My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 73

§ 73. The Kusla Mountains (1)

《You can now accumulate Fame Points!》

《Fame Points can be used at the Fame Point Shop!》

*Ting!*

《Your name is being heard throughout the Western Region!》

《Fame Points + 10,000 P》

“Fame Points, huh…”

Fame Points, unlocked as a reward for the territory-linked quest.

Judging by the name, it was literally Fame Points.

In other words, it seemed the more Cian’s name spread, the more points he accumulated.

And those accumulated points could be used at the Fame Point Shop.

“What do they sell at the Fame Point Shop?”

Cian decided to check it out right away.

In one corner of his smartphone screen.

There was an item labeled 【Fame Point Shop】 with a ‘New!’ notification.

Cian immediately tapped the item.

Click.

《Welcome to the Fame Point Shop!》

Then, a new notification window appeared, and the screen changed.

It didn’t seem to sell any particular items.

Rather than items, it was something else.

Soon, another notification window popped up.

《Here, you can use your acquired Fame Points to enhance the Legendary Achievement Perks.》

“Enhance the Legendary Achievement Perks?”

Legendary Achievement Perks referred to and .

These were the perks Cian obtained by achieving Legendary Achievements.

It seemed he could enhance the effects of these two perks.

As expected, the screen changed again, and a new notification window appeared.

[Currently Owned Perks]

①

– Enhance Existing Effect (10,000 P)

– Add New Effect (10,000 P)

②

– Enhance Existing Effect (10,000 P)

– Add New Effect (10,000 P)

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“Oh?”

Cian’s eyes widened slightly in surprise.

That was because it was better than he thought.

First, he could enhance the existing effects.

The effect 1 of was to increase the growth efficiency of the territory’s soldiers by +1,000%.

To enhance this effect meant he could receive a buff of more than 1,000%.

Moreover, effect 2.

That was that the equipment made in the territory’s smithy had a B-grade quality.

If he enhanced this…

“Will A-grade equipment come out?”

And if he enhanced it one more time…

“Could I even make S-grade equipment?”

There was a good chance.

And if that was possible…

The SS-grade sword that Cian had.

He could almost infinitely enhance this sword!

“And they can even add new effects?”

The Fame Point Shop was better than he thought.

No, it wasn’t just good, it was insane!

Cian currently had 10,000 Fame Points.

“I don’t know if Fame Points will accumulate well.”

In fact, fame was only relative.

Right then.

《Oh? Are you short on Fame Points?》

《Don’t worry! We also have an exchange system prepared for you!》

《Pay a reasonable cause and effect, and we will exchange it for Fame Points!》

《What? What is a reasonable cause and effect?》

《Oh, you know very well!》

And another notification window appeared.

[Fame Point 1P = 100G]

“…What the hell.”

Cian muttered without realizing it.

No, it’s Fame Points, right?

But what do you mean he can buy Fame Points with real money [in-game currency]?

“Is money also fame?”

Well… it wasn’t wrong.

But it wasn’t right either.

Anyway.

The foundation of Mobile Lord was ‘spending money’ after all.

Cian shook his head and did some calculations in his head.

“Then, to get 10,000 Fame Points…”

The required gold is 1 million gold.

“Huh?”

1 million gold?

Not 100,000 gold?

Cian checked again, just in case.

But it was 100 gold per Fame Point.

In other words, 10,000 points were definitely worth 1 million gold.

“…”

His mind went blank for a moment.

In the meantime.

*Ting!*

《If you are short on Fame Points, try spending money!》

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“Don’t be ridiculous!”

Cian blurted out without realizing it.

He couldn’t help but say that!

Didn’t it make no sense!

How could they take 1 million gold for 10,000 points!

Moreover, there wasn’t much he could do with 10,000 points.

Add an effect, or enhance it once.

It was like 1 million gold was flying away with that!

“What kind of spending is this…”

His hands trembled.

Cian forcibly grabbed his trembling hands.

First of all.

It was difficult to use the Fame Points he had obtained right now.

Cian currently had 10,000 Fame Points.

It was worth a whopping 1 million gold in gold value!

And it was points that would disappear with a single touch!

He needed to use it carefully, very carefully.

So, he would enhance the perks when he returned to Ruben.

Right now, solving the problems in the West was the top priority.

To be exact, now was the time to accumulate even 1 more Fame Point.

To be a little more precise, it was time to earn 100 gold per point!

“Guys! Push them out quickly!!”

Shu shu shu shu shu shuk!!

Kwa kwa kwa kwa kwa kwang!!

Kku eee eee eee eee ek!!

The screams of monsters never ceased in the West.

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《Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness!》

《You have driven out all the monsters that occupied the West!》

《Can you hear it? The voices of people calling out to you!》

《Your name is constantly being heard in the West!》

*Ting!*

《Fame Points +5,000 P》

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“5,000 points is all?”

Cian couldn’t hide his disappointment at the rising notification window.

Of course, 5,000 points was by no means a small amount.

It was worth a whopping 500,000 gold in gold value.

But Cian had now driven out all the monsters that had occupied the West.

The fame for that achievement felt small.

Well, if you had to pick…

He had only pushed out the monsters that had occupied the West.

He hadn’t solved the crisis itself that had befallen the West.

Currently, monsters were constantly rampaging for an unknown reason.

Although they had been driven out for now.

There was no telling when the monsters would come again.

But even that wasn’t easy…

“Tch.”

Cian swallowed his disappointment and put away his smartphone.

Thanks to that, the West had found quite a bit of stability.

And as a result, most of the territories were starting to operate normally.

So now.

Amelia was traveling around the West, selling goods.

