My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 245

245. Role Reversal (2)

The space was dyed in darkness.

KWAHHHH!

Following that, the entire space shattered with a chilling roar.

It wasn’t the result of any power.

And it certainly wasn’t a delusion.

It was simply the fact that *some* power existed in this space.

That single fact completely destroyed the space.

KWAAAAAAAH!

Darkness spread in all directions.

The darkness swirled and scattered like the wind.

And what was revealed was a severed cross-section.

The entire landscape that could be captured in sight was neatly cut off.

“…!!!”

Kayden’s eyes widened in shock.

The overwhelming power that swept through the entire space.

That power wasn’t directed at Kayden himself.

However, Kayden was overwhelmed.

Even with the mere *aftermath* of the power, he could feel a clear sense of death.

Even Kayden, who had reached the rank of Master, couldn’t fathom it.

That’s why it didn’t feel like a simple power.

Beyond what a human being could reach.

It was right to define it as something transcendental.

“W-What on earth…”

Beyond shock, astonishment settled on Kayden’s face.

Kayden’s gaze naturally turned to one place.

None other than the person who created this transcendental spectacle.

“Oh…”

Cyan’s eyes widened as he looked down at his sword.

It was the first Asura’s Killing Strike he unleashed after upgrading to a Transcendent Equipment.

He even controlled some of his power, worried that Kayden might die from the blow.

So, he didn’t use the power of Megingjörð [a belt that doubles the wearer’s strength in Norse mythology].

But the scene before his eyes now…

“Unexpected?”

It seemed to exceed Cyan’s expectations.

He hadn’t even used a Transcendent Skill, and it was already this powerful.

『

[Effect] – Immediately after activation, once. The wearer’s damage is increased by +200%.』

-This effect can be used once every 24 hours.

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A cheat that amplifies power by three times without any conditions, a truly transcendent skill.

“What would happen if I used Muriel’s Blessing on top of this?”

Would he really be on par with Kyle?

Cyan let out a chuckle without realizing it.

Could it truly be on par with the mythical Arnise artifacts?

Cyan’s signature move and transcendent sword, Annihilation(滅殺).

“It really is Annihilation.”

It truly was Annihilation(滅殺), just like the name suggested.

Cyan slowly raised his head.

The scene where the entire world was cut off.

KWAAAZIZIK!

The severed space was distorting and collapsing.

As a result, the gap in the distorted world was cracking open.

This place was the kingdom of the Beastmen and a world of distortion created by the Dragon’s magic.

In other words, this was no different from breaking the distortion of reality while also dispelling the Dragon’s magic.

PAHCHANG!

The gap in space shattered into pieces.

A group of people poured in as if spilling through the cracks.

They were wearing dark black armor.

A clear black lion insignia was engraved on the armor.

“Hooah…! We barely caught up…”

“Lord! How could you just leave like that on your own!”

It was none other than the Black Lion Knights of Ruben’s Knights.

“It seems like you’ve gotten even faster than before.”

“We’ve been training hard too…”

“At this rate, even Commander Kendrick wouldn’t be able to catch up?”

The Black Lion Knights shook their heads, each muttering a word.

“No, that’s not the point…”

And then they looked at the scene before their eyes.

The collapsing gap in space.

The corpses of Beastmen scattered around.

Kayden and the White Wolf Knights, filled with astonishment.

And finally, Cyan, fully armed.

“Should we take care of the small fries?”

The members quickly realized what they had to do.

“Can you do it?”

Cyan asked with a hint of worry.

Even though they were the White Wolf Knights.

The Empire’s number one Knights, made up entirely of Experts.

They weren’t people who could be called small fries.

Moreover, in a previous clash, Ruben’s Knights had once been pushed back by the White Wolf Knights.

Frankly, they weren’t easy opponents.

“Hey, what do you take us for?”

“We’re not who we used to be!”

However, the Black Lion Knights thumped their chests.

Because they were on a different level now than they were back then.

It hadn’t been long in terms of time.

But in the meantime, the amount of money Cyan had poured in was truly enormous.

The alone cost 200 million gold.

In addition to the upgraded training facilities and various growth buffs.

Based on those buffs, they had been training and training.

“Who are we! We are the Black Lion Knights!”

“We’ll swallow those wolf pups whole!”

The Black Lion Knights were showing off their confident momentum.

“How dare you…”

“Not knowing your place…”

The White Wolf Knights began to react to this.

Each of them raised their momentum and glared at the Black Lion Knights.

The emotion of anger was now present on their faces, which had been filled with astonishment.

It was true that they were overwhelmed by Cyan’s incredible power.

But it was only Cyan who overwhelmed them.

Not those low-level guys.

And small fries?

