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Chapter 269: Kang Chul-In, the Villain of the Century!

Translator: Leyy3

"I have only one request."

Kang Chul-In smiled.

"Let me into the Pentagon."

"...!"

"That's all I'm asking for. If you do, then I won't lay a single finger on you or your baby."

Chills! Mei Ling was taken aback.

The Pentagon. Back on Earth, it referred to the headquarters building for the United States Department of Defense, but in Pangaea, it referred to the command center for the Gullveig Alliance. In other words, Kang Chul-In was requesting to enter the heart of the Gullveig Alliance which was hidden deep under the grounds of Bifrost.

"T-That is i-impossible."

Mei Ling shook her head violently.

"A-Anything but that! Please request for something else..."

"No."

"P-Please...!"

It was a simple request, but Mei Ling couldn't just say yes. There was a war going on. Thus, most of the Lords of the Gullveig Alliance were staying in the Pentagon, except for Vilhelm and Ao Xin who were personally out on the battlefield.

N-Never!

Mei Ling could already expect what would happen if she said yes. As a rule, the Lords in the Pentagon couldn't bring along many bodyguards. After all, a rogue may create havoc in the command center where the leaders of the northern lands of Pangaea all gathered.

Because of that, only the Lord, their secretary and fewer than five bodyguards were allowed in the Pentagon. This rule applied to even Vilhelm, the chairperson of the Gullveig Alliance. What if Kang Chul-In had penetrated into this facility?

Everyone will die... everyone...!

A total massacre would happen.

"Why, you don't want to?"

Kang Chul-In pressured Mei Ling.

"You're asking for too much..."

"Oh, am I?"

"...!"

"But what to do..."

Kang Chul-In gradually began to stroke Kaiforce's handle. It was a clear threat and a warning.

"You are starting to spoil my mood."

"P-Please... anything but that... anything..."

"I don't need anything else."

"..."

"I only want to enter the Pentagon."

Kang Chul-In was a stubborn man.

"And also."

"Y-Yes?"

"Do you think I, the Supreme King of the West, have anything else to ask from you, you bitch?"

"...!"

"Know your place."

"..."

"I have everything that I need."

His words were crude, but they were certainly not wrong.

Money? It was true that Kang Chul-In wasn't so affluent, but he had a great sponsor called Lee Chae-Rin.

Honor? His reputation was already so horrendous, there was nothing that could revert that.

Moreover, Mei Ling didn't carry any items that could satisfy Kang Chul-In. As for women or Mei Ling herself... further explanations were not needed.

"B-But... your request is beyond my capabilities..."

At that moment.

"My lady, are you asleep?"

A middle-aged maid spoke softly and entered the room.

"There's a message from his Majesty Vilhelm that he expects a victory and..."

Instantly,

Swish, slash!

A black flash of light slit the maid's throat.

Thump, roll...

The eyes were still wide open. The maid's head fell on the floor of Mei Ling's bedroom.

Pssssshhh!

And subsequently, crimson-red blood began to spurt out from the headless body.

"...!"

Mei Ling couldn't even let out a scream. She simply froze.

It wasn't because of the murder. She herself was an explorer. Although she retired after marrying Vilhelm, in the past she had frequently witnessed her companions being eaten up alive by monsters.

However, things were different this time.

He could really... die!

Mei Ling could vividly picture her baby's death in the hands of Kang Chul-In. Her own death aside, what kind of mother could bear the pain of letting her own child die?

She's shaken up.

Kang Chul-In grinned in satisfaction inwardly.

He had no intention of killing the mother or the child from the very beginning. He might have been a demon, but he was no scum. Killing a newborn baby was a crime that he refused to commit.

Moreover, Mei Ling and her baby's death could fuel the Alliance army's anger and vengeance. Infiltrating the Pentagon was 100 times, no, 1000 times wiser.

"So, are you going to let me enter the Pentagon or are you going to die here?"

A final warning.

"Ah fret not, I will spare your

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baby."

"R-Really?"

"But I can guarantee that he won't have a great life."

"..."

"Have you ever heard of the Aoji coal mine?"

"Sorry?"

Being Chinese, Mei Ling had no knowledge about that North Korean coal mine.

"You don't know? Alright, let me put it this way."

"..."

"My wife has a mine called Niðavellir."

"A-And?"

"The dwarves live there. That place produces mithril, gold, silver and even steel, but the dwarves themselves find it difficult to work there."

"W-What!?"

Mei Ling was shocked.

The dwarves were tough. Covered with muscles from head to toe, they possessed three times the stamina, strength and lung capacity of a normal human. But even they were having a difficult time in that mine?

"If you choose to die here, then I will specially make your son a slave in the Niðavellir mine for the rest of his life."

"What!?"

"For generation after generation. Forever."

"..."

"Well, I can bet on him not living past the age of twenty in that place."

Brrrrr!

Mei Ling's body trembled. A human did not belong in that horrible place.

Kang Chul-In was basically telling Mei Ling that he would gradually let her son die a miserable death.

"P-Please..."

"I'm warning you. I hate excuses."

"Sob..."

"Now, choose. I will give you three seconds."

"..."

"One."

"..."

"Two."

"..."

"Thr-..."

"I-I will do it!"

In the end, Mei Ling succumbed to Kang Chul-In's threat.

"I will do it."

"Wise choice."

Kang Chul-In grinned.

"But promise me that you will let my child and I off..."

"Don't worry."

"C-Can I trust... you?"

"I'm Kang Chul-In, the Supreme King of the West and the King of Valhalla. I promise on my life and honour."

0% credibility!

He was being awfully shameless for an intruder in the middle of the night.

"..."

What mattered to Mei Ling, however, was that he would keep to his promise.

***

Kwak Jung had no intention of letting the Gigantes destroy the castle walls. That would lead to a catastrophic defeat.

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Webner Fighter Wing, go and annihilate those pieces of meat!

Kwak Jung commanded.

With a buzzing noise in the air,

Brooooom!

A black swarm emerged from within the Deathwin stronghold.

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Long live his Majesty Kang Chul-In!

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For Valhalla!

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Let's soar!

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Our first mission!

The Webner Fighter Wing.

Comprising of male ant demi-humans, it was a division of Valhalla's air force. The females couldn't join because they didn't have wings.

Once the subordinates of Kimura, they were now labourers and aviators for Kang Chul-In!

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Focus on their nostrils, ears and eyes!

Kwak Jung relayed specific orders.

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Yes, commander-in-chief!

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We shall do that!

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Let's go and destroy the enemy!

With that, the ant demi-humans began to attack the Gigantes.

"Roarrrr!"

"Argh!"

"It stings!"

An average height of 25 metres! The Gigantes were capable of withstanding a landslide, but they were powerless against the Webner Fighter Wing. That was to no one's surprise. The male ants were much more agile than normal humans, not to mention that they could fly. The Gigantes couldn't dodge the attacks that were coming from every direction!

Moreover, the male ants possessed a jaw strength that could even slice through metal, and their sharp teeth carried a moderate bit of poison.

Thump, thump!

The earth trembled.

"Arghhhh!"

"Keheuk!"

"Get lost, I said get lost!"

The Gigantes screamed in agony.

Brooooom!

However, the Webner Fighter Wing was merciless. They drove their powerful jaws into the Gigantes' skin and injected their poison. They were tough enough to attack any weak points, as Kwak Jung had told them to. Some even crept into the Gigantes' underwear and bit on their reproductive organs and buttholes!

Heh.

Kwak Jung smiled cunningly.

"Tsk tsk... it's not all about the size, you idiots... even humans can die of bee stings. To think you've brought giants to the battlefield... well, it's good that they have a large surface area to target."

Kwak Jung's insight was flawless.

The Webner Fighter Wing was indeed a hard counter to the Gigantes.

In addition, the Gigantes possessed another disadvantage.

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Artilleries are you ready!?

Kwak Jung shouted with the loudspeaker.

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Yes, commander-in-chief!

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Easy to target, aren't they?

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Yes, sir!

The large surface area meant that the artilleries didn't have to aim much.

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Then what are you waiting for? Fire!

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Yes, sir!

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One shot, one kill, you hear me?

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Yes, sir!

With that,

"3...2...1... Fire!"

All the cannons in Valhalla breathed fire.

Pow, powww! Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow!

"Focus your shots!"

The energy cannons bombarded the frontmost Gigantes.

"Argh!"

It began to scream and twist in pain. Subsequently, it tripped over its own foot.

As for the aftermath,

"Huh? Oh shitttt!"

"I-It's falling!"

"Run everyone!"

"You bastarddddd!"

The Gullveig Alliance soldiers were at the receiving end.

Thump!

The Gigantes collapsed.

"..."

For a brief moment, the Gullveig Alliance soldiers were lost for words.

Crushed to death. It wasn't just one or two soldiers. As the soldiers were lined up in dense rows, the casualty amounted to hundreds.

"Arghhhh!"

The Valhalla artilleries were firing relentlessly, while the Webner Fighter Wing was still contributing in the battlefield.

"A-Another one!"

Someone shouted.

"Fuck!"

"Run!"

"Forget about the positions, just run!"

The Gullveig soldiers ran for their lives, breaking the line-up instantly.

"Excellent!"

Kwak Jung grinned from ear to ear.

"Damn it... if only we had Hecate here!"

The enemy was engulfed in chaos. If Hecate was around, she could have dealt a massive blow on the enemy as...

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Waited long?

It was at that moment.

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Kyaaaaahahahaha~!

A husky voice echoed throughout the battlefield. Hecate was finally making her appearance!

Chapter 270: Kang Chul-In in Pentagon (1)

Translator: Leyy3

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Heh... seems like you've arrived just in time.

Kwak Jung was extremely thankful to Hecate. She was usually cold and foul-mouthed, which made her difficult to approach. However, it was different this time. There couldn't have been a better sight than Hecate's grandiose appearance.

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We were about to...

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Shut up, you noisy weasel.

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Ah, okay...

Kwak Jung sulked.

He himself was a man with great self-esteem, but it didn't matter when he faced Hecate, the female version of Kang Chul-In. To her, he was a mere weasel-like cutie.

"What does Kang Chul-In see in that weasel? I always see them together."

Hecate mumbled to herself.

"Well, I respect his opinion, but I can't relate with him... that weasel's only saving grace is his brain."

A brainy weasel. That was how Hecate viewed Kwak Jung.

"Anyways, time for some destruction! Hohoho!"

Her eyes began to flicker with craze.

Destruction.

Indeed, Hecate's favorite leisure activity was to bomb indiscriminately using Temeraire!

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Everyone.

Hecate's voice rang in Temeraire, the battleship.

"Yes, your Majesty!"

"Aye aye!"

"Awaiting your orders!"

Her soldiers replied instantly.

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Prepare a dose of that 'hot stuff'. Let's give the northern bastards a taste of hell.

"Yes, your Majesty!"

Her soldiers had unusually high morale.

There was a reason for that. For many of the Temeraire soldiers, this war was more than just somebody else's business.

Valhalla is my wife's country.

I refuse to turn gay again!

My dear, I will protect your country!

Damn it... how can I not give it my all when my wife's watching me... tsk!

We are one!

They were committed to this war in one way or another.

A blood alliance!

The alliance between Hecate and Kang Chul-In wasn't just established via signing some paperwork.

Due to severe gender imbalance, a large number of Kang Chul-In's female citizens were married to Hecate's male citizens.

Kang Chul-In... you cunning man... I bet you planned for this, hmph!

Hecate mocked Kang Chul-In inwardly.

