The Wise Lord

Episode 18 – Arnaise Martial Arts (2)

The soldier’s training camp that arrived like that.

“Hey! Doubly depressed!”

“You have to sweat today! No bleeding tomorrow!”

Soldiers were trained at the training center without fail.

The soldiers are growing rapidly under Hans’ command.

Xian settled down in a corner to keep them out of the way.

After you’ve settled down like that.

Xian drew his sword and raised his concentration.

Quick!

Then, a sharp, piercing sound erupted.

Xian checked his smartphone with a throbbing heart.

《3,000 accurate cuts [0.5 / 3,000]》

“oh!”

It rose by a whopping 0.4.

Basic effect of Soldier Training Center Lv.1 +200%.

And it seemed that the additional effect +100% was applied.

“But didn’t the additional effect require an excellent instructor?”

However, Xian had just swung the sword by himself.

“Oh, by any chance…?”

Maybe that man is being applied as an instructor?

It was none other than the silver-haired handsome man from before.

It’s assumed to be Kyle, but it wasn’t confirmed yet.

And if that guy is Kyle.

If it applies to the fact that Xi’an is learning swordsmanship from Kyle.

Receiving the additional effect made perfect sense.

The strongest Arnaise, Kyle.

Kyle had more than met the concept of an excellent instructor.

No, no matter where I looked in the world, there was no instructor better than Kyle.

anyway.

“If this…”

It was a reduction of 100,000 to 20,000 times.

“It’s still amazing, but…”

where is this

Xian let out a smile.

And just then.

Tring!

In an instant, a new notification window popped up on my smartphone.

『Growth Buff Voucher (500 G or Watch Ads)

Component: Training efficiency +300% for 24 hours.』

– This product can only be applied by administrators.

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“Growth buff?”

Just look at the components…

It seemed that the efficiency could be boosted by 300% by using the growth buff.

“Is this even possible?”

Sian laughed involuntarily.

A magic tool that easily surpasses the bounds of common sense.

It is an artifact called the ultimate of such magic tools,

This smartphone, which is believed to have been left behind by Arnaise.

Somehow, it seemed that common sense did not apply to this smartphone.

Well, whatever.

By using the growth buff at the training center, the efficiency could be raised to +600%.

If you train for 1 hour, +6 hours are added.

In terms of efficiency, it was an enormous efficiency that reached 7 times.

but.

“500 gold is too expensive.”

Xian couldn’t afford to pay 500 gold.

Of course, it wasn’t that there was no 500 gold right now.

After purchasing the Arnaise martial arts, there was still a little money left over.

However, the growth buff is a buff that lasts for 24 hours.

In a word, he had to pay 500 gold every day.

After 10 days like that, a whopping 5,000 gold disappeared.

After a month, 15,000 gold evaporated.

The money that a family of four could play and eat for 40 years disappeared in just one month.

“······ It sucks a lot of money.”

Is it because it is an artifact left behind by Arnaise?

Somehow, the level of quality was far beyond common sense.

Anyway, I couldn’t pay 500 gold every day.

Fortunately, do you have a conscience?

The growth buff was not something that could only be purchased for 500 gold.

“What is watching ads?”

‘Watch Ad’ next to none other than 500G.

Apparently instead of paying 500 gold.

It seemed like you could get a buff pass by watching the ad.

Xian looked at the blinking ‘▷’ button next to the buff window.

If you click on that, the ad will start.

Xian pressed the ‘▷’ button without much hesitation.

Hold on.

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《Aren’t you dreaming of becoming a paladin?》

Then the screen changed and an unknown voice was heard.

《Tank, healer, dealer. A hybrid class that can encompass all of them! It is truly the epitome of solo play!”

“Is it because of that? Across the dimension, aspiring paladins are overflowing!”

《The craze for paladins sweeping across all dimensions!》

《Are you dreaming of becoming a paladin too?》

《Are you dreaming of protecting allies, healing, and burning enemies?》

《It’s not that great for them, but we have prepared something great.》

Voila!

《Shield of Aegis!》

《Also known as the Aegis Shield, it can block any attack!》

《A truly invincible shield!》

“Is that all! The special effect attached to the shield turns the target you look at into stone!”

《Auto Stuffed!》

《Show off your might by stuffing powerful enemies!》

“Are you surprised? Are you itching to buy already?”

《This amazing S-grade shield is only 1,000,000 G!》

《However, the person who uses it can also turn to stone!》

《Unfortunately, there is no on/off function.》

《So be careful not to look at the shield when using it!》

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“What?”

Xian went blank for a moment.

That’s also because the item from the advertisement was… quite strange.

What use is it if the person who uses it also turns to stone?

“But that’s 1 million gold?”

Sian shook his head.

“Rather than that… can I buy those items in the mobile lord?”

Looking at the ad, it seemed like that again.

