Chapter 22
Chapter 22 . The Weight of War, the Weight of OrderKang Chul-In silently swung the metal bat .
He did not swing it with everything he had . If he did, Kimura’s hip bones would break after two or three hits, and he would die after ten blows . He controlled his strength as well as he could and hit as much as Kimura would be able to endure . However, even that was too much for Kimura .
“Ugh… Mmmm…!”
Every time the metal club swung, Kimura screamed, but the gag in his mouth muffled the sound .
Crack, crack–!
Kang Chul-In hit like a machine . He looked so emotionless that, for those who were watching, the hairs on their backs rose .
And this lasted for about 30 minutes .
When Kimura had received about 50 blows, Kang Chul-In spoke .
“Untie him . ”
“Yes, Sovereign . ”
One of the soldiers quickly did as he ordered .
“Please… spare, spare me!!”
Kimura, who had been untied from Podorski’s rope-tie and gag, begged and pleaded until his hands became his feet . He was crying and making a big commotion . Kimura looked like a young boy who just had gotten in serious trouble by his father .
“I… I will never do that again!! Please, please spare me my life! Don’t kill me!”
Kimura, who was begging on his knees, had lost any last sense of dignity he had as a Sovereign . He was so servile and desolate that even those looking clicked their tongues .
“What have you done wrong?”
Kang Chul-In asked .
“I am sorry for causing the war . I am sorry . I’m sorry for cursing . ”
“Wrong . ”
Kang Chul-In shook his head .
“Put the gag back on him . ”
The gag went back on Kimura’s mouth .
“Mmmm…Mmmmm!!!”
The metal club swung again .
“Speak . What did you do wrong?”Kang Chul-In who had delivered the second blow, asked Kimura again .
“I did wrong… I’m sorry… . ”
“So, what did you do wrong?”
“I don’t know, but I’m sorry for everything… Please just spare my life…”
“Put it back . ”
Kang Chul-In seemed unsatisfied, as if the answer was again not what he was looking for .
Crack!
After the blows landed again for the third time and Kimura was almost unconscious, the iron club finally stopped .
“Ugh… . ”
“Do you still not know what you did wrong?”
“Please… if you tell, if you tell me…”
Kimura seemed like he did not even have the strength to beg anymore . Indeed, since although Kang Chul-In controlled his strength, he had been hit almost a hundred times .
“Sovereign, why don’t you just take his head instead…”
James came forward, unable to watch further . Kimura was in so much pain that James had asked for a comfortable death .
“No, I am not going to kill him . ”Kimura answered with a quivering voice .
“The thing you are wearing on your waist, that is the Soul Core . You need to make a vow to me holding it . ”
Kimura took out the Burrow’s Soul Core at Kang Chul-In’s orders .
“Get on your knees and touch your sword to mine . Repeat after me . I”
“I . ”
“Pledge my troops and my land”
“Pledge my troops and my land”
“to the one who was victorious over me,”
“to the one who was victorious over me,”
“Laputa’s Sovereign, Kang Chul-In . ”
“Laputa’s Sovereign, Kang Chul-In . ”
“Leaving nothing,”
“Leaving nothing,”
As the vow continued, the Soul Cores of Laputa and the Burrow began to radiate an energy .
“and give up my status as Sovereign . ”
“and give up my status as Sovereign . ”
As soon as Kimura finished reciting the vow, the Burrow land’s Soul Core burned bright red . And…
Crack!
Broke into a million pieces .
In the remains of the broken Soul Core of the Burrow lands, magic energy flowed into Kang Chul-In’s Soul Core .
And messages popped up in front of Kang Chul-In .
[You have gained control of the Burrow lands . ]
[You have gained 5 levels with the conquest of an enemy Sovereign . ]
[You have gained 50 Sovereign Points with the conquest of an enemy Sovereign . ]
[Level 14 Reached!]
[Tutorial 1 Quest Complete!]
[Reward in Quest Completion: Experience +500/ 20 Gold/ Warp Gate unlocked (unlimited)]magic
Because it was brief information it was not in detail, it was definite that the ownership of the Burrows fell to Kang Chul-In . The ants who survived as well as the gold that Kimura had would have also transferred to Kang Chul-In . Aside from the advisor Timothy of course .
Also, because he cleared the Tutorial 1 Quest, the reward that followed was also given . Even if it was a boring win, the reward was clear .
“Is, is it… over now?”
Kimura spoke weakly .
“Yes, it is over . ”
“I, I am sorry… I am sorry to everyone… I apologize…”
And Kimura fainted, falling to the ground . He could not finish .
“Take him and tend to him . ”
As soon as Kang Chul-In ordered, two soldiers took Kimura and disappeared to somewhere .
‘Now, would I have some time to return to Earth?’
Compared to the three or four days he had predicted in the beginning, he was in Pangaea for two weeks, so he had postponed for an extremely long time .
However, he could not go right away .
He needed to take care of the ants who survived, the fire toad that he took from Kimura, reward for his troops, as well as dealing with what to do with the Burrow land . In order for him to return to Earth, he needed at least two or three more days .
‘Also, was it time for me to pay the interest?’
Kang Chul-In remembered the borrowed money and smiled a bitter smile . He probably had to tell Lucia from the privy purse . But, there probably would be quite a bit of gold from Kimura, so there would be plenty after the debt was paid . If there was a bit more, he maybe would be able to give his mother some allowance and find her a good apartment for rent .
It was true .
The Sovereign Kang Chul-In, too, could not escape worrying about debt and apartment rent . Of course, if more time passed, he would claw in heaps of money in the millions instead of the thousands, but that would be at least a year later .