My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 317

317. Exceed, Beyond (2)

I knew it.

That the current battle wasn’t the end.

That this battle would resume again someday.

Just like it had continued from a thousand years ago until now.

That this battle would continue for the next thousand years.

And that this battle would continue for the thousand years after that.

So that eventually, the day would come when the demons would win.

Sian knew it.

“Kyle also knew it.”

Kyle also knew it.

【”I, it’s impossible… That’s impossible!”】

Kyle’s terrified voice was heard.

Kyle’s struggles were directly transmitted through my grip.

And it didn’t feel like the writhing of a god.

The struggles of an infinitely weak human, trembling with fear.

Kyle was now just a human.

Sian watched Kyle’s struggles.

Beyond the blurry vision that unfolded behind Kyle’s figure.

The memory of Kyle that Sian saw came to mind.

‘What I’m about to say is not recorded in causality.’

A sudden system error and Kyle’s words that followed.

Within that, what Kyle showed was a sword.

Kyle explained about that sword like this.

‘The revival of demons is governed by the law of causality.’

Cause and effect, causality.

Demons are born by parasitizing the sins of existence.

Therefore, as long as the sins of existence exist, demons do not die.

The sins of existence are almost always present.

As existence enjoys life, sin is inevitable.

Therefore, as long as the cause (因) [the origin or root cause] of existence does not disappear.

The result (果) [the consequence or outcome] of the demons’ revival will also not disappear.

‘This is an absolute law of causality, and no one can defy it.’

That’s why demons were immortal.

Under the condition that existence is alive, they continue to revive.

Their revival is guaranteed by the law of causality.

‘But what if we eliminate the cause (因) of revival?’

If there is no cause, there is no result.

Therefore, if there is no cause of revival, then naturally the result of revival does not exist either.

Because this is the law of causality that no one can defy.

Demon revival guaranteed by the law of causality.

The only way to eliminate it was to use the same law of causality.

Therefore, eliminate the cause of revival and grant the demons complete death.

This was the core of the sword that Kyle had prepared.

‘However, this too was ultimately an act of defying the law of causality.’

In the end, the cause had to be eliminated.

The cause, 因, already protected by the law of causality.

To erase that cause was, in the end, to deny the law of causality.

To do A, B is needed.

However, to do B, A is needed.

‘That’s why I thought it was impossible.’

So Kyle shook his head.

He thought it was an impossible fight after all.

That’s why he tried to burn his existence in a place other than the continent.

‘I was going to return to another dimension and face death there.’

The sword that Kyle prepared and arranged was… a sword of suicide.

But Kyle had no choice but to abandon that idea.

Because being corrupted by a demon was not just his own problem.

The same Arnaise companions.

They were all corrupted by demons as well.

In the end, it wasn’t something that could be solved by solving one’s own problems.

In the end, the existence of demons itself had to be eliminated.

But that was impossible.

No, I thought it was impossible.

‘There was already an existence that had denied the law of causality.’

An existence from a different dimension than Kyle.

Just one person among these countless dimensions.

There was an existence that succeeded in doing that absurd thing.

Denying the law of causality, yet following the law of causality.

There was an existence that performed that contradictory act.

Kyle was able to get a hint of that contradictory act from that existence.

‘But, I couldn’t do it.’

Because I was already corrupted by the demon of arrogance.

Because I was already bound by the causality of demons.

Also, because there was a limit to the causality of being human.

Kyle couldn’t do it himself.

That’s why Kyle arranged it.

He left everything behind in this place.

“Kyle prepared this sword from the moment he was corrupted by you.”

Kyle prepared for a really long time.

The memory that Sian saw was only fleeting.

But the time that Kyle had experienced was nothing short of countless eons.

That’s how he was able to complete it.

And at the same time, he couldn’t complete it.

【”There’s no way… there’s no way that can happen!”】

Kyle shouted as if he was struggling.

Because he knew very well what Sian was saying now.

No, he didn’t have an accurate understanding.

But he could tell what Sian was trying to do now.

【”You’re going to… eliminate our cause (因)?”】

It didn’t mean erasing the existence of demons.

Erasing existence was something even God couldn’t do.

That’s why it didn’t mean killing the demons.

It meant preventing the dead demons from reviving.

The cause (因) of the demon lords’ revival.

By erasing the cause (因) bound by the law of causality.

That cause (因) was ‘parasitizing the sins of existence.’

If that cause (因) is erased, demons can no longer parasitize the sins of existence.

Since they cannot parasitize the sins of existence, there is no revival either.

If there is no cause (因), there is no result (果) either.

Therefore, the result (果) of revival cannot exist either.

That was the absolute law of causality.

Because it was the law of the world that no one could defy.

That’s why Kyle named it this way.

‘A sword that cuts down God.’

Kyle dedicated everything to arrange this sword.

And Kyle added to this.

‘This sword is not recorded in causality. That’s why it is a sword that can cut down causality.’

