The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 291





After the black silhouette left,


“To think… he was an Aganaga…”


While remembering the strange meeting with his own species, Lee Ji-Tae walked . He was heading towards the Shatmayeba territory . He was planning on returning to Overlord Atal Ramanujan .


“Just…”


He had heard a slight explanation, but he still didn’t understand everything . Lee Ji-Tae, who prided himself on being smart, had never felt more confused than this . There was only one answer .


“Is… the only thing left for me to do… is eat people…?”


Consuming human brains . He realized why the Agnaga existed . Also, for the “abilities” that the black silhouette had spoken about, he would have to consume brains anyway .


“I suppose it doesn’t matter . ”


Lee Ji-Tae grit his teeth .


“If only I can take revenge… if I can avenge Alex…”


What did it matter? He had already gone over the edge . After his resurrection, whenever he felt starved, he consumed humans . There was nothing stopping him, who had already done what humans shouldn’t do . Also, he had managed to convince Atal Ramanujan to create the third entity, but they had already lost . He wasn’t in the position to be picky .


“The awakening of my abilities… ability awakening…”


Repeating those words, Lee Ji-Tae returned to the Shatmayeba territory . A monster who moved only with the mind to destroy Kang Chul-In, that was Lee Ji-Tae .


***


“Just… you… wait… Kang Chul-In…”


Brynhildr left in a mess .


The fancy white knight was nowhere to be seen . There was only the leave of a loser .


“W-what…?”


Dorian tilted his head seeing this .


“Hey, Kang Chul-In!”


“What?”


“What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”


“ . . . ”


“Hey… you should’ve said so if you were hurt… haa…”


“What kind of bullshit are you talking about suddenly?”


“Is it an untreatable disease? Hm?”


“Untreatable disease?”


“Yeah . ”


“On what grounds are you thinking that?”


Kang Chul-In asked, flabbergasted .


“Isn’t it obvious?”


Dorian replied .


“They say that people die when they start doing things that they didn’t do before!”


“ . . . ”


“Or if you have a chronic illness . ”


“Was that the reason?”


“Yeah . ”


Dorian nodded his head powerfully .


“The Kang Chul-In that I know is definitely not someone who’d save his enemies . ”


“ . . . ”


“Unless you were sick…”


It was true . Murder, arson, theft, breaking apart families, and more . Even from Dorain’s perspective, Kang Chul-In was a demon without any blood or tears . But that Kang Chul-In let go of a dangerous person like Brynhildr? He couldn’t believe it after seeing it .


“Tsk, tsk . ”


Kang Chul-In looked at Dorian pathetically .


“That’s why you’re stupid . ”


“I-I’m… stupid?”


“A mere sparrow wouldn’t know the meaning of a phoenix . ”


“T-that’s not fair!”


“I’m drawing a big picture . ”


“A big picture?”


“Shut up if you don’t know . ”


Kang Chul-In turned away from Dorian . It was because there was no way to explain that Brynhildr was going to bring him the Sonic Ring because he didn’t know about Soul Backup .


“Humph . ”


Dorain muttered .


“You should’ve taken the mask off at the very least . You just let him go…”


“Mask?”


“Yeah . ”


“Why would I take that off?”


“Because I’m curious!”


Dorain screeched .


“I don’t know what kind of guy he is that he keeps hiding himself . I saw earlier that he fixed his helmet first when he was getting up . ”


“Mind your own business . ”


Kang Chul-In smirked and scolded Dorian .


“If you have time to be curious about that, go train . ”


“Wow… aren’t you curious?”


“Not at all . ”


“Really?”


“Where would I use that knowledge?”


“ . . . ”


“It’s not like I’ll get money out of it or be able to use it like a servant . ”


“Wow… and I’m over here super curious . ”


Dorian sighed .


“What if he has burns all over his body?”


“Maybe . ”


“Or he’s seriously ugly?”


“Sounds likely . ”


“He might not even be human . ”


“That sounds right . ”


“Or perhaps he’s a girl?”


“Where did that come from?” Kang Chul-In frowned .


“Like a girl who dresses up as a guy . ”


“Then she could’ve just dressed up as a guy, but why would she wear a helmet?”


