Chapter 166
Chapter 166: Shall We Have a Chat?
Become his subordinate?
. . . That was absolutely ridiculous .
The relations.h.i.+p between Lee Gong-Myung and Alex Rothschild was akin to that of Kang Chul-In and Alfred .
As proof of this, in the past when Alex Rothschild had fallen to the bottom multiple times, Lee Gong-Myung had never left his lord . He had always kept his loyalty .
To Lee Gong-Myung, Kang Chul-In’s offer was mocking him . It was taking Lee Gong-Myung’s loyalty towards Alex Rothschild lightly .
But Kang Chul-In needed to keep Lee Gong-Myung busy for the time being .
Why?
It’s the full moon…
It was because of the moon behind Lee Gong-Myung’s back .
As long as he was able to activate this ability that he had absorbed from Alaric, he would be able to get out of this canyon alive .
Even ignoring the increase in defense and damage, the increase in regeneration would definitely be able to get his mana and stamina back to normal .
Not only would he manage to get out of here alive, he could also manage to strike back against Lee Gong-Myung .
But maybe it was because the moon wasn’t fully up, or maybe because the fog was blocking the moonlight, but the ‘Full Moon’ ability didn’t activate .
Due to this, Kang Chul-In decided to ramble on about Lee Gong-Myung joining him and wasted some time .
[The full moon is rising… 99 . 8% . . . ]
[The full moon is rising… 99 . 9% . . . ]
Thanks to this, Kang Chul-In was able to buy enough time .
While he was doing that,
You’re thinking of hitting me with thunder, aren’t you, Lee Gong-Myung?
Kang Chul-In was able to guess what Lee Gong-Myung would do .
Even though Lee Gong-Myung was truly a smart person, Kang Chul-In had something that was even better than that, which was knowledge from the past .
Kang Chul-In was aware that Lee Gong-Myung’s abilities were what earned him the nickname of ‘Weather Controller’ .
He also knew that Lee Gong-Myung was able to summon thunder in order to strike a certain area . It was a pattern that he had experienced countless times in his previous life .
It won’t work, though .
Funnily enough, Kang Chul-In had just absorbed the ‘Spellthirst’ ability from Sheville Polansky . He wouldn’t take any damage from the blast of lightning .
Actually, it was good for him .
Electricity?
He could take it while laughing .
As long as he had the Spellthirst ability, there was no need to fear Lee Gong-Myung’s abilities .
Sorry, but… looks like I’ll have to activate my trap card .
Before the Full Moon ability was activated, Kang Chul-In smiled .
Kang Chul-In felt excited .
Since he had a way to completely negate all of Lee Gong-Myung’s cards and reverse the situation, he was naturally excited .
After all, it brought him immense joy since he was able to strike a blow against the famed genius strategist that was Lee Gong-Myung .
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A white flash streaked past the soldiers, and almost 1 billion volts struck Kang Chul-In head-on .
BANG!
With a terrifyingly loud noise that seemed to be able to rip apart the eardrums of a human, tens of thousands of sparks started to fly around the narrow canyon . It was truly a terrifying and peculiar sight .
“What is…”
“The lightning… isn’t touching us?”
The soldiers of Anatolia couldn’t come to their senses immediately .
It was a strange phenomenon .
Even though the aftershock of the lightning caused immense energy to surge up, the soldiers of Anatolia weren’t harmed at all . They hadn’t been affected whatsoever .
“What’s going on…”
“I thought for sure I was dead…”
Unaware of what just happened, the soldiers tilted their heads in confusion .
“Don’t tell me…”
At that moment, the eyes of one of the soldiers widened, as if he had realized something .
“The reason that strategist Lee had told us not to move… Was it because of this? This was all his doing?”
And as proof,
“L-Look over there…”
“They’re dead…”
Some of the soldiers that didn’t follow Lee Gong-Myung’s orders and stepped somewhere else had turned into ash .
“Amazing… I wonder just how powerful strategist Lee is…”
The soldiers of Anatolia were extremely shocked and praised Lee Gong-Myung’s abilities .
“Why are you so surprised?”
But at that moment, a voice of someone that shouldn’t be alive was heard .
“ . . . !”
“ . . . !”
“ . . . !”
And the faces of the soldiers started to stiffen in shock .
“H-How…?”
“He’s alive… even after being hit by that?”
It wasn’t just the soldiers of Anatolia that were safe from the lightning strike .
“Feels like a ma.s.sage . ”
Kang Chul-In murmured .
Pzzt, Pzzt!
Although Kang Chul-In didn’t activate Overdrive, sparks were flying all around his body . It was because he had absorbed the power from the lightning .
Amazing .
Kang Chul-In was shocked at his current state .
From head to toe, he felt incredible .
In this state, he could show off 60% of the power he could in his peak .
“Hu…”
Kang Chul-In sighed, and stared at Lee Gong-Myung .
