The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 258






“D-Delcadooooo!”


Cladius screamed .


-Keak!


-Uck!


-P-Please…! Uackkkkk!


Beyond the screen, a gruesome scene was playing .


-Please . . .


-No .


-I want to live!


-That’s not my business .


-Your Majesty! P-Please!


-Relax, shut up, and just get beat .


-Uackkkkk!


Kang Chul-In on the screen was merciless .


“You savage! J-just kill him!”


It was to the point that Claudius unintentionally shouted for the death of his next-door neighbor .


-Keuk, keukkkk! P-Please . . .


-Then why’d you ignore my letter?


-But… it was so… unbelievable . . .


-That’s your mistake, not mine . It’s normal to be punished if you don’t have faith .


- . . .


-So get beat up .


-Keackkk!


How was a human so shameless and cruel?


If he had said that he wanted to beat someone up and kill them on the notice, it would’ve been easier to believe .


That’s a demon! Not a human! A human can’t be like that!


Cladius was completely frozen in fear watching the scene .


-K-Kuk!


-Let’s end it now .


- . . . !


-Any last words?


On the screen, Kang Chul-In asked Delcado a question with a sword emitting white light in his hand .


-P-Please let me liv . . .


-Die .


Flash!


The light of the sword flashed as it drew an arc .


Plop .


Delcado collapsed .


-Hey, you .


Kang Chul-In spoke at the lens of the magic-engineered communication device . He was speaking to Claudius .


“Y-Yes?!”


-You have 4 hours and 30 minutes left .


“ . . . !”


-Decide by them . Whether you’re going to cut off your alliance with Rothschild or . . .


Kang Chul-In glanced at his feet when he said that, towards where the dead Delcado was .


-You die .


“Huk!”



-I hope you make a wise decision .


At the same time, the communication device was cut off .


Click!


Psss, pssst!


The black and white screen filled Claudius’ vision .


“The Supreme King of the West! The real Supreme King of the West! The Supreme King of the West killed . . . !”


Thanks to that, Claudius plopped to the floor blankly .


5 hours .


He had to choose by then .


***


“Wow, Kang Chul-In . . . ”


Dorian clicked his tongue .


“Truly a demon . Totally a demon . ”


“ . . . What’s with those eyes?”


“You’re really evil . ”


“ . . . ”


“How can a person beat up people so well?”


“Can’t you do everything well if you just practice?”


“W-What?”


“They say people who’ve eaten meat before eat it well . ”


“S-So?”


“It means I beat up a lot of people . ”


“Huk!”


“Well, it’s not something to brag about . ”


Kang Chul-In grinned .


That scary guy… just who did he beat up so much . . .


Dorain was scared . All he could talk about was how powerful . . .


“Anyway . ”


Kang Chul-In spoke as he tapped Delcado’s head with his foot .


“Let’s clean up before we go . ”


“O-Okay . ”


“Hey, get up . ”


Kang Chul-In spoke to Delcado .


“Keuk…!”


Delcado groaned .


Surprisingly, he was still alive .


So this is useful during times like this .


He smiled sourly looking at Mitra on his waist .


Because Mitra couldn’t be used to kill anyone, no matter how much he cut someone, he wasn’t injured at all .


In fact, Delcado was a mess after being beaten up by Kang Chul-In, but his body wasn’t split in half .


“Hey, I said to get up . ”


“Keuk . . . ”


“Will you feel better once I actually kill you?”


“M-my body . . . won’t… lis . . . ”


It seemed like he had been beaten up too much .


“Tsk, there’s nothing we can do . ”


Eventually Dorian stepped up .


Puk!


His dagger swiped down on Delcado’s neck .


“Keuk!”


Delcado fell over after half a scream . He had fainted .


“Since you did it, you carry him . ”


“Humph!”


“Then should I just kill him?”


“T-That’s not . . . ”


“Then take care of him . I’ll leave first . ”


Kang Chul-In broke through the office window to go outside .


Shatter!


“ . . . He’s breaking everything just because it isn’t his . ”


Dorian shook his head, Delcado on his back .


***


In a dark room deep inside the Cyamodus territory . . .


A cocoon started to split apart .


Rip, rip!


With an ominous sound, a white arm stretched out of the cocoon and ripped at the cocoon around itself .


Rip, rip! Tear!


The process of ripping the cocoon continued .


The right hand, left hand, and left leg .


The body after that .


“Whew!”


Alex Rothschild breathed out when he ripped out of the cocoon .


White smoke was coming from his body .


“I feel . . . disgusting… very disgusting…”


Rothschild muttered as he looked at his bare body .


His body was covered with a sticky liquid, and he looked quite grotesque .


However, Rothschild’s muscles squirmed like they were alive, and each of his muscular fibers could be clearly seen .


His muscular fibers looked like they were connected by Kevlar [1], not proteins .


“So this is the power of Agnana . . . ”


Rothschild muttered as he looked at his palms .


“It’s dirty, but strong . This power… there’s no need to strengthen it . Just where did you get this kind of power, Andrei?”


It was then .


-Are you there, your Majesty?


Akul’s voice rang out from a magic-engineered speaker .


“What . . . is it, Akul?”


-It’s an emergency, your Majesty!”


“Emergency?”


-Overlord Lee Chae-rin’s military is heading for our Baldur region, and from the east, Lord Vito Clemenza’s army is coming, and has already swallowed three territories .


