My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 143

§ 143. Bugged Ruben (2)

Ding! Ding! Diiing!

Constant notifications and alerts popped up on his smartphone.

However, Xian continued to spend without even checking them.

《Elite Soldier Training Camp Lv.5》 (60,000G)

《Elite Special Forces Training Camp Lv.5》 (50,000G)

Coo coo coo coo coo.

Xian’s fingers moved rapidly across the smartphone screen.

He demolished all the existing facilities in Ruben, replacing them with new ones.

《Skyscraper Magic Tower Lv.5》 (1,000,000 G)

And then, the newly joined Dark Elves.

He also built a new magic tower for them, who were excellent mages.

《Kkueeeeeeeeeeeeeeck!!!!》

Along with that came the mobile lord’s scream.

Now, even the words ‘Purchase Complete’ didn’t appear.

He just let out a desperate scream.

《Blessed Farmland Lv.5》 (50,000G)

《Expansive Agricultural Warehouse Lv.5》 (20,000G)

《Bountiful Orchard Lv.5》(30,000G)

This time, they were even Lv.5 buildings.

Facilities upgraded by one level from the existing Lv.4 facilities.

Since he was building new ones anyway, Xian added upgrades.

Of course, the price was almost double that of Lv.4.

Coo coo coo coo!

Xian was relentless.

《S, stop itttttt!!!!!》

《Blazing Forge Lv.5》 (80,000G)

《Ancient Weapon Workshop Lv.5》 (50,000G)

《Flame Bakery Lv.5》 (25,000G)

Coo coo coo coo.

《Kkuaaaaaaaaack!!!》

The mobile lord screamed as if he was about to faint.

Along with the mobile lord, the gold also disappeared as if it was about to faint.

Gold evaporated like water pouring into a bottomless pit!

But he didn’t care.

Didn’t pay attention.

Shouldn’t pay attention.

Shouldn’t even think about it.

The moment he paid attention.

The moment he started thinking.

And the moment he recognized the sight of gold being consumed!

He would surely lose his mind.

And that would create a brief opening.

That gap would give the mobile lord a break.

Then, the burden of karma on the mobile lord might be somewhat resolved.

So, he had to keep pushing.

So that he couldn’t have a single moment of rest.

《Easy Drinking! Brewery Lv.5》 (40,000G)

《Vast Demonic Beast Ranch Lv.5》 (40,000G)

《Cozy Livestock Pen Lv.5》 (25,000G)

Coo coo coo coo coo coo.

《I’ll never be cheeky again! I’ll never be cheeky again!!》

So that he wouldn’t allow even a single moment of hesitation.

《Amazing Restaurant Lv.5》 (30,000G)

《Shoong Shoong! Brick Road Lv.5》 (3,000G per 100m)

He had to keep pushing.

《I was wrong! I was wroooooong!!!》

Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo.

Xian cut off his thoughts and distractions, touching the screen of his smartphone.

Accordingly, the mobile lord’s screams continued to erupt.

Thus, an unknown amount of time passed.

The flow of thought and consciousness was frozen.

Xian couldn’t perceive the exact passage of time.

Only the pain that felt like it was breaking in his finger.

The rough view of Ruben visible on the smartphone screen.

That it was being equipped according to the new blueprint.

《Heehee!》

And he could only recognize the mobile lord’s bizarre notification window.

Suddenly.

He came to his senses at the mobile lord’s unusual appearance.

Along with that, the index finger that had been touching the screen also stopped abruptly.

《Haha!》

‘He’s···laughing?’

Not fainting?

Xian’s heart momentarily dropped.

But he was soon able to shake his head.

Looking at it···.

《Heeheeheet!》

It didn’t seem like he was really laughing.

It was far from the emotion of laughter.

Rather than laughter, it was a nuance that seemed like it had caused an error.

No, rather than causing an error···.

《Heeheeheeheet!》

Somehow, it seemed like he had gone crazy.

To put it more bluntly···.

《Heeheeheeheeheeheet!!》

It seemed like he had gone insane.

Could it be that he had lost his mind due to the never-before-experienced spending?

《Heehee! Heeheeheet!》

The mobile lord started laughing like a madman.

《Heeheeheeheeheeheeheet!》

A kind of madness began to be felt in the laughter.

The mobile lord’s madness was being felt beyond the smartphone screen.

Then finally.

《Go ahead and keep spending~!》

Ding!

《If I faint~ that’s the end~♪》

Kkae-ggo-dak.

A strange sound was heard from the smartphone.

Pick.

The screen went black.

Before he could even wonder what it was.

[Unprecedented karma overload detected.]

