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Chapter 156: Dad is Here

Translator: Leyy3

"M-Monster..."

Out of the 3 suicide bombings, none of them succeeded.

It was because after activating Overdrive, Kang Chul-In was able to stab through their hearts faster than they exploded.

Now's my chance.

Kang Chul-In knew that while the enemy soldiers were afraid, he had to get past them and get in the Bittermoon territory. Even though he was strong, he wouldn't be able to win against this many soldiers. He would run out of mana first.

"Altaica!"

Kang Chul-In called.

-Krrr!

Jumping towards him, the Altaica showed that it was still fine. Even though it had gotten a little injured due to the suicide bombers, the injuries weren't that serious yet.

"Let's go!"

As soon as Kang Chul-In got on the Altaica, it started to race towards the Bittermoon territory's castle..

"S-Stop them!"

"Catch them!"

Even though the soldiers of Anatolia surrounded Kang Chul-In and the Altaica,

"Agh!!"

"Kuhuk..."

They were unable to stop Kang Chul-In, who had activated Overdrive.

And combined with the weight and speed of the Altaica, it made sense that no one in front of them would be okay.

Combined together, the two of them were able to create destructive power akin to that of Franz' 'Titan'.

If we can just get over the castle wall...

Looking at the castle wall of the Bittermoon territory, Kang Chul-In gritted his teeth.

If he got past that wall he would finally be able to meet Arshelly.

And since he had already been here, he would remember what was inside once he saw it again. And especially Polansky's secret chamber; he knew the location perfectly since he had been shocked in his past life.

"Can you do it?"

With 20 metres remaining in between him and the wall, he asked the Altaica.

-Grrrrr!

The Altaica cried loudly. It seemed as if he were telling Kang Chul-In not to worry.

"Good!"

Kang Chul-In answered back cheerfully.

Even though it was a baby that had only been born for a year, it wasn't too bad of an idea to trust in the power of a godbeast that represented a kingdom.

Tat!

The Altaica started to run towards the castle walls quickly,

"Get lost!"

And Kang Chul-In cut down any soldiers that dared to get close.

Tuk!

The Altaica's sharp claws pushed down on the castle wall.

And,

-Krrr!

With a fearsome roar, it began to scale up the wall, as if it was running.

1 metre, 2 metres... 5 metres... 10 metres...

25 metres!

"We're almost there!"

-Krr!

The Altaica grunted in response and jumped,

Tuk!

Landing gracefully on the castle walls.

"W-What...?"

"Is that a tiger...?"

"I-Is that the famed Overlord Kang Chul-In...?"

The soldiers atop the castle wall gasped, flabbergasted at the man-tiger duo that had just climbed the wall.

"A-Are you... Kang Chul-In?"

The general of the Bittermoon territory, Berenas, approached Kang Chul-In and spoke cautiously.

"Yes."

Atop the Altaica, Kang Chul-In stared down at the troops arrogantly.

"To think that I would live to see the sight of a Lord getting past an entire army by himself... I can't believe that... B-But... where is your army? Why are you alone?"

"Well."

Kang Chul-In laughed.

With a cold smile on his face, Kang Chul-In looked like a demon king that had risen from the depths of hell.

"Reinforcements?"

"...?"

"There are none."

"...!"

"I'm here for Polansky, to rip his head off."

"W-What..."

At the moment Berenas tried to open his mouth.

Flash!

A white light streaked by,

Plop.

And Berenas's rolled on the

floor, lifeless.

"...!"

Shock filled the faces of the Bittermoon soldiers.

"Fight well."

Saying that, Kang Chul-In and the Altaica raced towards the inner castle.

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"W-What just..."

Even Lee Gong-Myung was shocked when Kang Chul-In came out of nowhere, and jumped inside the Bittermoon territory.

Of course, he wasn't able to see the death of Berenas, as he was so far away.

"Lee Gong-Myung!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf was also shocked.

"What is happening right now? Why is Kang Chul-In here?"

"Great Khalifa..."

Lee Gong-Myung immediately kneeled down in front of Baruk Al-Yusuf.

"This is something that this one had also not expected."

"Ehem..."

"Overlord Kang Chul-In is on the other side of Pangaea, in the Pandemonium territory. I had not guessed that he would be here instead."

"Hu..."

Baruk Al-Yusuf sighed.

Since he also knew that what Lee Gong-Myung said was 100% true, he could not blame him either.

At that moment.

"A message has come!"

A messenger that had been waiting outside rushed in.

"Great Khalifa!"

The man reported.

"The 5000 soldiers that were in the back preparing for the reinforcements seem to be struggling! There are already 700 dead..."

"...!"

"Apparently, they weren't able to stand up against their enemies since they were quite powerful, and they were using Guerrilla tactics to fight."

"W-What!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf stood up.

"Guerrilla... Guerrilla warfare... It seems as if the reinforcements weren't from the territories in the south, but rather Kang Chul-In."

Shouting this, Baruk Al-Yusuf's eyes were reddened with rage.

"What Kang Chul-In has done here, appearing by himself, is an incredible risky move. Even though he has managed to get inside the Bittermoon territory, isn't it impossible for him to escape? It seems as if Kang Chul-In has some unsolved business within there."

At that moment, Lee Gong-Myung spoke up.

"So?"

"Isn't this a great opportunity for us?"

And at this, Baruk Al-Yusuf gasped.

"Ahh..."

"Great Khalifa, this is a great chance."

Lee Gong-Myung repeated.

"It seems as though the morale of the Bittermoon troops being so high has something to do with Kang Chul-In."

"You seem to be correct."

"But Kang Chul-In's army is fighting in the back, which means that reinforcements won't be coming."

"And?"

"Yes, this is a mistake and an overestimation of himself by Kang Chul-In. By doing this, he has trapped himself, and given us a great opportunity!"

"Very good!"

Listening up to here, Baruk Al-Yusuf started to laugh.

This is an opportunity!

Looking at Baruk Al-Yusuf in front of him, Lee Gong-Myung realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Even from the beginning, the reason why Alex Rothschild had sent Lee Gong-Myung was in order to stop Kang Chul-In's growth, and make Baruk Al-Yusuf his meatshield.

But since Kang Chul-In had come here himself, this was an opportunity for Lee Gong-Myung.

I need to capture Kang Chul-In here!

If he could capture Kang Chul-In, it didn't matter what it cost, and how much Baruk Al-Yusuf lost.

"Great Khalifa, why don't we go all out, and try to capture Kang Chul-In?"

"Of course! I will use my everything--- My greatest jihad soldiers to capture that damned Kang Chul-In!"

Baruk Al Yusuf clenched his fists.

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Just a little further!

Inside the Bittermoon territory, Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica to go all-out, and quickly rushed into the inner castle.

"Stop!"

At that moment.

"Overlord Kang Chul-In! What are you doing!"

Stopping Kang Chul-In were around 50 of the territories guards. These were the elite of the elite, so it was hard for even Kang Chul-In to ignore them.

But,

"Small fry."

Kang Chul-In laughed at the guards of the Bittermoon territory.

Why?

He had something for them.

"Summon."

As soon as Kang Chul-In said that, Spectre Knights started to show themselves one by one.

"D-Don't tell me..."

Looking at these Spectre Knights, the leader of the guards gasped.

"S-Spectre..."

Of course they were shocked.

Even though these guards were the elite of the territory, they had to gang up 5 against 1 in order to beat these spectre knights.

Since they had to same numbers, it was obviously who would lose the battle.

"Sweep them up."

Kang Chul-In ordered.

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"Kang Chul-In you crazy bastard!!!"

At this disaster, Sheville Polansky cursed.

The Bittermoon territory was already screwed.

They had only been holding on to wait for Kang Chul-In's reinforcements, and now that their hopes had been dashed, Sheville Polansky tried to run back to earth.

"Damned bastard!"

Sheville Polansky swore once more, and opened a secret passage in the Lord's hall.

"M-Milord! Where are you going!"

"Shut up!"

Ignoring his secretary, Sheville Polansky tried to run.

Using the secret passage Sheville Polansky went to his secret chamber. It was in order to take Arshelly with him back to earth.

"Huhu... that barrier should almost be gone by now..."

Looking at the fainted Arshelly, Sheville Polansky laughed.

At that moment.

BANG!

With a large noise, the walls began to collapse,

-Krrr!

Revealing a man riding a giant tiger.

"Daughter."

Ignoring the flustered Sheville Polansky, Kang Chul-In only looked at Arshelly.

"Wake up. Dad is here."

Chapter 157: Brutally and Violently

Translator: Leyy3

F-Father?

Even though she wasn't fully conscious, Arshelly could hear the voice of her beloved father.

"F-Father...?"

Arshelly spoke to Kang Chul-In with a weak voice.

"Yes, daughter."

Kang Chul-In answered.

"I'm here. Your dad is here. So..."

Kang Chul-In hopped off the Altaica.

"Don't worry."

Saying this, Kang Chul-In's eyes were full of fatherly love.

"D-Don't tell me..."

When he saw this, Sheville Polansky---

"A-ah... ah!!!"

Seemed liked he was about to fall over on the spot from shock.

"T-That little b*tch... w-was the daughter of... O-Overlord Kang Chul-In...?!"

This wasn't even close to just a small mistake, so it was as if Sheville had stepped into a field of explosive mines.

The daughter of Overlord Kang Chul-In?

He had kidnapped the daughter of the man that even Baruk Al-Yusuf had to kneel to?

And he was planning on killing her before turning her into his mannequin?

T-This can't be... No... No... NOOOO!!!

Sheville wanted to bite his tongue and die.

"This... won't happen again."

Without taking so much as a glance at Sheville, Kang Chul-In promised.

"I... believe you, father..."

Arshelly spoke, her voice trembling.

Her voice resembled that of a dying person's.

When he heard it, Kang Chul-In's heart felt like it was being torn apart.

"I-I love you, father..."

"Me too."

"Dad... Please save the ones trapped there too..."

Arshelly pointed at the other children stuck inside the glass containers.

"Don't worry."

Kang Chul-In answered.

The Bittermoon territory would soon be taken over by Baruk Al-Yusuf anyway, and he wouldn't kill those children since he followed the Islamic law.

"Yes, father. I can't anymore... my eyes..."

"It's okay, you can go ahead and close them."

Grabbing Arshelly, Kang Chul-In patted her on the back.

"Don't worry. What is there to worry about when dad is here?"

"You're right..."

"When you wake up, we'll both be in Laputa."

"Yes, father... I love..."

While Arshelly was speaking,

Droop.

Her eyelids shut closed, and her head drooped down.

With Kang Chul-In here, Arshelly was finally able to fall asleep in peace.

