The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 255






[Alright, now it’s time to decide . ]


Hecate’s threatening voice rang out through the magical voice amplifier .


[You, the loser with the two stars . Listen to what I say well . ]


“What’s that crazy bitch talking about!?” Major General cursed angrily .


Loser?


Was that something a Lord should be saying to an enemy commander?


[Oh, so you know? I am indeed a crazy bitch . ]


Hecate fired back .


[Do you want a taste of this crazy bitch?]


“Huk! D-Did you hear all . . . !”


[Then, did you think I wouldn’t?]


“ . . . ”


[My ship is advanced with magic engineering so it can pick up sounds like that easily . ]


“ . . . ”


[Anyway, that’s not important . Now, I’ll be giving you a choice . ]


“Choice? Are you telling me . . . to surrender?”


[Shut up and listen, you bastard . ]


“ . . . ”


[I’m an Overlord… or not . Right now, I’m basically a soldier . Sheesh, Kang Chul-In, that greedy guy… does he really not want to roll around with me?]


“ . . . ”


[Well, I’ll think about that later . . . ]


Hecate continued to speak after some grumbling .


[I’ll speak as the Mobile Shooting Commander and head of navy forces for the Valhalla Kingdom . ]


“T-That means . . . !”


[Yes, I’m speaking not as the ‘Overlord’ Hecate, but as one of the four generals under Kang Chul-In . ]


It was shocking news .


It was true that Kang Chul-In was the Supreme King of the West, a step above Overlord, but nobody could’ve expected that he would use Hecate, an Overlord, as his subordinate .


It was a terribly shocking incident from the Gullveig Coalition’s perspective .


[I’ll give you 10 seconds, so choose . ]


“10 seconds . . . ”


[You can surrender in that time span, or . . . ]


Hecate spoke in a threatening tone of speech .


[You can be ‘holed’ . ]


There were no negotiations .


It was either surrender or death .


[10 . ]


Hecate immediately began the countdown .


Damn it!


Thanks to her, the major general experienced the feeling of shit being scared out of him .


What should he do?


It wasn’t something that could be easily decided .


He could surrender to save himself, but his family wouldn’t be safe . His lord wasn’t that merciful a person .


It was clear that the Gullveig Coalition would ask his family to pay the price .


But it wasn’t like he had the courage to fight .


The opponent was Overlord Hecate, the dirty tempered, crazy bitch .


There were people who called her the ‘female Kang Chul-In’ . . . If they were even shot at 3 times by all 74 cannons, 222 cannonballs would fall on them like rain .



[9, 8 . . . ]


Hecate’s countdown continued while Major General Dust was hesitating .


However, Hecate suddenly uttered an unexpected word .


[Shoot . ]


“W-Wait! There are still 6 seconds . . . !”


The surprised Major General Dust tried to argue, but the 74 cannons on Temeraire were already gathering magical energy .


Vroom!


“You said you would give me 10 seconds!”


[Yeah . ]


“But why . . . !”


[Because I suddenly wanted to shoot?]


“ . . . !”


[Goodbye, loser . ]


“Hey, you crazy b . . . ”


Major General Dust tried to curse again at the unbelievable reason .


However-


[3, 2, 1!]


Hecate shouted, and 74 magically engineering cannons spewed fire .


[Fire!]


Ssssss! Pew pew! Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!


They were shooting randomly .


It was a parade of cannonballs .


The firepower that no other Overlord had, not even Kang Chul-In, covered the Signoleon Fortress .


***


Kang Chul-In immediately headed for Dorian’s territory when he arrived in the Baldur region through the Warp Gate .


Punk .


He suddenly thought of Kwak Jung while he was resting on the branch of a tree .


With Kwak Jun existing, it was 99 . 9% possible that Kwak Jung wasn’t the real one, but he didn’t try to scout Kwak Jun .


He wasn’t disappointed nor did he try to push Kwak Jung out .


Because although there was a mistake, it was still Kang Chul-In that made the choice to recruit the current Kwak Jung .


I trust you, Kwak Jung .


Also, Kwak Jung’s recent strategies (they were more like underhanded tactics) were showing his growth, so Kang Chul-In didn’t need to bother himself trying to recruit another tactician .


