[{"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-377":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},396863,661,"Chapter 377: A Siege and Battle (2)","the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-377",377,"\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four fireballs shot down from the sky, smashing into the swarm of monsters below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was reduced to ashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the next second, the monsters rose again, as if they had never been harmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk!\" Draco clicked his tongue in annoyance. \"Fighting the undead is the most irritating thing ever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were normal monsters, they would have died from his attack without question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, as the name suggests, the undead were different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They possessed regenerative powers that defied logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only way to truly finish them was with holy magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, neither he nor Cassiopeia was skilled in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Lyra could wield it—and she was at the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argh!\" One of the city-level monsters raised its sword high and swung at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Draco quickly dodged just in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack struck the spot where he had been standing, leaving a two-meter-deep crater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt into the air, clenching his right palm as it slowly transformed into a dragon’s arm, then swung a fist at the monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His punch obliterated the creature into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not stopping there, he flicked his left hand, and five interconnected magic circles, each four meters wide, appeared, glowing with a bright red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scaly hands erupted from the magic circles, dragging the monsters directly above them into the ground until they vanished from sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But strangely, twice as many monsters as those that had disappeared emerged from the five portals behind Levi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hahaha!\" Levi laughed, his voice echoing with glee. \"Don’t think that’s all my monsters! The more you destroy, the more will appear!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised both hands above his head, clearly enjoying their despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\" Draco cursed through gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, he could have wiped out every monster here in his dragon form—and taken Levi down too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his attack would be so immense that it might destroy not only the hall but also the very dimension that imprisoned them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two disastrous outcomes loomed if he did that: Nolan, Sharon, and Jack could be killed by the shockwave, or they might all be thrown into a dimensional rift, scattering them randomly across the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that happened, their journey to the Kingdom of Kaldarion would fail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And His Majesty the Emperor would undoubtedly be furious, punishing him severely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reluctantly, Draco realized he had to find a way to defeat Levi while restraining his power—careful not to destroy this fragile dimension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his frustration, he pressed his hands together, and a large portal opened behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon after, an eight-meter-long dragon head emerged, letting out a roar that shook the soul itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monsters in front of him froze, then crumbled into dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, as before, they slowly reformed and launched themselves at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the battlefield, Sharon found herself in a tight spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of her magical attacks had any lasting effect on the monsters, which only added to her frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is really troublesome,she muttered coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised both hands, and six purple magic circles appeared in the air. Lightning surged from them, obliterating all monsters within a five-meter radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoyingly, they came back to life, as if they had never been hit by her attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even more surprisingly, they became slightly stronger each time they revived, putting her in a cornered situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, she remembered her younger brother, who was also fighting those monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned to her right, about to shout, but froze when she saw Nolan moving with a breathtakingly graceful fighting style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This...\" Her eyes widened in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nolan leapt from one side to the other, twin daggers flashing, cutting down every monster near him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His movements were dynamic, fluid, and precise—more like a dancer than a fighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s going on? Since when did he have such skill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Questions swirled in her mind. To Sharon, Nolan was mysterious and hard to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He usually seemed lazy, quiet, and a little annoying—though mostly only to his brothers, like Aldric, Cedric, and the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his sisters, he was always kind and obedient, though occasionally rebellious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet because of this, Sharon, Freya, Selena, and Seira adored him sincerely, in stark contrast to the other princes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he have been training in secret? Or was Father forcing him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned toward the second option—and that was reassuring. If so, she no longer had to worry about her own safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharon’s spirit ignited. Clenching her right fist, she shouted, \"Let’s get serious now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Nolan’s battle with the monsters grew even fiercer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt and spun with smooth, calm precision, striking with such accuracy that the monsters never even realized how they died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, Sharon didn’t realize that, unlike her, Cassiopeia, and Draco, Nolan’s attacks were preventing the monsters from reviving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such weak undead,\" Nolan muttered as he slashed the head off the monster to his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature collapsed, showing no sign of reviving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nolan’s purple eyes faintly shifted, taking on the shape of sun and star pupils—the Eyes of Chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With them, nothing could be hidden from him, not even the mechanism that brought the monsters back to life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through those eyes, he could see faint blue threads—hundreds of times thinner than a strand of hair—floating in the air and controlling the monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All those threads converged at a single point: Levi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this is strange. Cassiopeia has the Phantom Eyes... so why can’t she see this?Nolan wondered silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at Cassiopeia in the distance, seeing her use the Phantom Eyes, yet she seemed unaware of the threads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could the threads be so thin that she simply can’t detect them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only explanation that made sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head, Nolan spun his twin daggers and, without turning, cut down the two monsters that leaped behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stepped back, stopping about ten meters from where Sharon stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister, can you help me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sharon, mid-spell, looked up in surprise. Her eyes met his, and she asked loudly, \"What is it, brother?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know how to stop all these monsters—and Levi too,\" Nolan said. \"But I need your help to clear the way. Can you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1021,"2026-05-30T06:57:16.338Z","2026-06-01T04:30:35.482Z",1,"novelbin.me","0085e31d9d4cf2fad68332eb486f7e86a8e90fd7a1edf30c81dac567715c135b","the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-378","the-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-chapter-376",748,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-hidden-extra-the-lazy-prince-refuses-to-asce-cover.jpg"]