The Overlord of Blood and Iron

“…!” Aleister was caught by surprise .

He was hundreds of meters away from Kang Chul-In, but that vicious Overlord was already at his doorstep .

Judging from his speed, most people wouldn’t even know why and how they died .

”!كیسونغ“ In that instant, Aleister hurriedly chanted a spell to summon a bone wall .

Crack!

The bone wall shattered in the blink of an eye .

“Huk!” Aleister gasped .

Chulkuk,

Swishhh!

Kang Chul-In swung his Demon Sword Kaiforce at Aleister .

-Kyaaaaahhh!

At that moment, a shadow rapidly charged towards Kang Chul-In while letting out a terrifying scream .

-Kyaaak!

-Kehe!

-Kekeke!

It wasn’t just one .

Four female undead monsters with different skin colors were seen .

Huh .

Kang Chul-In could immediately identify them .

Banshees .

Banshees had incredible agility that was five times that of a man . They boasted great attack and movement speed .

Moreover, each skin color indicated a different unique ability, which made dealing with these banshees extremely tricky . Even Kang Chul-In could have some difficulties against them .

-Kyaaak!

A blood banshee with crimson-red skin swung her 15 centimetre long claws at Kang Chul-In .

Known as ‘Fresh Blood of Christmas’, this claw attack could infect its victim with hemophiliac curse, causing the victim to bleed to death .

-Kekeke!

This time, a blue-skinned arctic banshee ambushed Kang Chul-In from the back, releasing an icy aura . Her attack, known as ‘Cold Embrace’, could freeze the victim to death .

-Kehee!

Next, a black-skinned demonic banshee attacked Kang Chul-In with a life draining attack called ‘Kiss of Death’, and a white-skinned electronic banshee tried to electrocute him with ‘Thunder God’s Aura’ .

These bastards .

A corner of Kang Chul-In’s mouth twitched momentarily .

The banshees were attacking him from the north, south, east and west . In normal circumstances, Kang Chul-In would have been in some trouble .

However,

“Get lost, small fries!” Kang Chul-In bellowed and mingled with the banshees .

Who could stop him with the [Full Moon] buff activated?

The banshees were launching a deadly attack indeed, but it was no threat to the buffed-up Kang Chul-In .

It didn’t take long for him to mangle the banshees .

Crack, crack!

Light Sword Mitra, the ultimate counter to the undead monsters, was held in his left hand .

Chulkuk!

Kaiforce, the bloodthirsty demon sword, was held on his right .

Swinging the contrasting two swords, Kang Chul-In showed dynamic movement resembling a fierce predator . He pushed the undead female warriors back courageously .

***

”!المفاعل النوويالأول في“

”!سیئول ودیع“

"مشروع قانون من جانب واحد بسبب امتلاك“ Meanwhile, Aleister was constantly chanting necromancy spells .

It was a good battle strategy .

While the banshees were pressuring Kang Chul-In, Aleister was preparing the perfect condition to use the Death Calling .

C-Crack!

A crack propagated through the ground .

-Keuhhhhh . . .

About a thousand ghouls emerged from the ground, their bodies swollen and dripping with rotten sap .

-Come . . .

-Come… with us . . .

-To the deep… cold underground . . .

These were not ordinary ghouls .

They were ghosts of drowned corpses .

In other words, Aleister was summoning drowned victims as undead monsters, instead of using the fallen soldiers on the battlefield .

His intention was to hold Kang Chul-In in place, as the ghosts of drowned victims tended to not let go of others .

” . . . بیة تختبر تشغیل“ Aleister refused to stop .

“ من الخبراء في كوریا الجنوبیة اليوم الاربعاء من ان التجارب . . . النوویة الكوریة . . . الشمالية“ He kept chanting spells to summon even more powerful undead monsters .

-Keek, Keeek?!

Among them were ten level 65 spider monsters called ‘atlach nacha’ .

Their job was obviously to hold Kang Chul-In as well .

The spider webs from atlach nacha, called ‘Chain of Restraint’, were strong enough to disable even the largest of monsters . It was enough to shackle Kang Chul-In .

Chuk!

50 skeleton knights appeared from nowhere and surrounded Aleister to protect him .

