“I’ll beat him up.” Kang Chul-In turned towards the sewers to punish the Emperor of Blood and Iron, putting Dorian in front of him.
“I’m being serious…”
“What are you talking about?”
“That Emperor of Blood and Iron guy is really strong.”
“Stop pulling my leg.”
“I’m being serious!”
“It’s because you’re weak.” Dorian and Kang Chul-In grumbled with each other while heading towards the sewers.
“Fine.” Dorian said, deciding to pull out his final card.
“What’s fine?”
“Let’s make a bet.”
“Bet…?”
“Yeah.” Dorian nodded.
“What kind of bet?”
“If I’m right or if you’re right.”
“You’ll probably lose though.”
“I’ll win! The Emperor of Blood and Iron is stronger than you! I couldn’t get a single punch in!”
Dorian’s statement wasn’t baseless. Even though Kang Chul-In was strong and Dorian was a pushover, when the two of them went at it, it was hard for the winning rate to be 100%.
It was about 9:1. Of course, Kang Chul-In was likely to win by about 90%, but the 10% wasn’t something to look down on. To be honest, Kang Chul-In didn’t think he could defeat Dorian in a fight without allowing a single punch from him. Of course, he wouldn’t allow it to be a critical one.
There’s some kind of trick to it.
However, Kang Chul-In didn’t even consider that the Emperor of Blood and Iron was the real one. The Emperor of Blood and Iron died. A thousand years ago, at that. If he hadn’t died, he wouldn’t have called Kang Chul-In his reincarnation.
There were two possibilities.
An excellent shadow that can use force.
Or,
A doppelganger that can defeat even a loser.
That was as far as Kang Chul-In knew.
Well… that Emperor of Blood and Iron probably has some kind of temper… I wonder if he can use Oraclomind?
Also, Kang Chul-In was thinking with his smart brain that the Emperor of Blood and Iron could use the Oraclomind. It was a reasonable guess.
It’ll still be a fake though.
Kang Chul-In was confident.
“Well, fine.”Kang Chul-In accepted Dorian’s offer. “Let’s do it.”
“Really?”
“Of course.”
“You can’t go back on your word.”
“Don’t make me repeat myself.”
“O-Okay…”
“What will you bet?”
“Hmm… gold is the best, right?”
“Sure.”
Yes, money. The best thing to raise the stakes was gold.
“How much are you gonna bet?”
“Hmmm… 50,000?”
“100,000.”
“...!”
“Or 150,000?”
“H-Heek!?” Dorian gasped at the unbelievable amount. 150,000 gold wasn’t an easy amount of money to attain, even if one was an Overlord.
“Why, are you scared because the money is too much?” That was how sure he was. He was planning on taking everything from Dorian that he could get. “Well, if you’re scared we can stop.”
“...!”
“On top of being a pushover, you’re a scaredy-cat. Sounds about right.”
His mocking continued.
Tremble, tremble…!
Dorian’s body shook.
“I-It’s true I’m a pushover but I’m not a scaredy-cat!”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
“Then let’s do the bet.”
“T-That’s…”
“So you were a scaredy-cat like I thought…”
“Let’s do it!” Dorian shouted. “Let’s do it! Do it! I have money too!”
“You’re being serious?”
“Yeah!”
“Hmm… you’re sure you won’t regret it?”
“Yeah.”
“Good.” Kang Chul-In smirked. “You’re pretty gutsy,”“Do you know your place now?”
“Huk... huk…”
“Kneel.”
“...!”
“You’ve called me into this world, so you must become my servant, no?”
Their positions were changed. Saturnus’ existence was greater and more evil than what Milenius had thought, and now he wasn’t able to control his own creation. The cart was put before the horse.
“Kuk…”
“Why, you don’t want to?” Saturnus pressured Milenius. “Guess you want to go to ■■■■■ now, hm?”
“T-That’s…!”
“You’ve already broken the rules of dimensions, and the moment you die, you will be locked in ■■■■■.”
“...!”
“Do you want to go there faster?”
“N-No, sir!”
“Then choose.”
“...!”
“If you’ll become my servant and postpone being locked in there, or…”
“I-I’ll do it!” The fearful Milenius bowed at Saturnus’s feet. “I-I will become your servant… y-your faithful servant…! Oh, master…!”
“Kuk…”
“Just not death…!”
“Fine.” Saturnus nodded with a satisfied expression. “You should do that, you lowly being.”
“Yes, sir…”
“But...”
“Please speak, master…”
“Where am I, and how much time has passed since I died?”
“That’s…”
“Is my son, Julius, still alive?”
That was what he was most curious about. Whether his son, the 27th emperor of the Ancient Empire, was still alive.
“Master…” Milenius replied. “As I already said, it has been a thousand years…”
“Time has no meaning to my cute son.”
Saturnus was right. Resurrection, reincarnation, and regression… to Julius, who had these three powers, a thousand years wasn’t a big deal.
“That’s…”
“...?”
“There is someone who’s assumed to be the reincarnation of your son…”
Milenius began to speak about Kang Chul-In’s tales.
***
In the Esmeralda territory, under the sewers, where the grave of the Emperor of Blood and Iron was thought to be...
“Have you come?”
The Emperor of Blood and Iron greeted Kang Chul-In.
“Coming all the way here, as expected of my reincarnation.”
“...”
“Have you been well?”
He was speaking in a friendly tone.
“Shut up with the fake greetings.”
However, Kang Chul-In rejected the Emperor of Blood and Iron’s greetings.
“How sensitive.”
“You’re not even human, so why bother with greetings?”
“Not human?”
“A cyborg?”
“...!”
“No, you’re not a cyborg either. I’ve never seen something that’s made up like you are.”
Kang Chul-In’s insight was sharp. His Oraclomind allowed him to see the general identity of the Emperor of Blood and Iron.
“Well, anyway.”
“...”
“It doesn’t matter what you are.”
“It doesn't matter?”
“Of course not.”
Kang Chul-In nodded.
“Then what does?”
“Do I have to say it myself?”
“That’s why I asked, reincarnation of mine.”
It was then.
Kashing!
Kaiforce began to speed towards the Emperor of Blood and Iron. Fists over words. Kang Chul-In’s dirty temperament had raised its head.