My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 75

75. Lich

“I placed monsters as sentries to prevent any disturbance. There’s no way they could have bypassed them…”

Darkness devouring instinct.

Through the pitch-black darkness that allows not a single ray of light, a pair of crimson eyes gleam.

“Could they all have died from that strange vibration earlier? But I didn’t sense any magical fluctuations? And there’s no mage of high enough rank to cast such magic…”

Swish…!

Darker than darkness, jet-black magic blooms.

It spread in all directions, as if to consume the space.

A cold sweat trickled down Alex’s cheek.

The Royal Knights also stared at the being before them with tense expressions.

Their faces clearly showed a sense of bewilderment.

However, the soldiers of Ruben, including Cyan, were slightly different.

They were highly tense.

But unlike the Royal Knights, they did not show any signs of bewilderment.

Because they had encountered that energy once before.

Pride, greed, envy, wrath, lust, gluttony, sloth.

The Seven Deadly Sins.

The seven demons awakened from those sins.

Nurubia, the slothful demon who invaded Ruben.

It resembled that terrible evil.

Cyan focused his mind.

He stared straight at the being before him in the encroaching darkness.

And he quickly realized.

It was infinitely weaker than Nurubia.

The malice emanating from it was pathetic compared to Nurubia.

Therefore, ‘that’ was not one of the seven demon lords.

But even if it was pathetic, it clearly possessed malice.

A demon.

An evil born from denying the death that existence should rightfully accept.

A Lich.

The being was none other than a Lich.

‘Why is a demon here…? ‘

Cyan couldn’t help but wonder.

Looking around.

Alex and the Royal Knights didn’t seem to think the Lich was a demon.

The demons disappeared a thousand years ago.

By the six Arnaizes.

Of course, Cyan knew that the demons had been resurrected, but they didn’t.

But they couldn’t be unaware of this malice being felt now.

Perhaps they thought of the Lich as a monster, not a demon.

The remnants of the demons who disappeared a thousand years ago, the monsters.

They maintained their existence to this day, even after the demons disappeared.

And their terrifying strength showed what kind of beings the demons were in myths.

However.

“How could a monster be here, not in the Forest of Darkness…?” Alex shouted in bewilderment.

Because monsters couldn’t come out of the Forest of Darkness.

The moment they left the Forest of Darkness.

Their existence was denied.

But where Cyan was now.

This was the Kusla Mountains, located in the western part of the Empire.

Leaving aside the Forest of Darkness.

The Lich shouldn’t be here, nor should it exist.

“But how on earth…?” Alex and the Royal Knights wondered.

“You have learned a truth you should not have known,” a chilling voice echoed.

Eerie!

The hairs on his body stood on end from the gruesome murderous intent.

Jet-black energy, darker than darkness, erupted from the Lich’s entire body.

It began to rise, slowly, like a thick black fog.

Swish.

The energy of death spread out, dyeing the earth black.

Everything around began to wither and dry up.

Kieeeeeeeeeeeek─!

A cry from hell echoed far and wide.

Darkness bloomed thickly.

Numerous monsters emerged from the darkness that consumed the space.

From one end of the vision to the other.

The monsters, whose numbers could not even be counted, loomed over the mountains.

Apparently.

The monsters rampaging in the western part of the Empire seemed to have been summoned by that Lich.

The Lich was an undead mage who wielded black magic at a high level.

One of the Lich’s specialties was summoning magic.

But there was one strange thing.

The monsters summoned by the Lich had to be undead like the Lich.

But the monsters the Lich summoned now were not undead.

Living beings.

“Kieeeeeeeeeeeek─!”

The roars of the terrifying monsters echoed throughout the mountains.

Like a black wave crashing, the monster hordes surged.

There were many questions, but Cyan shook his head.

The questions could wait.

“Everyone, form ranks!”

“Royal Knights, fix bayonets!”

Cyan and Alex shouted simultaneously.

