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Chapter 58. Playing as Fisherman

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Translator: Leyy

The hunter does not play with its prey.

No matter whether it was a lion or a tiger, they would pierce the prey's throats with their sharp teeth. Like they said, the lion uses its full strength for a rabbit.

Although animals like cats half-killed bugs and mice, that was just the 'playing' of the cat, not it's hunting. Not only that, a cat was just a mere housepet.

As Kang Chul-in saw it, the Lords that had taken over Nidavellir weren't predators, but cats.

"To explain, they think that your territory is out of action now, and won't dare to try and take back Nidavellir again."

Kang Chul-in again spoke in a very convinced manner.

"If not for that, they would have brought their whole army here, to launch a full offensive against you guys."

The others nodded, agreeing with what Kang Chul-in, and showed their praise for his genius.

"But I still don't understand. Our territory hasn't been attacked yet, but what made them think like that? The fights only occurred at Nidavellir, after all."

Lee Chae-rin spoke in an unsure tone.

"Ok. Then for example."

"I'm not sure if you will understand this example, but imagine a woman fighting against you, and holding your hair.

"Okay." Lee Chae-rin scrunched her face against the enemy that did not exist.

"But at that moment, a dog appears near you guys."

"Then… I wouldn't really care about it? I wouldn't have time to pay attention to a dog while fighting against another person after all."

"Exactly. THey don't think that you have threat towards them, so they're just ignoring you."

Kang Chul-in continued speaking.

"Think about it. You guys spent nearly 2000 of your troops trying to take back Nidavellir, but failed each time. And not only that, how is the state of your territory? Even yesterday the land was full of tired slaves and was dirty. Even by looking at the state of your castle, they could tell what situation you guys were in."

"And because we lost, they think that we won't send our troops again? Enough to ignore us."

"Yes, that's right. If not for that, they wouldn't have begun fighting for the ownership of Nidavellir. They would have probably also invaded this territory and splitten it in half too."

Listening to these words, Lee Chae-rin's face got darker.

"They're looking down on me."

"Yes, I can't say you're wrong."

"Really… I was seen as a woman without any ability then."

Lee Chae-rin spoke to herself.

'It can be angering.'

Anyone would be mad if they got ignored.

'She lost everything in the past to those guys. But this time, it's different.'

Although Lee Chae-rin didn't know, this was a kind of return match or a revenge match, against the ones that she had lost against in her past life.

It was the battle of the two lord that had defeated her in the past, against Lee Chae-rin, with a joker card, named Kang Chul-in.

'You will win.'

Kang Chul-in definitely thought that she was going to win.

Her victory was also his victory. If the joker couldn't do what the joker was supposed to do, then it wouldn't be called the joker card, the ace in the hole. And with him, the strongest and cruelest Lord around, she would definitely not lose.

"Do you want to win?"

"Yes, Mr. Chul-in, I really want to win. I want to win, and prove to them that I am not a woman without ability, and that even I can become a proud Lord." Lee Chae-rin answered.

"And do you have the courage to command the army when we go into battle?"

"Of course!"

"Good, then you will follow me into battle. I will give you your orders."

"Just leave it to me!"

As Lee Chae-rin spoke courageously, Kang Chul-in smiled, as if he was satisfied with her. He thought this might be why people took in disciples.

"Milord, then shall we start making our strategy?"

"Not yet." Kang Chul-in shook his head.

"Although we are sure, we need to be absolutely certain on this."

Although you could trust yourself, you shouldn't believe everything that you think and say is correct. This was the difference between the past Kang Chul-in, and the current Kang Chul-in.

Even Lee Chae-rin was moving forward in progress, how could he not do so? The current Kang Chul-in had something that his past self did not, and that was cautiousness.

'Nidavellir, no odd things. And meanwhile the other lords… Yes, they really are fighting.'

Looking at the photos coming out in the holograms, his theory was proven to be true. The two lords were fighting each other, giving them a massive chance.

"What an opportunity!"

"To think that we would be able to see them while in our meetings hall… This cosmic force is truly amazing!"

Everyone around him praised the special ability of Laputa. Especially because they were not from earth, and

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they had never seen something like this before.

'As expected'.

Realizing that his theory was indeed true, Kang Chul-in let out a satisfied smile.

He had waged war for the past 10 years as if he was just eating breakfast.

And he had used the experience he had gained from these wars to figure out the plan and thoughts of the enemies.

'Hmm.. this could work.'

Kang Chul-in thought about the possibilities in how the war could go, and thought of a plan.

"We…" Kang Chul-in said.

"Will play as fishermen."

Everyone in the tactics meeting agreed with what Kang Chul-in said. This was the most cost effective, time effective plan that there was.

While the crane and the clam were busy fighting each other, the fisherman hiding in wait caught both of them.

And that was the current situation.

Of course, because it wouldn't be exactly as easy as that, Kang Chul-in had to use his brain a little bit more.

Ending the meeting early, Kang Chul-in thought to himself. And this thinking went on until late night.

"Timing… timing."

He sat on the top of the Dorado watchtower, and thought of the key word for this battle.

If they sent their troops in too early, there was a chance that the fight would stop, and the enemies would gang up against them.

And that would turn into a 2:1 fight. Even if Kang Chul-in was there, it would still be a tiring, tough fight. The key point here was the grasp the timing and send their army out, to make a clean sweep of their enemies.

'I will look again.'

He looked back at their images he had gathered from the Satellite earlier, and looked through each one. He looked at every small detail, afraid to miss something important.

He might get something big out of looking at this, after all.

'Maybe…'

There was a smile in Kang Chul-in's mouth.

The odd thing was that he had looked through their territories, yet the population there was very small. It was almost as if it were abandoned.

But there was a possibility.

This was the Pandemonium region. It was a battle of dog eat dog. There was definitely a chance that they would fight each other to their deaths.

And if there was a fight like that, it would be even easier as the fishermen to swoop both of them up at the same time.

'To get the timing… Information. Information is key."

Kang Chul-in immediately called for Billy Halford.

"You called me, boss?"

"I need some information."

"What kind?"

"Take Podolski and two other adventurers, and head out of this territory right now."

"Where shall we go after that?"

"You should split up into two, and each go to the two lord that are fighting each other. When you see them, tell them that you would like to work as mercenaries under them. And because this is in the middle of the war, they will definitely welcome you guys."

"So it's kind of like a spy?"

"That's right. Give us information about them from your barracks. If you have anything you have questions on about spying, just ask that to Podolski."

The Podolski that Kang Chul-in knew had good fighting ability, and was talented in almost every aspect that there was. Not only that, he was even good at spying, and getting information.

"Got it, boss."

"I believe in you guys. Your spying and information will be a key part in whether we lose this battle, or win."

After sending the spies on their ways, Kang Chul-in used his time finishing many other things.

Setting a few buildings on fire, and getting a bunch of people dressed up as beggars that lied on the street, begging for money.

And he also told the army to take the cattle and food from the civilians forcefully.

And he even told them to litter the dead bodies of the dwarves everywhere.

"Mr. Chul-in?"

Because the territory went to absolute shi* from being stable, Lee Chae-rin was worried that something was happening. But because it was Kang Chul-in doing it, she came to ask what he was doing.

"You've come."

Even while sitting down in the tactics hall and analyzing the enemy, Kang Chul-in was also playing chess against Nilus.

"Wait a moment."

Without even turning back to see Lee Chae-rin, Kang Chul-in focused his gaze on the chessboard. And 5 minutes later, he spoke tiredly.

"…What a monster."

The result was his loss.

"You're praising me too much, haha."

Nilus laughed uproariously.

"How are you so good?"

"Umm… this game called chess… it's basically just like mental maths. For a magician like me, it isn't very hard."

"But this is too far."

Kang Chul-in knew how to play chess, and his ELO rating for chess was even around 1900, boasting a pretty high ELO.

But he had lost against Nilus, who hadn't played chess for even two days.

'They said that his potential rank was SS…'

Although he didn't know when Nilus could become like that, Nilus would become a grand, Ark Magician when he grew to the age of 87, and would stop growing older and stronger from then on. It was normal for Kang Chul-in to lose against someone like that.

"One more."

But Kang Chul-in still didn't give in. He hated losing, even in small things like these.

"Mr. Chul-in?"

Lee Chae-rin, who kept quiet the whole time, spoke up.

"Ah…"

And only then did Kang Chul-in turn towards Lee Chae-rin, and away from the chessboard.

"Yes, what is it?"

"The territory has become quite chaotic nowadays. There is a reason for this, right?"

"Oh, that… sorry about that."

Kang Chul-in apologized to her, something that he didn't do often.

"Huh?"

"I should have told you earlier."

"Then why did you give such an…"

"It was to trick them."

"Trick them?"

"If they send the scouting hawks and see the state of the territory right now, they definitely won't suspect us of attacking them, and go all in against each other."

"Oh, so it's for making them relax their guards against us then?"

"Yes, we can backstab them and clean them up in one fell swoop if we do that."

"You must be so tired if you even plan things like this out…"

"Well to be honest, I don't want to do these kind of things either. Well.. there might be someone that takes care of this soon though."

"Someone you can leave this things too?"

"Well, yeah."

Kang Chul-in thought of 'Black Leopard' Kwak-jung, who would probably be lying down in a hospital by now.

Although he secretly hoped that it wasn't him, if Black Leopard really was Kwak-jung, then he had practically earned himself a tactician that he could use.

"Lee Chae-rin."

"Yes?"

"Just wait a bit. According to my predictions, they should fight soon, around… here."

Kang Chul-in pointed at a plain that was marked in the map.

"There?"

"Yes."

It was at this moment.

"Boss!"

The adventurers that were part of Team Slayers came into the room.

"What is it?"

"Vice Captain Billy and Podolski sent us some messengers here."

"Oh? What did they say?"

"They said that the two Lords are fighting each other with no care or thought about their own territory. According to them, the fight is already on."

Yes!

This was it.

"Is that it? If it was Podolski, I'm sure he would have gotten even more information."

"Yes, boss. According to him, the Lord that's stationed in the North, Reginald, will bring all of his forces to strike against the Southern Territory.

'Advantage of information… what an important resource.'

Kang Chul-in sighed at the amazingness of 'Cosmic Force'. If he didn't have this ability, he wouldn't be able to look through them like the back of his fingers.

"It's time."

Kang Chul-in stood up from his seat.

The war had finally begun.

Chapter 59. The War Begins

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Translator: Leyy

"Buy 300 soldiers as well as two D ranked magic cannons, and four artillery machines."

"Magic cannons?"

"Are they similar to the cannons on earth?"

"As if. As a D ranked unit, its range and damage are low, but it is still the best card that we have."

Compared to the cannons in earth, Pangaea's ones were definitely lackluster, but it still had a significant effect, especially in the low levels.

And the higher ranked cannons were definitely able to rival those of earth.

