My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 131

§ 131. The Fleeting Moment of Limit

Asrandiz’s gleaming eyes snapped towards Cyan.

Crack!

The grip on Cyan tightened, intensifying the pressure.

Cyan gasped, his face turning crimson.

His mind swam, consciousness fading.

In that instant.

Whoosh!

A jet-black aura blade hurtled towards Asrandiz.

A flash of deep blue light sliced through the air.

Asrandiz vanished.

Thud.

With Asrandiz gone, Cyan’s body slumped to the floor.

“Cough! Cough!”

The suffocating pressure released, and he coughed violently.

The magical energy constricting his abdomen weakened, and blood gushed out.

-Master!

Kendrick rushed to his side, frantically channeling magical energy.

The surging magic sealed the wound in his abdomen.

However, it couldn’t completely staunch the bleeding.

Asrandiz reappeared a short distance away.

He scanned the area, his eyes emitting a red glow.

A palpable sense of malice radiated from him.

He pushed back the encroaching magical energy, painting the world crimson.

It was now clear to everyone.

They understood instantly.

He was different from Dyson.

Dyson, too, had been consumed by the Instinct and wielded its maddening power.

However, Dyson couldn’t fully harness the Instinct’s power with his limited abilities.

But Asrandiz was different.

A great mage who had reached the 8th Circle.

Asrandiz was drawing out the Instinct’s full potential.

And with that power, he surpassed his own limits.

No, it was more than just surpassing.

The 9th Circle.

A realm known as the ultimate domain, attainable by beings like Grand Masters [individuals who have reached the pinnacle of their martial art].

Asrandiz had transcended his own capabilities.

In terms of magical mastery, he was operating at the 9th Circle.

However, the power fueling that realm was Elodie’s power.

The legendary realm reached by only six individuals in the continent’s long history: Exceed [a state of being that transcends normal limitations].

Asrandiz at this moment.

A 9th Circle mage wielding the power of Exceed.

The most terrible, most heinous evil imaginable.

“N, no, no way…!”

Panat’s jaw dropped, his face etched with shock.

It wasn’t just Panat, but Osley as well.

Even without being mages, they could sense Asrandiz’s power, his elevated state.

Asrandiz now.

Was nothing less than the strongest being on the continent.

Rumble…!

The space around them began to vibrate.

As if the land was parched from a severe drought, the very fabric of space seemed to dry up and crack!

Spiderweb-like fissures spread in all directions.

A strange and unsettling feeling permeated the air.

Tap!

A figure shot through the cracks.

Death Knight Kendrick, his blue eyes gleaming.

A master-level expert.

And currently, empowered by , his abilities were amplified by +450%.

Kendrick was the most powerful being present.

And the only one capable of truly opposing Asrandiz.

Kendrick’s sword surged with darkness.

The jet-black aura blade blazed intensely.

Asrandiz didn’t flinch.

He simply raised his hand and unleashed his magical power.

Boom, rumble…!

Thunder roared. Red magical lightning crackled around Asrandiz.

Darkness enveloped Kendrick.

The space was momentarily dyed in darkness.

And then, it was consumed by crimson once more.

Countless bolts of magical lightning lashed out at Kendrick’s darkness.

Bang, bang, bang!

An uncountable number of lightning strikes surged towards Kendrick.

Kendrick swung his sword, cleaving through the lightning, but he was forced back.

Kendrick’s eyes widened in dismay.

He realized it instantly.

This was truly transcendent power.

Power and a level beyond anything he could handle.

The power he had witnessed in the former lord’s companions in the past.

Though weaker, it was clearly a step into that same realm.

-Master…! Escape…!

The words finally escaped Kendrick’s lips.

Even as he spoke, thousands of lightning bolts crashed down on him.

Crackle!

Kendrick’s armor, finally struck directly, crackled with energy.

The encroaching darkness dissipated, and Kendrick was hurled into the air.

“…!”

“…!”

“…!”

Unconcealed horror descended upon everyone.

Asrandiz calmly took a step, raising his magical power once more.

With each step, the world around him surged with red magical power.

The space shattered, revealing a blood-soaked hellscape beneath.

Though he was a dark elf, he was beyond recognition.

Asrandiz was a monster, the harbinger of the end.

He was nothing short of the most heinous demon.

“Ah…”

“This can’t be… This can’t be happening…”

People cried out in despair.