[Connection to the server has been lost. Terminating the mobile lord.]

The system’s notification window appeared on the black screen.

“Hoo···!”

Xian was finally able to take a breath.

He suddenly laughed like a madman, so he thought he had failed.

He thought he had driven him insane instead of fainting him.

Excessive mental pain induces a reaction called fainting.

But sometimes it could drive the subject insane.

He thought the mobile lord was one of those kinds just now.

But fortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case.

[Emergency maintenance is in progress. The service is unavailable during the maintenance period.]

[Maintenance details: Karma stabilization and mental healing.]

[We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused.]

He succeeded in inducing emergency maintenance.

Well, the details of the maintenance were highly suspicious.

“Hoo···!”

Xian took another deep breath.

In any case, it was certain that he had induced the maintenance.

At the same time, the flow of thought that had been stopped returned, and he came to his senses.

The thoughts that had been piling up came all at once.

Xian hurriedly checked his inventory.

And.

[Current Gold Balance] – 632,300 G.

Xian chuckled.

This didn’t make sense.

No, really, didn’t it not make sense?

Xian had a whopping 32 million gold.

But could it be that he only had 630,000 gold left?

To be exact, 632,300 gold.

Something was very wrong.

And perhaps it was Xian’s eyes that were wrong.

Maybe Xian’s head was wrong.

Perhaps his head couldn’t keep up with the flow of thought that had just returned.

Or was it the opposite? Well, anyway.

Xian shook his head.

Then he checked the gold in his inventory again.

And.

[Current Gold Balance] – 632,300 G.

Stiff.

Xian’s body froze like ice.

The amount in the inventory didn’t change.

632,300 gold.

Thus, the amount that disappeared was 31,187,700 gold.

Xian’s head spun furiously, completing the calculation in that short moment.

It seemed that his head was working properly.

That meant.

“31,187,700 gold has evaporated···?”

The amount that could allow a family of four to live for 110,000 years just by breathing?

That amount evaporated in just a few minutes···?

“Did I get a···bug?”

Xian muttered to himself without realizing it.

Was this what the mobile lord meant by a bug?

This could only be explained by a bug, right?

Xian rubbed his eyes once.

[Current Gold Balance] – 632,300 G.

Even so, the number didn’t change at all.

Slap.

Xian slapped his cheek once.

Then he checked the amount in his inventory again.

And this was.

[Current Gold Balance] – 632,300 G.

Thud.

That was the last scene Xian could remember.

Xian’s body collapsed onto the floor of the office like a doll with its strings cut.

Xian lying on the floor.

And the smartphone with the black screen.

Finally, the people who were blankly watching the scene.

Semir, Asrandiz, Lucas, Amelia, Grayson, Leah, Kendrick···.

“······”

“······”

“······”

-······

-······

Really··· there was nothing to say.

There was really nothing to say!

The blank gazes of the people naturally turned to the window.

Kwarrrrrrrreung!

Kwakwakwakwang!

Kureureureureung!!

Outside the window, the entire Ruben was being turned upside down.

A wondrous sight that was beyond description.

And at that very moment.

Ding!

A cheerful notification sound was heard from the smartphone that had been turned off for a moment.

[Due to an unprecedented karma overload, the maintenance time is expected to be quite long.]

[We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused by the long maintenance period.]

[We would like to inform you of the compensation for the emergency maintenance, so please refer to it when using the service.]

《Instant completion ticket for all facilities and research purchased before the maintenance.》

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Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa─!!!

A huge storm that had never been experienced before··· began to rage throughout Ruben.

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Ruben was literally turned upside down.

No, this time, even the word ‘turned upside down’ was not enough.

“Th, th, th, this is!!”

“Un, un, un, unbelievable···!”

The residents of the territory couldn’t bring themselves to speak at the reality unfolding before their eyes.

Their words were incoherent due to the shock that wouldn’t go away.

A sight that made their hairs stand on end and sent shivers down their spines without them realizing it.

Was that··· really reality?

Ruben’s appearance, which was so magnificent, majestic, and enchanting, was hard to believe was reality.

Of course, the territory residents of Ruben had experienced similar sights in the past.

Ruben in turmoil.

Ruben getting a makeover.

Ruben evolving.

They had watched all sorts of unbelievable appearances of Ruben.

So now they were at least not surprised.

But.

“Ugh, ugh..!”

“Wh, wh, what is that···!”

This redevelopment was a sight that they could never get used to!

And the Dark Elves who witnessed this change in Ruben for the first time.

“Hiiiik..!”

“Gr, great magic···! This is great magic!”

“No, this is transcendent magic!”

The Dark Elves really couldn’t come to their senses.