An example of this was Hecate, she had a shooting range of 10 km with 74 cannons, that could shoot from their air. This was one of her famed attacks, one that she self proclaimed as 'Fire'.

"Okay, got it."

"And add in two battle ogres, as well as eight troll guards."

"Since we bought some already, isn't it better to just buy more cannons?"

"There is a limit of how you can buy depending on the level of the Lord. The maximum you can buy right now should be two."

"Oh."

Lee Chae-rin nodded her head, understanding the situation.

"This… is so expensive…"

Lee Chae-rin's eyes widened as she looked at the price of the magic cannons.

- Magic Cannon

Type: Magic weapon

Rank: D

Price: 1200 gold

Range: 2km

Shots per minute: 2

Maximum recharge: 10

Cooldown: 24 hours

Cost for reloading: 5 gold per shot

Explanation: Shoots with a bullet made of mana. After shooting all 10 of the bullets, there is a 24 hour cool down.

*Limit of bullets due to level (max 10)

*There are no limits to how much cannons you can have if you take them

*Can be further upgraded to gold.

"You should use them after upgrading them first."

"Oh, okay."

"Get ready. You need to make sure that the cannons are covered with something. If our enemies see it, it would be troublesome."

After Lee Chae-rin left the war, Kang Chul-in started thinking to himself.

'A war that's like a real war…. It's been some time.'

Wars in Pangaea were vastly different from the ones in Earth.

The army, made up of both humans and monsters teamed up and fought against enemies, and also used magically loaded weapons to shoot from far away.

And not only that, there were magicians like Nilus that made huge differences.

But the true key factor and 'flowers of war' were superhumans like Kang Chul-in.

If someone was over Level 100, they could definitely influence the battlefield hugely.

A great example of this was Kang Chul-in and Dorian, who had changed almost impossible fights to ones that they won from their sheer strength.

There was also a time when Kang Chul-in had destroyed one Rothschild's fortress's halls all by himself, and was known as a legend after.

Kang Chul-in could still remember the excitement he felt back then. Maybe he went to war to experience those feelings again.

Of course, the difference of strength between the old and new Kang Chul-in was huge, but the fact that he still roamed the battlefield remained the same.

"Mr. Chul-in, when shall we move our army?"

After she had gotten the job of getting rid of the guerilla squad from Kang Chul-in, Lee Chae-rin seemed impatient to move.

"There will be a signal."

"Signal? Will Podolski send us a signal?"

"This isn't earth, there is no way for Podolski to be able to do that."

"That's true…"

"The signal will be given by the enemies."

"What?"

Lee Chae-rin couldn't understand Kang Chul-in's words.

The enemies would give them a signal?

That didn't make sense to her. It wasn't as if the enemies were going to say 'we're having a war!' to them in a welcoming manner. To her, Kang Chul-in's words didn't make sense.

"Look at the sky, and you will get the answer."

Kang Chul-in sipped the wine of the Dorado territory and pointed towards the sky.

"The… sky?"

Lee Chae-rin followed Kang Chul-in's fingertips and starting staring up.

"… My eyes hurt."

"Should we try using cosmic force instead?"

"No money. If we use money like that, we will go bankrupt in no time. Even you shouldn't have money right now."

"True…"

Lee Chae-rin had spent nearly all of her gold buying the troops just now. If she was unable to take back Nidavellir, she would also become like Kang Chul-in, and become a poor Lord.

And time had passed, until it became noon.

"That's the signal.

Kang Chul-in spoke.

"The signal?

"There."

Kang Chul-in pointed towards scouting hawks that were flying through the air.

And

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there weren't just one or two of them.

There were almost ten of them. It was definitely to check her territory.

"Because they are having an all out war, they are afraid of their backside." Kang Chul-in spoke.

"Then.."

"They are going to fight soon. How bad would your territory look in their eyes."

"Right!"

Listening to Kang Chul-in's explanations, Lee Chae-rin thought of the state of things in Dorado right now.

Hobos lying on the streets, corpses everywhere, soldiers without discipline, burning buildings. Everything would seem bad to them.

"They would be able to think that we are out of action and go to war with their calm state of mind."

"Then…"

"Then we strike them in the back, just like you said?"

"Exactly."

Kang Chul-in nodded his head.

"Let's go. We will let them taste hell."

'I will do it, Mr. Chul-in!'

Although Lee Chae-rin was nervous because this was her first battle, she thought of the stable man who never swayed as well as the man she now loved, she clenched her teeth.

She needed to get rid of their guerilla troops in order for Kang Chul-in to move his troops and into position.

"Milord." Anubis came forward and spoke to her.

"I will protect you, milord. Please have some confidence."

"Of course, Anubis."

Anubis tried to relieve Lee Chae-rin's stress and nervousness. As expected, the dog-men were truly royal.

Lee Chae-rin and her personal guards, the newly named 'Royal Hound's' started moving quietly and quickly against the guerilla squad.

Because they had checked their enemies positions through Cosmic Force, their movements were very quick.

Sniff, sniff!

Anubis and the Royal Hound's smelled the surroundings to check for the scent of their enemies. After all, they were dog-men.

Their noses could sense whether the enemies or moving or not, so it made it almost impossible for their enemies to escape from them.

"We've arrived, milord."

Anubis, lying face down in the grass, whispered to Lee Chae-rin.

In front of them were around 20 men in the squad, lying doing in their tents. They thought that they wouldn't be attacked by the puny Dorado territory, and were camped out like this.

"Then we shall attack immediately."

"Yes, milord."

Anubis nodded his head, and all of the Royal Hound's tensed their muscles, ready to dash out of the grass at any time towards the enemies.

"One, Two… Three!"

As soon as the signal came, the Royal Hound's grabbed a staff in one hand and a knife in the other, and rushed towards the enemies like lightning.

And a slaughter began.

"ARGH!"

"H-HELP ME!"

"RUN!"

Although the guerilla squad screamed and tried to run, there was no mercy.

They were smacked to death by the staffs, cut to death by the knives, and pierced to death by the sharp teeth of the dog-men. To the lax guerilla squad, there was only death.

"Anubis."

"Do not let a single one go. If our plan leaks out, everything will be for nothing."

Soon, everything was cleared out, and even the ones who tried to run were taken down quickly by the dog-men.

"We will move again. We don't have much time."

Lee Chae-rin moved quickly and took the Royal Hound's with her.

Kang Chul-in waited for Lee Chae-rin's signal. She was to get rid of the guerilla squad, and ambush the enemies.

And after waiting for around 3 hours… the signal came. From far away, a yellow flag waved towards them.

"So you've succeeded, Lee Chae-rin."

Kang Chul-in smiled as if satisfied at her, and took the 500 waiting soldiers outisde.

It was a quiet march.

Their destination was the west side of the Plains.

Kang Chul-in set up the two magic cannons 2 km away from the battlefield, and told them to fire when the battle reached the climax.

And then rest of the troops were stationed at a hill, where they could see what was going on.

From up to down.

There was definitely an advantage of high ground here, as setting up an ambush from high ground was very effective.

After that, they hid, and waited for their enemies to come.

The sun fell, and night came.

The plains were quiet.

Not even an ant, much less a soldier was scene in the plains, although the occasional boar or prairie dog came out.

'The fight begins next morning.'

Because Kang Chul-in was sure that the battle would occur here in the plains, he didn't feel impatient.

Looking at the map and the hologram pictures, there was no other place as likely as this for the two Lords to start a war. This wasn't a prediction, but an inevitability.

And just like Kang Chul-in thought, when the sun started rising, his words turned out to be true.

"Your majesty, the enemies have appeared!"

Although Kang Chul-in told Nilus not to come to the battlefield because of his age, he still followed.

"Good, just wait a bit."

Kang Chul-in didn't ask for an attack order. If they attacked now, it would just become a 3-way war.

He wanted to attack when they were at the climax of the war.

And not long after, the battle begun.

The armies of the two Lords fought each other in the middle of the plains, showing off their strength to each other.

"Everyone gather round."

While the battle was occuring in the plains, Kang Chul-in gathered all of the soldiers from the Dorado territory.

"Do you see those filthy invaders?"

Kang Chul-in pointed at the middle of the battlefield, and shouted.

"Those bastards took our sacred land, and even murdered our brethren, they are just robbers!"

Listening to him, one of the soldiers passionately shouted.

"That's right!"

"Those bastards should be ripped to shreds!"

"My brother died at the hands of those guys!"

"They have touched what they shouldn't have touched!"

An army with high morale doesn't lose easily. And that was the same for an army full of hatred.

The soldiers from Dorado had a lot of things going for them right now. They wanted nothing more than to go up and kill those filthy invaders.

"The chance has come."

"This is the chance to cleanly wipe your thirst for revenge! Everyone, your chance is here!"

The body of the soldiers all trembled.

Motivation made someone strong.

And if the cause of that was because of revenge?

They would definitely give it more than their original ability. Even someone weak would become a ferocious beast when they had hatred within their hearts.

And not only that, they could see their enemies tearing each other apart. There was no other time and place for them to be so highly motivated.

"LET'S GO!"

Kang Chul-in shouted loudly.

"I will stand in the front. ALL MEN, CHARGE!!!"

And before anyone, he sprinted in towards the fight.

"GOOOO!!!!"

"WOOOO!!!"

"EVEN THE COMMANDER IS AT THE FRONT!"

"KILL THEM ALL!"

Shouting loudly, the 500 soldiers of the Dorado territory all followed Kang Chul-in's lead and ran into battle.

And at that same instant, the cannon of their allies began firing bullets against their enemies.

Chapter 60. I'll be right back.

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Translator: Leyy

"IYAA!!"

The Lord Elizabeth stabbed her spear towards an enemy soldier.

"ARGH!"

The soldier screamed pitifully and fell.

'To think that I would be dragged out to the battlefield.'

Podolski, who had cut down an enemy soldier, smiled as if he was sick of it.

Somehow, he had gotten dragged into this mess as a mercenary of Reginald, the Lord of the North. Although there were some chances to get out, he tried to get more information, and lost the timing.

"You bastard!"

It was at this moment.

"You're not ba…"

The enemy that Podolski faced turned his head towards him, and they saw each other, and were stunned.

"Uhh.. how did you get here? You are definitely one that could have gotten out of this mess…"

Billy spoke, confusedly.

"… I greeded for too much information, and got into this mess."

Podolski scratched the back of head, embarrassed.

"You bastards!"

"You there! What the hell are you doing with the enemy, huh? I told you to kill, kill him!"

The two soldiers started swearing at the two of them that were standing there.

"Uhh, what should we do now?"

Podolski didn't answer.

"Did boss tell you anything about when he would come?"

"Probably when the battle reaches the climax, that's when he will come." Podolski answered.

"The climax? Not when it's over? Wouldn't that be much easier?"

"No." Podolski shook his head.

