The Overlord of Blood and Iron

[Alright, now it’s time to decide . ]

Hecate’s threatening voice rang out through the magical voice amplifier .

[You, the loser with the two stars . Listen to what I say well . ]

“What’s that crazy bitch talking about!?” Major General cursed angrily .

Loser?

Was that something a Lord should be saying to an enemy commander?

[Oh, so you know? I am indeed a crazy bitch . ]

Hecate fired back .

[Do you want a taste of this crazy bitch?]

“Huk! D-Did you hear all . . . !”

[Then, did you think I wouldn’t?]

“ . . . ”

[My ship is advanced with magic engineering so it can pick up sounds like that easily . ]

“ . . . ”

[Anyway, that’s not important . Now, I’ll be giving you a choice . ]

“Choice? Are you telling me . . . to surrender?”

[Shut up and listen, you bastard . ]

“ . . . ”

[I’m an Overlord… or not . Right now, I’m basically a soldier . Sheesh, Kang Chul-In, that greedy guy… does he really not want to roll around with me?]

“ . . . ”

[Well, I’ll think about that later . . . ]

Hecate continued to speak after some grumbling .

[I’ll speak as the Mobile Shooting Commander and head of navy forces for the Valhalla Kingdom . ]

“T-That means . . . !”

[Yes, I’m speaking not as the ‘Overlord’ Hecate, but as one of the four generals under Kang Chul-In . ]

It was shocking news .

It was true that Kang Chul-In was the Supreme King of the West, a step above Overlord, but nobody could’ve expected that he would use Hecate, an Overlord, as his subordinate .

It was a terribly shocking incident from the Gullveig Coalition’s perspective .

[I’ll give you 10 seconds, so choose . ]

“10 seconds . . . ”

[You can surrender in that time span, or . . . ]

Hecate spoke in a threatening tone of speech .

[You can be ‘holed’ . ]

There were no negotiations .

It was either surrender or death .

[10 . ]

Hecate immediately began the countdown .

Damn it!

Thanks to her, the major general experienced the feeling of shit being scared out of him .

What should he do?

It wasn’t something that could be easily decided .

He could surrender to save himself, but his family wouldn’t be safe . His lord wasn’t that merciful a person .

It was clear that the Gullveig Coalition would ask his family to pay the price .

But it wasn’t like he had the courage to fight .

The opponent was Overlord Hecate, the dirty tempered, crazy bitch .

There were people who called her the ‘female Kang Chul-In’ . . . If they were even shot at 3 times by all 74 cannons, 222 cannonballs would fall on them like rain .

[9, 8 . . . ]

Hecate’s countdown continued while Major General Dust was hesitating .

However, Hecate suddenly uttered an unexpected word .

[Shoot . ]

“W-Wait! There are still 6 seconds . . . !”

The surprised Major General Dust tried to argue, but the 74 cannons on Temeraire were already gathering magical energy .

Vroom!

“You said you would give me 10 seconds!”

[Yeah . ]

“But why . . . !”

[Because I suddenly wanted to shoot?]

“ . . . !”

[Goodbye, loser . ]

“Hey, you crazy b . . . ”

Major General Dust tried to curse again at the unbelievable reason .

However-

[3, 2, 1!]

Hecate shouted, and 74 magically engineering cannons spewed fire .

[Fire!]

Ssssss! Pew pew! Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

They were shooting randomly .

It was a parade of cannonballs .

The firepower that no other Overlord had, not even Kang Chul-In, covered the Signoleon Fortress .

***

Kang Chul-In immediately headed for Dorian’s territory when he arrived in the Baldur region through the Warp Gate .

Punk .

He suddenly thought of Kwak Jung while he was resting on the branch of a tree .

With Kwak Jun existing, it was 99 . 9% possible that Kwak Jung wasn’t the real one, but he didn’t try to scout Kwak Jun .

He wasn’t disappointed nor did he try to push Kwak Jung out .

Because although there was a mistake, it was still Kang Chul-In that made the choice to recruit the current Kwak Jung .

I trust you, Kwak Jung .

Also, Kwak Jung’s recent strategies (they were more like underhanded tactics) were showing his growth, so Kang Chul-In didn’t need to bother himself trying to recruit another tactician .

