The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 93

Translator: Leyy

Editor: Arya

Chapter 93 . Fools rush in where angels fear to tread

Let's fight, you stupid bastard!

…was what the letter started with, and it taunted Kang Chul-in, while giving off the message that Franz wanted to fight .

"This… he dares to talk in front of me about being a man?"

Crack!

The whiskey bottle that Kang Chul-in was holding cracked to pieces, unable to withstand Kang Chul-in's wrist strength .

"Milord!"

Lucia, who was looking at this, hurriedly wrapped a white handkerchief around Kang Chul-in's hands, afraid if they would bleed .

But they didn't bleed .

Leveling up 2 more times during the past few weeks he had been conquering and fighting against other territories, Kang Chul-in had the strength to shatter glass, and come out unscathed .

"Milord… this guy… is he a madman?"

Kwak-Jung laughed, looking from the side .

"This madman wants to crawl in front of us when we were thinking of ways to get him to come out of his small hole?"

It was as Kwak-Jung said .

While the Laputa territory was trying their best to try to make Franz come out of his territory, Franz himself invited Kang Chul-in to a frontal battle . It couldn't be any better for Laputa .

"It actually makes sense . "

Kang Chul-in said, and didn't laugh at Franz for being stupid .

"I'm guessing that he has probably upgraded his Atlases, and found ways to protect the joints of them . Or… maybe he has even done something stupid enough like putting 3 magic crystal into a single Atlas to amp up its power . "

And Kang Chul-in had unknowingly read what Franz was thinking .

"Anyway… limiting my army to 2000 in numbers, and getting rid of artillery too?"

Kang Chul-in laughed .

"And taunting me just in case I don't respond to this fight of his… He's tried to use his brain here . Going easy on me, before backstabbing me and my army?"

Kang Chul-in was confident, knowing of Franz's thoughts .

Kang Chul-in himself had just bought enough trolls and minotaurs to join his anti-Atlas army from the Lord shop, and had used the head of blacksmithing in Laputa, Vulcanus, to make armor for the 'anti-Atlas' army .

"Lucia . "

Kang Chul-in spoke .

"Quickly, go get the Soul Core of Laputa . "

"Yes, milord . I will go immediately . "

Lucia didn't care about the terms of the contract, and left to go get the Soul Core of Laputa; showing the trust and faith she had in Kang Chul-in .

"Nilus . "

This time, Kang Chul-in called on Nilus, who was the head of the mages and magicians in the territory .

"Yes, milord?"

"Are you able to use the spell: Blizzard?"

And at this, the other leading figures of the Laputa territory took in a deep breath, startled .

Blizzard was a 5 circle magic spell that caused a literal blizzard by causing the surroundings to freeze up and the temperature to drop, and was the spell amongst the 5 circle spells that was hardest to pull of, requiring lots and lots of mana .

"Of course, milord . Even if this lowly one is to sacrifice his life for this task, I am still willing to do so for milord's conquest!"

"… I don't remember asking you to sacrifice yourself . "

And saying this, Kang Chul-in looked at Michael, the head of the White Lion knights .

"Michael, you've picked up the scraps from the destroyed Atlas, right?"

"Yes, there was absolutely nothing left over . "

"And you should have picked up some Magic Crystal fragments too, right?"

"Yes, sir . "

"Then give them over to Nilus . They are of not much use to me, and Nilus using it to perform his magic will be much more effective . "

These Magic Crystals were a very important item to magicians and mages . Even if they had lost some of their power, they still were extremely useful .

"But… milord . "

The leader of the White Lion Knights, Michael asked .

"Is there a special reason that you ordered sir Nilus to use the spell Blizzard? If used in battle, there might be a real chance that it could do more damage to our allies rather than the enemies…"

But the answer came from Kwak-Jung, rather than Kang Chul-in .

"Uh… isn't the spell blizzard one where it literally causes snow, and hail?"

"Yes, that's right . "

"Well, then it's probably not going to be used in battle at all . It is going to be used as a smokescreen before the battle even starts . Am I right, milord?"