"There are very little battles where one side are completely annihilated. Normally, the side who has lost will retreat, and give up on the territory, and so will the winners, as they are tired."

And as he spoke, Podolski cut the throat of a charging enemy soldier.

"…Then if that happens, wouldn't we be able to catch two rabbits at once? When the battle reaches its climax, there is a high chance he comes in and wipes everyone out."

Podolski accurately predicted Kang Chul-in's thoughts. It was as expected as an experienced veteran of war.

"Oh… Then… Shall we join in…"

"Oh, yes. Let's fight a little bit, and join in when our lord comes here."

The two of them tried to turn around, but at that moment…

"Vice Leader Billy!"

Podolski abruptly started heading towards Billy.

"Commissioner Podolski!"

And Billy also towards Podolski.

"How dare you!"

"You bastard!"

Podolski and Billy both slashed their swords out.

POW!

SLASH!

Blood flowed everywhere, and also fell afterwards.

"URGH…."

"KUH…"

Two soldiers of opposing forces fell. Podolski and Billy both saved each other.

"Kuuuhhh~~ bro!"

Billy pointed a thumbs up! towards Podolski.

And Podolski himself gave a sign of respect to Billy with his hands.

"W-what the hell are these guys doing?"

"What was that just now? An ally just killed an ally?"

"These crazy bastards!"

But the problem was that some people had witnessed this scene.

"Vice leader Billy."

"Commissioner Podolski."

The two of them called each other. And traded glimpses with each other.

"RUN!"

The two of them both started running at this moment.

And while the two of them had a very 'weird' battle, the other side of the battle was very fierce. Neither side was turning back, and they had truly started a fierce battle.

"God dammit!"

At the northern territory, the Lord of the Tempaman territory, Reginald scrunched his lips and spoke angrily.

But it was obvious that he would be raging.

Right now, the one that owned Nidavellir was none other than Reginald.

If he won the battle, he would be able to take both Lee Chae-rin's Dorado territory and Nidavellir, but he wasn't able to win and was tied in a deadlock.

He was about to cross his boiling point, so it was obvious he was frustrated.

"God dammit, I have no choice."

The impatient Reginald made orders.

"Send out the twin-head ogre."

And after Reginald sent out his orders, some soldiers dragged out two twin-head ogres that were bound by steel chain.

'KUOOO!!'

The twin-head ogres shouted a huge battle roar and started sprinting towards the enemy lines like crazy.

BOOM! BOOM!

As the ogre made sounds like a miniature earthquake, the Ogre's started massacring the enemies unstoppably.

As expected of the monstrosity that was the twin-head ogre.

As soon as the ogre leapt into battle, the battle's tide has turned. As the monster known as the king of the forest, it was obvious that the Tempaman territory would have the advantage now.

And seeing this sight, the Lord of the Crete territory, Elizabeth clenched her teeth and decided to go out her self.

'SHIIIING!'

She took out her sword.

"Milord!"

The secretary of the Creta territory, Eva, tried to stop her.

"How could you go by yourself…"

"I have to go!" Elizabeth

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shouted fiercely.

"See, we're losing ground!"

"Even stil…"

"What else do you have to say?"

'Huu..'

Eva sighed in her mind.

This wasn't the first time that they had argued like this.

"M-Milord…!"

Eva's face turned pale.

"Learn your place, woman."

Elizabeth said fiercely.

"I am the lord. Not you."

"B-but I am your…"

"Shut up."

Elizabeth's sword touched the neck of Eva.

"Huk…!"

With a groan, red blood started flowing from Eva. If the sword went any further, Eva would definitely die.

"I will teach you some manners after this battle."

Elizabeth said coldly, and walked away from Eva. And soon, her personal guard followed her.

"URGH!"

"KUH…"

Everywhere she went, the enemy soldiers fell like leaves. Her swordplay was fancy, yet sharp.

"Her, kill her! That woman is the Lord of the Crete territory!"

When some of the Tempaman soldiers recognized her, they all started rushing towards her, eager to kill her.

"A bunch of small fry."

Elizabeth smiled violently. Although she was a beauty with blonde hair and blue eyes, she was as violent as a serial killer. And not only that…

"KAHHH!!"

"KUH!"

Her skills were also very impressive.

"Twin-head ogre?"

She smirked.

"Yeah, let's see what happens when we fight."

Laughing confidently, she pulled out her sword, Destroyer, which had blood all over it.

And with another smile, Elizabeth headed straight towards enemy lines.

And as she did so, blood started flowing. She… had a special ability that helped her swordplay, until she was almost invincible.

After the Twin-ogre and Elizabeth joined the fight, the battle became even again.

"God dammit!"

Billy, who had become a mess in the chaos swore.

"Vice leader, it's dangerous there!"

One of the adventurers that had followed Billy warned him.

"Who dares to try and kill me?"

Billy swung his mace and broke the skull of his enemy.

"Huu…"

Podolski let in a deep breath and breathed violently.

"It should be about time that milord…"

Podolski and Billy both fought in a battle where they could no longer recognize friend or enemy.

Whoever ran in died. They didn't care whether they were from the Crete or Tempaman territory.

"Vice captain Billy!"

Podolski shouted.

"…..!"

Billy's face stiffened.

'Twin-head…'

The monster that was the Twin-head Ogre started rushing towards the tired Billy.

Billy predicted his death. There was no way for him to stop a monster rushing towards him at 130km/h, much less when he was exhausted.

But it was at that moment.

He heard a sound that nearly tore apart his eardrums.

'SIIIIIIII!'

'BOOM!'

WIth the loud sound, the left side of the Twin-head ogre became nothing. It had taken the full force of the magic cannon.

BOOM!

The firing continued.

"Billy!"

Podolski shouted.

"Yes!"

The Billy, who nearly died just now, shouted back.

"It's the firing of our allies! We need to get out of here! Quick!"

Podolski and Billy, as well as the other adventurers that joined them used all of their strengh to leave the battle. And where they left, the cannons started shooting again.

"There, over there!"

Podolski pointed towards a hill.

"Oh!"

Billy made a happy face, as if he met his fiance.

"WOOO!!!"

"KILL! SHOW THOSE INVADERS WHO REALLY IS BOSS!"

It was Kang Chul-in who was leading the soldiers down the hill at a fast speed.

And it was the right timing.

Both the Crete and Tempaman army were less than half of its original size, and because the fight was completely chaotic right now, it would be easier for them to clean them up.

"Milord!"

"Boss!"

Both Podolski and Billy called Kang Chul-in.

"You've worked hard!"

Kang Chul-in said.

"But why were you still there? You nearly died to the firing of our own allies."

"Whatever, I will listen to you guys later."

Kang Chul-in passed both Billy and Podolski. This was not the time to listen to their stories, but time to wipe out those invaders.

And thanks to that, the two of them didn't have to come up with a lame excuse.

"This way!"

Kang Chul-in spoke in an ear piercing voice. This was the area where the firing wouldn't reach.

And at that moment, his B rank ability, 'conquer' activated, and started affecting the soldiers of the Dorado territory,

'Conquer' allowed the soldiers to have a 10% increase in morale and strength.

If the rank of the ability went up in the future, it definitely would progress even more.

Thanks to his buffs, the Dorado soldiers began to massacre both the Crete and Tempaman soldiers.

"Do not go any further! The firing of our allies has not finished yet! Calm down for now!"

Kang Chul-in stayed in the front of them and cut each enemy down while also speaking calmly.

Before the firing of their allies finished, going in like that was akin to suicide.

Although they wanted to go mad and kill all of them, they needed to resist the urge for now and wait for the firing to finish.

'Seventeen.'

Kang Chul-in counted the number of bullets that had fell so far.

POW!

'Eighteen.'

The maximum of each cannon was 10. And because there were two cannons, there would be 20 shots that would be fired.

POW!

'Nineteen.'

POW!

"GO!"

As soon as the firing of their allies finished, Kang Chul-in raised his sword up in the air, and shouted at the soldiers, and marched forwards.

"FORWARDS! Keep the formation, and kill all of them! Just don't split up! As long as we keep the basic formation, it doesn't matter how you guys fight!"

Although what he asked for was basic, it was also the most effective. Because the enemies were all tangled together and his allies were in a formation, they could start a one sided massacre.

"BATTLE OGRE, GO IN!"

Kang Chul-in also called in the battle ogre into the middle of the battlefield, to cause even more chaos.

"Troll guards, protect our allies from the Twin-head ogre."

He used the troll guards to protect the frontal line of their formation.

And the effect was huge,

The Dorado army used merciless attack to kill their enemies, and never broke their formation. And this lead to a one sided massacre, sweeping through both the army of the Crete and Tempaman.

"Huuu.."

Looking at the army that was fighting effectively, Kang Chul-in sighed loudly and started walking forwards.

While Kang Chul-in was a great general, he was also a poor general.

Although he was a Lord, he walked into the middle of enemy lines like this, and this made him a poor general.

But what could he do?

Roaming the battlefield like this was one of Kang Chul-in's favorite activities.

"Urad."

Kang Chul-in passed by Urad, and spoke.

"Yes, commander!"

"I'll be right back."

"What?"

And as soon as he finished his words, Kang Chul-in ran like lightning, towards the middle of enemy lines.

Chapter 61. The Lords that roam the battlefield

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Translator: Leyy

Kang Chul-in in the battlefield was like a fish in the water, and was like a lion in a pack of gazelles.

Overdrive?

There was no need to use such a high level technique to fight against these normal soldiers.

Whenever he swung his swords, the soldiers fell.

"D-Don't come!"

One of the Crete soldiers started instinctively backing off when he met Kang Chul-in.

"Go away…"

But he died mid sentence, Kang Chul-in's sword impaled in his body.

'Further.'

Kang Chul-in went deeper into the enemy lines, slashing and killing all of the enemies that he saw.

And before him was a red line of blood. Wherever he went, blood flowed.

Even after killing tens of soldiers in just a moment, Kang Chul-in wasn't satisfied, going even further in the battlefield.

"What the fu** is this?"

The Lord of the Tempaman territory, Reginald was absolutely pissed.

But he had a right to be.

He used his secret card, the twin-head ogre, but as soon as the enemy Lord, Elizabeth headed into battle, the battle became even again.

And not only that.

The twin-head ogre was slain by some sort of energy blast, and his secretary also disappeared without a trace after getting shot at.

He had lost both his most important soldier, and his most important accountant.

And Reginald didn't see an extra army coming in either.

"I thought we had crushed them already…"

It was the Dorado territory's army.

'How?'

He kept on thinking about it, but couldn't come up with an explanation.

"Milord! Our formation is crumbling!"

Listening to the general on his side, Reginald's face stiffened even more, but he couldn't just let out his anger.

Because the fight was so bad, they needed to retreat.

"Retreat!"

Reginald shouted.

"Get out of there!"

