Chapter 93
Translator: Leyy
Editor: Arya
Chapter 93 . Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Let’s fight, you stupid b.a.s.t.a.r.d!
…was what the letter started with, and it taunted Kang Chul-in, while giving off the message that Franz wanted to fight .
If you’re a man, then we’ll fight fair and square at the plains . The fight will be 3 days later, 1km in front of my territory, in the plains . The time will be at 10 am . Like a man, we’ll finish this off in one bout . I will only activate 8 of my Atlases, and use 21 of my Mechanic Knights, and will not use ‘any’ underhanded tactics whatsoever . You are allowed to bring up to 2000 of your soldiers . However, you’re not allowed to bring in any other Lords to this fight . Only fight with the power of you, and your territory . My 8 Atlases are the full strength of my territory, and if you are a ‘true man’, then I believe that you wouldn’t resort to calling in help from other Lords . How are my conditions? Do you like them? And do you dare fight against me? If you do have intentions of fighting, then put your thumbprint on this Soul Contract . If you do not agree to my conditions… I’ll call you a coward for eternity . From the Lord of the Mecha Dome territory, Franz . To: ****ing b*tch
“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 gla.s.s, 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, Vulca.n.u.s, 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 sc.r.a.ps 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 c.o.c.ked 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 b.a.s.t.a.r.d . ”
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 b.a.s.t.a.r.d… 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 pa.s.sed .
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 pa.s.sed .
“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 rus.h.i.+ng towards them with terrifying speed .
“W-What the h.e.l.l?”
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 p.i.s.ses 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 sc.r.a.p 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 .