Their fighting spirit crumbled, their hearts died.

They collapsed to the ground, their weapons clattering around them.

They couldn’t even think.

Resistance was meaningless.

Against that wondrous power, that terrible malice.

They didn’t even dare to contemplate opposing it.

Cutting through the horrific scene, the absolute being, Asrandiz, quietly spoke.

【”We dark elves were born in the darkness.”】

A dark elf with thick black hair.

【”Everyone in the world called us demons.”】

But now, he was an evil being consumed by endless malice.

【”Sadness… despair… anxiety… chaos… As the forest keeper of the dark elves, I had to endure everything. A repeated, repeating fate…”】

Asrandiz’s gaze turned forward.

【”Now… I will break the chain of that broken fate. Only through the death of existence…”】

His red eyes gleamed.

【”You… will not stop me.”】

Asrandiz held out the Instinct.

A world of the abyss unfolded through the distorted space.

A demon realm opened. The abyss spread.

The world of negation and the abyss overlapped with the phenomenal world.

Everything began to change.

Purple sky, greenish sun.

And red earth.

The reality of the five senses was overturned, and the laws of the phenomenal world were shaken.

The colors of the ground disappeared, and the colors of the sky vanished.

Shadows took shape and rose.

All kinds of monsters materialized, their eyes gleaming.

They let out chilling screams at the encroaching landscape.

All around was a feast of monstrous existence.

Murderous intent and malice, despair and fear.

Chaos, sadness, frustration, madness…

All the negative emotions that comprised the world were lumped together and boiled over.

Thus, one conclusion emerged: death.

They would die.

Everything would end here.

People’s hearts were dying.

There was no way to survive, no way to overcome this situation.

There was even less of a way to defeat that absolute being.

It was over.

Everyone would die here.

This was an immutable, absolute fact and truth.

A conclusion that could not be changed.

But…

Why?

Staggering.

Amidst the scene of everyone collapsing in despair, a man rose to his feet.

His hair was stained with blood, tinged with red.

Only glimpses of gold hinted that it had once been blond.

Blood gushed from his pierced abdomen.

His battered body looked as if it would collapse at any moment.

It was so hard to get up that he planted his sword on the ground, barely managing to lift himself.

Cyan, the lord of Ruben.

Cyan slowly raised his gaze.

A thick ringing filled his ears.

No noise could be heard.

No smell could be detected.

Nothing could be clearly seen in his vision.

Cyan calmly assessed his condition and chuckled.

Was there any point in assessing it?

Even the word “battered” was an understatement; even standing was his limit.

Yes, the limit.

This was the limit of what Cyan could do.

He couldn’t handle the mad barbarians alone.

He couldn’t face Dyson alone either.

So he borrowed the power of Kendrick and the Ruben Knights.

He had to sacrifice flesh and break bones to face Dyson.

Up to this point.

This was Cyan’s ability, what he could do.

And now, Asrandiz stood before him.

Asrandiz seemed to have no limits.

A 9th Circle great mage wielding Elodie’s power.

There was no way to oppose the worst, most heinous evil.

With Cyan’s limitations, he could never face Asrandiz.

But Cyan gripped his sword.

The hand holding the sword trembled.

The legs supporting his body shook as if they would collapse at any moment.

Even so, Cyan steeled his heart.

Once.

Only once.

He could only swing his sword properly once, and that would be the last time.

After that, he wouldn’t be able to move his body.

So…

Cyan clenched his fist.

“Impossible… It’s impossible…”

Panat’s muttering drifted through the air.

A mage who analyzed and understood phenomena to manipulate laws.

Panat was a genius, hailed as the star of the empire among mages.

A phenomenon that such a mage defined as impossible.

But Cyan didn’t care.

He didn’t understand the complex theories of mages.

He didn’t know the laws they defined.

Cyan was a knight.

A knight who defied the laws of the world.

Cyan disregarded all gazes and took out his smartphone from his pocket.

Just now, when he was strengthening with real money.

When he invested all the fame worth 50,000 points into .

When he obtained the +5 enhancement effect.

Just like last time, he could use a new function of .

《Once during the duration, you can change the type of selected effect!》

《The duration is reduced according to the consumed ratio!》

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None other than [Effect 1] and [Effect 2].

As long as was maintained, he could change the effect once.