But the army was in total chaos, and no-one knew what to do.

The order to retreat definitely wouldn't work in this situation.

"Hah…."

And finally, Reginald let out a sigh of despair.

The chaotic army, the death of the twin-head ogre, and a seriously fearsome new army. These things drove Reginald to the brink of despair.

And while the Tempaman's Lord was despairing, the Lord of Crete, Elizabeth, was still fighting bravely.

"I'M GOING TO KILL EVERYONE!"

Elizabeth's confidence was at the peak.

"Milord!"

Eva didn't care about her death, and ran towards her.

Although the Tempaman soldiers stabbed their weapons towards her, Eva, despite her weak battle prowess, dodged through them brilliantly.

"Milord, milord!"

Eva called Elizabeth, who was in the

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middle of slaughtering her enemies.

"Milord, we need to get out! The Dorado territory…"

"I know."

"Who doesn't know that?"

Eva was surprised. Elizabeth's face was contorted, like a devil.

"But let them come. Dorado's army? As if that stupid b*tch Lee Chae-rin could do anything."

"But your majesty…"

"SHUT UP!"

Although Elizabeth was reckless, her battle prowess was truly superb. Similar to Kang Chul-in, everywhere she went, blood flowed.

"I… I control the battlefield."

Elizabeth was drunk in her own fighting ability, as she killed.

But she wasn't the only Lord roaming the battlefield.

"D-Demon…"

The Tempaman soldiers looked around at the dead bodies, and said.

"Get out."

Kang Chul-in pushed the soldier out the way.

He was a conqueror, not a serial killer.

He wouldn't kill those who had put down their weapons and were trembling in fear.

And then, Elizabeth came into Kang Chul-in's vision.

'Reckless.'

Was what he thought at first.

'No, brilliant.'

Looking at her fighting ability, Kang Chul-in was captivated.

She really was brilliant.

She had powerful strength, speed and precision. She really wasn't the ordinary fighter.

If not for the Dorado territory, she alone would have changed the outcome of the war against the Tempaman.

'She needs to be stopped.'

Kang Chul-in thought, and immediately rushed towards her location.

"Nilus."

Kang Chul-in called the magicians.

"Yes! Your highness!"

"I will go away for now, so cause some chaos on the battlefield!"

"Yes, your highness!"

Nilus soon after chanted the spell of 'Reverse Gravity field', and limited the movement of the enemies.

As expected of a future Ark Mage, Nilus's magical prowess was truly astonishing.

And meanwhile, no-one could stop Kang Chul-in's path.

Everyone that tried to stop him was slain.

The controller of the battlefield had to be free, when roaming it.

"There."

Kang Chul-in said.

"Move out, I will fight."

He made the exhausted Dorado soldiers get out of the way, and allowed him to fight instead of them.

And the two superbly powerful Lords faced each other.

"Who the hell are you?"

Elizabeth saw Kang Chul-in, and made an interested expression. Her eyes, which were red with madness, seemed to drip blood.

'A berserker. One that's drunk in the blood spilled in war.'

Kang Chul-in immediately knew what state Elizabeth was in.

There were some cases like this.

Blood, there were some cases where people would lose their mind because of it. It was like the most extreme case of PTSD.

"Impressive."

"What is."

Elizabeth said to Kang Chul-in, in a taunting voice, realizing that Kang Chul-in himself was very powerful too.

"I don't know."

Kang Chul-in didn't answer.

"To think that there was a Lord like you…"

Kang Chul-in could tell that her special ability had something to do with swordsmanship.

"Tell me, what is impressive?"

Elizabeth said.

"My skill?" And showed her confidence.

"Skill?"

Kang Chul-in smirked at her.

Elizabeth's skills were admittedly impressive. After all, she forced Kang Chul-in to come back and help his soldiers.

But it wasn't surprising.

She was just a Lord who relied heavily on her ability, which wasn't truly impressive. He only said that he was surprised because it had been a long time since he had met someone so crazy.

"As if. With that tiny bit of skill?"

Kang Chul-in didn't care about her at all.

"HOW DARE YOU IGNORE ME!"

Elizabeth's eyes turned cold, and stared at Kang Chul-in.

"Just you?"

'Pfttt.'

Kang Chul-in smirked again.

"Come."

And he stared at Elizabeth, and opened his mouth.

This was the beginning of the fight of the two Lords.

Chapter 62. Kang Chul-In VS Berserker

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Translator: Leyy

Elizabeth's eyes almost popped out from anger after hearing Kang Chul-in's taunting.

"Huh?"

Her eyes almost shot fire from anger.

"Okay, I'll fight you then."

Elizabeth spoke, enraged.

Her appearance now was so frightening and fearsome, that the soldiers of the Dorado territory all instinctively backed off.

"Everyone, focus on fighting."

But Kang Chul-in was still calm.

"Leave this place to me."

And Kang Chul-in started walking to Elizabeth slowly.

"DIE!"

Elizabeth launched the first strike.

'HUUUU!!'

Red 'mana fire' coated Elizabeth's sword, the destroyer.

'CLANG!'

Their swords clashed, and made an incredible impact.

"Kuk.."

And the one that lost this exchange was Elizabeth.

In fact, she was pushed back so hard that she nearly let go of her sword.

They had only clashed their swords against each other, the impact made her hand where she held the sword rip apart.

"You're… strong."

She laughed crazily, while licking the blood spewing out of her mouth.

Her eyes showed her madness, and she was absolutely crazy with madness right now. But because of this, her rage in battle also rose.

'So annoying.'

Looking at her, Kang Chul-in realized that she was quite the annoying and troublesome opponent.

Berserkers were always annoying to fight against.

These kind of people weren't afraid of everything, and this made their attacks fearsome and desperate.

And because they didn't focus on defense and only attack, they were annoying to battle against.

"Oi, yellow leaf."

Kang Chul-in stared at her with an unsatisfied expression.

Although she looked like a rare talent and a force to be reckoned with from far away, she was now nothing more than a piece of yellow grass in his eyes.

She was just a demon that was drunk on blood, and Kang Chul-in thought that she was less than even dirt, or trash.

She was just a Lord that was an 'Ability Abuser', and thought that they were the strongest just relying on their ability.

Although he thought of taking her in under his wing if she was a decent fighter, but now, he thought of her as rotten fish.

"Just die."

Kang Chul-in started running towards her again.

CLANG!

And as the two blades met each other…

BANG!

Elizabeth flew back 10m, and landed on the ground. While their swords met, he had knee-kicked her, and sent her flying away.

But Kang Chul-in didn't stop there.

'Trash like her shouldn't be alive.'

That was how Kang Chul-in thought of her.

And he ran back towards her, stabbing 'Punto' towards her.

"KYAA!"

Elizabeth screamed in agony, while trying to dodge Kang Chul-in's attacks, rolling in the blood-soaked ground. But Kang Chul-in's blade sliced her hair apart.

"Ku..Kukuku…"

And she stood back up like a demon, and started laughing. Because the sight of this was quite dreadful, Kang Chul-in squinted his eyes in displeasure.

"You are… strong…but…"

Elizabeth said in a dismal tone.

"The one that rules the battlefield here… IS ME! IT'S ME!"

"SO DIE!"

Elizabeth rushed forward in an unseen speed, faster than all of her attacks so far, and swung her sword madly.

To describe it roughly, it was like 'mad sword'? Although the precision fell, the speed and power behind each blow made even Kang Chul-in feel some threat.

"This kind of rampage…"

Kang Chul-in muttered to himself as if it was funny.

This was the state of 'Outrage', where the mana inside one's chest reacted with someone's madness, turning into the state of Outrage.

Outrage was a skill that was found in people who were both powerful, yet mentally unstable.

Elizabeth had truly become a berserker now, a monster who only focused on killing her enemies.

And she suddenly shortened the distance between them, before aiming for his waist and swinging.

'Danger.'

He calmly predicted the incoming strike…

And 'POW'.

Countered against her fearsome attack.

"ARGH!!"

Elizabeth was knocked away flying, blood spraying across the ground. She was hit by his powerful counter attack.

'Time to follow-up.'

Kang Chul-in immediately chased to where she was sprawled on the ground. Bleeding.

When fighting against a berserker, it was important to try and finish off the batt;e as soon as possible.

Warriors like berserkers got more powerful as the wounds inflicted upon them started stacking, and grew stronger as they kept on fighting.

It was like a flame that burnt terribly brightly before extinguishing, a berserker was an existence that would run into a fight if they had even the slightest bit of health or mana left.

'Aim for the heart.'

Kang Chul-in had shortened the distance between the two of them, and stabbed towards the heart of the crazed woman.

And because of the effect of the item that he wielded, his stab was as quick as lightning.

But it was at that moment.

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knight got into the way of Kang Chul-in and Elizabeth.

'PUKKK…'

The blade stabbed through the knight, and not through Elizabeth.

"COUGH…"

The knight spat out blood.

"O-Our Lord… Will be protected by…our knigh…."

And it was at that moment too.

"HOW DARE YOU!"

"THE ONE THAT TRIES TO KILL OUR LORD WILL DIE!"

Around 20 of Crete's elite force, the White-Lion Knights rushed towards Kang Chul-in.

'As expected of the elite force.'

Kang Chul-in inwardly admired the enemy knights.

No, he had to admire them.

They ran in this chaotic battlefield to save Elizabeth, despite the dangers.

Although they didn't know whether saving the berserker Elizabeth was worth it, they still tried to do it, as the knights of the territory.

And Kang Chul-in rated them highly.

Ones that would risk their lives in this kind of situation should be respected. Whether the reason for that was because of duty, or loyalty.

However…

This was the battlefield. Respecting the enemy and being annoyed at the knight that had blocked his way from killing his enemy was a different story.

TSING!

The knight that was blocking Kang Chul-in's way was sliced in half.

"Get out of my way."

Kang Chul-in warned them, with the blood splattering on his face.

"Will you lose your precious lives trying to save trash like that?"

It was pity and mercy for those that he thought deserved respect.

"..."

"...."

The White-Lion Knights couldn't answer his question.

And even in their eyes, Elizabeth was not sane.

The reddish, blood-shot eyes, the pitch-black retinas, the ripped mouth, as well as the crazy-looking face. The Lord of Crete was no longer there, just a crazy blood-devil.

"KAKAKAKA!"

Elizabeth, no, the berserker was laughing madly, feeling her rampaging mana inside of her body.

She certainly did get stronger.

Although she would definitely become crippled or disabled afterwards, she really was a powerful existence at the moment.

But that was obvious, as the price to become that powerful was also as costly, she had to spend her life force for it.

"KILL….KILL HIM!"

Elizabeth screamed madly.

"But…"

The one that looked to be the captain and leader of the knights stepped out.

"No matter what. Us knights, protect our lord."

Despite Kang Chul-in's warnings, the knights didn't budge an inch.