Kwak Jung and Kwak Jun’s plan to attack the Baldur region to fight one-on-one against the Gullveig Coalition was the same .

Since he had Kwak Jung as his tactician already, it was proper etiquette of a Lord to trust him .

***

Boom, shatter!

A table made of the highest-quality marble broke into pieces .

“What?” Albrecht Vilhelm spoke in a low voice .

“T-That’s . . . ”

The sweating messenger didn’t know what to do in front of the angered Vilhelm .

“Say that again . ”

“Your Majesty . . . ”

“Now!”

It was a shout like thunder .

Vilhelm’s voice was so loud that the subordinates around him trembled in fear .

“T-That’s . . . Overlord Hecate took her ship Temeraire and took over the Signoleon Fortress, and . . . ”

The messenger soldier tried to muster all the courage he could .

“I’m reporting that the Valhalla forces took over three different paths that lead to the Esmeralda Territory . . . ”

“ . . . ”

“I-It’s a war… your Majesty . . . ”

The start of war .

And it had begun with the Valhalla soldiers’ first strike .

“He dares . . . ” Vilhelm growled .

“He dares to attack our coalition first? Even after he was punished like that at the Lords’ Meeting? Hahahaha!” Vilhelm laughed maniacally .

It was because even though Kang Chul-In had established a country in the Ishtar region, to fight with the Gullveig Coalition face on was quite foolish .

That was why the Gullveig Coalition had never imagined they would attack first .

Who would’ve guessed this?

“Kang Chul-In, he’s not exactly wise either . ” Vilhelm made a mocking smile .

“He starts a war without any reason? And with the weaker hand, at that?”

War wasn’t a game .

Attacking first and thinking later was something that only worked in a game .

A war without reason or a war for personal gain was something that wasn’t looked nicely upon by the global society .

Who would support Kang Chul-In with all the enemies he had?

“Fine . Let’s do this . ”

The anger in Vilhelm’s face had already faded away .

Obviously, even if they lost the Signoleon Fortress and lost 3 of their routes to Esmeralda, it was still advantageous to them .

Why?

With a few losses, he had gained a reason for going to war with Kang Chul-In, something that couldn’t be bought with all the money in the world .

“Messenger . ”

“Yes, your Majesty . ”

“Tell all the Lords in the Coalition that there is an emergency meeting . Also . . . ” Vilhelm’s eyes shined .

“Summon Brynhildr . ”

The Joker .

They couldn’t leave out the strongest card he had, the only card that could stand against Kang Chul-In .

***

In the south of the Baldur Region, in some isolated forest . . .

The main culprit that caused the entire continent to go into an uproar with war, Kang Chul-In, was eating rabbit meat by himself with a small fire .

Crackle, crackle!

“Should I have brought Podolski? Haaa . ”

Kang Chul-In licked his lips regretfully with the rabbit meat in his mouth .

He was going to join up with the forces at Dorian’s territory soon, so he wasn’t going to be alone for long, but it was true that being alone was boring . It was also terribly annoying to hunt to eat every time .

But what else could he do?

His absence meant that 30% of the Valhalla forces were gone .

“I’ll just have to eat whatever and eat a good meal when I arrive at his territory . ”

He tossed the rabbit meat into the fire and stood up . The rabbit must’ve been old because it felt like he was chewing on rubber .

“First, I need to take care of all those who are allied with Roth . . . ”

Just then, while Kang Chul-In was muttering to himself . . .

Ssss!

A large rock nearby started to shine with a white light .

“Hm?”

Kang Chul-In whipped his head around .

This was the effect of a warp gate activating .

That meant that that large stone was a dimensional door that connected Earth and Pangaea .

It seemed like someone, possibly an adventure, was entering Pangaea .

‘I better move . ’

Kang Chul-In began to walk away . There was nothing good that would come from being spotted by a random person . But . . .

Flash!

Swoosh!

Someone pointed their sharp blade at Kang Chul-In’s back .

“Kang Chul-In . ”

The adventurer spoke . It was a low and heavy voice .

“Keuk… oh well . ”

Kang Chul-In snorted like the situation was awkward .

It was a strange coincidence .

Why did they meet not on a battlefield, but in this isolated place?

