My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 126

§ 126. Elodie’s Record (2)

“It’s just a twig.”

Cyan looked down at the branch in his hand.

A twig that looked like it would snap with the slightest bit of force.

No, it wasn’t even a twig.

A broken fragment.

Or a branch that hadn’t grown properly.

“What is this.”

Cyan shook his head.

It was a shame, but there was nothing he could do.

This had nothing to do with Asrandiz’s will.

The World Tree was a tree with its own will.

Even a twig like this.

He couldn’t use its power unless the World Tree allowed it.

Asrandiz had to do so much persuading for even this one twig.

Thanks to that, he got to see the rare sight of a Dark Elf communicating with plants.

Well, anyway.

Cyan had two reasons for obtaining this branch of the World Tree.

First of all.

‘I can find Insteez’s location with this.’

To be precise, the World Tree that contained Insteez.

By using the power of this World Tree, he could track Insteez.

‘The child of Insteez, was it?’

Insteez was a staff made by carving an entire World Tree.

In other words, it was a World Tree in the shape of a staff.

And according to Elodie’s records.

The World Tree in the Dark Elf village.

The World Tree containing Insteez was none other than the child of Insteez.

Of course, it wasn’t a child in the sense of a son or daughter.

How could a plant have such a concept?

To be precise, it was a clone created with the power of Insteez—something like that.

Then she started explaining strange theories, so I just skimmed through them.

It made my head throb and ache.

In simple terms, it was the child of Insteez.

It was in charge of sealing the power of Elodie residing in the staff.

Therefore, he could use this World Tree to find the location of Insteez.

‘But it’s not like it’ll work just by having this World Tree.’

And it wasn’t enough to simply have a branch of the World Tree.

He needed something else.

And that was the second reason Cyan wanted to obtain the branch of the World Tree.

The most important, crucial, desperate, and essential reason.

A very decisive reason.

‘I can increase the enhancement probability with this!’

He could increase the enhancement probability with the power of the World Tree!

The records of Insteez that Cyan examined contained a different story.

None other than Kyle’s sword.

The divine craftsman, Morcru, had crafted legendary weapons for the other Arnaizes.

However, the only Arnaiz he couldn’t make a weapon for was Kyle.

Morcru couldn’t surpass the sword Kyle already possessed.

So Morcru changed direction.

In the end, he decided to enhance Kyle’s sword.

So, he created something called Black Stone and enhanced Kyle’s sword.

And that Black Stone was in the possession of Semir, Morcru’s descendant.

And now it was in Cyan’s inventory.

And when Semir first showed the Black Stone to Cyan.

Semir had said this.

‘But our ancestor did not give up. He pondered and pondered, and finally found a way after consulting with another Arnaiz, Elodie.’

In other words, Elodie helped create the Black Stone.

That help was Insteez.

So, it was the power of the World Tree.

There was a story about the Black Stone in the records related to Insteez.

The Black Stone was not just a simple stone.

It was a stone imbued with the power of the World Tree.

To be more precise, it was a stone condensed with the power of Insteez.

And the twig of the World Tree that Cyan was holding.

The twig of the World Tree, the child of Insteez.

Using this twig would increase the enhancement probability!

And what was condensed in the Black Stone was the power of Insteez.

By using the Black Stone and the twig, he could also find the location of Insteez.

And the place where Insteez was located was none other than where Dyson was.

“How… how can you know that?”

How could he explain this question?

Cyan really had nothing to say.

On the way back to the northern base.

When he turned his head, Panat was making an unbelievable expression.

It wasn’t just Panat, Osley was the same.

Asrandiz and Sera were nowhere to be seen.

They had decided to meet again after each drawing out their troops.

Anyway, Panat and Osley.

The two of them were looking at Cyan with unbelievable expressions.

How could he really explain this?

Cyan pondered and pondered.

But with no particular thought coming to mind.

“It just… happened?”

He just blurted it out.

“What the…”

Panat’s expression went blank.

At the same time, absurdity ascended, following his spirit.

It just happened?

What kind of nonsense was that!

Even Asrandiz, an 8th Circle mage, couldn’t find it.

Even the strongest mage on the continent couldn’t do it.

Then he had to assume that no one on the continent could do it.

But what?

He could find it by accident?

Cyan wasn’t even a mage.

He was a knight.

