Chapters Chapter 52. Disloyalty leads to death. (1/2)

All the adventurers that came in from the windows were part of Team Slayers, the group of adventurers that had helped him hunt the Peac.o.c.k 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 didn’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 about the scene of blood.

He had had once killed tens of thousands of people in one day, so he wouldn’t even blink at 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 when 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 unless she faced her fears.

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

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

“But you have to be tough.”

“To...ugh?”

“The second you show weakness, there will be 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… are 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 minuscule difference, that’s what differentiates a Lord and a murderer. Always remember this. The words of a Lord can influence another’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 and 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!”

It was true.

If an average a.d.u.l.t human male struggled with holding up 100kg, an a.d.u.l.t male dwarf would be able to hold up over 200kg.

This was the difference in muscle mass and genetics; the dwarves that averaged around only 150cm tall (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?”

Billy shouted and aimed for a member of the Iron Hammer group.

TENG!

The sound of metal hitting metal rang throughout the whole hall.

“Kuk…”

Billy, who was over 190cm tall (which is around 6’2), was knocked over. The hand that held the mace had blood splattered everywhere, though by some miracle, he had managed to hold onto it.

Seeing this scene, a few dwarves took this opportunity and ran towards Billy.

Oh sh*t. He tried to move his body, but it wouldn’t move. At this rate, there was no doubt that his head would split into two after the impact of the hammer.

“Get out.”

At that moment, Kang Chul-In appeared and bodyslammed Billy away and faced the two dwarves running towards them.

Speed, precision over strength.

Kang Chul-In’s eyes gleamed like those of a hawk.

Pukk…

The rapier that Chae-Rin bought for Kang Chul-In showed its power as it precisely drilled into the area where the dwarf’s helmet had a gap.

“KUH!”

Blood splattered out from the inside of the helmet.

But even after the dwarf became fatally injured, he tried to move towards Kang Chul-In. As expected of a dwarf, his mentality was something that deserved praise.

But the opponent was too strong.

“Then take this.”

Kang Chul-In, who held the rapier in his right hand, dashed towards that dwarf in a lightning-quick manner and stabbed the dwarf multiple times, quickly ending his life.

In a space of not even a second, 4 unbelievably fast strikes hit the dwarf on his mouth. Instead of just piercing through the mouth, it even went through his tough skull.

“Leader…”

Billy, whom Kang Chul-In had saved, looked at him as if he were Billy’s wife.

Hmm, this seems usable.

Kang Chul-In was pretty satisfied with the new rapier, Punto, that he had received.

This item was meant purely for stabbing, and it also had an option to allow his attacking speed to rise by 20%, allowing him to aim for the weak spots of the dwarves easily.

Of course, to use this item to its fullest potential, the user itself had to be skilled in the way of the sword and had to stab absolutely precisely and perfectly, matching the timing as well as the area where he stabbed.