When he heard about it briefly, it wasn’t just selling goods from Ruben.

It seemed she was also buying supplies from the West itself and selling them to each territory.

Although it had just returned to normal.

The Ruben Brahe Merchant Group led by Amelia was the only merchant group in the West.

Thanks to that, she was sweeping up almost all the gold.

Anyway, Amelia was Amelia.

Anyway.

The West had stabilized to some extent.

Now it was time to figure out why monsters were rampaging in the West and solve the cause.

“It’s about time they came…”

Cian looked around, glancing here and there.

And, as expected.

The commander of the Royal Knights, Alex, was approaching from afar.

“Have you arrived.”

Cian greeted Alex.

But Alex didn’t answer.

“Y-you…”

He was just staring at Cian with a look of astonishment.

He couldn’t help it.

He couldn’t believe this situation.

Beyond reclaiming some villages occupied by monsters.

Alex couldn’t believe this situation where he had driven the monsters out of the West altogether.

It didn’t take Cian much time to do what the Royal Knights couldn’t do.

It was literally unstoppable.

It was truly instantaneous.

“H-how…”

Alex could only say these words.

Cian looked at such Alex with puzzled eyes.

But since there wasn’t anything special to say, Cian shrugged and asked.

“More than that, have all the Royal Knights come?”

The knights were lined up behind Alex.

It seemed that all of the 7th Knights had come.

In a way, it was natural.

Now that the situation in the West was stable.

From now on, they would investigate the Kusla Mountains.

But he thought they would leave at least the minimum number of people behind in case of an emergency.

Then Alex came to his senses and opened his mouth.

“That’s actually…”

Alex continued.

“The nobles of the West have stepped up.”

“The nobles of the West, you say?”

“They said they would protect their villages.”

“Ah.”

Cian let out a small exclamation.

He could roughly guess how the situation was going.

In the meantime, the nobles of the West had been holed up in their territories.

They didn’t care even when the villages under their jurisdiction were dying.

But as Cian stepped up, the West became stable.

It seemed that they had opened the locked doors as signs of a solution began to appear.

And now they must have been stung by what they had done in the meantime.

If things were resolved smoothly like this.

And if all of this was reported to the Imperial Family as it was.

The consequences would be obvious.

In short, they were trying to get on the bandwagon even now.

“They are shameless bastards. They didn’t care when the people were dying. Now they’re…!”

Alex gritted his teeth and continued.

“I accepted it because I had to investigate the Kusla Mountains first, but if you refuse, I will kick out all the nobles. To be honest, all of this is your achievement, isn’t it?”

Alex looked really sorry to Cian.

And he was ready to do it right away if Cian said so.

“No. Just leave them be.”

But Cian stopped such Alex.

To be honest, now that the West has stabilized.

Anyway, no more fame was accumulating.

And even if they get on the bandwagon now, everyone who needs to know already knows.

More than anything.

“If people can be safe, that’s enough.”

This meant he didn’t have to worry about the back at all.

He was worried that monsters might leak out while investigating the Kusla Mountains.

This way, he could investigate only the Kusla Mountains without worry.

They wouldn’t ignore it again after saying that.

And well…

‘Because they will soon be hit by a huge gold bomb.’

It was a commercially developed area, so they must have a lot of money.

Besides, judging by the way they were acting, they must have taken a lot of money behind the scenes.

If things went well, he could strip them bare with Conrad.

It was a situation where he could use them appropriately in many ways.

So, there was no big problem if he just left them alone.

But why?

“Y-you are really…”

Alex looked at Cian with a trembling expression.

‘To think of the safety of the people before his own achievements…’

He was truly a noble.

Had he ever met such a noble?

For now, Alex didn’t remember.

Even Crown Prince Conrad was a noble, if you could call him that.

The nobles Alex had met were all busy taking care of their own safety.

They were bastards who only pursued their own interests and treated the people as tools.

But Cian was different.

He didn’t hesitate to act even though he was losing money, let alone making a profit.

He even gave away the goods he came to sell to the people.

He tried to protect the people even while bearing all the losses.

He didn’t care even if the achievements he had made so far could be in vain.

He was great.

He was too great.

Alex was the commander of the Royal Knights.

Alex couldn’t dare to judge Cian.

That’s why Alex could truly realize.

Why Crown Prince Conrad asked Cian for help.

Why he sent Cian to the West instead of other Royal Knights.

Alex could deeply realize it.

Alex’s eyes, looking at Cian, trembled severely.

‘Why is he like this?’

He was wondering for a moment.

*Ting!*

《The commander of the 7th Royal Knights, Alex, deeply respects you!》

《Fame Points +100P》

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Suddenly, 10,000 gold came into his possession.

No, 100 Fame Points.

‘…What?’

He really wondered what it was.

Cian was stunned for a moment.

Well, anyway.

“Let’s go investigate the Kusla Mountains now.”

Cian said to Alex, who still had trembling eyes.

The reason why monsters suddenly rampaged in the West.

Alex was guessing that the reason was in the Kusla Mountains.

So, Alex and all the members of the 7th Royal Knights.

And Cian and some soldiers from Ruben were planning to investigate the place together.

The other soldiers from Ruben were with Amelia.

Although the West had stabilized, it was still an unstable situation.

So, Cian had assigned most of the soldiers to escort Amelia.

Anyway, now all that was left was to investigate the Kusla Mountains.

But.

“There’s a bit of… a problem.”

Alex carefully opened his mouth.

“A problem, you say?”

“Rather than a problem… I should say it’s a difficult situation.”

Alex opened his mouth with a very troubled expression.