The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 166

Chapter 166: Shall We Have a Chat?

Become his subordinate?

. . . That was absolutely ridiculous .

The relationship between Lee Gong-Myung and Alex Rothschild was akin to that of Kang Chul-In and Alfred .

As proof of this, in the past when Alex Rothschild had fallen to the bottom multiple times, Lee Gong-Myung had never left his lord . He had always kept his loyalty .

To Lee Gong-Myung, Kang Chul-In's offer was mocking him . It was taking Lee Gong-Myung's loyalty towards Alex Rothschild lightly .

But Kang Chul-In needed to keep Lee Gong-Myung busy for the time being .

Why?

It's the full moon…

It was because of the moon behind Lee Gong-Myung's back .

As long as he was able to activate this ability that he had absorbed from Alaric, he would be able to get out of this canyon alive .

Even ignoring the increase in defense and damage, the increase in regeneration would definitely be able to get his mana and stamina back to normal .

Not only would he manage to get out of here alive, he could also manage to strike back against Lee Gong-Myung .

But maybe it was because the moon wasn't fully up, or maybe because the fog was blocking the moonlight, but the 'Full Moon' ability didn't activate .

Due to this, Kang Chul-In decided to ramble on about Lee Gong-Myung joining him and wasted some time .

[The full moon is rising… 99 . 8% . . . ]

[The full moon is rising… 99 . 9% . . . ]

Thanks to this, Kang Chul-In was able to buy enough time .

While he was doing that,

You're thinking of hitting me with thunder, aren't you, Lee Gong-Myung?

Kang Chul-In was able to guess what Lee Gong-Myung would do .

Even though Lee Gong-Myung was truly a smart person, Kang Chul-In had something that was even better than that, which was knowledge from the past .

Kang Chul-In was aware that Lee Gong-Myung's abilities were what earned him the nickname of 'Weather Controller' .

He also knew that Lee Gong-Myung was able to summon thunder in order to strike a certain area . It was a pattern that he had experienced countless times in his previous life .

It won't work, though .

Funnily enough, Kang Chul-In had just absorbed the 'Spellthirst' ability from Sheville Polansky . He wouldn't take any damage from the blast of lightning .

Actually, it was good for him .

Electricity?

He could take it while laughing .

As long as he had the Spellthirst ability, there was no need to fear Lee Gong-Myung's abilities .

Sorry, but… looks like I'll have to activate my trap card .

Before the Full Moon ability was activated, Kang Chul-In smiled .

Kang Chul-In felt excited .

Since he had a way to completely negate all of Lee Gong-Myung's cards and reverse the situation, he was naturally excited .

After all, it brought him immense joy since he was able to strike a blow against the famed genius strategist that was Lee Gong-Myung .

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A white flash streaked past the soldiers, and almost 1 billion volts struck Kang Chul-In head-on .

BANG!

With a terrifyingly loud noise that seemed to be able to rip apart the eardrums of a human, tens of thousands of sparks started to fly around the narrow canyon . It was truly a terrifying and peculiar sight .

"What is…"

"The lightning… isn't touching us?"

The soldiers of Anatolia couldn't come to their senses immediately .

It was a strange phenomenon .

Even though the aftershock of the lightning caused immense energy to surge up, the soldiers of Anatolia weren't harmed at all . They hadn't been affected whatsoever .

"What's going on…"

"I thought for sure I was dead…"

Unaware of what just happened, the soldiers tilted their heads in confusion .

"Don't tell me…"

At that moment, the eyes of one of the soldiers widened, as if he had realized something .

"The reason that strategist Lee had told us not to move… Was it because of this? This was all his doing?"

And as proof,

"L-Look over there…"

"They're dead…"

Some of the soldiers that didn't follow Lee Gong-Myung's orders and stepped somewhere else had turned into ash .

"Amazing… I wonder just how powerful strategist Lee is…"

The soldiers of Anatolia were extremely shocked and praised Lee Gong-Myung's abilities .

"Why are you so surprised?"

But at that moment, a voice of someone that shouldn't be alive was heard .

" . . . !"

" . . . !"

" . . . !"

And the faces of the soldiers started to stiffen in shock .

"H-How…?"

"He's alive… even after being hit by that?"

It wasn't just the soldiers of Anatolia that were safe from the lightning strike .

"Feels like a massage . "

Kang Chul-In murmured .

Pzzt, Pzzt!

Although Kang Chul-In didn't activate Overdrive, sparks were flying all around his body . It was because he had absorbed the power from the lightning .

Amazing .

Kang Chul-In was shocked at his current state .

From head to toe, he felt incredible .

In this state, he could show off 60% of the power he could in his peak .

"Hu…"

Kang Chul-In sighed, and stared at Lee Gong-Myung .