Of course, she had no intention of becoming Kang Chul-In's subordinate. She had wanted to give him the middle finger initially, but 30,000 couples had already spawned in a mere span of two years. Moreover, Kang Chul-In held control of over 70% of the Ishtar region. Hecate simply had no other choice.

Lastly, there was one more thing that Hecate was unaware of:

To: My Dear Lady, ___,

How are you?

I am aware of the difficulties of living in a foreign land, thus I am genuinely concerned about your well-being.

It may sound presumptuous, but I wish to remind you that although you've left Valhalla to follow your husband, you will always be a proud member of this nation. How could I not be worried about my own people?

And... I apologize for this imbalance in gender, which has caused you to leave your family and friends.

I am solely to blame for it.

Many of my people have left inevitably, and I still wake up in the middle of the night thinking of you all.

Live a happy life.

That is my only request.

PS. I'm sending you a small amount of gold. Feel free to use it to lead a happy married life.

P.S. Once my people, always my people! As an apology to your family members for sending you off, I am rewarding them with the title of 'Grade 7 People of National Merit'. Therefore, you don't have to worry about them.

From: The Supreme King of the West,

The King of Valhalla,

Kang Chul-In.

This letter was a total façade considering Kang Chul-In's personality. It was written a week before the start of the war and was sent to the 15,612 Valhalla women who had married Hecate's subordinates.

His Majesty genuinely cares about me!

Your Majesty... I will always be a proud citizen of Valhalla... sob sob!

How did you know that I've been struggling financially!?

H-His Majesty personally w-wrote this letter!

The letters touched the hearts of many Valhalla women who had left for Temeraire.

Surprisingly, each letter was handwritten and had a customized message despite a similar framework.

Argh! This is ridiculously tiring!

Kwak Jung was the mastermind.

He had even deployed the Valhalla Intelligence Agency to obtain the personal information of these women. He then pretended to be Kang Chul-In and wrote the letters.

It was certainly not an easy task. Kwak Jung had to handwrite all the letters, in case the receivers compared each other's letter during their meetups to reveal that Kang Chul-In did not actually write those letters.

However, all his efforts paid off in the end.

Heightened loyalty!

There was an old

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saying that men dominated the world and women dominated these men. Kwak Jung aimed to trigger the loyalty factor for these Valhalla women to ultimately increase his army's combat abilities.

The results were astounding.

Honey, my nation is in danger and you are just watching TV here?!

Go and fight!

Plead Her Majesty Hecate to help Valhalla or something!

Can't you see that my family is in danger!

These women began to nag at their Temeraire husbands relentlessly.

It was a shocking strategy.

Kwak Jung had increased his army's combat efficiency using letters alone. It indicated that his senses as a tactician were improving by leaps and bounds.

"Oi, you fuckers! I can't eat my dinner because of you bastards!"

"You dare to attack my wife's nation?! If you lay a single finger on my mother-in-law..."

"Die, you bastards!"

Hecate's soldiers, who had to bear through the constant nagging from their wives over the past few days, were eager to win this battle.

Wiiiiiinggg!

Temeraire's cannons began to warm up.

"Cannon number 1, ready!"

"Cannon number 2, ready!"

"Cannon number 3, ready!"

"Cannon number 4, ready!"

The gunners shouted.

"Cannon number 72, ready!"

"Cannon number 73, ready!"

And lastly,

"Cannon number 74, ready!"

Temeraire possessed 27 cannons on its left and right side each and 10 cannons at the front and back side each, amounting to 74 cannons in total. They were designed to all face different directions.

This, however, did not apply when Hecate deployed the 'hot stuff'.

All 74 cannons locked their aims onto the base of the Gullveig Alliance army.

This was the ultimate display of firepower from the 'strategic weapon'.

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Ready, boys?

"Yes, your Majesty!"

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Good.

Hecate grinned.

A demon!

Hecate truly lived up to her title of 'female Kang Chul-In'. Both of them were evil and cunning.

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I hereby command as the captain of the battleship Temeraire! Activate 'Strategic Weapon Fire'!

With that,

"3, 2, 1."

The countdown began.

"Fire!"

Instantly, 74 cannons breathed fire simultaneously.

And a catastrophe began.

Pow, powww! Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow!

The massive bombardment which had once carved fear into the Gullveig Alliance and Baldur Alliance in the past was showering down upon the enemy.

Furthermore, the magic-engineered cannons equipped onto Temeraire were designed to display S++ performance upon activation of Strategic Weapon Fire. Each of them had +40% destructive power compared to a normal magic-engineered cannon!

***

Meanwhile at Bifrost in the Pentagon, a giant facility located 50m underground...

"W-What on earth is that...!?"

"Hecate...!"

"O-Our base...!"

"This is... absurd..."

The Lords of the Gullveig Alliance couldn't believe what they were witnessing on the screen.

Footages of the battlefield were sent live via the Illusion Network. Temeraire's brilliant firepower was showing on the screen.

"What even... it's like a nuclear bomb..."

Someone mumbled.

A nuclear bomb, indeed.

Although that was clearly an exaggeration, Temeraire's firepower was still a force to be reckoned with.

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Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam!

Each cannon released 10 shots.

In total, 740 shots.

The Gullveig Alliance army fell helplessly to this intense bombardment.

Even as a rough estimate, 20,000 casualties were to be expected from this attack.

In addition, the Gigantes had a large surface area for the bombs to land nicely on.

"Ah..."

"It's unbelievable..."

"Urgh... what in the world..."

The audience in the Pentagon gasped.

All five Gigantes were dead.

20,000 to 25,000 soldiers were dead.

Artilleries were all destroyed.

That was incredible damage for a single bombardment.

"Not yet."

At that moment, someone spoke staunchly.

"My brothers, please maintain your composure! We haven't lost!"

It was Cordilleras, a Filipino ruler of the Ifugao territory. He was also a high-ranked officer in the Gullveig Alliance.

"Nonsense, how can we win after that intense bombardment?"

"Cordilleras! We've lost ¼ of our men from a single attack! How is this not worrisome?"

"How shameless. Our soldiers are getting massacred out there, and you still have the guts to tell us to maintain our composure?"

"One more attack and our alliance army may be annihilated!"

The Lords rebutted Cordilleras' remark furiously.

"The greater the crisis, the better we have to maintain our composure! Look! The bombing has stopped!"

Cordilleras pointed at the screen.

He was right.

Temeraire had gone silent after unleashing all of its 740 bombs.

"It's their loss."

Cordilleras explained.

"Attacking like that multiple times? That's cheating! Absurd, ridiculous cheating! Think about it! If Temeraire was capable of unleashing two of those bombardments in a row, Hecate would've become the ruler of Ishtar, not Kang Chul-In!"

He was spot-on.

Strategic Weapon Fire was powerful, but it required a long recharge time.

The magic-engineered artilleries had to be fully charged beyond their limits for the ability to activate. That was why Hecate had been missing in action despite Kwak Jung's relentless nagging.

In addition, the magic-engineered artilleries suffered a harsh drop in durability after using this skill. They were no longer even capable of firing normal shots.

A minimum of 24 hours was needed for the recharge.

In other words, Hecate could no longer contribute to the battle.

"Look, everyone!"

Cordilleras exclaimed.

"The bombing has stopped, and chairman Vilhelm's Chimera troop is being deployed! We still have 50,000 soldiers left! A loss? Ridiculous! We can win this! No, we will win this!"

"Cordilleras is right!"

"Your explanation makes sense."

"Right, then let's see how it goes!"

A quick turnabout. Cordilleras was proficient in his use of words.

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Reporting. Lady Mei Ling has visited the Pentagon to encourage all the Lords personally!

At that moment, an announcement was made via the speaker.

"Everyone... keep up the good work..."

Mei Ling was being accompanied by a knight with a robust physique. She greeted the Lords in the situation room, but her face was as pale as the snow.

"Lady Mei Ling, we appreciate your kindness, but you seem a little unwell."

Cordilleras spoke with a worried expression.

"N-No, not at all... I'm just a bit tired nowadays..."

"You don't just seem tired..."

"I'm fine."

"..."

"So pay n-no attention..."

At that moment,

Wah~! Wahhh ~!

Viktor Vilhelm, the son of Albrecht Vilhelm, began to cry in his mother's arms.

"Oops, the chairman's son..."

Cordilleras was about to complete his sentence when suddenly,

Swing!

A sharp, piercing scream of metal echoed in the situation room.

Thump, roll...

Cordilleras' head dropped and rolled onto the floor.

"...!"

Everyone in the room was shocked.

"You bunch of trash."

The knight next to Mei Ling took off his helmet's face shield.

"What a shameless bunch... your soldiers are bravely fighting on the battlefield, yet you are leisurely conversing here?"

He had appeared.

The Supreme King of the West!

Kang Chul-In, who was covered with Cordilleras' fresh blood, glared at the Lords of the Gullveig Alliance.

The demon himself had intruded into the very heart of the enemy!

Chapter 271: Kang Chul-In in the Pentagon (2)

Translator: Leyy3

"K-Kang Chul In!"

"The Supreme King of the West?!"

"N-No way...! H-How is that guy inside the Pentagon!"

"Am I... seeing... things...?"

The sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance were all taken aback.

Kang Chul-In? Why was the captain of their enemy forces who should be at the Deathwin territory here in the heart of the Gullveig Alliance? It was a sight that they couldn't believe no matter how many times they looked.

Keuk... those expressions.

Kang Chul-In inwardly snickered looking at the sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance.

What a sight it was! There couldn't be anything more worth seeing than those faces paled white with fear.

Well, it worked out well. Since the richest person is now dead...

Kang Chul-In's eyes landed on Cordilleras' head, which was rolling on the ground.

Cordilleras, ruler of the Ifugao territory, from the Philippines, was the rice man of the Gullveig Alliance.

His specialty was the S++ skill "Ten Thousand Dan" [1], and the production of rice and wheat of the Ifugao territory was about 250% more than other territories of the same type.

He was a very important person in taking care of the Gullveig Alliance military's food. Because of that, Kang Chul-In was extremely happy. He had easily gotten rid of a crucial person in charge of the supplies, so it was already worth it, sneaking into the Pentagon...

Oh shoot!

Kang Chul-In's face crumpled.

Shit... I was too rushed... I should've absorbed it if it was an S++ specialty... Sigh...

It was because he completely lost it when he saw Cordilleras.

The theatrical effects of cutting his head off were amazing, but it was his mistake not using Skill Absorption.

It was such a shame.

"Oh well, there's nothing I can do."

Kang Chul-In shook his head as he spoke.

"Anyways, everyone put your heads on the floor."

Then, he 'ordered' the sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance to do as he said.

He was the strongest.

In this Pentagon without Albrecht Vilhelm, Ao Xin, or Andrei Ivanovich, who would stop him?

Putting their heads on the floor if Kang Chul-In said so would be best for them.

"W-What happened, miss Mei Ling!?"

However, the sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance ignored the order and turned their heads to Mei Ling instead.

"Why did that person come inside the Pentagon with you, hm?"

"Please explain!"

"Did this crazy woman... Have you been communicating with Kang Chul-In?"

"Goodness..."

Mei Ling answered, trembling.

"T-That's not i-it... t-that man... t-threatened m-me and my son... t-there was n-nothing I-I c-could do... w-we were t-too p-powerless..."

Her explanation raised chaos.

"Did you perhaps... sell us to survive?"

"Are you done talking?"

"You sold us to save yourself?"

"That's too much! How could you think of bringing the captain of the enemies into the base of the alliance?! You're none other than the wife of the leader!"

The blame flew towards Mei Ling.