The Dark Elves were an excellent magical race.

If that was magic, what level of mage had cast it?

Asrandiz, the great mage who had reached the 8th Circle and was the former Forest Keeper.

Would it have been possible if Asrandiz hadn’t lost his power?

The Dark Elves’ gazes turned to Asrandiz all at once.

“Wh, wh, wh, what···!”

But they could quickly find the answer in Asrandiz’s rambling appearance.

This was impossible even for Asrandiz.

Therefore, it was impossible for any existing mage.

Perhaps Elodie, one of the six Arnises [powerful mages] a thousand years ago.

The great mage who had reached the 10th Circle.

Only she, who was at the Exceed level, could discuss the possibility.

Not that it was possible, but that they could discuss the possibility.

Thus, humans, dwarves, and even dark elves.

“My god···.”

“To build such an amazing structure in an instant···!”

“This is the magic of God···!”

All the territory residents of Ruben couldn’t help but admire the wondrous appearance.

Only.

“Haa···.”

Xian was just sitting in the office chair in one corner of the lord’s castle, letting out a deep sigh.

The scenery of Ruben visible outside the window.

Ruben, which had finished redevelopment, was boasting a wondrous scenery.

So the plan was successful.

The spending battle with the mobile lord.

At the end of it, he was able to induce the mobile lord’s emergency maintenance and win the instant completion ticket.

“Haa···.”

However, Xian couldn’t stop the sigh that was coming out.

The 31,187,700 gold that had evaporated.

Thus, the 110,000 years that had disappeared.

Could this··· be called a success?

At this point, wasn’t it just like buying an instant completion ticket?

“······ Damn it.”

Xian spat out the words as if chewing them.

No matter how he thought about it, this wasn’t it.

How could that much money evaporate in an instant?

No, even the word ‘much’ was not enough.

It was literally an astronomical and terrible amount!

“Well, I’m the one who spent the money directly···.”

Even so.

“Haa···.”

Xian couldn’t stop the sighs that were constantly coming out.

Perhaps if it were normal, he would have thrown his smartphone away.

Even so, the reason why he was just sighing like this.

That was because of the scenery of Ruben that was visible before his eyes.

Farmlands, warehouses, orchards, forges, etc.

Various living facilities and production facilities.

Various military facilities for training soldiers.

Even perfect residential facilities tailored to the lifestyles of each race.

The blueprint of Ruben that Semir had reorganized through all-night work.

That impossible utopia was now unfolding within Ruben.

“Kyahaha! Look at me! I’m hanging here!”

“Amazing! How can there be such a house?”

“The structure is a little different, but it’s the same as the house we lived in!”

Window outside the office.

There, the Dark Elves were running around between the new residential facilities.

“Look here! There’s a moss farm on this side too!”

“There’s even an ash tree pond here!”

“I like it here so much!”

It seemed like they liked it quite a bit.

“That’s a relief.”

Xian let out a small sigh of relief.

Special residential facilities tailored to the lifestyles of the existing elves.

『[Cozy Oak Tree Lv.5 (200,000G per 10 houses)』

The sight of tall oak trees forming a small forest.

He poured three times as much gold as usual to build those residential facilities.

In addition, he completely revealed the entire Ruben, so that humans and dwarves.

He made sure that their lifestyles were not harmed and created a good harmony.

As a result, the elves no longer had to give up their identity.

And humans and dwarves could also live in harmony with such elves.

It was truly a territory where the three races could live according to their own individuality.

“I like it here so much!”

“I think we moved in well!”

Ding!

〈The Dark Elves’ satisfaction with their lives is rapidly increasing.〉

〈The Dark Elves’ satisfaction has reached Max.〉

Perhaps because of that, the Dark Elves’ satisfaction increased rapidly.

“To do this much for us···.”

“Other people have always only despised us···.”

Moreover, the Dark Elves were feeling gratitude to Xian for creating this environment.

“The new Forest Keeper is the best!”

“I like the new Forest Keeper too!”

Ding!

〈The Dark Elves think of you as the true Forest Keeper.〉

〈They will carry out any of your orders.〉

〈The Dark Elves will never betray you no matter what.〉

〈The Dark Elves will not doubt whatever actions you take.〉

Notification windows popping up one after another.

But, perhaps because the mobile lord had fainted.

The system’s notification window that popped up was a bit bland.

Perhaps if it were the mobile lord···.

《Oh my! Oh myyyyy!!!》

Starting with such a notification window, he would have scraped together all the fuss he could find and dropped it.

When he saw that cheeky behavior, he couldn’t help but get angry.

But now that it was gone, he felt quite sad.

Ding!

