My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 111

§ 111 – Reunited with Ruben (2)

Ding!

《Kkueeeeeeeeeeeeeeek···!!!》

As Xian pressed the X button, a strange notification window popped up.

At this point, it wasn’t an error but a seizure.

“Seriously, is someone inside this thing?”

It was worth considering seriously.

Xian shook his head.

Then, he calmly organized his thoughts.

First.

The gold currently in Xian’s possession.

[Current Gold – 14,730,000 G]

A whopping 14.73 million gold.

A staggering 14.73 million gold!

Not only did it exceed 10 million, but there was an additional 4.73 million gold!

“Aaaah···!!”

Xian involuntarily trembled all over.

Ding!

《Kkuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak···!!!》

At the same time, Mobile Lord also had a seizure and trembled.

An unbearable joy.

But he barely managed to calm down.

Because from now on, the things Xian needed to spend money on required a considerable amount of gold.

Xian calmly decided on the list of things to spend money on.

“First···.”

[Enhancement Effect 4](+2) – You can purchase S-grade martial arts at the Knight Training Camp Lv.5!

The S-grade martial art obtained by enhancing .

To get it, he needed ‘Knight Training Camp Lv.5,’ which cost a whopping 4 million gold.

“And there was Morcru’s Flame too.”

[Enhancement Effect 2](+2) – Equipment made in the smithy of a territory with a master craftsman or higher has S-grade quality!

Master craftsman referred to the chief of the Hammer Anvil Tribe, Semir.

Currently, only Semir could make S-grade equipment.

But.

[Morcru’s Metallurgy] – 500,000G

It was possible to research Morcru’s Metallurgy at Elodie’s Laboratory Lv.1.

The legendary blacksmith who made the Arnaise weapons for everyone except Kyle, the Divine Craftsman Morcru.

“To research this Morcru’s Metallurgy, I needed an achievement.”

『[Achievement] – For the Best Weapon! (Unachieved)

-Achievement Condition: Possess 1 SSS-grade equipment or fail enhancement 20 times.』

“Right now, Morcru’s energy is···.”

Morcru’s energy, which could guarantee a successful enhancement when stacked to 100%.

《Morcru’s Energy 15%》

The accumulated value was 15%.

It was the value accumulated by failing the enhancement three times last time.

In other words, a maximum of 17 failures.

Since one SS-grade equipment cost about 600,000 gold.

It meant he could achieve the achievement by pouring in a maximum of 10.2 million gold.

Of course, if the enhancement succeeded before that, he could save more money!

Anyway, adding 500,000 gold for [Morcru’s Metallurgy].

He could achieve everything he wanted with a maximum of 14.7 million gold.

But currently, Xian had 14.73 million gold in his possession!!

Of course···.

Even after earning that much money, only 30,000 gold would be left.

Even if he worked hard to earn money, spending it was instantaneous.

But.

‘Amelia must have earned money by now!’

This wasn’t all the money Xian had!

Before meeting Aria, Xian had entrusted Amelia with trading in Ruben.

And when he went to the West last time, Amelia alone earned about 1.2 million gold.

But after that, Ruben underwent a rebirth to the point where Mobile Lord went into emergency maintenance.

As a result, production also increased by about 3 to 4 times.

Now, she must have earned at least 4 million gold, or even more than 5 million gold!

And that’s not all!

[Current Fame Points] – 30,100 P

He completely eradicated the southern plague.

Even the fame points he earned while being called the contradictory title of Saint!

“Aaaah···!!”

Xian couldn’t hold back the joy that finally burst out and trembled.

Xian trembled for a while like that.

Xian regained his senses and looked at his smartphone screen.

“I can’t enhance equipment right now···.”

Currently, Xian was in a carriage heading to Ruben.

He also needed expensive materials to make an SS-grade sword.

And Semir had to be there to make the equipment.

Enhancement was something he could only do after arriving in Ruben.

But.

“I can spend money on other things.”

Xian immediately went to the 【Territory Facilities】 section.

《Knight Training Camp Lv.5》 (4,000,000G)

The Knight Training Camp costing a whopping 4 million gold.

Click.

With a light touch, 4 million gold in the inventory disappeared.

《Pu, pu, purchase complete···!!》

And Mobile Lord reacted immediately.

Before the emergency maintenance, Mobile Lord reacted from 1.5 million gold.

But this time, he poured in 4 million gold from the start.

No matter how much stronger Mobile Lord became through emergency maintenance, it couldn’t help but react.

And now Xian had 10.7 million gold left.