Of course it would. If she was a woman with a brain, she would've chosen to be killed by Kang Chul-In.

This Pentagon was the heart of the alliance. Whatever the reason, bringing Kang Chul-In in here was a severe act of betrayal, even if it was a choice made to save a newborn baby.

"You'll pay for this, you betrayer!"

"I'll definitely tell this to Sir Vilhelm, and you'll get what you deserve!"

"Your life was that precious to you?"

"You whore!"

The arrow of blame didn't seem to have any end.

Brrrr...!

Mei Ling trembled, holding Viktor Vilhelm closely to her.

How should she take care of this?

It was fine making a deal with the demon after being tricked by his smooth talk, but with the derision of the sovereigns, she was thinking that it might've been better to die.

Heh.

The demon, Kang Chul-In, smiled.

This is way better than hurting you and that booger-dripper.

This was also one of Kang Chul-In's plans.

With this, Vilhelm's political reputation would decrease, and he would have to pay for Mei Ling's actions.

Also, the location of the Pentagon was right underground the Bifrost territory, so Vilhelm would receive backlash for the loose security.

Their trust in you is lost, Vilhelm.

Now, it was obvious that the sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance wouldn't follow Vilhelm. He lost their trust, which was something that couldn't be purchased with money.

T-This is it! T-This is what that person was after from the beginning. He wasn't interested in me or Viktor in the first place! He was aiming for the split of the alliance!

Shiver!

Mei Ling belatedly realized Kang Chul-In's motive. Kang Chul-In was really a scary man. His martial arts, the cruelness of cutting someone's neck with a single stroke, and even that evil head of his... ah, how scary the Supreme King of the West was!

"Good, very good."

Kang Chul-In spoke with a snicker after watching them silently.

"Ripping each other apart... it's so nice to see. It's

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good... but let me ask you one thing."

And his smile quickly turned to fury.

Hwak!

It was tremendous!

A powerful energy began to swirl around Kang Chul-In.

"Why are you so confidently doing something else in front of me? Did you all have some dragon meat? Why don't you share if you have some good stuff?"

But to this, the reaction of the sovereigns was just...

"Kang Chul-In... his spirit is fierce..."

"Do you think you can fight against all of us?"

"You don't know that you walked into a tiger's cave on your own two feet... we saw that you were extremely arrogant at the second Lords' Meeting. However, we'll make you pay for that arrogance today."

"Where do you think this is? Even if you're strong, you're alone!"

Unexpectedly, they didn't seem scared at all.

This was the power of a group.

Sometimes, hyenas gathered in a group to even hunt down lions!

It seemed like the sovereigns didn't think of Kang Chul-In as a danger.

"...These bastards?"

At the unexpected response, a vein popped out of Kang Chul-In's forehead.

He had overlooked the power of a group.

Then... there was nothing he could do except show them...

The great power of the Supreme King of the West!

Beep, beeeep!

The siren began to ring.

[Pentagon control base!]

[A dangerous person has intruded into the command room!]

[Code, Disaster, Disaster!]

[All forces to the command room! All forces to the command room!]

The announcement sounded like they were trying to fix the fence after they already lost the cattle.

They only just realized the situation and wanted to fix it now? He was already inside the deepest part of the Pentagon, in the command room!

"Ghosts."

"That word" came from Kang Chul-In's mouth.

Numbers?

Even if he didn't have many, there were still beings to fight with him.

"Summon!"

Spectre knights.

No, now they were the spectre cavalry, riding on the backs of phantom steeds.

-Hiinngg!

The phantom steeds wailed.

"Huk...!

"S-Spectre... cavalry...!"

"What kind of...!"

The sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance moved back with shock but it was already too late.

"I already told you to put your heads on the ground."

Kang Chul-In started to move with Kaiforce, the spectre cavalry behind him.

"You dared to ignore me... fine, lead yourselves to your own destruction."

The demon descended.

It was showtime.

***

At the same time...

"Whoa... look at the firepower..."

It was incredible.

Even Kang Chul-In's forces would be destroyed if hit with those attacks twice.

[Your majesty, H-Hecate... how great... I was amazed.]

Kwak Jung sang Hecate's praises.

[Hut, you were surprised? You weakling.]

[Yes!]

[Hohoho~! This is how much I amount to!]

[Wow... you definitely have the greatest firepower in all of Pangaea. Speaking of...]

[Hm?]

[Can we see it again? Hehehe~!]

[No, go back.]

[What? Your Majesty! If you do it just one more...]

Kwak Jung's response was what anyone else would have wanted.

If they attack their enemies one more time with that attack, the war would lean towards the victory of the Valhalla Kingdom.

[I can't.]

[...!]

[It's over.]

But Kwak Jung's wishes were just that. Wishes.

[If I could use these consecutively, do you think I would've come under Kang Chul-In? The Supreme King of the West probably wouldn't be Kang Chul-In but me.]

[...]

[They said you use your head well, but you didn't even know something as simple as this? You're a complete fake, aren't you?]

[T-Then, not even a common firepower attack...]

[Not even that.]

[...]

[My cannons are exhausted. At least 24 hours have to pass until the attacks can begin again.]

[S-So that means...]

[It's wise man time.]

[...]

[So work hard.]

As soon as she finished speaking, the flagship Temeraire began to move further away from the west. Since it couldn't be in combat anymore, it was completely leaving the battlefield.

Booooong!

"..."

Thanks to that, Kwak Jung stood blanky in his position for a while.

Only now did he understand what Hecate's nickname, the "female Kang Chul-In," meant.

Hecate was as uncontrollable as Kang Chul-In was!

"Well, since she did what she could."

Kwak Jung acknowledged what Hecate did.

Technically, Hecate had done the work of 2 people.

[Gullveig Alliance!]

Just then, the Overlord Ao Xin's voice rang in the battlefield.

[Don't be shaken! There's no war without any deaths!]

Ao Xin's speciality was [Population Increase], and it meant that the number of people in his territory increased rapidly.

With that speciality, Ao Xin was able to gather a great number of forces.

And that voice!

It was the Authority of an Overlord.

This Authority called [Agitator] was a high-level military skill that interfered with the brain waves of one's allied forces to control them as the user liked.

[It's a heartbreaking thing to lose your comrades, but stepping back like this is humiliating as a soldier! If we step back it means the death of our comrades was for nothing! I, Overlord Ao Xin, don't believe that the warriors of our Gullveig Alliance will surrender merely because of this!]

It was a heated provocation!

Ao Xin continued to spew words.

[Alright, let's go fight! There were a lot of sacrifices, but it's only 30,000! Our numbers are still well over 50,000! Warriors! Go and show those evil people how brave and scary we are! Forget about fear! Fight, and fight for victory!]

The effects were immediate.

"You're right!"

"Hey, you bastards! Does our alliance look weak?!"

"Hurrah for the Gullveig Alliance!"

"Hurrah for his Majesty Vilhelm!"

"Hurrah for his Majesty Ao Xin!"

After the interference of Agitator, the alliance soldiers flipped out like they were high on drugs.

That was Ao Xin's ability.

He didn't have the ability to create a strong force, but he could momentarily change a ragtag bunch into strong warriors!

"Wooooo-!"

"Let's go, let's go and destroy them!"

"Climb the castle walls!"

The 50,000 soldiers under the Gullveig Alliance began to climb the Deathwin Fortress's walls.

Their spirit was tremendous.

Even the greatest warriors in Pangaea, the forces of the Valhalla Kingdom, felt threatened.

And that wasn't the end of it.

Spark, spark!

Time and space began to crumble, and 10,000 monstrous beings appeared.

-Krr, krrk?!

-Keet!

-Uahhhh!

[Chimera arsenal corps, destroy the enemies!]

Vilhelm's voice rang out through the magic-engineered voice amplification.

The chimera arsenal corps was a squad made of chimera which had cloaking abilities. Each of these murder weapons had a unique threatening skill other than the cloaking ability.

For example, the four-legged beast.

-Keet!

A chimera with a red egg sac climbed the Deathwin Fortress's walls.

With the sound of an explosion, the chimera's body burst apart. It killed itself.

"Uacckk!"

"Kuk!"

"I-I can't breathe... uh..."

The Valhalla soldiers who were swept away by the explosion began to scream horrifically and collapse.

It was because an extremely acidic liquid spewed out from the chimera's body.

"W-What's that!?"

Kwak Jung was startled.

Boom, boom!

Meanwhile, the sound of chimera exploding continued to ring out on the battlefield.

"This is...!"

Kwak Jung realized what it was.

This was the true power of the large Gullveig Alliance.

[1] Dan is a unit of measurement used for grains

Chapter 272: A True Demon, Kang Chul-In!

Translator: Leyy3

A red sac...

A sac with a poison called 'acid blood' inside of it that was enough to melt metal. Each 'suicide chimera' poured out about 40 L of acid blood.

Pung, pung!

The suicide chimeras spewed out acid blood after exploding.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaack!"

"K-Keuk...!"

"S-Save me...!"

"It... hurts... so... mu..."

The Valhalla army suffered huge losses. In an instant, about a thousand soldiers had died.

When had the chimeras come? They had climbed up the city walls.

-Keet?!

No one had noticed them arrive. This was because the suicide chimeras had a superior cloaking ability!

Pung!

Another suicide chimera exploded, and about 20 Valhalla soldiers melted into blood. It was an enemy they couldn't see. There couldn't be a better assassination than this.

No matter how strong the Valhalla army was, they couldn't detect the movements of something that approached them silently.

"I'll stop them!"

Just then, Lucia stepped up.

-Kyaaaaaak!

The suicide chimeras ran at Lucia and exploded in a blink.

Drip drip drip!

The acid blood began to pour down on Lucia and the rest of the Valhalla soldiers.

...No, it tried to pour down.

[War Machine Mode, R.E.A.D.Y.]

Just then!

[Target, confirmed!]

[Goal, complete destruction!]

[War Machine Mode, activated!]

Lucia blocked the suicide chimera running by dashing in front of it at the speed of light.

Chik, chiiiiik!

Her shield was steaming, acid blood all over it. But that was it.

Aegis was fine after being covered by acid blood.

"Everyone pull yourselves together!"

It wasn't just Lucia who contributed to the fight.

"I'll stop them, so fight with a comforted mind!"

Drakan threw himself forward as if to encourage the soldiers.

Flash!

His yellow amphibian eyes shined. Draconic Eyes! Drakan's eyesight was different from everyone else's.

Cloaking? He could see through it. Drakan's Draconic Eyes could also see things like ghosts and poltergeists.

"How dare you!?"

He glared at something. Then, bam!

Chrak!

Black Dragon Bone Blade!

The blade cut through the empty air. No, it wasn't empty air.

Puak!

Red blood spurted out, and a suicide chimera that was cut into two pieces fell down the castle walls.

Acid blood didn't pour out, however, because Drakan had killed it before it could self-destruct!

"Lizard, you're pretty good!"

Amur shouted as he jumped up like lightning.

"You! How dare a mere cat judge me!? Unless you wanna be swept away by their suicide attack, take care of yourself, and mind your own business!"

"Suicide attack? Hehe... do you think that this Amur would die from trash like that!?"

Amur swung his Black Dragon Bone Great Sword around.

Puaaaaak!

Another suicide chimera fell down into two pieces.

Amur had the DNA of a tiger. His senses could feel through the cloaking even without the Draconic Eyes!

"You're pretty good yourself, cat."

"A mere lizard dares to play around?"

A dragon and tiger always growled at each other, and there weren't any exceptions made on a battlefield either.

No, it was worse because it was a battlefield.

Drakan and Amur's abilities were on the same level!