At last, Kang Chul-In didn't feel the same emptiness he had felt before.

Was family such an important thing...?

Kang Chul-In realized just how important Arshelly was to him now.

And,

Son! Come and visit home more often!

His mother's, Park Sun-Ja's, voice echoed in his head.

He couldn't understand why he had ignored his mother in his past life, and instead only focused on waging war.

You, and mother.

Kang Chul-In vowed.

I won't let any harm come to you.

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While Kang Chul-In was speaking to Arshelly, Sheville Polansky started to tiptoe towards the exit.

Of course, the problem was that

Arshelly and Kang Chul-In weren't the only ones in the room.

-Krrrr!

The Altaica growled towards him, as if warning him.

"...!"

Afraid of the giant beast, Sheville stopped moving.

-Grrrr!

The Altaica showed off its fangs, which were still dripping with flesh blood. It also started to circle around him, intensifying his fright.

This damned beast!

Even though Sheville's eyes reddened from rage, there was nothing he could do.

-Hmph!

The Altaica snorted, ignoring him.

There was no way that the Sheville's ability would work against the Altaica, since it didn't even know the 'M' in 'magic'.

"Where do you think you're going?"

From behind him, Sheville heard the voice of the grim reaper.

"H-Hiik!"

"You have to pay the price now."

"I-I'm sorry...! Please have mercy..."

Sheville didn't dare to turn around. He was too afraid to look at Kang Chul-In's face.

Ah, I'm so screwed.

There was no way he could win against Kang Chul-In since he didn't use magic. The only choice was to...

Plop.

Sheville turned his body around and kneeled directly in front of Kang Chul-In.

Bang!

He then started to smash his own forehead against the ground to apologize.

"I-I'm sorry!"

It was a quick apology, given in order to live.

"I won't... won't ever do this again! Also, I didn't know... I really didn't know that she was the daughter of the Overlord Kang Chul-In! I wouldn't have kidnapped her if I knew! Please believe me...!"

Half of what he said was true, and half was a lie.

When he said he wouldn't do this again he was just lying, in order to avoid death. Of course, the fact that he wouldn't have dared to touch Arshelly was true.

"P-Please...!"

"Please?"

"I-If you let me... Kuhuk!"

Sheville choked due Kang Chul-In's hand grabbing his throat.

"You should already know---"

"W-What do you mean...?"

"That I won't kill you easily."

"P-Please...!"

"You..."

While Kang Chul-In was speaking, a white light flashed,

"You bastard!!"

And Sheville started to charge towards Kang Chul-In.

It was a sneak attack.

He had thrown a single-use item that should have blocked Kang Chul-In's sight, before charging towards him.

However,

Tuk!

Kang Chul-In grabbed onto Polansky's right arm, which held a dagger.

"Is this it?"

Kang Chul-In laughed.

"Since I don't have much time, let's begin."

"...!?"

"I will show you a whole new world of pain."

"Agghhhhh!!!"

A terrifying scream filled the secret chamber of the Bittermoon territory.

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Whilst Kang Chul-In was torturing Sheville Polansky, the Anatolian army was outside conquering the castle walls of the Bittermoon territory.

"Agh!"

"These bastards!"

Unlike before, the soldiers of the Bittermoon territory fell like leaves. The morale they had shown an hour ago was long gone.

"Great Khalifa."

Lee Gong-Myung spoke.

"Can you lend this one 2000 troops?"

"2000?"

"Yes, Great Khalifa."

"What's the reason?"

"In order to block their escape route."

"Hm... Very well."

"Thank you, great Khalifa."

Lee Gong-Myung bowed.

"Oh, and when should I send out my great warriors?"

"I think now is the right time."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, great Khalifa. The Bittermoon territory is a mess right now. Since Kang Chul-In can run during the chaos, we should send out your great warriors and have them hunt Kang Chul-In down."

"Alright."

Baruk Al-Yusuf nodded.

"Kang Chul-In...!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf was confident.

50 elite guards of Anatolia, 50 assassins, and 100 soldiers. With this 200 man elite squad, he was confident in being able to catch Kang Chul-In.

"Just you wait! I will capture you alive, and rip you to shreds!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf spoke, his eyes glittering with madness.

Chapter 158: The End of Sheville Polansky

Translator: Leyy3

"Kuhuk..."

Sheville Polansky coughed in pain.

"Really?"

Kang Chul-In spoke, his voice cold.

"Did you really think I would fall to such an obvious trap?"

"...!"

"Honestly, it was so obvious that it's boring."

In the past, Kang Chul-In had been subject to many assassination attempts. He had even met an assassin after using the toilet once.

So would he, after being subject to so many assassination attempts, fall so easily like this?

Obviously not.

"There's no time."

Kang Chul-In laughed.

"I'll shatter your bones first."

Crack!

Sheville's arms twisted in weird angles.

"Aghhh!"

His bones completely bent out of shape, Sheville screamed in terror and pain.

"Let's see how thick your bones really are."

Kang Chul-In laughed evilly.

He wanted to check just how thick Sheville's bones were for him to kidnap his daughter.

"I pray that you can last long."

"P-Please..."

"That mouth of yours first."

Crack!

"Ugh! Kuhuk..."

Sheville coughed up blood. It was because Kang Chul-In's fist had 'destroyed' his mouth.

Tuk...

Teeth began to fall on the floor, but that wasn't all.

Tuk.

Out of his mouth, a reddish-black object fell out.

"Uu... Uhhhh!!!"

Looking at it, Sheville's body started to spasm.

"Uh... Uhhh!!"

It was his tongue.

"That's right."

Kang Chul-In nodded, looking at the suffering Sheville. A satisfied smile was on his face.

"This fits you better."

"P-P-Pl... S..."

"You still dare to talk?"

With a laugh,

Pow!

Kang Chul-In kicked Sheville's chin as if he were kicking a soccer ball.

"We're not finished just yet."

Kang Chul-In shook his head.

He wouldn't let go of the damned bastard that had kidnapped his daughter.

If it were someone else, he would have ended them already, but he just couldn't let go of his anger.

"I will show you the meaning of pain."

Saying this, Kang Chul-In stretched his arm out, and poured mana straight into Sheville's head.

"Hup..."

The response was instantaneous.

"Hehe! Hahahaha!"

Sheville started to laugh crazily.

"H-Huk?"

But then, he felt a bit strange.

"U... Uaghhh!!! Uahghjhghhh! AAahhhhhhh!"

He began to shriek as if this were the worst pain he had ever felt, even when compared with Kang Chul-In's earlier onslaught.

"This is what I prepared for you."

Kang Chul-In turned around.

There was no longer any desire for him to beat Sheville up anymore, but it also felt too merciful to just let him die. He decided to let his mana rampage inside Sheville before he died.

Now, I'll take Arshelly, and...

-Sheville Polansky, suppression complete!

A notification popped up.

The requirements for his authority to activate had been completed.

Ah.

Kang Chul-In stopped.

So engrossed in his revenge, he had completely forgot about his new ability.

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「Sheville Polansky」

Ability: Spell Absorption

Type:

Active (has requirements)

Requirements: Can only be used against attacking magic.

Details:

-Can turn any magic or psychokinesis under 8 circles into nothing.

-Changes 30% of the energy of the magic absorbed into the user's mana, and empowers the user for 5 minutes.

Things to note:

-Cannot be used against defensive magic.

-Can become dangerous if used to absorb magic above a certain level.

Side-effects: None

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Ah, I forgot about this ability.

Kang Chul-In's eyes shone.

I forgot that this ability can be ranked as an SSS rank ability.

Even though he had forgotten due to the fact that Sheville Polansky was very easy to defeat for him, there were extreme merits and benefits to this ability. This could be an extreme counter against any magician or mage.

"You're lucky."

Kang Chul-In muttered, unsatisfied that Polansky would die so soon.

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While Kang Chul-In was busy taking Sheville Polansky's ability, the Anatolian army had succeeded in breaking through the Bittermoon territory.

-Allahu Akbar!

Under Baruk Al-Yusuf's 「Mad God」 ability, the soldiers of Anatolia went on a rampage, destroying and killing the Bittermoon soldiers.

"Kill them all!"

The commander of the soldiers shouted at them.

"Don't let any of the soldiers live, for Allah hasn't given those non-believers the right to live!"

The man that encouraged this slaughter was an adventurer, and the man that Baruk Al-Yusuf cared most about as a subordinate.

Abubakar Shekau.

This Nigerian terrorist was also an extremely famous man on Earth, famous for his methods in killing non-Islamic individuals.

-Abubakar!

"...!"

Abubakar could hear the voice of Baruk Al-Yusuf in his head.

Baruk Al-Yusuf could use telepathy on his most trusted subordinates.

Though only Baruk Al-Yusuf could talk using his telepathy,

"Oh! Great Khalifa!"

Hearing his voice, Abubakar still kneeled down in respect.

-I'm giving you a mission. Soon, our 'elites' will go into the Bittermoon territory.

"T-Them?"

Hearing that Baruk Al-Yusuf would soon send in the 'elites', Abubakar's body shook because he was extremely surprised.

-The aim and target is only one person, Overlord Kang Chul-In.

Baruk Al-Yusuf's voice could be heard once more.

-Nothing else, just Kang Chul-In. Try your best to capture him alive, but kill him if you must and bring me his head.

"Of course, great Khalifa! This one will definitely bring him back and make him kneel in front of the Great Khalifa!"

Abubakar vowed.

Soon after, 'they' started to show themselves inside the Bittermoon territory.

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10 kilometres from the Chermart territory.

"Haha... hahahahaha!"

Kwak-Jung, who had lead the Laputa soldiers, was laughing.

"..."

James looked at Kwak-Jung, worried about what was happening.

What on...

Yes, what on earth.

James had no idea what Kwak-Jung was thinking.

All Kwak-Jung had done before this was turn on the illusion network, and made calls for almost 2 hours straight.

Did he call for reinforcements?

...Was James first thought, before erasing that possibility from his mind.

There was no one to call.

Their most trusted ally, Lee Chae-rin, was far away in the Pandemonium region, raking in money from her mines, and they hadn't been able to reach Hecate recently.

He even thought of Aleister, but quickly erased that out of his mind too.

After being completely destroyed by Kang Chul-In during the Fox Valley battle, Aleister was barely able to keep his position as an Overlord. It would be a smart idea for him not to come.

Then Dorian Explorer?

Probably not.

Even though Dorian himself was quite powerful, his territory was barely the size of a village. There was no way that Dorian would have the troops to send.

Then why...

James was frustrated.

"Kuk... Kukuku..."