Even after pouring in 4 million gold, he still had over 10 million gold!

“Let’s see···.”

Xian checked the Knight Training Camp Lv.5 under construction.

[S-grade Martial Arts] – 1,500,000 G

And a new notification window popped up.

“Quite expensive···.”

As expected of S-grade, the price wasn’t cheap.

At this rate, he might be a little short on money for enhancement, but···.

“Amelia must have earned a lot.”

Xian fearlessly pressed the purchase button.

Click.

《Purchaseeeeeeeeee!!!!!》

Mobile Lord slowly started to have errors and seizures.

The total gold poured in was 5.5 million gold.

The gold poured in when Mobile Lord went into emergency maintenance last time was about 6 million gold.

Ding!

《E, excessive spending is not good for your mental health···.!》

Click.

Xian pressed the X button on the pop-up window.

Xian continued to explore the necessary spending.

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

“Come to think of it, is there no S-grade Aura Cultivation Method?”

Currently, the soldiers of Ruben were learning an A-grade Aura Cultivation Method.

Although it was A-grade, it was not to be ignored.

Lucas went from Beginner to Intermediate Expert in an instant.

Its efficiency and performance were beyond doubt.

But now that he was learning S-grade martial arts.

Something··· felt a little lacking.

Wouldn’t it be nice to learn an S-grade Aura Cultivation Method along with the S-grade martial arts?

But the S-grade Aura Cultivation Method was not for sale.

Should he enhance the Arnaise perk further?

“I think I could purchase the A-grade Aura Cultivation Method as an achievement reward···.”

With a vaguely remembered memory, Xian looked at the achievement items.

And as expected.

[Achievement: ‘Promotion: From Pawn to Knight!’]

[Achievement Reward – You can purchase ‘A-grade Aura Cultivation Method’ at Knight Academy Lv.1!]

He could find the related achievement.

It seemed that he could achieve it when the level of the territory’s soldiers increased.

In short, something he couldn’t do right now.

“Hmm···.”

Xian was lost in thought for a moment.

“Ah, maybe.”

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to him.

Xian looked at the bracelet on his left wrist and said.

“Kendrick.”

Saaaaaaaah─.

With Xian’s low voice, the darkness of the bracelet spread out.

Soon, inside the carriage, a jet-black mist gathered opposite Xian, and Kendrick emerged from it.

-Did you call, my lord?

Kendrick replied, flickering dark blue eyes.

Xian immediately opened his mouth.

“You said that Kyle taught you how to fight demons last time.”

-That is correct.

“Then, did he also teach you something like Aura Cultivation Method?”

-If you are referring to the Aura Cultivation Method as a way to handle demons, then yes. The previous lord taught me how to handle the magic of the source.

-However, the level was so high··· it is a degraded method, not the method used by the previous lord.

In short, Kyle’s Soul Control Method.

It meant it was a lower compatibility version of that.

It seemed that Kyle had directly modified it and taught it to the Black Lion Knights.

Xian carefully spoke.

“Could you possibly teach that to other people?”

-Other people, you mean···?

Kendrick expressed doubt.

Xian then explained the existence of Ruben to Kendrick.

Ruben, where Xian was the lord, and his soldiers.

Then Kendrick nodded and said.

-If you are referring to the soldiers who follow the lord··· of course. However, there is a slight problem.

“Problem?”

Kendrick said, flickering his eyes.

-Although it is a degraded method, the level is also quite difficult. Ordinary people will be swallowed by the magic.”

In short, it meant that even if they didn’t have the talent, they couldn’t even learn it.

“I don’t have much talent, but I could do it?”

-That’s of course···.

Kendrick trailed off and lowered his head.

Kendrick didn’t say the rest, but Xian could tell what it was.

Leah and Kendrick seemed to think of Xian as Kyle.

Well, after seeing that transcendent power when fighting Luschuria.

He couldn’t help but understand Kendrick’s feelings.

But as he repeatedly said, Xian was not Kyle.

Xian shook his head.

And it was just a simple guess.

It seemed that he could learn it because he was the administrator of Mobile Lord.

Anyway, Kendrick could teach the Aura Cultivation Method.

And that would be at least S-grade or higher.

“Can you also teach me something like swordsmanship?”

Then Kendrick shook his head as if troubled.

-I am sorry, but I have lived as a Death Knight for too long. The swordsmanship I used in my human days··· is not in my memory.

Xian slowly nodded.

Kendrick had lived as a Death Knight for a thousand years.

The way to handle magic does not change its essence.

