Chapter 260

Chapter 260: Work, Rothschild!

In the Bifrost Territory’s Lords’ Hall . . .

Kw.a.n.g!

Vilhelm smacked the table loudly .

“Loss? We lost the battle?”

It was a voice filled with fury .

“Do you think that makes any sense?”

His anger was expected .

There were 20,000 of the Valhalla forces, but there were 70,000 of the Gullveig Coalition’s forces .

However . . .

The Goji battle, loss .

Their supply routes, cut off .

The Gongbang battle, loss .

The result of their battle was always a loss .

In one battle, they had been victorious, just barely, but the Valhalla forces had succeeded in escaping the net of the Gullveig Coalition like rats . Vilhelm was like a chicken that was chasing after a dog .

“A military without Kang Chul-In, and we have three times more their numbers, but… this can’t be!”

He was going crazy .

Whenever he tried to do something, Hecate would appear to throw her cannonb.a.l.l.s, and the Full Metal Dragon stopped whatever progress he was making .

And that wasn’t the end of it .

The magician called Ninetails swept away the Gullveig Coalition forces with a single attack .

It wasn’t like the Gullveig forces were just common humans, either .

The chimeras, fighter planes, and the machine squads from the Gullveig forces were clearly above the Valhalla forces .

But the fact that they had still lost . . .

“Is it because our army sucks, or because our enemies are too good?”

Vilhelm quietly muttered to himself .

“Kwak Jung . ”

It was then . . .

“His slyness is leading to our continual loss . ”

A man dressed in clothes that Chinese emperors wore spoke . It was Aoxin .

“The Valhalla forces are strong, but in my opinion, seeing the high-quality strategies, this can only be explained by . . . ”

“By . . . ?”

“That person called Kwak Jung . It’s clear that the Supreme King of the West’s tactician is at least 3 steps ahead of us . ”

“No way . ”

“Look at this . ”

Aoxin pointed at the map .

“Take a look at this battle . How many different paths could our forces take?”

“Aren’t there 4?”

“Then how about the Valhalla forces?”

“It probably depends on our army . ”

“Here, we blocked the Valhallans, and sealed their back routes, right?”

“Right . ”

“Alright, and look at how the Valhalla forces moved . It’s impossible to tell how they’ll move in the future, but we can track their movements now . ”

Aoxin marked the route that the Valhalla forces used .

“So, how is it?”

“T-This is!”

Vilhelm was completely taken aback .

“You’re right . ”

Aoxin nodded .

“From the beginning, this man has been moving with all our plans in mind . From the combination of our forces, and even their escape routes . ”

“T-This can’t be!”

“This Kwak Jung guy is a scary person . Isn’t it like going against A . I software and not a human?”

It made sense .

If Aoxin was right, Kwak Jung’s abilities were outstanding .

“Keup!”

“What should we do!?”

“If that Kwak Jung’s strategies are that amazing, we won’t get anywhere even by outnumbering them, yeah?”

“Isn’t this a big problem, Mr . Vilhelm?”

The Lords in the Gullveig Coalition started to murmur .

“Keup!”

Vilhelm coughed .

He felt like he knew why Kang Chul-In left him in charge .

A scary brain .

He had a subordinate who had the entire game board in his entire hand, so what would he have to worry about?

Kang Chul-In… how did he get such a person!

Vilhelm was genuinely envious . As a Lord who ruled over multiple people, of course he would be envious of his enemy .

“Your Majesty!”

Just as Vilhelm was being envious of Kang Chul-In, a messenger came with a report .

“The tactician of Lord Vito Clemenza, Kwak Jun, has requested for a call . ”

“Is that so?”

It was good timing .

He felt a migraine coming because of the boring war talk .

Also, he was curious why Kwak Jun, who was so amusing, wanted to contact him .

“Everyone, I’ll be right back . ”

Vilhelm immediately headed for the conference room .

***

[Have you been well, your Majesty?]

Beyond the screen, Kwak Jun greeted Vilhelm .

“You look good, Kwak Jun . ”

[It’s all thanks to your attention . ]

“Alright, so what’s up?”

[Like I promised, we dominated 5 of the territories . ]

“ . . . !”

[I contacted you because I thought that I showed you enough contribution . ]

“Huh . . . !?”

Vilhelm gasped in astonishment .

Five territories?

It was true that he hadn’t believed him when he said that he would dominate 3 territories in a week .

He had only funded them because he was amused, but . . .

“Is that possible?”

[If it wasn’t for your support, we wouldn’t have even dreamt of it . ]

Kwak Jun bowed his head modestly .

“No, of course not . ”

[Pardon?]

“People can’t just easily dominate territories with a million gold . Tell me, how was it possible?”

[That’s . . . ]

Kwak Jun shortly explained how he dominated the 5 territories to Vilhelm .

“Huh . . . !?”

Vilhelm was surprised again . It was because Kwak Jun’s strategies were surprising .

[It’s beginning now, your Majesty . ]

Kwak Jun spoke .

[We’ll continue to use the support you gave us to attack against the Baldur region . ]

“ . . . !”

[Please leave it to me, your Majesty!]

Just then, Vilhelm’s eyes flashed like a hawk .

It’s this person!

He needed someone to rival Kwak Jung . If it was someone who dominated 5 territories in less than 2 weeks, he felt like he would be able to stand against Kwak Jung .

“Kwak Jun . ”

Vilhelm spoke in a serious voice .