But.

‘Once executed, this sword remains as a record of causality.’

A blank white canvas with nothing written on it.

Whatever is written on it is an unrecorded novelty.

But the moment something is written on it.

It is no longer a novelty but a written record.

‘The opportunity is only once.’

So there was only one chance.

On the canvas of the law of causality.

The moment of leaving the novelty of erasing the cause (因) is only once.

After that, it becomes a written record.

And the law of causality accepts it as a new law.

If that happens, there is no more chance.

A contradiction outside the law can exist.

But a contradiction within the law cannot exist.

Therefore, the opportunity to eliminate the demons’ cause (因) cannot exist.

The only chance to try.

Kyle dedicated a thousand years to that one chance.

He arranged all these things from a thousand years ago.

Sian inherited Kyle’s will.

So, Sian had to step into the realm of Exceed.

The minimum qualification to cut down God.

The qualification to hold a quill on the canvas of the law of causality.

That was the realm of Exceed.

So Sian had to grab the sword despite the sacrifices of his companions.

Also, all sins had to be tied together as one.

Because there was only one chance, the cause (因) of all demons had to be erased at once.

So Sian willingly opened his mind to the demon.

Thus, the lords who seemed like they would tear Sian apart at any moment had to be trapped within Sian’s existence.

Finally, the divinity that arrogance possesses.

That divinity had to be shattered and dragged down into the human realm.

And so now.

The will of countless people that has been passed down from a thousand years ago.

All those things interlock, and a single opportunity has come.

【”H, how could…”】

Kyle shouted in astonishment.

If Sian’s words were true, then death was the end.

The demons would no longer revive and would mark the end with death.

Of course, the sin of arrogance held in Sian’s hand.

The six sins confined within Sian also face complete death.

Because the cause (因) for the result (果) of revival to be activated disappears.

If there is no cause, there is no result.

【”But, that too is an act of defying the law of causality!”】

Therefore, there must be a price to pay.

Erasing the cause (因) of causality was ultimately interfering with the law of causality.

Thus, the price for defying the law of causality was rightfully determined.

Only God can do it.

But since a mere creation cannot obtain the cause (因) of God.

The result (果) according to an inappropriate cause (因) was the annihilation of existence.

There were no exceptions.

If Sian’s words were true, then a thousand years ago.

Kyle also faced death like that.

It means that Kyle died and crumbled just by interfering with and arranging the law of causality.

【”Why… why the hell…!”】

That’s why I couldn’t understand.

In the end, all of this was Kyle’s sacrifice.

Kyle sacrificed himself to create his own destruction.

Even though there was no reason to do so.

“I… I don’t really know either.”

That’s why Sian couldn’t understand it either.

Even though he saw and experienced Kyle’s memories, Sian couldn’t know.

What was Kyle’s state of mind?

What was Kyle fighting for?

In a path where the end is not visible.

In a situation where even his own will had to be doubted.

What had Kyle been fighting for?

Sian couldn’t figure it out at all.

However, in the last memory of Kyle that Sian watched.

‘If by any chance, you can meet Wang Dae-ju. If, by chance, Wang Dae-ju is alive… please tell him.’

Kyle would only say this.

‘That I couldn’t keep the promise to stain the world with demons (魔) [evil spirits or malevolent beings]. That I don’t think I can keep the promise to definitely go back and take revenge either.’

But.

I’m Charlotte.

Was the name… Kang Il?

‘And the promise to make a friend to share joys and sorrows with.’

Ah, anyway! Um, if you have any injuries, tell me.

Hey, not to that saintess Muriel, but to me! Got it? Definitely!

‘And the promise to make a lover that I wouldn’t trade for the whole world.’

Kyle! Try this potato! It’s very delicious!

Yesterday, the uncle said. Noemi doesn’t have a mom…

Hahaha! Wh, when did I say that…?!

‘And the promise to realize that there are not only screaming cries in the world.’

And so, instead of a sword that scratches the world.

Become a sword that embraces the world.

‘That promise, at least. I was able to keep it.’

If you meet Wang Dae-ju, please tell him my story.

That’s how Kyle burned his existence.

He died and disappeared while arranging something that only God could do.

And so now.

KWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

An indescribable power soared from Sian’s entire body.

Facing that distant power, Kyle shouted.

【”What… what does this mean!”】

I acknowledge Sian’s current realm.

I also acknowledge Kyle’s arrangement from a thousand years ago.

The law of causality that defines the world.

I acknowledge that you have exploited the contradiction of that law.

And so I also acknowledge that the demons will die.

In the end, I more than acknowledge that everything ends here.

【”You too…! You too will only die and disappear!”】

But all of that must be based on Sian’s sacrifice.

Like Kyle, Sian also had to make a sacrifice.

Kyle gave his existence just by arranging this.

No matter how much Sian inherited the power of the dragon.

No matter how much Sian was a new existence that could not be established by causality.