"You… today is your funeral . "

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Lee Gong-Myung was so shocked that he couldn't speak .

"What the…?"

Even though Lee Gong-Myung had terrifying foresight, he couldn't see through the man that Kang Chul-In was .

Truth be told… he was even doubting whether Kang Chul-In was human or not .

"You… today is your funeral . "

When he heard these words, Lee Gong-Myung realized he was in trouble .

Danger!

The Overlord Kang Chul-In was a man that had broken through the lines of the 10,000 man Anatolian army by himself, and survived .

He had also completely exterminated the elites of Baruk Al-Yusuf .

So when this terrifying man stared at him and declared that today was his funeral, Lee Gong-Myung panicked .

We have to break it!

At this moment, an idea popped up in Lee Gong-Myung's head . This was the final card he had prepared .

"Use the detonator!"

Lee Gong-Myung shouted .

"Sorry?"

The soldiers that had the detonator asked Lee Gong-Myung .

"T-There are 2,000 of our allies down there…"

"We will all die!"

" . . . !"

"If we don't kill Kang Chul-In right now, we will all die together! Is that what you want!?"

"O-Okay…"

Even though the soldier hesitated, he didn't disobey Lee Gong-Myung's orders . He also didn't want to die .

Bang!

An explosion occurred,

Bang! Bang!

And started to set off a chain reaction .

Finally,

The ground started to shake, and the canyon itself started to rumble, before rocks that were tens and hundreds of tons started to fall like meteors .

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"Pfft-!"

But even still, Kang Chul-In was calm .

"You think I wouldn't have guessed that you'd do that?"

They say that a rabbit dug 3 holes just in case of danger .

And in Kang Chul-In's eyes, Lee Gong-Myung wasn't just a rabbit, but rather a sly fox .

It was as expected of Lee Gong-Myung to do something like this .

First, let's get out…

Just as Kang Chul-In was about to jump up with Arshelly in his arms .

"Ah . Right . "

A large figure was struggling to get control of its body because it was stuck under a boulder .

The appearance of it . . .

" . . . Are you a chicken?"

With a little exaggeration, seemed like a giant chicken .

-Krr… .

It was the Altaica, who had lost all of its fur due to the lightning . It stared at Kang Chul-In pitifully, as if saying that it was done for, so he should run away .

"Idiot, it seems like you've spent too much time watching action movies . "

Kang Chul-In laughed,

BANG-!

And destroyed the large boulder that was almost the size of a house .

"Lose… some weight . "

Kang Chul-In held up the Altaica, on his shoulders .

Even though it looked quite comical due to how big the Altaica was… it didn't matter to Kang Chul-In . They had to live first .

"Now, let's go . "

-Krr!

The Altaica roared happily, and Kang Chul-In's body shot up like lightning .

There was no more time .

Tens of thousands of boulders were falling into the canyon .

"I-It's collapsing!"

"Run!"

"W-We're done for…"

BANG!

The rocks started to crush the soldiers of Anatolia .

Hmph, just falling rocks .

Meanwhile, Kang Chul-In continued to dodge the falling obstacles, and managed to jump onto a wall .

And,

Tat!

Kang Chul-In's legs started to push off the wall,

" . . . !"

Lee Gong-Myung, who was watching this,

"He's… walking up the wall?"

Once again realized how terrifying Kang Chul-In was .

Kang Chul-In wasn't climbing up the wall, but rather walked on it, as if he was talking a leisurely stroll . No matter how Lee Gong-Myung thought, this didn't make sense . How did a human defy the laws of gravity?

But Kang Chul-In managed to do that, whilst carrying the Altaica, and holding Arshelly .

This is not the time to be surprised!

Lee Gong-Myung quickly snapped back to his senses, determined not to watch powerlessly as Kang Chul-In came up .

"Crossbows, ready!"

Lee Gong-Myung shouted .

Shii-!

50 crossbow bolts were fired, but none of them hit Kang Chul-In .

Finally, Kang Chul-In stood back up normally .

Tuk!

He had landed on flat ground now, and stood opposite to Lee Gong-Myung, with a cliff separating them .

"Huu…"

Kang Chul-In put down the Altaica, and breathed heavily . It wasn't easy for even Kang Chul-In to run up a wall while holding 1 . 5 tons .

"Lose some weight, kitty-cat . "

-Krr…

After saying this to the Altaica, Kang Chul-In once again turned towards Lee Gong-Myung .

"Lee Gong-Myung… let's have a chat, shall we?"

Kang Chul-In laughed and spoke .

At that very moment, Lee Gong-Myung felt chills down his spine .

It was a complete failure .

Forget about killing Kang Chul-In . Lee Gong-Myung had to worry about his own safety first .