At the same time, the soldiers of Ruben formed ranks.

The Royal Knights raised their swords.

At the same time, the approaching black wave crashed over them.

And.

Crack!

Splat!

Gruesome sounds of flesh tearing erupted from everywhere.

The hideous black wave surged relentlessly.

However, the soldiers of Ruben and the Royal Knights stood firm, without being swept away by the wave.

The soldiers of Ruben were experts in dealing with monsters, having fought magical beasts [monsters enhanced by magic].

And the Royal Knights were all experts or higher.

Although the number of summoned monsters was endless.

It was difficult to break through this solid barrier.

Splat!

Slash!

“Ki, kieeek…!”

The pouring monsters were swept away like fallen leaves.

“…They were not ordinary rats,” a voice filled with malice was heard.

The Lich stretched out both hands forward.

The eerie dark magic wrapped around his hands tore through space.

Soon, a giant sphere of darkness was created in front of the Lich.

Jet-black magic erupted from the Lich’s entire body.

Just then.

“Not so fast!”

Kwaaaang!

An explosion erupted, scattering the darkness.

What was seen through the instantly scattered darkness was none other than the leader of the Royal Knights, Alex.

A clear Auror Sword [a sword imbued with magical energy] rippling around Alex’s sword.

An expert of the highest class.

Alex, a high-ranking expert on the verge of becoming a master.

Alex bisected the sphere of darkness created by the Lich.

Alex fearlessly swung his sword at the Lich.

However.

“You are hastening your own demise.”

Saaaaaaak…!

A cry from hell echoed far and wide.

A fog of magic, darker than darkness, consumed the space.

A terrible black magic that interfered with the soul and turned the mind into a handful of ashes.

All beings touched by this fog would have their minds shattered.

“Kuh-ugh…!”

Alex groaned in pain.

The aura rippling at the tip of his sword was fluctuating violently, as if to represent Alex’s condition.

Although he was an expert of the highest class.

It was not easy to resist this terrible darkness based on the mind.

“Keuh-heok…!”

His throat tightened, and he couldn’t breathe.

His face turned blue, and his mind flickered.

Nevertheless, Alex clenched his sword and swung it at the Lich.

Slash!

The curtain of darkness that had been cast swallowed Alex’s sword.

The blue aura was fading as if it would soon be extinguished, eaten by the darkness.

“The plans of the lords are not far off.”

The Lich’s gaunt bones turned towards Alex.

At that moment.

Tze-eong!

A roar erupted from one side of the space.

The jet-black fog scattered, and a path opened.

The encroaching darkness vanished at once.

It disrupted the structure and flow of power, creating a huge gap.

Thud.

A shadow soared through it.

Cyan twisted his body greatly and swung the sword he was holding.

“There was another rat hastening his death.”

The Lich waved his other hand.

The following jet-black darkness consumed the space.

The darkness that interfered with the soul swallowed Cyan’s entire body.

But.

Kwaaaang!

The SS-grade sword [a sword of the highest quality] tore through the space of darkness.

“…!”

The Lich’s red eyes flickered greatly.

Cyan, who had created the gap, rushed in.

Cyan’s body was shot towards the Lich.

The Lich did not avoid it and spread a thick curtain of darkness.

Kwaaaang!!

The atmosphere vibrated greatly with the huge explosion.

The exchange of offense and defense took place in an instant.

The slightest mistake leads to certain death.

Tzejejeok!

A huge crack was carved into the curtain of darkness.

It spread in all directions like a spider web.

Soon, with a clang!

The curtain of darkness shattered.

“What is this…!”

The Lich shouted in embarrassment.

Cyan’s sword rushed through the shattered curtain.

At the end of the SS-grade sword, a jet-black aura rippled.

At the end of it was the Lich, with his red eyes flickering.

Swaeeeek!

The sound of tearing through the air was heard.

And unfortunately.

There was no sensation of anything catching on the fingertips.

