The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 275






Not too long after, Vilhelm gave an order to the Gullveig Alliance through the voice amplificator in a depressed voice .


-All troops, fall back! Fall back!


“Wait, Vilhelm!”


Ao Xin shouted at Vilhelm’s sudden orders .


“Why are you ordering them to fall back!? What are you thinking!?”


Ao Xin was being reasonable . Right now, they were at the advantage . If they fought for just 10 more minutes at this rate, the Deathwin fortress would become the Gullveig Alliance’s .


However, Vilhelm replied in a depressed voice again .


“Why would you order our troops to…”


“The Pentagon has been taken over . ”


“Yeah, so the Pentagon has been taken over but first… w-what?!”


Ao Xin screeched .


“The P-Pentagon… has… been taken over? By who? Alex Rothschild?”


“Of course not . ”


“Andrei Ivanovich… that damned bastard!”


“It’s not him either . ”


“Then who could get into the heart of our alliance, the Pentagon…?”


“Kang Chul-In . ”


“ . . . !”


“He snuck in… and took over it . My wife and my son… even the sovereigns of our alliance are being held hostage . ”


“N-No way!”


Ao Xin couldn’t trust what Vilhelm said . How could he? It was a scenario that he couldn’t believe even if he wanted to .


“S-So if we fall back it’ll be solved?”


“That would’ve been nice . ”


Vilhelm bit his lip .


“We have to pay compensation for the dead and the injured, and 200% of their war costs . ”


“ . . . !”


“On top of that, we have to announce our loss publicly, and for the next 72 hours, we’re not allowed to attack the Valhalla soldiers . ”


“You didn’t… already sign…”


“Did I have any other option?”


Vilhelm asked in a sharp voice .


“Kang Chul-In said that he would release the Lords after cutting one arm off from each . ”


“He couldn’t have…”


“If we don’t stop our attack now…”


“ . . . ”


“It’s the end of us . We’ll have to turn our allies into our enemies, not just Kang Chul-In . Can you handle that?”


Of course he couldn’t . Even if Vilhelm and Ao Xin worked together, they wouldn’t last against the Lords if they all allied themselves . They say that one hand couldn’t handle ten hands .


“So… in the end…”


Ao Xin’s body trembled .



“We…”


“Defeat . ”


Vilhelm said Ao Xin’s words for him .


“It’s a complete loss… while we were hitting Kang Chul-In’s body… Kang Chul-In… stabbed our heart . ”


It was an accurate expression . Kang Chul-In’s impulsive decision to take over the Pentagon had cut off the bones of his enemies!


“In this way… a war that we almost won… argh…!”


Ao Xin couldn’t let go of the Deathwin fortress easily .


-All forces, fall back!


Vilhelm felt 100% what Ao Xin was feeling as he ordered the Gullveig soldiers to retreat . There was nothing they could do . This war was the defeat of the Gullveig Alliance .


***


Meanwhile, at the same time .


“Wow! His Majesty!”


Kwak Jung was astonished looking at the retreating enemies .


“Kya… this is why I serve his Majesty . He’s an item… n-no… he’s a great item… yeah, a great item . ”


He was muttering weird things to himself .


-Ah, ah! Mic test, mic test . Mm~! This is nice .


Kwak Jung lifted the magic voice amplificator in the air .


-Alright, soldiers?


The Valhalla soldiers that had been confused at the sudden retreat of their enemies looked up at Kwak Jung on the control top .


-We won .


Kwak Jung announced their victory .


“Hm?”


“W-What’s our commander saying?”


“Win? Us?”


“ . . . ?”


“Uh… can someone explain…”


The confusion increased .


“Mm… I see everyone’s not able to believe it . Well, I guess that’s fair… I only believed it after his Majesty said so, too . Huhu…”


Kwak Jung was also confused, but if Kang Chul-In said so, it was true .


Since when did Kang Chul-In weigh options and contemplate over pros and cons? Kang Chul-In couldn’t be understood by logic . Something good was bound to come out of him at some point .


-Soldiers!


Kwak Jung shouted at the Valhalla soldiers again .


-I’ll say this again, but this war is our victory! Look! Our enemies are falling back!


To this, some soldiers shouted out .


“What are you talking about!?”


-His Majesty has taken over the command room of our enemies, the Pentagon .


The impact of that sentence was extraordinary .


“H-his Majesty!”


“Wow! Ah, our king~!”


“So that’s why… the enemies are moving back!”


The Valhalla soldiers all understood why the Gullveig soldiers were moving back, and the Deathwin fortress was filled with cheers .


“Woohoo!”


“Hurrah for his Majesty Kang Chul-In!”


“Hurrah for the great Valhalla Kingdom!”


“His Majesty is the best!”


“His Majesty was watching us all this time!”


“We won, we won!”


It was a war they had barely ended, but the victory was the Valhalla Kingdom’s since Kang Chul-In had taken over the heart of the Pentagon .


“Hehe, how nice!”


Kwak Jung giggled .


“Winning at the end is indeed the best… but still… this isn’t enough… yes . ”


However, he wasn’t 100% satisfied .