"You should get out of my way."

This was loyalty that could be praised by him. They were on a different level to people like Sledge.

"Huu.."

Kang Chul-in smiled, his face twisted.

It didn't feel good when he had to kill those that were loyal.

But why did these knights have to be underlings of that crazy woman?

If they were under him, he would definitely treat them well, but to think that he would have to kill the knights that he wanted as underlings in battle… to Kang Chul-in, it wasn't a good feeling.

"There's no choice."

There really was no other option.

"Don't blame me for this then."

He had to kill them.

"BLOCK HIM!"

The leader of the knights shouted. It was because Kang Chul-in was running straight towards them.

"ARGH!"

The knight that was nearest to Kang Chul-in screamed in pain, his blood splattering everywhere.

"Don't fight him alone! The enemy is strong."

The knights stood in front of him, in a formation. Since they realized that they would die if they split up, they decided to group together in order to better resist him.

"Haa… Haa.."

And while that was happening, Elizabeth was breathing heavily, and reaching the pinnacle state of 'Outrage'.

'Crackle, CRACKLE!'

Elizabeth's sword was now coated with mana-fire, and was giving off powerful energy, like the tongue of a snake.

"This is my territory… This is my battle… Kuku."

And the muttering Elizabeth flung herself towards Kang Chul-in like a catapult, a bloody-reddish aura flowing out from her body.

And with a shout, she aimed her blade at Kang Chul-in.

And it hit the left side of his body.

CLANG!

With a sound that was louder than when the energy blasts were coming out from the cannons, Kang Chul-in was pushed back around 2 meters.

The Kang Chul-in, who had never lost in terms of power before had been pushed back.

Drip.

And surprisingly, a drop of blood flowed down from Kang Chul-in's hands. His palms had nearly been ripped by Elizabeth's destructiveness.

"DIE, DIEE, DIEEE!!!"

And Elizabeth chased him, and started raining down attacks on him like crazy.

"Now, ATTACK NOW!"

Realizing that this was their golden opportunity, the White-Lion knights moved in, protecting Elizabeth and putting her in the center, while also attacking Kang Chul-in.

And they all went in against him.

CLANG!

Kang Chul-in blade, Elizabeth's blade, and even the blades of the White-Lion knights clashed against each other.

And slowly, Kang Chul-in was being pushed back, 1 step, 2 steps. Although he would definitely destroy Elizabeth in a one on one fight, the numerous knights made the difference, and even the mighty Kang Chul-in was feeling threatened.

"Milord, now! You should flee from here…"

The leader of the knights recommended her to hide and recuperate instead of fighting.

However…

"KARGHHHHH!!"

All that came back was a devilish scream.

'Our lord…. has lost her sanity.'

At this moment the leader of the knights realized that Elizabeth had embarked on a path of no return, but he still couldn't back off.

It was a battle of one against many, a battle of Kang Chul-in and the territory of Crete. And nearly all of those in the battlefield was focused on their battle.

The Elizabeth in a berserker and 'outrage' state was nearly as powerful as Kang Chul-in, and the knights themselves pressured Kang Chul-in back with their commendable skill.

"KYAA!"

And Elizabeth had become a devil.

Her body was filled with blood because she had rolled on the ground, and her own blood made her look like a blood devil.

And the Elizabeth in this state was capable of threatening even Kang Chul-in. The onlookers, looking at the Kang Chul-in being pushed back, was impatient to join the battle.

"Milord!"

"Boss!"

The Podolski and Billy duo stepped out to help him. And the 30 men of adventurers also followed. If they helped, Kang Chul-in was able to relax.

But Kang Chul-in didn't welcome the joining of his allies.

"Don't join in."

Kang Chul-in commanded them, and swung his sword widely and backed off. And he spoke not to his allies, but his enemies.

"Sigh, do you…"

Kang Chul-in stepped forward.

"Really…"

And Kang Chul-in's body radiated a shapeless and formless aura around him, pressuring his surroundings.

PZZT. PZZZZT!

And sparks also flew.

"Have to make someone this angry?"

Kang Chul-in just threw his blade, Punto into the ground.

TAK.

Punto, which had lost some of its sharpness during the clashes, was now rolling on the floor.

With an item like this, he wouldn't be able to fight well against Elizabeth. Even his fists were better. It seemed like he would need a unique rank or above item soon.

"All of you…"

Kang Chul-in spoke, laughing.

"Get ready for a beating."

And he moved towards the enemies with his two fists clenching, and his 'Overdrive' state on.

Chapter 63. True Powerhouse

Editor: Arya

Translator: Leyy

And while the great battle was going on, the Dorado soldiers went on a rampage, absolutely destroying the Crete and the Tempaman territory鈥檚 troops.

The Dorado troops, who had a high morale, laughed and killed whoever they saw.

While the Dorado troops were marching valiantly, the soldiers of the Crete and Tempaman tried to fight back clumsily. It was almost as if you couldn鈥檛 notice that they were the ones fighting so intensely earlier.

鈥淢ilord! Our soldiers are out of control!鈥?

A military officer of Tempaman stated to Reginald.

鈥淚 know.鈥?

Reginald spoke back with a bleak, desolate tone.

鈥淥ut of control鈥?this is going to be a complete annihilation.鈥?

Reginald realized the winner of this battle was not Elizabeth of Crete and not him either. The true winner of this battle was the weak, puny Dorado territory that they had lorded over before.

鈥淒oes it鈥?end like this.鈥?

Reginald spoke again with a despairing tone.

鈥楨nd鈥?didn鈥檛 mean just the winning and losing of this battle.

Although Elizabeth of Crete was in the same situation, Reginald had bet his all on this battle.

And the past few days, these two territories had spent all of their money and troops for a war like this. This was a war that either side desperately needed to win.

But they had lost.

Although they had bet everything they had in this war, knowing they couldn鈥檛 turn back, they had lost. They had lost a war that couldn鈥檛 be lost and their territory had truly become crippled.

鈥淢ilord, I think we should retreat back to our territory.鈥?

鈥淪igh鈥?okay鈥?Go鈥?Let鈥檚 go back.鈥?

Reginald spoke in a powerless voice.

Because he had lost everything in this war and they had no future anymore, they had to get out of the hellish battlefield to preserve their lives.

Turning his back around his soldiers that were being massacred, Reginald turned the head of his horse.

鈥淕iddiup!鈥?

鈥淢ove out! Move out!鈥?

The military officers of the Tempaman territory made some space for Reginald to get through. They would use their horses and flee from a battle like this.

No, they would try to, but would fail.

Crack, CRACK!

The ground started cracking, which caused a rupture. And because of that, the horse-ridden officers all fell backwards with their horses, or just fell down from their horses entirely.

鈥淜ukuku鈥︹€?

And suddenly, a boy came out, laughing like an old man.

鈥淎nd where are you guys going so busily?鈥?

The sight was quite peculiar.

The opponent definitely had an appearance of a boy, but he had his arms behind his back, and looked at them like an elder would do to his juniors.

鈥淲鈥IZARD!鈥?

Someone cried out, surprised.

鈥淒on鈥檛 worry! It鈥檚 just a brat.鈥?

Another one retorted.

鈥淢ilord! Leave this brat to us! Just flee from here!鈥?

鈥淲e鈥檒l catch up to you soon!鈥?

A few volunteered to fight.

鈥淗uhu鈥?These brats.鈥?

But the 鈥榦ld鈥?Ark Mage Nilus laughed, as if the whole situation was funny.

But while laughing, his eyes let out a sharp glint.

No, Nilus felt uncomfortable.

Although his body was definitely of a boy, Nilus鈥檚 soul was definitely of an old man. And he was an old man that had reached the level of an Ark Mage.

And because they treated him like a novice mage, Nilus felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

Nilus raised both of his hands and a fierce fire rose up from them. This spell was actually the minor version of the powerful spell 鈥楬ell Fire鈥?

Lee Chae-rin鈥檚 mission was not just taking care of the guerilla squad. She also had a second mission that Kang Chul-in had set her.

鈥淎nubis, this way!鈥?

Her mission was to take care of the Crete and Tempaman troops that were running from battle.

GRRRRR鈥?

And the Royal-Hound Squad showed their sharp fangs, cutting off the breath of the fleeing troops.

鈥楾hey cannot run from us.鈥?

Kang Chul-in didn鈥檛 want the soldiers to go back to their territory and form a force. It was so that after the war, he would be able to swallow the territory of his enemies easily.

But they didn鈥檛 kill the ones that surrendered.

They had decided that after the war, they would split the territories between the two of them; they had no reason to kill the soldiers that had surrendered.

鈥榃e鈥?We鈥? won.鈥?

Looking at the battlefield, all of her previous grief and shame had washed away.

The victory was hers.

The total of the Crete and Tempaman soldiers didn鈥檛 even reach 500.

The remaining 1500 soldiers鈥?were lying down in the battlefield, all as corpses. It was as if the whole scene were from an action movie.

鈥楳r. Chul-in鈥?it鈥檚 all over. Mr. Chul-in鈥︹€?

鈥t鈥檚 all thanks to you. Was what she was about to say, before looking at the Kang Chul-in from far away.

鈥楳r. Chul-in!鈥?

From far away, there was a battle between Kang Chul-in against some knights and a devil (Elizabeth was nothing more than a devil in Lee Chae-rin鈥檚 eyes), and he was getting pushed back.

鈥淎NUBIS! WE WILL HEAD OVER THERE! NOW!鈥?

Lee Chae-rin started running towards Kang Chul-in before anyone, shouting.

鈥業 will save you! I鈥檒l save you, Mr. Chul-in.鈥?

She ran.

To save her alliance, to save the man that she loved, she ran the fastest she had ever ran in her life.

But鈥?

By the time Lee Chae-rin arrived at where Kang Chul-in was fighting, it was not the Kang Chul-in being pushed back, but the Overlord Kang Chul-in.

鈥楬-how鈥︹€?

The image of a powerful lord she had been trying to build all shattered at this moment and she even started moving backwards.

The effects of the battle was huge.

Especially the 鈥楳ana

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Waves鈥?that came out from Kang Chul-in, they were ridiculously powerful, making her cringe at the fierceness unintentionally.

鈥楳r. Chul-in鈥?what kind of person are you鈥︹€?

Kang Chul-in鈥?didn鈥檛 need the help of Lee Chae-rin.

BANG!

Elizabeth was sent flying for a couple tens of meters, before being buried in the ground.

鈥淗ow dare you, you piece of trash.鈥?

Kang Chul-in spoke in a freezing cold voice.

鈥淗-How on earth do you have that kind of movement鈥︹€?

The leader of the White-Lion knights, Michael, couldn鈥檛 understand how Kang Chul-in could move like that.

It would be weird if he did.

Kang Chul-in had been barely hanging on just a few seconds ago, but now, he had passed through the knights like smoke, and punched Elizabeth on the face.

