Become A Villain Aristocrat'S Son
Chapter 14: Dangerous Situation

"What feeling is this?" Garry Mumbled.

Leading a group of nobles, he was honored that Princess Reflectia let him lead the group. However, he felt strange about the incident he had experienced. As if, all of this was planned.

After all, in such a huge kingdom no one would be able to enter so easily.

First, the security at the gate and in the hallway of the palace was too loose. There is no way the kingdom will just ignore the security at the princess' birthday party.

Second, even after they fell, there should be an army ready to respond from high-level Magi. But unfortunately, the long wait no response at all.

Third, all the magic items were taken away before they entered the palace. That might sound reasonable, but he was suspicious of it. Even he, a Duke's child who was close to the royal members was also asked to give all the magic items he brought.

Fourth, the nature of Princess Reflectia is too calm and suspicious. Maybe it was the basic etiquette of the royal family to calm down in various situations. However, his calmness was very unnatural. And also, she remembered that the Princess had high magic energy and should be able to lead them with her power. However, he just kept quiet and was with the village man from the start.

Fifth, why is he trying to divide us? I mean, it's a good idea that we split up so we can find another way out faster. However, this situation is different.

Perhaps if it was in a known and harmless terrain then it could be done. However this place was dangerous, and the possibility to meet high-level magic monsters also became greater.

Of all that, he somehow suspected that the mastermind of this was all the Princess' plan. Sounds very unreasonable, but considering the Princess who is most likely to be made the successor of the kingdom. I don't know why he made his statement stronger.

"Oh, I think too much..." Garry touched his forehead that was wrinkled from being tired.

Besides, who's Argon? Why is he so close to the Princess?

"Stop," A loud voice stopped their steps. Garry was surprised and saw the direction of the sound.

Argon, who was now putting on a serious face raised his hand.

"What's going on?" Ian asked, a short purple-haired teenager.

"this feeling....We're in the Black Mana zone!" Hearing his statement, the surrounding nobles frowned.

"Whatchu mean? Black Where? What-what's that?"

A noble came forward and said cynically.

"Are you hallucinating?"

"Geez, his brain must be damaged, "The various nobles joked by provoking him.

*dleb!

An invisible arrow pierced his chest, "The base of this noble–" Argon was about to raise his hand, before the Princess held back his hand.

"Here we go, we shouldn't fight here" he said.

"And also, what Argon said is true, we are now in the Black Mana zone" the Princess said.

Hearing his statement, many of them were stunned in disbelief. What is Black Mana? What is the evil version of Where? Why they never heard it.

"When inside the Black Mana zone, one cannot control his magic Mana properly and can lose control. In fact, it can make your Mana leak and eventually drain it to the ground." Hearing Argon's explanation, they were even more surprised by it.

"How do you know it–" said Ian, but his words were cut off before he could pronounce them.

"–All we have to do is put limits....Hold your Mana by collecting it in one of the centers in your body, that way you will not be absorbed by the Black Mana." Obviously the Princess.

Ian was just surprised, and shut his mouth. Garry was also the same and thought that Argon must be an important person. But they easily dispel that thought and focus on the explanation.

"Now, do what I explained earlier, starting from here, Black Mana will be more concentrated and strong absorption," said the Princess firmly.

They all looked at each other, and immediately did as the Princess ordered. They need a few minutes to do that. Because even though they were trained from childhood, their ability to control mana was still not enough.

But astonishingly, Argon, the man could easily do that like turning his hand.

"Then let us continue on our way" Princess Reflectia's words made them aware, and they began to walk down the cave more carefully.

*tes!

*tes!

The falling water grains make the atmosphere more tense. Silent and dark, they gulped their saliva nervously.

Noah observed them all and stopped at the figure of the teenager who had been with Princess Reflectia. Argon, the main character. His nature, strength, and talent....I know that, I can't be wrong.

Noah watched her for a moment, until he turned his gaze and looked towards the girl beside him who was trembling in fear.

He knew that Argon might have come because of an invitation from Princess Reflectia. Why is this girl here?

"Oi..."

"Kiek!!??" Sarah was surprised and looked at him trembling.

"..." - ".Noah was silent and unable to make his voice for a moment. "Why did you come to this party.....I mean, weren't you invited?" Ask Noah.

"U-um, actually, I was invited as well....B-but, my mother and I were only called to deliver bread to the Princess and be guests there" he said.

Noah also frowned.

Heh, order some bread? That shit....

The kitchen in the kingdom contains almost all the best chefs in the entire kingdom. And, they ordered bread from a commoner?

There must be some veiled intent to the invitation.

"Then, aren't you with your mother? Sekrang, where is he?"

"Well, he was called to the Princess's room..B-but, he hasn't come back since then" he muttered in a small voice.

Noah fell silent and held his chin. Actually, who is the identity of his mother? Or perhaps, it was due to the uniqueness of her own. Anyway, in the novel, he.....Oh shit I forgot again.

