Chapters Chapter 168: After Marching North (pt. 1) (1/2)
“Kuku…”
Nilus laughed. The spell that had confused and damaged the Anatolian army was his, and he was laughing at the panicked enemies.
Uh… what kind of grade-schooler is this…?
Looking at Nilus laughing, Kwak-Jung thought that this kid might actually be an 80-year-old man.
The way that this young boy laughed seemed quite akin to that of an old man.
“Hm?”
Noticing Kwak-Jung’s gaze, Nilus’ face stiffened.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Huh? Why, you mad?”
Kwak-Jung didn’t stop staring at Nilus.
“Oh? Look at you.”
Nilus also looked back at Kwak-Jung as if he were annoyed.
The two of them fought whenever they looked at each other.
Kwak-Jung thought that Nilus was insane for pretending to be an old man, while Nilus was angry at Kwak-Jung for not believing in his words.
“You rude bastard… why are you speaking to me like that? Hmph! Young men these days really don’t know to respect their elders. Hmph! I need to die of old age right now, I can’t stand this…”
Nilus stroked his ‘invisible’ beard, and stared at Kwak-Jung.
“Ha… you young bastard.”
Not losing against this, Kwak-Jung stared back at Nilus.
“Ha, I didn’t think that I would ever see something like this. A little kid is cosplaying as an old grandpa… Ha… I feel this whenever I see you, but you really aren’t sane. Even if you are crazy, you should…”
“W-What?!”
“I’ll definitely have to teach you a lesson one day… I’ll give you some mental training.”
Kwak-Jung referred to Kang Chul-In’s trademark ‘mental training’, and shook his head.
“Hu… whatever, whatever! To think that this stupid grade-schooler is the head of the mages in the Laputa territory…”
“What?”
At this, Nilus retorted angrily.
“What did you say? Grade-schooooooler?”
“...!”
“You young brat… You should learn to respect your elders!”
As Nilus raged, Kwak-Jung thought that this Pangaean mage knew the true meaning of ‘grade-schooler’ and was startled for a second.
He didn’t know that there was the concept of grade-school here in Pangaea, when he hadn’t seen one before.
“You… do you even know what grade-schooler means?”
Kwak-Jung asked to check.
“You think I don’t know what that swear word means? Even though I am an old man, I still keep up with the trendy words nowadays! Ehem.”
“Is that so?”
“O-Of course!”
“What does it mean then?”
“...”
“Yeah? So what does it mean?”
“W-Well…”
Nilus hesitated.
“Hmph… Stop pretending to know.”
“W-What?! Did you really think you would be fine after swearing at the elderly? You rude bastard!”
“Haha, you don’t even know the meaning.”
“I-I know what it is!”
“Then why don’t you say it, ‘Mr. Old Man’.”
“Y... You…”
“Pft~! Don’t talk to me until you know what it means. You got it? O.K?”
Kwak-Jung motioned with his hands.
“O-Okay?”
“Ah… you don’t know what that is either…”
“...”
“I’ll have to talk to someone who knows what I’m talking about. What can I say to someone who doesn’t know the ‘trendy’ words? Ha… C’mon, Kwak-Jung. You should be the good man, and let it go.”
After murmuring to himself, Kwak-Jung turned away from Nilus because he didn’t want to continue speaking.
And thanks to that,
“Grade-schooler… I must have forgotten because I’m so old. It must only be temporary… H-Have I gotten dementia?!”
Repeating the word that he had heard for the first time in his life, Nilus wondered whether he had gotten dementia or not.
At that moment,
“I’m here!”
Dorian jumped off the wyvern, before pointing towards his allies in the sky and shouting at them for not jumping off with him.
“...What in hell is that dumb ass doing?”
Kwak-Jung clenched his fists, and shivered.
“Ugh! I think I’m going crazy! How come the people near me aren’t normal? First, there’s a crazy grade-schooler and now, there’s an Overlord that has brain damage… Ah, forget it.”
While Kwak-Jung was complaining to himself, Dorian, who had jumped into enemy territory by himself,
“I-I surrender! S-Stop it! Ahhh!”
Was running away from nearly 8000 Anatolian soldiers, begging for his life.
“Why’d he even come in the first place if he was going to do that… Ugh…”
Kwak-Jung covered his eyes, sick of this madness.
If he had gone into enemy territory like that, it would have been cool if he as an Overlord tried to break through the enemy lines and show off his power, but instead Dorian was busy running around like a dog while being chased by the enemy soldiers. He truly was an Overlord that looked idiotic.
Ah, well… I wouldn’t be following Milord like this if every Overlord was like that…
Kwak-Jung thought of Kang Chul-In, and decided to forgive Dorian for now.
If everyone could do that, then Kwak-Jung might not be the subordinate of Kang Chul-In.
Even though it was true that Kang Chul-In had saved him, one of the reasons Kwak-Jung had decided to follow him was because of his charisma and power.
Of course, that wasn’t to say that Dorian was useless or weak.
Although he wasn’t able to destroy the enemies like Kang Chul-In, he was still able to continue running away from the 8000 soldiers unscathed.
This was something that was impossible unless someone had skill. The only problem was that he was quite stupid.
Now then, Anatolians, it’s only 3 or 4 days before you have to say good bye to your territory. And then… Huhuhu… I’ll be able to get a special bonus from Milord! Hahaha!
Once this happened, it truly wouldn’t be impossible for Kwak-Jung to become the owner of a Ferrari.
After all, Kang Chul-In was famous for rewarding his subordinates well when they deserved it.
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“Looks like this is the source of the wind and rain?”
Kang Chul-In stared at the White Rain Fan below his feet and murmured.
In truth, he already knew.
In the past, Lee Gong-Myung had used this weapon to make the armies of Hecate and Aleister retreat near the Hartum river.
He was even aware that the name of this fan was the ‘White Rain Fan’.
But even still, Kang Chul-In pretended not to know.
It was just in case because he was still wary of Lee Gong-Myung’s terrifying insight and foresight.
“Not bad.”
As soon as he said that,
Tak!
Kang Chul-In kicked the fan, and it bounced on the ground before landing in his hands.
“I’ll use it well.”
After holding the item that was like the symbol of Lee Gong-Myung, Kang Chul-In nodded with a smile.
This fan contained the authority to ‘call the wind and rain’ and ‘move the mountains and rivers’ and was an item that he could use much better than Kaiforce, as it had so many more uses.
Think about it.
Weather was something that could control one’s normal day, but if one could control the weather depending on their mood... How convenient would that be?
Simply speaking, this was the most useful item that Kang Chul-In had obtained after returning to the past. It was a true treasure.
Amazing, as expected.