My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 305

305. The Unveiling Truth (1)

Sian’s personal training ground was located in the basement of Lord’s Castle Lv.4.

“Indeed…”

Sian calmly lowered his gaze to the Sword of Annihilation.

“The understanding is different.”

He was now certain of his earlier conjecture.

The progress rate had indeed increased thanks to Kyle’s memories.

More precisely, his understanding of the Mahon Sura Sword had increased.

To be even more precise, he could now make comparisons.

He could see what Sian had been doing wrong all along.

How his method differed from Kyle’s.

Before, even if he was wrong, he didn’t know what he was doing wrong.

However, having seen and experienced Kyle’s completed sword techniques through his memories, he could correct his mistakes.

“If I continue to train steadily like this…”

Reaching 100% of the highest-level progress rate of the Mahon Sura Sword wasn’t a pipe dream anymore.

And what that meant was, of course.

“I’m setting foot in the realm of Exceed…”

The mythical realm that only six people in the history of the continent had reached.

He could be the seventh to add his name to that legendary group.

Of course, it was only a possibility.

He had to repeat the grueling bone-carving training every day.

Even then, success wasn’t guaranteed.

However, the fact that there was a good chance was remarkable in itself.

That’s why Sian felt a surge of elation.

And at the same time, a question arose.

“If I see the rest of Kyle’s memories, will my understanding increase further?”

The memories of Kyle that he hadn’t yet accessed still beckoned.

He felt a lingering attachment to those memories.

Even with incomplete memories, he had come this far.

If he read the remaining memories, his understanding would increase, and the progress rate would rise even further.

Maybe he would even reach the realm of Exceed.

“I’m also curious about who that unidentified man is…”

Above all, he was driven by personal curiosity.

The man seen in the unknown space of white light.

Who was that man, and what did he talk about with Kyle?

“When did he even meet Mobile Lord?”

Finally, there was the mystery surrounding Mobile Lord.

In many ways, unresolved questions remained.

“Judging from the circumstances, it seems Kyle knew about Mobile Lord…”

But there was no related story in the last memory he saw.

There was no mention of Mobile Lord at all.

Not only was there no story, but it seemed Kyle didn’t even know Mobile Lord.

“Kyle met Mobile Lord after that…”

Then where did Mobile Lord come from?

No, what *is* Mobile Lord anyway?

Just as he was pondering these questions, a notification appeared.

Ding!

《Are you curious about me?!》

Mobile Lord’s notification window popped up in front of his eyes.

A holographic window that seemed to be projected directly onto his retina.

As a function of the DLC [Downloadable Content], he could check Mobile Lord’s notifications even without a smartphone.

“The function itself is convenient…”

Sometimes he missed his old smartphone, though.

《Are you curious about my identity?!》

Mobile Lord displayed the notification window with a gleeful look.

Until recently, it was sputtering and overheating due to overload.

It seemed to have recovered significantly.

《If you’re curious, 50 billion!》

Beyond getting better, it was overflowing with energy.

“50 billion my ass.”

Sian pressed the ‘X’ button on the notification window without hesitation.

50 billion wasn’t just pocket change.

No, if it were, Sian would gladly become someone’s pet.

And, as expected.

《Discounted to 5 billion!》

Mobile Lord raised the notification window once again.

“5 billion my ass.”

Again, Sian pressed the ‘X’ button without hesitation.

If 5 billion were spare change, Sian would still be happy to be a kept dog.

And again.

《Then, with an extra discount, 5…》

“500 million would be doable?”

Sian was momentarily tempted by the persistent notification window.

Wouldn’t 500 million be manageable?

First of all, the gold he obtained from the Chief Secretary this time was about 1 billion gold.

Originally, it was 2.1 billion gold after deducting 900 million gold for the Zodiac Sword rental fee from 3 billion gold.

Then, he additionally spent 1.1 billion gold to purchase DLC and various functions.

So, Sian currently had 1 billion gold in his possession.

He could pay 500 million right away.

Of course, 500 million wasn’t a small amount.

How could an amount that could allow a family of four to live comfortably for 1.38 million years just by breathing be considered small?

But he could find out the identity of Mobile Lord?

Sian was willing to consider it.

Perhaps that’s why.

《5… trillion!》

Mobile Lord changed his tune in an instant.

“I knew it.”

Sian shook his head and pressed the ‘X’ button on the notification window.

And because the DLC maintenance wasn’t over yet.

Because he couldn’t read Kyle’s journal yet.

“Let’s just continue training.”

Sian summoned the Sword of Annihilation again and resumed his training.

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After that, Sian was practically holed up in the training ground.

Well, he didn’t have much else to do besides training.

He was waiting for Diana to gather information.

Above all, the possibility of reaching the realm of Exceed was a powerful motivator.

Perhaps because he had glimpsed that potential, his body wouldn’t stay still.

Sian spent most of his day in the training ground.

