My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 186

§ 186. Megingjörð (1)

Megingjörð.

Just hearing the name, it sounded unfamiliar and even strange.

So, what was it used for?

What kind of performance did it have?

I couldn’t even grasp what kind of item it was.

But after searching through advertisements day and night,

Megingjörð had truly amazing performance.

“It increases the wearer’s strength by 2 times…”

An item that increases the wearer’s strength by 2 times.

To be exact, it was a belt that doubled the wearer’s strength.

There were no conditions at all.

Just wear it, and that’s it.

It was a truly fraudulent performance belt.

However, even with this fraudulent performance, there were some side effects.

So… as the advertisement said.

《What is the symbol of power?》

《What else could it be! It’s strength (力)!》

《Lifting heavy rocks! Ku웅!》

《Breaking thick iron doors in one go! 빠샤!》

《Kidnapping a beautiful princess! 어맛!》

《Strength has established itself as a symbol of power, regardless of dimension!》

《But increasing that strength is not an easy task.》

《Countless efforts!》

《A balanced diet!》

《And even innate physical talent!》

《It can only be obtained by diligently working hard without neglecting any of these things.》

《But not everyone in the world can make such efforts.》

《Weak people always exist.》

《Just like you!》

《Now, for weak people like you, we have prepared something not so great, but amazing!》

《It’s Megingjörð!》

《A belt that increases your strength by 2 times just by wearing it!》

《With this belt, you can also be a one-punch man!》

《One punch, three teeth gone!》

《꾸에에에엑!》

《It’s even a cheat item that requires no conditions!!》

《Huh? Are you worried that this belt might break if your strength suddenly increases?》

《Ha! Don’t worry!》

《Made of Adamantium, called the metal of God, its durability is Up! Up!》

《Of course, we didn’t use Adamantium as a whole!》

《How can we use that precious thing as a whole!》

《Trace amount added. Should I say we only added the scent?》

《But even that alone makes the durability virtually infinite!》

《A belt that never breaks!》

《You don’t have to worry about the durability of the belt!》

《It’s not the durability of the belt that you should be worried about!》

《It’s your durability!》

《Huh? What does this mean?》

《An amazing item that makes you twice as strong just by wearing it!》

《But we don’t guarantee that your body will withstand the increased strength!》

《Torn and ruptured muscles are the buyer’s responsibility!》

《Please be aware of this side effect before purchasing!》

《Huh…? Isn’t there another side effect?》

《So, because it’s made of Adamantium, only virgins can wear it?》

《What…? Eek?!》

《Don’t tell me…!》

《You didn’t think of Adamantium as ‘Only’ Tium, did you? [A play on words, implying the user is thinking of something lewd]》

《If so, you’re the worst!!!》
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As expected, the advertisement was still crazy.

Well, whatever the advertisement.

The performance of Megingjörð was certain.

However, the side effects were a bit concerning.

It increased strength by 2 times, but the body might not be able to withstand that strength.

But that was only the side effect of the item being sold in the advertisement.

The one sold in the Mileage Shop was genuine.

Perhaps the genuine product would not have that side effect.

Of course, there was another crazy side effect besides that…

There was no way that could be true.

Well, anyway.

“There’s no item like this.”

Cyan slowly raised his finger.

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The Dark Forest, located in the eastern part of the Empire.

The Dark Forest was a forest full of darkness, just like its name, and Ruben was located in that Dark Forest.

Because of this, demonic beasts were constantly attacking Ruben.

Was someone making and stamping them out somewhere?

The demonic beasts that attacked Ruben were truly endless.

And so, now.

Kieeeeeek─!

Keeek─! Keueeeek─!!

A terrible scream erupted, covering the front.

Outside of Ruben, a forest submerged in darkness.

A bright red glow was cast as if painted with red paint.

Soon, hundreds of troll groups revealed themselves from the darkness.

Kieeeeeek──!!!

The trolls screamed and rushed towards Ruben.

