My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 106

106. Lust Demon

A thick, heavy miasma spread in all directions.

Jet-black fog, like storm clouds, consumed the space.

Darkness soaked the earth, dyeing the surroundings pitch black.

Tension was etched on the faces of Garret and the other Holy Knights.

The ominous aura they felt on their skin was beyond anything they could handle.

It was an insurmountable power.

Geeeeeeeeaaaaaaah!

The echoes of hell resounded.

A violent miasma, unleashed in a terrible liberation, poured forth.

Garret and the Holy Knights gripped their swords tightly.

Even against the Death Knights with their unbelievable power,

they were amplified by madness, exceeding their normal capabilities.

They wouldn’t go down easily.

The pouring miasma approached.

Madness and miasma collided.

Different forces clashed.

Kwaaaang!

With the clash of power, fragments of force scattered in all directions.

The air trembled, the ground shook and split.

Garret knew instantly.

They were being pushed back.

“Kuhak!”

“Keoheok!”

The Holy Knights in the front lines fell one after another.

Bright red blood splattered everywhere.

In between, jet-black aura blades passed without fail.

From the start, they were no match.

However,

Garret moved quickly.

The Death Knights, each at the Master level,

possessed truly overwhelming force.

But their numbers were small, only 30.

So, if they could take them down one by one, they might have a chance.

Garret, who could be considered the second-best swordsman on the continent,

now amplified by madness, had surpassed his normal abilities.

He was not being pushed back by the Death Knights.

In fact, he could be said to have a slight advantage.

However, Garret quickly had to revise his thinking.

Flash!

A deep blue light flickered before his eyes.

At the same time, a massive sword filled his vision.

Kwaang!

He hastily raised his sword to block, feeling a heavy impact on his fingertips.

Beyond the colliding swords, he could see the burning blue light.

Kendrick, the captain of the Black Knights.

He felt an ominousness that was on a different level from the other Death Knights.

Garret leaped back and swung his sword.

Kendrick also swung his sword without losing his stance.

But there was no collision.

Garret twisted his waist just before the swords met, retracting his sword.

Kendrick’s sword cut through the air.

With the sound of tearing muscles, Garret’s sword bent and aimed at Kendrick.

A perfect opening.

However.

Saaaaaaak!

Kendrick’s sword, which had cut through the air, scattered into darkness.

The scattered darkness wrapped around Kendrick’s other hand, becoming a jet-black shield.

Kwakwang!

Garret’s sword was blocked by the jet-black shield.

A perfectly aimed strike had failed.

Death Knights.

The bodies of the Death Knights had disappeared into a thousand years of history.

What remained and was resurrected was their souls.

The soul is not restricted by form.

The swords held by the Death Knights were merely a part of their souls taking the shape of a sword.

So, when they wanted to use a sword, it became a sword.

When they wanted to use a shield, it became a shield.

And now, the materialized jet-black shield.

Garret could see no opening to exploit.

For a moment, a black light flashed beyond the jet-black shield.

The shield scattered back into darkness, wrapping around Kendrick’s hand and taking the form of a sword.

Sharp strikes came rushing in, slashes and thrusts.

These simple yet straightforward attacks poured in one after another.

Kwakwang! Kwakwakwang!

A terrible explosion erupted between Garret and Kendrick.

The surrounding area vibrated greatly from the aftermath of the power.

Kendrick’s stance changed completely.

Once again, a massive cleave approached.

This was unavoidable.

Garret braced himself to deflect the incoming strike.

At that moment, the sword, just before impact, scattered into darkness and disappeared.

And a large axe fell on Garret’s head.

Kwaaaaaaaaaang!

“Keoheok!”

With a terrible explosion, Garret coughed up blood.

He barely managed to block it, but he doubted if he had truly blocked it.

His insides seemed to be a mess, and he couldn’t regain his senses from the terrible pain.

This… this was impossible to handle.

The ever-changing nature of the weapon.

The skill of this Death Knight in utilizing it.

And the burning, terrible miasma.

None of it could be taken lightly.

No, it was beyond taking it lightly.

He was at least a mid-level Master [a skilled warrior].

However, over a thousand years, the Death Knights had increased their power.

The versatility of not being restricted by form had elevated him to the advanced level.

This was not an exaggeration.

Therefore, it was not a joke.

The continent’s number one swordsman, Durak Elan Dur.

Kendrick was a skilled warrior who could rival him without being easily pushed back.

And there were as many as 30 Death Knights of that caliber here.

Yes, not ‘only’ 30.

But ‘as many as’ 30.

“Kkyaaaak!”

“Keuhahaha!”

The screams of the Holy Knights erupted from all directions.

They were being swept away without even putting up a proper resistance.

They were Holy Knights who had reached at least the Expert level.

Moreover, they were amplified by madness, exceeding their normal capabilities.