Now, about 4 days had passed in this manner.

[Mahon Sura Sword Highest-Level Progress Rate 68.9%(+4.2%)]

Sian had managed to raise the progress rate by a whopping 4.2%.

“Today is the 4th day, so…”

With simple calculation, he raised it by slightly over 1% per day.

“I could reach 100% in a month?”

At this rate, a month would be enough.

And this meant that he would be stepping into the realm of Exceed in a month.

A truly amazing growth rate.

A heart that couldn’t help but flutter.

“…A month is probably impossible.”

However, Sian shook his head.

That calculation was only valid under the condition of ‘at this rate’.

But the rising progress rate was gradually slowing down.

“It was 1.5% on the first day, and 1.1% on the second day, right?”

And on the third day, it was 0.9%.

Today, on the fourth day, it was only rising by 0.7%.

Perhaps the progress rate would fall further as the days went by.

At this rate, he couldn’t even guarantee 0.1% per day.

Then a month was unrealistic.

He honestly couldn’t even guarantee it within a year.

“It means that more effort and deeper understanding are needed as the progress rate increases.”

As expected, there was no easy path to the realm of Exceed.

Above all, it was Kyle’s sword, not just anyone’s.

“If I see more of Kyle’s remaining memories, I could raise it faster…”

《Due to maintenance, ‘DLC Content – Kyle’s Journal’ cannot be executed.》

《We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.》

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“When is this damn maintenance going to end?”

Sian shook his head in frustration.

“And sparring with Kendrick is meaningless…”

Death Knight Kendrick, reaching Master High-Rank.

Kendrick was practically the number one swordsman on the continent.

But even sparring with such a skilled swordsman was largely unproductive.

The current state of Sian and the state of Kendrick were too far apart.

The gap was too big.

Sian was in a realm that surpassed Master High-Rank and had a foot in Exceed.

It could be said that there was about a 1.5-level difference with Kendrick, who was Master High-Rank.

And a 1-level difference in the Master stage was like heaven and earth.

A huge wall that couldn’t be overcome even with a lifetime of effort.

With the addition of a 0.5-level gap, sparring was of little significance.

Kendrick would only be unilaterally defeated.

In the end, there was no other way.

“Tricks don’t work.”

The only way was to steadily raise the progress rate with constant effort.

A pouring waterfall would only wet the rock.

In the end, it was the water droplets that fell steadily, one by one, that pierced the rock.

“Shall I try again?”

Sian steeled his heart and summoned the Sword of Annihilation.

And just as he was about to raise his magic power and train the Mahon Sura Sword.

“Hans?”

For a moment, he sensed Hans’ presence outside the training ground.

Judging from the quick footsteps and momentum…

It seemed like something had happened.

Sian dismissed the Sword of Annihilation and waited for Hans.

And after a short time passed.

“Young Master. I apologize for interrupting your training.”

Hans opened the door to the training ground and entered.

Sian slightly waved his hand and asked.

“It’s okay. More importantly, what’s wrong?”

“That is…”

Hans trailed off as if hesitating.

Sian calmly waited for Hans’ words.

And soon, Hans spoke.

“Someone from the Holy Empire has come to visit.”

“From the Holy Empire?”

Sian tilted his head, surprised.

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Sian’s office, located in the Lord’s Castle Lv.4.

Sian stared silently at the priest in front of him.

A priest wearing a white robe with blue embroidery.

A member of the Holy Empire and a member of the Dawn Sect named Dennis.

“…”

Dennis was sitting with an uneasy expression.

To be exact, it was an expression of surprise and embarrassment.

Also, he was overwhelmed by the atmosphere and looking around.

That was because Sian’s office here wasn’t just a simple office.

It was an office located in the Lord’s Castle Lv.4.

The exact name was ‘Even a Mongrel Gets Half His Due in His Own Backyard Office! Lv.4’, wasn’t it?

Anyway, it seemed like that.

In short, this office was surrounded by various buffs that suppressed the opponent’s momentum.

“C, Count Sian, he told me to definitely, l, like this, t, tell you…”

And that was an energy that was not easy for an ordinary priest to handle.

To be exact, it could be said that it was an energy of hard currency that was not easy to handle [a powerful, tangible aura].

Well, anyway.

Looking at the restless Dennis, Sian calmly sank into thought.

To be exact, he calmly mulled over the story Dennis had told.

But no matter how much he mulled over it.

Even if he repeated it hundreds of times.

“We must kill the God?”

He couldn’t understand this nonsense at all.

“A, Archbishop Alberto… His Eminence only said that…”

Dennis lowered his head, looking around nervously.

Sian looked at Dennis and slightly turned his gaze to Aria.

Aria gently nodded and gave an explanation.

“His Eminence Alberto is someone I also know. He’s the chairman of our Dawn Sect’s Holy Council.”

“Chairman of the Holy Council?”