But Kang Chul-in started walking towards Elizabeth with large strides, regardless whether Michael was surprised or not.

Outrage?

Although it was strength that had come from sacrificing some of their lifeforce, it was not even close to the level of Kang Chul-in鈥檚 鈥極verdrive鈥?

鈥極verdrive鈥?vs 鈥極utrage鈥?

Actually, the two of them worked similarly.

Both of them relied on the user鈥檚 powerful will to explode with huge power.

But there was a big difference between them. And that was the difference of effort.

Overdrive needed not just talent, but also bone-crushing pain, needed for both practicing and learning the ability.

Kang Chul-in himself had to endure hellish-training every day in order to finally master 鈥極verdrive鈥?

Meanwhile, 鈥極utrage鈥?was an ability that had come from the ones that had ceased to be human anymore. If 鈥極verdrive鈥?was the highest class wine that had been preserved for a long period of time, 鈥極utrage鈥?was just a cheap drug.

And although they seemed to have similar power, there was a 鈥榳all鈥?that was like the heavens and earth. Just like right now.

鈥淏LOCK, BLOCK HIM!鈥?

However鈥?

BANG!

Kang Chul-in had punched through the heart of the knight in front of him. Just one punch, one punch had caused destruction.

And the onlooker鈥檚 faces couldn鈥檛 hide their shock, looking at the unbelievable scene before them.

鈥業s鈥?Is he human?鈥?

Someone questioned the existence and identity of Kang Chul-in鈥?

鈥楴o, this can鈥檛 be reality.鈥?

And another refused to believe it鈥?

鈥楶owerhouse鈥?That鈥檚 a true powerhouse.鈥?

While some were entranced by his strength.

And the Kang Chul-in that had surprised everybody just walked forward towards Elizabeth, aiming to beat her to death.

鈥淭hose who block me鈥︹€?

Kang Chul-in spoke while walking towards Elizabeth.

鈥淒ies.鈥?

It was as if this statement was an absolute law that no-one here could ever even hope to defy. The true controller of the battlefield that Elizabeth had been harping about so often was not her, but Kang Chul-in.

鈥淟-Leader鈥?The enemy is aiming for our Lord鈥?We need to鈥?鈥?

鈥淣o.鈥?

And Michael, the leader of the knights, shook his head at one of the knight鈥檚 desperate voice.

鈥淭his is not鈥?about loyalty.鈥?

Although Michael had undying loyalty and conduct as a knight, he still had to give up on protecting Elizabeth.

This decision was not a choice but force, it was a reply against an unstoppable disaster.

One punch, and a soldier that was wearing golden-plated armor had died, his heart penetrated by that one punch. It wasn鈥檛 a special attack or skill, just an ordinary punch that caused this disaster.

But fighting against that sort of absurd, ridiculous strength?

That would just result in a stupid, painful death.

Of course, this wasn鈥檛 the only reason why a knight leader that had to keep his chivalry as a knight, decided not to protect Elizabeth.

Michael had some rejection towards the Elizabeth that had turned into a devil/demon right now.

Would it be right to sacrifice the lives of his comrade and knights in order to save a devil like this? When she would die or be crippled regardless of whether they managed to get away from this situation?

鈥淲hite-Lion Knights, stay back.鈥?

Michael stated.

鈥淭he Lord of the Crete territory鈥?Isn鈥檛 a devil like that.鈥?

And even the loyal White-Lion knights decided to give up on Elizabeth.

Although some knights that had disagreed with Michael鈥檚 orders tried to fight against Kang Chul-in, the results were still the same. Kang Chul-in had beaten up a Peacock Dragon to death, of course he would be able to do the same for these knights.

鈥淜AHHHH!鈥?

And when Kang Chul-in finally reached Elizabeth, she let out a loud cry and swung her sword towards him. The mana fire coated in this strike wasn鈥檛 just red but also had a hint of black, showing how immense the power behind this strike was.

However鈥?

Kang Chul-in dodged this attack so easily and started counterattacking.

POW!

Elizabeth鈥檚 body had become like a staple, when Kang Chul-in had struck her in her midriff.

鈥淎RGH!!鈥?

And a painful scream came out of the mouth of this devil.

It was surprising.

When someone went in the state of 鈥極utrage鈥?they would lose all sense of pain, but Kang Chul-in鈥檚 punch made her feel the extremity of pain and made her scream.

鈥淭rash like you鈥︹€?

Kang Chul-in spoke.

鈥淲ill die in a hideous manner.鈥?

And he grabbed the Elizabeth that was clutching her midriff in pain and held her up, before throwing her down to the ground.

Go easy on a woman?

To a berserker in the state of 鈥極utrage鈥? there was no such thing as sex. It was just a monster that needed to be killed.

鈥淜YAAAA!!!!鈥?

Elizabeth started screaming again, from the immense pain. This was a punch that would even make berserkers feel extreme pain, this was the punch of Kang Chul-in with 鈥極verdrive鈥?on.

鈥淎s expected of a berserker.鈥?

Kang Chul-in muttered to himself, interested.

If it were someone else like the knights, it would definitely punch through to their whole body, but for her, it just broke her bones. It seemed that 鈥極utrage鈥?had some advantages too.

鈥業t finishes now.鈥?

Kang Chul-in finally decided to end Elizabeth鈥檚 breath.

It was nearly the end of 鈥極verdrive鈥? After taking care of this trash, he decided to end the battle once and for all.

And while he was going to do so, a voice that was close to steel spoke towards Kang Chul-in.

鈥淜uk..Kuhuk..What鈥?What the鈥?hell鈥?are you鈥?to鈥?huk鈥e so strong?鈥?

Surprisingly, Elizabeth started speaking words properly, instead of screaming in agony. People say that men will wake up when they get hit, but this was proof of that.

鈥淲HY, WHY!鈥?

She spoke, in despair and agony.

鈥淲HY! WHY鈥?HOW CAN YOU BE STRONGER THAN ME! WHY, WHY?鈥?

And while despairing, she felt jealousy over his strength, as well as despair, hatred, rage, and murderous intent coursing through her鈥?Basically, she had all of the dirty emotions a human could feel.

鈥淒o you want an answer?鈥?

Kang Chul-in spoke.

鈥淭ell鈥?me鈥?quick鈥?how鈥?you鈥檙e鈥?stronger than me.鈥?

Elizabeth had a strong suspicion of Kang Chul-in鈥檚 strength and asked for an answer. She was certainly a woman who pursued strength.

鈥淚t鈥檚 simple.鈥?

Kang Chul-in spoke as if it wasn鈥檛 that complex and difficult.

鈥淵ou are garbage.鈥?

鈥溾€?.!鈥?

鈥淎lthough trash like you can become stronger, they would still be the same garbage and trash that they were, how could I lose to someone like that?鈥?

Kang Chul-in didn鈥檛 give the answer that she wanted. He just didn鈥檛 think of her as a human being at all.

鈥淭hat鈥?isn鈥檛 the answer鈥?NO! NO!! TELL ME, QUICK!鈥?

And Elizabeth launched her body towards Kang Chul-in, screaming.

Looking at the almost red beams of light that seemed to be spewing out of her eyes, he realized that she had probably reached the limit of 鈥極utrage鈥? It meant that soon, Elizabeth would probably explode from inside out due the rampaging mana inside her body.

鈥淭ell me, TELL MEEEE!!!鈥?

It was a crisis.

The explosion was powerful and dangerous enough to destroy everything within a 5 meter radius. Even for the powerful Kang Chul-in, he would be critically injured. But鈥?

BOOM!

With a loud explosion, Elizabeth stopped moving entirely. Just like the knights before her, her heart was penetrated by Kang Chul-in鈥檚 fist.

And as long as the origin of the explosion, the heart, stopped beating, her final resistance had dissipated, like thin smoke.

鈥淭hings like this is my expertise, trash.鈥?

Kang Chul-in recalled right before he had gone back in time and reincarnated, when he had blown himself up in front of him, and smirked.

If he were to die against some plot like this, he would already have that.

Letting his guard down?

Kang Chul-in had no moments like that.

鈥淭ell鈥? Tell me鈥?鈥?

And even while she was dying, Elizabeth kept on asking Kang Chul-in the same question over and over again.

鈥淚f you鈥檙e that curious鈥︹€?

Kang Chul-in spoke.

鈥淭hen pray that you have a next life.鈥?

Kang Chul-in took out his fist that was inside her heart. And with splashing blood, Elizabeth fell to the ground.

It was an ending without even a hint of pity or mercy.

Chapter 64. Finishing the battle cleanly

Editor: Arya

Translator: Leyy

Without giving even a single bit of attention to the fallen Elizabeth, Kang Chul-in wiped the blood off his hands, before walking away.

A berserker without 'Outrage' was just a crazy idiot.

"I don't look so good."

Kang Chul-in muttered to himself.

If he had used a sword he wouldn't look as violent and brutal as he did now, as he had just smacked everyone to death with his bare fists.

'I need to have a weapon soon'.

Kang Chul-in figured that soon enough, he needed a weapon that was of at least the unique-rank.

He couldn't beat up his enemies with his bare fists every time he used 'Overdrive'. It wasn't like he was a professional boxer.

'It seems like I will have to go visit a dungeon or something.'

While thinking about his new weapon, Kang Chul-in realized that something was off and stopped walking.

"…Why?"

Kang Chul-in was surprised.

'Why is everyone staring at me?'

It was because of the pressure of a crowd staring at him.

By the time he had beaten up Elizabeth, the battle had ended and all the soldiers were staring at him, their mouths wide open.

It was obvious.

To the soldiers of Crete, Elizabeth was like the god of war.

And to the soldiers of Dorado, she was a bloodthirsty devil.

Before Kang Chul-in had arrived, she was the controller of battle.

"Our commander…"

"Powerful, our commander is powerful!"

"This is truly the god of war!"

And after praising Kang Chul-in's might, they started cheering for him too.

'Do they really have to be so loud and fussy for killing that piece of trash?' Kang Chul-in thought to himself, inwardly embarrassed at the passionate cheering.

"Mr. Chul-in!"

And through the chaos, Lee Chae-rin appeared.

"It's our Lord Lee Chae-rin! Long live Lee Chae-rin! Long live Lee Chae-rin!"

Lee Chae-rin also got quite the enthusiastic response.

But she definitely had earned the right to it.

If not for her, the Dorado territory would definitely become a colony of either Crete or the Tempaman territory by now.

"The two of you have black hair and you guys fit well together!"

"Commander! Isn't our lord beautiful?"

"We wish for you to marry each other!"

"An eternal alliance between Laputa and Dorado!"

Lots of voices rang out, each of them agreeing that the two of them fit each other well and that they should marry.

Because they were both asian and had black hair and black eyes, everyone thought that they should be a couple.

'M-marry with Mr. Chul-in?'

