My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 261

261. Continuing Maintenance (1)

Krrrrroooooaaaaaaarrrrrrr─!!!

A sudden roar erupted.

The roar filled the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth.

Simultaneously, the world, already consumed by madness, darkened instantly.

Darkened…?

The sound of battle ceased.

Everyone looked up at the sky as if on cue.

What they saw was a sight as if an entire mountain was blocking the sky.

It was hard to imagine that it was not a mountain but a single living being.

If it weren’t for the flapping of wings.

If it weren’t for the storm raging around it.

They would have thought a giant mountain was covering the sky.

【······!!!】

【······!!!】

Nurbia and Gulneria’s eyes widened simultaneously.

Their widened eyes reflected surprise and bewilderment.

【Y-You are···!】

And just as that emotion turned to astonishment.

Kwaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr─!!

From under the lowered sky, crimson flames spewed out.

Like a giant waterfall pouring from a mountain, the blazing flames engulfed the monsters on the ground.

The monsters were swept away instantly by the heat, like an inferno lasting countless eons.

Even the monsters that were not directly touched by the flames suffered from the heat and disappeared.

Soon, the creature that had covered the sky landed on the ground.

Kuuuuuung─!!

A massive earthquake shook the landscape.

The giant creature, finally visible, had golden skin.

Large wings and a long tail.

Truly an overwhelming size, reaching nearly 100 meters.

“Guardian…”

The Guardian of the Beastmen.

The Last Dragon, Karze.

Kie, kieeeek···!!

The monsters faltered, stepping back.

The oppressive presence that seemed to weigh down their entire bodies, Dragon Pressure.

The monsters were feeling fear, crushed by Karze’s presence.

“The Guardian has moved!!”

“The Guardian is helping us!!!”

Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!

A tremendous roar erupted from among the Beastmen.

Karze, who had landed on the ground, slowly looked around.

The giant head moved, observing the beings expressing various emotions: cheers, astonishment.

And at some point, Karze’s movement stopped.

Karze was looking at one being on the battlefield.

A being who didn’t look to be in good condition at first glance.

Yet, a human who never let go of the sword in his grasp.

The descendant of Kyle, Cyan.

Cyan’s armor was dented and crushed in several places by the attacks of the Monarchs.

Red blood was seeping out from between the crushed armor.

Karze was fixated on Cyan.

And Cyan was also staring blankly at Karze.

“Why is Karze here…?”

To be exact, he couldn’t understand.

Karze had no reason to step forward here.

The Karze that Cyan had seen was steeped in deep inertia.

In the inertia of a thousand years, Karze was alive, but no different from a dead being.

So Cyan assumed that Karze was an existence outside of combat strength.

He didn’t consider Karze’s existence at all in this fight.

But the sight he was seeing now.

He couldn’t understand what was happening.

He was deeply suspicious, but the situation was not relaxed enough to resolve that question.

【That lizard bastard!!】

Nurbia’s sharp voice erupted, and red magic surged.

The magic was drawn out like thin threads, outlining the scenery.

The outlines distorted the space itself, and it split again into thousands, tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of magic spikes with no gaps.

They were fired at Karze all at once.

At that moment.

[Disappear.]

Karze’s low murmur was heard.

The voice, stemming from the massive size, was like thunder.

But the emotion felt was calm and composed.

And.

Kiiiiiiing─!!

The golden light swelled.

A huge vibration. And a roar.

The golden light, accompanied by it, burst out in all directions.

Once again.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!!

The golden light tore through the world of magic.

Breaking the space, destroying the onrushing outlines of spikes.

It didn’t require any special process.

It only required the single word, ‘Disappear.’

“Dragon Word (龍言) [magic implemented through language without incantations or magic circles]···!”

Aria’s voice was heard from somewhere.

He couldn’t find where she was, but the voice was definitely Aria’s.

Dragon Word (龍言).

A type of Word Spirit (言靈) [magic that uses the power of language] magic, a method of implementing magic only through language without the need for incantations or magic circles.

Dragon Word (龍言) is the highest grade of such Word Spirit magic.

No, the concept of Word Spirit magic itself was derived from Dragon Word.

And this was the decisive reason why Dragons were called the masters of magic.

Dragon Heart, containing infinite magic power.

Dragon Word magic that can only function as that infinite organ of will.