No matter which knight order on the continent was brought in,

they would not be able to stand against the current Holy Knights.

But.

Puhwahak!

Kwajik!

They were being swept away.

The Holy Knights, who could be called the strongest on the continent…

“Keoheok!”

“Keuhak!”

They were being swept away helplessly.

Saaaaaaak!

Jet-black darkness surged from the torn earth.

The screams of the dead could be heard from within the surging darkness.

The darkness rising from the cracked crevices.

It became a sword of darkness and surged forth.

Garret.

“Kkyaaaaaaaak!”

He couldn’t deny the thought that came to his mind.

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[This can’t be happening…! This can’t be happening…!]

Lustria couldn’t believe the current situation.

She couldn’t believe it. She shouldn’t believe it.

But the tragedy unfolding before her eyes…

The colliding greatswords tore through space.

At the same time, two Holy Knights were split in half and disappeared.

The knights fell without even withstanding a single blow.

This scene was unfolding everywhere.

A massacre, not a battle.

Nearly half of the Holy Knights had disappeared as a result.

In that short amount of time, half of the Holy Knights had been swept away.

It was truly overwhelming force.

And a force that Lustria had once experienced.

A long, long time ago.

The nightmare and terror of demons that no demon could approach.

The demonic knight order that brought that nightmare and terror, the Black Lion Knights.

At the time, humans said this about the Black Lion Knights.

There are no demons where the Black Lion Knights have arrived.

They were beings who wrote a truly legendary story.

However, buried in a thousand years of history, that story became a legend.

But… but…

[How… how can you be…!!]

Those beings were going against a thousand years of time and appearing before Lustria.

Moreover, those beings had become even stronger after a thousand years.

They had surpassed even death, raising their status.

[This is… this is…!]

This couldn’t be happening.

This shouldn’t be happening.

But what she saw before her eyes

was a clear reality.

Kadeudeudeuk!

A sound of something collapsing came from Lustria’s mouth.

A few fallen teeth rolled around in her mouth.

Twe, Lustria spat out the missing teeth.

At this rate, everything would go wrong.

It couldn’t be like this.

It absolutely couldn’t be like this.

Lustria stretched out both hands to the side and drew out power.

Her body rapidly disintegrated as she used her power.

Flesh fell off, and bones melted.

But she didn’t care.

If things went wrong here, everything would be over anyway.

Kwaaaaaa!

The surrounding madness intensified.

It seeped into the Holy Knights, amplifying their power.

The Holy Knights, who had been overwhelmingly swept away, began to resist the Death Knights little by little.

Lustria’s disintegration accelerated.

But the speed at which the Holy Knights were being swept away was significantly reduced.

However, it was a temporary measure.

She could only buy some time; it was impossible to stand against those overwhelming Death Knights.

So, she had to step in herself.

Lustria unleashed her hidden power.

Right then.

A chilling murderous intent was felt from one side.

A murderous intent that swallowed the surrounding madness and approached.

Lustria’s hand moved forward, and a red barrier made of malice rose up.

Jjeoeong!

Almost simultaneously, a sword strike collided with the barrier.

The madness she had summoned scattered for a moment with the impact.

The madness… scattered?

Lustria widened her eyes.

Beyond the barrier, she could see a blonde human.

The human who had first reminded her of that terrifying memory.

The human who was commanding the Death Knights, Cyan.

[You…!!]

Lustria’s expression contorted.

She stretched out her other hand and drew out magic power.

The gathered magic power expanded widely, and endless madness soared.

The human before her eyes, Cyan.

For some reason, Cyan was commanding the Black Lion Knights.

He was also using the power of the being who had been like a nightmare in the past.

How that was possible.

What on earth was going on.

She didn’t know anything.

But one thing was certain.

If she killed Cyan, those Black Lion Knights would return to the void.

[Die!]

Lustria screamed and unleashed her magic power.

Numerous red spikes rose from the trembling ground.

In the process, there was no need for incantations or formulas.

A wide-area magic spell implemented with mere will.

Sareureureuk.

In an instant, Cyan’s body scattered into darkness.

Silent shadows of darkness flowed away.

The rising red spikes chased after the shadows, but the shadows of darkness avoided them all and flowed away.

The shadows of darkness that had escaped the range gathered together.

Cyan reappeared above them.

A bizarre and mysterious movement, as if his body itself had become shadows of darkness.

Ddiring!

《Shadowless Step of the Demonic Soul Progress Rate 0.5% (+0.5%)》

It was Kyle’s legacy, obtained as a reward from Muriel’s tomb.

A way to move the body like formless darkness.

The name given because even shadows could not follow, Shadowless Step of the Demonic Soul.

It was the first time he had tried to use it.

Indeed, Kyle’s legacy was Kyle’s legacy.

[You… what are you…!!]