“Look here!”


And so he gave orders .


“Yes, sir!”


“Call all the generals to the strategy room . ”


“Sorry?”


“Quickly!”


“U-Understood!”


The deputy began to run frantically on Kwak Jung’s orders .


“Hehe, so it was 72 hours, huh?”


Kwak Jung made an evil smile .


***


Ten minutes later .


“You’ve worked hard . ”


Kwak Jung praised the Valhalla generals .


“But… there’s still a chance to contribute… I don’t know who to send…”


As soon as he finished speaking, the generals all volunteered to go, raising their hands .


“This Drakan will go!”


“Trust this Amur over that lizard!”


“I’ll go!”


“Me, me!”


“Give me a chance!”


“Ahem! This oldie will go!”


“I’ll do it this time…!”


“No, I’ll go!”


They were fitting of Kang Chul-In’s subordinates .


“Whew… good, very good!”


Kwak Jung laughed satisfactorily .


“His Majesty will be very glad to see everyone this responsive . So this mission…”


Kwak Jung’s words faded away .


Swallow!


The sounds of people swallowing could be heard throughout the room . They wanted to be chosen by Kwak Jung .


“I’ll specially… allow everyone to participate this time! That’s fair, right? Hahahaha~!”


However, Kwak Jung was sly .


T-That loser .


I fell for it!


I knew he was going to do this .


Let’s see how far you go, Kwak Jung .


The generals of the Valhalla soldiers all glared at Kwak Jung . Kwak Jung was always asking for it .


“I’ll brief you on the strategy . ”


Not knowing that he had asked to be beaten up, Kwak Jung continued to speak .


“The time that our enemies are prevented from fighting is about 3 days, which is 72 hours . Currently, about 10 minutes have passed . . . so we have about 71 hours and 49 minutes left . We can’t let this golden time go to waste! So we’ll…”


Kwak Jung pointed at a spot on the map .


“We’ll take over this port city, Venetz . ”


The generals of Laputa were shocked .


“T-That’s…!”


“Tactician Kwak’s insight is incredible!”


“You’re surely the brain of our kingdom!”


It was an expected response .


72 hours was an ample amount of time to attack the Gullveig Alliance soldiers .


Also, the one who had control over the port city Venetz could have the center of the ‘Hartum River,’ so it would be tremendously advantageous .


Furthermore, Venetz could be used as a strategic point to get into the heart of Pangaea, the heart of the Esmeralda territory .


“There will be resistance . They only agreed to not attacking first on the ceasefire negotiation; there wasn’t any condition not to defend themselves . So in 72 hours, we must completely take over Venetz .


Kwak Jung emphasized the “completely . ”


“Wait!”


Podolski raised his hand to ask a question .


“Even if we take it over in 72 hours, our enemies might attack Venetz after that…”


“It won’t be taken from us . ”


Kwak Jung firmly shook his head .


“Pardon? I don’t understand…”


“After 72 hours, there will be a ceasefire for 3 months . That means that after Venetz is taken over, it will be our territory, so the Gullveig Alliance won’t be able to shoot a single arrow at us . ”


It was a flawless plan from someone who said he had an electronic brain .


“Wow!”


“You’re so smart!”


“I’m amazed!”


The Valhalla generals were once again astonished by Kwak Jung’s plan .


“Exactly 5 thousand, no more or less . Five thousand of our best soldiers and everyone here will take part in this . What are you doing? We have 71 hours and 45 minutes left!”


Kwak Jung rushed them and the generals quickly ran out of the strategy room .


“Let’s go!”


“Let’s go capture Venetz!”


“Quickly, quickly!”


Alone in the strategy room, Kwak Jung sighed .


“Whew!”


He was tired .


“If we can succeed in taking over Venetz, it’ll be advantageous for us with the Esmeralda territory…”


It was then .


“Huh?”


Kwak Jung stumbled, and plop! He landed on the table with a nose bleed . From all the work and mana exertion, he had died .


. . .


Snore!


No, he was just sleeping .


***


At the same time . . .


While Kang Chul-In caused a mess in the Pentagon, Vilhelm retreated his troops, and Kwak Jung made the plans to take over Venetz, the door of the elementary school’s principal opened .


Creak!


“Goodbye~! Little Arshelly~!”


The principal watched Arshelly out the door .


“Okay…”


Arshelly’s voice didn’t have any strength in it .


“You can’t forget what I promised, okay? Do you understand?”


“Okay . . . ”


“Don’t forget!”


“ . . . ”


“Got it!?”


The principal continued to repeatedly ask her, and Arshelly turned away to return to her classroom with heavy footsteps .


“Hing…”


Arshelly looked like she was about to cry as she walked down the hall .


Drip…


A tear that looked similar to morning dew dripped down her cheek .


“Why are you crying?”


Just then, a woman who had been passing by stopped Arshelly to ask her a question .


“M-Mo… I-I mean, Teacher!?”


“Why is our pretty little Arhselly crying!”


“Teacherrrrr~!”


Arshelly jumped into her teacher, Han Ye-Sun’s, arms .



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