Kwak Jung and Kwak Jun’s plan to attack the Baldur region to fight one-on-one against the Gullveig Coalition was the same .


Since he had Kwak Jung as his tactician already, it was proper etiquette of a Lord to trust him .


***


Boom, shatter!


A table made of the highest-quality marble broke into pieces .


“What?” Albrecht Vilhelm spoke in a low voice .


“T-That’s . . . ”


The sweating messenger didn’t know what to do in front of the angered Vilhelm .


“Say that again . ”


“Your Majesty . . . ”


“Now!”


It was a shout like thunder .


Vilhelm’s voice was so loud that the subordinates around him trembled in fear .


“T-That’s . . . Overlord Hecate took her ship Temeraire and took over the Signoleon Fortress, and . . . ”


The messenger soldier tried to muster all the courage he could .


“I’m reporting that the Valhalla forces took over three different paths that lead to the Esmeralda Territory . . . ”


“ . . . ”


“I-It’s a war… your Majesty . . . ”


The start of war .


And it had begun with the Valhalla soldiers’ first strike .


“He dares . . . ” Vilhelm growled .


“He dares to attack our coalition first? Even after he was punished like that at the Lords’ Meeting? Hahahaha!” Vilhelm laughed maniacally .


It was because even though Kang Chul-In had established a country in the Ishtar region, to fight with the Gullveig Coalition face on was quite foolish .


That was why the Gullveig Coalition had never imagined they would attack first .


Who would’ve guessed this?


“Kang Chul-In, he’s not exactly wise either . ” Vilhelm made a mocking smile .


“He starts a war without any reason? And with the weaker hand, at that?”


War wasn’t a game .


Attacking first and thinking later was something that only worked in a game .


A war without reason or a war for personal gain was something that wasn’t looked nicely upon by the global society .


Who would support Kang Chul-In with all the enemies he had?


“Fine . Let’s do this . ”


The anger in Vilhelm’s face had already faded away .


Obviously, even if they lost the Signoleon Fortress and lost 3 of their routes to Esmeralda, it was still advantageous to them .


Why?


With a few losses, he had gained a reason for going to war with Kang Chul-In, something that couldn’t be bought with all the money in the world .


“Messenger . ”


“Yes, your Majesty . ”


“Tell all the Lords in the Coalition that there is an emergency meeting . Also . . . ” Vilhelm’s eyes shined .


“Summon Brynhildr . ”


The Joker .


They couldn’t leave out the strongest card he had, the only card that could stand against Kang Chul-In .


***


In the south of the Baldur Region, in some isolated forest . . .


The main culprit that caused the entire continent to go into an uproar with war, Kang Chul-In, was eating rabbit meat by himself with a small fire .


Crackle, crackle!


“Should I have brought Podolski? Haaa . ”


Kang Chul-In licked his lips regretfully with the rabbit meat in his mouth .


He was going to join up with the forces at Dorian’s territory soon, so he wasn’t going to be alone for long, but it was true that being alone was boring . It was also terribly annoying to hunt to eat every time .


But what else could he do?


His absence meant that 30% of the Valhalla forces were gone .


“I’ll just have to eat whatever and eat a good meal when I arrive at his territory . ”


He tossed the rabbit meat into the fire and stood up . The rabbit must’ve been old because it felt like he was chewing on rubber .


“First, I need to take care of all those who are allied with Roth . . . ”


Just then, while Kang Chul-In was muttering to himself . . .


Ssss!


A large rock nearby started to shine with a white light .


“Hm?”


Kang Chul-In whipped his head around .


This was the effect of a warp gate activating .


That meant that that large stone was a dimensional door that connected Earth and Pangaea .


It seemed like someone, possibly an adventure, was entering Pangaea .


‘I better move . ’


Kang Chul-In began to walk away . There was nothing good that would come from being spotted by a random person . But . . .


Flash!


Swoosh!


Someone pointed their sharp blade at Kang Chul-In’s back .


“Kang Chul-In . ”


The adventurer spoke . It was a low and heavy voice .


“Keuk… oh well . ”


Kang Chul-In snorted like the situation was awkward .


It was a strange coincidence .


Why did they meet not on a battlefield, but in this isolated place?


