How the Psionic Prince Overcomes Reversal and Obsession

17 – Imperial Prince’s bounty is special (2)

Ekinne entered the portal one step ahead of her older brother Regid.

Her vision darkened for an instant, and a message appeared in front of her eyes.

[Selection layer: 1st layer]

[Please select a difficulty mode.]

[Easy/Normal/Hard]

Thirteen sky towers built across the continent.

Each country was collecting information competitively by sending an advance party to a sky tower within its territory.

The Kazidum Empire is no exception.

Ekinne, the second princess of the empire, had already received and read the report before entering this place.

‘It’s only the 1st floor anyway. Of course it’s the highest difficulty.’

[Difficulty hard mode selected.]

Dig-!

In an instant, with the feeling of being sucked in somewhere, my eyes brightened.

Ekinne was standing in the middle of an unfamiliar forest.

She took a look around.

‘… … It’s definitely different from before. It’s completely renewed.’

The materials related to the sky tower accumulated over the years became useless in an instant.

Now, I had to climb through the new environment and monsters from the first floor again.

“Exit… .”

Echinne looked back.

Blue portals swayed and floated in the air.

If it was not enough, it felt like escaping through this passage again.

‘It’s kind.’

However, how far will this kindness go? ?

Ekinne trembled lightly at the ominous imagination.

Slap—!

She slapped both cheeks as if to reconcile herself and moved toward the depths of the forest.

Sasasak.

Then a white rabbit appeared through the bushes.

The guy looked up at Ekinne and tilted his head.

twitch twitch.

At the sight of the rabbit, Ekinne’s mouth cracked with a mocking laugh.

If I had chosen the easy mode, I would have just walked to my final destination as if I were taking a walk while catching these rabbits.

As befits the 1st level, even a child could clear the easiest difficulty level.

“Isn’t there anything to do with a coward like you?”

Ekinne ignored the rabbit and passed by.

“… … … .”

Suddenly, after walking about ten steps, he stopped and came back.

twitch twitch.

The rabbit tilted its head as if it were something to do.

“huh.”

Echinne crouched down in front of the rabbit and carefully reached out her hand.

smack smack.

The rabbit twitched its ears at Ekinne’s touch.

“Hey, how does the imperial princess feel? Are you that good?”

smack smack.

a lot of things.

twitch twitch.

“I know you are really lucky… . Because it is a grace bestowed by the noble princess herself!”

smack smack.

castings castings.

twitch twitch.

“Whoa… .”

Satisfied with giving grace to the little water for a while, Ekinne stood up again.

After she had chased the rabbit away, she entered the depths of the forest again.

rustle rustle.

“Are you here again? Where can I receive the grace of this body… .”

stop. Ekinne stopped walking.

rustle rustle.

Jjong-geu jjong-geu.

What came out of the bush was a muscular rabbit that could reach her waist.

No, it was already hard to call it a rabbit anymore.

Dirty saliva dripped from the sharp protruding teeth of the two sharp ears and the viciously distorted face… pop… fell off

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Killabet, a bipedal monster with rugged muscles protruding beyond its body hair.

‘indeed. It’s a hard mode exclusive monster.’

Ekinne glared at them and touched the sheath hanging from her waist once.

‘Should I use a sword?’

As a royal family who handles both mana and psionics, she also had her own knowledge of swordsmanship.

‘no. You don’t even need a sword.’

“Kieek—!”

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Killabet pounced, ripping sharp claws from both hands.

Ekinne drew lightly in the air with her index finger.

“I dare not even know the subject.”

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Kagagak! A golden psionic blade appeared and severed the attacking Killabet vertically.

puck! Patter… .

“huh.”

Ekinne glanced at the corpse on the ground and started walking again.

rustle… .

rustle… .

“Grrr… .”

“Kieek… .”

From the back of the forest, hideous monster rabbits appeared one after another.

“Get rid of the bastards!”

Equinne raised both hands and began to draw lightly in the air as if in command.

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Kagagakak!

Ten psionic blades began to slash from all directions, cutting through the entire tree trunk.

For a moment, Killabet’s screams echoed loudly in the forest.

“It’s nothing.”

Ekinne, who slaughtered all the monsters, lightly snorted.

‘It’s me too. This chosen power.’

Looking at the psionic blade floating in the air, Ekinne smiled contentedly.

Only one psionic trait per person.

It’s a way that is decided when you wake up, so the ability is also severe.

This psionic blade, which combines powerful attack power and application power, was another source of her pride.

“Whoops… .”

After Ekinne corrected her condition, she started moving her steps again.

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after a while

She came to a large clearing in the forest.

Inside, a large black tombstone was erected, and a huge Killabet was crouching in front of it.

“Kreur… .”

The boss monster, Killabet, noticed Ekinne’s presence and stood up.