Even if it’s not such a crazy item,

There seemed to be useful items to look for.

“Everyone, do you know that?”

Advertising continues.

Xian continued to watch the ad.

How much time had passed like that?

“No, when the hell is this going to end!!”

I didn’t think the commercial would ever end!

What kind of 500 gold advertising revenue did you want to extract?

《This is not the end! The function of this awl is just…”

Even though I was watching almost 30 minutes, I didn’t think about how it would end!

“If you turn it on and do something else at a time like this…”

Tring!

《If you do not watch the advertisement directly, the effect will not be applied!》

“sh*t.”

Xian had no choice but to watch the ad.

The ad ended after about 30 minutes or so.

The advertisement lasted for a total of 1 hour.

《Growth buff applied (training efficiency +300%) – remaining time 24h》

At the end, Xian was able to get a buff.

“crazy···.”

But Xian was already feeling exhausted.

Of course, in terms of efficiency, it was an enormous efficiency.

Because I was able to get a +300% effect for 24 hours with a 1-hour investment.

But do you have to see this every day?

“ha···.”

A sigh was already leaking out.

And just then.

A notification window popped up with a cheerful notification sound.

『[Remove Ads] (400,000 G)』

『[Unlimited Growth Buff License] (150,000 G)』

『[Remove Ads + Unlimited Growth Buff License] (500,000 G)』

Tring!

《When you feel frustrated while proceeding, try a hyeonjil!》

“…… Damn it.”

500,000 gold.

What do you mean by sane words?

Hold on.

Xian pressed the X button on the notification window that popped up.

well, anyway.

This resulted in +600% efficiency.

“after! shall we start!”

Xian slowly rose from his seat.

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Dark forest road leading to Ruben.

This is a place where lush trees and tall grass obscure the view.

Awesome!

An eerie grinding sound came from here.

At the same time, two goblins collapsed to the ground.

“miss. Are you okay?”

“I’m okay. What about Lucas?”

“What is that?”

Lucas wiped the blood off his sword.

An article dealing with aurors.

Lucas was an outstanding knight reaching the beginner level of expert.

Even if it’s a witch who lives in the dark forest.

Goblins like this did not become a threatening monster to Lucas.

“Thanks for everything, Lucas.”

“It is my job to protect the lady.”

“still.”

Amelia smiled and smiled.

Lucas looked at Amelia and turned his attention to the goblins scattered on the floor.

Huge body reaching 1m.

Usually, normal goblins are less than 1m tall.

However, since they were monsters residing in the dark forest, they were different from normal goblins.

I didn’t know that it was Lucas.

‘Something is strange.’

Lucas couldn’t shake the strange feeling.

Right then.

“Lucas. Let’s take that.”

I heard Amelia’s voice.

A view looking back.

There, Amelia was pointing at the goblin’s corpse.

“You mean the goblin corpse?”

Amelia nodded.

“It’s a waste to throw it away.”

“but···.”

“Besides, we now have carriages.”

Amelia gently turned her head.

The place where she followed her gaze.

There was a carriage drawn by two horses.

It was a wagon purchased with the proceeds from trading with Ruben.

I lost quite a bit of money because of that, but…

Amelia was not spared.

kind of investment.

It was because he thought about the return he would make from this investment.

The corpses of monsters on the continent, including the Empire, were quite expensive.

It was because various equipment and various items could be made with the by-products that could be obtained from the dead body.

That’s why the monster’s corpse was the most preferred trading item for merchants.

And this time, Amelia traded hundreds of monster corpses.

It’s not an ordinary monster either.

They were monsters who lived in the dark forest.

Even the disassembly is neat and top quality.

Amelia was able to sell out the goblins in an instant.

of course.

‘It was considerably broken due to labor costs, but…’

Although there were so many expenses.

Amelia briefly recalled what had happened.

‘Cyan Elandour…’

Cyan Elandour.

Marquis’ madness.

The shame of the prestigious Ellandur family.

He was a person known as Nompang, who had no powers.

And again.

Amelia’s first impression of Xian was the same.

Overall, the awkward atmosphere didn’t feel like aristocratic dignity at all.

but.

‘I wasn’t a rumored person.’

Amelia knew for sure through this deal.

In particular, pretending not to know anything.

The resourcefulness that extorted labor costs from himself.

How much did you pay for the labor cost?

Well, it was natural considering the life allowance for going to and from the dark forest…

Still, it was true that I called a lot.

anyway.

‘Absolutely not incompetent.’

In Amelia’s eyes, Cyan didn’t fit the word incompetent.

I don’t know if it’s crazy or not,

At least the rumors of incompetence could be said to be false.

anyway.

It was time to pay for the price of the wagon because it was expensive.

That’s why he wanted to load the goblin that Lucas had caught.

“·······”

For some reason, Lucas didn’t answer.

Lucas looked away slowly.