Whether it was a thousand years ago or now, magic is just magic.

Of course, the martial arts he possessed were the same.

However, the direction of cultivation was different.

He could tell just by looking at how Kendrick fought.

Death Knights are souls without form restrictions.

Kendrick transformed all weapons, including swords, shields, and axes, and fought.

And that was a type of martial art that humans could not use.

Of course, he would have cultivated it based on the martial arts of his human days.

However, a thousand years had passed since he was resurrected as a Death Knight.

In the end, the martial arts of his human days lost their original form.

Of course, Kendrick could still teach something.

The level of Master Advanced was not going anywhere.

But S-grade martial arts would clearly have greater efficiency for Ruben’s soldiers.

“I can’t help it.”

So, although he was disappointed, Xian was not greatly disappointed.

And now that it had come to this.

It seemed that he should proceed with what he had planned right away.

He had also obtained S-grade martial arts.

He could also obtain Kendrick.

It would be good to have Kendrick select a few promising soldiers from Ruben and train them as knights.

Although the Black Lion Knights had disappeared, their leader Kendrick remained.

It would be good to create a new Ruben’s Knights with Kendrick as the core.

A knight order that could stand against Elantur’s White Wolf Knights.

Not Kyle’s knight order, but Xian’s knight order.

Xian said to Kendrick.

“I’ve asked everything I wanted to ask··· how about it, do you want to go inside? Or do you want to stay here?”

-If the lord allows it··· I would like to stay longer.

Xian nodded.

He must want to see the outside world after being trapped underground for a thousand years.

Of course, others would be horrified to see a Death Knight.

But since there was only Xian in the carriage, it didn’t matter much.

Xian left Kendrick alone and immediately looked at his smartphone screen.

And entered the 【Fame Point Shop】.

Click.

[Current Perks]

①

②

③

-Enhance existing effect (10,000 P)

-Add new effect (10,000 P)

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With a light touch, the perk items were listed.

And even the newly added .

[Current Fame Points] – 30,100 P

“30,000 points···.”

Whether it was adding an effect or enhancing an existing effect.

It was enough points to do it three times.

Of course, he could exchange the gold he had for points.

He had to leave that for weapon enhancement.

Even if he exchanged it, he had to check how much Amelia had earned.

So, he could only do it three times right now.

Xian calmly organized his thoughts.

First.

“S-grade martial arts and S-grade equipment are enough.”

Of course, it would be much better if he could get SS-grade martial arts and equipment.

But he couldn’t get that just by enhancing it.

Right now, he needed ‘Knight Training Camp Lv.5’ and ‘Master Craftsman or higher.’

He had barely met the criteria.

If he enhanced it further, he didn’t know what terrible conditions it would impose.

If he enhanced it rashly, it would just become crap [worthless].

It was better not to enhance it at all.

So, that was a pass.

Then, what was left···.

“I should enhance , right?”

Namely .

Specifically [Effect 1] and [Effect 2].

[Effect 1] – Soldier growth efficiency in the territory increases by +1,000%!

[Effect 2] – Knight training efficiency in the territory increases by +1,000%!

The new Ruben’s Knights will grow with Kendrick as the core.

From soldiers to knights.

And even the talent to handle magic.

It could be said that it was a necessary enhancement for all of this.

Xian fearlessly enhanced the two effects.

Click, click.

《Completeoooooooooooo!!!!》

Then Mobile Lord fainted and raised an alarm window.

The fame consumed through two enhancements was 20,000 points.

It was a natural result since it was worth 2 million gold in gold value.

With this, the gold consumed was a whopping 7.5 million gold.

But there were still 10,000 points left.

The enhanced effects were 2,000% each.

The growth efficiency of the soldiers, as well as Xian’s growth efficiency, had been greatly amplified.

“Hmm··· should I enhance Muriel’s Prayer with what’s left?”

[Effect 3] – You can use ‘Muriel’s Blessing’ once every 100 hours!

『《Muriel’s Blessing》

[Effect 1] – For 1 minute, all physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +1,000%!

[Effect 2] – Within a 100-meter radius, all allies’ physical abilities increase by +50% for 10 minutes!

《[Effect 1] and [Effect 2] cannot be used simultaneously!》』

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.

Namely [Effect 3]’s Muriel’s Blessing.

Xian had used it himself and it boasted tremendous performance.

Of course, when fighting Luschuria, Muriel’s last will was imbued and it became ‘Muriel’s Miracle – Myth.’

But even if it wasn’t ‘Muriel’s Miracle – Myth,’ the performance itself was tremendous.

