My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 17

§ 17 – Arnise Martial Arts (1)

『[Lord Exclusive] – Beginner Growth Support Intermediate Package (10,000 G)

Contents: Arnise Martial Arts (武功) [Martial Arts]』

-This product can only be purchased once.

-This product is a special discount item due to karma, and is non-refundable upon purchase.

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“I need to cash in on other facilities too, but…”

I can earn more through grinding.

More than anything, there’s the powerful demonic beast that could attack at any moment.

Right now, the safety of the territory was the top priority.

That’s why Cian didn’t worry too much.

Click.

《Purchase complete!》

The notification window popped up, indicating the purchase was complete.

Whoosh!

And, as always, the gold coins in the money bag began to disappear.

10,000 gold vanished in an instant.

Honestly, it wasn’t even an instant.

One touch.

The amount of money that could feed a family of four for at least 30 years disappeared with just one touch.

“······ Damn it.”

This was a feeling that never got easier, no matter how many times it happened.

Cian quietly watched his smartphone.

Based on his past experiences, he knew that a burst of light would soon appear and something would come out.

But.

“What is it?”

Nothing changed.

There was no burst of light, no change at all.

“Wait, come to think of it···.”

Then suddenly, a thought struck him.

“Whose martial arts are they giving me?”

When he thought about it, that was a valid question.

Arnise of the Six, who saved the world a thousand years ago.

As the name Arnise of the Six suggests, there were six Arnise in total.

Charlot, the Sword God (劍神) [God of Swords], leader of the Arnise.

Muriel, the Saintess (聖女) [Holy Woman].

Elodie, the Archmage.

Morkru, the Divine Craftsman (神匠) [Godly Artisan].

Noemi, the Celestial Artificer.

And Kyle.

The Arnise passed down in mythology were these six.

But the Arnise martial arts that came as a component…

It didn’t specify whose martial arts among them it was.

“Could it be all of them?”

But he quickly shook his head.

That couldn’t be possible.

“Or is it random?”

Enough… There was a possibility.

Considering the Mobile Lord’s capricious nature, it was entirely possible.

“Uh···.”

Cian was momentarily taken aback.

It would be a little difficult if it were random.

That’s because the Arnise didn’t all use the same martial arts.

You could tell just by looking at Muriel’s title, Saintess (聖女) [Holy Woman].

Muriel was an Arnise specialized in support based on divine power.

Of course, her support ability was almost on par with a god (神) [deity].

According to the story passed down in mythology,

There is a legend that Muriel could even revive the dead.

Evaluating Muriel’s divine power now.

It is impossible even if you combine the divine power of the current Pope, Saintess, and Cardinals, as well as all the holy knights of the Holy Empire.

If the Holy Empire knew that Muriel’s martial arts existed,

They would literally turn their eyes inside out and rush in.

No, they would try to obtain Muriel’s martial arts even if they had to start a holy war (聖戰) [holy crusade].

‘But it’s not very useful to me···.’

But Cian didn’t really need it.

Cian had no divine power.

Unlike Aura, divine power had to be innate.

It was at that moment.

Ding!

《Adopts the martial art that best suits the administrator’s karma.》

《Collecting administrator’s karma information···.》

Then a window saying ‘Loading···’ popped up.

“Ah.”

Cian finally let out a sigh of relief.

The notification window that karma information was being collected.

It seemed that the Mobile Lord was giving Cian martial arts suitable for him.

He didn’t know what karma was,

But if he thought of it as a kind of synchronization, it was a plausible story.

“Does that mean···?”

The martial art Cian receives was highly likely to be the martial art of the ‘Sword God (劍神) [God of Swords] Charlot’.

That’s because this place where Cian is.

The area where Ruben belongs, and the empire where Elandur belongs.

That empire was the Charlot Empire.

The empire founded by Charlot, the Sword God (劍神) [God of Swords] who was Arnise.

The first emperor of the Charlot Empire was Charlot, the Sword God (劍神) [God of Swords], the leader of the Arnise.

Therefore, the Arnise that Cian was related to, or rather, the Arnise that he was somewhat related to, was naturally Charlot.

“Crazy···!”

Cian exclaimed without realizing it.

That’s because the martial arts of Charlot, the Sword God (劍神) [God of Swords]…

So, doesn’t that mean he can learn Charlot’s swordsmanship, ‘Zodiac Sword’?

This… This was a swordsmanship that no one in this world knew.

Not even the current emperor and crown prince, who are Charlot’s descendants, knew it.

Originally, it had been passed down through the bloodline, but it was lost hundreds of years ago.

Why it was lost.

Cian also did not know the details about it.

He only knew that a great crisis had struck the empire a long time ago,

At that time, the emperor was assassinated and Charlot’s swordsmanship was lost along with him. In addition, it is said that a great crisis that threatened the empire’s existence struck….

It was Elandur who raised the empire at that time.

That was the story of how the Elandur family became a prestigious family in the empire to this day.

Anyway.

Charlot’s swordsmanship no longer exists.

Not only Charlot’s swordsmanship,

The secrets of other Arnise have also been lost and disappeared.