Meanwhile, Kwak-Jung was still laughing to himself---

"Kuku... Will I get a bonus this time? Maybe I'll get to drive a Ferrari around..."

Muttering things that James couldn't possibly understand.

Chapter 159: Breakthrough

Translator: Leyy3

"Rot in hell, idiot."

Kang Chul-In cursed one last time before leaving the hall.

What he had to do now was carry Arshelly out of this place before he was completely surrounded by the Anatolian troops.

-Meow~.

The Altaica handed Arshelly who was sleeping on its back over to Kang Chul-In carefully using its fangs. Since it was a godbeast, it was capable of doing things like this.

I can only carry her on my back.

It would be too difficult to carry an 11-year old in his arms while trying to escape, so Kang Chul-In decided to carry her on his back instead.

Tzzt!

Kang Chul-In ripped off part of his armor to instead put it on Arshelly to protect her.

He used the cape that Alfred gave him as a sack, and put Arshelly in it.

"Is this okay now?"

Kang Chul-In asked the Altaica.

Nod nod.

The Altaica nodded, gesturing that it was fine.

"Pft."

Kang Chul-In laughed at the Altaica's intelligence.

It will be difficult to move around.

Truth be told, it wasn't really a situation to be laughing in.

Since he was carrying his daughter on his back, he wouldn't be able to make any dynamic movements, which would lead to a decrease in his fighting strength.

Additionally, if the enemies focused on Arshelly instead of Kang Chul-In?

That would definitely give him some trouble.

And not only that, but wasn't he in the middle of enemy territory?

"Let's go."

Kang Chul-In had no hesitation in his footsteps.

We have to get out of here, no matter what.

Even though they were in danger, nothing would change if they just stayed in here worrying. There were only two possibilities for what could happen: they would either survive, or die.

"Go!"

Kang Chul-In shouted, urging the Altaica.

It was the beginning of their escape.

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Elsewhere inside the Bittermoon territory---

"P-Please save... Ugh..."

"Kuku... save you?"

The soldiers of Anatolia laughed.

"Do you think we let dogs like you live?"

Looking at the dying Bittermoon soldiers, the Anatolian soldiers seemed to enjoy it.

In fact, it was obvious that they were enjoying the process.

"Now, if I could just catch the Lord of this terri..."

As the soldier was speaking,

-Krrr!

Out of nowhere, a white tiger the size of a small house appeared.

"...!"

At this, the soldiers froze up. It was because they knew who the man riding this tiger was through the grapevine of commands.

"Disgusting bastards."

Kang Chul-In stared at these soldiers in disgust.

"So that man is..."

But... the soldiers of Anatolia were somewhat strange.

Even though they seemed surprised, they didn't seem to be frightened at all.

"The Khalifa will reward

us when we capture you."

In fact, the soldiers instead welcomed Kang Chul-In. Their desire and greed for money had overtaken their fear.

"...These bastards."

Kang Chul-In was speechless and annoyed at the fact that these small-fry were thinking so lowly of him.

"Just..."

Kang Chul-In took out the iron sword.

"...Die."

With that,

-Grrr!

The Altaica growled, and started to dash explosively.

Puak!

Blood spurted everywhere, like a water fountain.

In a blink of an eye, 10 heads were separated from their bodies.

"Go."

-Krrr!

Once again, Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica, without taking a look at the dead soldiers.

Bang!

Due to the weight of the Altaica, the floor seemed to scream in pain.

And due to the Altaica's incomparable speed and weight, when combined with Kang Chul-In's strength, they started to seem like a moving tank.

"Agh!!"

"Kuhuk..."

What followed was a trail of blood.

No one that stood in the way of Kang Chul-In was left alive.

"There, head there!"

Getting out of the inner castle, Kang Chul-In pointed towards the castle wall.

-Krr!

The Altaica moved to follow Kang Chul-In's words, leaping with its giant body.

Tat!

The jumping Altaica, and Kang Chul-In riding on it.

It seemed as if the duo of the strongest Overlord and the godbeast were going to get out of the Bittermoon territory just like that.

Shii!

Until a terrifying noise passed by, and black shadows started to stand in Kang Chul-In's and the Altaica's way.

Shiii!

Sharp blades came from behind, the left, the right--- basically all directions, at once.

Ambush!

At that moment, Kang Chul-In's eyes began to gleam like a predator.

They were in mid-air, in order to get on the castle wall, so it was difficult to move their bodies. If they landed like this, it was obvious that they would be done for.

Hwaaa!

Terrifying mana started to explode out of Kang Chul-In's body.

BANG!

This explosion of mana was able to push back the black shadows, enabling Kang Chul-In and the Altaica to land on the walls safely.

Even though he had spent a lot of mana, there was no other choice.

"So you're trying to take me down?"

There was no other explanation.

The 50 black shadows seemed threatening, and their martial prowess was certainly not bad.

Kang Chul-in glanced at their eyes, which could be seen peeking out from the slits of their mask.

Drugs.

It seems that their abilities had been drastically improved with the use of drugs.

These 50 soldiers that were armed with gleaming scimitars were surely Baruk Al-Yusuf's elite guards.

There were also 100 soldiers that were glowing red. They were the suicide bombers he had seen earlier.

"The elites of Baruk Al-Yusuf, that crazy bastard, huh."

Kang Chul-In nodded.

"Kang Chul-In, oh, Kang Chul-In..."

At that moment,

"Huhu... I will chop your head off with my own two hands."

A man stepped forward and spoke. It was Baruk Al-Yusuf's trusted subordinate, Abubakar Shekau.

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While Kang Chul-In was meeting the elite soldiers of Anatolia, Lee Gong-Myung was setting up a trap just in case Kang Chul-In survived.

"Get a lot of large stones. The bigger the better."

He ordered.

"S-Stones?"

"This is my order. Hurry up."

Even though the commander of Baruk Al-Yusuf's army was confused, he did what he was told.

"Huu..."

Lee Gong-Myung sighed deeply.

There's no way Kang Chul-In will be caught with just those elite soldiers.

He will definitely come this way. I have a feeling. This is an opportunity. I will never... never let this go.

Lee Gong-Myung vowed.

He had to.

This was the biggest opportunity he had to get rid of his lord, Alex Rothschild's, archenemy.

Kang Chul-In... even you won't be able to get out of here alive.

Thinking this, Lee Gong-Myung's left hand rested on his waist. Where he touched was a fan of supreme quality.

Its name:

The White Rain Fan.

Chapter 160: Breakthrough (pt. 2)

Translator: Leyy3

Kang Chul-In had a problem.

He was alone, and his movements were restricted, as he was carrying Arshelly on his back.

"Your name was... Kang Chul-In, right?"

Abubakar said, laughing.

"If you surrender, I will give you a quick death."

Backed up by the elites of Baruk Al-Yusuf's army, Abubakar spoke confidently.

"Isn't that generous? After you humiliated our Lord in the previous Lord meeting, I'm offering you painless death. Instead of suffering, you may embrace the arms of Allah."

Kang Chul-In's response to this was:

"Eat this."

Kuooo!

Instead of using words, he replied with Vortex.

The tornado swept aside those who stood in the way, and quickly headed towards where Abubakar stood.

"Hup..."

Startled, Abubakar gasped and jumped away.

However, Vortex wasn't a simple attack that could be dodged just like that.

"Ack!"

Abubakar screamed in pain.

"W-What..."

And he looked down incredulously, only to find that his waist was bleeding and missing a bit of flesh.

"What on..."

Abubakar felt cold sweat pouring down his back.

This happened just by Vortex grazing him, so it was obvious that he would have been ripped to shreds if he had been hit head on.

"You bas..."

While Abubakar was swearing...

-Krrrr!

The Altaica started to dash, and leapt towards Abubakar. Of course, Kang Chul-In was riding on it as well.

"...!"

Abubakar froze in place, unable to even scream.

A-Am I going to die...

The fear of death flashed through Abubakar's mind. If nothing changed, he would definitely be crushed under the Altaica's feet.

But, before he could get crushed,

Bang!

With a large noise, an explosion occurred between Kang Chul-In and Abubakar.

Red flesh was splattered all over the ground randomly.

"A-Ah... I'm alive..."

Abubakar had barely been kept alive, due to the sacrifice of a suicide bomber.

"GO!"

-Krrr!

Kang Chul-In didn't miss this short moment.

This isn't the time to be fighting.

If he were alone, he would fight them, but not with Arshelly on his back.

"Faster!"

Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica, and the godbeast followed up by accelerating into its maximum speed.

"T-These bastards!"

Realizing that they had fallen to a cheap trick, Abubakar's face turned red with rage.

"C-Catch him!"

Abubakar pointed at Kang Chul-In, who was escaping.

"Catch him now! Catch that stupid bitch!"

Tat!

Under his commands, the elites of Anatolia started to chase behind the Altaica quickly.

However,

Ssss...!

Out of nowhere, black currents started to swirl in the air, before ghostly figures wearing black armor appeared. The Spectre Knights had come to let Kang Chul-In escape.

"T-T-This bastard!"

Abubakar gritted his teeth, facing the Spectre Knights.

Their existences couldn't just be ignored.

If he ignored them and tried to chase after Kang Chul-in, he would definitely lose his troops to the powerful Spectre Knights.

"Guards!"

Abubakar ordered.

"Stop the Spectre Knights along with the soldiers! Quickly!"

Even though he was reluctant in giving this order, it was necessary. If the soldiers and the guards were able to stop the Spectre knights, it wouldn't

be a bad trade-off.

"Everyone else, chase him! Run, run, and catch that bastard!"

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Even though he had managed to gain some distance from Baruk Al-Yusuf's army, the situation didn't look good for Kang Chul-In.

-Allahu Akbar!

It was because whenever he heard that damned 'allahu akbar',

Bang!

An explosion would occur near him.

In the future... any terrorist that speaks of Allah in front of me... will definitely get some mental training.

Kang Chul-In vowed.

Although the Altaica responded quickly to these explosions, it would be impossible to dodge all of them. The best he could do was try to protect Arshelly from these explosions.

Thanks to this, he started to be covered with wounds.

His seemingly infinite mana and his stamina that seemed to fuel him for a few thousand kilometres both started to run low.

These crazy psychopaths...

While Kang Chul-In was thinking,

-Allahu Akbar!

With another shout, yet another explosion occurred near Kang Chul-In.

"His back! Aim for his back!"

Abubakar shouted.

"It looks like he's carrying something precious on his back, aim for it!"

It seemed that the enemies had figured out what was going on.

"Suicide bomb a little bit further away from him!"

Abubakar added yet another dirty tactic to catch Kang Chul-In.

-Allahu Akbar!

Bang!

Allahu Akbar!

Bang!