A knight who could never understand magic, and shouldn’t.

But now…

“Really… are you really a magic swordsman!”

Panat had no choice but to think this.

Panat looked at Cyan with astonished eyes.

Cyan shook his head and said.

“No, it’s not like that…”

Eh, whatever.

There’s no point in explaining something I can’t even explain.

Cyan just shut his mouth.

And then, from a little distance.

He said to Osley, who had an expression that seemed to say, ‘What’s wrong with that guy?’

“Your Excellency. How many troops can you draw out?”

With Cyan’s words, Osley suddenly came to his senses.

Then he lowered his gaze slightly and pondered.

Even if he could find Dyson’s location.

It was just that he could find the location.

In the end, everything would end only when Dyson was dealt with.

But that wasn’t so easy.

First of all, Dyson was using Insteez.

In addition, there were the Dark Elves who followed Dyson.

And the barbarians who were consumed by madness.

In reality, they had to fight a battle that could be called a war.

“We’ll have to draw out as many as possible, but we’ll have to go and assess the situation. We can’t ignore those who are suffering right now.”

Cyan nodded.

Although this was a situation that could only be resolved by dealing with Dyson.

Even at this moment, the people of the North were suffering from the barbarians.

Their children were turning into meat, and their wives and daughters were suffering terrible things.

Those words that Osley had cried out were now being carried out throughout the North.

Let’s say they poured all their strength into dealing with Dyson.

Let’s say they returned the North to what it was before.

But if there was no one alive in that future.

Even if it was paradise, what good would it do?

Cyan started walking again.

How much time had passed?

It seemed to have taken about half a day.

Cyan could see the base located in the village in the distance.

The distance between the base and the Dark Elf village was about a day.

But thanks to walking quickly, he was able to arrive in half a day.

But in terms of time, it wasn’t that fast.

It took time for Asrandiz to persuade the World Tree.

And they were stuck in the Dark Elf village for about 3 days due to the blizzard.

So he arrived at the northern base.

“What is it?”

Cyan stopped walking for a moment.

Because the scenery of the village that he could see before his eyes.

To be exact, the scenery that could be seen from outside the village, the base.

Something… felt strange.

Should he say it was a little strange?

Three groups were gathered in the field of vision.

One side was the knights of the Batenberg family, including Osley’s son, Bendington.

The other side was the Arcanic magic corps of the Rothschild family.

Finally, a group of knights covered in blood.

As if they had just had a fierce battle.

Red blood was dripping between the armor.

“What is it…?”

Cyan examined them closely.

The knights covered in blood consisted of about 20 people.

And the darkness that flashed between them.

“Could it be… Ruben’s Knights?”

It was none other than Ruben’s Knights.

Bendington and the Arcanic magic corps.

The two of them were looking at Ruben’s Knights with astonished faces.

“What is it?”

Cyan wondered what was going on.

And that was the same for Osley and Panat.

Soon, Osley took a step forward and said.

“Bendington.”

“…Ah, Father!”

With Bendington’s cry, everyone’s eyes turned to this side.

Soon, Bendington approached and said.

“You’re back. How… did things go well?”

“It’s been roughly resolved. But…”

Osley looked around and asked Bendington again.

“What’s going on?”

“Ah, that’s…”

Bendington couldn’t easily speak at Osley’s question.

It was clear that something had happened.

And he could tell who it was from without asking.

Osley pointed to the knights covered in blood with his finger.

He pointed to Ruben’s Knights and said.

“Did those knights cause an accident?”

“Ah, no! It’s not like that! It’s not like that…”

Bendington seemed to be vehemently denying it.

He kept waving his hands and shouting as if it was a misunderstanding.

“Then what is it?”

Osley’s question continued.

Bendington seemed quite hesitant.

To be exact, is this right?

Would they believe him even if he told them?

He couldn’t even believe it himself?

He made such an expression.

Soon, Bendington slowly opened his mouth with an ‘oh well’ face.

“Those Ruben’s Knights… have wiped out all the barbarians in the North.”

“…What?”

Osley reacted a beat late.

“…Yes?”

And Cyan reacted two beats late.

Who wiped out what?

Cyan really wondered what was going on.

Cyan’s gaze turned to Ruben’s Knights.

The knights whose whole bodies were covered in blood.

They looked like vicious murderers to anyone who saw them.