It was hard to tell who was better, so their competition became intense.

"Haha! You two always get along so well!"

This time, Podolski stepped up.

Chrak, chrarak!

Podolski's iron whip began to cut into anything 10 metres around him.

Chrak, chrak, chrak, chrak, chrak!

It was a curtain of a whip.

It looked like a curtain with patterns stripes on it. Podolski's whip created sonic booms after it broke through the sound barrier.

-Kyaaaak!

-Kyak!

Thanks to that, the suicide chimeras that had been aiming for the soldiers around Podolski fell down the city walls before they could even explode.

He was really the master of binds. It seemed like Podolski was good with things that could tie things up.

"Let's go!"

"Yes, sir!"

Standing back to back, James and Michael began to use their senses to cut apart the suicide chimeras.

"Ahem!"

The little old magician Nilus couldn't stay still either.

" ?????? ???...???? ????????? ???... ?? · ?? ?????? ?? ???? ????? ??????? ? ??? ?? ????? ?????? ??!"

He cast spells, and a cold air began to wrap around the Deathwin Fortress' castle walls.

"Ugh... it's so cold!"

"Ughhh!"

The Valhalla forces shook from the cold.

"Sir Nilus! What are you doing!? Do you have a brain!?"

Amur shouted in surprise.

What was he doing freezing the soldiers to death when he

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should be protecting them. It was obvious the soldiers wouldn't be able to fight!

"Kul kul!"

Nilus laughed.

Amur only thought about one thing, but not two.

"I-I see them!"

"There, be careful!"

"Push it off!"

The Valhalla soldiers began to find and respond to the locations of the suicide chimeras.

"Hm?"

Amur made a stupid face.

It was because of the frost. Even if they hid their bodies with cloaking abilities, they couldn't stop the frost from getting on them.

"Be careful!"

"It's coming, stop it!"

Thanks to that, the suicide chimeras decreased one by one. They couldn't see them perfectly, but it was enough to see their white silhouette. The Valhalla soldiers were skilled enough to deal with the suicide chimeras just by seeing their silhouettes.

"Whoa, Miss Lucia!"

"General Drakan!"

"General Amur contributed a lot too!"

"Sir Podolski, thank you!"

"Thank you, Sir Nilus!"

"Thank you ,Captain James!"

"Wow... Captain Michael!"

Kang Chul-In wasn't the only martial artist.

All the people with three stars in Laputa were those trained by Kang Chul-In.

They were people who wouldn't fall short anywhere!

"I... should do something too."

The contribution of the martial artists woke Kwak Jung up.

They were blocking the attack of the chimeras, but their enemies were too great. During times like this, he had to show them something big.

Kwak Jung gripped a white fan in his hand.

Spark, spark!

The White Rain Fan was rebelling against Kwak Jung, not recognizing him as its owner.

"Fine... be like that... try to continue rebelling... I'll see how far you go with that."

Blue sparks flashed between Kwak Jung's mouth as he grinned devilishly. It was like he enjoyed the rebellion of the White Rain Fan.

"Hey, you bastard!"

Kwak Jung spit out.

It was a fierce voice. It was the voice of a gang boss who used to lunge out with a sword at his enemies.

Whoosh, whoosh...!

Kwak Jung's eyes started to flare with purple fire, and the White Rain Fan trembled, like it was intimated by Kwak Jung.

"Strong Wind!"

He shouted the spell for controlling the weather.

Gooooooo!

The atmosphere began to shake.

***

In the underground basement of the Bifrost territory in the Pentagon of the Gullveig Alliance... there was a sea of blood.

There were about 200 corpses lying around, and others were groaning with an arm or leg cut off.

It was the descent of a demon.

Kang Chul-In had succeeded in controlling them with his spectre cavalry.

"Keuk!"

Overall rank 22.

"Keukk."

The Lord of the Yellowstorm territory, Soybean, groaned twice.

His head was in Kang Chul-In's hand at the moment.

-Lord Soybead, complete control!

The message popped up in front of Kang Chul-In.

[Lord Soybean]

Ability: Violent Storms

Type: Buff (conditional)

Side-effects: None

Additional description:

Every year on 2/22 at 02:22:22, the ability increases attacking power by 22,222% for 0.2 seconds.

"What kind of..."

Kang Chul-In was flabbergasted.

The name of the skill sounded strong, but it was hilarious that it could only be used for 0.2 seconds once a year.

Where was this skill supposed to be used?

Also, Soybean's speciality was a unique one called [Staying at the Top], and his territory would grow at the rate that the others' did, but there was a detrimental con that he could never be first.

This might be good for some people, but to Kang Chul-In, who always liked to get first place, it was useless.

Hm... well, since you never know.

He didn't really want the Staying at the Top, but he felt like the Violent Storms would be useful someday.

However, it was also likely he would never use it.

Wrooong!

Kang Chul-In's hand that was holding Lord Soybean's head began absorbing.

"Aaaaaack!"

As his ability was absorbed, Soybean screamed. Not too long after,

[You have absorbed the skill, 'Violent Storms!']

[The proficiency of Skill Absorption has increased!]

[The level of Skill Absorption has gone up from level 2 to level 3!]

[The Authority of an Overlord can be absorbed!]

[Skill transfer, possible!]

"Level 3... well, not bad."

Kang Chul-In had a satisfied face.

It wasn't bad.

He could absorb the authorities of Overlords and share his power with his subordinates.

Of course, he didn't know if the Violent Storms would be useful to them either.

"Huk... huk..."

Soybean breathed raggedly, having his skill taken. It seemed like he was tired physically.

"Hey," Kang Chul-In spoke towards Soybean.

"Yes...?"

"Are you tired?"

"N-No, sir!"

Soybean had to pretend like he was okay because he felt like he was going to be beaten up if he said otherwise.

"Really? Hm..."

"Yes, sir."

"Then put your head on the ground there."

Kang Chul-In pointed to a place.

There, the sovereigns of the Gullveig Alliance were all gathered, sticking their faces to the ground, and the spectre cavalry was supervising them.

It was to cut their necks off immediately if they tried to run away or attempt something.

They're all just little fish... hmph...

It was a shame for Kang Chul-In.

He had brought out his hook, but he didn't catch anything big.

Unfortunately, the big fish were all out on the battlefield or in their territories.

He did achieve getting rid of Cordilleras, but Kang Chul-In wasn't satisfied with just that.

"Hm, it's now time to contact Vilhelm. Hey, you there!"

Kang Chul-In wiggled his finger at a messenger soldier.

"Yes, sir!"

The messenger soldier that had wet his pants shouted with surprise.

"Go call Vilhelm right now."

"...!"

"Oh, he might not answer since he's in war right now, so make sure you tell him it's from the Supreme King of the West, Kang Chul-In, got it?"

"Y-Yes, sir!"

The messenger soldier answered with gusto.

He didn't know what might happen if he said no.

To live, he had to obey Kang Chul-In's orders.

"And... you."

Next was Mei Ling and Vilhelm's son, Viktor.

"Yes?"

Mei Ling stood up from her sitting position holding Viktor in her arms.

"Come here."

"...!"

"When did you call Vilhelm last?"

"A-Are you..."

"You should video call your husband and show him your kid, have some nice family time," Kang Chul-In spoke with a grin.

It was the smile of a demon.

Right now, not only was he planting the seed of division amongst the Gullveig Union, but he was also breaking apart a marriage!

Chapter 273: Have You Been Well?

Translator: Leyy3

Gooooo!

Violent winds began to blow around Kwak Jung.

"Blackout!"

Next were the clouds.

Urng!

Thunder shook the sky, and black clouds covered the sun that shined down on the battlefield. As the concentration of clouds increased, the Deathwin Fortress was covered by darkness.

"I-I can't see!"

"Magician! Magician! Shine some light!"

"I can't see a thing!"

The Gullveig Alliance soldiers instantly fell into confusion.

The storm clouds that Kwak Jung summoned only covered the fortress so the Gullveig Alliance soldiers couldn't see the city walls.

"Oho!"

Nilus exclaimed.

It was perfect cover. The enemies couldn't see them, but they saw their enemies, so they had the advantage.

"Magic Squad!"

"Yes, Sir Nilus!"

About a hundred Valhalla magicians shouted in response.

"Our enemies can't see us, so give it all you got! Let's show those stupid fools what the Valhalla Kingdom's Magic Squad can do!"

"Yes, sir!"

At the same time as him, the magicians started to recite spells.

" ????? ??? ?... ??????? ???? ????? ?? ???????..."

" ?? · ????? ??????? ?????????"

? ????? ? ????? ???? ???? ?? ???? ??? ?... ? ?..."

" ??? · ???? ??????? ??????? ???????? ...!"

Incredible!

Kwak Jung could feel it too. There were about a hundred of them. They were all preparing for a magic attack, so the flow of mana was tremendous.

Pung, pung pung!

All kinds of magic attacks started to pour onto the Gullveig Alliance soldiers.

This is it!

Kwak Jung realized that he had to do something.

Yes, this was the time. If he could cause rain and lighting while the Magic Squad was using magic, it'd be perfect!

Chrak!

The White Rain Fan opened in Kwak Jung's hand, revealing its white surface.

"Thunder Rain!"

Kwak Jung slammed all the mana he could into the White Rain Fan.

D-Drip!

Rain started to pour. The rain soaked the land of the Gullveig Alliance forces.

It wasn't just a downpour.

Shhhhhh!

The raindrops were about the size of an adult finger. With the winds he had summoned beforehand, he created a new force.

Water curtain!

The thick rain became a curtain of water, covering the Gullveig Alliance soldiers' eyes.

And finally,

"Lightning!"

Kwak Jung urged the White Rain Fan with everything he had.

Flash!

The sky shined.

Kwaaaaaaang!

With a loud sound, blue lighting fell on the Gullveig Alliance soldiers' heads. It was a destructive disaster.

More! More, more, more, more, and moreee!

However, Kwak Jung wasn't satisfied. He needed something more. The number of their enemies was still astronomical. He needed more firepower.

Just then, the White Rain Fan began to tremble.

Urnnnng!

Huh?!

Kwak Jung was surprised. This was proof that the White Rain Fan was finally moving to his command. It acknowledged Kwak Jung as its owner!

Heh.

A devilish smile appeared on Kwak Jung's face. It was surprisingly similar to the smile that Kang Chul-In often made.

"Alright, let's go!"

Kwak Jung shouted in a bright voice, and the sky flashed white.

Kwang, kwang, kwang, kwang, kwang!

It was a banquet of thunder and lightning.

"...!"

Thanks to this, the Gullveig Alliance soldiers vanished into ashes, not even able to scream.

However, the attacks of the Valhalla military didn't end there.

Pung, puung!

The magic attacks continued to pour down, and the lightning that Kwak Jung summoned fell with it.

Kwang, kwang, kwang, kwang, kwang.

This attack was the greatest amount of firepower that the Valhalla forces could gather.

Some time passed. The rain stopped. The wind stopped as well. The attack of the magicians and Kwak Jung's lightning ended.

"Huk... huk..."

Kwak Jung gasped for breath and looked at the land that was covered with white smoke.

"Did we... win..."

Kwak Jung hoped for a victory.

It only made sense for them to have won.

Hecate's fire, his lightning wind storm, and the attack of the magicians. This was firepower that even an army

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of 10,000 soldiers would have a hard time handling.

But Drakan muttered to himself as he looked at the enemy land with his Draconic Eyes.

"Goodness."

The same went for the others.

"Huk!"

"H-How!"

"Bloody..."

"What are those guys!?"

What is it?