Rather than trying to get as close as they could to Kang Chul-In, the soldiers exploded from a small distance away. Although this didn't do 100% of the damage it could do, it slowly hurt Kang Chul-In.

These crazy bastards.

The assassins were also getting close to Kang Chul-In, allowing for no rest.

Puk!

Kang Chul-In's sword punctured an assassin's heart.

However,

"Together... we die together!"

Even though he had been stabbed in the heart, the assassin moved until his dying breath. This was what the drug allowed.

This isn't a good situation.

Kang Chul-In's instincts warned him.

If it was any other army he would have been able to escape, but these damned Anatolian soldiers didn't allow an easy escape.

Pzzt, Pzzt!

Kang Chul-In activated the 2nd stage of Overdrive.

"You take care of the scraps."

Kang Chul-In shouted towards the Altaica.

-Krr!

Despite its injuries, the Altaica roared, before leaping towards the Anatolian soldiers.

"Let's finish this quickly."

Jumping off the Altaica, Kang Chul-In dashed towards the assassins and the suicide bombers.

Bang!

Kuooo!

Whiii!

With all sorts of noises, the area around Kang Chul-In and the enemies were destroyed.

"Kuk..."

The elites of Anatolia started to fall one by one.

But that didn't mean Kang Chul-In wasn't taking any damage.

His lacking mana and stamina, along with the small wounds he had, were starting to slow him down.

"I'll destroy you all."

Kang Chul-In didn't stop there. Instead of succumbing to his wounds, he started to make more dynamic movements and fought the enemies as if he were the reincarnation of a war god.

Pow!

Kang Chul-In's fist cracked the skull of an assassin.

And even though a suicide bomber tried to get close to Kang Chul-In,

Pow!

Kang Chul-In punched straight through his chest and destroyed his heart, killing the soldier before he could even suicide.

Slowly but surely, the elites of Anatolia started to die out.

"W-What kind of monster..."

"H-He's not human..."

Looking at Kang Chul-In's strength, the Anatolian soldiers started to tremble. They had been frightened by Kang Chul-In's ridiculous strength.

Tuk...

One more assassin fell.

"...!"

The eyes of the people watching nearby were filled with shock.

After all, the assassin that fell... was the only one remaining.

With that assassin, the elites of Baruk Al-Yusuf had finally been completely exterminated by the hands of Kang Chul-In.

"Huu..."

Kang Chul-In took in a deep breath.

As a human, he also needed to breathe sometimes.

"M-Monster..."

Though, some didn't believe he was human.

Looking at the completely blood-soaked Kang Chul-In, Abubakar started to step back.

"Hey you, what did you say to me again?"

Abubakar no longer had time to be startled. Kang Chul-In was walking towards him.

"D-Don't come any closer!"

The once infamous terrorist, Abubakar, started to tremble in front of Kang Chul-In, like prey would before their predator.

"Whose head were you going to chop off again?"

Kang Chul-In laughed.

Chapter 161. Breakthrough (pt. 3)

Translator: Leyy3

"S-Stop! Don't come close!"

"Try and 'chop' me then."

"Don't... don't come any clo---, kuk..."

But ignoring Abubakar's pleas, Kang Chul-In grabbed his throat.

"Hmm... you look kind of familiar."

Kang Chul-In tilted his head.

"...!"

"Where have I seen your..."

At that moment, Kang Chul-In's eyes narrowed. He had remembered something.

"Ah. That's right."

"...!"

"Are you not..."

"W-What are you..."

"A terrorist?"

"...!"

"I remember seeing you on the news."

Of course, it was hard not to know Abubakar's face.

Why wouldn't he?

Anyone somewhat interested in the media would have come across Abubakar's face at least once in the news.

And,

"Your bounty... wasn't it 20 million dollars?"

Abubakar had a ridiculous bounty on him.

Of course, even though Abubakar wasn't as infamous as Osama Bin Laden or Baruk Al-Yusuf, 20 million dollars wasn't a small number.

"And if I remember correctly... just bringing your corpse was 20 million dollars?"

Kang Chul-In's eyes started to shine.

It was greed for money! He needed money!

"T-That..."

Before this, Abubakar didn't know what fear meant.

I-I'm going to... die?

Although he had hurt countless innocents through killing, rape, terrorism and other things, Abubakar himself had never been subject to these activities. He had always been the predator.

But,

I-I'm afraid... A-Am I really going to die?

The man in front of him, Kang Chul-In, was different.

"20 million dollars, huh."

Kang Chul-In's grabbed Abubakar's neck even harder.

"P-Please..."

Abubakar begged.

In front of Kang Chul-In, he was just a coward wearing the mask of a terrorist.

"I don't know why you went around rampaging when this is all you've got."

Kang Chul-In stared at Abubakar in disgust.

Even Orlean, who had previously been a street performer in Paris, wasn't as bad as this.

At least he had the dignity of a Lord.

Though he didn't have the power to defend his territory, which is arguably the most important thing for a lord, he was still a man who knew his responsibilities.

Because of this, Kang Chul-In had let him go, under the excuse that Sheville Polansky's messenger had come.

"A villain like you makes me want to throw up."

To him, it would have been better if Abubakar had said, "I'm the terrorist that everyone's afraid of, so I don't care!" But that wasn't what Abubakar said. If not for the bounty, he wouldn't be talking to him like this in the first place.

"Goodbye."

"N-No...!"

But Kang Chul-In was swift, and decisive.

Pak!

Abubakar's head hit the ground.

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At the same time, 15km away from the Bittermoon territory---

"You bastards!"

A large draconian, Drakan, shouted before jumping into the troops of Anatolia.

"Ahhh!"

"Kuhuk..."

Whenever Drakan swung his greatsword, soldiers fell like leaves.

At that moment.

-Allahu Akbar!

A man whose body was glowing red started to run towards Drakan.

"General Drakan!"

Lucia shouted, before dashing towards Drakan.

"You dare!"

Lucia jumped in between the suicide bombing soldier and Drakan, putting up Aegis.

At that moment, the explosion occurred.

Bang!

With a large noise, Lucia was pushed back half a step, but that was it. Her defense was truly impenetrable.

"Thank you, secretary!"

Drakan laughed, showing his thanks.

"No problem."

But... Lucia wasn't able to save everyone. Even her shield, Aegis, had limited range.

Plop...

A few elites of the Laputa army fell.

They had died, swept by the shock of the explosion.

"These crazy and dirty bastards! How dare they come up with such vicious methods!"

Drakan swore.

As an honorable draconian warrior, he couldn't accept the methods that the Anatolian army used.

"General Drakan."

Whilst Drakan was raging, Lucia pointed in front of them.

"They're coming... again."

"...!"

"It seems like we've been surrounded."

Lucia was right.

From far away, they could see countless soldiers marching up towards them.

"Ha... It seems like it's truly hard to fight against such large numbers."

Drakan shook his head, tired of this.

Lucia and Drakan had been fighting against the part of the Anatolia army that vastly outstripped their numbers, injuring or killing almost 2000 Anatolian soliders.

Among their 500 elite soldiers, there wasn't a single one who couldn't fight almost 100 normal soldiers by themselves. This was the result of Kang Chul-In's intense, and focused training.

But as humans, they had a limit too.

Even though Lucia and Drakan showed off their immense strength and used guerrilla tactics to fight, they couldn't massacre the enemies that had almost ten times their number.

"I will stand in the front."

At this moment, Lucia stepped forward.

Even though the enemies had nearly 3000 soldiers, and even though they were surrounded... Lucia didn't hesitate.

"Go, general Drakan."

Lucia motioned, and persuaded Drakan.

"What do you mean!?"

"We can't all just die here, can we!?"

"Then are you going to fight all of those soldiers by yourself? No! I would rather face them alone than let that happen! Secretary, you should be the one taking the soldiers and running!"

"No!"

Lucia shook her head.

"General Drakan! Milord has even more enemies fighting against him right now! Compared to the trials and dangers he is facing, this is probably nothing! I am his secretary, and this is something that I am responsible for!"

"...Seems like you won't change your mind."

Hearing this, Drakan sighed.

"...Then I will go on first."

He turned away.

"We will pray for your escape!"

"You can do it, sir!"

"Follow me!"

Drakan shouted at the 200 surviving soldiers that wished for his safe escape.

"We won't go!"

"I will stay and fight!"

"How can we leave secretary Lucia all by herself!?"

Even though the soldiers disagreed,

"You idiots!"

Drakan shouted.

"If we get wiped out here, Milord won't have an escape route! Shouldn't we live first and continue to use guerrilla tactics in order to secure our lord an escape path! Stop being stubborn and follow me!"

"B-But..."

"Secretary Lucia..."

The soldiers were hesitant. It seemed that they didn't want to leave Lucia here alone.

"Oh?"

At that moment---

"Kya~~! Look at this beautiful camaraderie! As expected of our army, absolutely stunning. I like it!"

Out of nowhere, a laughing voice could be heard.

"...!"

It was a somewhat familiar voice; the voice of someone that had a smart yet cheeky mind.

"Hmph."

The man who had laughed and spoke earlier appeared.

"Ah... this was like watching a war movie... Maybe we should have came later..."

"Strategist Kwak!"

Drakan was startled.

"W-Why are you all the way here...!? What about our lord's orders...?"

"Hmph... I knew someone was going to say that shit. Damn it all."

"What is...?"

"Whatever, just fight."

"...?"

"I've brought reinforcements, so fight. We can wipe them all out."

Kwak-Jung laughed.

From his eyes, one could see immense confidence.

Chapter 162: Breakthrough (pt. 4)

Translator: Leyy3

"Strategist Kwak?"

Drakan stared at Kwak-Jung, still startled by his sudden appearance.

"Even though it's nice that you brought reinforcement, you were given orders to make a defensive line in order to..."

"Geez!"

Kwak-Jung cut off Drakan's words and raged.

"...!"

"Come on! If I tell you to do something, just do it! Okay?"

"...Hm?"

"What position do I have? I'm the strategist!"

"W-Well..."

"If I tell you to do something, just do it already! Why am I the strategist? It's because Milord trusts me to make decisions, am I wrong?"

Kwak-Jung was a little bit angry right now.

Even though Kang Chul-In somewhat came to trust him, the other officials of Laputa still didn't fully trust him.

Not only was Kwak-Jung formerly a gangster, but his happy-go-lucky behavior also didn't fit in well with the other serious subordinates' personalities.

Hmph! I know, but...

This time, it's different!

Even though he might be unsure at any other time, he was very confident right now.

"General Drakan."

"Yes?"

"You know what this is even if I don't show you..."

Kwak-Jung pointed at his waist, where the Soul Core of Laputa was.