The Lich’s figure suddenly disappeared.

Cyan turned his head towards where he felt the energy.

Then, not far away.

The Lich revealed his figure, parting the darkness.

A short-range space leap magic, Blink.

Apparently, the Lich had completed the magic just before the attack reached him.

“Keuheok…!”

But perhaps because he cast it in a hurry, the Lich’s condition didn’t look too good either.

Cyan approached Alex and checked his condition.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine…!”

Alex frowned slightly and nodded.

He was directly hit by the Lich’s darkness, but Alex was an expert of the highest class.

Above all, thanks to Cyan stepping in in time, there was no major damage.

“More than that, you….”

Alex looked at Cyan with trembling eyes.

Cyan’s movements just now.

It was not the Cyan Elandur that Alex knew.

Cyan, known as the world’s dullest person.

How could that be the world’s dullest person?

“You…!”

A voice filled with malice was heard.

Looking there, the Lich was looking this way with flickering red eyes.

“How could you…!”

The Lich couldn’t hide his flustered feelings now.

Because that foolish human.

The darkness was scattered by that human’s attack.

He was a weak and insignificant human.

But for some reason, he scattered the darkness he had created.

The Lich calmly scanned his surroundings.

“Advance the ranks! Don’t let a single one escape!”

“Uwaaaaaaaa!”

Crack!

Splat!

The monsters he had summoned were being swept away.

By now, everything should have been over.

He should have been clutching the necks of the two humans who were hastening their deaths.

And those humans should have been eaten by the monsters, leaving no trace.

But that was not the case.

Despite the overwhelming difference, he couldn’t do anything to those humans.

This was absolutely impossible.

“I’ll kill you all.”

The Lich spread out both hands greatly.

Saaa…

Darker than darkness, jet-black magic blooms.

It spread in all directions, as if to consume the space.

The Lich muttered as if chanting.

“Forgotten souls… crumbling ashes…”

The gnawing hunger is revealed.

The darkness itself becomes fear and consumes the mind.

Something gnawing at the corners of the mind.

Endless, meaningless effort.

Flash.

“And fading hope.”

Hwaaaaaaaaak!

“Kkyaaaaaaaak!”

“Uwaaaaaaak!!!”

In an instant, terrible screams erupted from among the Royal Knights and the soldiers of Ruben.

Fear that consumes the mind.

They didn’t even know what they had been attacked by.

Therefore, they couldn’t even resist.

“Keuheok…!”

Alex also vomited blood, as if he couldn’t withstand this darkness.

The blood that flowed seeped into the ground, fattening the evil within.

Kieeeeeeeeeeeek─!

The roars of the monsters echoed throughout the mountains.

The pitch-black wave crashed over the Royal Knights and soldiers.

“It’s over.”

The Lich’s red eyes flashed.

Just then.

“Everyone, wake up!!”

Cyan’s shout burst out, cutting through the darkness.

And at the same time.

《Charlotte’s Pride descends!》

《The soldiers of the territory resist the darkness that consumes the mind!》

Hwaaaaaaaaak!

A bright cluster of light burst out, driving away the approaching darkness at once.

In an instant, the minds of the soldiers of Ruben flashed and returned.

And the monsters pouring in before their eyes.

“Retreat the ranks!”

“Protect the knights!”

Crack!

Splat!

The soldiers of Ruben ultimately protected the Royal Knights from the approaching monsters.

“Nonsense!”

The Lich shouted without realizing it.

The humans who resisted his darkness.

He couldn’t believe this sight at all.

Darkness based on evil.

Once an existence was consumed by this darkness, it should have been eaten by the darkness.

Needless to say, if the target was a weak human.

The Lich’s head slowly turned.

At the end of that gaze, Cyan was standing with a jet-black sword.

That human who scattered his darkness.

For some reason, that guy was never consumed by the darkness from the beginning.

“How on earth….”