An anxious feeling flashed in his head. Kwak Jung focused his eyes on the enemy's land.

"T-There's still... a lot?"

Koong!

He felt like his heart stopped beating.

"Bloody soldiers! Support troops?! Support trooooops!"

Kwak Jung screamed in despair.

The number of their enemies had actually increased. By tens of thousands.

It was more than what they had seen before.

-Our dear Gullveig Alliance soldiers!

Just then, Ao Xin's voice swept through the battlefield with Agitator.

-The firepower of our enemies is gone. We won't suffer any more losses! Look! They are tired! The war is now ours to win!

Woooooo!

Ao Xin's voice interfered with their brainwaves and caused a cheer among the soldiers.

-Look behind you!

The Alliance soldiers looked behind themselves.

"Whoa!"

"Support troops, they're support troops!"

"They're here."

"We won, we won!"

They were looking at the support troops who had been guarding the Esmeralda territory.

Yes.

Albrecht Vilhelm had prepared additional troops in case they failed.

-Go!

Ao Xin urged the soldiers.

-Go and end this war! Victory is the northern alliance's, Gullveig's!

The Gullveig soldiers began to run like crazy, controlled by Agitator.

They were stepping over their dead comrades' bodies to move towards the Deathwin Fortress!

"Bloody..."

Kwak Jung laughed futilely looking at the scene.

Looking at this logically, it was their loss.

They could fight more, but it wouldn't do a thing against their enemies with the firepower they had.

I guess there's nothing we can do...

Kwak Jung thought of retreating.

If this went on, they might lose all the Valhalla soldiers that Kang Chul-In worked hard to grow.

Shit... where is His Majesty right now! That irresponsible guy!

They said servants cursed kings when they weren't there. This was the perfect scenario for that.

Of course, it wasn't genuinely because he hated him, but because Kang Chul-In's absence was a shame.

"Commander!"

Just then, a messenger soldier reported to Kwak Jung with an urgent voice.

"There's a call from the Pentagon!"

"What? From where?"

Kwak Jung suspected his ears had gone bad.

The Pentagon?

Why was the Pentagon calling in the middle of the battle?

Could it be...

"Those bastards... they're..."

Kwak Jung ground his teeth.

If the Pentagon was calling him now, it was definitely to suggest they surrender or to mock their defeat.

It was a call from the good-for-nothings that were lazing around in the Pentagon while Ao Xin and Vilhelm were out here.

"W-What should we do?"

"Connect us through."

"Do I really connect us?

"Fuck... since we lost anyway, we should curse them..."

Kwak Jung was planning on spitting our expletives and then cut off his connection, like an angry elementary schooler.

Dudu!

The sound of the magic engineered phone rang out.

-You have been connected!

And at the same time, Kwak Jung began to curse in a low voice.

"Hey, you cowardly bastards! You bastards covered with poop water, you sons of bitches, losers only acting behind the strong guys, your moms have lizard blo..."

-Are you cursing my mom now?

"...!"

-It's a very fresh curse... very dirty...

"H-Hik?!"

Kwak Jung was at a loss for words.

-I guess we need some mental training?

Beyond the screen, Kang Chul-In was smiling evilly.

"Y-your Majesty?!"

-I listened well.

"..."

-They stuck in my ear well.

"..."

-Get ready.

"Pardon?"

-For mental training.

"Ah, yes... yes... your Majesty..."

Kwak Jung made a depressed face.

He didn't mean to, but he had cursed his own Lord and gotten into this state.

It wasn't like Kang Cul-In was going to understand his mistake, so Kwak Jung's mental training was set in stone.

"B-But, your Majesty."

-...?

"Why... are you there?"

-Because things happened?

"Pardon?"

Kwak Jung suspected his eyes again.

"I-Isn't that... the Pentagon?"

-Yeah.

"How..."

-I took it over.

"...!"

-Look.

Kang Chul-In turned the camera lens around to show him the inside of the Pentagon.

"..."

Kwak Jung was speechless.

Gosh... I was wondering what that guy was doing...

He couldn't believe it even though he was looking at it.

A king had sneaked into their enemy's command room and took it over. Did this make sense?

-Are you tired?

Kang Chul-In asked with a smirk.

"Yes, I'm tired."

-You've worked hard.

"Yes, sir!"

-I'll see you after. I must go call Vilhelm now.

"Ke... yes, your Majesty. I hope you have a nice call. Hehe!"

Kwak Jung laughed darkly.

The war was over with this now.

The Gullveig Alliance would have to pull back their forces!

***

What happened?

Albrecht Vilhelm moved back into his tent after hearing an urgent call had come through.

-H-Honey...

Surprisingly, the caller was Mei Ling, with their son Viktor in her arms.

"Is something the matter?"

Vilhelm tilted his head seeing his wife's face. She was extremely pale. Also, her entire body was trembling like a leaf in the wind. It seemed like something was wrong.

"Why is Viktor...?"

-Honey...

"What happened...?"

Just then, he could see a black blade move just below Mei Ling's neck.

"...!"

Vilhelm's face froze like ice.

-Have you been well?

Beyond Mei Ling, the face that he didn't even want to see in his dreams was smiling at him.

Chapter 274: You Should've Won If You Feel So Wronged

Translator: Leyy3

"Mm..."

Vilhelm stroked his beard.

"This must be a dream."

He denied reality.

-Vilhelm?

"This dirty dream..."

-Hey, Vilhelm.

"Did this battle not happen?"

-...

"It's because I have too much work... I need a vacation when the war is over..."

Even though Kang Chul-In called him twice, Vilhelm didn't seem to accept his existence.

No, he couldn't.

Dammit!

The leader of his enemies had entered his house and called him?

Also, the Pentagon prided itself on being the most secure base in all of Pangaea, so he couldn't believe the situation.

"Winning the battle was a dream..."

-...

"I suppose I..."

Just then, a sharp scream pierced his ears.

"Kyak!"

It was the scream of his wife, Mei Ling.

Drip.

Vibrant red blood gathered on Mei Ling's collarbone and began to flow down to her chest.

"...!"

Shock filled Vilhelm's eyes when he saw this.

If that black sword, the magic sword Kaiforce, entered just a centimeter deeper, his wife's blood would pour out like a fountain and she would die from bleeding out.

"W-What is..."

-Do you see now?

"...!"

-I guess our almighty Gullveig Alliance leader doesn't want to hear what a small fish like the Supreme King of the West says, hm?

Kang Chul-In smirked, his sword still on Mei Ling's neck.

"K-Kang Chul-In!"

-Oh my~! I'm so honored that I don't know what to do. Do you recognize me now?

Vilhelm paled.

On the other hand, Kang Chul-In was overjoyed.

-Hehe!

Kang Chul-In chuckled devilishly.

-Do you get the situation now?

"...!"

-See, if my sword goes a little deeper...

"T-That...!"

-Oh, dear!

Kang Chul-in made an exaggerated gesture.

Swipe!

And the sword entered even deeper!

-H-Heuk!

A fearful groan escaped from Mei Ling's mouth.

"N-Nooo!"

Vilhelm screamed.

"What are you doing, Kang Chul-In! Putting a sword to someone else's wife's neck! Don't touch family..."

-Shut up, you bastard.

"...!"

-I guess you forgot already.

Kang Chul-In spit out.

-Didn't you release monsters into my home country, in the city of Seoul?

"B-But!"

-Your personality's coming out.

"..."

-Do you know the saying "naeronambul?"

Of course, Vilhelm wouldn't know a phrase from Korea, so Kang Chul-In kindly decided to explain it to him.

-In Korean, there's a saying that goes like: "If I do it, it's romance, but if you do it, it's an affair."

"..."

-You know what I'm talking about right? You split personality bastard.

Even at Kang Chul-In's harsh words, Vilhelm was silent.

The dungeon gate incident was an act of terror to cause confusion and financial struggles in society to cut Kang Chul-In's money off. That meant that someone in Kang Chul-In's family could've easily died.

-You did something dirty and cowardly like that, but you're telling me... what? Don't touch family?

"..."

-Know to be embarrassed at yourself.

Kang Chul-In, the greatest villain in Pangaea who was holding someone's wife at knife's edge, was teaching Vilhelm a lesson.

Naeronambul is mine, not yours.

It was humorous that Kang Chul-In was an even worse guy.

-Anyways, what should we do? Off with your wife's head? Or maybe...?

Kang Chul-In glanced at Viktor Vilhelm.

"N-No way...!"

Vilhelm's face paled. Of course it would.

Right now, Kang Chul-In was basically saying that his son was next. Kang Chul-In wasn't being serious, but Vilhelm didn't know that.

-H-Honey!

Mei Ling shouted.

-I-I'm okay... b-but... our child.. Viktor... p-please...!

And she pleaded.

-Alright, that's enough for the family reunion.

Kang Chul-In pushed Mei Ling away and hoarded the screen.

"Kang Chul-In! My wife and my child!"

-Ah, don't get too angry.

"What kind of bullshit is that!?"

-Do you know about the saying that marriage is life's grave?

"...!"

-Socrates, Oscar Wilde, Homer Simpson, Nietzsche, Anton Chekov, and more... People better than us hated marriage, so what makes you different?

"What are you trying to say...?"

-I'll get rid of your annoying son with this.

Kang Chul-In spoke with a grin.

It wasn't something he

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should say since he had three wives, but right now, there was nothing more fun than teasing Vilhelm.

-How is it? Are you tempted? Since you're the leader of the Gullveig Alliance you'll probably be acknowledged as an R.S.

"R.S?"

-A Returned Single. Oh, do you not know this either?

"...!"

-Transliterated, it means "fancy divorcee." Yup, I think that explains it.

"Are you... telling me that you'll make me a divorcee for my benefit?"

-Yup, that's right.

Heh.

Kang Chul-In responded with a smirk.

Tremble tremble!

Obviously Vilhelm's anger soared through the roof.

"What... do... you... what... Kang Chul-In...?"

Vilhelm asked with a tight voice.

-Fall back.

"..."

-For 72 hours from now, I won't allow the Gullveig Alliance's attack on my army.

"Is that... all?"

-Would it be?

Kang Chul-In was a man who took everything he could get; his conditions wouldn't end there.

-Request for a ceasefire negotiation after 3 months, and announce your defeat.

"Okay, fi..."

-And we can't forget about the reparations, right?

"...!"

-Keuk... are you trying to get off easily? Compensation for my dead soldiers and for their families, and 120% more of what I spent on this war. Also, things like installments or discounts aren't manly, so don't ask. Pay me everything at once, and send it to my territory with your signature on the ceasefire negotiation.

A man always paid everything in a lump sum!

Kang Chul-In was always the same.

"Isn't that unfair?!"

Vilhelm argued right away, but Kang Chul-In just became more vicious.

-130%.

"Why this son of a...!"

-140%.

"Are you joking with...?"

-150%.

Eventually, Vilhelm shouted with fury.

"Dammit! This is a war you caused! Your army attacked our territory without any declaration of war, and you want not 50%, but 120%? And you even raised the price from that? Kang Chul-In, your conscience..."

-You should've won if you feel so wronged.

"...!"

-Isn't it the victor's right to take from the loser?

Vilhelm almost collapsed from the sudden pain in his heart.

What was this bullshit? He was the victor. He sacrificed many. He even sent in support troops. He was just on the verge of taking back the Deathwin fortress but... his parade was suddenly rained on. Also, it wasn't an army of millions, but just Kang Chul-In himself to rain on it...

"I can't... do that... Kang Chul-In..."

-Oh?

"Sure... marriage really is life's grave, as you say."