“This wasn’t the Biforest Territory?”

Kang Chul-In turned around .

The only person that could be called his rival was glaring at him, though it was hard to tell with his helmet on, with Arondight raised .

“Brynhilder… I didn’t expect to meet you here . ”

“Neither did I,” Brynhildr replied, “But since we’re already here . . . ”

“You should put your sword away . ”

Kang Chul-In warned Brynhildr, who was starting to begin a fight .

“Unless you want to die . ”

“Die? Me?” Brynhilder responded like he was flabbergasted .

“I felt this last time, but your unfound confidence . . . ”

“Should I kill you?”

“ . . . !”

“Are you the type to come to your senses after your head is cut off?”

The murderous intent of a beast escaped from Kang Chul-In’s mouth .

Flinch!

For the first time in his life, Brynhildr experienced fear .

“I . . . ”

Kang Chul-In spoke with emphasis on his words .

“Am overflowing with power right now . ”

“ . . . ”

“I think I can cut your head off at any moment now… do you want to try?”

It was true .

The bright full moon shined through the clouds .

[The full moon has appeared!]

[Attack +20% increase!]

[Defense +20% increase!]

[Regenerative power +200% increase!]

Kang Chul-In was only a tiny bit more powerful than Brynhildr, but it was different while under the full moon . Right now, Brynhildr couldn’t even touch Kang Chul-In’s coattails .

“Kang Chul-In!”

Brynhildr grit his teeth .

“How… are you so strong? And in that short amount of time . . . ”

A master could realize a master was in front of them .

Brynhildr definitely noticed that Kang Chul-In was a lot stronger than when he saw him in the Deathwin Territory .

“I don’t know,” Kang Chul-in replied with a smirk . His murderous intent was gone .

“Are you curious? Then die . ”

“ . . . !”

“They say a dead man has no words . ”

That meant that in return for Kang Chul-In telling Brynhildr his secret, he would have to die .

Obviously, the buff of [Full Moon] was a business secret for Kang Chul-In .

“Yeah, you can die after knowing, or live not knowing . ”

“ . . . ”

“I’ll assume that you want to live . ”

Then, Kang Chul-In pulled out a sky-blue fruit called a ‘musk apple’ from his pocket . He wasn’t satisfied with the rabbit meat from earlier .

“How come?” Brynhildr asked Kang Chul-In, who was calmly biting into his apple .

“Why are you letting me live? I’m a danger to you . ”

“Didn’t I already say it? You’re a cormorant . ”

“Are you saying that I’m gonna bring you fish?’

“Seems like you googled it,” Kang Chul-In replied nonchalantly .

“Well, I suppose it’s a fish . ”

One part of the Trinity Impact, the Sonic Ring, was demoted to a fish in an instant .

“Anyways, I don’t want to cut the stomach of a goose that lays golden eggs just yet . ”

“ . . . ”

“I’ll kill you when the time comes, so don’t rush me . ”

Kang Chul-In was completely relaxed and sure of himself when he spoke to Brynhildr .

Crunch!

The sound of Brynhildr grinding his teeth could be heard .

He was also a martial artist .

Of course, he would get mad when the monster called Kang Chul-In mocked him .

And he became even angrier knowing that he couldn’t defeat Kang Chul-In right now .

“Then, I’ll see you next time . ”

Kang Chul-In turned away .

“Wait . ”

Brynhildr stopped Kang Chul-In .

“What are you doing here? You should be . . . ”

“You’re asking why I’m not on the eastern frontlines, no, the western frontlines from your guys’ perspective, right? And that’s why Vilhelm urgently called you . ”

“ . . . ”

“Sorry, but I’m not participating in this war . ”

“ . . . ”

“So, run around all you want . Although it won’t be easy . ”

From what he had seen so far, Kang Chul-In wasn’t trying to hide his location . Even if Vilhelm knew where he was, he wouldn’t do anything because he didn’t want a three-way war either .

“Why?” Brynhildr asked .

“How many times . . . ”

“Not about the cormorant talk . ”

“Hm?”

“Why are you causing a war? You probably already have a lot of money . ”

“Money?”

Kang Chul-In asked with a flabbergasted face .

“You… you think I did this for money?”

He had suddenly become an avaricious person .