Who was calling who small fries?

FSSSSS!

The White Wolf Knights’ momentum began to intensify.

And were the White Wolf Knights truly the White Wolf Knights?

The murderous momentum felt like it was piercing the end of their skin.

It was definitely different from Elantur’s vassals.

As expected, Elantur’s elite forces.

Cyan spoke again with concern.

“If it doesn’t work out, just buy time. I’ll finish quickly and help you.”

“Don’t worry, Lord!”

“You just keep doing what you were doing, Lord!”

The Black Lion Knights raised their momentum in response.

Dark magic rose, and a pitch-black darkness gathered.

Pitch-black aura and bright blue aura.

“We’ll make you know your place.”

“Sounds like a wolf pup is barking somewhere?”

The two opposing forces.

Soon, the two different forces bit each other’s necks.

KWAAAAAA!

A chilling collision of power shook the space.

And then a scream was heard.

“What is this…!”

“Keuheok!”

It was none other than the screams of the White Wolf Knights.

The bright blue aura was being swallowed by the darkness covered in pitch black.

“W-What is this…!”

Shocked astonishment escaped from Kayden’s mouth.

Being pushed back…? The White Wolf Knights?

It was an unbelievable event.

But what was visible before his eyes was a clear reality.

And.

“Looks like I don’t need to help.”

Cyan chuckled at his unnecessary worries.

And slowly turned his gaze to Kayden.

Kayden’s eyes were still wide open.

“But I need to finish quickly.”

Cyan’s body scattered into darkness in an instant.

‘Danger!’

At the same time, a warning bell rang in Kayden’s head.

Was it a warning from the Master’s senses?

Or was it a survival instinct against the approaching death?

He didn’t know which one it was.

Kayden materialized an aura blade and swung his sword.

KWAAAAANG!

The illusion that the space was shaking.

“Keuheok…!”

Kayden’s body was pushed back.

It was an absurd power.

Kayden looked down with trembling eyes.

Even though he was surrounded by an aura blade, the blade of the sword was damaged.

His wrist trembled without him realizing it.

It was an unbelievable level.

This… he couldn’t handle this.

He couldn’t stand against it.

Kayden was able to make a decision in an instant.

Even at that moment, Cyan was slowly approaching.

He bit his lip.

“I am the vice-captain of the White Wolf Knights!”

Kayden shouted at Cyan.

At the same time, Cyan stopped moving.

It was as if he was saying, ‘Who doesn’t know that? What nonsense are you suddenly talking about?’

Kayden opened his mouth again.

“Your actions right now are no different from a clear provocation against Elantur!”

And only then did Cyan understand why Kayden was acting like this.

Touching the White Wolf Knights was like touching Elantur.

In other words, Elantur wouldn’t just stand by and watch this.

So, he meant not to touch them any further.

Well, it wasn’t wrong.

And touching Elantur was definitely a crazy thing to do.

But.

“So what.”

It didn’t apply to Cyan.

Cyan didn’t care about that at all.

No, really, so what?

“Don’t you know we’re at war?”

They had already gone as far as they could.

Of course, Ruben had withdrawn his troops, but it was only a withdrawal.

The war itself hadn’t ended. Ruben and Elantur were still at war.

Moreover, this was happening outside the border.

“Besides, who knows what happened here?”

The laws of the Empire didn’t have an effect.

In the first place, it wasn’t a legally problematic matter at all.

“…”

Kayden could only shut his mouth like he had swallowed honey [meaning he was speechless].

Cyan chuckled and said.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to kill you. If I was going to, I would have done it a long time ago. But I have something to ask you.”

Even though their main base was being devastated, Elantur didn’t withdraw his troops.

He was doing something important and secret here.

The White Wolf Knights probably didn’t know.

Although they were the elite forces, they were still small fries among the elite forces.

But Kayden wasn’t.

If he was the vice-captain of the White Wolf Knights, it was a different story.

“If you thought I would speak willingly… you’re greatly mistaken.”

Kayden bit his teeth and said.

It seemed like he was trying to show some will on his own.

But on the other hand, it was also proof that Kayden knew something.

And as expected, he didn’t seem to have any intention of speaking willingly.

And once again, as expected.

“I know.”

Cyan also knew that fact very well.

Kayden was the vice-captain of the White Wolf Knights.

His loyalty to Elantur was also not ordinary.

Above all, he was a knight who had reached the rank of Master.

He couldn’t even bring up the word ‘willingly’ to such a knight.

And.

“In the first place, even if you answered willingly, I wouldn’t have believed you.”

Even if he answered willingly, Cyan wasn’t going to believe him.

The reason wasn’t much different.

“I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Zhuge Liang [a famous strategist from the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history].”