And Kang Chul-in nodded at Kwak-Jung's words .

"Not bad . "

"Kuku, it wasn't much . "

And at Kang Chul-in and Kwak-Jung's conversation, the other leaders of the Laputa territory cocked their heads to the side, not fully understanding what they were talking about .

"Milord, the Soul Core . "

And while they were still confused, Lucia handed the Soul Core of Laputa to Kang Chul-in .

BANG!

And using the Soul Core, he stamped it onto the Soul Contract that Franz had gave him .

"3 days, 3 days left . "

And Kang Chul-in spoke .

"3 days later, we will feast on our lunch inside their territory . "

It meant that he would take down Franz under an hour .

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The day of the fight, 9 in the morning .

As the frozen ground started ripping apart, a golden igloo-looking structure started rising from the ground . It was the appearance of the Mecha Dome, the territory that Lord Franz controlled .

First, the hangar of the Dome opened .

And inside were 7 Atlases that looked even bigger, and more upgraded than the Atlases that Kang Chul-in had fought before . And even the joints were covered with steel, meaning that the critical weakness it had before was now no longer there .

It was obvious that the Mecha Dome had spent almost all of its resources into upgrading these Atlases .

BANG!

And soon after, the front door to the Mecha Dome also opened, and Franz, allowing with his personal guards in the Mecha Knights came 'strutting' out, with pride .

"Huhu… just you wait, you stupid bastard . "

Franz walked into the middle of the plains with his Mecha Knights and his 7 Atlases . The last Atlas he had was nowhere to be seen, and was to be used as his Trump Card .

"First snow, huh…"

Looking at the snow-covered plains, Franz muttered .

It seemed like the night before, the first snow of the year had come .

And no, it wasn't the kind of snow that just poured down softly, but it was the kind of snowstorm that would happen once in a while .

"This snow-covered plains… will be reddened by the blood of our enemies by the end of the fight . "

Franz swore to himself .

The first to arrive to the battlefield was Franz .

"This rotten bastard… he wants me to wait?"

Franz swore in anger .

"Milord, please calm yourself . It is still 40 minutes before the promised time . But that doesn't really matter though, does it? After all, we will be the ones that will triumph in this frontal battle . "

"Y-Yes, of course . You're right . "

Nodding his head, Franz pretended that he still had patience . Of course, inwardly, he wanted to start the battle as soon as possible .

10 minutes passed .

The Laputan army didn't show up .

20 minutes .

Again, not a single ant showed up .

30 minutes .

Only a wild dog meandered around the snow-covered plains .

And… another 5 minutes passed .

"T-There! They're coming!"

Schneider, the leader of the Mecha Knights, pointed far away, to the horizon . And over there, there was something, something that was rushing towards them with terrifying speed .

"W-What the hell?"

And where Schneider was pointing there was a tiger the size of a whole house . It was the Altaica .

"W-Wait!"

"The one riding on top of it then…"

Kuoooo!!

The Altaica, that had found its enemy, started roaring at Franz . And the killing intent of the Altaica found its way to Franz, startling him .

"Eek…"

Startled and forgetting about his position as Lord, Franz hid behind Schneider, to protect himself .

"Hey, coward who can't stand even my mount . "

"Y-You… do you honestly think that even with that tiger of yours, you can win with just the two of you?"

"Hmm… I don't know? Do I really need a large force to beat a coward like you? Someone that pisses his pants just by looking at my mount?"

"Y-You… do you really think you'll be fine with taunting me like that!"

"Seems like you will live a long, happy life . "

And those words were the final nail in the coffin .

"K-Kill him! Go, go and bring his head to me!"

Franz shouted, losing his patience .

BANG! BANG!

And the Atlases, followed by 10 Mecha Knights started stomping their way towards Kang Chul-in and Lucia at a frightening speed .

90m… 80m… 70m… and 50m!

"Those pieces of scrap metal…"

"Crush them . "

And with those words, the ground suddenly split apart, revealing a hole . And the monsters waiting inside the hole came out, and started fighting the Atlases .