Vilhelm glared at Kang Chul-In with an icy face.

Then, he ordered the cold words to kill his own child.

"Kill them."

It was his ambition.

He could have a cold indifference, even getting rid of his son if it meant he could be emperor.

-Wow... what an unsympathetic Lord? That's some great ambition. But...

"...?"

-Even if that goes for your son, what about them?

Kang Chul-In turned the camera around.

"Sir Villhelm!"

"Save us!"

"Make the army retreat! Quickly!"

"Are you going to kill us all?"

The people who had been receiving mental training shouted at Vilhelm.

"...!"

Vilhelm's face darkened. He looked like he ate shit.

-Well, if you won't acknowledge your defeat... I'm planning on sending them back each with one arm.

"...!"

-Should I do that?

Kang Chul-In asked in a derisive tone.

This was what he had aimed for. He could kill all the small fish inside the Pentagon, but that would only cause confusion. No, it was more likely that the confusion would be doing something nice for Vilhelm.

If he killed the small fish Lords, Vilhelm or Ao Xin would get the empty territories!

-Let's say they'll become one-armed Lords because you don't move your troops back.

"T-That's...!"

-Do you think they'll stay still? I heard even a cat bites when they're backed up into a corner.

It was a heavy threat.

If he didn't move the troops back, the Bifrost territory would be looted by the angry Lords, and it would be the division of the Gullveig Alliance.

Then, someone who wasn't Vilhelm, like Ao Xin or Andrei Ivanovich, would become the new leader of the northern alliance.

Crunch!

Vilhelm ground his teeth.

There was nothing he could do but force his troops to retreat.

By ignoring Kang Chul-In's requests, his political life would be over, and he would be attacked by the northern alliance!

-You're taking too long; I should raise the price.

Kang Chul-In urged Vilhelm.

-This is the final amount, Vilhelm.

"...!"

-Compensation for my soldiers and their families, and 200% of war costs.

"T-That's...!"

-In a lump sum, right now.

It was an excessive request. He went from 120% to 200%, an 80% increase!

There probably wasn't a thief like Kang Chul-In anywhere else.

"I... accept..."

But Vilhelm had to let himself be scammed. He had no other option.

Then...

Swish~!

Some documents started to spew out from the compartment of the magic engineered communication device.

"...!"

Vilhelm realized one thing when he saw this.

[Ceasefire Negotiation]

The great king of the Valhalla Kingdom, the Supreme King of the West 'Kang Chul-In (the contractor)' and the leader of the Gullveig Alliance 'Vilhelm (the contractee)' agree to the following...

1.The contractee acknowledges he lost to the contractor and will announce this to all territories in Pangaea.

(Omitted)

4. The contractee will compensate 200% of the contractor's war costs and will pay this in a lump sum as soon as he signs the ceasefire negotiation (anything other than currency or gold and silver is impossible).

The 200% had been decided from the beginning!

Chapter 275: A Victory From Lucking Out

Translator: Leyy3

Not too long after, Vilhelm gave an order to the Gullveig Alliance through the voice amplificator in a depressed voice.

-All troops, fall back! Fall back!

"Wait, Vilhelm!"

Ao Xin shouted at Vilhelm's sudden orders.

"Why are you ordering them to fall back!? What are you thinking!?"

Ao Xin was being reasonable. Right now, they were at the advantage. If they fought for just 10 more minutes at this rate, the Deathwin fortress would become the Gullveig Alliance's.

However, Vilhelm replied in a depressed voice again.

"Why would you order our troops to..."

"The Pentagon has been taken over."

"Yeah, so the Pentagon has been taken over but first... w-what?!"

Ao Xin screeched.

"The P-Pentagon... has... been taken over? By who? Alex Rothschild?"

"Of course not."

"Andrei Ivanovich... that damned bastard!"

"It's not him either."

"Then who could get into the heart of our alliance, the Pentagon...?"

"Kang Chul-In."

"...!"

"He snuck in... and took over it. My wife and my son... even the sovereigns of our alliance are being held hostage."

"N-No way!"

Ao Xin couldn't trust what Vilhelm said. How could he? It was a scenario that he couldn't believe even if he wanted to.

"S-So if we fall back it'll be solved?"

"That would've been nice."

Vilhelm bit his lip.

"We have to pay compensation for the dead and the injured, and 200% of their war costs."

"...!"

"On top of that, we have to announce our loss publicly, and for the next 72 hours, we're not allowed to attack the Valhalla soldiers."

"You didn't... already sign..."

"Did I have any other option?"

Vilhelm asked in a sharp voice.

"Kang Chul-In said that he would release the Lords after cutting one arm off from each."

"He couldn't have..."

"If we don't stop our attack now..."

"..."

"It's the end of us. We'll have to turn our allies into our enemies, not just Kang Chul-In. Can you handle that?"

Of course he couldn't. Even if Vilhelm and Ao Xin worked together, they wouldn't last against the Lords if they all allied themselves. They say that one hand couldn't handle ten hands.

"So... in the end..."

Ao Xin's body trembled.

"We..."

"Defeat."

Vilhelm said Ao Xin's words for him.

"It's a complete loss... while we were hitting Kang Chul-In's body... Kang Chul-In... stabbed our heart."

It was an accurate expression. Kang Chul-In's impulsive decision to take over the Pentagon had cut off the bones of his enemies!

"In this way... a war that we almost won... argh...!"

Ao Xin couldn't let go of the Deathwin fortress easily.

-All forces, fall back!

Vilhelm felt 100% what Ao Xin was feeling as he ordered the Gullveig soldiers to retreat. There was nothing they could do. This war was the defeat of the Gullveig Alliance.

***

Meanwhile, at the same time.

"Wow! His Majesty!"

Kwak Jung was astonished looking at the retreating enemies.

"Kya... this is why I serve his Majesty. He's an item... n-no... he's a great item... yeah, a great item."

He was muttering weird things to himself.

-Ah, ah! Mic test, mic test. Mm~! This is nice.

Kwak Jung lifted the magic voice amplificator in the air.

-Alright, soldiers?

The Valhalla soldiers that had been confused at the sudden retreat of their enemies looked up at Kwak Jung on the control top.

-We won.

Kwak Jung announced their victory.

"Hm?"

"W-What's our commander saying?"

"Win? Us?"

"...?"

"Uh... can someone explain..."

The confusion increased.

"Mm... I see everyone's not able to believe it. Well, I guess that's fair... I only believed it after his Majesty said so, too. Huhu..."

Kwak Jung was also confused, but if Kang Chul-In said so, it was true.

Since when did Kang Chul-In weigh options and contemplate over pros and cons? Kang Chul-In couldn't be understood by logic. Something good was bound to come out of him at some point.

-Soldiers!

Kwak Jung shouted at the Valhalla soldiers again.

-I'll say this again, but this war is our victory! Look! Our enemies are falling back!

To this, some soldiers shouted out.

"What are you talking

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about!?"

-His Majesty has taken over the command room of our enemies, the Pentagon.

The impact of that sentence was extraordinary.

"H-his Majesty!"

"Wow! Ah, our king~!"

"So that's why... the enemies are moving back!"

The Valhalla soldiers all understood why the Gullveig soldiers were moving back, and the Deathwin fortress was filled with cheers.

"Woohoo!"

"Hurrah for his Majesty Kang Chul-In!"

"Hurrah for the great Valhalla Kingdom!"

"His Majesty is the best!"

"His Majesty was watching us all this time!"

"We won, we won!"

It was a war they had barely ended, but the victory was the Valhalla Kingdom's since Kang Chul-In had taken over the heart of the Pentagon.

"Hehe, how nice!"

Kwak Jung giggled.

"Winning at the end is indeed the best... but still... this isn't enough... yes."

However, he wasn't 100% satisfied.

"Look here!"

And so he gave orders.

"Yes, sir!"

"Call all the generals to the strategy room."

"Sorry?"

"Quickly!"

"U-Understood!"

The deputy began to run frantically on Kwak Jung's orders.

"Hehe, so it was 72 hours, huh?"

Kwak Jung made an evil smile.

***

Ten minutes later.

"You've worked hard."

Kwak Jung praised the Valhalla generals.

"But... there's still a chance to contribute... I don't know who to send..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the generals all volunteered to go, raising their hands.

"This Drakan will go!"

"Trust this Amur over that lizard!"

"I'll go!"

"Me, me!"

"Give me a chance!"

"Ahem! This oldie will go!"

"I'll do it this time...!"

"No, I'll go!"

They were fitting of Kang Chul-In's subordinates.

"Whew... good, very good!"

Kwak Jung laughed satisfactorily.

"His Majesty will be very glad to see everyone this responsive. So this mission..."

Kwak Jung's words faded away.

Swallow!

The sounds of people swallowing could be heard throughout the room. They wanted to be chosen by Kwak Jung.

"I'll specially... allow everyone to participate this time! That's fair, right? Hahahaha~!"

However, Kwak Jung was sly.

T-That loser.

I fell for it!

I knew he was going to do this.

Let's see how far you go, Kwak Jung.

The generals of the Valhalla soldiers all glared at Kwak Jung. Kwak Jung was always asking for it.

"I'll brief you on the strategy."

Not knowing that he had asked to be beaten up, Kwak Jung continued to speak.

"The time that our enemies are prevented from fighting is about 3 days, which is 72 hours. Currently, about 10 minutes have passed...so we have about 71 hours and 49 minutes left. We can't let this golden time go to waste! So we'll..."

Kwak Jung pointed at a spot on the map.

"We'll take over this port city, Venetz."

The generals of Laputa were shocked.

"T-That's...!"

"Tactician Kwak's insight is incredible!"

"You're surely the brain of our kingdom!"

It was an expected response.

72 hours was an ample amount of time to attack the Gullveig Alliance soldiers.

Also, the one who had control over the port city Venetz could have the center of the 'Hartum River,' so it would be tremendously advantageous.

Furthermore, Venetz could be used as a strategic point to get into the heart of Pangaea, the heart of the Esmeralda territory.

"There will be resistance. They only agreed to not attacking first on the ceasefire negotiation; there wasn't any condition not to defend themselves. So in 72 hours, we must completely take over Venetz.

Kwak Jung emphasized the "completely."

"Wait!"

Podolski raised his hand to ask a question.

"Even if we take it over in 72 hours, our enemies might attack Venetz after that..."

"It won't be taken from us."

Kwak Jung firmly shook his head.

"Pardon? I don't understand..."

"After 72 hours, there will be a ceasefire for 3 months. That means that after Venetz is taken over, it will be our territory, so the Gullveig Alliance won't be able to shoot a single arrow at us."

It was a flawless plan from someone who said he had an electronic brain.

"Wow!"

"You're so smart!"

"I'm amazed!"

The Valhalla generals were once again astonished by Kwak Jung's plan.

"Exactly 5 thousand, no more or less. Five thousand of our best soldiers and everyone here will take part in this. What are you doing? We have 71 hours and 45 minutes left!"

Kwak Jung rushed them and the generals quickly ran out of the strategy room.

"Let's go!"

"Let's go capture Venetz!"

"Quickly, quickly!"

Alone in the strategy room, Kwak Jung sighed.

"Whew!"

He was tired.

"If we can succeed in taking over Venetz, it'll be advantageous for us with the Esmeralda territory..."

It was then.

"Huh?"

Kwak Jung stumbled, and plop! He landed on the table with a nose bleed. From all the work and mana exertion, he had died.

...

Snore!

No, he was just sleeping.

***

At the same time...

While Kang Chul-In caused a mess in the Pentagon, Vilhelm retreated his troops, and Kwak Jung made the plans to take over Venetz, the door of the elementary school's principal opened.