And in front of those trolls.

Knights in golden armor stood in their way.

Knights made up entirely of Experts, and those who competed with the White Wolf Knights for the Empire’s number one knight order.

The Royal Knights who guarded the Imperial Family.

“His Highness and the Princess are in Ruben!”

“Everyone, fix bayonets!”

At the shouts of Yale and Philip, the leaders of the Royal Knights, all the knights of the Royal Knights drew their swords.

They lined up in an orderly manner, raising their momentum towards the approaching troll groups.

And as expected, the Royal Knights were Royal Knights.

Swish─!

Crack─!

The troll groups in front were no match.

It was truly instantaneous for hundreds of troll groups to be cut down.

The troll groups, which were wiped out in an instant, only left their corpses behind.

The Royal Knights sheathed their swords, ending with the corpses lined up around them.

“They said they were demonic beasts…”

“There’s not much difference from ordinary monsters.”

The Royal Knights each said a word.

Just then.

Grrr.

A strange sound was heard from the corpses of the fallen trolls.

The sound, which started as a small noise, started again, grrr, grrrrr.

It spread quickly among all the troll corpses.

At the same time, the cut-off pieces of the trolls began to stick together.

“······!!”

“······!!”

The Royal Knights all opened their eyes wide at the bizarre sight.

Because the sight they were seeing now.

This meant that the trolls were regenerating.

And that… really didn’t make sense.

It was a well-known fact that trolls had excellent regenerative abilities.

Of course, the Royal Knights knew that fact.

That’s why when they cut down the trolls.

They all cut off their necks to make sure they were dead.

No matter how good a troll’s regeneration ability was, it couldn’t regenerate a severed neck.

But now.

Grrrrr.

Flesh was gathering and sprouting between the severed necks.

Trolls that had gone berserk (Over Drive).

Trolls that were demonic beasts (魔獸), not monsters.

“They regenerate even when their necks are cut off…?”

“H, how can this…!”

They had the ability of super-regeneration that did not die even when their necks were cut off.

Amid the shocked horror, the trolls’ flesh continued to stick together.

Some Royal Knights rushed in and cut off the regenerating necks.

Grrrrr.

But it was useless.

The severed necks only stuck together again and regenerated.

“This is ridiculous…!”

Truly an immortal (不死) being.

At that time when the Royal Knights were all in shock.

“Knights. There’s only one thing you need to remember about these trolls.”

A calm voice was heard from somewhere.

At that voice, the Royal Knights’ gazes all turned to one place.

And the place they looked at.

There were those wearing jet-black armor.

It was none other than the knights and soldiers of Ruben, each taking out their weapons and walking towards them.

Step by step, as if they were taking a walk.

In this bizarre scene, they were not surprised or rushed.

They just looked at the trolls as if to say, ‘Sigh, those guys are starting again.’

As if it were a troublesome task they faced every day.

They were walking slowly.

And the one who spoke to the Royal Knights.

“All you need to know is that the key to the trolls’ regeneration ability lies in this blood.”

Was it Duras…?

A knight of Ruben, and a knight who recently participated in a sparring match as Ruben’s representative.

Although he lost, he was a knight who competed evenly with the Royal Knights.

And in recent years, he was a knight who had grown tremendously through sparring.

To be honest, if they were to face each other again now, he was beginning to wonder if he could guarantee a victory.

“The reason why troll blood is the main ingredient in recovery potions is all here.”

Duras walked towards the regenerating trolls.

The troll had almost finished regenerating its severed neck.

Duras stood in front of such a troll and calmly raised his sword.

Then, instead of the troll’s head, he pointed to the area around its chest.

He poked that area and said.

“So when you catch trolls, you have to aim for here first, not the neck. You have to aim for the heart first.”

Then, he stabbed the place where the heart was with his sword.

Then, the movement of the regenerating troll stopped.

But that was only for a moment.

Thump! Grrr!

