Chapter 52  

Chapter 52   . Disloyalty Leads to DeathAll the adventurers that came in from the windows were part of ‘Team Slayers’ the group of adventurers that had helped him hunt the Peacock Dragon .

“You guys . ”

The leader of the adventurers, Billy Halford took out his fearsome mace, ‘Evening Star’, and spoke .

“Our leader says to kill all the ones that don’t kneel . ”

And as soon as he finished speaking…

“ARGH!”

“KUAHHH!”

You could hear the sounds of screaming dwarves everywhere .

‘She’s grown . ’

Kang Chul-in stood in a corner leisurely, watching the adventurers fight . He couldn’t care less of the scene of blood .

He, had had once killed tens of thousands of men in one day wouldn’t even blink at a slaughter of this level .

“Mr . Chul-in…”

Lee Chae-rin called Kang Chul-in in a nervous voice .

“Why . Are you afraid?” He replied in a dry voice .

“It’s… terrible . Truly . ” She spoke with a trembling voice .

‘It should be . ’

Kang Chul-in could sympathize with her feelings completely . Why? It was because there was also a time where he was like her . 10 years ago .

‘But you still have to conquer your fear . If you cannot stand something of this level, you won’t be able to survive here . ’

Maybe if she was a Lord in the main continent he wouldn’t push her this far, but this was the Pandemonium region . This was the haven of slaughter and death .

There was no way to survive until Ragnarok until she faced her fears .

“It should be painful . ” He opened his mouth .

“It should be terrifying, disgusting, and terrible . I know what you feel to . ”

“But you have to be tough . ”

“To…ugh?”

“The second you show weakness, there are many who try to strike you . Just like these traitors . ” He said, and pointed towards the dwarves, that were now fighting against his group of adventurers .

“But you have to endure when it’s sad . When it’s painful . When you feel lonely . And even when you’re afraid . If not, then at least try not to show it . Always try to cloak yourself in a veil of bravado . ”

This was all he could really say from what he had experienced .

“That is a lord . Pretending to be resourceful even when not, pretending to know even if you don’t . That’s what a Lord is . If you want to become a good Lord, then you will need to learn how to become a good pretender first . ”“Did you… endure all of it? The fear and the loneliness? Alone? The words that you’re speaking right now… Is only those spoken by the truly experienced . ”

She really couldn’t see through him . The only thing she knew about Kang Chul-in was that he was the one that radiated overwhelming imposingness, as well as a tough strongness .

“One more thing . ” He continued .

“Although you shouldn’t avoid and hate killing, you should never enjoy it . Although there’s only a miniscule difference, that’s what differentiates a Lord and a murderer . Always remember this . The words of a Lord can influence another one’s life and death . ”

She could somewhat understand what Kang Chul-in meant .

Endure, and be strong .

‘Although deciding to do so or not is your choice, Lee Chae-rin . ’ He thought .

He had no more advice . He had no more to say, or no more he wanted to say either .

‘It’s time to join in’

While she was trying to calm herself down, Kang Chul-in realized that it was finally time for him to join in the fight .

At this moment, Billy shouted across the hall .

“Don’t fight them directly! These guys, they have stupidly strong strength!”magic

It was true .

If an average adult human male struggled with holding up 100 kg, an adult male dwarf would be able to hold up over 200 kg .

This was the difference in muscle mass and genetics; the dwarves that averaged around only 150cm (which is around 4’9) weighed 30 kg more than a healthy, tall human .

Long story short, dwarves were 1 . 5-2 times stronger than humans .

“What the f*ck?! How come these damned dwarf bastards are so strong?”…Because that was already the past .

‘KUHK!’

After the final member of the Iron Hammer group fell to Billy’s repeated attacks, Sledge felt dread and hopelessness inside of him .

“P-please… Spare me!”

Sage Majestic had knelt down, and had given up on his dwarf’s pride, wanting to survive .

“UGH…KUHK!”

Meanwhile General Smith already lost both of his arms and ws throwing up blood .

And the spy, Entwan, was already rolling on the floor, his corpse missing his head .

Over . It was all over .

‘It seems like I’ve found someone that is going to be usable in the future . ’ Kang Chul-in thought of the ‘Death List’ that Lee Chae-rin had wrote earlier and marveled .

The ‘Death List’ was just to test her willingness to kill, and was nothing but a piece of tissue paper .

But… the List that Lee Chae-rin wrote perfectly corresponded to the high-ranking members of the Dorado territory .

Surprising .

This was proof that his eye for talent was not faded, and that Lee Chae-rin truly had hope in surviving in the Pandemonium region in the future .

‘Not bad . She’s someone that could be useful if I ally with . I’ll make sure to keep tabs on her and check up on her after this . ’ But while he was thinking of this, Sledge started moving .

“You disgusting B*TCH!”

Holding his fearsome hammer, Sledge started running towards Lee Chae-rin in a fearsome speed .

“Ms . Chae-rin! Be careful!”

Although Billy desperately tried to chase behind Sledge, he was too late . Sledge had almost arrived in front of her .

It was dangerous .

If Lee Chae-rin’s small head took the brunt of that hammer, there was no doubt at all that she would perish instantly . However…

“How dare you . ”

Suddenly, Podolski appeared out of nowhere, and bound Sledge’s right ankle up with a whip .

“ARGH!”

‘BANG!’

As if he had fallen into a hunting trap, Sledge’s body did a 360 turn in the air, and fell to the ground .

“Is it over?” Kang Chul-in looked around the hall .

There was no-one alive that was written down on the list by now . Even the Iron Hammer group that Sledge had put so much faith in was all lying on the floor by now, dead .

The only one that was alive now was Sledge .

“Billy . ”

“Yes, leader . ”

“Get rid of the corpses . And don’t let anyone move a muscle or speak from the ones that are alive . ”

“Just leave it to me!”

The adventurers all started moving, following his orders .

“Traitor . ” Kang Chul-in put his rapier on Sledge’s forehead, making a drop of blood fall from his forehead down to his lips .

“And how should I kill you . ” Looking at Sledge, Kang Chul-in’s gaze was frostier than a glacier .

No, it was closer to rage than a cold expression .

He was a man that never accepted betrayal . Especially if it was against one’s on Lord .

Not only that, the one who should be taking care of the Lord best, the secretary was the one that lead the charge against his lord . Before he had been reborn, it was not a rare sight to see some Lords married with their secretaries . So seeing this, how could he not be angered?

“You… dirty human!” Sledge looked towards Kang Chul-in wrathfully .

“To think that you plotted against me with that stupid b*tch… You will fall into the depths of hell! You will die unknown in a desert, your parent’s necks will die by the hands of your enemies, and your children will become slaves of your enemies and be humiliated!!!” And he started cursing at Kang Chul-in . ”

“If you’re going to curse, at least try to make it more detestable . ” But Kang Chul-in didn’t even snort .

“Oi, traitor . ” Kang Chul-in gave Sledge a terrifying smile .

“There are over hundreds and thousands of guys like you, who cursed me to death . ”

Out of the past Lords, if they made a ranking to see who had gotten the most hate, Kang Chul-in would definitely be at the forefront .

Because he was the greatest ‘villain’ . After all, there was a reason that the fact that his name was synonymous with ‘the strongest’, and also ‘the most evil’ .

“But do you know what happened to the ones that did curse me?” Kang Chul-in clenched his two fists .

And…

He started to violently beat up Sledge .