This meant that currently, Kwak-jung had the highest authority and position among all of the soldiers and officers.

"Kuhum..."

Drakan coughed.

Although he wasn't satisfied with what Kwak-Jung was saying, he couldn't speak his thoughts all willy-nilly towards someone with a higher position.

"God, dammit!"

Kwak-Jung raged again at Drakan's half-hearted behavior.

"Commander of Laputa, General Drakan. Hear my words."

He decided to use the tactic he did against James, which was to put forward his position.

"As the temporary leader of Laputa, I order you---"

"...!"

"Go right now, and fight against the enemies that are coming. I will not listen to disagreements. I will punish you by execution if you don't follow these orders."

Drakan, hearing this,

"Subordinate Drakan will follow your orders!"

Kneeled down on one knee, and swore to follow Kwak-Jung's orders.

"Hmph."

Kwak-Jung was aware that Drakan wasn't following his orders, but rather the man that Kang Chul-In had temporarily put in charge.

"Well, who cares? As long as we win, it doesn't matter."

After Kwak-Jung complained to himself,

"Go, Drakan! I choose you!"

He pushed Drakan forward to the front lines, to fight along with Lucia.

What...? Why do I feel annoyed all of a sudden....

For an instant Drakan got annoyed, but calmed himself down and prepared for battle against the Anatolian soldiers.

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Coincidentally taking 20 million dollars as spoils of war, Kang Chul-In rode atop the Altaica, and immediately dashed towards the Bittermoon territory's castle walls.

He didn't worry about the Spectre Knights.

After a certain point in time, or if they took too much damage, they would transform into black currents before being sucked back into the item he wore.

Daughter....!

Instead, Kang Chul-In focused on Arshelly who

was on his back.

Endure for a little while longer.

Although Kang Chul-In wanted to make Arshelly lie down and rest, they were in the middle of a battlefield. It was impossible to have such leisure when the enemies were hot on his trail.

He had no time to even stop and drink a potion.

-Allahu Akbar!

Whenever he felt like he would have a chance to catch his breath, the suicide bombers would get dangerously close.

These god-damned bastards...

Kang Chul-In gritted his teeth.

I will erase you from the map one day.

Even though he was alone this time, next time would be different. As long as he was able to firmly plant his roots in the Ishtar region, it wouldn't be too difficult to destroy their territory.

An escape route...

After managing to jump on the castle walls, Kang Chul-In looked for a suitable escape route.

It would be suicide to go back to where he had come from.

Outside of the Bittermoon territory, the Anatolian army had surrounded him, so it would be impossible to run away if he chose the wrong direction.

There!

Kang Chul-In's gaze headed west.

The Bittermoon territory's west gate seemed like quite a suitable escape route.

Since the path was quite narrow and it was connected to a mountainous region it would be easier for him to run.

It's good, but...

But Kang Chul-In didn't immediately run west.

If there is a trap or an ambush there... I will probably die.

Kang Chul-In's instincts warned him.

Or rather than instinct, it was experience that he had gained from fighting so much.

According to his experience in a place like that,

...Lee Gong-Myung, that damned bastard.

Lee Gong-Myung's traps were planted there.

It hasn't been too long since this scrimmage started. If someone was able to check the nearby region of the Bittermoon territory and set up a trap in this short of a time-span... Lee Gong-Myung, only someone like him could do that.

Although anyone could think of a plan like this, they would need a lot more time than Lee Gong-Myung.

There's no choice.

Even though he looked around, there were no other escape routes like the one in the west.

Even though he would risk dying, he had to go west, or it would only be a matter of time before he was caught by the Anatolian army.

He had to break through, even though there were traps there.

"Let's go!"

Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica.

-Krrr!

The Altaica started to run across the castle walls. Their destination was the west gate of the Bittermoon territory.

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"Great Khalifa..."

A soldier reported.

"Our elites... And general Abubakar... have been wiped out...! All by the hands of Overlord Kang Chul-In...!"

"What!?"

Bang!

With a large noise.

Crack!

The armrest on the throne that Baruk Al-Yusuf was sitting on broke.

"They've lost? The assassins and suicide bombers that I spent so long training, lost?"

"Y-Yes, great Khalifa."

"The guards, how about the guards?"

"T-That...."

"...?"

"They've also been wiped out by his Spectre Knights."

"What...!?"

Baruk Al-Yusuf found it difficult to calm his rage.

"200, all dead? To just one person? And even Abubakar died?"

"G-General Abubakar was apparently slain due to the huge bounty on his head..."

"Kang Chul-In... is this guy even human...?"

Baruk Al-Yusuf found it difficult to believe such unexpected news.

"Hu...."

Baruk Al-Yusuf sighed.

"So... What's going on now?"

"Apparently he's on the castle walls, heading towards the west gate."

"West?"

"Yes, great Khalifa."

"Ho..."

At this good news, Baruk Al-Yusuf's expression turned better.

Even though it was terrible losing his elites, he hadn't lost Kang Chul-In yet.

After all,

"Lee Gong-Myung... he even predicted that my elites would fail. He even knew where Kang Chul-In would run towards..."

All of these were apart of Lee Gong-Myung's calculations.

"Lee Gong-Myung... if he predicted everything correctly, this is the prime opportunity to catch Kang Chul-In. Lee Gong-Myung... Lee Gong-Myung! What a smart man. He's seeing through Kang Chul-In's actions and patterns so easily..."

"But if this is the case... I guess I'll have to go and see myself."

Murmuring to himself, Baruk Al-Yusuf stood up from his throne.

Chapter 163: Activate, Trap Card! (pt. 1)

Translator: Leyy3

Lee Gong-Myung was waiting at a canyon 10 kilometres away from the west gate of the Bittermoon territory.

"Immense confidence and terrifying martial prowess with power to match up with that confidence. Looking at this man... he reminds me of a tyrant."

Standing in front of an altar, Lee Gong-Myung looked eastward. As if someone had set it on fire, the Bittermoon territory was drowning in a sea of flames.

"However..."

Lee Gong-Myung grabbed his epic item, the White Rain Fan.

"I cannot let you rampage on for so long. For the sake of my lord... I will have to get rid of you."

The reason that Lee Gong-Myung had even come to offer an alliance to Baruk Al-Yusuf was in order to put pressure on Kang Chul-In. Now that he had a chance to get rid of him, he didn't want to miss it.

"Strategist Lee."

While he was thinking, an Anatolian commander called upon him.

"The altars are set up now."

"And everything else?"

"They're also finished."

"Good."

Lee Gong-Myung nodded, and then looked up towards the sky.

A full moon was rising.

"1 hour at the earliest, and maybe 2 hours if late..."

Lee Gong-Myung was calculating when exactly Kang Chul-In would make his way over to the canyon, and he predicted that by the time he would get there, it would already be dark.

"Tonight..."

Lee Gong-Myung murmured to himself.

"Will be your very last. I don't have any bad feelings towards you. It's just... Milord doesn't need you in his way..."

Lee Gong-Myung considered Kang Chul-In's death to be inevitable.

Since they had already finished setting up so early, Kang Chul-In was just a dead man to him.

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In front of a sea of dead bodies, Kang Chul-In was breathing heavily.

It was a terrifying sight.

Dead bodies, upon dead bodies, upon dead bodies.

"Let's... rest for a bit."

Kang Chul-In jumped off the Altaica, and rested his body against the castle walls.

"This is something... I won't ever do twice."

Kang Chul-In shook his head because he was sick of the fighting.

Although he had managed to get out of the west gate, it was still extremely tiring.

His seemingly boundless mana and health also seemed to be at a limit, making his body extremely heavy. His muscles were screaming at him, seemingly about to spasm after overworking them so hard.

-Huk... Hu...

The Altaica wasn't in a good state either.

This was evident by how it was sticking its tongue out and panting.

Its white fur was now covered in red patches, and blood was flowing down from its wounds. It was a truly depressing sight.

"Just a little further."

Kang Chul-In told the Altaica.

"We just need to get past that canyon."

-Krr...

As long as they made it past the western canyon, it wouldn't be too difficult to escape, so that canyon would be their true final test.

"First of all..."

Murmuring, Kang Chul-In looked through his stuff and held up two flasks containing a purplish liquid. They were middle-ranked health potions.

"This is for you."

Kang Chul-In opened up the flask, and handed it towards the Altaica.

-Krrr?

"Though you might not feel like you drank anything due to your large body... drink up. It's much better than not drinking it."

-Krrr... Hng...

As if it understood Kang Chul-In's words, the Altaica thanked him by acting cute.

To think that this is the godbeast of the ancient kingdom...

Speechless at the Altaica's actions, Kang Chul-In put his hand on the remaining potion,

"Daughter."

And handed it to his daughter, Arshelly.

"Endure for a little bit longer."

Kang Chul-In started to pour the potion into Arshelly's mouth, cautiously.

"F-Father..."

Due to this, Arshelly woke up and called Kang Chul-In with a weak voice.

"Don't talk."

Kang Chul-In stroked Arshelly's hair.

"Father..."

Arshelly tried her best in order to drink the potion. Even though it was tiring for her to do even that, Kang Chul-In's help encouraged her to drink all of it.

"I will also become... strong like father... will not... be a burden... will become... str..."

Unable to continue, Arshelly's head

dipped down a little bit. She had lost consciousness once again.

Looking at this, Kang Chul-In's heart seemed to be ripping open again.

"That damned bastard..."

Kang Chul-In gritted his teeth.

This was all because of that damned Sheville Polansky.

"Hu...."

Calming himself down, Kang Chul-In vowed to himself:

"Do not worry, for I will make you strong. And... to save you, this pain is nothing worth mentioning."

"There!!"

At that moment,

"That man is Overlord Kang Chul-In!"

"Over there!!"

From far away, the soldiers of Anatolia started to rush towards him.

And,

"Kang Chul-In, you bastard!!"

With a large shout, a huge lizard appeared.

"Pfft..."

Kang Chul-In laughed.

"Seems like he's a little pissed."

Without even having to check the person's face, it was obvious that the one riding the giant lizard was Baruk Al-Yusuf.

"Where are you running? Stay right there!"

Shouting, Baruk Al-Yusuf tried to stop Kang Chul-In from fleeing.

"If you surrender now..."

While he was speaking,

"Idiot."

Kang Chul-In laughed, and concentrated his mana into his right arm.

Kuoooo!

Stronger than ever, a miniature tornado started to roar. It was Kang Chul-In's full power Vortex.

"Eat this!"

As soon as Kang Chul-In finished speaking, the terrifying storm moved forward, ripping to shreds anything that was swept in its way.

"Ahhh!!"