Unlike normal guys whose height was no more than her waist, the guy boasted a size comparable to that of an adult man.

Even if you look at it, it has ferocious muscles, and its sharp claws are easily over 1 meter long.

‘but… If it’s a boss, it should be this much.’

Ekinne raised tension throughout her body.

Like Hard Mode, she also felt like she had to show her sincerity to some extent.

* * *

A wide open space in the middle of a forest.

The boss monster, Killabet, is wriggling intermittently while being crumpled on the ground.

Several huge wooden stakes were driven into the twitching body.

It looks like a bug stuck in the ground.

The ground around it was all red from the blood that flowed from the corpses.

“Hmm… .”

I stood in front of his corpse with my arms crossed and tilted my head.

‘Is it just this much?’

Boss monsters in each layer exist only in hard mode.

Someone has to subdue this boss monster to unlock the next layer.

However, in the last episode, I passed the first floor that others had opened in Easy Mode.

So this guy is also my first experience.

[Difficulty hard mode clear conditions have been achieved.]

[Strength + 1%]

[Agility + 1%]

:

[HP + 1%]

:

:

‘It’s okay.’

Each time you clear each layer above normal mode, you will receive a reward in the form of a premium to your basic ability in this way.

[Do you want to root the item?]

[ Yes No ]

I looked down at the corpse of the boss monster.

If you select loot here, the body disappears and you can receive the reward item from the Sky Tower.

If you need the monster’s by-products, you can reject the loot and then carry the corpse outside.

I chose automatic routing because I didn’t really need any by-products.

Paaa… .

The corpse of the boss monster, which had been threaded like a worm on a wooden stake, reconciled with the light and disappeared.

Below that, a reward item appears.

I had it in front of my eyes.

It was an accessory that looked like a headband with rabbit ears.

[Cute Killabet Headband]

[Agility + 1%]

‘You trash.’

If you look at it objectively, the 1% correction will be a useful number.

However, if you ask me if it is useful for me, the story is a little different.

I just decided to give it as a gift to someone around me.

‘Ekinne… will save you this time. It would be okay if I gave it to Irene, Peria, or a cadet who will enter the academy later.’

─The prince said that if you get first place in this exam, the prince will give you a prize!

If this kind of rumor spreads in the academy, everyone will study hard and learn.

I hope so.

I put the item in the subspace pocket… … I tried and stopped.

‘Come to think of it, it disappeared because of regression.’

I roughly put it inside my clothes and went to stand in front of the black tombstone.

You can get a ticket to the next level or exit by touching this tombstone.

Originally, I would have returned immediately, but I still had work to do here.

‘Was it this way… ?’

I passed the black tombstone and went deeper into the forest.

I haven’t actually been there, but it’s a place I’m familiar with through rumors and information from the last episode.

After about 10 more minutes, I was able to find an unusually shaped rock.

It was three rabbit-shaped rocks lined up side by side.

‘First touch this guy… .’

Gently touch the third rock, then the first, then the second, and so on.

Woo woo-.

Then, the space in front of my eyes shook weakly, and a new path appeared.

[Hidden Area – Killabet’s Back Garden]

Each level of the sky tower has a hidden area.

The number may be one per layer or may be several.

The important thing here is that the hidden area belongs to the sky tower you cleared first.

Thirteen sky towers across the continent.

The basic hierarchical structure is the same for all.

But… .

If you clear the hidden area and belong to a certain sky tower, the story will be different.

It is now only accessible through the sky tower that was initially attacked.

The entrance to the Sky Tower in the remaining 12 regions is locked.

‘It turns into a kind of exclusive hunting ground.’

As it was a hidden area, it was natural that there were many useful resources and monster materials. Its economic value can also be said to be very great.

‘It seems that other countries are thinking of creating an academy following us… .’

In order to have a competitive advantage over them, you need some kind of benefit.

‘A hunting ground that can only be entered in Kazidum will be a good propaganda.’

It was then.

Wedge liquid—!

A large rock flew like a shot from somewhere, aiming at me.

Paperweight! bang!

The flying rocks are blocked by the golden psionic barrier and shattered.

Dismissed!

Wearing a barrier that intermittently sparked, I turned my head and stared into the distance.

On top of the low hill, Killabet, 1.5 times bigger than the boss monster I fought earlier, howled at me with a ferocious look.

“Kwaaa—!”

“I was scared.”

He roared at me, sticking out his sharp teeth.

“Kwaaagh—!!”

“I’ll make it easy for you soon.”

Dismissed! Paperweight!

I walked towards him with the psionic barrier on.

“From today, this is our hunting ground exclusively for Kazidum Academy.”

It was safe to say that it was a gift that I, the prince, gave to the cadets who would enter the school.

‘This would be a useful entrance gift.’

It was the only dedicated hunting ground on the continent.