〈Achievement: ‘Territory residents··· talking back?’ achieved!〉

〈Achievement conditions: Achieving Max satisfaction and loyalty for territory residents of 3 or more races.〉

For a moment, a notification window appeared that an achievement had been achieved.

But the achievement that was achieved was···.

‘Anyway···.’

The mobile lord, who had never been sane for a single day.

Even if the mobile lord fainted, it seemed that it wouldn’t change.

Xian shook his head.

And then again at that time.

Ding!

〈Achievement Achievement Reward: -2% discount on all items in the [Territory Facilities] category.〉

A reward for achieving the achievement popped up.

“Oh, that’s not bad?”

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

These days, the prices of buildings were not cheap because their levels were getting higher.

Buildings that used to cost at most 1,000 gold or 2,000 gold now cost tens of thousands of gold as a base.

Then, if you calculate roughly 10,000 gold, 2% is··· 200 gold.

If you build just 10, you can save a whopping 2,000 gold.

If you expand this to the approximately 31 million gold you spent this time··· that’s a whopping 620,000 gold.

“······ Give it to me sooner.”

Still, what···.

It’s not like there’s nothing to spend money on in the future.

“It’s better to give it to me now than never.”

Xian shook his head as if to soothe his regretful heart.

Well, anyway.

There was a clear result of revealing the entire Ruben and spending money.

Most of all.

“Yahoo! Look at this! It’s an oak tree slide!”

“It looks fun···.”

“Come here! Let’s ride together!”

“Really? Can we ride too?”

“Of course!”

It was a relief that the Dark Elves and the territory residents liked it so much.

The sight of them assimilating well without prejudice or preconceptions.

As he watched those scenes from the lord’s castle.

Xian felt that the anger over the evaporated money was somewhat··· subsiding.

Of course.

〈A bill for facility management and maintenance costs has arrived.〉

〈Amount due – 113,270 G〉

〈Touch the amount due to see the details.〉

“······ Damn it.”

Not much, but a little.

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“Are you··· telling me to assassinate the lord?”

Kerner couldn’t understand the words he had understood.

Kerner was an assassin from the underworld, Vener, and a special assassin belonging to Shadow Moon.

But now Kerner was serving as an assassination instructor in Ruben.

“You must have misunderstood me. You just need to give this medicine to Xian.”

Isn’t that the same thing?

Kerner swallowed the words he was about to spit out.

As a special assassin who had taken on numerous requests.

Kerner knew that this was not a simple wordplay.

To put it nicely, it was to maintain dignity.

To put it bluntly, it was to cut off the tail [avoid direct responsibility].

So that even if he got caught later, they could deny it.

To say, ‘I never made such a request.’

And nobles mostly made requests in this way.

Even nobles from famous noble families did so.

Thus, the existence in front of Kerner now.

“Surely I wouldn’t kill my own child.”

Isabel Elandur.

The mistress of the Elandur family and Xian’s nominal mother.

In a word, the current situation was no different from a mother trying to kill her son.

Truly an absurd client.

“······”

However, Kerner did not ask about the reason.

Sian Elandur and Isabel Elandur.

Almost no one in the empire didn’t know the relationship between the two.

Nominally, they were in a relationship of child and parent.

But in reality, they were in a hostile relationship with each other.

To be more precise, it was a relationship in which Isabel unilaterally wanted to bite Xian.

But until now, she only disliked him.

It was enough if Xian didn’t appear in front of Isabel.

It would be good if Xian died of illness somewhere.

She didn’t bother to get her hands dirty.

In a word, she wasn’t going to move directly like this.

Unless the lower ones moved under the guise of loyalty without her knowing.

Even so, Isabel moved directly.

“Is it because of the incident in the north some time ago?”

The incident that even led to the story that Xian was the new star of the empire.

Until then, Xian was really an insignificant man.

The young master of the Marquis family.

A useless bum.

He was just such an existence.

But after the incident in the north, the evaluation of Xian completely changed.

The new star of the empire.

What more needs to be said?

“Since when has the underworld allowed questions about requests?”

Isabel dismissed Kerner’s words with a sharp look.

And from Isabel’s appearance, Kerner could be sure.

Currently, Isabel is wary of Xian.

Of her position.

And of the position of her children.

She thinks Xian is threatening her.

It seemed that even within the Elandur family, words had begun to come out.

About Xian, who was showing his talent.

And maybe···.

As a final blow, Durak must have taken some action.

He didn’t know the details.

He didn’t know what Durak had done.

He couldn’t have known.

But there must be a reason why Isabel is doing this.

That’s why.

“I refuse.”

Kerner refused Isabel’s request at once.