Another figure following Teacher Son.

From what he heard, he seemed to be a very outstanding person in relation to military strategy.

“You probably haven’t heard of him. I don’t even know who he is.”

Of course, Cyan was a name he had never heard of.

Cyan chuckled and continued.

“That person once said this.”

TING!

《Always keep this in mind when you capture and kill a commander in war!》

“Don’t trust the words of a guy with all his limbs intact.”

So.

“I’m not going to kill you. You tortured the Beastmen like that, right?”

Cyan calmly looked around.

The Beastmen were scattered here and there.

All of them were collapsed after being subjected to various tortures.

“Then you should also be in the opposite position. Think about it from a different perspective.”

Cyan’s momentum changed sharply.

Soon, dark magic covered all directions.

“W-Wait a minute…!”

Kayden didn’t even have the will to resist.

#

Hwaaaaa!

The light of brilliant divine power that drove out the darkness.

“Hoo…”

Aria’s long breath was heard through the light.

Before long, the light gradually subsided.

“The treatment is done. However, the shock was so severe that it will take a while for him to regain consciousness.”

Aria’s voice was heard.

Diana hurriedly checked Hres’s condition.

Hres’s pale complexion was regaining its color.

The blood pouring out in time with his heartbeat was no longer visible.

His panting breath was also quite stable.

He didn’t look like someone who was dying just a moment ago.

No, he wasn’t just dying, he was practically dead.

Because they don’t say that someone whose heart’s blood flow has been completely sucked out is alive.

So, this was no different from saving him from death.

It was impossible for most priests, let alone cardinals and popes.

There was only one being on the continent who could do this.

“Are you okay, Saintess?”

“I’m fine. It was a little difficult, but it’s nothing.”

Saintess, Aria.

A living miracle.

Diana could feel why people said that about Aria.

“Thank you so much for saving Hres…”

Diana expressed her gratitude to Aria with sincerity.

“It’s nothing. I just did what I could do.”

Aria responded with a bright smile.

Just as she was thinking that the smile was truly beautiful.

“Ugh…”

A small groan was heard from Hres.

“Hres? Are you awake?”

“W-Who…”

Hres opened his eyes slightly.

“Guild Master…? Why is the Guild Master here…?”

Hres looked at Diana with a bewildered expression.

He didn’t seem to understand the situation right now.

But that was only for a moment.

“Y-You have to run away!”

Hres shouted urgently.

“The White Wolf Knights are massacring the Beastmen. Hurry, you have to run away!”

“W-What?”

Diana’s eyes widened.

And two questions flashed through Diana’s mind at the same time.

The White Wolf Knights *already* and how.

But it was a question that didn’t have much meaning now.

And if the Beastmen were being massacred, she couldn’t just stand by.

Diana clenched her fist and stood up from her seat.

“You can’t go!”

However, Hres shouted after her.

“Don’t you know that you can’t do anything about it…”

Diana paused and stopped moving.

Hres said it in a euphemistic way, but the meaning was like this.

Going would be a dog’s death [meaning it would be futile and lead to her own demise].

There was nothing she could do in front of Elantur.

And Diana couldn’t deny those words.

The White Wolf Knights and Elantur.

There was really nothing Diana could do in front of them.

Just a dog’s death.

Nothing more, nothing less.

Diana was stuck in that spot and couldn’t move her body.

Right then.

With a saaah sound, FLASH!

A streak of black light burst out from the corner of her vision.

Just as she was wondering what it was.

“Is the treatment all done?”

Cyan’s voice was heard, wondering when he had arrived.

Aria narrowed her eyes at Cyan’s appearance.

“Where have you been again?”

“I had something to do.”

“Something to do?”

“Wait, I brought this guy.”

Soon, Cyan threw something forward.

THUD.

Something that flew powerlessly and crashed to the floor.

It was the shape of a person.

So, it was some kind of lump that looked like a person.

Just as she was wondering what… no, *who* it was.

“…!!”

Suddenly, Hres’s eyes were filled with shock.

He looked at the lump Cyan had thrown with an unbelievable expression.

“What… is this?”

In response to Aria’s question, Cyan casually answered.

“Kayden. He’s the vice-captain of the White Wolf Knights.”

And silence fell.

Hres was still wide-eyed.

The others were tilting their heads, trying to understand Cyan’s words.

But they couldn’t understand.

The only thing they could understand was one thing.

They could only understand why Hres was reacting like that.

“Why this person…?”

“I was trying to get information out of him, but he wouldn’t open his mouth until the end. But he’s the vice-captain, so he held out and fainted. I thought he was going to die if I left him alone, so I brought him here.”

Cyan’s words were still incomprehensible.

Cyan slowly turned his head and looked at Diana.