Necromantic Vanguard .

These knights were newly appointed replacements for the death knights who were wiped out in the Fox Valley battle .

Aleister felt safe under their protection . He grasped the epic item ‘Jadeite Skull Wand’ tightly .

This wand had a jade-colored skull the size of a volleyball attached to its shank . It was an incredible item which amplified mana by a whopping 200% for 10 seconds .

I shall end you fast, Kang Chul-In!

Aleister now acknowledged that he was weaker than his opponent . Therefore, he gathered all his strength to put an end to the strongest and most evil Overlord of all . He was a practical man who could make sound judgment, instead of deploying unnecessary courage .

Moreover, there was no doubt that it was the wisest move he could have made in that situation .

Ooongggg!

The dark mana started to vibrate,

Sssss…!

The skull wand spurted flashes of green light in all directions .

” . وریا الجنوبیة الیوم . . . الاربع ,اء من“

Subsequently, Aleister began chanting the most powerful spell he knew, ‘Necromantic Field’ .

Necromantic Field was a super high-level magic that boosted all undead monsters within a 1,600m² range of the user by 250% .

In addition, it shaved 10% of the stats off of any living person stepping in the field for three seconds . In total, a living person lost 30% of their power just by standing there .

It made allies stronger and enemies weaker .

With this Necromantic Field, Aleister could hunt down even Kang Chul-In, the strongest figure in the whole of Pangaea .

However, it was easier said than done .

مطلع العام المقبل بعد استكمال كافة الإجرا ءات . . . من التصاریو . . . الوثائق اللازمة منب . . . حكومة مدینة سیئول حتىالآن لتطویر أرا"

. ضي شركة كیبكو، نب“

The Necromantic Field was almost complete .

Bang!

An intense sound thundered in the surroundings as rotten flesh, blood, and bones scattered everywhere .

-Kyaaaak!

-Keeeek!

The banshees let out their final shriek .

And,

Swish!

A huge whirlwind headed straight towards Aleister, tearing everything apart in its path .

“W-What?!”

Aleister instinctively sensed danger and flung his body to the side .

Necromantic Field aside, it was game over if he got caught in that vortex .

Bangggg!

A vicious whirlwind swept the place where Aleister was chanting his spells at . It also crossed over to the Omega Fortress .

Crash!

The infrastructures built with hard rocks collapsed like a sandcastle .

“Argh!” Aleister, who barely managed to dodge the whirlwind, was astonished by what he was witnessing .

His surroundings were completely barren .

Only the shattered bones of the Necromantic Vanguard were tossing around on the floor .

“You thought you could stop me with these small fries, Aleister?” Kang Chul-In emerged from the thick curtain of dust, with an annoying smile, his trademark, on his face .

“M-monster…!” Aleister turned pale . He backed off despite being an Overlord .

He was terrified .

Kang Chul-In was strong beyond his wildest imagination .

How could a man just tear four banshees apart in a second, and also use that powerful ability just now?

He couldn’t believe his eyes .

H-How . . .

Aleister was shocked once again .

You… a human… not even a single scratch?

Kang Chul-In appeared to be injury-free, other than a torn cape and a slightly worn-down armor .

Nobody would believe that he was in a battle just moments ago .

It was all possible due to the [Full Moon] buff and [Spellthirst] ability, but Aleister had no idea of course .

All he could do was struggle in terror . . .

“Eeeeek! S-stop, stop him!” Aleister almost screamed .

-Come… with us . . .

-Kak, Kaaakk!

-Kelkelkel!

In response, all kinds of undead monsters began to charge straight at Kang Chul-In .

I will kill you, bastard!

At the same time, Aleister whipped out his black pipe and placed it on his lips with a murderous intent .

He had to use his trump card .

He failed to set up the Necromantic Field, but he couldn’t just sit there and wait for impending death .

Moreover, his trump card let him have the power of the Death God even without deploying the Necromantic Field .

Beeep . . .

It was the flute that brought death .

Death Calling, the item that could guarantee death on a single target, began to play its deadly melody .

Beeeeep!

A sharp screech resonated and then,

Squeak, squeak!

A rat’s squeaking could be heard .

Squeak, squeak!