【”You too will surely be annihilated!”】

Sian will surely die.

Because the level of existence that erases the cause (因) is not appropriate.

Because Sian was not God either.

The result is annihilation.

Kyle died just by arranging it.

There was no need to even talk about realizing that work directly.

“I don’t care.”

But Sian didn’t hesitate.

He didn’t hesitate even in the face of death.

He didn’t hesitate even while his existence was collapsing and burning.

Honestly, I don’t know.

I really don’t know.

Maybe… maybe, maybe.

Wasn’t Kyle feeling the same way?

Yeah, maybe that’s why.

Kyle was the leader of the Demonic Cult, the Heavenly Demon (天魔) [a powerful, often feared figure in martial arts stories].

Kyle was the one who spoke for the voices of the wronged who could not speak out to the world.

He was the first sword to cry out on behalf of the resentment of the powerless.

Sian thought he was Kyle’s successor.

But now that I think about it, that’s not the way it was.

Sian was not Kyle’s successor.

Kyle didn’t leave a successor in the first place.

Sian himself only claimed to be Kyle’s successor.

Sian is not Kyle’s successor.

He was not the youngest of Elan Dur, Sian Elan Dur either.

He was not the Arnaise who saved the world.

He was even less the leader who led the Arnaise.

I might be upset, but he was not Carze’s successor either.

A talentless person in the world.

A very unsightly man.

That’s why he couldn’t even be ordinary.

And so, a small territory located on the outskirts.

Living in the sanctuary of the abandoned.

A name that wants to make the territory residents live a happy life.

“Because I am the lord of Ruben.”

The name Sian Ruben.

That one name was enough reason.

Saaaa…

Sian’s vision blurs.

An unknown hallucination was reflected in the meantime.

No, it was a little funny to say I didn’t know now.

The unfolded hell.

A long road cast between them.

At the end of that road.

And next to Sian.

A handsome man was standing.

It was also funny now to question who this handsome man was.

Sian burst into laughter.

And before I knew it, I was shoulder to shoulder with Kyle.

Also, facing the same death as Kyle.

Sian raised his eyes and looked ahead.

And I was able to face the end of this road I had walked so far.

It was the edge of a cliff.

The end of this hellish road that Sian had walked was, as expected, destruction.

Destruction was the result of so much effort.

Sian was empty, but he didn’t regret it.

Because he was able to protect the territory residents as the lord of Ruben.

With this, there will be no more threats to Ruben and the continent.

That alone is enough.

Sian took a deep breath.

But why do I feel somewhat refreshed and sad?

Sian took a long breath and said to Kyle.

In the end, I ended up walking the same path as you.

I thought I could walk a slightly different path.

At Sian’s words, Kyle slowly turned his head.

Sian also turned his head and looked at Kyle.

And Kyle pushed.

Sian’s back.

What…? I wondered for a moment.

Sian’s body leaned forward in an instant.

Sian frantically waved his hand to regain his balance.

But the foot that had already been pushed was stepping on the empty air of the cliff.

The body was falling into the invisible cliff below.

At that moment.

Tak.

Something solid was felt above the falling air.

Chwaaaaa.

At the same time, a new road unfolded above the air.

That road was longer and more distant than the road Sian had walked so far.

My path ended here…

Kyle’s voice was heard from behind.

When I turned around and looked, Kyle was smiling gently.

Soon, Kyle’s figure gradually faded.

As if he had never been there in the first place.

Before I could even grab him, Kyle disappeared like that.

Sian could intuitively know from the sight of Kyle disappearing like that.

That never again.

That I can’t see Kyle.

Sian was left alone on the endlessly 펼쳐진 [peltchyeojin – spread out] distant road.

And at the end of this unknown distant road.

Sian was able to see a man.

He was a man in Sian’s memory.

To be exact, he was a man he had seen in Kyle’s memory, not Sian’s.

The man looked at Sian and smiled.

Saaaa…

The hallucination scatters.

And in the shattering hallucination.

【”No… no! Th, this can’t be!!!”】

Kyle’s voice struggling was heard.

Kyle struggled and struggled to escape from Sian’s grasp.

But the exploding terrible power.

The indescribable darkness soaring into Sian’s collapsing body.

“Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍) [a powerful and destructive sword technique].”

And in the face of the unfolding amazing power.

The distant power that transcends the realm of martial arts (武) [the practice, skills, and art of combat].

“Esoteric (澳意) [profound or mysterious meaning].”

Kyle was able to see the realm beyond the distant.

That place was a place that could not be reached.

A place where you can’t even dream of reaching.

No matter how much you struggle, no matter how much you struggle.

The false god (神) [a deity or divine being] can never reach.

Exceed.

Beyond that.

Transcendence (超越).

Demon Soul Asura Sword (魔魂修羅劍).

Esoteric (澳意).

Extreme Demon Asura (極魔修羅) [the ultimate or highest form of the Demon Asura].