Lee Chae-rin started blushing.

'If I married with him…'

Lee Chae-rin imagined herself getting married with Kang Chul-in, in the middle of the battlefield.

Would the marriage take place at the Laputa territory?

Or the Dorado territory?

Or maybe one in Earth?

Because either of their parents couldn't come all the way to Pangaea, maybe they would do it there.

'Sigh… what am I even thinking… there's no way that would ever happen.'

Although Lee Chae-rin imagined a future with Kang Chul-in, she soon got surprised and was depressed by herself.

Never mind kissing, they hadn't even held hands before.

Although she had tried to kiss him secretly, she failed in the end.

And not only that, she was a Korean woman, not a native Pangaean. To her, the concept of a political marriage seemed so far away.

"Stop!"

While Lee Chae-rin was thinking to herself, Kang Chul-in held his hand up, silencing the soldiers under.

"It's not over yet."

Kang Chul-in spoke.

"The ones that have surrendered will be treated well and brought back to the Dorado territory, and the ones that resist will be slaughtered without mercy. End the lives of the ones who are suffering but cannot be brought back and save as much of the ones that can be saved.

He wanted them to clean up the mess.

"We have won. And since we have, we need to clean up the mess afterwards well, to make it perfect. It is only a true victory if we take care of everything else afterwards."

The Lee Chae-rin who had been stunned into silence because of the talk about marriage was completely astonished at how fast Kang Chul-in ignored it and didn't care about it.

'Huu… how can you not even

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blink an eyelash about it, Mr. Chul-in.'

And she felt a little bit upset at his attitude.

To her, he had absolutely no weak points and she thought the future was dark due to that.

And Kang Chul-in, feeling that some ridiculous story about marriage might come up again, decided to leave the battlefield as soon as possible.

At that moment.

"Milord."

Michael of the White-Lion knights started walking towards Kang Chul-in.

"Are you here for revenge?" Kang Chul-in asked.

"N-no, I'm not."

Michael shook his head.

"How could I think of fighting against you? Even I have eyes."

"Then what is it? Are you trying to tell me to take care of you well, as a prisoner?"

Against Michael, Kang Chul-in's words were quite sharp.

It wasn't because he had turned his back against Elizabeth. It was because he hadn't listened to his warnings from the beginning.

Of course, if he did obey Kang Chul-in's warnings, he wouldn't admire them, making it very ironic.

"If you surrender, I won't kill you. Don't worry."

"No, milord. I'm not talking about that."

"Huh?"

"Milord."

Suddenly, Michael kneeled towards Kang Chul-in and the other White-Lion knights also followed soon afterwards.

"I wish to serve milord."

"…..!"

"If you accept us, you will definitely have our undying loyalty."

And Michael bowed his head towards Kang Chul-in.

'Hoooh?'

Kang Chul-in smiled as he found an unexpected ally.

He was satisfied.

Kang Chul-in was depressed that someone like Elizabeth got to command this loyal group of knights. It was true that he had been tempted by these group of knights more than he was tempted to ally with Elizabeth.

And since Michael himself was offering to join Kang Chul-in's service, how could he not be happy?

"This one is a knight without a Lord. Rather than looking over the whole continent trying to find a new lord, there is a brilliant one right in front of me, so I'd rather go with you instead."

Michael again told Kang Chul-in and expressed that he wanted to join him.

To the knights whose hearts had already left Elizabeth, Kang Chul-in was a very good Lord to join.

He had amazing martial prowess, as well as a manly charisma.

"Mr. Chul-in."

"Why not accept them? As you saw earlier, they have plenty of skill too. I'm sure that they'll be of help to you."

"To be honest…"

Kang Chul-in spoke.

"I wanted them from the very beginning."

And listening to Kang Chul-in, their faces began to brighten.

"Michael."

"Yes, milord."

"I don't want to care about how you are going to exactly prove your undying loyalty nor do I really care."

He wouldn't ask. It was truly something that Kang Chul-in would say.

"My goal is to take over the whole of Pangaea and rule over it."

"Will you be able to handle it? It won't be an easy path."

"Life is not easy and an easy death is hard to look for. There is also a high possibility that you may die in a foreign land, killed by a nameless soldier."

"I don't care."

Michael said.

"Okay then, Michael."

"I will hereby announce you and your men as the White-Lion knights of the Laputa territory."

"…..!"

"As I told you earlier, I want you guys to think that you were my underlings from the beginning. And try to show me the best of you."

As soon as Kang Chul-in agreed, Michael and his knights were going to swear and do the knight's cermony, but….

"We will skip that."

Kang Chul-in didn't really like foreign ceremonies like that.

"I don't really care about swearing loyalty. Just show me that through your actions."

"Hmm… I've earned quite a lot."

Looking at the reports that Kang Chul-in received after the grueling 1 month that he had spent, Kang Chul-in was quite satisfied. This was what he had gotten:

- 1 Level up

- 47 Dwarf Slaves

- 1 Tempaman territory building

- 756 Tempaman civilians (256 men, 500 women)

- 2784 gold

- The White-Lion knights (Michael and the 26 knights)

- SS rank Ark Mage Nilus

- 40% of the gold in Nidavellir for 10 years

Although it was true that he had spent a lot of money using cosmic force here and there, it was also true that he had benefited from this trip.

Not only that contract for Nidavellir, the 47 dwarf slaves, the civilians, the White-Lion knights, as well as Nilus. Kang Chul-in had definitely earned some quite useful people.

"I guess I'll start leaving now."

As soon as it was over, Kang Chul-in decided that he wanted to return to Laputa.

"Already? Can't you stay for a few more days… all the civilians want to see your face at least once."

"If you keep showing them, you'll rust."

"…Huh?"

"It was a joke."

Lee Chae-rin was confused at his sudden joke. It seemed like Kang Chul-in didn't have much talent in this aspect.

"I have work to do."

"You are always busy, huh?"

"The country needs to make money in order for us to eat and live."

Kang Chul-in spoke in a tired voice.

"Is that so. Oh, Mr. Chul-in, I have a question."

"What is it?"

"Can I visit your territory from time to time? We are allied with each other after all."

"Anytime."

Kang Chul-in nodded his head as if it was nothing much. It wasn't that he was going anywhere, since she was coming to him, there was no reason to stop her.

"How about your house?"

"That…."

"Mr. Chul-in, you are living while getting pressured about marriage from your mother, right?"

"..."

"I will take care of your mother well. Because you are an ally as well as my benefactor, I should be doing this kind of service."

Lee Chae-rin showed her cards. Like this, she would take care of Kang Chul-in's family and unknowingly get close to him.

"Hmmm."

Kang Chul-in, who was most afraid of his mother 'Park Soon-ja', couldn't reject her offer.

"Hmm… then I'll leave it to you for a while."

"Okay!"

"Only a while though."

"Of course~"

And with that, Kang Chul-in and Lee Chae-rin could laughingly finalize the contract and finish the situation cleanly.

And Kang Chul-in left the work for Podolski, before leaving to Earth instead of Laputa.

'That guy, is he the real Kwak-jung?'

He needed to check something when he got back.

He needed to check whether the 'Black Leopard' really was Kwak-jung now.

And the business with Old man Kwon was also important. He was thinking of staying in Earth for a while, to build a business linked with Pangaea.

Chapter 65. Capturing Kwak-jung's heart (pt. 1)

Editor: Arya

Translator: Leyy

"Ugh…"

Kwak-jung moaned and woke up from his deep sleep.

"God dammit."

He had no idea what the hell was going on right now.

Around 5 weeks ago, he had gone into Park Doo-sik's office and fought a stranger, before being absolutely pummeled by him.

Until then, that was the life of an average gangster.

It was normal for people like them to go single-handedly against an enemy, before being beaten up by them.

It even came out in a lot of movies.

The main character, or the villain beat the enemy organization up while relaxedly smoking.

But that was not all.

When he woke up, what waited for him was a hospital room guarded by metal bars, like prison.

He was wearing titanium handcuffs and clothes that limited his movement.

And he also had a mouthpiece that stopped him from biting his tongue or talking.

"Oop… OOP OOP!! OOOOOOOOOOOP! (You crazy bastards! What the hell did you do to me?)"

Although he tried to conjure up his mana, he was still unable to break through the titanium handcuffs that bound him up.

And that was not the only problem.

Outside were around 20 special force guards that were armed with USP auto pistols, guarding him 24/7.

And even when he had to take care of his natural needs, he needed to show off his private parts. His freedom had been absolutely taken away.

And after 3 days of the constant humiliation, an old man came to visit him.

"Kuku… It seems like you aren't having a good time."

Although this old man seemed well in his seventies or sixties, he still looked very healthy, and tall.

'Who is this guy? I feel like I've seen him before…'

He thought that he had seen this old man somewhere before.

This old man quite seemed like Chairman Kwon, an absolutely big shot in not just the Korean underworld, but the entire world too.

"N-No way… Chairman Kwon?"

Black Leopard looked at Old man Kwon, his eyes round with surprise, while Old man Kwon looked at Black Leopard as if he knew everything that he was thinking.

"Seems like you know me."

"….."

"You're an adventurer?"

Because Black Leopard had his mouthpiece on and he couldn't speak, the only one talking here was Old man Kwon.

"Since you're an adventurer, I couldn't leave you in a nice, comfortable room. Who knows if you would rampage here and destroy everything."

And Black Leopard raged inside, at Old man Kwon's reasoning.

'This god damned crazy old man! Does he think I'm Hannibal Lector or something? (A crazy psychopath in a novel. The one in silence of the lambs.) Huh?"

"Do not hate me. The one that wanted you here wasn't me."

"…..?"

"My very important business partner so desperately wanted you to work for him after all."

Black Leopard couldn't understand what Old man Kwon was talking about.

Who the hell would want a gangster to work for them?

He wasn't a big shot that was known across the country yet. He only had a few bases around Incheon and Yeungdungpo. He couldn't understand why someone wanted him.

"Kuku… I'd bet your curious. But too bad. I don't know too much about my partner either. He is a very mysterious man, after all. I have no idea where he came from. I've never seen a man like him before."

"Why he wants you, what he wants you for, I have absolutely no idea. The only thing I can do is make your life here a little

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bit more comfortable."

"But… If you do something foolish…"

Old man Kwon pointed at the 20 guards that were standing behind him.

"Getting shot by a gun might be a new experience for you. You know what I'm trying to say, right?"

Black Leopard nodded his head at Old man Kwon's words.

"Haa… Haa…"

And as soon as the mouthpiece was removed, Black Leopard started breathing deeply, to get rid of the frustration he had, combined with the fact that he couldn't breath very comfortably earlier.

"Stay put. As you may know, even an adventurer like you won't be able to run from my fingertips."

"…Of course, sir."

Black Leopard spoke, trying to sound as polite as possible.