Noah disposes of his thoughts and decides to follow Garry and Ian obediently.

Channeling mana in one place, it was the basic skill of an alchemist. They can easily control which mana in their body moves freely and quickly for their alchemical needs.

Incidentally, the former Noah had little interest in alchemy and studied it a little. As a result, he could easily control his Mana path. Although not as easy as Argon....

*step

*step

"Oh, what is it!?" One of the nobles exclaimed and made them stop and look at the nobleman flabbergasted.

On their right side, there was a hole with a fairly bright light. The hole went down, with a big bone on top of the hole.

But what is surprising....When did the hole exist?

They, didn't even see the hole was there before.

Noah and Garry thought the same thing about this. Unlike Ian who was getting tired and did not look at the road well. Garry had a fairly high level of eye acuity, and Noah, felt a trace of creation magic on the hole.

Freaky...

"Maybe, we better check first.." A noblewoman, spoke her opinion slowly.

"Are you stupid, what if–"

"Let's go in."

The male noble fell silent as the Princess cut him off. Garry was also surprised and the sense of the curiosities more overflowing.

Garry tried to speak his mind. "But, it's dangerous" and a few nobles also agreed with him.

"Then, Reflia, I'll check it out!" Argon proposes himself by puffing out his chest.

"Sure..." The Princess nodded with a smile. Argon was pleased with his agreement and nodded to him.

"Yosh, it's time for me to act!" Argon advanced and jumped into the hole and glided over the wet ground and finally disappeared in a bend in the hole.

"It's..." Garry and the others just fell silent to see it.

"This must be one of the tests..." Noah Mumbled.

"Hm? What did you say?" Sarah was surprised and asked him.

"Ah, no...I just thought that his actions were stupid" said Noah, referring to Argon for distraction. Unfortunately, he was too loud to say it.

"Oh, that? At least, he had already tried to be brave," Princess Reflectia's remark contained a hint of dissatisfaction to Noah.

"...." - ".Noah was silent and the other nobles were the same. The reason for that was because they were looking down on Argon from earlier. As for Noah, he only said it from his thoughts.

Why don't you do some magic analysis first, and try throwing stones at it?

You know, a hole exists for sure not just because of natural factors. There could be a powerful magic snake, or other magical animals living on the ground. Or, it could be a nesting place for fungi and harmful organisms.

Or if not, take a stone and tie it to a cloth, then throw it in and see if there is movement or something. After that, pull it back to check it out.

This is to anticipate the presence of acid ponds or lava.

Well, I think I'm overreacting...

Noah finally lowered his head in regret as an apology with his right hand on his left chest.

"M–sorry, because of me you should be scolded by her," Sarah held her hands together trembling and there was a hint of guilt in her heart.

"No need...That's a natural thing" replied Noah.

"Daughter, did you hear me!?" A voice came from the hole and made them shocked.

"Argon, is it okay in there?"

"...Yeah, here...Safe enough!"

The princess paused for a moment, then nodded her head. "Then, let's go down this road," the princess immediately came forward and prepared to jump.

"Wait, Princess, are you sure it'll be okay?" Garry stopped him first.

The princess smiled too. "Calm down, I believed him, "And he jumped in, which flabbergasted the nobles.

Followed by Ian, in the end the nobles also enter in alternately. Noah and Garry left.

They also looked at each other.

"In that case, I'll go first, do you mind?" Garry also volunteered.

"Of course, I don't mind being the last one" replied Noah.

Garry nodded and immediately positioned himself beside the top of the hole. But before he slid, a question came from Noah.

"Are you aware of it?" Ask Noah.

"Hm? Whatchu mean?" Garry was confused for a moment.

Their eyes stared at each other, and made a moment of silence until Garry realized from his reflection and realized what the question meant.

"So, so it's not just me who's suspicious..." Garry said with a faint smile.

"Then, I'll see you downstairs." Garry slid into the hole and disappeared into Noah's sight.

"Well, what am I gonna see this time?"

*swoosh!

Noah jumped straight into the hole and slid down on the slippery ground.

*bang!

He accidentally hit a wall and lost his balance. He tried to get up until the light got brighter and he arrived at the end of the hole.

*byur!

Noah fell into the water that filled the place. He stood up and cleaned his clothes, and realized that the eyes of the people were heading towards the crystal ball in the middle of the space with empty eyes.

"Garrry....Sarah..." Noah tries to wake them up by shaking their tubes. But they did not react to that.

"It's..." He turned his eyes towards the crystal.

With a dark purple color, and supported by hard stones that became the place where the kristak was.

All areas were filled with eye-level puddles, and the roof of this cave room was filled with sharp rocks.

"Mistake no mistake, this aura...."

His blue eyes glowed red in just a moment. Within his Vampire eyes, he saw the dangerous magic aura of the crystal. That magic aura also made his disguise magic become damaged for a moment as he tried to look into the crystal core.

He sighed, and touched the ground beneath him with his left hand. The place where he gathered all his Mana streams.

