Chapter 208
Chapter 208: The Counterattack (1)
“You b.i.t.c.h!” The Rothschilds got up while swearing at her .
“You dare interrupt me… . ”
However, they could not finish their sentences .
Chak!
Arsh.e.l.ly approached the Rothschilds at an incredible speed, and slapped their cheeks with full strength . The Rothschilds did not even see her coming .
“Argh!”
They vomited blood and tumbled about .
“It won’t be pretty . ”
“…”
“As my Father once told me, clubs work well for mad dogs!” Arsh.e.l.ly shouted pithily .
“F-Father?” Rothschild sensed something peculiar from Arsh.e.l.ly’s words .
From what he knew, Kang Chul-In’s daughter was barely even a kid, not to mention a beautiful grown-up lady .
And yet, Father?
Did she just grow up exponentially in just a few months?
“I will kill you…!”
Well, it didn’t matter .
Whether the beautiful lady in front of him was or was not Kang Chul-In’s daughter, it changed nothing .
What mattered more was that he was now enraged, and wanted to shred the girl into pieces .
Oooohng!
Powerful mana was imbued into the long swords of the three Rothschilds .
“I will just make you explode then!”
Three ma.s.sive b.a.l.l.s of energy were fired at Arsh.e.l.ly . Even in one glance, it appeared to be a dangerous attack .
However,
Paaanggg!!!
Arsh.e.l.ly summoned a half-transparent barrier, negating all of Rothschilds’ attacks . The energy b.a.l.l.s disintegrated completely .
“N-No way!” The Rothschilds were stunned .
“How can you even use such high-cla.s.s magic without any casting…!?”
They were bound to be surprised .
Even the highest-level magician had to cast his/her spell before using magic .
“Your clones are no match for me!”
“…!”
“These dolls that are made from wicked sorcery . . . I will destroy all of them!” Arsh.e.l.ly exclaimed and charged towards the Rothschilds .
Flas.h.!.+
A blinding beam of rainbow shone .
Flap!
A pair of white, angel-like wings emerged from Arsh.e.l.ly’s back, boosting her speed .
In an instant, Arsh.e.l.ly’s sword sliced through the Rothschilds’ waists diagonally!
“Keu-akkkk!!!”
The three Rothschilds screamed simultaneously and fell onto the ground .
***
In a deep secret chamber in Esmeralda,
“Kuhuk!” The real Rothschild vomited out a ton of blood .
“Huk… Huk… Huuuuk…!” After repeated rounds of vomiting blood, he could hardly breathe .
The damage was enormous .
He did expect to lose two or three clones but to end up losing four whole clones was something he failed to see coming . Hence, It wasn’t surprising for him to be heavily affected .
[A penalty of a 60% downgrade to all abilities is given due to the destruction of clones . (Remaining clones: 0)]
[500P are lost due to weakening of the Overlord . ]
[Overall ranking dropped from 11th to 44th place . ]
If anything, the penalty was small .
Rothschild recalled how he suffered from a 70% downgrade penalty when he lost his first clone . In comparison, a 60% penalty for four lost clones was definitely decent .
However… That wasn’t even the most significant penalty .
[Clone production is unavailable for some time due to the simultaneous loss of many clones . (Cool time: 8,760 hours)]
An excruciatingly long cool time was given .
“O-One year?” Rothschild freaked out at the status screen .
In fact, he despaired .
“T-This can’t be! O-One year?! This is bulls.h.i.+t! No, No!” His cry of despair reverberated in the secret chamber .
“N-No! S-Solution, I have to find a solution!!!” Rothschild, half-insane, mumbled to himself .
The Absolute Return Scroll had already been used, and no clones were left . Rothschild only had his own body .
He no longer had any safety net to ensure his survival .
Thus, he became anxious and started to shudder .
“F-First, I have to abandon this place . What’s the time right now…?”
Rothschild was currently facing Albrecht Vilhelm after taking over the Esmeralda territory .
Vilhem was bound to notice Rothschild’s drop in rank when it updates at midnight . He would definitely lead an army to attack Rothschild .
That was not all .
“Kang Chul-In… If that b.a.s.t.a.r.d comes to get me…?”
If he lost to Vilhelm, he could still run away after forfeiting the Esmeralda territory . However, that was not the case for Kang Chul-In . That man would definitely be eager to murder Rothschild after his war .
Rothschild shuddered at this fearful thought .
Since his plan to attack the empty Laputa had failed, all he could do was to conceal his body for at least a year to ensure safety from Kang Chul-In .
If Kang Chul-In killed his main body, it was game over .
***
Swishhhh!
A crimson flame swallowed the entire area .
Hwaleuk, Hwaleuk!!!
A pillar of fire shot up .
Like a snake’s tongue, the flames quickly wrapped around the undead monsters .
Tadak, Tadak!
The burning undead monsters could not feel pain, but they could not stop their bodies from turning into soot .
Good!
Kang Chul-In, who was observing from far, was greatly satisfied at the firepower of these Flame Atlases . He was confident of victory .
At this rate, the third peak would soon belong to him as well .
However,
“W-What!”
“My G.o.d…!”
“Unbelievable…!” The frontline soldiers could not hide their shocked expressions .
“N-No way!” Drakan’s soldiers who were breathing dragon fire next to the Flame Atlases were also astonished . Something incredible was happening .
“Kelkelkelkel…”
“Keuh…!”
“We are… the immortal soldiers…! Even the flames…cannot stop us…!”