A sense of alienation that I had felt before.

“Is it because there is a witch here?”

“Did you know…?”

Lucas nodded slowly.

It was also strange that he met the Witchbeast here.

Of course, the forest of darkness was overflowing with monsters and was infested with it.

That’s why meeting the Witchbeast itself wasn’t particularly strange.

In the first place, while dealing with Ruben, he had met countless demons.

It was an ordinary situation to meet the magic beast.

However, Lucas and Amelia had yet to enter the Dark Forest in earnest.

To be precise, the point at which the dark forest is about to begin.

It was quite rare to encounter a Witchbeast in a place like this.

Well, this could have been.

As I said, this was a dark forest infested with witches.

It wasn’t that merchants didn’t come to the Dark Forest for nothing.

but.

“They were afraid of something.”

Lucas carefully inspected the goblin’s corpse.

A red glow that flashes shortly after death.

It could be seen that the berserk had already progressed.

That’s why this goblin must have had the emotion of fear cut out.

But Lucas could see the fear in the goblins.

The fear of death rooted in the realm of instinct.

It felt like I was running away from something and bumped into Lucas and Amelia.

Something powerful enough to be feared by a monster that has gone berserk.

Lucas couldn’t even imagine what it was.

And the direction was none other than the Ruben side.

To put it simply, it meant that there was something strong on Ruben’s side that the goblins could run away from.

So maybe…

Maybe Ruben has already been finished by something.

Isn’t it the scenery of Ruben that is facing the end of this end?

So going to Leuven was quite risky.

Because that mighty demon might still be in Ruben.

“Let’s check.”

“All right.”

It was at that time when I thought about it.

Startle.

For an instant, Lucas’ senses felt something eerie.

At the same time, a considerable momentum was felt.

‘It’s not a shy attitude.’

Lucas tightened his grip and raised the tension.

“miss. Get behind me.”

Amelia stepped back from Lucas nervously.

Lucas looked straight ahead again.

momentum approaching.

The direction was none other than the direction of Ruben.

The goblins that Lucas had just dealt with ran away.

There is something that the goblins who went berserk had no choice but to escape.

Lucas draws on the power of the aura.

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!

Lucas’s sword was dyed blue and the air vibrated.

And after some time

When the momentum is approaching.

“what?”

“…?”

Lucas’ expression went blank.

Something that appeared through the grass.

“Are you two…?”

It was none other than the lord of Ruben, Xian.

Why is the lord of Ruben here…?

“Why are you two here?”

Is that what I want to ask?

Lucas forced himself to swallow the horse that was about to jump out.

And again.

“Oh, did you see the goblin that ran away here?”

“Goblin…?”

Lucas tilted his head.

Behind Lucas, Amelia slowly opened her mouth.

“You can’t possibly say this…”

Soon, Xian’s gaze moved over Lucas’s back.

Then he checked the strewn bodies of goblins.

“ah···.”

Xi’an’s face suddenly darkened.

It was as if he was one step late, and he looked very regretful.

“Ah, since you caught it first, there’s nothing I can do about it. Why did these guys have to run away this way…”

Soon, Xian turned his back without regret.

But what, what?

Fight and run away?

who? Witch number?

Amelia and Lucas couldn’t understand Xian’s words at all.

I don’t know if I know how Amelia and Lucas feel.

“You two are going to Leuven first. I’m going to go in after a little bit more. This is also a bee bee, but the effect of training is quite good.”

hahahaha.

Just like that, Xian disappeared somewhere.

“·······”

“·······”

Two people left alone.

“What, what, what…?”

The absurdity of Amelia and Lucas ascended high into the sky.

The two of them stood there blankly for a while.

It’s like someone getting hit in the head with a hammer.

Lucas was particularly shocked.

‘That momentum just now…was the lord of Ruben?’

Lucas couldn’t believe what had just happened.

The realm of a knight is usually divided into five levels.

Beginner, a level where you can just handle Aura.

A level where you can handle aura to some extent, the user

A state where Aura can be handled freely, Expert.

The realm of dominating Aura, Master.

And the stage of creating your own aura beyond dominating the aura, the Grand Master (Grand Master).

Other than that, there was a state of Exceed,

It is a state that only exists in legends.

It was a realm where it was not even known what kind of realm it was.

So, in fact, it was the final stage that a master could reach.

And among them, Lucas was an expert-level knight.

A knight who has reached the level of a sword expert.

This meant that he was a rare talent in the empire.

The best knights in the empire are usually two knights.

The Royal Knights of the Imperial Family.

The White Wolf Orders of Ellandur.

And as for the sword expert.

He was a skilled man who deserved to join these two knights.

There weren’t many things that could make Lucas nervous.

‘But what about just now…’

Lucas couldn’t believe it.

“·······”

“·······”

stupid mind.

Lucas and Amelia stood there, stunned.