Chapter 342: Nilus, Power Up! (1/2)

“S-Stop them!”

“Those sons of bitches… we won’t hand this place over!”

“You guys can only pass over my dead body… got it? You assholes!”

“Come at us, come!”

The Valhalla Kingdom soldiers taunted the Ancient Empire soldiers.

“You sons of bitches…!”

“Try to kill us if you can!”

“Die, die, dieeeee…!”

The current soldiers of the Valhalla Kingdom acted as if they were possessed by ghosts crazed for war, the reason being that the undefeated army that had never once lost after being established were continuing to lose. They were frustrated. Their pride couldn’t accept the fact that they were losing. It was what kept them going.

But…

“Ack!”

“Aaaaaaah!”

“Kuk!”

The odds were against them. There were just too many enemies. It was 20 to 1, and even in that situation, the enemies continued to come.

“Hmm… is this the end of the Valhalla Kingdom?”

Kwak Jun watched the scene high above the base of the Gullveig Alliance. His face was relaxed because the current authority of the Ancient Empire was in his hands.

The reason was simple. After Saturnus killed Mei Ling, he took over the military, and because it was annoying, he left it to Kwak Jun. He had unintentionally given away his authority.

“Well, it’s not bad.” From Kwak Jun’s perspective, it was actually better. “Kang Chul-In has that bastard… no matter how much I contribute I’ll only be known as the other one, so it might be better to rule the empire under Saturnus…”

It was true. Kang Chul-In had Kwak Jung and Lucia. No matter how much Kwak Jun worked, he wouldn’t be treated better than them. But what about under Saturnus? Saturnus was a complete psycho, but Kwak Jun could accomplish many things under him. With his wit and brains, he is able to appease Saturnus, so his chances of being killed by him is lower than other people’s. Saturnus might’ve been the best Lord for Kwak Jun to serve.

“Although, I’ll have to kill him in the end…”

Of course, he didn’t plan on following Saturnus until the end. He was already thinking of a coup, because that was the shortcut to living a long life. Saturnus was like a bomb that would explode at any moment; Kwak Jun would rather not spend the rest of his life waiting for it to go off.

“That’s not bad either… if Saturnus can topple the Valhalla Kingdom for me, and the coup is successful…” Kwak Jun daydreamed. “Me… a mere adventurer…!”

His ambition began to squirm.

“Becoming the emperor of this continent… isn’t just a dream…”

It was definitely possible. If Saturnus was successful in defeating Kang Chul-In and Kwak Jun succeeded in the coup, he would become the ruler of this world.

And to begin with, Kwak Jun was only an adventurer, so there was no way he could confirm it anyway.

“I see that you’re day-dreaming?” Just then, a cold voice pierced his ears.

“Who are you!?” He whipped his head back.

“You don’t know me?”

“Y-You’re…!” Kwak Jun was shocked out of his wits. “Assassin commander Niu…!”

“Yeah, it’s me.” Niu was looking at Kwak Jun with a cold face.

“How did you get here? We got rid of all the moles…”

“Yeah, I saw you working hard on that.”

“...!”

“But you know...” She looked straight at Kwak Jun in the eyes. “Look.”

“...!”

“Who do I look like?”

Kwak Jun was shocked once more. Niu’s face transformed into one of an old man’s.

“I was always next to you.”

“...!”

“Sometimes as the operator of the Gullveig Alliance, sometimes as a maid, other times as a guard, and even as a messenger who frequented your office.”

“B-But how… I was so careful…!”

“Because it was a mess? Blood was always spilled whenever things were quiet, so it wasn’t that hard for me to hide.”

She was right. After Mei Ling was killed by Saturnus, Kwak Jun loosened his aim of catching the spy that Kang Chul-In planted. Who would be able to focus on that when incidents were happening every day? Even if Kwak Jun was smart, he couldn’t take care of everything at once.

“So… were you watching me?”

“Always.” Niu answered.

“What are you gonna do?”

“Why do you ask something so obvious?”

“I see…”

“But it must be nice.”

“...?”

“You can continue to dream...”

Kashing…! She brandished her shining blade.

“When you’re dead.”

“Kek!”

Kwak Jun laughed.

“Do you think I’ll go that easily…”

“No? You’re already dead.”

“What kind of…!”

It was then. Someone approached Kwak Jun from behind.

“Overlord Vito Clemenza’s tactician, Kwak Jun.”

“Huk…!”

“You have to die.” Podolski whispered in Kwak Jun’s ear with a keen flash in his eyes.