It wasn’t just one or two .

Squeak!

Squeaaaaak!

In fact, a whole bunch of rats appeared from nowhere and began to crowd around Aleister, covering the ground like a pitch black floor mat .

***

-Woof, woof!

After running for a few miles, Jackpot stopped in front of a wall .

It was just a normal wall that looks no different from the ones the crew saw on the way there .

“Ah, that was easy . ” Dorian, however, seemed to notice something else .

“Is it here, your Majesty?” Podolski questioned Dorian with a hint of skepticism .

“Yep, this is it . ”

“How can you tell?”

“Jackpot says so . ”

“T-That’s all?”

“Well, not just that . ” Dorian pointed at that particular wall .

“These skull-shaped faucets form a marker . ”

“Hmm… I can’t really tell . . . There are skull-shaped faucets everywhere, and isn’t this place a drain? There’s easily a thousand of them . ”

“That’s true . But it’s a little different here . ”

“ . . . ?”

“Let me explain . ” Dorian held chalk and marked a dot on the skull-shaped faucet with it .

“If I name this faucet vertex A as in a triangle, the faucet on the lower left will be vertex B, and the one on the right will be vertex C . A perfect triangle, isn’t it?”

“Yes . ”

“Now, if I name this faucet down here vertex A as in a reverse triangle, this is B and that is C . If we merge these two triangles… Tadah! It becomes like this!” Dorian showed his drawings to Podolski and Nieu in an exaggerated fashion .

“Oh wow, it’s a hexagram?” Nieu tried to look knowledgeable .

“You are right, it’s the Star of David . It may be pure coincidence, but if the wall that Jackpot pinpointed also has this sort of pattern on it, do we still have to be skeptical?” Dorian grinned .

“ . . . !”

“ . . . !”

Podolski and Nieu were very surprised .

It was justifiable .

Who knew that Dorian, the number one idiot, had such brilliance in him?

“I-Is that trustworthy? I’m not doubting your Majesty, but you seemed to have figured it out too easily . ”

“I understand your concerns . ” Dorian shrugged casually at Podolski’s cautious remark .

“I haven’t had many opportunities to test this chap’s abilities . Right, Jack?”

-Woof, woof!

Dorian threw a dog dental chew to Jackpot . It was a reward for locating the secret channel .

“It looks extremely easy, but you have to remember that Jackpot is an S-rank Seeker . He’s so good that he makes it look easy . ”

“I-Is that so?”

“Of course!” Dorian beat his chest and gave a confident expression . Still, that didn’t really persuade Podolski .

“Anyway, I’m certain that the Nekromantik Bay is behind this wall . The problem is… how do we get through it… wait a second?”

“Yes, your Majesty . ”

Dorian excused himself and started to turn the faucets one by one .

“Hmm… opening this may be pretty difficult . Unless we break the wall open, we will have to turn the faucets one by one to guess the correct password . ”

“A p-password?”

“Yep . And that’s not all . I believe there’s some sort of voice-recognition magic casted on this wall . Almost guaranteed . Seems like it’s gonna be tricky . ”

“I beg your pardon…?”

“Aleister’s a lich, which makes imitating his voice next to impossible . His voice operates on a completely different wavelength from that of a human . Therefore, it is impossible to deceive the magic sensor implanted here . Tsk, Aleister you cautious prick!”

“So, there’s nothing we can do?” Podolski seemed disappointed .

It wasn’t disappointment directed towards Dorian, but more towards the fact that they might not be able to obtain the life vessel .

“What nothing? Of course there is!” Dorian spoke with confidence .

“R-Really?”

“Is that true?”

Podolski and Nieu’s faces brightened from those delightful words .

“Of course~! This is my specialty we’re talking about . I’m even better than Kang Chul-In in this aspect, did you know that?”

Afterwards, Dorian rummaged through his backpack to whip out a flask containing a silver liquid .

“Hu-hu… This shall do the trick!” Dorian gave a cunning and confident snigger, similar to Kang Chul-In’s .

“Call me Dorian the Phantom Thief from now! Nyahaahahahaha~!”

Dorian Explorer (Tomb Raider/29 years old) .

Indeed, he was THE expert at robbing graves and treasure deposits .