The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 59

Chapter 59 . The War Begins

“Buy 300 soldiers as well as two D ranked magic cannons, and four artillery machines . ”

“Magic cannons?”

“Are they similar to the cannons on earth?”

“As if . As a D ranked unit, its range and damage are low, but it is still the best card that we have . ”

Compared to the cannons in earth, Pangaea’s ones were definitely lackluster, but it still had a significant effect, especially in the low levels .

And the higher ranked cannons were definitely able to rival those of earth .

An example of this was Hecate, she had a shooting range of 10 km with 74 cannons, that could shoot from their air . This was one of her famed attacks, one that she self proclaimed as ‘Fire’ .

“Okay, got it . ”

“And add in two battle ogres, as well as eight troll guards . ”

“Since we bought some already, isn’t it better to just buy more cannons?”

“There is a limit of how you can buy depending on the level of the Lord . The maximum you can buy right now should be two . ”

“Oh . ”

Lee Chae-rin nodded her head, understanding the situation .

“This… is so expensive…”

Lee Chae-rin’s eyes widened as she looked at the price of the magic cannons .

Type: Magic weapon

Rank: D

Price: 1200 gold

Range: 2km

Shots per minute: 2

Maximum recharge: 10

Cooldown: 24 hours

Cost for reloading: 5 gold per shot

Explanation: Shoots with a bullet made of mana . After shooting all 10 of the bullets, there is a 24 hour cool down .

*Limit of bullets due to level (max 10)

*There are no limits to how much cannons you can have if you take them

*Can be further upgraded to gold .

“You should use them after upgrading them first . ”

“Oh, okay . ”

“Get ready . You need to make sure that the cannons are covered with something . If our enemies see it, it would be troublesome . ”

After Lee Chae-rin left the war, Kang Chul-in started thinking to himself .

‘A war that’s like a real war… . It’s been some time . ’

Wars in Pangaea were vastly different from the ones in Earth .

The army, made up of both humans and monsters teamed up and fought against enemies, and also used magically loaded weapons to shoot from far away .

And not only that, there were magicians like Nilus that made huge differences .

But the true key factor and ‘flowers of war’ were superhumans like Kang Chul-in .

If someone was over Level 100, they could definitely influence the battlefield hugely .

A great example of this was Kang Chul-in and Dorian, who had changed almost impossible fights to ones that they won from their sheer strength .

There was also a time when Kang Chul-in had destroyed one Rothschild’s fortress’s halls all by himself, and was known as a legend after .

Kang Chul-in could still remember the excitement he felt back then . Maybe he went to war to experience those feelings again .

Of course, the difference of strength between the old and new Kang Chul-in was huge, but the fact that he still roamed the battlefield remained the same .

“Mr . Chul-in, when shall we move our army?”

After she had gotten the job of getting rid of the guerilla squad from Kang Chul-in, Lee Chae-rin seemed impatient to move .

“There will be a signal . ”

“Signal? Will Podolski send us a signal?”

“This isn’t earth, there is no way for Podolski to be able to do that . ”

“That’s true…”

“The signal will be given by the enemies . ”

“What?”

Lee Chae-rin couldn’t understand Kang Chul-in’s words .

The enemies would give them a signal?

That didn’t make sense to her . It wasn’t as if the enemies were going to say ‘we’re having a war!’ to them in a welcoming manner . To her, Kang Chul-in’s words didn’t make sense .

“Look at the sky, and you will get the answer . ”

Kang Chul-in sipped the wine of the Dorado territory and pointed towards the sky .

“The… sky?”

Lee Chae-rin followed Kang Chul-in’s fingertips and starting staring up .

“… My eyes hurt . ”

“Should we try using cosmic force instead?”

“No money . If we use money like that, we will go bankrupt in no time . Even you shouldn’t have money right now . ”

“True…”

Lee Chae-rin had spent nearly all of her gold buying the troops just now . If she was unable to take back Nidavellir, she would also become like Kang Chul-in, and become a poor Lord .

And time had passed, until it became noon .

“That’s the signal .

Kang Chul-in spoke .

“The signal?

“There . ”

Kang Chul-in pointed towards scouting hawks that were flying through the air .

And there weren’t just one or two of them .

There were almost ten of them . It was definitely to check her territory .

“Because they are having an all out war, they are afraid of their backside . ” Kang Chul-in spoke .

“Then . . ”

“They are going to fight soon . How bad would your territory look in their eyes . ”

“Right!”

Listening to Kang Chul-in’s explanations, Lee Chae-rin thought of the state of things in Dorado right now .

Hobos lying on the streets, corpses everywhere, soldiers without discipline, burning buildings . Everything would seem bad to them .

“They would be able to think that we are out of action and go to war with their calm state of mind . ”

“Then…”

“Then we strike them in the back, just like you said?”

“Exactly . ”

Kang Chul-in nodded his head .

“Let’s go . We will let them taste hell . ”

‘I will do it, Mr . Chul-in!’

Although Lee Chae-rin was nervous because this was her first battle, she thought of the stable man who never swayed as well as the man she now loved, she clenched her teeth .

She needed to get rid of their guerilla troops in order for Kang Chul-in to move his troops and into position .

