Chapters Chapter 164: Activate, trap card! (pt. 2) (2/2)
“The Lords of the 4 nearby territories have also started to attack Anatolia at the same time. The situation isn’t looking so good…”
“...!”
“Not only that...!”
It seemed that the sky was falling down on Baruk Al-Yusuf when he heard that 4 more Lords were attacking him, but it seemed that the messenger wasn’t finished talking just yet.
“The territories that we had conquered have simultaneously started to rebel against us. Our territory’s slaves have also gone outside, and...”
“...!”
“According to secretary Jellet, it will be difficult to last for even 3 days if the Khalifa doesn’t return!”
“T-This…! This…”
“Khalifa…”
“Shut up!”
“...!”
“You dare to give me such terrible news!?”
Baruk Al-Yusuf started to take his anger out on the poor messenger.
And he didn’t stop at just shouting at him.
“Eat him right now!”
“K-Khalifa! P-Please have m…”
“Now!”
Baruk Al-Yusuf ordered his giant Lizard, or what was commonly known as the ‘desert dragon’.
-Krrr?
Tilting his head as if saying ‘lucky me’,
Kwak!
The messenger was eaten alive by the desert dragon.
Crack!
Crack crack!
The terrifying sound of cracking bones could be heard, and from the desert dragon's mouth, the messenger’s blood could be seen leaking out. If the messenger had made a mistake, it was giving this bad news to Baruk Al-Yusuf.
“Kang Chul-In… you lucky bastard…”
Baruk Al-Yusuf gritted his teeth.
“Hmph! Though I am retreating,”
Baruk Al-Yusuf murmured.
“You are still playing into the hands of Lee Gong-Myung, so I will have you kneel by my feet eventually!”
It was too early to be disappointed.
Baruk Al-Yusuf still believed that Lee Gong-Myung would avenge him, and bring Kang Chul-In’s head to him.
“All troops… Retreat!”
Still reluctant, Baruk Al-Yusuf was forced to command his troops to go back.
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At the same time---
“Kuu… very good!”
From afar, Kwak-Jung watched as the Laputa soldiers tore through the Anatolian soldiers.
“Come on now, finish it already!”
The battle was so one-sided that the number of injured or deceased Laputa soldiers could be counted on one hand.
“Hmm… Let’s go to plan B since we’re almost finished here…”
Kwak-Jung murmured with a sinister smile on his face.
“Strategist Kwak, what do you mean?”
James, who was next to him, asked.
“Weren’t we going to wait here for our lord?”
“Huh? Wait for the lord?”
“...?”
“Hey, why are you worrying about someone who’s obviously going to get out alive? I’m telling you, that’s a waste of energy. Don’t worry.”
“...!”
“Our lord is a monster. He’s probably out there taking stuff that’s worth some money while running away leisurely.”
As if Kwak-Jung had psychic powers, he was able to somehow guess Kang Chul-In’s item situation.
“Strategist Kwak!”
James raised his voice.
“Although our lord is strong, there is a limit to how strong a person can be. Even if he does come out safely, if Baruk Al-Yusuf takes his army and chases after our lord…”
“Huhuhu!”
“...?”
“Right now, that psychopathic terrorist doesn’t have the leisure to chase our lord. The fire that has fallen onto his foot needs to be taken care of first, so he probably isn’t chasing our lord. The probability that he has turned his troops around are… maybe 99.9%? Well, that’s just what I’m guessing. Pfft.”
“Huh? Turned his troops around? That Baruk Al-Yusuf?”
“Yes, that very one.”
“H-How do you…?”
“I mean, his territory is getting destroyed as we speak, so would he not turn his troops around? At this point…”
Kwak-Jung spoke, while laughing.
“His territory is in the middle of being ruined. Kyakyakya!”
After laughing for quite a while, Kwak-Jung’s eyes started shining. The battle had finally finished.
“Now, let’s go.”
“Go? Go where? Are we going to save our lord?”
James asked.
“Hmph… I told you, that’s a waste of energy.”
“...?”
“We will throw away our Lord!”
“Wha…”
Kwak-Jung spoke words that would make any official startled.
“We will head north.”
“North?”
“Well, we can’t let them go home so easily… Huhuhu…”
Rather than trying to save Kang Chul-In, Kwak-Jung wanted to stop Baruk Al-Yusuf from returning to his territory.