'God damned old man, just you wait… When I get stronger…"

He inwardly clenched his teeth. He would definitely avenge this humiliation some day.

"Bastard, clenching your teeth." Old man Kwon smirked.

"….."

Black Leopard couldn't speak, because his inner thoughts had been read.

"It's not like I haven't seen people like you before. I've been in this underworld business for a long 50 years. I know that people like you don't give in easily. You would definitely try to look for an opportunity for revenge."

"No, sir."

"What do you mean, no."

Old man Kwon shook his head, with a bit of murderous intent showing in his eyes.

"Do you know the reason I've been able to live and keep up this business for so long?"

At this moment, Black Leopard finally felt how cold-blooded Old man Kwon really was.

'Kill your enemies…'

The rule was to not mess with people stronger than you and suppress those that were weaker.

"Well, even if you want revenge, you've looked for the wrong address. If you still want revenge, you should try doing that against my partner."

But the problem was that he didn't know who that 'partner' was.

'Could it be… the man from back then?'

He thought of the man that had beaten him up back then. That man had strength and a force that didn't seem like a human could have.

"Oh, and also…"

"I hope your surgery goes well."

And Old man Kwon left the room.

Black Leopard's head was full of questions by now.

"God dammit, what the hell did they do to me?"

For the result, Black Leopard was the Kwak-jung that Kang Chul-in was looking for.

35 years old, adventurer, a heavy smoker, the name, as well as lung cancer. There was nothing that didn't fit into the criteria.

But Kang Chul-in was inwardly bitter that Kwak-jung wasn't like Lee Gong-myung, who looked dignified and like a scholar.

'Lee Gong-myung is white, and Kwak-jung is black.'

Riding in the Jaguar, Kang Chul-in compared those two to black and white, before laughing hysterically.

And it seemed very right too.

A peasant-born person that was in South Korea, Kang Chul-in. And against that was the one that had been given a diamond-spoon since he was born, Alex Rothschild. And the scholar Lee Gong-Myung against the gangster Kwak-jung. Thinking about it, it was completely a battle of Black vs White.

'This, this is some sort of movie.'

Kang Chul-in thought of the report that he had read on Kwak-jung's early life.

And even though Kang Chul-in had read it in detail, it was very hard to explain.

To say it simply in keywords, they were: domestic violence, running away from home, crime, prison, gangster, debt etc. It was quite a pitiful and violence-filled life, so it was understandable why Kwak-jung was such a heavy smoker.

If it was a normal person they would have probably gone crazy or become an alcoholic, but Kwak-jung didn't throw himself away like that. It was something that Kang Chul-in thought highly of.

And while he was thinking of that, Kang Chul-in got closer and closer to An-san.

The reason why he came here was very simple.

According to Old man Kwon, a very important person to Kwak-jung lived here.

And when Kang Chul-in arrived there, some university students looked at Kang Chul-in's car curiously.

"Woah, a Jaguar."

"A Coupe too."

"Kuuuu, look how dope that car is."

"Big bro, is this car expensive?"

"Of course it is, it's around maybe 200,000 dollars?"

"Woah… so expensive. Is a lamborghini more expensive, or this?"

"Of course a lambo."

"Then is a Lamborghini better than this car?"

"Well… It is more expensive."

"Oh, so it is then."

And listening to their conversation, Kang Chul-in's face stiffened.

'These things… Do they think that only Ferraris and Lamborghinis are super cars or something?'

Kang Chul-in thought of this and seriously contemplated whether to take a Lamborghini from Old man Kwon.

Well, since he was going to buy most of the super cars anyway, it didn't really matter to him.

After parking the car, Kang Chul-in started walking towards his destination.

And surprisingly enough, he was headed to a creepy, small road.

Crossing his arms together, he waited for the person that he was looking for to arrive.

Around 2 hours later, a group of boys and girls walked on the road that he was.

"Kak, twep."

"Hey, hey, hand me a cigar."

"Me too, me too!"

They were a teenagers, smoking cigarettes secretly here, making it into a sort of base.

'Is she here?'

Kang Chul-in scanned through the group, looking for the person that he was supposed to find.

'Yes, she is.'

Identifying the target, Kang Chul-in smiled. As expected, Doo-sik's information was right.

"You there."

Kang Chul-in started walking towards that group and pointed towards a particularly pretty girl.

"You, come with me."

It was Kwak-jung's younger sister.

Chapter 66. Capturing Kwak-jung's heart (pt. 2)

Editor: Arya

Translator: Leyy

"Huh?"

"Hey, do you know this guy?"

"Oi, who the hell are you?"

"Why? Do you have something you need?"

A 17 years old high schooler this year, Kwak Jung-mi smirked and smoked.

'Both are heavy smokers… What a wonderful family.'

Because they looked so similar, Kang Chul-in was immediately able to recognize Kwak-jung's younger sister.

'As long as I get her, Kwak-jung is practically mine.'

It was an opportunity for him.

"Kwak Jung-mi."

Kang Chul-in took another step towards her, who was still smoking.

"Yeah? What are you, big bro? How do you know my name?'

As the seemingly cold man spoke her name, she was surprised.

"Big bro, are you a policeman? Or someone collecting debt?"

"Neither." Kang Chul-in shook his head.

"Your brother, Kwak-jung is looking for you."

"...!"

"That bastard… is looking for me?"

"Yes." Kang Chul-in nodded his head.

"I am here from your brother's request. So…"

"LIAR!"

Kwak Jung-mi suddenly shouted.

"STOP LYING!"

"What a joke. That bastard is looking for me? As if I would believe that bullsh*t."

Kwak Jung-mi seemed to hate her older brother.

"He told me he'd take care of me… and never let me go! That bastard who was in and out of prison! He never even sent me a phone call or a letter! And you're saying now that he's looking for me?"

"Show your frustration to your brother, not me. I'm not part of it, just someone to take you to him."

"But… no. I don't even want to take a look at his face."

Kwak Jung-mi shook her head resolutely, showing her rejection.

"Oi."

"She said no. So **** off."

"You wanna die?"

"Don't cry when we… AGH!"

Kang Chul-in grabbed the collar of the student who was walking towards him, before throwing him into the ground.

'No matter what, I will take her with me.' Kang Chul-in thought and started moving.

And soon after, with a TAK sound, he nearly crushed the skull of the boys that he had finger-flicked with his hands.

"AGH!"

"BRO, BRO… PLEASE…. AGH!"

"Kwak Jung-mi."

Without even looking at the people that were down on the floor, Kang Chul-in threw a punch towards a nearby wall. And also included mana fire in it too.

"Stop trying to show off in front of me." Kang Chul-in spoke.

Of course, he didn't really plan on beating them up. It was just to scare them.

"H…How did you…."

Looking at the immense strength that surpassed a human, she was so frightened that she couldn't even scream.

Puberty?

Rejection of Kwak-jung?

A 17 year old girl's fearlessness?

…Nothing mattered.

The best fighters that she knew were defeated with a finger-flick and a wall had been busted with just bare fists.

"Will you come with me willingly, or…"

"G-Go. I'll go."

Kwak Jung-mi spoke, full of fear. As expected, Kang Chul-in was better at threatening people than persuading them.

"Then follow me."

Kang Chul-in left the alley.

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Although she wanted to scream and run away, there was no way for her to do that from someone that could break concrete with their hands. She had no choice.

"Ride it."

Kang Chul-in spoke, jumping into his jaguar.

"T-This is your car?"

She was surprised at the expensive car.

"But…that bastard, what is he doing now?"

Kwak Jung-mi asked.

"See for yourself."

Kang Chul-in didn't answer her question.

'I had lung cancer…sigh, I shouldn't have smoked like that.'

After doing the surgery, Kwak-jung regretted that he had ever touched a cigarette.

He still felt a chill on his back.

Lung cancer was often very hard to find until the very late stages, but at that point, it would already be too late for the patient.

He was absolutely blessed that he had done surgery and gotten rid of it before it had spread elsewhere.

'That monster, I think he knew me. He asked for my age and where I worked too. He knows me, and I'm sure he was looking for me.'

Kwak-jung approached the truth as he was locked inside his room.

'I'm sure he has something that he wants from me. Although I'm not sure what it is, he wouldn't have locked me up if not for that reason.'

Of course, the 'monster' that he was referring to was Kang Chul-in.

But as he was stuck in here, he planned his escape.

'As if I would stay stuck in here!'

Kwak-jung clenched his teeth, and planned his escape from this damned hospital room.

And he looked through the room.

In his head, he had already set up his escape plan and was simulating his escape right now.

'Tonight, I escape.'

Kwak-jung looked at the clock and kept on simulating his escape plan, over and over again.

And a few hours later…with a creak, the sound of the door opening came, with a guard holding a plate filled with food.

"Kuuhh~ I was hungry too. This old guy, at least he takes care of my food well."

Kwak-jung spoke naturally.

"So, what is it for dinner today? It can't be seaweed soup again, right? Yeah, there's no way, right? It's not like my birthday is every day of the year (Korean's often drink seaweed soup on their birthday)…"

"Today we have meat and radish soup."

The guard, who had gotten pretty close to him, spoke.

"Oh? Great! But the hospital's food is pretty bland…Whatever. Oh. Can you pass me the water over there? My throat kind of hurts."

"Sigh…why is someone tied up ordering me around…"

The guard muttered, but started moving towards the bottle of water, and stretched his hand towards it.

'Now!'

And at that moment, Kwak-jung moved like lightning.

POW!

And Kwak-jung's fist hit the backside of a guard.

"What is this sound…"

The guard getting the water turned around…

"AGH!"

But hot food spilled over him.

'Quick!'

Kwak-jung searched the insides of the pockets of the fainted guard and took the USP pistol.

And while the other guard was only half-conscious because of the hot food that had spilled over him…

BANG! BANG!

And with two shots, the titanium chains broke.

'NICE!'

'But from now on, it's even more important.'

Kwak-jung took his pistol and stood behind the door.

Tap, Tap.

He heard the sound of footsteps from far away.

'It must be because of the gunshots.'

The gunshots were louder than expected. Although they had silencers on it, it still made a loud sound.

'Will he open the door? If he does, I'll be able to catch him off guard.'

Kwak-jung simulated what was going to happen next in his head and heightened his senses as much as possible.

Creak…

The door opened.

'NOW!'

Kwak-jung spun his body from behind the door and pointed the pistol at the intruder.

"Put your hands… HUK!"

Kwak-jung was surprised twice in that moment.

First, he was surprised that the man that appeared was the 'monster' like man.

And he was also surprised that he had been disarmed, with the 'monster' moving his hand like lightning, and rendering the gun useless by moving the 'slide' of the gun to the way back.

'WHAT THE F*CK?'

"It seems like pointing a gun at someone who came to visit you is the trend now?"

Kang Chul-in said, smirking.

"Oh god, why…"

Kwak-jung's face was filled with despair.