“Milord . ” Anubis came forward and spoke to her .

“I will protect you, milord . Please have some confidence . ”

“Of course, Anubis . ”

Anubis tried to relieve Lee Chae-rin’s stress and nervousness . As expected, the dog-men were truly royal .

Lee Chae-rin and her personal guards, the newly named ‘Royal Hound’s’ started moving quietly and quickly against the guerilla squad .

Because they had checked their enemies positions through Cosmic Force, their movements were very quick .

Sniff, sniff!

Anubis and the Royal Hound’s smelled the surroundings to check for the scent of their enemies . After all, they were dog-men .

Their noses could sense whether the enemies or moving or not, so it made it almost impossible for their enemies to escape from them .

“We’ve arrived, milord . ”

Anubis, lying face down in the grass, whispered to Lee Chae-rin .

In front of them were around 20 men in the squad, lying doing in their tents . They thought that they wouldn’t be attacked by the puny Dorado territory, and were camped out like this .

“Then we shall attack immediately . ”

“Yes, milord . ”

Anubis nodded his head, and all of the Royal Hound’s tensed their muscles, ready to dash out of the grass at any time towards the enemies .

“One, Two… Three!”

As soon as the signal came, the Royal Hound’s grabbed a staff in one hand and a knife in the other, and rushed towards the enemies like lightning .

And a slaughter began .

“ARGH!”

“H-HELP ME!”

“RUN!”

Although the guerilla squad screamed and tried to run, there was no mercy .

They were smacked to death by the staffs, cut to death by the knives, and pierced to death by the sharp teeth of the dog-men . To the lax guerilla squad, there was only death .

“Anubis . ”

“Do not let a single one go . If our plan leaks out, everything will be for nothing . ”

Soon, everything was cleared out, and even the ones who tried to run were taken down quickly by the dog-men .

“We will move again . We don’t have much time . ”

Lee Chae-rin moved quickly and took the Royal Hound’s with her .

Kang Chul-in waited for Lee Chae-rin’s signal . She was to get rid of the guerilla squad, and ambush the enemies .

And after waiting for around 3 hours… the signal came . From far away, a yellow flag waved towards them .

“So you’ve succeeded, Lee Chae-rin . ”

Kang Chul-in smiled as if satisfied at her, and took the 500 waiting soldiers outisde .

It was a quiet march .

Their destination was the west side of the Plains .

Kang Chul-in set up the two magic cannons 2 km away from the battlefield, and told them to fire when the battle reached the climax .

And then rest of the troops were stationed at a hill, where they could see what was going on .

From up to down .

There was definitely an advantage of high ground here, as setting up an ambush from high ground was very effective .

After that, they hid, and waited for their enemies to come .

The sun fell, and night came .

The plains were quiet .

Not even an ant, much less a soldier was scene in the plains, although the occasional boar or prairie dog came out .

‘The fight begins next morning . ’

Because Kang Chul-in was sure that the battle would occur here in the plains, he didn’t feel impatient .

Looking at the map and the hologram pictures, there was no other place as likely as this for the two Lords to start a war . This wasn’t a prediction, but an inevitability .

And just like Kang Chul-in thought, when the sun started rising, his words turned out to be true .

“Your majesty, the enemies have appeared!”

Although Kang Chul-in told Nilus not to come to the battlefield because of his age, he still followed .

“Good, just wait a bit . ”

Kang Chul-in didn’t ask for an attack order . If they attacked now, it would just become a 3-way war .

He wanted to attack when they were at the climax of the war .

And not long after, the battle begun .

The armies of the two Lords fought each other in the middle of the plains, showing off their strength to each other .

“Everyone gather round . ”

While the battle was occuring in the plains, Kang Chul-in gathered all of the soldiers from the Dorado territory .

“Do you see those filthy invaders?”

Kang Chul-in pointed at the middle of the battlefield, and shouted .

“Those bastards took our sacred land, and even murdered our brethren, they are just robbers!”

Listening to him, one of the soldiers passionately shouted .

“That’s right!”

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“My brother died at the hands of those guys!”

“They have touched what they shouldn’t have touched!”

An army with high morale doesn’t lose easily . And that was the same for an army full of hatred .

The soldiers from Dorado had a lot of things going for them right now . They wanted nothing more than to go up and kill those filthy invaders .

“The chance has come . ”

“This is the chance to cleanly wipe your thirst for revenge! Everyone, your chance is here!”

The body of the soldiers all trembled .

Motivation made someone strong .

And if the cause of that was because of revenge?

They would definitely give it more than their original ability . Even someone weak would become a ferocious beast when they had hatred within their hearts .

And not only that, they could see their enemies tearing each other apart . There was no other time and place for them to be so highly motivated .

“LET’S GO!”

Kang Chul-in shouted loudly .

“I will stand in the front . ALL MEN, CHARGE!!!”

And before anyone, he sprinted in towards the fight .

“GOOOO!!!!”

“WOOOO!!!”

“EVEN THE COMMANDER IS AT THE FRONT!”

“KILL THEM ALL!”

Shouting loudly, the 500 soldiers of the Dorado territory all followed Kang Chul-in’s lead and ran into battle .

And at that same instant, the cannon of their allies began firing bullets against their enemies .