Creak!

"Goodbye~! Little Arshelly~!"

The principal watched Arshelly out the door.

"Okay..."

Arshelly's voice didn't have any strength in it.

"You can't forget what I promised, okay? Do you understand?"

"Okay..."

"Don't forget!"

"..."

"Got it!?"

The principal continued to repeatedly ask her, and Arshelly turned away to return to her classroom with heavy footsteps.

"Hing..."

Arshelly looked like she was about to cry as she walked down the hall.

Drip...

A tear that looked similar to morning dew dripped down her cheek.

"Why are you crying?"

Just then, a woman who had been passing by stopped Arshelly to ask her a question.

"M-Mo... I-I mean, Teacher!?"

"Why is our pretty little Arhselly crying!"

"Teacherrrrr~!"

Arshelly jumped into her teacher, Han Ye-Sun's, arms.

Chapter 276: Dad is Coming!

Translator: Leyy3

"The principal... the principal...!"

Arshelly couldn't finish her sentence.

"Slowly."

Han Ye-Sun patted Arshelly's back and soothed her in a calming voice.

"What did the principal do?

"I-It's..."

Arshelly explained what happened in the principal's room.

"There's a parent classroom observation class..."

"Ah..."

"The principal said... I have to bring my dad..."

It wasn't something special. All parents would participate in a classroom observation at some point, even when the kids were in kindergarten. After all, all parents wanted to see how their child did at school.

"Mm..."

For a moment, Han Ye-Sun tilted her head because she was wondering why Arshelly was sad. There wasn't any reason for a smart and dependable child to be upset about a parent classroom observation.

"A-Also..."

Arshelly continued.

"Dad... class..."

"...!"

"Said I have... to... hing..."

"Ah...!"

Han Ye-Sun felt like she knew why Arshelly was being like this.

Who was Arshelly's father? Kang Chul-In, the most famous celebrity in the world, was Arshelly's father. He was a supernaturalist, tycoon, soldier of the highest rank, dimensional traveler, and more! He was even a true hero who had protected South Korea from monsters from another dimension!

Some of the media even said that Kang Chul-In could be a new presidential candidate during the next election. That meant that the principal was trying to use Arshelly to bring a busy man into the school.

Why?

Because, if he could call a person like Kang Chul-In into the school, he would receive all kinds of benefits from the director of the elementary school.

'So that was why he skipped over me and called Arshelly directly...'

She could clearly see his intentions of promotion. Of course, Kang Chul-In could come to the school for his daughter, but he was such a busy man. She didn't know if he could spare some of his precious time for his daughter.

Arshelly knew this all too well, which was why she was crying at the principal's uncomfortable request.

"Hush!"

Han Ye-Sun softly stoked Arshelly's back.

"It's alright, I'll try talking to the principal about it."

"R-Really?"

"Of course~! I'm your homeroom teacher, aren't I? So if you have something going on, I can take care of it for you!"

"Hing..."

"If your dad doesn't have time, you can bring your grandmother in. I'm sure a text was sent out today about it."

"...!"

"You don't have to worry~!"

"Okay..."

Arshelly answered in a powerless voice.

"Good girl."

"Ms. Han..."

"Alright, alright, let's go back to class."

Han Ye-Sun grabbed Arshelly's tiny hand.

***

Three days passed.

"Hurrah for His Majesty, Kang Chul-In!"

"Hurrah for the Valhalla Kingdom!"

"Woooohooooo!"

The people of the Valhalla Kingdom all shouted passionately at Kang Chul-In's, who came back on the Zeppelin, return.

"Mm!"

Kang Chul-In was satisfied looking at the scene. It was an amazing victory. He hadn't participated in the war himself, but they had been overwhelmingly victorious, so he was extremely glad.

"Your Majesty~!"

Just then, the voice that Kang Chul-In was the most afraid of was heard from behind him.

Flinch!

Kang Chul-In jumped.

"Congratulations on your victory!"

Timothy was looking at him with a thick stack of papers.

"Y-Yeah... thanks. Timothy... what... is it...?"

Kang Chul-In was extremely nervous at Timothy's arrival.

Kang Chul-In did bring a lot of money in, but he was still a Lord that took from others.

There were more days when he didn't earn a single penny than when he did earn something.

Of course he would be nervous around Timothy since he used money as soon as it came in.

"Your Majesty! This Timothy was amazed by you!"

"Hm? Amazed?"

Kang Chul-In was surprised at the unexpected compliment. Timothy almost never complimented him.

"With the compensation, we have some breathing space in our finances! If this goes on, we'll be rich in 6 months!"

"...!"

"Also, because the third queen, Lee Chae-Rin, provided us with a large amount of funds, we're no longer a poor kingdom!"

It was the best news he heard in awhile.

He felt like 10 years worth of frustrations were swept away.

"Your Majesty, I'll leave it to you!"

"Got you! Just trust me!"

"Oh, and also...?"

"Hm?"

"I'll take you to the Lord's Hall first!"

Timothy led Kang Chul-In.

What is it?

Kang Chul-In wondered what his goblin secretary was doing, but he just followed him.

Then, he was touched by seeing something amazing.

"...!"

Sparkle sparkle!

A gold light.

The light that was shining like the rising sun was brighter than anything he had ever seen before.

"I-Is...!?

A new throne was opening its mouth wide open where the mithril throne had been.

Sharp teeth. Long horns. It was shining brighter than normal. This large throne was one that fit the Supreme King of the West, no, the emperor of the continent: The Gold Dragon Bone Royal Throne.

"Is it already... finished?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Amazing... very... much better than last time..."

The "last time" he was talking about

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was when he took the throne from Rothschild in the past. It also meant that the throne of now and the throne of the past were the same! But it was actually different. The throne of the past was something that was made by cheaply cutting the Gold Dragon Bone into two, but now, it was decorated with blood diamonds, Boyd diamonds, and other expensive jewels like mithril.

He could see the intricate skill of the dwarves on it.

"Your Majesty, congratulations on your victory!"

"Congratulations!"

"Hurrah for his Majesty!"

"Hurrah!"

"Hip hip hooray!"

All the servants in the Lord's Hall cheered for Kang Chul-In's victory.

Whew... this is what I'm king for...

Kang Chul-In thought that there was no better benefit of being a king as he walked down the red carpet.

"Husband?"

"Husband."

"Uh... your Majesty..."

Just then, three women stopped him.

"...!"

Kang Chul-In was taken aback.

"W-What..."

"Are you busy? Husband?"

"Husband... you're busy these days, hm?"

"I understand you're busy but..."

They were being forceful.

Ninetails, Lee Chae-rin, and even Skadi were being like this?

"Husband... let's talk."

"Husband? Can you make some time for me?"

"Your Majesty... just a moment..."

It seemed they had been planning this.

Uh...

Kang Chul-In followed his wives without even sitting on his throne.

"Husband."

His second wife (technically his first) spoke on behalf of all of them.

"What is it?"

"You're too much."

"...?"

"I knew you were busy..."

"Wait."

Kang Chul-In cut Ninetails off.

"Is the reason why you're being like this because... I wasn't attentive...?"

"No!"

"...!"

"My sisters and I here know that you're busy. Your wives aren't that close-minded! Why don't you know that we can understand you?!"

"...!"

"Humph!"

Kang Chul-In was speechless at Ninetails' scary counterattack. He thought she was upset he hadn't been attentive to them, but it seemed he was wrong.

"Mm... can you tell me what exactly it is? If you don't tell me, I won't know," Kang Chul-In asked Nineitails in a quiet voice.

He was a wise man.

There was probably a legitimate reason his wives were being like this; if he became angry, it would be for nothing.

"It's about our daughter, Arshelly!"

"...!"

"Don't you want to know how our lovely daughter is doing in school?!"

"T-That!"

It was a completely unexpected reason.

Arshelly?

Why was she bringing up a child who was doing completely fine at school?

"Mm... I'm not that curious."

Kang Chul-In tilted his head.

"What?!"

"Arshelly is my daughter. She's probably doing well, so I don't think there's any reason for me to be concerned."

It was true.

Obviously, it wasn't because Kang Chul-In didn't care about Arshelly.

Arshelly was a genius.

She had already absorbed the culture of Earth like a sponge, and she was smart enough to study what high schoolers learned by herself.

She had completely understood a series of math books in merely a week.

"I heard from Mother. Arshelly gets along with her friends well, and she receives confessions from boys every day. She always gets 100% for grades too. I don't think I need to..."

"What about family communication?"

"F-Family communication?!"

"There's going to be a parent observation class soon."

"...!"

"Even though our daughter is outstanding, she's only a little girl! I think we need to visit our daughter's school at least once since we're her parents! Our daughter will be upset if we don't do that!"

"U-Upset?!"

"All the other moms and dads will be at school!"

"Oh...!"

Kang Chul-In finally understood what Ninetails was saying. Yes, Arshelly would probably be upset. It wasn't like he passed away like his father had, so why wouldn't he be able to attend the observation class? In fact, Kang Chul-In had felt the absence of his father more than ever when he was in school.

"When is it?"

Kang Chul-In asked.

"Today, it's today!"

"R-Really!?"

"You have to go now! There's no time to be concerned about your new throne!"

"How much time is left?"

"1 hour!"

"Dammit!"

Kang Chul-In cursed and began to move right away, his new throne already forgotten.

"Let's go!"

Pang! Boom!

Kang Chul-In became a ray of light and dashed to the Warp Gate that led to Earth.

Taking care of what happened after the war? That was for Kwak Jung to do. Right now, the parent observation class was more important to Kang Chul-In.

"H-Husband! I'm going too!"

"Husband! Let's go together!"

"Your Majesty...!"

The three women began to run after Kang Chul-In.

Of course they had to go since they were also Arshelly's parents!

They didn't care about how people from Earth would view them.

My daughter! I'm really sorry... you have such a bad father!

It wasn't because he didn't care.

He just hadn't been able to realize it because he had been so busy.

As expected of my wives.

In a way, he was also thankful.

They weren't being jealous of each other or were fighting for his attention. Instead, they were nagging him for Arshelly, someone they didn't have any mixed blood with!

***

30 minutes later.

"Oh, it's you!"

On Earth, the CEO of Galaxy Corporation, Kwon Hyung-woo, answered Kang Chul-In's call for the first time in a while.

"Are you busy these..."

-This is the 63 Building.

"H-Huh?"

-Send a helicopter immediately!

"H-Helicopter?"

-Now!

Why was he suddenly telling him to send a helicopter?

It was a request, no, an order, that he couldn't understand.

"Is something going..."

-There's only 20 minutes left until my daughter's parent observation class.

"W-What?!"

-There's too much traffic! Now!

Kwon Hyung-woo thought Kang Chul-In was being extra. He wanted a helicopter just to go to a parent observation class?

"Mm.. alright, I'll send one right over."

However, old man Kwon couldn't resist the order. What would happen to him if he said no?

15 minutes later.

Du du du du du du!

Kang Chul-In entered the helicopter with Ninetails, Lee Chae-rin, and Skadi.

"Here's your suit, sir!"

A worker for Galaxy Corporation quickly handed Kang Chul-In a suit, shoes, tie, and belt.

"This is for you, ma'ams!"

There were also clothes for the three wives.

Of course, makeup wasn't needed.

His wives were more beautiful than celebrities even without any makeup.

***

Right before the observation class began, the classroom was bustling.

Just then, everyone heard the sound of a loud propeller, and the window to the classroom came crashing down.

Clatter!

"Whew!"