But Cyan could see.

“Lord… please save us…”

“Please just kill us…”

The zombies in the blood-soaked armor!

The screams of the dead who were alive but not alive!

Ruben’s Knights approached Cyan like zombies.

Clang, clang, the armor screamed with every weak step.

Judging from their voices, they didn’t seem to have slept properly.

“The commander… the commander…”

“He’s trying to kill us…”

And the voice of a zombie was heard.

‘Ah, right.’

Only then did Cyan realize what was going on.

‘I left Kendrick behind.’

It seemed that Kendrick had been running wild while Cyan was away.

Kendrick was a Master-level knight.

An absolute powerhouse who wouldn’t be easily pushed back even against Durak.

And the leader of the Black Lion Knights who learned the demon (魔) [demonic energy] closest to Kyle.

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

Among them, Kendrick was the strongest knight, called the demon slayer.

In addition, as a Death Knight, he showed martial prowess that humans could not display.

The madness of the barbarians was literally ‘nothing’.

Even if the barbarians hid, it was useless.

The demon (魔) [demonic energy] that Kendrick wielded was close to the source of the demon (魔) [demonic energy] that he learned from Kyle.

Although it was a lower version, it was ultimately based on the source.

There was no way that madness could hide.

Somehow… during the time that Cyan went to the Dark Elf village.

It seemed that Kendrick had taken Ruben’s Knights and combed through the entire North like lice.

Moreover, Kendrick was already a Death Knight who had died.

He didn’t need to sleep, and he didn’t need to eat anything.

Besides, he didn’t feel the cold either.

“Sa, save me, Lord…”

“I need Ellie…”

“I want to eat Dana’s food…”

That was the result.

Kendrick’s appearance was not visible now.

As a Death Knight, he couldn’t show his appearance in front of people.

He seemed to be hiding for a while now.

Maybe he was still looking for barbarians at this moment.

And only then did Cyan realize one thing.

The whole story of what he had been so curious about.

Cyan took out his smartphone from his pocket.

And he quickly scanned the notifications that were piling up.

‘No wonder.’

《Your name and Ruben’s name are raging throughout the North!!!》

《Fame Points + 3,000 P》

《Fame Points + 4,000 P》

《Fame Points + 5,000 P》

《Fame Points + 2,000 P》

《Fame Points + 3,000 P》

《Fame Points + 1,000 P》

.

.

.

‘I wondered why the Fame Points were rising so much.’

Cyan turned his gaze back and looked at Ruben’s Knights.

“Ah… is this madness… the madness that the commander warned us about…”

“I’d rather be consumed by madness… then this pain will disappear…”

“Please let me be consumed by madness…”

The Ruben Knights were screaming.

“…”

“…”

And Osley and Panat were looking at Cyan with astonished eyes.

Their expressions contained the question, ‘How the hell…?’

How could he explain this again?

“Well… it just happened…?”

Cyan just blurted it out.

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In the mountains of an unknown name located on the outskirts of the North.

In fact, it was embarrassing to call it a mountain.

This was because vegetation could not grow in the harsh cold.

Still, there were vegetation that were struggling to survive in this cold.

However, they were frozen solid because they could not withstand the cold.

So, a high mound or a bare mountain.

This was an appropriate name.

And a blizzard was raging in such mountains.

Numerous troops were climbing the mountain through the vision obscured by the thick snow fog.

The Margrave of the North, Batenberg.

It was the maximum number of troops that the Batenberg family could draw out.

Now that Kendrick and Ruben’s Knights had swept through the entire North.

To be exact, now that Kendrick had swept through the entire North.

They could concentrate all their forces on dealing with Dyson.

So Osley left only the minimum number of troops and drew out all the troops.

And Panat and the Arcanic magic corps.

Cyan and Ruben’s Knights.

Lastly.

“Is my brother really here?”

Even the Dark Elves.

Sera approached Cyan and asked.

Next to her, the figures of the forest keeper, Asrandiz, and the sentinels were also visible.

The sentinels were similar to the guards in human terms.

In other words, those who could fight were called sentinels.

“Probably.”

“Probably?”

Sera tilted her head at Cyan’s words.

At Sera’s appearance, the surrounding soldiers glanced at this side.

It was partly because of Sera’s beauty.

But it was also because of the fact that she was a Dark Elf.