"Kaghh!!"

The soldiers of Anatolia that were caught up in the Vortex screamed as they were torn to pieces.

However, Vortex wasn't meant to just take care of the small fry.

"G-Great Khalifa!"

"The Khalifa is in danger!"

That was right.

Kang Chul-In had aimed straight at Baruk Al-Yusuf from the very beginning, so this tornado of destruction was heading straight towards the Lord of Anatolia, ready to swallow anything in its way.

"Welp, I'm going first. Good bye."

Not caring about whether Baruk Al-Yusuf would be fine after the Vortex or not, Kang Chul-In rode the Altaica, and ran across the forest.

From far away, he could see the canyon.

As long as he made it past the canyon, he would be able to safely get out of this hellhole, and get to the Chermart territory.

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"Faster!"

Inside the canyon, Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica.

The canyon was only 2.5 kilometres wide and wasn't very long. A mountain range awaited them after it.

If they were able to get into the mountains?

No matter how big the Anatolia army was compared to Kang Chul-In, it would be almost impossible to catch him.

That wasn't the only good news for Kang Chul-In.

Soon, night will fall.

At night while in the mountain range, there was almost no way that he and the Altaica would get caught. The biggest mission for Kang Chul-In was just to get past this canyon.

At that moment, around 1 kilometre inside the canyon, thick raindrops started to fall.

Rain, all of a sudden?

Kang Chul-In couldn't believe his eyes.

No matter whether it was night or day, there would normally be a sign for rain. For example, dark, drifting clouds.

Since Kang Chul-In had almost superhuman senses, he could usually tell whether it would rain or not depending on the temperature and the humidity.

But, this completely overturned Kang Chul-In's experiences.

At that moment, a white light flashed.

BANG!

And the sound of thunder shook the skies.

Sss...

Following that, raindrops as thick as one's fingertips started to fall from the sky.

Something's off.

Kang Chul-In was confused at this sudden change in weather.

He was under the nuance that rather than being a sudden change in weather, someone was controlling it.

If that was true,

...Lee Gong-Myung?

The face of Lee Gong-Myung flashed through Kang Chul-In's mind.

The only person Kang Chul-In was aware of that could control the weather was Lee Gong-Myung.

It wasn't magic, nor was it some weird technique, but this ability to control the weather and change the tides of battle was a specialty of Lee Gong-Myung's.

No way.

But Kang Chul-In doubted this thought.

Lee Gong-Myung was the strategist of Alex Rothschild. There was no reason for him to be here.

However, if the person behind this change in weather was indeed Lee Gong-Myung, and there were traps in this canyon set up by him...

As if proving his thoughts correct,

Sshhh!

With a large noise, large crossbow bolts started to fly towards him.

The thing was that these crossbow bolts weren't normal and were almost 3 metres in length, as if they were used to fight against orcs and monsters.

-Krrr!

The Altaica suddenly started to shiver, and roared in pain. One of the bolts had skimmed past a place in between its left hind leg and butt.

Danger!

Kang Chul-In realized that he was in danger.

It was truly a pinch.

They were in a narrow canyon, and it was hard to see past 1 metre due to the sudden appearance of rain and clouds.

Lee Gong-Myung!

Barely managing to dodge the crossbow bolts, Kang Chul-In realized that Lee Gong-Myung was definitely the one behind all of this.

At that moment, from the dark sky, a huge shadow started to fly towards them.

And its identity,

...A net!

It was a tool used in order to stop Kang Chul-In from moving, a steel net.

"Run! Quickly!"

Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica.

Once they were trapped in the net, they would definitely be struck with the crossbow bolts and have no way of escaping.

-Krr!

Ignoring its injuries, the Altaica jumped and dodged the net.

As they dodged the net, the shower of crossbow bolts continued to come.

And finally,

Puk!

Even Kang Chul-In was hit by one of them.

It happened because he was riding on the Altaica while carrying Arshelly on his back.

"...!"

Kang Chul-In felt burning pain in his left waist. Even though he hadn't been completely pierced by it, some of his flesh had definitely left his body after that terrifyingly large crossbow bolt had skimmed him.

"Overlord Kang Chul-In!"

At that moment,

"Why not surrender here?"

From far away, a familiar voice could be heard.

Kang Chul-In's gaze headed towards the top of the canyon.

There he was.

It was a man illuminated by the dim moonlight:

Alex Rothschild's strategist, Lee Gong-Myung.

Chapter 164: Activate, trap card! (pt. 2)

Translator: Leyy3

While Lee Gong-Myung was fighting against Kang Chul-In in the western canyon...

"Kang Chul-In... you rat-like bastard!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf was red-faced with anger.

"Chase! Quickly! Chase after him right now!!! Go!"

This rage of his was what forced the soldiers of Anatolia to chase after Kang Chul-In and attempt to catch him.

Even though many soldiers started to fall down to the ground due to this forced marching, Baruk Al-Yusuf didn't care.

In order to catch Kang Chul-In, Baruk Al-Yusuf was prepared to do anything.

Who cared if some troops died during the march?

To Baruk Al-Yusuf, the soldiers were expendable chess pieces that could be replaced at any time.

"Ack!!"

"S-Stop! You're stepping on me! Stop!"

Some of the fallen troops were 'team killed' by their fellow Anatolian soldiers that stepped on them. This happened because thousands of soldiers had to march down a narrow path.

"Go! Don't stop!"

But without taking so much as a glance at the fallen soldiers, Baruk Al-Yusuf urged the soldiers to go on.

Kang Chul-In...

The only thing that filled Baruk Al-Yusuf's mind right now was revenge against Kang Chul-In.

You dare...? My beard... I won't let you go! I will make you experience all of the torture that exists in this world... all of it!

Baruk Al-Yusuf's chin was in an absolute mess. Even though he had barely managed to dodge Kang Chul-In's vortex, it had still skimmed his chin.

Thanks to this, the beard and mustache that Baruk Al-Yusuf had spent so long growing had been ripped off completely. He had lost his 'pride' as a Muslim man.

Neigh~!

When the Anatolian army finally made its way over to the western valley, a messenger came running from the direction of the Bittermoon territory and started to shout.

"Great Khalifa-!"

The messenger shouted.

"Khalifa... We need to stop the army..."

At this abrupt shout, Baruk Al-Yusuf turned his head and stared at the messenger.

The face of the messenger was completely pale, and as if he were terrified.

"Khalifa..."

The messenger made his way over to Baruk Al-Yusuf, and kneeled down in front of the Giant Lizard.

"E-Emergency, it's an emergency!"

Even though this was his job, the messenger was shivering in fright. He was afraid of how Baruk Al-Yusuf would react to his news.

"Emergency...? What is it?"

"T-That..."

"Speak quickly! What has happened that makes you tell me to turn the army around?"

Baruk Al-Yusuf asked the messenger.

Even though he was going to listen to what this 'emergency' was, he was still planning on chasing after Kang Chul-In. He wasn't planning on turning his army around for something unless it threatened his territory.

"Khalifa..."

"..."

"P-Please don't get too angry..."

"Shut up, and talk already!"

"T-The thing is... Anatolia..."

"...!"

"Overlord Hecate has started to rain explosives down on our farmlands..."

"W-What?!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf's eyes widened.

Overlord Hecate?

Why would Hecate, who was in the very west of Ishtar start to attack the farmlands of Anatolia?

"Also..."

But that wasn't the end.

"Overlord Dorian Explorer has lead special forces and has descended onto the Anatolia mosque to terrorize the place using bombs..."

"T-Terrorize?"

"Y-Yes, Khalifa...! And apparently, he even left a message for you in your bedroom."

With trembling hands, the messenger handed a scroll over to Baruk Al-Yusuf.

What was written on the scroll was a language that the Pangeans couldn't understand.

You reap what you sow! Lol :)

By: Dorian Edward Explorer

"T-T-This...."

Reading this message, Baruk Al-Yusuf's face seemed like it was about to explode from rage.

Truth be told, he didn't think that the poor and slovenly Dorian Explorer would dare to terrorize his territory like this.

He also didn't know

that he would terrorize them using Islam methods.

Dorian's terror attack was actually an act of small revenge.

Formerly part of the British Special Forces, or the 'SAS', Dorian hated Islam terrorists after losing his friends in battle.

Since Baruk Al-Yusuf was the one manly behind some of those deaths, Dorian had written the message 'you reap what you sow' as revenge.

"Dorian Explorer... I will also take your head!"

Though it was obvious, Baruk Al-Yusuf didn't try to understand Dorian's message. He was just angry at these terrorism attempts.

"Alright."

"Sorry?"

"I understand now, so tell this to Jellet. I will return after catching Kang Chul-In with my army."

Rather than returning to his own territory at that instant, Baruk Al-Yusuf decided to continue to chase Kang Chul-In while leaving the other things to his secretary, Jellet.

Kang Chul-In. You used Dorian and Hecate to shake my territory, huh? Huhu... It doesn't matter. Do you think that Anatolia would really fall so easily?

Baruk Al-Yusuf had his own plans.

I can just restore my farmlands after, and I can take crops from nearby Lords if we start to lack food.

Although he did lose his elites, Baruk Al-Yusuf still had a big army numbering over ten thousand.

"Khalifa..."

But after listening to the messenger's following report, Baruk Al-Yusuf had no choice but to change his plans.

"T-The thing is..."

"...?"

"The Lords of the 4 nearby territories have also started to attack Anatolia at the same time. The situation isn't looking so good..."

"...!"

"Not only that...!"

It seemed that the sky was falling down on Baruk Al-Yusuf when he heard that 4 more Lords were attacking him, but it seemed that the messenger wasn't finished talking just yet.

"The territories that we had conquered have simultaneously started to rebel against us. Our territory's slaves have also gone outside, and..."

"...!"

"According to secretary Jellet, it will be difficult to last for even 3 days if the Khalifa doesn't return!"

"T-This...! This..."

"Khalifa..."

"Shut up!"

"...!"

"You dare to give me such terrible news!?"

Baruk Al-Yusuf started to take his anger out on the poor messenger.

And he didn't stop at just shouting at him.

"Eat him right now!"

"K-Khalifa! P-Please have m..."

"Now!"

Baruk Al-Yusuf ordered his giant Lizard, or what was commonly known as the 'desert dragon'.

-Krrr?

Tilting his head as if saying 'lucky me',

Kwak!

The messenger was eaten alive by the desert dragon.

Crack!

Crack crack!

The terrifying sound of cracking bones could be heard, and from the desert dragon's mouth, the messenger's blood could be seen leaking out. If the messenger had made a mistake, it was giving this bad news to Baruk Al-Yusuf.