[Void Rune: Forced Reduction]

Ancient runes flowed from his left hand slowly. It flowed like a calm stream of water, hiding in the shallow water and spreading all over the place.

However, the runes he controlled so as not to hit the area around the crystal just in case. And after he spread out those runes slowly and painstakingly. He made the runes flow into the legs of the nobles and filled their bodies.

[Release!]

*swoosh!

The atmosphere around him changed stagnantly, a strange growl emerged from the crystal, accompanied by shrinking water, the ground shaking as if an object was about to come out.

The eyes of those nobles started to become clear, including Princess Reflia and Argon. They quickly became aware and surprised.

Princess Reflectia quickly looked at Argon who was still a little dazed in surprise and looked around her.

Garry, Ian, Sarah, until her gaze stopped on Noah. However, they also looked dazed.

"W-what's this!?"

"Yeah!!!!"

"Damn it, what's going on here!?"

Skulls, and various bones appeared on the ground instead of receding water there. Princess Reflia instinctively looked up for a moment, after which she observed the crystal with her eyes.

*bomb

*bomb

The crystal let out a strange sound that made their hearts tremble in fear for some reason.

"Reflia, it is...." Argon said with a complicated face and looked at Princess Reflectia.

"Yes, I know" he answered.

Their faces became serious, and they took defensive cues.

"Everyone, get ready with an onslaught!" Shouting Princess.

""!!!!""

They immediately prepare their magic and return to drain the mana throughout their bodies.

Noah was the same and stepped in front of Sarah and prepared his magic to keep watch.

*bw..Bam

*bw..Bam

*Swooosh!!!!

*Kriehh!!!!

A terrifying shout shot out from the crystal, slowly a dark aura gathered around it and a long-fingered creature with a terrifying dwarf body. His skin was like burning with his eyes that were almost out of his eyes.

"G-goblins!!?"

*Kriehh!!!

Dozens of creatures were created, and shouted out loud and pointed their sharp claws at the sky.

*Swoosh!!

The goblin also slid quickly with its thin body forward.

[Dragon Path: Fang of Justice]

*bang!!

Argon took out the mana in his hand and threw the Goblin towards the crystal quickly and strongly before hitting Princess Reflectia.

*krieh!

*Kraaahhhh!!!!!!

A group of Goblins attacked wildly because of Argon's attack. Causing the waves Goblin crashing strongly.

[Night Storm]

*Swoosh!!

A dark wind storm came out from around the Princess and blocked the Goblin. However they immediately jumped up and used their ally's body to gain a foothold and jumped towards Princess Reflectia.

*Kraahhh!!!!

*glash!

"Reflia!!" Shouted Argon.

Blood splashed from his shoulder and his face turned pale. "Akh!!!" He held her shoulder in pain. The goblin immediately surrounded him as he began to be in pain from his injuries.

[The Dragons Wave]

The heat wave made the Goblin retreat violently and made a protective wall around Princess Reflectia. Argon became angry and clenched his hand.

"Yeahh!!

"T-Help me!!!"

The Nobles were overwhelmed and besieged by the dozens of Goblins.

*chuck!!

*Dargh!!!!

*Rakhhh!!!

The young Nobles were little by little cornered by the Goblin's ferocity. They had quite severe injuries on their bodies.

[Box]

[Water Trumph]

[Earth Needle]

*bang!!

*bom!!

*bom!!

The explosion occurred in the Goblin horde, but as if it did not care, they continued to advance and made the Nobles who made a protective magic of distress and could not help it.

[Barrider]

*bang!!

The invisible barrier was created from Argon's magic, but suddenly his head hurt and his magic started to run chaotic. His face turned pale and his eyes became reddish.

"Aragh!! H-stop!!!"

"Arm!!"

The goblins immediately passed through the weakened barrier and showed their crazy faces.

*Kraahhh!!!

*chuck!!

*trass!!

The water soaring high makes a shield around Argon.

*bang!!!

The water pushed them all away because of the explosion.

The Nobles turned pale and their magic became hard to control.

"Damn, what exactly happened..." Mumbles n

Noah with a pale face and full of pain.

Princess Reflectia immediately pulled Argon and the other Nobles, lalh immediately making protection for those who were injured.

"Retreat!!!"

Princess Reflectia shouted out loudly, her eyes filled with light and the aura around her changed stagnantly. Her pale face again became coloured and more beautiful.

[Heart of Kindness]

*bom!!

*bom!!

*Bam!!!

Waves of gold came out from him and condensed all the Goblins in an instant and made them in pain.

*Kraaahhhh!!!!!!!

Their pale skin was coated with light. Slowly their eyes, nose, teeth, legs, and hands began to swell into large masses. Their bodies started floating like balloons, and their bones rattled every second.

*Outside!!!

They exploded, and made so many blood explosions. Their eyes rolled on the floor, their hands scattered everywhere and made a terrible pool of blood.

"Please....Stop this!"