Kwaang!

A large hole was carved into the jet-black darkness.

Cyan rushed through it.

The Lich felt a chill down his spine.

Even though his body was nothing but bones.

Ironically, the Lich could feel such a feeling.

Saaa…

Darkness erupted again from the Lich’s entire body.

The darkness took on a murderous intent and became horribly distorted.

Cyan stirred through that darkness and swung his sword.

Kwaang!

Cyan’s attacks poured in relentlessly.

Slash!

The Lich’s darkness covered the space.

Kagagagak!

His breath was cut off,

Kwakwang!

He received and performed attacks where the slightest mistake leads to certain death.

And at the end of it.

Kkwakwang!

“Kuluk…!”

It was the Lich who was pushed back.

Cyan finally cut off all the chains of darkness created by the Lich.

“W, what just happened…!”

“M, me now…!”

The Royal Knights who had escaped the consumed darkness shouted.

“Heo-eok…! Heo-eok…!”

Alex, who had also escaped the consumed darkness, breathed heavily.

Soon, his vision cleared.

Crack!

Splat!

There were the soldiers of Ruben fighting the pouring monster hordes.

And.

Kwakwakwang!

The sight of Cyan confronting the Lich was visible.

“What is this…!”

“No way…!”

The eyes of Alex and the Royal Knights widened.

Because just now.

They personally felt how strong that Lich was.

A strength that was impossible to believe was a monster.

Therefore, it was impossible to confront that evil.

However, the soldiers of Ruben were resisting the darkness and blocking the monsters.

Even Cyan was constantly pressuring the Lich.

Crack!

Cyan’s sword tore through the darkness.

With it, the cast darkness disappears.

“How could this be…!”

The Lich’s red eyes flickered greatly.

Again.

Again, the darkness scattered.

The Lich couldn’t understand the situation now.

A strange power that scatters darkness.

Even it wasn’t just scattering it.

More fundamental than that.

It was as if that human was controlling the darkness.

Because of that, he couldn’t properly attack or defend.

Cyan’s level itself was not very high.

He was infinitely pathetic compared to that human who had been eaten by the darkness.

But since neither attack nor defense worked.

There was no way to deal with it.

How is this even possible?

Darkness was not a power that a mere human could wield.

First of all, even the Lich himself couldn’t do it.

He was wielding darkness, but domination was a different dimension.

Even the seven demon lords couldn’t do that.

Kwaaaang!

But that human was controlling the darkness.

Swaeek!

Cyan’s sword rushed towards him.

He couldn’t respond to this.

The Lich hurriedly waved his hand and cast Blink magic.

In an instant, the Lich’s figure disappeared in an instant.

Again, Cyan’s sword cut through the air.

Cyan’s eyes lit up.

Blink is a space leap magic.

The speed and distance of the leap vary greatly depending on the level of the mage casting it.

But one thing.

There is always a magical wave in the space where it leaps.

No matter what level of mage, they can’t erase it.

Even Elodira can’t do this.

Cyan focused his mind.

His nerves were on edge with the surging magic.

And on one side of the space.

A small magical wave was felt.

Cyan twisted his body.

The sound of muscles tearing was heard.

Terrible pain arose, but he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Red blood trickled down around Cyan’s mouth.

But he endures.

Murderous intent seethed.

The Lich’s figure appears before his eyes.

Cyan swung the SS-grade sword with all his might.

A thousand years ago.

Kyle, who was called the nightmare of the demons.

The mysteries of the cut of the Demon Soul Asura Sword dwell within.

That simple yet bizarre power tears through space.

The magic rippling through Cyan’s sword.

“W, what is this…!”

The Lich’s eyes are filled with embarrassment.

A huge blow approaching.

He can’t avoid this…!

Kwajijijik!

The Lich’s thoughts stopped.

“……!”

“……!”

A moment of silence.

Wrrr.

The bones that made up the Lich collapsed to the floor.