"Kang Chul-In... you lucky bastard..."

Baruk Al-Yusuf gritted his teeth.

"Hmph! Though I am retreating,"

Baruk Al-Yusuf murmured.

"You are still playing into the hands of Lee Gong-Myung, so I will have you kneel by my feet eventually!"

It was too early to be disappointed.

Baruk Al-Yusuf still believed that Lee Gong-Myung would avenge him, and bring Kang Chul-In's head to him.

"All troops... Retreat!"

Still reluctant, Baruk Al-Yusuf was forced to command his troops to go back.

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At the same time---

"Kuu... very good!"

From afar, Kwak-Jung watched as the Laputa soldiers tore through the Anatolian soldiers.

"Come on now, finish it already!"

The battle was so one-sided that the number of injured or deceased Laputa soldiers could be counted on one hand.

"Hmm... Let's go to plan B since we're almost finished here..."

Kwak-Jung murmured with a sinister smile on his face.

"Strategist Kwak, what do you mean?"

James, who was next to him, asked.

"Weren't we going to wait here for our lord?"

"Huh? Wait for the lord?"

"...?"

"Hey, why are you worrying about someone who's obviously going to get out alive? I'm telling you, that's a waste of energy. Don't worry."

"...!"

"Our lord is a monster. He's probably out there taking stuff that's worth some money while running away leisurely."

As if Kwak-Jung had psychic powers, he was able to somehow guess Kang Chul-In's item situation.

"Strategist Kwak!"

James raised his voice.

"Although our lord is strong, there is a limit to how strong a person can be. Even if he does come out safely, if Baruk Al-Yusuf takes his army and chases after our lord..."

"Huhuhu!"

"...?"

"Right now, that psychopathic terrorist doesn't have the leisure to chase our lord. The fire that has fallen onto his foot needs to be taken care of first, so he probably isn't chasing our lord. The probability that he has turned his troops around are... maybe 99.9%? Well, that's just what I'm guessing. Pfft."

"Huh? Turned his troops around? That Baruk Al-Yusuf?"

"Yes, that very one."

"H-How do you...?"

"I mean, his territory is getting destroyed as we speak, so would he not turn his troops around? At this point..."

Kwak-Jung spoke, while laughing.

"His territory is in the middle of being ruined. Kyakyakya!"

After laughing for quite a while, Kwak-Jung's eyes started shining. The battle had finally finished.

"Now, let's go."

"Go? Go where? Are we going to save our lord?"

James asked.

"Hmph... I told you, that's a waste of energy."

"...?"

"We will throw away our Lord!"

"Wha..."

Kwak-Jung spoke words that would make any official startled.

"We will head north."

"North?"

"Well, we can't let them go home so easily... Huhuhu..."

Rather than trying to save Kang Chul-In, Kwak-Jung wanted to stop Baruk Al-Yusuf from returning to his territory.

Chapter 165: Activate, Trap Card! (pt. 3)

Translator: Leyy3

Baruk Al Yusuf is turning his troops around? For... what reason?

James couldn't understand what Kwak-Jung was saying.

If Kwak-Jung had hinted at a few more things, he might be able to guess, but Kwak-Jung didn't talk about it at all.

Why is Baruk Al-Yusuf... Why was strategist Kwak trying to communicate with the... Wait a minute...!

As if he had figured something out, James turned his head and stared at Kwak-Jung.

"Ferrari...! Ferrari... Huhu...! This time I will definitely get a special bonus. Ferrari... that's right..."

Kwak-Jung didn't care what others thought about him as he continued to murmur and fantasize about the rewards he would get.

"Strategist Kwak."

James opened his mouth.

"Don't tell me..."

"Yes?"

"The reason you were trying to communicate with the others..."

"That's right."

Kwak-Jung nodded.

"Why do we need to dirty our hands? Kuku...! Especially when there are so many others willing to do the dirty work for us...?"

"But why would the nearby Lords move so easily for us? If they went and tried to invade Baruk Al-Yusuf's territory, the aftermath wouldn't..."

"Well, I did have some conditions that were quite tempting for them. 5 years, where we wouldn't touch their territories, and where we also wouldn't stretch our hands to get some of that crazy terrorist bastard's territory. When I said that, the others started to immediately agree."

"But isn't it somewhat... thoughtless to give up all of those opportunities? After all, the lord could be angry..."

"That's not true."

"Sorry?"

"Look at us right now; we're so busy trying to innovate our new territory that we don't have the time to control that crazy guy's territory too. We aren't at a stage where we can go around and expand our territory even further. And also..."

Kwak-Jung laughed.

"I said that we wouldn't touch them for the next 5 years, not that we wouldn't touch them forever."

"...!"

"In war, there are no eternal allies, nor eternal enemies. The ones that act first are usually the ones who reap the benefits."

Kwak-Jung laughed again.

"While those 4 territories are hitting that terrorist's territory..."

"Wait!"

James interrupted Kwak-Jung.

"You said 4 territories?"

"Yeah? Is there a problem?"

"Even though there aren't many people left, isn't it quite hard for only 4 territories to conquer Baruk Al-Yusuf's territory? Unless he's an idiot, he probably left troops there too..."

"Huhu... who said that there are only 4?"

"There are more!?"

"We have the long-range bombing of Overlord Hecate, and also the help of Overlord Dorian's special forces which are being lead by Lord Dorian himself."

"W-What!"

"Right now, that terrorist's territory is probably in a mess. Kukuku! Oh, and there's more!"

Kwak-Jung added.

"We've also given hints to the territories that have been conquered that Baruk Al-Yusuf's territory will be invaded. Since he's quite hated, I'm sure there will be quite a few rebellions that occur. Huhu... now do you understand?"

"My god..."

"No matter how well prepared he is, I'm sure he'll be returning to his territory to stop it from being completely destroyed.

"Ha..."

After the explanation, James stared at Kwak-Jung like he was staring at a ghost.

To think Strategist Kwak was actually this smart...

Finally, James realized why Kwak-Jung was so confident from start to finish.

It was simple just saying it like this, but it probably wasn't an easy process to convince all the Lords to act under his will.

"Now then, let's think of catching up to him and disturbing him."

Kwak-Jung laughed, and passed by James.

"Shouldn't Sir James also have an opportunity to prove himself? This is a great time for that, since you didn't have much of an opportunity to fight. Who knows? Maybe you'll get lucky and be the one to kill Baruk Al-Yusuf?"

"I-Is that so?"

It seemed that James' suspicion towards Kwak-Jung had washed away.

"Very well! Oh, but..."

"...?"

"...Do we really

leave the lord to fight alone?"

"Yes, we will."

Without hesitating, Kwak-Jung nodded.

"Baruk Al-Yusuf doesn't have the leisure to chase after our Lord, and our Lord is nigh-invincible. We will do what we need to."

Ignoring James's worries, Kwak-Jung started to move forward without thinking of Kang Chul-In.

It wasn't that he didn't care about Kang Chul-In, but rather that he trusted his strength.

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But unlike what Kwak-Jung thought, Kang Chul-In wasn't in such a good state.

Rather, it was more accurate to say that he was in the worst state possible at the moment.

He was currently surrounded by 2,000 troops in a narrow valley that had set up a formation beforehand.

There were also crossbows.

The soldiers held crossbows that were used to hunt giant monsters and pointed them towards Kang Chul-In.

Even though this kind of trap normally wasn't enough to take him down, the opponent wasn't easy. After all, it was Lee Gong-Myung who set up this trap, the strategist that was Alex Rothschild's hidden card.

"Surrender?"

Kang Chul-In laughed.

"Say something that makes sense. Who are you to speak of such nonsense to me? Are you a subordinate of Baruk Al-Yusuf?"

Although Kang Chul-In was very much aware of Lee Gong-Myung, he pretended not to know him. There was nothing more idiotic than to show Lee Gong-Myung that he knew of information he shouldn't know.

"No, that's not true."

Lee Gong-Myung answered.

"I am not a servant of Baruk Al-Yusuf, but rather the strategist of Alex Rothschild, Lee Gong-Myung. My lord is Alex Rothschild, and Alex Rothschild only."

"Oh? So you were the strategist of that coward?"

Kang Chul-In nodded, as if he were interested. Even though he already knew.

"Why is the strategist of that coward commanding Baruk Al-Yusuf's army? Have you been sold or something? Maybe as a slave?"

"Of course not."

"Then?"

"You can think of it as you wish."

Even though Lee Gong-Myung didn't necessarily want to tell Kang Chul-In,

He's probably here to keep me in check, by making sure Baruk Al-Yusuf's army can stand up to me. Dammit! What bad luck.

Kang Chul-In figured out Lee Gong-Myung and Alex Rothschild's intentions with just a small hint.

"So,"

Kang Chul-In spoke with an unmotivated tone.

"You want me to surrender?"

"That's right, Overlord Kang Chul-In."

"With just this trap?"

"...!"

"Hey, your name was Lee Gong-Myung, right?"

Kang Chul-In looked up at Lee Gong-Myung, who was on top of the canyon.

"Even though it pisses me off that you told me to surrender... Very well, I like your attitude. So..."

At this moment, Lee Gong-Myung listened closely to what Kang Chul-In was saying, because he couldn't believe his ears. It was because Kang Chul-In sounded quite truthful in what he was saying.

"Join me."

"...!"

"I will promise you the best treatment. It's better to be under me than under that cowardly Alex Rothschild. If you're under him..."

"Stop!"

"Hmm?"

"Please do not continue to mock my lord, Overlord Kang Chul-In."

Lee Gong-Myung's voice now contained hints of anger.

"Mocking? But it's true?"

Kang Chul-In answered back.

"Overlord Kang Chul-In."

But,

"I am not the subordinate of my lord because I want something from him. Does obeying someone always mean that I want something from them? This is not what I believe in, so it seems that my views and your views are quite different..."

Lee Gong-Myung continued leisurely.

"Give up."

"What do you mean."

"The reason that you suddenly asked me to join under you, and the reason you were mocking my lord, Alex Rothschild--- do you think that I am not aware? That was just a cover in order to buy time."

"Seems like I was found out."

Kang Chul-In agreed.

"You have quick wits."

"Well, it was so abrupt that I was nearly caught in your trap."

"So, what do you want me to give up on?"

"If you are waiting for reinforcements..."

"Me?"

"...!"

"Do you really think that I need to wait for reinforcements?"

Kang Chul-In's eyes started to glow fiercely.

"Don't misunderstand."

Kang Chul-In spoke, while laughing.

"I am the overlord, Kang Chul-In. I'm not such a weak human that I'd try to buy time in order to wait for reinforcements. I only believe in my own ability."

"...!"