[Yes, your Majesty . ]

“Do you want to work under me?”

It was his greed .

The greed to have someone skilled under him . It was a desire that all Lords would have .

[I apologize . ]

But Kwak Jun immediately rejected Vilhelm’s offer .

“Why?”

Vilhelm’s voice was sharp .

“Vito Clemenza is . . . ”

He was going to say that Vito Clemenza was “just a Lord from the rural outskirts . ”

[Your Majesty, in the East, there’s a saying that goes like this:]

“ . . . ?”

[Goonsabuilchae[1] . It means that a Lord, teacher, and father are the same . I am loyal to Vito Clemenza . I understand you’re looking kindly upon me, but I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything . I apologize, your Majesty . ]

It was a firm rejection .

“But . . . ”

Vilhelm seemed to want to ask Kwak Jun again, but he quickly changed his att.i.tude .

“No, never mind . I apologize . I seem to have unintentionally tested your loyalty to Vito Clemenza, Kwak Jun . ”

[ . . . !]

“I sincerely apologize . ”

Unexpectedly, Vilhelm didn’t try to force it and apologized instead .

The rank 2 Lord who was the leader of a large scale coalition apologized!

[Y-your Majesty…!]

Kwak Jun’s words faded away like he was touched .

“Anyways, you’ve worked hard . It was worth it trusting you . I’ll leave it to you in the future as well, Kwak Jun . ”

[Of course, your Majesty!]

“But I have something I’m curious about . ”

[Please go ahead, sir . ]

“Why don’t you use your actual name? I heard you changed your name to Kwak Jung . ”

[That is . . . ]

Kwak Jun made an awkward face and explained the reason .

[Right now, Kwak Jung, the Supreme King of the West Kang Chul-In’s tactician, is more famous . ]

“Hm . . . ”

[When my fame is above Kwak Jung’s and the name ‘Kwak Jung’ only describes me, I’ll use that name . ]

That meant that this was a matter of pride .

“I hope that day comes soon . ”

[Thank you, your Majesty!]

“Then I’ll end the call now . I have an important conference . . . ”

[Can I say something before that?]

“Hm?”

[I heard that you’re struggling because of the Valhalla forces . ]

“ . . . !”

[During times like these, I think that it’s best to crush them with power . Right now, Kwak Jung’s strategy is to stretch out the war with small victories . He will now . . . ]

Kwak Jun began to speak about the key points of the Valhalla forces’ strategy .

***

Koong, koong!

It was early in the morning .

A large turtle with a castle on its back took its place on the Nürburg mountain .

“Get down, quickly!”

“Adventurers, this way!”

“Long-range attackers go to the back!”

All kinds of people came from Cyamodus castle .

There were about 200 of them .

They were adventurers that Rothschild had gathered . It was the squad that had been created to hunt the dragon .

“Squad, settle down!”

“Down!”

“Squad, rank and file!”

“Rank and file!”

That wasn’t the end of hunters .

After them, the greatest soldiers of the Cyamodus territory, about 2000 people, began to come down and get into their ranks .

On top of that, there were different magician squads .

The number of people that Rothschild gathered to capture the gold dragon was a colossal number .

“Soldiers!”

It was a clear voice that rang out .

Rothschild had appeared at some time and was shouting at the soldiers .

“Today, we have gathered to accomplish something that has never been done!”

He wasn’t wrong .

If you hunted a dragon, you could earn the t.i.tle “Dragon Slayer . ” It was a priceless t.i.tle that even money couldn’t buy .

Not only that, but they would also receive gold and silver pieces, the dragon heart, dragon bones, dragon scales, dragon meant, blood, among others .

Since it was a raid that they were risking their lives for, the rewards they would get certainly made up for it .

“We can do it!”

Rothschild shouted .

“We are strong, and we have numbers! We even have the Cyamodus!”

The turtle Cyamodus .

This gigantic monster with a castle on its back defended them and was the key point to lead their raid to success .

“Also . . . ”

Rothschild pulled out his last card .

“The adventurers that survive will all receive 4000 gold!”

The reactions of the adventurers were fired up .

“Wooohooo!”

“We can do it!”

“A dragon is all it is!”

“Anytime!”

Four thousand gold was almost 2 million dollars, so of course their reaction would be like this .

Of course, there would be some who died, but it was only a case of “maybe . ”

***

At the same time, about 1 kilometre away from where Rothschild’s forces were, Kang Chul-In was having a good time watching this scene .

“Yeah! Good job, Rothschild! That’s the way to go!”

“ . . . ”

The Team Browser members—Dorain Explorer, David Chrome, Sean Firefox, and John Safari—looked blankly at the happy Kang Chul-In .

They were only thinking of one thing .

Ugh, he’s my friend, but still . . . !

Kang Chul-In, I didn’t know he was that bad . . .

His personality . . .

What a scary human . . .

They realized once again how cruel and evil Kang Chul-In was .

“Hehe . . . ”

Not caring about what they were thinking, Kang Chul-In was half out of it thinking about stealing the gold dragon .

“Rothschild, you were my cormorant as well… hehe… yeah, giving me a present before you go… I’m so thankful that I don’t know what to do… k-keuk…! Work, Rothschild… work… work . . . ”

The intent of the evil king was too clear .

1 . He would take the rewards and the points from Rothschild just before he attacked the gold dragon .

2 . He would kill Rothschild to avenge his past .

3 . He would gobble up the dragon’s corpse .

It was a perfect highway robbery .

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