“This wasn’t the Biforest Territory?”


Kang Chul-In turned around .


The only person that could be called his rival was glaring at him, though it was hard to tell with his helmet on, with Arondight raised .


“Brynhilder… I didn’t expect to meet you here . ”


“Neither did I,” Brynhildr replied, “But since we’re already here . . . ”


“You should put your sword away . ”


Kang Chul-In warned Brynhildr, who was starting to begin a fight .


“Unless you want to die . ”


“Die? Me?” Brynhilder responded like he was flabbergasted .


“I felt this last time, but your unfound confidence . . . ”


“Should I kill you?”


“ . . . !”


“Are you the type to come to your senses after your head is cut off?”


The murderous intent of a beast escaped from Kang Chul-In’s mouth .


Flinch!


For the first time in his life, Brynhildr experienced fear .


“I . . . ”


Kang Chul-In spoke with emphasis on his words .


“Am overflowing with power right now . ”


“ . . . ”


“I think I can cut your head off at any moment now… do you want to try?”


It was true .


The bright full moon shined through the clouds .


[The full moon has appeared!]


[Attack +20% increase!]


[Defense +20% increase!]


[Regenerative power +200% increase!]


Kang Chul-In was only a tiny bit more powerful than Brynhildr, but it was different while under the full moon . Right now, Brynhildr couldn’t even touch Kang Chul-In’s coattails .


“Kang Chul-In!”


Brynhildr grit his teeth .


“How… are you so strong? And in that short amount of time . . . ”


A master could realize a master was in front of them .


Brynhildr definitely noticed that Kang Chul-In was a lot stronger than when he saw him in the Deathwin Territory .


“I don’t know,” Kang Chul-in replied with a smirk . His murderous intent was gone .


“Are you curious? Then die . ”


“ . . . !”


“They say a dead man has no words . ”


That meant that in return for Kang Chul-In telling Brynhildr his secret, he would have to die .


Obviously, the buff of [Full Moon] was a business secret for Kang Chul-In .


“Yeah, you can die after knowing, or live not knowing . ”


“ . . . ”


“I’ll assume that you want to live . ”


Then, Kang Chul-In pulled out a sky-blue fruit called a ‘musk apple’ from his pocket . He wasn’t satisfied with the rabbit meat from earlier .


“How come?” Brynhildr asked Kang Chul-In, who was calmly biting into his apple .


“Why are you letting me live? I’m a danger to you . ”


“Didn’t I already say it? You’re a cormorant . ”


“Are you saying that I’m gonna bring you fish?’


“Seems like you googled it,” Kang Chul-In replied nonchalantly .


“Well, I suppose it’s a fish . ”


One part of the Trinity Impact, the Sonic Ring, was demoted to a fish in an instant .


“Anyways, I don’t want to cut the stomach of a goose that lays golden eggs just yet . ”


“ . . . ”


“I’ll kill you when the time comes, so don’t rush me . ”


Kang Chul-In was completely relaxed and sure of himself when he spoke to Brynhildr .


Crunch!


The sound of Brynhildr grinding his teeth could be heard .


He was also a martial artist .


Of course, he would get mad when the monster called Kang Chul-In mocked him .


And he became even angrier knowing that he couldn’t defeat Kang Chul-In right now .


“Then, I’ll see you next time . ”


Kang Chul-In turned away .


“Wait . ”


Brynhildr stopped Kang Chul-In .


“What are you doing here? You should be . . . ”


“You’re asking why I’m not on the eastern frontlines, no, the western frontlines from your guys’ perspective, right? And that’s why Vilhelm urgently called you . ”


“ . . . ”


“Sorry, but I’m not participating in this war . ”


“ . . . ”


“So, run around all you want . Although it won’t be easy . ”


From what he had seen so far, Kang Chul-In wasn’t trying to hide his location . Even if Vilhelm knew where he was, he wouldn’t do anything because he didn’t want a three-way war either .


“Why?” Brynhildr asked .


“How many times . . . ”


“Not about the cormorant talk . ”


“Hm?”


“Why are you causing a war? You probably already have a lot of money . ”


“Money?”


Kang Chul-In asked with a flabbergasted face .


“You… you think I did this for money?”


He had suddenly become an avaricious person .



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