Chapter 155
155 Part 1
Green Skin 155 Kim Donghyun
[The bait has been cast . ]
[So we just need to wait for him to bite?]
[It will not take long since he has a quick temper . I received a report that he went out of the castle, and he must have gone to that woman . ]
While I could not know the city’s situation, Jang Ye Ri’s confidence told me that Jang Gi Hoo had bitten the bait . She sounded gratified, implying that she had landed a hit . While we could only respond as they were the ones who chose the timing, my plan would not fail since their destination was clear . The problem was that Jang Ye Ri did not know my plan yet, as I had formulated it after Hakajin and Lee Wanyong had thought of a good idea . Jang Ye Ri spoke to me as I fell silent .
[You can come up the prepared pa.s.sageway immediately after the events occur . ]
[It’s not possible . ]
[……]
Jang Ye Ri was now the one who became silent, and while I thought she might be disappointed, it did not mean that I would not help .
[We will not reveal ourselves, and you and your brother will be the only ones seen by those at the site . ]
I thought she would understand what I meant if I told her this, and I immediately continued to speak since she might speak up .
[Us Green Skins will not officially intervene in this battle, and you will become a revolutionary hero of the East instead of a denounced witch . ]
[That’s unnecessary…]
[It’s not, Jang Ye Ri . I am a calculating and greedy demon, and I will need you after everything ends . The possibility you have shown me was something I had dreamed of, and it is my goal . ]
While I might have been a bit overboard, I was not wrong . I could not hear Jang Ye Ri’s voice, and I spoke to her again as I thought this might be the time to pound the nail in .
[I want you . ]
[You- you really are greedy . ]
It was probably the first time I heard Jang Ye Ri stutter .
[We will talk more after everything ends, as the night is deep . ]
Jang Ye Ri immediately ended the communication, and while I could not help it if she refused, Jang Ye Ri would be an invaluable a.s.set for my future . The North and the West will clash, and if I could pressure the Crusaders to the East, I was sure I would be able to restrict their movements .
I looked around after I ended communications, and everyone was waiting, poised for battle . We were in Huber, a small city under Hadum . Jang Ye Ri’s clan, including Park Han Cheol and the Greenbelt Clan, would be waiting inside the castle, and we would be waiting underground . Everyone’s breath was rough from excitement . Goff was especially emitting red light while Black Spear was calmly waiting . I opened my mouth as I stared at them, as we could not let our guard down as Jang Ye Ri had cast the bait .
“We should wait in our positions . ”
“Grrr, understood, Blood Dagger . ”
“We will move to our positions . ”
They smiled without questioning me, and while I was not sure whether Goff and Black Spear would win this fight, I could only trust them . We had finished preparations, and I never took on a losing battle . I opened my mouth again as they turned their backs on me to go to their positions .
“Do not die . ”
“I will not lose . ”
“Same to you…”
The first one to speak was Goff and the second Black Spear . I did not feel fear from their backs, and terror and tension were not the moods . Expectation hung in the air, and it was clear that my brothers antic.i.p.ated the battle .
I also led my members to their a.s.signed positions, and while I could not bring Mev and young children, I had taken the least number of forces for defense . We moved to the north gate of Hadum and finished preparing for battle on the spot Hakahin had designated for us .
I brought four weapons, the Ancient Flame, the Rotten Spear of Yggdrasill, a large longsword, and the Dainsleif . I would reinforce defense with the Ring of Aegis .
There was a chance we could win, and I was not Kim Taesung of the past nor the Blood Dagger that had lost to Park Hyeri of the Spider Clan .
I closed my eyes . They would give me a sign when things began, and I continued to think from the tutorial battle to the most recent Eastern raids . I also thought about my experiences as a human .
Hakajin, Orbo, Gark, Hark, and the loudest goblin sisters all held their breath . We spent two days until the communications we waited for arrived .
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Kim Donghyun was one of the powerful who had settled in the south gate of Hadum . He received immense benefits after the fallen king of Hadum took his place and represented Hadum in power . While his body became heavier from extensive peace, Kim Donghyun thought of himself as one of the powerful .
