The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 260






In the Bifrost Territory’s Lords’ Hall . . .


Kwang!


Vilhelm smacked the table loudly .


“Loss? We lost the battle?”


It was a voice filled with fury .


“Do you think that makes any sense?”


His anger was expected .


There were 20,000 of the Valhalla forces, but there were 70,000 of the Gullveig Coalition’s forces .


However . . .


The Goji battle, loss .


Their supply routes, cut off .


The Gongbang battle, loss .


The result of their battle was always a loss .


In one battle, they had been victorious, just barely, but the Valhalla forces had succeeded in escaping the net of the Gullveig Coalition like rats . Vilhelm was like a chicken that was chasing after a dog .


“A military without Kang Chul-In, and we have three times more their numbers, but… this can’t be!”


He was going crazy .


Whenever he tried to do something, Hecate would appear to throw her cannonballs, and the Full Metal Dragon stopped whatever progress he was making .


And that wasn’t the end of it .


The magician called Ninetails swept away the Gullveig Coalition forces with a single attack .


It wasn’t like the Gullveig forces were just common humans, either .


The chimeras, fighter planes, and the machine squads from the Gullveig forces were clearly above the Valhalla forces .


But the fact that they had still lost . . .


“Is it because our army sucks, or because our enemies are too good?”


Vilhelm quietly muttered to himself .


“Kwak Jung . ”


It was then . . .


“His slyness is leading to our continual loss . ”


A man dressed in clothes that Chinese emperors wore spoke . It was Aoxin .


“The Valhalla forces are strong, but in my opinion, seeing the high-quality strategies, this can only be explained by . . . ”


“By . . . ?”


“That person called Kwak Jung . It’s clear that the Supreme King of the West’s tactician is at least 3 steps ahead of us . ”


“No way . ”


“Look at this . ”


Aoxin pointed at the map .


“Take a look at this battle . How many different paths could our forces take?”


“Aren’t there 4?”


“Then how about the Valhalla forces?”


“It probably depends on our army . ”


“Here, we blocked the Valhallans, and sealed their back routes, right?”


“Right . ”


“Alright, and look at how the Valhalla forces moved . It’s impossible to tell how they’ll move in the future, but we can track their movements now . ”


Aoxin marked the route that the Valhalla forces used .



“So, how is it?”


“T-This is!”


Vilhelm was completely taken aback .


“You’re right . ”


Aoxin nodded .


“From the beginning, this man has been moving with all our plans in mind . From the combination of our forces, and even their escape routes . ”


“T-This can’t be!”


“This Kwak Jung guy is a scary person . Isn’t it like going against A . I software and not a human?”


It made sense .


If Aoxin was right, Kwak Jung’s abilities were outstanding .


“Keup!”


“What should we do!?”


“If that Kwak Jung’s strategies are that amazing, we won’t get anywhere even by outnumbering them, yeah?”


“Isn’t this a big problem, Mr . Vilhelm?”


The Lords in the Gullveig Coalition started to murmur .


“Keup!”


Vilhelm coughed .


He felt like he knew why Kang Chul-In left him in charge .


A scary brain .


He had a subordinate who had the entire game board in his entire hand, so what would he have to worry about?


Kang Chul-In… how did he get such a person!


Vilhelm was genuinely envious . As a Lord who ruled over multiple people, of course he would be envious of his enemy .


“Your Majesty!”


Just as Vilhelm was being envious of Kang Chul-In, a messenger came with a report .


“The tactician of Lord Vito Clemenza, Kwak Jun, has requested for a call . ”


“Is that so?”


It was good timing .


He felt a migraine coming because of the boring war talk .


Also, he was curious why Kwak Jun, who was so amusing, wanted to contact him .


“Everyone, I’ll be right back . ”


Vilhelm immediately headed for the conference room .


***


[Have you been well, your Majesty?]


Beyond the screen, Kwak Jun greeted Vilhelm .


“You look good, Kwak Jun . ”


[It’s all thanks to your attention . ]


“Alright, so what’s up?”


[Like I promised, we dominated 5 of the territories . ]


“ . . . !”


[I contacted you because I thought that I showed you enough contribution . ]


“Huh . . . !?”


Vilhelm gasped in astonishment .


Five territories?


It was true that he hadn’t believed him when he said that he would dominate 3 territories in a week .


He had only funded them because he was amused, but . . .


“Is that possible?”


[If it wasn’t for your support, we wouldn’t have even dreamt of it . ]


Kwak Jun bowed his head modestly .


“No, of course not . ”


[Pardon?]


“People can’t just easily dominate territories with a million gold . Tell me, how was it possible?”


[That’s . . . ]


Kwak Jun shortly explained how he dominated the 5 territories to Vilhelm .


“Huh . . . !?”


Vilhelm was surprised again . It was because Kwak Jun’s strategies were surprising .


[It’s beginning now, your Majesty . ]


Kwak Jun spoke .


[We’ll continue to use the support you gave us to attack against the Baldur region . ]


“ . . . !”


[Please leave it to me, your Majesty!]


Just then, Vilhelm’s eyes flashed like a hawk .


It’s this person!


He needed someone to rival Kwak Jung . If it was someone who dominated 5 territories in less than 2 weeks, he felt like he would be able to stand against Kwak Jung .


“Kwak Jun . ”


Vilhelm spoke in a serious voice .


[Yes, your Majesty . ]


“Do you want to work under me?”