“That’s true…”


“Stop talking about useless things and let’s take care of them . ”


Kang Chul-In pointed at the Shatyameba forces .


“Oh, right . ”


Dorian scratched the back of his head and clenched his fist . Right, it wasn’t the time to make small-talk . It was time to fight . There were about 30,000 people of the Shatyameba army in front of them . It was impossible to kill them all .


Click! Kang Chul-In grabbed Kaiforce


I’ll finish it quickly and return .


His head was filled with thoughts about his family . He didn’t want to miss a family vacation because of work .


“W-wait!”


Kang Chul-In thoughts soon became reality .


“Supreme King of the West, please listen to me!”


A middle-aged man with medals on his chest stepped up . He had three stars . This man was a lieutenant general .


“Who are you?”


“Yes, your Majesty . ”


He replied .


“I am General Apu of the Shatmabeya forces . ”


“And what do you want?”


“That is…”


“If you’re trying to suggest I surrender, I’ll…”


“N-no!”


General Apu shook his hands frantically .


“It’s a misunderstanding!”


“A misunderstanding?”


“Yes, your Majesty! I wouldn’t dare perform an act of atrocity like suggesting you surrender!”


It was like he was saying…


“Our soldiers will be the ones to surrender . ”


“ . . . !”


“Please accept us with your benevolence that’s as deep as the sea!”


It was surrender .


The 30,000 man army was surrendering to Kang Chul-In .


“Why?”


Kang Chul-In was astounded .


“Why are you quitting? You’re the ones at an advantage right now . Even if I’m strong, it’s hard for me to deal with 30,000 of…”


“No, your Majesty!”


“No?”


“Yes!”


The general kneeled .


Thud!


It wasn’t just him .


Thud, thud, thud!


All of the soldiers began to kneel .


These crazy bastards?


War wasn’t a game, so why was this army of 30,000 all surrendering to him? This was the first time he had ever been so astounded in his entire life .


“Your Majesty!


Dopinder, who had surrendered first, bowed down in front of Kang Chul-In .


“May I, Dopinder, say something to your Majesty first?”


Tremble! His entire body was shaking like a tree in the wind . It was because of the pressure that Kang Chul-In was exuding .


“Speak . ”


Kang Chul-In nodded .


“General Apu is being genuine . Please accept them . ”


“Genuine…? What is the reason? Is there a reason to surrender to me, throwing away your children?”


“Yes, there is . ”


Dopinder replied .


“Your Majesty, there is no hope in the Shatmayeba territory . ”


“The reason?”


“The Shatmeyba territory is lacking in terms of arable land . Why else would they call a jungle a “green desert?”


“A green desert?”


“Yes, your Majesty . The Shatmayeba territory has a great population but 85% of the land is a jungle . ”


“Are you saying there’s nothing to eat?”


“Correct, your Majesty . ”


“Are you saying that even if you return, your children will starve to death… so you want to surrender to save yourselves?”


“I-It’s embarrassing but true…”


Kang Chul-In stroked his chin like he was thinking of something .


So Kwak Jung was right .


It was exactly as Kwak Jung said . Atal Ramujan had chosen to climb the mountain range rather than to starve .


“Your Majesty!”


General Apu was bowing his head towards Kang Chul-In again .


“Please accept us! We want to become your people!”


It was a genuine surrender .


“Please accept us, your Majesty!”


“Accept us!”


“We want to become your people!”


The army of 30,000 soldiers all shouted towards Kang Chul-In .


“Whoa…”


Dorian clicked his tongue .


“Kang Chul-In is getting soldiers without lifting a finger… haaa… what do they like about Kang Chul-In?”


Dorian couldn’t understand how normal people viewed Kang Chul-In .


“Well, fine . ”


Kang Chul-In nodded his head .


“I understand what you’re saying . I, the Supreme King of the West, will accept everyone as my people!”


Sure, there wasn’t any reason why he couldn\'t accept them . He could accept their surrender and help with the restoration of the Zolushka territory .


“Wooooooh!”


“We’ll serve you to our best ability!”


“Hurrah for the Supreme King of the West!”


“Cheers for the Valhalla Kingdom!”


The soldiers of Shatmabeya all cheered powerfully .