“A priest who oversees the Holy Ceremony hosted by Dawn… Roughly the second-in-command of our Dawn Sect? You can just understand it that way.”

Sian nodded at Aria’s answer.

And he turned his gaze back to Dennis.

This priest named Dennis was a priest sent by that Cardinal Alberto.

Putting aside the complicated circumstances of the Order for now.

In short, it meant that he was a priest of the same Dawn Sect as Aria.

And Dawn was the sect that Aria was leading.

In other words, it was practically someone on Aria’s side.

Therefore, it was unlikely to be a trick of the Holy Empire.

“We must kill the God…”

Then this nonsense was genuine…

“What on earth does that mean?”

Sian couldn’t understand those words at all.

Of course, it wasn’t like Dennis had suddenly blurted that out.

He had sufficiently explained the current situation of the Holy Empire and brought up that story at the end.

“His Eminence… said that if I told you that, you would k, know…”

The problem was that the last words were so cryptic.

He would know if he told him that?

Sian couldn’t understand at all.

“Was there even a God in the first place?”

“W, well?”

Aria also expressed doubt about this.

Aria was a powerful saintess who used the power of God.

Therefore, the closest being to God would be none other than Aria.

But even she didn’t know about the existence of God.

No, from the beginning, it wasn’t even certain that divine power was the power of God.

Of course, the people of the Order believed that divine power was the power of God.

But it was only what the Order ‘believed’.

The magicians who explored the principles of the world.

They didn’t define divine power as the power of God.

They only looked at it as a single miracle that defied the laws of the world, like Aura.

From the beginning, magicians denied the existence of God itself.

In short, God was an existence whose existence was not clear.

To kill such a God.

“What the hell─”

…That thought flashed through his mind.

‘Wait a minute.’

One thought suddenly flashed through Sian’s mind.

God.

There were many definitions of God.

Not to mention the concepts defined by theologians in the Order.

Even if you only considered the theories put forward by magicians, you could fill a library.

In this regard, Arnaise and the Great Magician Elodie had left behind many thoughts and knowledge about God.

However, the concept that was widely known to the public was ‘an omniscient being and the creator of this world.’

On the other hand, it was an existence that people relied on in their hearts when they were having a hard time.

Someone once called such a God ‘a full-time, unpaid, all-purpose servant.’

And such a God of ours does not exist in this world.

It was only ‘believing’ that it would exist.

Therefore, it was also impossible to kill God.

Leaving aside whether it could be done or not, it didn’t exist in the first place.

How could you kill an existence that didn’t exist?

But what if God really existed?

It was truly absurd, but Sian had, just once, directly seen the existence of God with his own eyes.

Saying he had directly seen it was a bit of an exaggeration.

It was most accurate to say that he had indirectly experienced it.

None other than DLC content – Kyle’s Journal.

In that memory, Sian witnessed the existence of God.

The first sin among the sins of origin committed by existence, arrogance.

The demon of arrogance born from that sin.

The demon of arrogance was an existence called the end of arrogance.

And when that arrogance met the absolute being of this world.

When no one could break down the soaring arrogance.

Thus, the end of arrogance that humans could reach.

Sian witnessed the one who was trying to become God at the end of that arrogance.

‘Kyle.’

By encroaching on the absolute being of this world.

That was a whopping thousand years ago.

However, the demons had been resurrected again after a thousand years.

So, Sian had fought against the 6 Demon Lords to date.

Sloth, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy.

He fought against the 6 Demon Lords and broke their sins.

But he had never met the demon of arrogance.

Sian had never faced the demon of arrogance.

Therefore, he was only thinking that it would be somewhere.

He was secretly thinking that he might fight against it someday.

So now.

The Holy Empire of Lutea was a nation gathered under the name of God.

They all acted under the will of God.

For them, the existence of God was literally God.

If there was a word from God, they unconditionally believed and followed it.

So… that’s why.

That was why the Holy Empire suddenly showed strange behavior.

That was why they suddenly showed insane behavior.

The premise was wrong from the start.

The assumption itself was wrong.

The position of Twilight had not strengthened in the Holy Empire.

The Twilight Sect had not swallowed the Holy Empire.

“Isabel…”

It was Isabel.

Isabel was holding and manipulating the entire Holy Empire.

And the reason why that was possible was one thing.

The existence of God.

Isabel was using the authority of God.

Of course, it didn’t mean that Isabel *was* God.

Isabel was only using the authority of God, literally.

God was separate.

It wasn’t certain.

However, Elhandur colluded with the devil.

The demons of jealousy and anger that had encroached on Durak in the past.

All circumstances pointed to him.

Elhandur’s eldest son.

The one who was once Sian’s eldest brother.

Also, the one who was once the star of the Empire.

But now, the one who was trying to become God at the end of arrogance.

“Kai…”

Kai Elhandur.

He was the demon of arrogance.