According to mythology, even Elodie was unable to use Dragon Word magic alone.

Elodie was, after all, an Elf.

Therefore, she did not have a Dragon Heart.

However, Elodie continued to research to implement Dragon Word magic, and what she finally created was Word Spirit (言靈) magic.

But even that Word Spirit magic has now been abandoned.

Because no one has been able to use it since Elodie.

[Shatter.]

Karze’s voice was heard once again.

At the same time, Crack!

The space containing Nurbia and Gulneria warped.

The power to interfere with space by distorting the space itself.

The two Monarchs couldn’t react to the phenomenon that had no signs of warning.

【Damn it···!】

The two Monarchs hurriedly drew up their magic power.

Nurbia quickly waved both hands, reassembling the warped space.

Gulneria opened her maw, swallowing the warped space and resetting it.

But that was only for a moment.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!

The power tore through the space once again.

The two Monarchs staggered back.

Cyan was reflected in their eyes as they glared.

Flash─! Black light covered their vision.

【It’s useless!】

Nurbia shouted loudly, detonating her madness magic.

A red mist of blood bloomed, completely dominating the space ahead.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

The mist of blood that bloomed as power collided with power disappeared. But likewise, Cyan’s sword also failed to reach Nurbia.

【Gulneria!!!】

Gulneria moved at the cry mixed with madness.

Opening the abyss’s maw wide, she rushed towards Cyan, who had shown an opening.

At that moment.

Crack─!

Starvation was torn apart. What loomed over it was a giant forefoot.

It tore apart Gulneria’s authority of Greed (貪) [one of the core powers of a Monarch].

Kwaaaaaaaang!

As it pressed down on the ground, Karze detonated golden magic power.

The master of magic, the Dragon.

However, that didn’t mean that Dragons only used magic.

The ultimate life form that reigns over all things.

The claws, the skin, the muscles.

Everything that made up Karze’s body was no different from the strongest weapon on earth.

Kwaaaaaaaang!!

The ground exploded.

Gulneria was blown away as it was.

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Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.

Nurbia cursed inwardly.

The fight was over.

It was a fight where they only had to harvest and watch the results.

But the sight she was seeing now.

[Crumble.]

Kwaddeudeudeuk!

With a sound of shattering, the magic barrier shattered into pieces.

Cyan’s sword rushed in as if waiting for it.

The power of Demon (魔) [a type of dark energy] that swept through the entire space.

This unstoppable power was nothing short of violence itself.

Kwaaaaaang!

Her mind was shaken by the impact, and Puah!

Red blood gushed out from her entire body.

How could this be a human, let alone swordsmanship.

Once the momentum was pushed back, it was impossible to regain it.

Damn it. Damn it. Dam─.

[Stop.]

Suddenly.

Nurbia’s body stiffened with Karze’s piercing Dragon Word.

Dragon Word that restricts action.

Nurbia shook off the power almost simultaneously with the restraint.

The time it took in the process was truly fleeting.

But a fleeting gap was enough.

Swish─!

【Kkaaaaaaugh···!!】

How many times has this been?

Nurbia regenerated her severed left arm, gnashing her teeth.

Chunks of internal organs were felt sparsely between her chewed teeth.

Nurbia spat out the chewed pieces of internal organs haphazardly.

Regeneration is slow. Cyan’s strike.

Each and every one of those strikes was touching the essence of her soul.

Therefore, not even a single one of those strikes should be allowed.

But it was impossible.

[Collapse.]

Because Karze’s Dragon Word was constantly interfering.

Karze was constantly checking Nurbia.

He kept creating openings for Cyan.

At the same time, he was even pressuring Gulneria.

Annoying.

Karze’s existence was too annoying.

That’s why they said to deal with him in advance.

This lizard causes such asymmetry just by existing.

The biggest variable in this plan.

But such regrets were meaningless now.

More than anything, Karze wasn’t the only annoying existence.

“Soldiers, help the Lord!!”

“Warriors of the Beastmen, fight! Fight with the Guardian!!”

The small fries burned with fighting spirit in the reversed war situation.

They should have been floundering in the abyss of despair.

Now they were fighting, willing to die.

They were clearly insignificant things.

But now they were more annoying than anyone else.

【Get lost, you small fries!!!!】

Deep anger flared up, and madness magic detonated.

But that was only for a moment.