It was his greed .


The greed to have someone skilled under him . It was a desire that all Lords would have .


[I apologize . ]


But Kwak Jun immediately rejected Vilhelm’s offer .


“Why?”


Vilhelm’s voice was sharp .


“Vito Clemenza is . . . ”


He was going to say that Vito Clemenza was “just a Lord from the rural outskirts . ”


[Your Majesty, in the East, there’s a saying that goes like this:]


“ . . . ?”


[Goonsabuilchae[1] . It means that a Lord, teacher, and father are the same . I am loyal to Vito Clemenza . I understand you’re looking kindly upon me, but I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything . I apologize, your Majesty . ]


It was a firm rejection .


“But . . . ”


Vilhelm seemed to want to ask Kwak Jun again, but he quickly changed his attitude .


“No, never mind . I apologize . I seem to have unintentionally tested your loyalty to Vito Clemenza, Kwak Jun . ”


[ . . . !]


“I sincerely apologize . ”


Unexpectedly, Vilhelm didn’t try to force it and apologized instead .


The rank 2 Lord who was the leader of a large scale coalition apologized!


[Y-your Majesty…!]


Kwak Jun’s words faded away like he was touched .


“Anyways, you’ve worked hard . It was worth it trusting you . I’ll leave it to you in the future as well, Kwak Jun . ”


[Of course, your Majesty!]


“But I have something I’m curious about . ”


[Please go ahead, sir . ]


“Why don’t you use your actual name? I heard you changed your name to Kwak Jung . ”


[That is . . . ]


Kwak Jun made an awkward face and explained the reason .


[Right now, Kwak Jung, the Supreme King of the West Kang Chul-In’s tactician, is more famous . ]


“Hm . . . ”


[When my fame is above Kwak Jung’s and the name ‘Kwak Jung’ only describes me, I’ll use that name . ]


That meant that this was a matter of pride .


“I hope that day comes soon . ”


[Thank you, your Majesty!]


“Then I’ll end the call now . I have an important conference . . . ”


[Can I say something before that?]


“Hm?”


[I heard that you’re struggling because of the Valhalla forces . ]


“ . . . !”


[During times like these, I think that it’s best to crush them with power . Right now, Kwak Jung’s strategy is to stretch out the war with small victories . He will now . . . ]


Kwak Jun began to speak about the key points of the Valhalla forces’ strategy .


***


Koong, koong!


It was early in the morning .


A large turtle with a castle on its back took its place on the Nürburg mountain .


“Get down, quickly!”


“Adventurers, this way!”


“Long-range attackers go to the back!”


All kinds of people came from Cyamodus castle .


There were about 200 of them .


They were adventurers that Rothschild had gathered . It was the squad that had been created to hunt the dragon .


“Squad, settle down!”


“Down!”


“Squad, rank and file!”


“Rank and file!”


That wasn’t the end of hunters .


After them, the greatest soldiers of the Cyamodus territory, about 2000 people, began to come down and get into their ranks .


On top of that, there were different magician squads .


The number of people that Rothschild gathered to capture the gold dragon was a colossal number .


“Soldiers!”


It was a clear voice that rang out .


Rothschild had appeared at some time and was shouting at the soldiers .


“Today, we have gathered to accomplish something that has never been done!”


He wasn’t wrong .


If you hunted a dragon, you could earn the title “Dragon Slayer . ” It was a priceless title that even money couldn’t buy .


Not only that, but they would also receive gold and silver pieces, the dragon heart, dragon bones, dragon scales, dragon meant, blood, among others .


Since it was a raid that they were risking their lives for, the rewards they would get certainly made up for it .


“We can do it!”


Rothschild shouted .


“We are strong, and we have numbers! We even have the Cyamodus!”


The turtle Cyamodus .


This gigantic monster with a castle on its back defended them and was the key point to lead their raid to success .


“Also . . . ”


Rothschild pulled out his last card .


“The adventurers that survive will all receive 4000 gold!”


The reactions of the adventurers were fired up .


“Wooohooo!”


“We can do it!”


“A dragon is all it is!”


“Anytime!”


Four thousand gold was almost 2 million dollars, so of course their reaction would be like this .


Of course, there would be some who died, but it was only a case of “maybe . ”


***


At the same time, about 1 kilometre away from where Rothschild’s forces were, Kang Chul-In was having a good time watching this scene .


“Yeah! Good job, Rothschild! That’s the way to go!”


“ . . . ”


The Team Browser members—Dorain Explorer, David Chrome, Sean Firefox, and John Safari—looked blankly at the happy Kang Chul-In .


They were only thinking of one thing .


Ugh, he’s my friend, but still . . . !


Kang Chul-In, I didn’t know he was that bad . . .


His personality . . .


What a scary human . . .


They realized once again how cruel and evil Kang Chul-In was .


“Hehe . . . ”


Not caring about what they were thinking, Kang Chul-In was half out of it thinking about stealing the gold dragon .


“Rothschild, you were my cormorant as well… hehe… yeah, giving me a present before you go… I’m so thankful that I don’t know what to do… k-keuk…! Work, Rothschild… work… work . . . ”


The intent of the evil king was too clear .


1 . He would take the rewards and the points from Rothschild just before he attacked the gold dragon .


2 . He would kill Rothschild to avenge his past .


3 . He would gobble up the dragon’s corpse .


It was a perfect highway robbery .


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