『《Muriel’s Blessing》

[Enhancement Effect 1] (+5) – For 1 minute, all physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +7,000%!

[Enhancement Effect 2] (+5) – For 10 minutes, all allies within a 100-meter radius have their physical abilities increased by +450%!

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

《Remaining duration of [Effect 2] (2 minutes 18 seconds)》』

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《Would you like to change the effect?》

《Once the effect is changed, it cannot be changed again until the next recast.》

, which could be recast once every 100 hours.

Once changed, it could only be used again after 100 hours.

Cyan pressed the ‘Yes’ button without hesitation.

Press.

《Muriel’s Blessing [Effect 2] has been changed to [Effect 1]!》

《All physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +7,000%!》

《The duration is reduced in proportion to the remaining time of [Effect 2]!》

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (16 seconds)》

Whoa!

With the effect change, a bright light burst from Cyan’s body.

The divinity of Muriel.

Cyan could feel the tremendous power surging through him.

But it was weak.

Compared to the divinity of Muriel he felt when facing Rushuria.

And now, compared to that absolute evil, Asrandiz.

But he had to do it.

Whoosh!

In an instant, Cyan’s body was enveloped in darkness.

Breaking through the spreading demon realm, Cyan rushed towards Asrandiz.

With amplified physical abilities, the darkness moved like a black flash.

Asrandiz’s gaze turned towards him.

He slowly reached out his hand, and terrible magical power exploded.

Facing the encroaching magical power, Cyan thought.

Only once.

There would be no second chance.

Even with Muriel’s Blessing, it wouldn’t be enough.

Even if he bet everything on this one strike, he couldn’t defeat Asrandiz.

Even with Muriel’s Blessing, it was useless.

Compared to from the past, it was infinitely pathetic.

A miracle was a miracle.

And a myth was just a myth.

Miracles and myths didn’t exist in reality.

Only a terrible demon realm was spreading.

Crack!

Cyan gripped his sword so hard he thought it would break.

So he added everything he could.

Cyan added one additional function to the changed effect.

In the past, when Cyan first strengthened .

Cyan had obtained this additional function.

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

Reduce the duration of the blessing to increase the amplified value.

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (16 seconds)》

The current remaining time was 16 seconds.

He reduced this value by half.

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (8 seconds)》

《All physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +14,000%!》

An indescribable power surged through his body.

But it was not enough.

It was infinitely lacking and insufficient to face that terrible evil.

So.

‘One more time.’

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (4 seconds)》

《All physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +21,000%!》

A streak of black lightning surged towards Asrandiz.

His mind grew faint.

But he endured.

For this one strike.

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (2 seconds)》

《All physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +28,000%!》

He had to bet everything.

Drip.

The flow of thought stopped.

The world’s time stretched out like a rubber band and flowed slowly.

Ding!

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (1 second)》

《All physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +35,000%!》

Kaaaaaaaah!

A terrible magical energy burst from Cyan’s body.

The surrounding vision was blurry, but Asrandiz’s figure was clearly visible.

In the stretched-out time.

Whoosh…

His vision blurred, and a hallucination appeared.

A silver-haired beauty could be seen in that hallucination.

A silver-haired beauty holding a jet-black sword.

An absolute powerhouse who overwhelmed the entire world.

The strongest Arnaise, Kyle.

Kyle stood still, his jet-black sword hanging down.

Soon, Kyle’s sword moved.

Kyle’s sword flowed into the stretched-out time.

Bang!

A bizarre power that tore apart everything it touched.

Even though it was just a hallucination, the power was palpable.

It was Kyle’s Asura Heavenly Slaughter [a powerful sword technique].

The transcendent power that had annihilated Rushuria in the past.

It was Cyan’s ‘Extreme – Asura Heavenly Slaughter’.

Even the current Asrandiz couldn’t dare to do anything about it.

Even Asrandiz, the worst, most heinous evil, couldn’t dare to reach that power.

The world was splitting.

Kyle’s sword stopped, and Kyle turned around.

Kyle’s two eyes, his gaze.

Looked at Cyan.

And.

Try again.

Such a voice could be heard.

Could he do it?

He could do it.

Although it was back then.

No matter how much a miracle was a miracle, and a myth was a myth.

Cyan had been to that realm once.

If he had been there once, he could do it twice.

Cyan gripped his sword.

A tremendous power surged through his body.

