[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce":3,"chapter-the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-365":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Hidden Extra: The Lazy Prince Refuses to Ascend The Throne",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},396851,661,"Chapter 365: The Forest Monster Massacre","the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-365",365,"\u003Cp>Meanwhile, deep within the Calvorn Forest, piles of beast corpses lined the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were countless bodies—around a thousand. Among them were five-meter-tall bears, three-meter-tall black-furred wolves, and various other terrifying monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the culprit was someone who had been ordered by Elina earlier: Malverna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff... exhausting, but the results are excellent,\" Malverna muttered, wiping the nonexistent sweat from her brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing them had required little effort, but tracking them down had been tiring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not all monsters are nocturnal. Some were active during the day, forcing her to locate their nests and wipe them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\" Malverna lifted her head, staring into the distance. \"This is still far from enough. My intuition says there are creatures far stronger than these. They must have already noticed me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters she’d slain were only low-level. The real rulers of this forest hadn’t even shown themselves yet—and that thought made her pulse quicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been a long time since she’d fought, and her blood was boiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a swift motion, she shot forward and vanished from view. Moments later, she reappeared roughly eight hundred meters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malverna hid behind a tree, her eyes fixed on a massive creature devouring two bears as large as itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On closer inspection, the bears were the same species she had killed before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A dragon monster?\" Malverna raised her eyebrows slightly. \"But it doesn’t look like a real dragon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster had two massive legs and stood upright like a human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body, however, was enormous and covered in hard, black scales as strong as a dragon’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two horns jutted from its head, and its face bore a striking resemblance to a dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could this be a hybrid dragon? Or something similar?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragons were lustful creatures. It wasn’t impossible that this monster had mated with another species, creating something new.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was only a guess, Malverna felt surprisingly certain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t attack immediately, choosing instead to observe it for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the monster stopped eating. It slowly lifted its head and locked eyes with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound echoed in all directions. Malverna remained unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she had expected, the forest’s powerful monsters had noticed her arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some recoiled at the presence of her terrifying demonic energy, while others seemed indifferent—or even daring, as if challenging her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature before her clearly belonged to the latter group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malverna smiled faintly, then gracefully dropped from the tree trunk, landing silently on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You ugly monster,\" she taunted, raising her middle finger. \"If you dare, come at me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t fully understand the gesture, but Nolan often used it to mock princes. To her, it felt like the perfect provocation—and it worked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster roared in fury and charged, swinging its massive claws toward her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malverna easily dodged claws that could have destroyed a ten-meter-tall tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that all you’ve got?\" She smirked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Provoked, the monster launched its next attacks, but the result was the same—none of them even scratched her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk! Weak monster! Honestly, I didn’t expect the ruler of this forest to be so pathetic. Your strength is only that of a child,\" Malverna laughed heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next moment, her expression froze. She stared at herself, puzzled. \"What’s happening? Why am I like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, she could finish opponents in the blink of an eye. Taunting them? That was never her style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet now, she kept provoking her enemy—something entirely unlike her usual self.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn...\" Malverna’s mouth twitched. \"It must be Nolan. Because I’ve been following him and studying every move, I’ve become like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, she had to admit—mocking her enemy was... oddly enjoyable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster could no longer contain itself. It opened its mouth, and a blue fireball formed between its jaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It hurled the fireball at Malverna at incredible speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Casually, she waved her right hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue fireball ricocheted off, veering to the left, hitting three trees and setting them ablaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monster froze, unable to comprehend what had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Malverna had no more patience for games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She snapped her fingers and said, \"Now, let me show you what a real attack looks like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buzz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen black magic circles appeared in the air. From each circle, reddish-black fireballs shot out, hurtling toward the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature’s eyes widened as it tried to dodge—but failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive explosion obliterated everything around it. Black smoke billowed into the sky, spreading throughout the forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later, the smoke slowly began to clear, though not entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malverna saw that the monster was gone. All that remained was a pile of black ash—clearly the remains of its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Black fire is truly terrifying,\" she muttered, smiling broadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had studied Nolan’s black fire for some time and found it fascinating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even someone as powerful as the Singularity of Light could be burned by it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, secretly, she had created magic that mimicked it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it was only seventy percent complete, the results were already astonishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Nolan knew she was imitating his black fire, he would surely be impressed, give her a thumbs up, and say,\"As expected of the Demon Empress—your power is incredible!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright...\" Malverna stretched her stiff limbs. \"Now it’s time to finish the mission Elina gave me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes later, an explosion erupted from a distant point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes after that, another blast shook the forest, coming from somewhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This continued throughout the night, until the townspeople of Virella awoke and stepped outside, bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on? Why do I hear explosions from the forest? Am I imagining things?\" one of them asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not your imagination—it’s real! I heard it too,\" another replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be an enemy attack? Or monsters preparing to strike? Or... something else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The townspeople continued to speculate about the events in the Calvorn Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet only two people knew the truth—Kael and Orwin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two stepped out of the house and exchanged a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, could that sound have come from Princess Elina?\" Kael asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Orwin paused for a moment before shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know, my son. But it’s possible. Let’s wait until tomorrow. If it was Princess Elina, she would surely explain it to us and to the townspeople.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kael nodded silently, his expression a mixture of hope and uncertainty.\u003C\u002Fp>",1055,"2026-05-30T06:57:16.338Z","2026-06-01T04:30:35.482Z",1,"novelbin.me","9c0adbb07037046a7f4cd506eed278c1c44984b4a77d78dfb0a483ea3264267f","the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-366","the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-364",748,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-cover.jpg"]