“Could you please open this guy’s mouth?”

“… Excuse me?”

Diana really wondered what he was talking about.

“I’m not very good at torture. I don’t really have a taste for it. Guild Master, please open this guy’s mouth.”

“Why me…?”

“Aren’t you the Guild Master of Shadow Moon?”

Shadow Moon was a guild based in the underworld.

A den of beasts and bastards where all kinds of crimes were rampant, the underworld.

Diana was a person who had risen to the top of such an underworld.

She should know more about this kind of thing than ordinary people.

She deals with such criminals almost every day, so how could she not know?

And in fact, Diana knew many methods.

First of all, she was the head of an information guild.

There were things you couldn’t help but know if you wandered around the underworld.

“You don’t have to feel guilty. These guys are torturing and massacring the Beastmen. And if they’re about to die, revive them and use them again. That… Laura, was it?”

“Yes? Ah, yes. Yes.”

Laura looked a little embarrassed at the sudden call.

A female priest who assists Aria, Laura.

“You can use divine power, right?”

“W-Well, yes…?”

Laura was also a priest who used divine power.

“If Kayden is about to die from torture, please heal him.”

So, she could do that much.

But Aria would be more certain than her, right?

As if knowing Laura’s thoughts.

Cyan turned his head and said to Aria.

“Aria. Let’s go together. As I said before, those guys over there tortured and massacred the Beastmen. There are many Beastmen in critical condition.”

“What?”

“Let’s go right away because there’s no time.”

“What is that─ Kyaa!”

Cyan hugged Aria as she was.

And he lifted Aria up, supporting her back and knees with both arms.

Aria had no choice but to be held in Cyan’s arms like a princess.

“Hold on tight.”

FLASH!

And the black light burst out.

When she rubbed her eyes and looked again, Cyan and Aria had disappeared without a trace.

Then please! [implying he’s leaving it to her]

Only Cyan’s voice remained like a lingering image.

Once again, silence fell.

“…!!”

Hres was still wide-eyed with astonishment.

However, the astonishment was different from before.

And Diana.

“…”

Diana just couldn’t understand this situation.

#

Mingu, a Mole Beastman with the characteristics of a mole.

All the Beastmen tilted their heads at Mingu’s sudden words.

“There’s a big commotion on the ground!”

He said there was a commotion on the ground.

But what kind of commotion was it?

“What do you mean? What commotion?”

Pavel, a Turtle Beastman with the characteristics of a turtle and the elder of the Beastmen, asked Mingu as a representative.

Mingu waved his short arms and shouted loudly.

“The space is collapsing! Humans are pouring out! And then! Humans are collapsing!”

The space is collapsing and humans are pouring out?

And then humans are collapsing?

Not the Beastmen?

“It’s a big commotion!”

What on earth was he talking about?

Pavel couldn’t understand Mingu’s words at all.

Not only Pavel, but all the Beastmen gathered here couldn’t understand Mingu’s words.

Was it because he was frustrated with the attitude of those Beastmen?

“Follow me!”

Mingu turned his body and started digging a tunnel to the ground with a fierce PAPAPAK!

Pavel didn’t understand what Mingu said.

But it seemed like something had definitely happened on the ground.

He didn’t know what it was, but it seemed necessary to check it out.

“I’ll follow Mingu.”

Pavel pushed his body into the tunnel that Mingu had dug.

“Hurry! Hurry!”

Pavel headed to the ground following the path that Mingu had dug.

Before long, he was able to get to the ground.

“Look!”

Pavel carefully poked his head over the cave.

The first thing that caught Pavel’s eyes was a light.

A brilliant light that warmed him just by looking at it.

So, Pavel could also see and say.

That Mingu’s words were a lie.

Mingu had clearly said that the humans were collapsing.

But what Pavel saw was not the case.

“I was clearly dead…?”

“T-This is…?”

The collapsed Beastmen were getting up!

It was none other than the Beastmen warriors who had sacrificed themselves to buy time!

At that moment.

“Ugh… Hey, can’t you stop them from coming to my side?”

A voice was heard in Pavel’s ear.

He looked at that place.

“Do you think this is easy? I’m already exhausted…!”

“Okay. Okay. I was just asking. Geez.”

There was a pair of human men and women bickering.

And even while they were bickering, the Beastmen were getting up.

No, wasn’t that reviving them?

Wasn’t it that the dead were reviving and rising?

Maybe if it wasn’t for the brilliant light that was illuminating all directions right now.

And if it wasn’t for this warm energy that he felt.

Pavel would have thought that they were necromancers.

He would have believed it without a doubt.

A dazed mind.

“W-What is this…?”

Pavel really couldn’t understand what was going on.