The man who just broke threw the window sighed and slowly stood up.

"D-Dad!"

"S-Son!"

The first people to recognize Kang Chul-In, known as the Supreme King of the West, Fool for His Daughter, and the Master of Breaking Windows, were his family, Arshelly and Park Sun-Ja.

They were extremely surprised because they weren't expecting to see Kang Chul-In here!

"Kang... Chul-In..."

While everyone was surprised, there was someone who was glaring at him while biting their lower lip.

"Bas... bastard..."

Chapter 277: An Unexpected Reunion

Translator: Leyy3

"W-What is this?"

"Husband... what's going on right now?"

"Why did he break the window..."

"Is that... Mr. Kang Chul-In...?"

The parents recognized Kang Chul-In.

"Whoa!"

A male student pointed at Kang Chul-In.

"It's Kang Chul-In!"

At his words, the eyes of the elementary students almost popped out of their eye sockets.

"Wow!"

"It's Kang Chul-In!"

"It's the supernatural!"

"Kyaaaaa!"

Their reactions were explosive.

After the incident with the dungeon gate, Kang Chul-In was considered a sort of a superhero.

The Great Summoning and Kang Chul-In's contributions were recorded in detail in history textbooks of elementary to high school students, so everyone in their generation knew about him.

"B-But the window..."

"What about the cracked glass..."

"What if the kids get hurt..."

However, his way of arrival was the problem. He had broken through the window with his usual habits thinking he was late.

"O-Oh..."

Kang Chul-In scratched the back of his head after realizing the situation. He realized he put himself in an embarrassing scenario.

"Well, the glass first..."

Kang Chul-In stretched his hand over towards the cracked glass.

Whoosh, swoosh!

A blue fire of mana flared from his palm and the cracked pieces of glass floated up.

"Huk...!"

"P-Psychokinesis?"

"So... that's... the thing... I only read about in... action novels..."

"Goodness..."

"Kang Chul-In is a supernatural... I didn't see wrong on the news... it was true..."

The parents were all surprised.

"A s-supernatural!"

"Wow!"

"It's magic!"

The students were all surprised as well.

Oops!

Kang Chul-In looked awkward. It was because he hadn't meant to arrive with all this commotion, but after using his mana, everyone was focused on him.

"S-Son?"

Park Sun-ja wasn't an exception.

"Your showmanship has improved... hohoho..."

Kang Chul-In's face crumpled.

Creak!

Just then, three women arrived as the classroom door opened.

"Ah~! So this is a school~."

"South Korean schools are nice..."

Ninetails and Skadi looked around in amazement. They looked like people from the countryside who had never seen anything like this before.

"H-Hello. Sorry to be so loud..."

On the other hand, Lee Chae-rin was embarrassed because she knew they were causing a commotion. She had an awkward expression on.

At least one of them is normal...

For Kang Chul-In, it was a relief that one of his wives was from Earth, and also from Korea.

"Wow, that unnie is pretty... she looks like a fox..."

"I-It's a foreigner unnie!"

"That noona looks prettier than Kang Tae-Hee noona!" [1]

The three were all married, but no one called any of them "old ladies." You could probably count all the people who would call Kang Chul-In's wives old ladies on one hand. It was rare for people to have that much beauty and charm!

"What are you looking at!?"

"Sunghoon's dad, look somewhere else!"

"Why don't we go somewhere quiet?"

Thanks to that, all the fathers present received sharp glares from their wives. All men would go crazy for pretty things.

"Uh... who are you?"

Just then, a curious mother asked Ninetails a question.

"Are you here to see your little sibling...?"

"No?"

"Pardon?"

"I came to see my daughter. There."

Ninetails pointed at Arshelly.

"Mom!"

Arshelly smiled widely and waved her hand.

"Ah... I see... you must've married early..."

"We're in our honeymoon phase."

"H-Honeymoon?"

The mother had a questioning face at the confusing answer and turned her head to Lee Chae-rin.

"Then who are you, miss...?"

"My daughter."

"Sorry?"

"That child over there."

Lee Chae-rin pointed at Arshelly.

"Mom!"

Arshelly waved her hand again.

"What? That missus said that child is..."

"Yes, she's right."

"W-What did you say?"

"She's also my daughter. I'm also the mother of that child."

Lee Chae-rin was confident and didn't hesitate to reveal that Arshelly was her daughter.

It was a challenge against prejudice and also because of her limitless love for Kang Chul-In. The gazes of people around her? Nonsense! If she was going to excuse herself from this kind of situation, she wouldn't have chosen to marry Kang Chul-In in the first place.

"W-What did I hear just now?"

The person to ask the question was shocked.

"R-Right?"

"No way~! They're probably just sisters! Or maybe she just thinks of her as her daughter."

"He wouldn't be living in two households..."

"That was a good joke~."

The other parents were shocked as well.

"M-Me too!"

Just then, Skadi's hand shot up.

"I... may not be qualified... b-but... I-I'm also the mother... of that child..."

"Yes! She is also my mother!"

It was a shy statement, but Arshelly didn't hesitate to acknowledge Skadi as her mother either.

"T-Three moms?"

"No way... it can't be..."

"What in the world..."

"She's probably just a relative..."

The other parents didn't believe them at all. They all just thought that they considered Arshelly someone close enough to be their daughter.

However... there was an incident that threw cold water on their

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thoughts.

"Honey~!"

"Husband~!"

"H-Husband..."

The three women stood next to Kang Chul-In. However, they weren't just standing there. He had Ninetails on his right arm and Lee Chae-rin on his left arm. The person who had the lowest share was Skadi, who was simply standing next to Kang Chul-In.

"...!"

There was a silence among the parents.

C-Could it be... three households?!

Everyone was thinking the same thing.

Things happened in life. They thought that it might be possible for him to have two households... but three? It was something that was hard to accept. It wasn't even the Joseon era [2] right now!

Whoa... a hero has three wives and three households...

Lucky... so lucky...

Is that the life of someone who has succeeded in life...!?

Even rich people don't have that much... i-if I was an adventurer or a Lord at least...

The dads looked at Kang Chul-In with envy. Wasn't it the dream of all men to have multiple wives at least once in their lives?

Of course, Kang Chul-In had never wanted something like that.

"My daughter."

Regardless of whatever the people around him were whispering about, Kang Chul-In smiled at Arshelly.

He was the Supreme King of the West, Kang Chul-In.

Why would a man called the Hitler of Pangaea, the greatest murderer, massacrer, dominating lord, villain, scammer, hound, and more care what others babbled about?

"D-Dad!"

Arshelly's eyes were sparkling. Wasn't he such a caring dad? The Kang Chul-In that she thought would never come was here, and she couldn't be happier.

I love you, Dad!

I love you too, Daughter!

It was silent communication. Affection overflowed in the eyes of the dad and daughter. Nothing could be done. Kang Chul-In was a fool for his daughter, and Arshelly was a fool for her father!

***

Meanwhile, at the same time in Pentagon of the Biforest territory, while Kang Chul-In was spending a nice time on Earth, Vilhelm was also spending a pretty nice time at his home.

Thwak!

It was a clear sound.

Mei Ling's head turned the other way.

"Trash-like bitch."

As soon as he slapped her, Vilhelm growled sharply.

"H-Husband..."

Mei Ling called for Vilhelm in a weak voice with a red cheek from being slapped, but Vilhelm just looked at her with despising eyes.

"You should've died instead."

"...!"

"You could've bitten your tongue or jumped from the castle walls. Shouldn't you have killed yourself somehow?"

They were cold words. Vilhelm's words were sharper than the knife-like winds from the north.

"H-However..."

Mei Ling continued with a sob.

"What about our child? What about Viktor? I wanted to die, too! But don't you know that there was nothing we could do to save our child?"

She still had something to say. Viktor Vilhelm. The reason why she surrendered to Kang Chul-In and helped him enter the Pentagon was to save the newborn baby that wasn't even 1 year old.

"Look."

Mei Ling held Viktor out to Albrecht.

"It's your child."

"My child..."

"It's your child."

"Is that so?"

"...!"

"From what I can see... the child in your arms..."

Vilhelm took Viktor from Mei Ling's arms.

"H-Husband!"

"Because of merely this child... because of this useless life, you sold your land, is that what you're saying?"

"...!"

"Is this life alone more important than our soldiers who died in front of the Deathwin territory? Enough to sell the soldiers of our Alliance over?"

Vilhelm spewed his words out.

"Are we just some organization? Our brethren gathered to give this continent peace from that... Kang Chul-In, the demon of the west."

"..."

"You sold our sovereigns to the enemy. Just to save this life."

He was shouting in anger.

"Uhwang~! Uhwang~!"

Viktor began to cry.

However, Vilhelm didn't care whether his son cried or not.

"Just because of this useless life!"

Instead... he threw Viktor to the ground. A newborn baby.

"N-No!"

Ao Xin, who had been watching silently, tossed his body where his nephew was with a shout.

Tuk, drrrrrr...!

Viktor didn't explode on the ground.

It was because Ao Xin had succeeded in catching the baby.

"Uhwang~! Uhwangggggg~!"

The surprised Viktor's cries rang out in the Pentagon.

"Vilhelm! W-What are you doing!? What sins would this child have!?"

"What doesn't he?"

Vilhelm replied coldly to Ao Xin.

"Didn't I say so? This child is the origin of evil."

"V-Vilhelm...!"

"Our northern alliance lost the victory that we almost had, and our brothers were almost murdered by Kang Chul-In. Also, we lost Venetz. This child... shouldn't have existed."

What Vilhelm did was very similar to the historical event when Liu Bei threw his son A'dou to the ground. [3]

Actually, this was all set-up beforehand. Vilhelm throwing Viktor and Ao Xin catching his nephew was all a plan that Ao Xin came up with.

The plan was effective.

"Vilhelm... Sir..."

"I didn't know that was how you thought of the northern alliance..."

"Huh... he even threw a newborn baby..."

The sovereigns who had been disappointed in Vilhelm couldn't condemn him anymore.

They couldn't blame someone who expressed his anger towards his wife and threw his own son who wasn't even a year old to the ground.

Of course, it wasn't like the anger of the sovereigns would be swept away.

There would be some who become dissatisfied with Vilhelm, so his political stance wouldn't be as secure as before.

This act was something that was just a small lifeline for Vilhelm.

Vilhelm was still furious at his wife.

Mei Ling... if only it wasn't for you!

Their marriage?

It was over now.

Whether they got divorced or not, their normal marriage life was completely finished.

***

As expected of my daughter, she stands out the most.

The person in charge of spitting a few families apart was enjoying the moments of being a dad, looking at Arshelly in the classroom.

However, Kang Chul-In's gaze then headed towards Arshelly's teacher.

Where have I seen her before?

She was familiar somehow.

I've definitely seen her somewhere...

If it was a woman who had a beauty that could match his three wives...

Could it be!?

Kang Chul-In suddenly remembered a face from a long time ago in his memory.

Han Ye-Sun? Is it that Han Ye-Sun?

It had already been 10 years ago. The memory that was now faint began to fill his head.

Spark!

Just then, Han Ye-Sun and Kang Chul-In met eyes.

You...

She mouthed something to Kang Chul-In.

Rude. Bastard.

...

Bastard.

Kang Chul-In realized who the woman was.

How could he forget?

This woman, Han Ye-Sun, was someone that Kang Chul-In might forget for a little while, but would forever remember.

She was...

[1] A reference to Kim Tae-Hee, who is considered one of the most beautiful women in Korea. Read about her here!

[2] Read about the Joseon era here!

[3] Read more about this fictional event here!