The Overlord of Blood and Iron

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

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

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

“However…”

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

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

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

“Strategist Lee . ”

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

“The altars are set up now . ”

“And everything else?”

“They’re also finished . ”

“Good . ”

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

A full moon was rising .

“1 hour at the earliest, and maybe 2 hours if late…”

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

“Tonight…”

Lee Gong-Myung murmured to himself .

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

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

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

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

It was a terrifying sight .

Dead bodies, upon dead bodies, upon dead bodies .

“Let’s… rest for a bit . ”

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

“This is something… I won’t ever do twice . ”

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

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

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

-Huk… Hu…

The Altaica wasn’t in a good state either .

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

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

“Just a little further . ”

Kang Chul-In told the Altaica .

“We just need to get past that canyon . ”

-Krr…

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

“First of all…”

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

“This is for you . ”

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

-Krrr?

“Though you might not feel like you drank anything due to your large body… drink up . It’s much better than not drinking it . ”

-Krrr… Hng…

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

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

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

“Daughter . ”

And handed it to his daughter, Arshelly .

“Endure for a little bit longer . ”

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

“F-Father…”

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

“Don’t talk . ”

Kang Chul-In stroked Arshelly’s hair .

“Father…”

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

“I will also become… strong like father… will not… be a burden… will become… str…”

Unable to continue, Arshelly’s head dipped down a little bit . She had lost consciousness once again .

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

“That damned bastard…”

Kang Chul-In gritted his teeth .

This was all because of that damned Sheville Polansky .

“Hu… . ”

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

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

“There!!”

At that moment,

“That man is Overlord Kang Chul-In!”

“Over there!!”

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

And,

“Kang Chul-In, you bastard!!”

With a large shout, a huge lizard appeared .

"Pfft . . . "

Kang Chul-In laughed .

“Seems like he’s a little pissed . ”

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

“Where are you running? Stay right there!”

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

“If you surrender now…”

While he was speaking,

“Idiot . ”

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

Kuoooo!

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

“Eat this!”

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

“Ahhh!!”

“Kaghh!!”

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

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

“G-Great Khalifa!”

“The Khalifa is in danger!”

That was right .

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

“Welp, I’m going first . Good bye . ”

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

From far away, he could see the canyon .

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

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“Faster!”

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

The canyon was only 2 . 5 kilometres wide and wasn’t very long . A mountain range awaited them after it .

If they were able to get into the mountains?

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

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

Soon, night will fall .

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

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

Rain, all of a sudden?

Kang Chul-In couldn’t believe his eyes .

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

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

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

At that moment, a white light flashed .

BANG!

And the sound of thunder shook the skies .

Sss…

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

Something’s off .

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

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

If that was true,

. . . Lee Gong-Myung?

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

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

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

No way .

But Kang Chul-In doubted this thought .

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

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

As if proving his thoughts correct,

Sshhh!

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

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

-Krrr!

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

Danger!

Kang Chul-In realized that he was in danger .

It was truly a pinch .

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

Lee Gong-Myung!

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

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

And its identity,

. . . A net!

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

“Run! Quickly!”

Kang Chul-In urged the Altaica .

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

-Krr!

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

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

And finally,

Puk!

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

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

“ . . . !”

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

“Overlord Kang Chul-In!”

At that moment,

“Why not surrender here?”

From far away, a familiar voice could be heard .

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

There he was .

It was a man illuminated by the dim moonlight:

Alex Rothschild’s strategist, Lee Gong-Myung .