Whoaaaaaaah!

The brilliant light of divine power that followed self-destructed with the blooming madness.

Turning her head sharply.

Aria was panting and detonating divine power in her vision.

Damn it. Damn it!

Nurbia gnashed her teeth.

Even though their compatibility wasn’t good in the first place.

That damn divine power was different from the small fries.

Annoying. Annoying.

She wanted to kill them all, tear them to pieces─.

She felt a strange sense of incongruity.

For a moment, Nurbia’s thoughts were cut off.

Her vision went dark for a moment, and her consciousness was cut off.

The severed consciousness was quickly reconnected.

But the darkened vision was still in the process of recovering.

Swish─!

A cutting sound was heard in the darkened vision.

The scenery floating in the air was reflected in her vision that had recovered soon.

Floating in the air?

Nurbia tried to move her neck, but for some reason, it wouldn’t move.

She only turned her eyes to look at the surrounding view.

And she could see her torso with her head separated.

The body that had lost its neck staggered and then collapsed on the spot.

It was then that Nurbia was able to realize the identity of the incongruity.

Some fact that she couldn’t think when her head was cut off.

Thud. Rumble.

Nurbia’s severed head rolled across the floor.

#

The severed neck of Nurbia.

“Hah···! Hah···!”

Cyan breathed heavily in front of Nurbia’s headless body.

But that was only for a moment.

Kkyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak─!!!

A terrible shriek erupted.

Clearly, it was just a neck without a vocal cord.

But a distinct scream was erupting from there.

A bizarre sound that echoed for a long time like a sound from hell.

It was as if all the hatred, malice, and madness were lumped together and boiling over.

‘Cutting off the neck alone doesn’t damage the main body.’

A demon descends into reality based on the vessel of its existence.

The visible body is only a body, the essence lies in the soul.

And now Nurbia’s vessel was none other than Helen.

A woman who promised Semir a lifetime but was captured by a demon.

Cyan had promised Semir and Helen that he would save them.

But was it because the seal of the relic had been released?

The connection between Nurbia and Helen was not easily severed.

Therefore, Helen probably wouldn’t be able to endure any longer.

It was a resistance that had lasted for nearly 200 years.

It was nothing short of a miracle that could not be called human willpower.

The limit must have been reached a long time ago.

Helen’s mind was being constantly eroded by Nurbia’s power, which had even broken the seal.

And Nurbia’s power was still growing stronger.

There wasn’t much time.

【I’ll kill you all!!!】

Nurbia detonated his power, burning his soul.

Reason was nowhere to be seen in his red, flickering eyes.

【Kkeuaaaaaaaaah!!!】

A world of endless red magic.

The level of existence is different.

The density of power is different.

Kkwakwakwang!!!

The magic released from control explodes.

The exploded magic tore the world apart, collapsing everything it touched.

“Keuheok… !”

Cyan’s body was caught in the force and flung far away.

Cyan picked himself up from the broken rubble.

The Immortal Armor was horribly distorted.

It was a transcendent equipment reinforced with hundreds of millions of gold.

Still, transcendent equipment was transcendent equipment, and it would automatically recover over time.

However, Nurbia’s power could not be blocked by the Immortal Armor alone.

If he didn’t have the Immortal Armor, he would have been fatally wounded by that attack.

No, he would have died hundreds of times already.

【Die!!!】

A screaming fit erupted from the severed neck.

The headless torso rushed towards Cyan.

Perhaps it was because it had no head and couldn’t balance well.

The staggering appearance was terrifying in itself.

[Muneo-.]

【Shut up!!!!】

Kkwakwakwakwang!!!

With a great explosion, Karze’s Dragon Words [likely refers to a specific draconic language or spell] lost their power.

Karze immediately raised his tail and struck down at Nurbia.

【Get out of here, you lizard bastard!!!!!】

Nurbia, with only his head left, flashed and screamed.

The torso detonated magic and grabbed Karze’s tail.

【You can’t afford to spare attention elsewhere.】

After that, Gulneria rushed towards Karze.

Karze fought a desperate battle against the two demon lords, Nurbia and Gulneria.

And indeed, was it because he was a dragon?

Although it was not a complete liberation.

Still, a demon lord is a demon lord.

It was an absolute evil that even the Arnises [likely a group or order] could not handle.

Karze was standing firm against those two demon lords.