The sound of the heart was heard loudly, and the flesh began to stick together again.

“Most trolls would die here… but these guys don’t.”

Pushing away Duras’ sword that had penetrated the flesh, he was restoring his heart.

Truly amazing regenerative power.

But Duras continued to speak as if it were natural.

“There are countless demonic beasts here in the Dark Forest due to the berserk state. Unlike ordinary trolls, they have unbelievable regenerative abilities.”

And as expected, Duras didn’t seem very surprised.

He continued to speak calmly, as if he were seeing everyday life.

“But as you can see, the regeneration ability is significantly reduced. Can you see it here?”

At Duras’ continued words, the Royal Knights narrowed their eyes.

And certainly…

They could see the troll’s regeneration slowing down.

The flesh on the head that had been sticking together had stopped moving.

Only the flesh that was regenerating the heart was active.

“This is because it is difficult to supply blood to the whole body because the heart is destroyed. So when the heart is destroyed, they try to regenerate the heart first. In other words, it means they don’t have the ability to regenerate other places. So at this time…”

Swish─!

“Cut off their heads.”

With Duras’ light sword strike, the head of the regenerating troll was cut off.

Ku웅─!

The troll collapsed to the floor with a sound.

The troll that fell like that never moved again.

And the surrounding area.

The soldiers and knights of Ruben approached the regenerating trolls and repeated the same operation.

At the same time, hundreds of regenerating trolls collapsed at once.

“How can this be…”

“Hehe…”

The Royal Knights burst into pure admiration at the magnificent sight.

Because it was really amazing.

Identifying the enemy’s weaknesses and dealing with them at once.

That was a skill that was more required than anything else in actual combat.

And what the Royal Knights knew was simple.

Press down with a higher level.

That was all.

But Ruben was different.

More efficiently, more effectively.

They were dealing with demonic beasts.

The level of a knight and the experience of interpersonal combat.

The Royal Knights might be ahead in that.

But they couldn’t keep up with them in other areas.

Especially the attitude and method of dealing with demonic beasts.

They were truly Specialists.

Were there anyone better than them in the field of monsters and demonic beasts?

Probably not.

No, there wasn’t.

That’s why these were knowledge that couldn’t be easily learned even with money.

Experiences that cannot be learned through simple sparring and training.

Above all, the Royal Knights’ mission was not only to protect the Imperial Family.

“Wasn’t our next subjugation a troll group extermination…?”

To eliminate the dangers spread throughout the Empire.

It was the Royal Knights’ mission to protect the Empire along with the Imperial Family.

“C, could you tell me one more time.”

“So, to suppress the trolls’ regeneration ability, you said to stab the left atrium? Did you say to stab the right atrium?”

The Royal Knights learned the related knowledge with sparkling eyes.

In that way, the knights of Ruben gained experience in interpersonal combat.

The Royal Knights gained knowledge related to demonic beasts.

They were giving and receiving learning to each other.

“But… do you guys deal with demonic beasts like this every day?”

“Well, yes. Ruben is located in the Dark Forest, so…”

“Hehe…”

The Royal Knights burst into pure admiration.

Because what that meant was.

Ruben had been dealing with hundreds of these demonic beasts all along.

Every day.

“But it’s a bit strange. Even so, they don’t usually come in such hundreds. Why are so many trolls coming?”

Duras tilted his head and examined the trolls’ corpses.

The trolls’ behavior was different from usual.

It was as if they were being chased by something…

And just then.

He flinched!

Something swept through Duras’ senses.

Starting with Duras, the Royal Knights and other soldiers of Ruben also flinched.

And as if they had promised.

Their gazes all turned to one place.

The place they looked at like that.

The scenery of the forest hidden in darkness.

“W, what is that…”

A chilling murderous intent (殺意) was rising from the deep darkness.

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“No.”

Cyan paused his finger, which was about to press the purchase button.

Because he was worried about buying it.

Because he had to spend all of his remaining 500,000 mileage.