And above all.

“If I keep enhancing Muriel’s Blessing, won’t it eventually become Muriel’s Miracle?”

It was definitely··· a possible story.

No, it seemed more than possible.

Even this was a buff, so it didn’t seem to require any special conditions.

Why worry?

Xian immediately enhanced [Effect 3] of Muriel’s Prayer.

Click.

《Pu, pu, pu, pu, rchaseeeeeee!?!?!?!?》

Mobile Lord was having seizures again.

But it didn’t seem to be enough to faint yet.

It didn’t go into maintenance even though the consumed 8.5 million gold was exceeded.

Certainly··· it seemed to have gotten stronger.

But Xian still had 9.2 million gold in his possession!

Xian felt a little regret and checked the enhanced effect.

[Enhancement Effect 3] – You can use ‘Muriel’s Blessing’ once every 100 hours!

『《Muriel’s Blessing》

[Enhancement Effect 1] – For 1 minute, all physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +2,000%!

[Enhancement Effect 2] – Within a 100-meter radius, all allies’ physical abilities increase by +100% for 10 minutes!

《[Enhancement Effect 1] and [Enhancement Effect 2] cannot be used simultaneously!》』

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As expected, the effect had been enhanced.

However, it was still far from the 1,000,000% effect of ‘Muriel’s Miracle – Myth.’

Assuming that the value of Effect 1 increases by 1,000% per enhancement··· 998,000%.

So, he had to enhance it 998 more times.

In the process, he needed 9.98 million fame points.

Converting it to gold value··· 998,000,000 gold.

“998 million···.”

As the saying goes, myth was myth.

Miracle was a miracle.

Right then.

Ding!

《From now on, you can adjust the duration of the blessing effect to increase the amplified value!》

“I can adjust the duration?”

It seemed that···.

If he reduced the existing duration of 1 minute to half, 30 seconds.

It seemed to be the kind of format where the increase would go from 2,000% to 4,000%.

“Not bad?”

It wasn’t just good, it was quite good.

Of course, there was no explanation that if he reduced the 2,000% effect to 1,000%, 1 minute would become 2 minutes.

It seemed that he had to do additional enhancements for that.

“Not bad.”

Even so, it was not a bad effect.

At that very moment.

-Um··· sir. The carriage cannot enter from here.

The coachman’s voice was heard from outside the carriage.

It seemed that they had entered the Dark Forest area.

Mobile Lord hadn’t fainted yet, but···.

“Let’s go in and see.”

He still had plenty of gold to spend.

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-This place is···.

Kendrick flickered dark blue eyes and looked around.

A forest with dense trees.

And even the terrible magic felt around.

-Isn’t this the Dark Forest?

As expected, Kendrick recognized the Dark Forest.

It was the place where the final battle with the demons took place a thousand years ago.

Kendrick had also participated in that battle, so there was no way he wouldn’t recognize it.

-How can the lord’s territory be in a place like this···.

Whether he was wondering or surprised.

Kendrick’s eyes were burning blue.

Xian walked through the Dark Forest with Kendrick.

How much time had passed?

In the distance, the appearance of Ruben could be seen.

And then.

-I will go inside for a while.

Kendrick lowered his head and tried to enter the bracelet.

“Huh? Why?”

-I am worried that the lord’s people will be afraid of my existence.

Death Knights are beings of magic resurrected with resentment by knights who lived in the past.

The Death Knights that people think of are nothing short of terrible beings.

And that was actually the case.

It was just that Kendrick was special.

So, everyone would be horrified when they first saw Kendrick.

But.

“Ah, don’t worry about that.”

There was no need to worry about it in Ruben.

“They’ve already adapted as much as they can.”

They had adapted because of Leah.

Even Leah was a ghost herself.

A Death Knight would just be seen as a unique knight.

‘Wait, come to think of it···.’

Then a thought suddenly occurred to him.

‘Would Kendrick and Leah recognize each other?’

Both were figures from a thousand years ago and were related to Kyle.

‘Hmm···.’

Xian asked Kendrick.

“Kendrick. Do you know who Leah is?”

-······?

Kendrick’s helmet tilted slightly to the left.

As if thinking about who Leah was. He was silent for a moment.

Then suddenly.

-Are you perhaps talking about the mistress?

Kendrick said, flickering his eyes.

As expected, he seemed to know.

Well then.

It would be easy to adapt.

Xian chuckled.

And for some reason.

“It’s okay, so let’s go quickly.”

Xian was strangely looking forward to the meeting between Leah and Kendrick.