Elves and dwarves who live longer lives than humans.

Elodie, the Archmage who was an elf.

And Morkru, the Divine Craftsman (神匠) [Godly Artisan] who was a dwarf.

Only the secrets of those two remained faintly and were passed down.

But it is said that even this has been almost lost and it is difficult to find the original form.

Still, these two were the only ones that were passed down.

But if it’s something sold by the artifact left by Arnise, the smartphone, in the mobile lord….

Ding!

《Karma collection complete!》

The notification sound that the loading was finished was heard for a moment.

And the notification window that popped up again.

『Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [Demon Soul Asura Sword]』

“Huh···?”

Cian tilted his head, confused.

That’s because the Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [Demon Soul Asura Sword] that appeared on the screen.

This was not Charlot’s swordsmanship, ‘Zodiac Sword’.

“Whose is it?”

He said this, but Cian could easily guess.

Arnise of the Six.

Among them, there were only two Arnise who used swords.

Sword God Charlot.

And Kyle.

Kyle.

Kyle, one of the six Arnise, was a person who, unlike the other Arnise, was not very well known.

The content written in the mythology was just ‘He was a member of Arnise.’ degree.

There were many stories about Charlot, the leader of Arnise, but Kyle was not.

There was almost no information about what Kyle did.

As if someone had intentionally erased the records.

There was no story about Kyle.

There were only two pieces of information about Kyle known to the world.

That he was Arnise.

And that he was the ‘Strongest Arnise’.

“Could it be… Is this Kyle’s swordsmanship?”

Of course, it was not known at all what Kyle’s swordsmanship was.

Cian stared blankly at the screen of his smartphone.

Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [Demon Soul Asura Sword], presumed to be Kyle’s swordsmanship.

No, okay.

Let’s say this is Kyle’s swordsmanship.

“What does this have to do with me?”

What on earth is related to Cian?

Cian didn’t know much about Kyle.

The level of what others know.

That was all.

“But why···?”

An unknown question.

It was at that moment.

Whoa!

A bright burst of light erupted in front of Cian’s eyes.

By the time the burst of light subsided.

“······?”

A man was standing in front of Cian.

It wasn’t a real person.

The translucent body made it clear to anyone that it was not a real existence.

Cian calmly looked at the man.

A handsome man with a cold impression that seemed to exude a chilling aura.

The long, flowing silver hair created a somewhat dreamy atmosphere.

Soon, the man drew his sword.

The pure white sword body shining even in the blurry shape was quite similar to the sword Cian was holding.

The man slowly swung his hand.

At the same time, the sword is also swung slowly.

Just lightly.

At a speed that was neither fast nor slow.

But.

Crack!

For a moment, the space was strangely distorted.

That wasn’t actually the case.

It just looked that way to Cian.

“Ugh···!”

At the same time, Cian’s head ached as if it would break.

It was clearly a simple swing of the sword.

But….

Cian couldn’t understand it.

“W, what is this···.”

Cian couldn’t hide his bewildered feelings.

Rumble!

An unknown thundercloud raged.

In the thunderclouds that were engulfing the space, Cian could see and feel it again.

A huge wave of murderous intent that seemed to crush the entire world.

The source of terrifying power that far transcended units.

It was only a fleeting moment that he felt it,

Cian couldn’t help but be thrilled by the amazing power.

The realm of a knight is largely divided into 5 stages.

Starting with Beginner, who can use Aura.

User, Expert, Master.

Each of these divided stages is further divided into ‘Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Top’.

And this was the realm that could generally be reached.

Therefore, the pinnacle of a knight and the realm that all knights dream of was Master.

The highest realm that humans can reach is ‘Master Top’.

Currently, there was no one in the empire who had reached this realm.

Only one person existed in the realm below that, Master Advanced.

Durak Elandur.

Cian’s biological father and the current head of Elandur.

The next level, Master Top, is literally the end that humans and beings can reach.

So, some people call Master Top ‘Grand Master’ to distinguish this realm.

Beginner, User, Expert, Master, Grand Master.

The realm of a knight is divided into 5 stages like this.

But now.

Boom!

The swordsmanship the man was showing far surpassed the realm of Master.

Grand Master, called the end of the realm?

Not at all.

That’s not a power that can be seen as a concept of Master.

A power that makes Master ‘etc’.

Master, the next realm.

Exceed.

Exceed was actually a non-existent realm.

Therefore, this is not only regarded as the realm of a simple knight.

A realm that is only passed down in legends.

A realm that is only vaguely known to ‘exist’.

That’s because there were only 6 people who reached this realm.

Only the six Arnise who saved the world a thousand years ago.

Since then, no one has reached this realm.

Whoosh!

The man continued to swing his sword.

It was certain that it was a virtual event.

However, there was no way to explain the sense of oppression felt at the end of the skin.

There is no concept that defines this power.

So this is….

This was not even the realm of Exceed.

Exceed was clearly a realm that had never been experienced or seen before.

However, Cian was certain.

This is Exceed.

The realm beyond that.

Non-existent.

Could not exist.