But…

Keuwoooooooooooo─!!

It was true that he was being pushed back to some extent.

Karze’s skin was torn like paper by Nurbia’s claws.

Even the dragon’s skin, which easily blocked Aura [a form of energy or magical defense], was useless.

Above all, Karze was now too old and weakened.

Perhaps if Aria and the rest of Ruben’s forces, and the beastmen, were not fighting, it would have been difficult to withstand the two lords.

Again, time is not on our side.

Cyan took a deep breath.

Then he spoke quietly to Karze.

“Karze, can you hear me?”

It was a tiny voice.

A very small voice that would be buried in the sounds of the battlefield and not heard.

-Speak.

But Karze answered.

And it was heard in his head, not in his ears.

A will to communicate as a will, not as a sound.

Karze was still fighting Nurbia and Gulneria.

“Can you hold on?”

Heumchit.

For a moment, Karze’s body froze.

Nurbia and Gulneria rushed in, not missing the gap.

Kwajik─! Chwahak─!

Keuwoooooooooooo─!!

A gruesome tearing sound and Karze’s scream followed.

Could it be that Karze didn’t have the strength to fight against the two lords?

For quite a long time, no answer was heard.

Cyan did not take action until then.

He was just waiting for Karze’s answer.

-The lords continue to regain their strength.

After quite a long time, Karze’s answer was heard.

And the meaning contained within was simple.

There is no point in holding on.

The relic has already been broken.

Although it was not a complete liberation.

However, the lords were gradually regaining their strength and becoming stronger.

The more we hold on, the more time we waste.

It is this side that becomes disadvantaged.

Time is not on our side.

Cyan knew that.

That’s why.

“Can you hold on?”

Cyan had no choice but to ask Karze to hold on.

Karze was silent once again.

Glancing at Cyan’s face.

-Could it be…

Karze could guess Cyan’s intentions.

As if reading Karze’s thoughts.

“Please.”

Cyan’s voice was heard once again.

Karze was silent again.

And this time it was a different kind of silence than before.

He didn’t know what Cyan was trying to do now.

But he could guess what kind of price it would require.

Is that really the right thing to do?

Is that thought really the right answer?

I don’t know. No, I honestly think it’s the wrong answer.

But Cyan was not hesitating.

Why was that?

He looked so much like the man from a long time ago.

-My life, whether big or small, was already a failure.

A deep breath.

-It doesn’t matter if I fail again now.

Karze spread his huge wings wide.

-I’ll buy you as much time as possible.

Keuwoooooooooooo─!!!

With a tremendous roar, a fiery red flame spewed from Karze’s mouth.

The absolute authority of the dragon, Breath.

All the moisture around him evaporated at once, and steam rose.

The moisture of the earth is completely sucked out, cracking and splitting.

The fire of countless eons burned everything in existence.

【Gulneria!】

【I can’t swallow this either!!】

The two lords were caught in the flames and became incapacitated for a moment.

Cyan watched the scene and took a deep breath.

The heated heat came into his lungs and felt like it would cook him alive.

He felt dizzy from the pain, but he held it in.

Because there was no time for that now.

Cyan took out his smartphone.

And immediately accessed the 『Mileage Shop』 section.

As the screen changed, Cyan moved his finger again and entered the 『Special Items』 section.

Kkuk.

-Elixir of Immortality (500,000 M)

-Elixir (500,000 M) [Sold Out]

-Golden Apple (600,000 M)

-Heavenly Peach (620,000 M)

.

.

.

Then countless items were listed.

Cyan selected elixirs with the same efficacy as the Elixir from the past.

An elixir that gives the user tremendous magic power.

It wasn’t certain. The items in the mileage shop didn’t tell you their performance.

However, there were things that Cyan had been thinking about and selecting.

Cyan did not hesitate to press the purchase buttons for the selected items.

Kkuk. Kkuk. Kkuk.

Ttiriring! Ttiriring! Ttiririring!!

The Mobile Lord’s notification window popped up with Cyan’s touch.

However, Cyan ignored the notification window and purchased the items.

Countless mileage points accumulated by spending hundreds of millions of gold so far.

He didn’t even check how much mileage he currently had.

He hadn’t used much mileage since the Elandur slush fund…

500 million from the Elandur slush fund.