“You… today is your funeral . ”
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Lee Gong-Myung was so shocked that he couldn’t speak .
“What the…?”
Even though Lee Gong-Myung had terrifying foresight, he couldn’t see through the man that Kang Chul-In was .
Truth be told… he was even doubting whether Kang Chul-In was human or not .
“You… today is your funeral . ”
When he heard these words, Lee Gong-Myung realized he was in trouble .
Danger!
The Overlord Kang Chul-In was a man that had broken through the lines of the 10,000 man Anatolian army by himself, and survived .
He had also completely exterminated the elites of Baruk Al-Yusuf .
So when this terrifying man stared at him and declared that today was his funeral, Lee Gong-Myung panicked .
We have to break it!
At this moment, an idea popped up in Lee Gong-Myung’s head . This was the final card he had prepared .
“Use the detonator!”
Lee Gong-Myung shouted .
“Sorry?”
The soldiers that had the detonator asked Lee Gong-Myung .
“T-There are 2,000 of our allies down there…”
“We will all die!”
“ . . . !”
“If we don’t kill Kang Chul-In right now, we will all die together! Is that what you want!?”
“O-Okay…”
Even though the soldier hesitated, he didn’t disobey Lee Gong-Myung’s orders . He also didn’t want to die .
Bang!
An explosion occurred,
Bang! Bang!
And started to set off a chain reaction .
Finally,
The ground started to shake, and the canyon itself started to rumble, before rocks that were tens and hundreds of tons started to fall like meteors .
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"Pfft-!"
But even still, Kang Chul-In was calm .
“You think I wouldn’t have guessed that you"d do that?”
They say that a rabbit dug 3 holes just in case of danger .
And in Kang Chul-In’s eyes, Lee Gong-Myung wasn’t just a rabbit, but rather a sly fox .
It was as expected of Lee Gong-Myung to do something like this .
First, let’s get out…
Just as Kang Chul-In was about to jump up with Arsh.e.l.ly in his arms .
“Ah . Right . ”
A large figure was struggling to get control of its body because it was stuck under a boulder .
The appearance of it . . .
“ . . . Are you a chicken?”
With a little exaggeration, seemed like a giant chicken .
-Krr… .
It was the Altaica, who had lost all of its fur due to the lightning . It stared at Kang Chul-In pitifully, as if saying that it was done for, so he should run away .
“Idiot, it seems like you’ve spent too much time watching action movies . ”
Kang Chul-In laughed,
BANG-!
And destroyed the large boulder that was almost the size of a house .
“Lose… some weight . ”
Kang Chul-In held up the Altaica, on his shoulders .
Even though it looked quite comical due to how big the Altaica was… it didn’t matter to Kang Chul-In . They had to live first .
“Now, let’s go . ”
-Krr!
The Altaica roared happily, and Kang Chul-In’s body shot up like lightning .
There was no more time .
Tens of thousands of boulders were falling into the canyon .
“I-It’s collapsing!”
“Run!”
“W-We’re done for…”
BANG!
The rocks started to crush the soldiers of Anatolia .
Hmph, just falling rocks .
Meanwhile, Kang Chul-In continued to dodge the falling obstacles, and managed to jump onto a wall .
And,
Tat!
Kang Chul-In’s legs started to push off the wall,
“ . . . !”
Lee Gong-Myung, who was watching this,
“He’s… walking up the wall?”
Once again realized how terrifying Kang Chul-In was .
Kang Chul-In wasn’t climbing up the wall, but rather walked on it, as if he was talking a leisurely stroll . No matter how Lee Gong-Myung thought, this didn’t make sense . How did a human defy the laws of gravity?
But Kang Chul-In managed to do that, whilst carrying the Altaica, and holding Arsh.e.l.ly .
This is not the time to be surprised!
Lee Gong-Myung quickly snapped back to his senses, determined not to watch powerlessly as Kang Chul-In came up .
“Crossbows, ready!”
Lee Gong-Myung shouted .
s.h.i.+-!
50 crossbow bolts were fired, but none of them hit Kang Chul-In .
Finally, Kang Chul-In stood back up normally .
Tuk!
He had landed on flat ground now, and stood opposite to Lee Gong-Myung, with a cliff separating them .
“Huu…”
Kang Chul-In put down the Altaica, and breathed heavily . It wasn’t easy for even Kang Chul-In to run up a wall while holding 1 . 5 tons .
“Lose some weight, kitty-cat . ”
-Krr…
After saying this to the Altaica, Kang Chul-In once again turned towards Lee Gong-Myung .
“Lee Gong-Myung… let’s have a chat, shall we?”
Kang Chul-In laughed and spoke .
At that very moment, Lee Gong-Myung felt chills down his spine .
It was a complete failure .
Forget about killing Kang Chul-In . Lee Gong-Myung had to worry about his own safety first .