“Also!” Kang Chul-in continued, “it might be hard, but I’ll also accept your family! As soon as I can, I’ll get started with an operation to rescue your family, and if you can prove that you’re family, I’ll let them pass!”


It was a small act of generosity, but not to those who heard it .


“Y-your Majesty!”


“Keuk!”


“You’re a holy emperor, a true benevolent holy emperor!”


“Heuk… heuk heuk…”


The battlefield that was a sea of blood instantly became a sea of tears . All humans missed their families .


They felt grateful at Kang Chul-In’s goodwill .


***


A week passed after Lee Ji-Tae met Atal Ramnujan .


“Y-your Majesty…! Keuk…!”


Lee Ji-Tae bowed towards Atal Ramnujan and sobbed .


“I’ve committed a crime worth dying for! Please kill me!”


The responsibility of the battlefield was always the commander’s .


It wasn’t a strange thing for him to request for death since he was Atal Ramnujan’s head commander .


“No, of course not! Why would this be your fault!?”


Unexpectedly, Atal Ramanujan didn’t scold Lee Ji-Tae .


“This is definitely not your fault . Who could’ve imagined that Kang Chul-In would interfere!”


“Y-your Majesty!”


“No one could’ve expected it! I, you, and the people here didn’t know about Kang Chul-In’s arrival! The loss of the war isn’t just on you, but me as well!”


It was the truth . Even though Lee Ji-Tae was the prime commander, he received orders from the Lord, Atal Ramanujan . Reasonably speaking, it wasn’t anyone’s fault in particular .


“Get up, Lee Ji-Tae!”


Atal Ramnanuhan got up from his throne and raised Lee Ji-Tae .


“Your Majesty…”


“If it wasn’t for Kang Chul-In, it was a strategy that would’ve been greatly successful . His interference is like a natural disaster, so how can I hold you responsible for that?”


“Keuk!”


Lee Ji-Tae cried . Actually, it was more like he was pretending to cry, but . . .


“It’s too early to give up, Lee Ji-Tae . ”


“ . . . !”


“You planted the dream of the north in me . You’re also the person who helped me become royal . Stand up . We were just unlucky . You can try again . I’m planning on giving you more chances!”


“I-Is that true?”


“Of course! You’re the commander who took over the Chamonix mountains in less than a week . If I throw you away because you dally once, everyone in Pangaea will laugh at me, Atal Ramanujan!”


Atal Ramnujan seemed to be able to make wise decisions . Of course, it wasn’t a good one this time . It would’ve been better for him to kill Lee Ji-Tae however he could .


“Alright, I have something to say to you . ”


Atal Ramanujan led Lee Ji-Tae .


“I’ve prepared good wine, let’s go!”


“You’re too kind, your Majesty!”


Atal Ramanujan made a gesture of encouraging Lee Ji-Tae . This meant that he knew how to take care of his underlings pretty well, but . . . There was a scary smile on Lee Ji-Tae’s face .


***


In Atal Ramanujan’s office .


“Isn’t it not that bad of a loss, anyway?”


Atal Ramnujan poured a drink, alone with Lee Ji-Tae .


“With this war, we were able to decrease our population by about 50,000 people, Lee Ji-Tae . ”


“Y-Yes, that’s true . ”


“We were lacking in food, anyway . Shouldn’t we be happy that we don’t have to feed 50,000 mouths?”


It was a cold statement . How could he say that about his soldiers unless he just considered them his workers?


“Thanks to…”


Atal Ramanujan continued to speak . No, he tried to continue, but he couldn’t .


Puk! Tentacles that came from Lee Ji-Tae pierced Atal Ramanujan’s body .


“Kuk!”


He gasped .


“J-just… w-what are you… doing… Lee Ji-Tae…?”


“I don’t know?”


Lee Ji-Tae smiled faintly .


“An experiment, if you will . ”


“E-experiment…!?”


“An experiment about what would happen if I absorb your brain?”


“ . . . !”


“If I succeed…”


“ . . . !?”


“I’ll become a Lord . It’ll be the first case of an adventurer becoming a Lord . ”


As soon as he was done speaking, the tentacles began to dig deep into Ramnujan’s body .


Wriggle!



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