155 Part 2
He could not help but let his body get more ma.s.sive, as hunting and monster battles bored him . He was buried in peace, or more specifically buried in power and his possessions . Kim Donghyun did not need to feel hunger as he had at arrival, and he could have any woman he wanted . Race, breed, and whether they were married or not did not matter, nor did he need to hide his contorted desires .
If Kim Donghyun wanted to see people kill each other, he only needed to bring them in . Also, if he wanted to see a woman r*ped by a monster, he again could do that . He could get anything from children’s flesh to money .
It was the same now, and Kim Donghyun was watching two naked women stand in front of each other with daggers in their hands . The room was covered in blood, which showed how often similar things had happened here .
“I’m sorry, unnie…”
“I’m sorry, too . ”
A beast was drooling in chains next to the women, and while it could not understand human language, it would show much more stimulating responses due to that . While Kim Donghyun’s recent hobby was to watch that beast chew on humans, today’s game was disappointing . They seemed to have been slaves close to one another, as their attacks towards each other were lukewarm .
“Today’s not interesting . ”
His subordinates standing next to him nodded at his remark, and the guard in front unleashed the chains so the beast rushed at the women .
“Ahhhhh!”
“Unnie! Ahh! Please, let me live! Master, have mercy!”
“Please forgive me, master! Give me one more chance!”
Screams rang out with blood and intestines, and while the sight amused him, it did not interest Kim Donghyun much because he had become too used to it . Kim Donghyun opened his mouth again with a raised hand .
“Next . ”
“Understood . ”
Kim Donghyun wished for the girls to be more interesting than those before, and the women who had come this time looked determined perhaps from looking at how the two women before them met their ends . While their faces were pale, their expressions as they tightened their hold on the daggers to survive were notable .
“Now, things get more interesting . ”
Kim Dong Hyun liked them with the will to survive, expressions that tried to defy death or rise by killing others . He had been about to start this evil game by raising his hand when he heard a voice .
“It is treason . ”
“Hmm…”
“Jang Ye Ri has committed treason . ”
“I thought that b*tch would start something up, and it’s disappointing that this happened when things were about to get interesting . Take your weapons, as we need to protect our fallen king, who has prepared such a place for us . ”
“Would this not be a chance if Jang Ye Ri is alive?”
Kim Donghyun slowly remembered Jang Ye Ri, and while he had not seen her face up close because she had on a hood or a hat, she had been a beauty . It was inevitable he would find delight in imagining how the princess would act in a cage full of beasts, or he would throw her amidst beasts in heat .
Kim Donghyun stroked the subordinate’s head to praise him for his good idea and moved quickly .
“We will hurry up . The king might grant us that b*tch if we’re the first to arrive and control the situation…”
“Yes, the preparations will be completed soon . ”
It had been a long time since he had worn his armor and shield . Kim Donghyun swung his mace in the air because touching the heavy weapon reminded him of his heyday .
“You still got it, boss . ”
Kim Donghyun was confident because while he only trained once in a while now, unlike before, he still had magic, muscles, and the memories of battle . He got out of his castle . The quality and quant.i.ty of the slaves have fallen a bit after Somorah fell, and while he was not dissatisfied, his subordinates seemed to be going through a rough time .
The rest seemed to be thinking the same thing, as those who had been protecting the gates were quickly going out . Kim Donghyun had thought that everyone was twisted when he heard a loud explosion .
The ground shook a little from the explosions ringing everywhere at once, and the sounds came from near the Hadum’s gates . Kim Donghyun could not see the effects of the explosions to think of them as a trap .
‘No, that’s not right . ’
The explosions had not been used for direct hits, and they were occurring beneath his feet .
“Everyone! Protect yourselves!”
“Yes, boss . ”
The roads crumbled, but there should be no damage to his subordinates as no one under him would be hurt by falling from a height . Kim Donghyun thought they would only be bruised by protecting their bodies with magic . He thought there was little damage despite the loud noise when he began to hear a drum roll .
Kim Donghyun was surprised to see an ogre with large teeth right in front of him .
“What is this…?”
Of course, there was no answer, and instead, Kim Donghyun heard an ogre’s trademark shout . He instinctively gulped .
“Grrrrrrrrr!”