Sera did not change her hair color.

Hair of black color, dyed like a deep darkness.

It was evidence that she used the mana of darkness.

And the mana of darkness was an ominous mana.

But no one rashly came forward.

This was because Osley and Panat had firmly instructed them before they came.

Most of all.

“There are so many humans.”

“I’ve never seen so many humans!”

It was because of the kind and innocent appearance of the Dark Elves.

Their fixed ideas about Dark Elves were shaken by that appearance.

But the ones they were going to deal with now were also Dark Elves.

The fixed ideas were not broken.

Cyan took out the Black Stone from his inventory.

And when he brought the obtained branch of the World Tree to it.

Woo-oong…!

The Black Stone began to vibrate greatly and resonate.

It wasn’t like this when he was at the base.

Perhaps it meant that Insteez was nearby.

“It seems like this is the right place…”

Cyan looked straight ahead again.

But all he could see was the raging blizzard.

“I don’t know.”

Sera didn’t seem to feel anything in particular.

Sera turned her gaze and looked at Asrandiz.

“…I can feel a slightly strange flow of magic.”

And Asrandiz seemed to see something different.

“How much further do we have to go?”

At that moment, Panat’s voice was heard from behind.

When he turned his head, Panat and the mages of the Arcanic magic corps were visible.

And the emotion visible on the faces of those mages was annoyance.

To be exact, it was ‘What do you know?’

Panat was like that, so they followed without saying anything.

But the Arcanic mages seemed to have considerable dissatisfaction with Cyan.

“The blizzard is too much, and the consumption of magic power is severe. At this rate, we’ll be exhausted before we even fight.”

“That’s the same for our troops. They’re strong against the cold, but it doesn’t mean they don’t feel the cold. It’s been okay so far, but we can’t search any further.”

Panat and Osley spoke to Cyan.

“Hmm…”

Cyan paused for a moment at their words.

Because they were all right.

Considering the war that would follow.

They shouldn’t be consuming any more stamina.

But they couldn’t just go back like this.

Cyan took out the Black Stone and the branch of the World Tree once again.

Woo-oong…!!

The Black Stone was vibrating even more violently than before.

And considering Asrandiz’s words from before, it seemed certain that Insteez was here.

But that was all.

The resonance of the Black Stone and the World Tree.

This was only acting as a detector that could track the location of Insteez.

Perhaps they had cast illusion magic…

‘Ah. Maybe?’

Cyan put the Black Stone and the branch of the World Tree into his inventory with a sudden thought.

Then he took a step forward.

At the same time, he drew the SSS-grade sword hanging from his waist.

In the pure white scenery with the blizzard.

The jet-black sword emitted a black light.

Saaaah!

At the same time, a deep darkness rose from Cyan’s whole body.

“What’s going on?”

“What are you doing?”

A question arose on the faces of the people who were looking at Cyan.

“…!”

“…!”

Only Asrandiz and Sera.

And only the faces of the Dark Elves were dyed with astonishment.

Because they did not know the true identity of the power that Cyan was feeling now.

And even the fundamental power contained within it.

“How, how can you…!”

Asrandiz’s shocked words were heard.

At the same time, Cyan’s sword cut through the vision ahead.

With a single swing.

A single, massive slash

Cut out the scenery that could be seen with the eyes.

Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [a powerful sword technique infused with demonic energy].

Form 1 (第 一式) [first stance].

Asura Heavenly Kill (修羅天殺) [a devastating attack].

Kwaaaaa!

A huge scar was engraved on the entire space.

At the same time.

Crack!

The outline of the world shattered and collapsed like glass shards.

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

The faces of all the people, including the soldiers of Batenberg and the Arcanic magic corps, were dyed with astonishment.

“I knew it…”

Cyan’s muttering was heard in between.

Cyan slowly turned around and said.

“It seems that this space itself was an illusion.”

“That’s ridiculous…”

Panat muttered blankly.

It was absurd that this space itself was an illusion.

Cyan, who had grasped that fact, was also absurd.

Moreover, the power that broke the illusion was even more absurd.

Crack!

Nevertheless, the space was collapsing before his eyes.

He couldn’t help but believe it.

As astonishment and shock settled down, the space shattered.

And just then.

“Have you finally come to find me? Father.”

A strange voice was heard from the collapsed space.