Cyan recalled the sword that Kyle had shown just now and drew up his power.

In the stretched and stretched time.

Cyan finally…

Released the strength in his hand holding the sword.

Hanging the sword to the side, he looked at Kyle.

Kyle’s two eyes looking at Cyan were calm.

He was facing Cyan as if telling him to try to follow the sword he had just shown.

But Cyan didn’t lift his sword.

He couldn’t do it.

Cyan couldn’t do Extreme – Asura Heavenly Slaughter.

Because he was lacking.

He could go to a place he had been to once, twice.

But Cyan wasn’t like that.

Unlike others, Cyan lacked talent.

Cyan couldn’t go where others could go.

He needed more effort than anyone else.

Kyle’s gaze looking at Cyan was indifferent.

The realm beyond Exceed.

The only existence in the long history of the continent to reach it.

The strongest Arnaise.

Cyan couldn’t go where Kyle could go.

The realm beyond that he had reached.

Cyan couldn’t go.

Kyle’s gaze looking at Cyan was still calm.

He was standing face to face as if telling him to try to follow the sword he had just shown.

Cyan finally didn’t lift his sword.

Kyle’s sword was the answer.

It was the only possibility to overcome this situation.

It was just a matter of whether Cyan could do it or not.

Only Kyle’s Asura Heavenly Slaughter.

Only the ‘Extreme – Asura Heavenly Slaughter’ that Cyan had experienced in the past.

Was the only possibility to overcome this situation.

But Cyan finally didn’t lift his sword.

Was that really… the only possibility?

Was it the only right answer?

Why? Cyan’s mother, Cecil.

The words that Cecil had always said to Cyan came to mind.

‘Cyan, experience often leads to success with skill. But sometimes it stops the process of going to the goal.’

‘Experience tells you the answer to the situation at hand, but sometimes it dominates your thoughts.’

‘Remember, Cyan. In order to move forward, you must sometimes deny the path you have walked.’

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I can’t be you.

Cyan muttered, looking at Kyle.

It may be the right answer for you.

But it’s a wrong answer I can’t do.

Cyan finally turned his back on Kyle.

In that moment.

There is no such thing as a wrong answer.

A faint voice could be heard.

Turning back to look at that place.

Only your choice is the answer.

Kyle had a faint smile on his face.

Whoosh…

The hallucination scattered.

The world of stretched and stretched time unfolded again.

In between, the terrible magical power of Asrandiz crashed down.

He knew.

He had known it from before.

He still had the same thought.

He was more lacking than others.

He was more behind than others.

He was more pathetic than others.

He knew it better than anyone else.

He was too lacking to face Asrandiz.

He couldn’t reach the realm that Kyle had reached.

But.

“Demon Soul Asura Sword.”

If he was pathetic, he would scrape it together.

“Form Two.”

If he couldn’t reach it, he would squeeze it out.

Cyan ran through the stretched time.

Cyan’s world was breaking.

The stretched and stretched time stopped.

The blood vessels in Cyan’s eyes all burst.

Red blood tears flowed down his reddening vision.

The flowing blood solidified in the stopped time of the world.

The unpermitted realm beyond.

A new realm not experienced.

His consciousness blurred and disappeared.

《Remaining duration of [Effect 1] (1 second)》

《All physical abilities of the achievement holder increase by +35,000%!》

1 second in stretched time.

The 1 second was split and split.

A human’s cognitive realm, the realm of the extreme unfolded, and the world stopped.

The stopped world was distorted.

Above the distorted world, space and time were broken and shattered.

Falling out in between.

A fragment of time.

1/75th of a second, an instant.

He didn’t need 1 second.

Just one moment. A fleeting moment of limit.

He concentrated all his abilities in this fleeting moment.

He bet everything on this fleeting strike.

Even if his body was shattered.

Even if he could never get up again.

He had to endure.

He had to overcome.

This limit.

In the stopped time, Cyan’s body stretched out.

The realm of time not permitted to existence.

His entire body was shattered by the senses that transcended cognition.

All the blood vessels in his body burst and solidified in the stopped time.

But he endured.

He surpassed.

The possibility, the cognition, the senses.

The time, the limit.

Step forward.

The fleeting moment of limit!

Flash!

A streak of dark light cutting through the demon realm.

Annihilation Heavenly Asura [a powerful sword technique].

The whole world

Was dyed in darkness.