste anymore because over 1000 smaller versions of Death had already started attacking.

***

Ash immediately gripped his sword, preparing to fight over 1000 Mini Deaths even though he couldn't be sure how much of a chance he had of winning.

But even so, he had no other choices. He had to gamble that he would survive.

And once he did, Ash would definitely go find that Relic with such terrifying power because only with it could he defeat the Abyssal Creature that was floating in the air.

He knew that it would be a waste to use that Relic to kill Death, but right now, it was his only option.

The distance between Ash, Serena and the Mini Deaths was getting shorter and shorter by time.

They didn't say anything or make any noise, just silently advancing, but that was enough to make him anxious a little.

"I believe in you Serena! Defeat them all with me!" He was forced to put all his faith in someone who didn't believe in him at all.

Serena didn't say anything but just stood there, looking quite strange compared to usual. As for what was strange, Ash couldn't tell. free𝑤ebnovel.com

The only thing he noticed was that her crimson eyes had become much, much redder, and for some reason, she was licking her lips provocatively as she stared at the approaching Mini Deaths.

And then, in just a short blink of an eye, Serena disappeared and reappeared right in front of the Mini Deaths at a speed that couldn't be observed with the naked eye.

'Is she that fast?'

Serena launched her first attack.

One slash, just one slash. That was the number of slashes Serena had just made.

It might sound normal, nothing impressive at all, but thanks to that one slash, more than 100 Mini Deaths were completely wiped out from the battlefield.

'What the hell...' Ash was stunned. Even he had to struggle to kill 5 Mini Deaths.

And yet, Serena had only needed a single slash to blow away 1/10 of the enemies.

Ash's desire to make her his Servant grew even stronger than before.

In an instant, the entire citadel was completely covered in silence. None of the Mini Deaths had any intention of moving.

All of them were paying full attention to the girl with black hair over there, and even Death - who was floating in the air - showed interest in her.

Serena took that opportunity to kill all the remaining Abyssal Creatures.

And in just 5 minutes, the entire place was left with only her, Ash, and Death.