Although it was almost free because it was obtained through damage causality [compensation for damages].

But it wasn’t that he wasn’t worried.

Above all, now that he couldn’t control the power he had due to the elixir.

Megingjörð might just be an item that increases strength again in a situation where he was simply strong.

“Hmm…”

That’s why he was quite worried…

Cyan made up his mind.

Rather, that’s why he needed Megingjörð.

The power that magic emits and the power that the body emits.

These two had to be strictly distinguished.

In other words, if the elixir amplified the power of magic.

Megingjörð could be seen as amplifying the power emitted by the body.

And here, simply saying ‘only strong’ referred to the power of magic.

The power emitted by the body does not simply mean strength.

Strength is the same as physical ability.

In other words, it could be said to be the talent of the body.

People usually think like this.

If it’s big, it will be dull.

If there are many muscles, it will be dull.

Strength and speed are separate areas.

But that’s a clear misconception.

Strength, agility, speed, reflexes.

All of those things are related to muscle strength.

It was right to see that muscle strength was the area that muscle strength dominated.

The explosive power ejected from the muscles.

Depending on that power, the above physical abilities also increase together.

If it were true that if it is big, it is dull.

If strength and speed were separate areas.

Based on human standards, men should have lower physical abilities than women.

But that’s generally not the case.

It can only reverse the gap with the power of magic and aura.

The innate physical difference was not like that.

Therefore, the performance of Megingjörð.

The fact that strength is increased by 2 times was the same as saying that all physical abilities are increased by 2 times.

And what this meant was.

It was the same as always having [a permanent buff].

Now that he hadn’t even absorbed all the power of the elixir.

“There’s nothing like this.”

Cyan made up his mind once again and pressed the purchase button.

Click.

《A, are you going to buy Megingjörð!!》

The Mobile Lord’s notification window popped up when he touched the purchase button.

Cyan pressed the Y button without hesitation.

Click.

《Heueueueueueueup!!!!!!》

Then, a notification window popped up as if the Mobile Lord was holding his breath.

And a little later.

《Kkuaaaaaaaaak!!!!》

The Mobile Lord’s notification window, which had fainted, popped up again.

It seemed that he couldn’t handle the causality of 500,000 mileage.

Well, he didn’t faint or anything like that.

And just then.

Spaaaaaaat!

A bright group of lights burst out in front of Cyan.

Soon, the group of lights subsided, and there was a belt placed there.

“It doesn’t look very special.”

The belt didn’t look very special.

There were no fancy decorations.

He didn’t feel any other power like the elixir.

Just an ordinary iron belt.

It didn’t even look like it used Adamantium.

“Is this 500,000 mileage?”

In other words, it didn’t look like 50 million gold.

“I wasn’t scammed, was I?”

… but there was no way that could be true.

Cyan looked at Megingjörð and carefully tried to wear it.

And by any chance, was it a belt worn by a giant?

“It’s so loose.”

It was too loose.

It was as if he had just entered a large ring instead of wearing it.

It wasn’t a belt, but a large circular lump of iron.

Still, the belt seemed to have a device that could be tightened.

Cyan tightened it to the maximum.

Then, with a click, it was adjusted to fit Cyan’s waist size perfectly.

At that moment.

Kwaddeudeudeuk.

The muscles throughout his body wriggled and made a strange sound.

At the same time, an indescribable power surged up.

Cyan opened his eyes wide at the power.

“Is this twice the strength…?”

It didn’t feel like twice at all.

Because twice meant twice the strength Cyan had.

But the power he felt was not like that.

Half of the power he felt now was the power Cyan usually had… but it wasn’t like that at all.

This wasn’t twice…

Just then.

Chills!

A chilling momentum swept through Cyan’s senses.

It was none other than outside the office.

To be exact, it was the momentum felt not outside the office, but outside Ruben.

And at the same time.

“L, Lord! Something terrible has happened!”

A soldier’s urgent voice was heard from outside the office.