“For his Majesty Aleister…”
Shockingly, the undead monsters appeared unaffected by the enormous flame, even though they were clearly on fire .
“T-They don’t burn?” Drakan wondered what was going on .
Even a kid knew that undead monsters were weak to fire, but the enemy troops steadfastly charged forward, as if they were proving that fact obsolete .
Hwaleuk, Hwaleuk!!!
Meanwhile, the flames became stronger, but the undead monsters continued to increase their movement speed . It appeared almost as if the fire was making them stronger instead of burning them into a crisp .
“Mortals… Come to the underworld…”
“We are the immortal soldiers…”
“Long live the dead!” Underworld monsters charged at the Laputan soldiers, with their whole body on fire .
“Arghh!”
“W-What even…!”
“It’s hot… Hot!”
The front line of the Laputan army was engulfed in chaos .
The undead monsters of Aleister were now walking flamethrowers . Instead of being burnt to crisp, they were attacking using their burning bodies .
“Ah!”
“S-So hot!”
“Argghh!”
Screams could be heard everywhere .
There was no doubt that Laputa’s army was an excellent one, but what could the soldiers do against charging bodies of fire?
Even the slightest touch could cause ma.s.sive burns . The soldiers had no choice but to back off .
“Oh?” Kang Chun-In seemed interested . Despite his failed plan, he did not lose his composure .
“You created those things? Seems like you’ve gone all out, Aleister . ”
To be honest, he was surprised to some extent .
“Rather than to simply be annihilated by fire, why don’t we compose an army with fire-resistant skeletons?”
Kang Chul-In recalled his past conversation with Aleister .
It was when the two of them first formed an alliance after the third Overlord meetings .
“Skeletons may be resistant to fire, but their defense is…”
“That’s true . ”
“Just 15 levels more and I can make an undead army with full fire resistance . ”
“Are you saying it’s possible?”
“Even making fire-type skeletons may not be impossible . ”
“Hmm… Is ma.s.s production possible then?”
“Well it is, but the problem lies in the cost, not the levels . I need firestones to make these skeletons, but as you know they cost… . ”
“…”
“Beggars like us can’t be choosers . Forget about the high-cla.s.s units, let’s just stick to the regular ones . If they burn, they burn . Yikes!”
‘Igniter’ .
That was the name for these fire-type undead monsters that a level 100 Necromancer could create using firestones .
It was too extravagant a unit for Aleister, who was not even level 70, to make .
“Rothschild probably sponsored the firestones… What about the levels? Did he break through some limit?” Kang Chul-In smirked .
Out of desperation, Aleister probably spent much effort to make the Igniters, to negate the critical counter to the undead monsters . He apparently managed to break through his limit in the process .
“Overlord Kang Chul-In! Today is the day we roast you in our immortal army’s h.e.l.lfire!”
A voice of an undead rang across the peaks .
“Quidor . ”
Kang Chul-In immediately identified the origin of the voice .
Quidor was a faithful servant of Aleister who achieved great feats during the Ragnarok in the past .
“Your Majesty!” Kwak Jung exclaimed anxiously, pointing at the back of the Igniter troop .
“Enemy reinforcements! Rough estimates show at least 5000! At this rate our army may suffer extreme damage… . ”
“No . ” Kang Chul-In shook his head .
“Tell the men to move back slowly, but there is no retreat . ”
“Your Majesty?”
What Kang Chul-In said subsequently was even more shocking .
“Discard the Flame Atlases . ”
“T-Those expensive units… . ”
“We can retrieve them back soon, so why are you so surprised?”
“But Your Majesty, there are so many enemy soldiers and those burning Undeads… . ”
“Hold it there . ” Kang Chul-In raised his hand and stopped Kwak Jung .
“Do not be rash . ”
“Your Majesty?”
“In a situation like this, a commander without composure will cause his entire army to collapse . ”
“…”
“The best move is to take advantage of our army’s composition . Our soldiers are fully capable of fighting against them . ”
“Y-Your Majesty…!” Kwak Jung s.h.i.+vered .
What composure…!? How can he be so calm in these circ.u.mstances?
Kwak Jung could never understand how this man, Kang Chul-In, appeared to be so calm even in the midst of a crisis .
“I will show you . ” Kang Chul-In told Kwak Jung, grabbed the loudspeaker and started commanding the army .
“Arkellon, to the frontlines!”
“Ah!” Kwak Jung came to a sudden realization .
Arkellon were water-type monsters that could sufficiently counter the fire-type Igniters . Kwak Jung failed to take his own army’s composition into account .
“Nilus, unleash the water-type attacks! Blizzard, Ice Bolt, anything is fine! Just spam everything!”
“Yes, your Majesty!”
Upon hearing the command, Nilus instructed his magic troop to bombard the enemy with water-type attacks .
“I-It worked! But the enemy’s firepower is still…”
“It’s true that this is not enough . ”
“Yes, Your Majesty . ”
Kang Chul-In turned around to look at Kwak Jung .
“You finish it up . ”
“…Your Majesty?”
“Since the enemy troops are using fire as their weapon, doesn’t it make sense to just extinguish it? Summon the rain and tarnish their morale . ”
“H-Ha ha, your Majesty~! That’s a nice joke . How can I summon rain in this clear sky?”
“That . ”
Kang Chul-In pointed at the White Rain Fan, an epic item that Kwak Jung had been holding just for show .
“No point wasting that expensive item . ”
“ . . . ”
“Hurry . ”
“Y-Your Majesty… . ”
Kwak Jung looked almost as if he wanted to cry .