“Is that so…? Well, alright . ”


Rothschild was relaxed even though the Baldur region was being attacked from both sides .


“I’ll take care of it one by one while taking care of business . ”


-That’s not all, sir!


“ . . . ?”


-Some of the territories we are allied with have received letters from Kang Chul-In .


“Kang Chul-In, again? Alright, explain . ”


Akul spoke about the information in Kang Chul-In’s notice .


“I see, I see . . . ”


Rothschild wasn’t mad .


“Pft, pft pft! That’s what he did? That Kang Chul-In did this to isolate me?”


-Y, Yes, sir . . .


“Well, sure, whatever . ”


“What? Your Majesty, you have to prepare for . . . !”


“Prepare . . . Fine . I’ll call for a meeting one hour later, so tell the messengers to get ready . ”


-Understood, your Majesty . . .


Akul was flustered because Rothschild’s voice was so calm, but he didn’t ask why . Recently, Rothschild had called his subordinates depending on his mood and killed them, showing his tyrant instincts .


“Whew . ”


Rothschild sighed .


“I suppose it’s time to settle things with you . ”


His eyes were completely black with no whites . His clear blue eyes had disappeared .


“Wait a little, Kang Chul-In . There’s not too long until your life is taken… ha, hahahahaha!”


Rothschild laughed ominously .


While Rothschild was drunk on his new power, a periscope smaller than a pinkie disappeared through the ground .


Swipe!


***


One week later . . .


“D-Don’t come closer!”


Lord Gilbert shouted at the demon approaching him .


“Don’t you have any refreshing lines?”


The demon spoke with a grin .


“Don’t come, I said! Fuck off!”


“Goodness . . . ”


“You demon-like bastard!”


Gilbert had quite a temper, seeing how he was shouting in the Lords’ Hall after all his guards and soldiers were just killed .


That might’ve been why he had increased the security around his territory by 3 times and spent sleepless nights in the Lords’ Hall .


It’s easy to tell who’s gonna burst out crying just by their faces .


Kang Chul-In took a step closer to Gilbert .


As he did, Gilbert fainted with bubbles in his mouth, right before Kaiforce landed in his head .


“Whew . ”


Kang Chul-In sighed as he took Kaiforce back .


“I’m tired . ”


“Me too . ”


Dorian, who had suddenly come from somewhere, spoke with a tired face .


“And the clean up?”


“Good enough . ”


“That’s fine . ”


“Ugh… this isn’t something I want to do again . We send notices to the Lords so . . . and it’s hard when they move . . . ”


“That’s why we’re holding the Lords hostage . ”


“But it’s still hard… ugh . . . ”


“Cheer up . ”


Kang Chul-In dryly encouraged Dorain .


It’s understandable that he’s tired . Since I’m also tired .


To be honest, Kang Chul-In was tired as well .


The two had used up all their energy causing messes in 5 different territories for the last week .


“Huk, hukkk . . . ”


“Haaa… haaaa . . . ”


“Ugh . . . ”


The same went for Dorian’s airborne forces, the Wyverns Woman Airborne Forces .


They weren’t even at war, and causing terror in territories and running away was extremely tiring .


They couldn’t even imagine fighting against Rothschild’s forces .


“Anyway, shouldn’t we stop now? I think both of us will die from overworking ourselves if this keeps up . ”


Dorian spoke in a raspy voice .


“I was thinking of stopping anyway . ”


Kang Chul-In replied .


We’re at the limits now .


It was true .


The more time went on, the more the forces of the Lords were increasing . Even for him, it was dangerous to fight against all those soldiers . It was time to stop .


But we still gained something .


It wasn’t like this was for nothing .


From the 5 Lords that they spoke about, two of them had been taken care of by Kang Chul-In and Dorian, and the other 3 returned to Rothschild to cut off their ties and hide .


With this, Rothschild wouldn’t be able to ally himself with the Lords around himself for the time being .


Also, the other Lords in the Baldur region were hiding themselves, saying they wouldn’t be on Rothschild’s side . They had definitely achieved what they came to do .


Will you stay inside your territory even after I pressure you like this, Rothschild?


But something was strange .


It was normal to show some kind of response to this, but it was quiet . Like he was planning something .


It’s strange . . .


There was only one option for Rothschild to pick .


It was hard for him to help the Gullveig Coalition because he was busy with the attacks from Lee Char-rin and Vito Clemenza .


Then there was only one thing left . To swallow up the territories around him to gain power . That was the wisest path that Rothschild could take .


But why? Just what is he trying to do in there . . .


Just then, he heard the sound of wings flapping and some owl human suddenly came from the ceiling . It was Aluko, from Fox Valley’s reconnaissance group .


“Aluko greets the Supreme King of the West!”


“Oh, it was you?”


“Yes, your Majesty . ”


“Weren’t you watching over Rothschild?”


“Yes, sir . ”


“But why are you here? Has the reconnaissance group been found?”


“No, sir . ”


“Then why?”


“I came because I have important information to report to you!”


“Hm . . . ?”


“Your Majesty, I’ll report it to you separately . Could you make some time . . . ”


“Of course . ”


Kang Chul-In nodded .


“Your Majesty, Rothschild is currently . . . ”


After they moved to another location, Aluko reported to Kang Chul-In .


“Huh . ”


Kang Chul-In smirked when he heard the report .


It seemed like his bad fate with his enemy was on the closing act .


“The time to end that damned bastard’s life has come . ”


[1] Kevlar .



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