Perhaps she recognized the movement.

Lustria was once again looking at Cyan with a shocked expression.

Lustria’s body trembled slightly.

From that trembling, Cyan could sense the fear that Lustria was feeling.

But Cyan did not move rashly.

He had to clearly distinguish between confidence and arrogance.

Although he had advanced one step, Cyan could not handle Lustria in his current state.

Even if he had learned a new legacy from Kyle, it didn’t change the fact.

Lustria, the demon of lust.

Lustria, one of the seven demon lords, was an absolute evil that had plunged the entire continent into chaos a thousand years ago.

A being that even the six Arnice [powerful mages] could not easily handle.

Lustria was not a demon that Cyan could dare to handle.

Fortunately, Muriel’s body was collapsing.

And her incomplete manifestation.

These great constraints were binding Lustria.

Therefore, there was a glimmer of possibility to defeat Lustria.

But Cyan alone could not do it.

So, he had to endure.

Until the Black Lion Knights had defeated all the Holy Knights.

So that Lustria could not do anything to the Black Lion Knights.

Cyan had to hold Lustria back.

[A mere bug!]

Lustria unleashed her magic power.

Lustria’s crushed pupils emitted a bright red glow.

The magic power released from control spread in all directions.

It tore everything apart and rushed towards Cyan.

The massive madness of magic power burst out in all directions.

Cyan’s body disappeared, becoming a stream of dark shadows.

The darkness quickly escaped from the storm of magic power.

But.

[Do you think I’ll be fooled twice!]

Bundles of red magic power poured down on Cyan’s materialized form.

Lustria was a demon from a thousand years ago.

She was one of the seven lords of hell who had directly faced Kyle.

She had directly experienced Kyle’s Shadowless Step of the Demonic Soul, not Cyan’s.

She could be said to already know its characteristics.

Pabababak!

The bundles poured down on Cyan like a rainstorm.

He couldn’t avoid it.

He couldn’t completely block it, but he would endure the bleeding.

Cyan gripped his SS-grade sword tightly.

Right then.

Hwaaaaaaaak!!

In an instant, a brilliant light erupted in front of Cyan.

Soon, a pure white divine barrier was cast in front of Cyan.

Kwakwakwakwang!

The bundles of red magic power were blocked by the divine barrier and disappeared.

“Ahheuk…!”

A painful groan erupted from behind Cyan.

There, Aria was stretching out her hands and unleashing divinity.

Red blood flowed from between Aria’s tightly closed lips.

[How dare this bitch!!]

Lustria’s twitching annoyance exploded.

Lustria’s body moved with her magic power.

Her collapsing body fell in pieces, but Lustria didn’t care.

An enormous amount of magic power was condensed in her outstretched hand, distorting the scenery.

Cyan moved his body immediately.

And through the distorted scenery, Cyan’s sword rushed in again.

Jjeojeong!

As power and power collided, space was momentarily distorted.

The magic power that had gathered between the distorted space scattered,

resulting in only a greater disintegration of her exhausted body.

[How dare… how dare you…!]

A terrible malice exploded.

The emotions that had been boiling beneath the surface erupted like an explosion.

A feast of madness bloomed.

Lustria’s reason snapped.

[I’ll kill you all!!!]

The twisting space cracked and shattered.

Cyan hastily deployed the Shadowless Step of the Demonic Soul. However, he was caught in the torrent of power and could not escape.

Lustria spread out her hands.

The magic power gathered at her fingertips boiled, and Lustria scratched wildly at the empty space in front of her.

Kwazazazazak!

The fingernails that scratched the space became slashes, tearing the entire area to shreds.

“Keoheok!”

“Ahheuk…!”

Cyan and Aria shouted at the same time, caught in the torrent.

Their mouths opened, and blood poured out.

Lustria twisted her mouth grotesquely at the sight.

As expected.

It was just a delusion.

It was surprising that he used that nightmarish power.

But in the end, he was not that being.

It was over.

Lustria’s magic power burned red.

When Cyan died, the Black Lion Knights would also return to the void.

This was the end.

Lustria smiled gleefully and detonated her magic power.

Right then.

Tteok.

Lustria’s body stiffened.

A sense of unease permeated the entire space.

The sensation of her entire body floating up, and her entire body tingling.

What was this?

Lustria couldn’t understand this sensation.

Lustria’s eyes turned to the front.

And she could see.

“Time… is up!”

The figure of Cyan smiling as he spoke.

Smi… ling?

Lustria’s annoyance exploded once again.

But it didn’t last long.

Dark shadows spread around.

And a voice was heard.

-Black Lion Knights, Kendrick and 30 others.

That voice was like a death sentence.

-We have completed all the missions given by our lord.

Before Lustria could react,

Seogeok!

A jet-black aura blade brushed past Lustria’s neck.