350 million from the sale of Charlotte’s swordsmanship and Elodie’s records.

And 200 million earned from Karze and spent on cash.

Wouldn’t there be mileage according to about 1 billion gold?

That’s all he thought.

Just as it is, as it catches his eye.

Confirmation of effect, efficiency of performance. Caution.

He didn’t consider that either.

Golden Apple, Heavenly Peach, Nectar, Ambrosia.

Soma, Sinpyeongwidokju [Korean traditional herbal liquor], Water of Life, Eitr [poison in Norse mythology]…

Kkuk. Kkuk. Kkuk.

Cyan continued to purchase items.

How long had he been buying like that?

《You don’t have enough mileage!》

A notification window popped up saying that he could no longer purchase.

And the view he looked down at.

Countless elixirs were piled up under Cyan’s feet.

It seemed enough to be a double-digit number.

Cyan picked up one of them.

The shape of the golden apple was a golden apple to anyone.

Cyan took a bite of the golden apple.

With a crunch, the scent of apple filled his mouth.

The taste and aroma were worthy of being called heavenly.

However, Cyan had no time to savor it.

Hwaaaaaaaak!!

Tremendous magic power began to soar through Cyan’s body.

“Aheueuk…!”

At the same time, he felt as if every single blood vessel was being severed.

The terrible pain made him dizzy, and his consciousness drifted away.

Cyan grabbed his departing mind.

He continued to recite the Gugeol of the Mahon Jebeop [likely a mantra or incantation].

And even before the power of the elixir was absorbed.

Cyan reached out to the piled-up elixirs again.

Something that looked like a herb.

Even before he thought about what the name was, Cyan put it in his mouth.

With a wagjak sound, once again.

Kugugugugung···!!!

An indescribable wave of tremendous power exploded through Cyan’s body.

And it didn’t stop.

Cyan once again reached out to the piled-up elixirs.

He put it in his mouth before he even thought about picking it up.

At the same time as he put it in his mouth, he reached out to the elixir again.

“Kkeueueueuk…!”

The terrible pain felt like it was tearing his whole body apart.

But he endures.

Physical strength at the level of a dragon.

The level of the body that has evolved into Geukma Jiche [likely a state of enhanced physical and magical power].

It was the magic power of the elixirs that exceeded the limit, but the evolved body was containing the magic power in the vessel.

And it was quite unstable.

It was precarious, as if it would break if touched.

It doesn’t last long.

Cyan could realize it at once.

Although he had evolved to the level of a dragon, Cyan was only human.

Although it was a body that had evolved into Geukma Jiche, it was only at the stage of 1-star.

There are limits.

And this transcendent magic power far surpassed the vessel called human.

Cyan could feel a small crack forming in his own vessel.

That’s why death awaits at the end of this.

As surely as it can be.

The vessel will collapse and die.

Death awaits at the end of this.

I will surely die.

But it doesn’t stop.

Cyan continued to pour the elixirs into his mouth.

He forced his mouth to move, chewing and swallowing.

Thus, when he finally swallowed all the elixirs he had purchased.

Saaaaaaaaa─!

Already, a time of darkness like pitch black had come around him.

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Heumchit.

Stop.

Nurbia and Gulneria’s movements froze at the same time.

They avoided Karze’s breath, but they couldn’t even block the heat.

Terrible pain is felt on the burning skin.

The power that cannot be handled even with the authority of greed.

However, it was not Karze’s breath that stopped the movements of the two lords.

The gazes of the two lords naturally turn to one side.

And what he saw was a certain being.

Yes, that was some kind of being.

His appearance was clearly human.

But he wasn’t human.

A fatal fear that warns the instinct.

That is not something that can be explained as human.

【······ You, you’re very strange, unlike before─.】

Before the words could even be uttered.

Bbeoeoeoeong!

A sound of something exploding was heard from the side.

Soon, Gulneria’s body was shot backwards, and red blood poured out from the grotesquely opened abyss.

Keuheoheok!

Gulneria’s groan of pain is heard belatedly.

Nurbia froze in place like a stone statue.

It’s too late.

That’s a long time.

I couldn’t even see it.

Not even for any moment.

【What is this…?】

The area of cognition cannot keep up.

When I looked around, pitch-black darkness had already arrived.

When on earth…?】

Ppaaaaaak─!!

Thoughts cannot continue beyond that.