The far beyond…!

“Ugh···!”

Cian couldn’t continue thinking.

How long had passed?

Cian was barely able to come to his senses.

Cian was stuck in that spot blankly.

The legendary realm that only Arnise could reach in the history of the vast continent, Exceed.

However, the swordsmanship shown by the man in front of him transcended the realm of that Exceed.

That means.

That man was a being who surpassed Arnise.

There is only one being that is possible.

To be exact, there is only one being that is thought to be possible.

A thousand years ago.

Only ‘Kyle’, who was called the strongest Arnise.

“Really… Is it Kyle?”

He had been vaguely guessing,

But what he actually saw and felt was really on a different level.

Cian raised his eyes and looked at the man.

For some reason, there were almost no records of Kyle.

Therefore, Kyle’s appearance was not recorded either.

There were portraits based on imagination, but they were only based on imagination.

It was a completely different appearance from the handsome man with long silver hair and a cold impression that he sees now.

That’s why Cian couldn’t tell whether that man was Kyle or not.

The man was staring at Cian silently.

Really silently.

He was just standing there, staring at Cian.

That appearance was like….

“Are you telling me to follow that···?”

It seemed like he was telling him to do the same thing he just did.

But fortunately.

It wasn’t like Cian was just told to follow him blindly.

Ding!

The cheerful notification sound from the smartphone was heard for a moment.

《Starting the introductory course of Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [Demon Soul Asura Sword].》

《A task tailored to the administrator’s level will be assigned.》

Then a window saying ‘Loading···.’ popped up.

And after a little time, a new notification window popped up again.

《3,000 Accurate Slashes (斬) [Slash] [0 / 3,000]》

《3,000 Accurate Thrusts (衝) [Thrust] [0 / 3,000]》

[Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [Demon Soul Asura Sword] Introduction Progress 0%]

Cian looked at the notification window that appeared on the screen.

The content was to do 3,000 slashes and thrusts each.

“So, does that mean I have to do a total of 6,000 times?”

Hmm….

“It’s doable, isn’t it?”

Cian nodded.

Of course, 6,000 times was by no means a small number.

Even so, it wasn’t at a level that he couldn’t do.

Especially if he could learn the Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [Demon Soul Asura Sword] through it.

The swordsmanship of Kyle, who was called the strongest Arnise.

“Shall I try it right now?”

Cian immediately drew his sword.

The S-grade sword shining in the sunlight.

Cian lightly swung his sword.

Whoosh!

The S-grade sword cut through the air, scattering air-splitting sounds.

Cian slightly lowered his gaze and checked his smartphone.

But.

《3,000 Accurate Slashes (斬) [Slash] [0 / 3,000]》

“······?”

It wasn’t counted.

Even if he washed his eyes and looked again, it was still 0 times.

“Why is this···?”

Ah, could it be?

Cian grabbed his sword again.

Then, he focused and swung his sword to the best of his ability.

Swish!

A different air-splitting sound than before erupted.

And.

《3,000 Accurate Slashes (斬) [Slash] [0.1 / 3,000]》

“It went up.”

This time it was counted.

It seemed that he had to perform the slash accurately, just like the words ‘accurate slash’.

And is it literally ‘accurate slash’?

“Why did it only go up by 0.1?”

The count only went up by 0.1.

That means.

The slash Cian performed was only 1/10 of the ‘accurate slash’.

“······”

Cian was at a loss for words.

“Is it the difference in talent?”

It seemed like that was the case.

Cian let out a deep sigh without realizing it.

Cian, who was called the disgrace of the Marquis family because he had no talent.

Cian, who was pointed at as the shame of the family in Elandur, a family of swordsmanship.

And raising 0.1 with one swing.

That meant he had to swing it 30,000 times.

If you add the thrusts, it’s a total of 60,000 times.

That was the case when he gathered all his concentration every moment.

Considering the cases where it goes wrong in the middle, he thought he would have to think about about 100,000 times.

Even.

《If the task assignment criteria are not met within 24 hours, the progress will not increase.》

In just one day.

“Crazy.”

How can I do this?

Cian felt dizzy.

That’s because no matter how much, 100,000 times a day is too much.

Even every day!

But.

“I, I have to do it···?”

I had to do it.

I had to do it.

What Cian is trying to learn now is the swordsmanship of Kyle, who was called the strongest Arnise.

A person who has reached the realm of Exceed beyond the realm of Master.

Maybe… It was the swordsmanship of a person who transcended the realm beyond Exceed.

It was a swordsmanship that Cian’s talent could not even dream of having.

No, it was a swordsmanship that no one on the continent could have.

If he could get that with just 100,000 efforts,

He had to do it no matter what.

“S, still, 100,000 times is a bit too much···.”

Of course, 100,000 times was a bit too much—

“Ah!”

For a moment, an idea flashed through Cian’s mind.

“Soldier Training Camp Buff!”

None other than the effect of Soldier Training Camp Lv.1.

The basic effect alone is +200% training efficiency.

A buff that can produce 3 hours of efficiency with 1 hour of effort.

Could it be applied here too?