There was absolutely no fright in Kang Chul-In's eyes.

"That sounds like... you're not going to surrender to me."

"Of course."

"Don't regre..."

"Why, are you afraid?"

Kang Chul-In was confident.

"Of course not."

But Lee Gong-Myung was also confident.

Even though he knew of Kang Chul-In's strength, Lee Gong-Myung was still confident in killing him.

"..."

Silence fell between the two men.

Swaaa-!

Only the sound of heavy rain could be heard.

"Seems like there's no choice."

The first person to break the silence was Lee Gong-Myung.

"You can think of it as paying the price for mocking my lord. Now then, good bye."

Saying this, Lee Gong-Myung took out his final card.

"Thunder..."

Lee Gong-Myung held his fan up high.

Pzzt, Pzzt!

And the altars that he and the troops had set up earlier started to spark up with terrifying energy.

"Descent...!"

As soon as these words left his mouth---

Flash!

From high above in the sky, a white flash came roaring down towards Kang Chul-In.

Daughter!

Kang Chul-In reacted immediately and curled Arshelly in his arms.

-Krrr!

The Altaica also quickly moved, and curled up near Kang Chul-In and Arshelly.

BANG-!!

The thunder hit Kang Chul-In's party.

[Magic energy, sensed! The energy will be absorbed!]

Sheville Polansky's 'Spellthirst' activated,

[Authority: Full Moon, Activate!]

[20% Increased damage!]

[20% Increased defense!]

[Regeneration will increase by 200%!]

As did Alaric's ability, 'Full moon'.

Chapter 166: Shall We Have a Chat?

Translator: Leyy3

Become his subordinate?

...That was absolutely ridiculous.

The relationship between Lee Gong-Myung and Alex Rothschild was akin to that of Kang Chul-In and Alfred.

As proof of this, in the past when Alex Rothschild had fallen to the bottom multiple times, Lee Gong-Myung had never left his lord. He had always kept his loyalty.

To Lee Gong-Myung, Kang Chul-In's offer was mocking him. It was taking Lee Gong-Myung's loyalty towards Alex Rothschild lightly.

But Kang Chul-In needed to keep Lee Gong-Myung busy for the time being.

Why?

It's the full moon...

It was because of the moon behind Lee Gong-Myung's back.

As long as he was able to activate this ability that he had absorbed from Alaric, he would be able to get out of this canyon alive.

Even ignoring the increase in defense and damage, the increase in regeneration would definitely be able to get his mana and stamina back to normal.

Not only would he manage to get out of here alive, he could also manage to strike back against Lee Gong-Myung.

But maybe it was because the moon wasn't fully up, or maybe because the fog was blocking the moonlight, but the 'Full Moon' ability didn't activate.

Due to this, Kang Chul-In decided to ramble on about Lee Gong-Myung joining him and wasted some time.

[The full moon is rising... 99.8%...]

[The full moon is rising... 99.9%...]

Thanks to this, Kang Chul-In was able to buy enough time.

While he was doing that,

You're thinking of hitting me with thunder, aren't you, Lee Gong-Myung?

Kang Chul-In was able to guess what Lee Gong-Myung would do.

Even though Lee Gong-Myung was truly a smart person, Kang Chul-In had something that was even better than that, which was knowledge from the past.

Kang Chul-In was aware that Lee Gong-Myung's abilities were what earned him the nickname of 'Weather Controller'.

He also knew that Lee Gong-Myung was able to summon thunder in order to strike a certain area. It was a pattern that he had experienced countless times in his previous life.

It won't work, though.

Funnily enough, Kang Chul-In had just absorbed the 'Spellthirst' ability from Sheville Polansky. He wouldn't take any damage from the blast of lightning.

Actually, it was good for him.

Electricity?

He could take it while laughing.

As long as he had the Spellthirst ability, there was no need to fear Lee Gong-Myung's abilities.

Sorry, but... looks like I'll have to activate my trap card.

Before the Full Moon ability was activated, Kang Chul-In smiled.

Kang Chul-In felt excited.

Since he had a way to completely negate all of Lee Gong-Myung's cards and reverse the situation, he was naturally excited.

After all, it brought him immense joy since he was able to strike a blow against the famed genius strategist that was Lee Gong-Myung.

-----

A white flash streaked past the soldiers, and almost 1 billion volts struck Kang Chul-In head-on.

BANG!

With a terrifyingly loud noise that seemed to be able to rip apart the eardrums of a human, tens of thousands of sparks started to fly around the narrow canyon. It was truly a terrifying and peculiar sight.

"What is..."

"The lightning... isn't touching us?"

The soldiers of Anatolia couldn't come to their senses immediately.

It was a strange phenomenon.

Even though the aftershock of the lightning caused immense energy to surge up, the soldiers of Anatolia weren't harmed at all. They hadn't been affected whatsoever.

"What's going on..."

"I thought for sure I was dead..."

Unaware of what just happened, the soldiers tilted their heads in confusion.

"Don't tell me..."

At that moment, the eyes of one of the soldiers widened, as if he had realized something.

"The reason that strategist Lee had told us not to move... Was it because of this? This was all his doing?"

And as proof,

"L-Look over there..."

"They're dead..."

Some

of the soldiers that didn't follow Lee Gong-Myung's orders and stepped somewhere else had turned into ash.

"Amazing... I wonder just how powerful strategist Lee is..."

The soldiers of Anatolia were extremely shocked and praised Lee Gong-Myung's abilities.

"Why are you so surprised?"

But at that moment, a voice of someone that shouldn't be alive was heard.

"...!"

And the faces of the soldiers started to stiffen in shock.

"H-How...?"

"He's alive... even after being hit by that?"

It wasn't just the soldiers of Anatolia that were safe from the lightning strike.

"Feels like a massage."

Kang Chul-In murmured.

Pzzt, Pzzt!

Although Kang Chul-In didn't activate Overdrive, sparks were flying all around his body. It was because he had absorbed the power from the lightning.

Amazing.

Kang Chul-In was shocked at his current state.

From head to toe, he felt incredible.

In this state, he could show off 60% of the power he could in his peak.

"Hu..."

Kang Chul-In sighed, and stared at Lee Gong-Myung.

"You... today is your funeral."

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Lee Gong-Myung was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

"What the...?"

Even though Lee Gong-Myung had terrifying foresight, he couldn't see through the man that Kang Chul-In was.

Truth be told... he was even doubting whether Kang Chul-In was human or not.

"You... today is your funeral."

When he heard these words, Lee Gong-Myung realized he was in trouble.

Danger!

The Overlord Kang Chul-In was a man that had broken through the lines of the 10,000 man Anatolian army by himself, and survived.

He had also completely exterminated the elites of Baruk Al-Yusuf.

So when this terrifying man stared at him and declared that today was his funeral, Lee Gong-Myung panicked.

We have to break it!

At this moment, an idea popped up in Lee Gong-Myung's head. This was the final card he had prepared.

"Use the detonator!"

Lee Gong-Myung shouted.

"Sorry?"

The soldiers that had the detonator asked Lee Gong-Myung.

"T-There are 2,000 of our allies down there..."

"We will all die!"

"...!"

"If we don't kill Kang Chul-In right now, we will all die together! Is that what you want!?"

"O-Okay..."

Even though the soldier hesitated, he didn't disobey Lee Gong-Myung's orders. He also didn't want to die.

Bang!

An explosion occurred,

Bang! Bang!

And started to set off a chain reaction.

Finally,

The ground started to shake, and the canyon itself started to rumble, before rocks that were tens and hundreds of tons started to fall like meteors.

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"Pfft-!"

But even still, Kang Chul-In was calm.

"You think I wouldn't have guessed that you'd do that?"

They say that a rabbit dug 3 holes just in case of danger.

And in Kang Chul-In's eyes, Lee Gong-Myung wasn't just a rabbit, but rather a sly fox.

It was as expected of Lee Gong-Myung to do something like this.

First, let's get out...

Just as Kang Chul-In was about to jump up with Arshelly in his arms.

"Ah. Right."

A large figure was struggling to get control of its body because it was stuck under a boulder.

The appearance of it...

"...Are you a chicken?"

With a little exaggeration, seemed like a giant chicken.

-Krr....

It was the Altaica, who had lost all of its fur due to the lightning. It stared at Kang Chul-In pitifully, as if saying that it was done for, so he should run away.

"Idiot, it seems like you've spent too much time watching action movies."

Kang Chul-In laughed,

BANG-!

And destroyed the large boulder that was almost the size of a house.

"Lose... some weight."

Kang Chul-In held up the Altaica, on his shoulders.

Even though it looked quite comical due to how big the Altaica was... it didn't matter to Kang Chul-In. They had to live first.

"Now, let's go."

-Krr!

The Altaica roared happily, and Kang Chul-In's body shot up like lightning.

There was no more time.

Tens of thousands of boulders were falling into the canyon.

"I-It's collapsing!"

"Run!"

"W-We're done for..."

BANG!

The rocks started to crush the soldiers of Anatolia.

Hmph, just falling rocks.

Meanwhile, Kang Chul-In continued to dodge the falling obstacles, and managed to jump onto a wall.

And,

Tat!

Kang Chul-In's legs started to push off the wall,

"...!"

Lee Gong-Myung, who was watching this,

"He's... walking up the wall?"

Once again realized how terrifying Kang Chul-In was.

Kang Chul-In wasn't climbing up the wall, but rather walked on it, as if he was talking a leisurely stroll. No matter how Lee Gong-Myung thought, this didn't make sense. How did a human defy the laws of gravity?

But Kang Chul-In managed to do that, whilst carrying the Altaica, and holding Arshelly.

This is not the time to be surprised!

Lee Gong-Myung quickly snapped back to his senses, determined not to watch powerlessly as Kang Chul-In came up.

"Crossbows, ready!"

Lee Gong-Myung shouted.

Shii-!

50 crossbow bolts were fired, but none of them hit Kang Chul-In.

Finally, Kang Chul-In stood back up normally.

Tuk!

He had landed on flat ground now, and stood opposite to Lee Gong-Myung, with a cliff separating them.

"Huu..."

Kang Chul-In put down the Altaica, and breathed heavily. It wasn't easy for even Kang Chul-In to run up a wall while holding 1.5 tons.

"Lose some weight, kitty-cat."

-Krr...

After saying this to the Altaica, Kang Chul-In once again turned towards Lee Gong-Myung.

"Lee Gong-Myung... let's have a chat, shall we?"

Kang Chul-In laughed and spoke.

At that very moment, Lee Gong-Myung felt chills down his spine.

It was a complete failure.

Forget about killing Kang Chul-In. Lee Gong-Myung had to worry about his own safety first.

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