Chapters Chapter 121. Lord Meetings (Pt. 1) (2/2)

Kang… Chul… In…!

In truth, Rothschild was also trying his best to calm his anger for Kang Chul-In, who had stretched his hand in front of him. If he was able to do so, Rothschild was willing to trade the image he had maintained for so long in order to stab a knife inside Kang Chul-In’s heart.

I also want to kill this guy here. It’s a shame that it’s not possible.

For once, they felt the same.

No to be more accurate, Kang Chul-In’s hatred of Rothschild was equal or exceeded what Rothschild felt towards him. He could still vividly remember the time when his head had been chopped off in the hands of Rothschild, and his heart stabbed through.

“I wanted to meet you, Alex Rothschild.”

Smiling, Kang Chul-In held his hand out to Alex Rothschild. It was an act of ‘kindness’, he was trying to help Rothschild stand back up.

Rothschild’s face stiffened once more, before relaxing. Once again, only Kang Chul-In could tell these subtle changes.

“Let’s shake hands.”

Kang Chul-In spoke, commanding forcefully.

Though it was forced, the handshake seemed natural due to Kang Chul-In’s experience in using the 3 buffs.

“Nice to meet you, Lord Kang Chul-In.”

Trying his hardest to look warm and amiable, Rothschild gently grabbed Kang Chul-In’s hand. Meanwhile, Kang Chul-In also held Rothschild’s hand to help him up.

Crack-!

But Kang Chul-In held Rothschild’s hands hard enough for his bones to break.

The difference in strength was massive.

Though Kang Chul-In was busy nowadays and unable to train for the past few months, he had still been making sure his strength stayed the same, working out in his office. Even though both of their stats had gotten nerfed, Kang Chul-In was still much stronger than Rothschild.

Does it hurt, Rothschild?

I’ll kill you!

The two exchanged gazes, seemingly causing invisible sparks to fly around them.

“Nice to meet you, truly.”

“Same here.”

Both Kang Chul-In and Alex Rothschild looked at each other, and ‘smiled’.

To the other Lords, this just seemed as if the 1st ranked Lord Kang Chul-In, was trying to get to know Alex Rothschild well. Of course, everyone thought of it this way except Dorian.

- It's been a while, everyone.

It was at that moment.

- It’s an honor to be able to meet you people again like this. I pay my respects to the first ranked Lord Kang Chul-In and congratulate the lower ranked Lords in being able to survive this long.

Out of nothingness, God’s supposed messenger, Akan appeared. There seemed to be a bright light covering him, making him look divine.

Bang, Bang-!

Surrounding Akan where troops that were known as the ‘Immortal Royal Guard’. They were in order to maintain rule and order within the Lord Meetings.

- First of all, we will start off with the feast!

As expected, the feast was first for the Lord meetings.

Pzzt, Pzzt!

As soon as Akan spoke, a large number of tables and chairs started appearing within the hall. And food of all sorts came out on dishes. It was a feast beyond their dreams.

- Everybody stand back up. You have paid your respects already.

At Akan’s words, the Lords all rose up.

- Very well.

Akan nodded, and waiters that had rabbit heads and tuxedos started to appear, and stood by the side of each table. They were there in order for the Lords to order them around.

- Now, enjoy yourselves. This is a small present from me to you, who’s been working hard to keep their position as a Lord. For today, please forget all your hardsh.i.p.s and drink yourselves away, and enjoy yourselves. However!

Akan added.

- As all of you have probably noticed, your stats and abilities have been nerfed by a huge degree. If someone creates a mess and a problem beyond what I think is acceptable, please keep in mind that you will be punished.

In simpler words, it basically meant: don’t do anything stupid, and keep yourself to yourself.

That’s funny. What bullsh*t.

Inwardly, Kang Chul-In laughed at Akan’s words.

It was a small reward, for them to forget their hardsh.i.p.s?

It was a precious time for them to talk and understand the other Lords?

That was all bullsh*t!

The Lord meetings was actually an intense battle of minds, where Lords tried their best looking for other Lords that seemed to have similar interests and thoughts as them, and looked for alliances.

When the feast finished and the ball started, Kang Chul-In knew that these political movements would fill the ball. It couldn’t really be said to be a ball, rather a place of scheming and alliances.

“I hope you have a good meal.”

Kang Chul-In said, walking past Rothschild.

“Oh, it probably won’t taste good because you won’t feel too good right now though.”

Those words pissed off the already infuriated Rothschild even more.

I… will rip you to shreds one day, Kang Chul-in!

Round 1 was Kang Chul-In’s overwhelming victory, being able to suppress and humiliate Rothschild. That was to say, that Round 2 and 3 were still left to publicly humiliate Rothschild even more.

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A guard of the Laputa territory, Pluto felt a strange sensation whenever he had patrolled near Furnace 0.

- Come to me.

Just like right now, a weird voice seemed to always call him.

What the hell is this? Am I going insane or something?

Pluto frowned.

“Hey, what is it?”

A nearby guard who was patrolling the area looked at the frown on Pluto’s face, and tilted his head in confusion.

“I-I can keep hearing it.”

“What?”

“N-No, it’s nothing.”

Subconsciously answering his friend’s question, Pluto turned his head.

Whether it be Earth or Pangaea, hearing weird voices weren’t seen as a good sign. 8 or 9 times out of ten, he would be considered to be going crazy. Pluto didn’t want to be thought as that by his friends.

- I’ll give you whatever you want.

The voice once again tickled the ears of Pluto. The temptations it offered today seemed stronger than usual.

- Power, money, women. Whatever you want will be yours.

- Do you not want to be famous, known across the continent as a legendary being?

- Answer my call. If you do so, I'll make you into an existence that surpasses your foolish Lord. Come on, I'll make you into a real man!

It was a strong temptation.

Even though he was a loyal soldier of Laputa, it was hard for even someone like him to easily shake this off.

“Hey, Pluto!”

“U-Uhh…”

Pluto was able to shake off his cloudy mind from the shouting of his friend.

“Hey, you’re working right now! Stop slacking off and pay attention! Do you think we can go around saying that we are the proud soldiers of our magnificent Lord Kang Chul-In if we’re like that? Huh?”

“Ahh… Sorry.”

“If you have any concerns or worries that plague you, tell me after our patrolling time is finished. They say that a soldier that fails patrolling can’t even be considered a soldier.”

“Of course, of course. That’s my fault. I don’t have anything to say even if you report me to our superiors for being slack during work.”

Pluto immediately apologized.

That was right. For a proud soldier of the Laputa territory, slacking off during work was unacceptable. Thankfully, Pluto had a good friend around him to keep him focused.

“Thanks.”

“No need to thank me. C’mon, let’s go around and go back quickly.”

“Yeah.”

Thanks to his friend, Pluto was able to escape the temptations of the voice.

For now… that was.