Chapter 92. Letâs fight, you stupid bastard!
Kang Chul-In returned to the Laputa territory quickly.
âHooray for Lord Kang Chul-In!â
Captain James was the first one to come, and greet Kang Chul-In.
And the other leading figures of the Laputa Territory came shortly after.
Kwakjung, Michael, Nilus, Billy Halford⊠all of these people came and praised Kang Chul-In for his martial prowess, and strength.
Nilus ran in front of Kang Chul-In, and knelt down.
âThis humble one, even being a Mage, could not protect and defend against those stupid Atlases. Please your majesty, kill me!â
âYour majesty, this humble one⊠Should have been stronger⊠This one without the Power of long time ago⊠has become so weakâŠâ
Nilus was originally an SS ranked unit, and being a C+ unit right now, it made sense that he was frustrated.
If it was Nilus back then, he would have single-handedly destroyed all of those Atlases, so his frustration made sense.
âI know that feeling too.â
Kang Chul-In could 100% understand how Nilus felt.
If it was Kang Chul-In from before, 5, no even 50 Atlases could not withstand his strength.
âItâs alright. James. How are our casualties?â
â100 dead⊠and 50 have been severely woundedâŠâ
âAnd if we think of the food, and tents that we didnât properly collect before leaving, the financialâŠâ
âThose resources, it doesnât matter how much we lose.â
This wasnât Kang Chul-In speaking nonsense, but what he actually felt.
âOur soldiers come first. My soldiers are the ones that have been fighting tooth and nail the past month, to conquer the territories that we have conquered. They are what is important, not those disposable resources.â
âPlease, kill execute me! This one, even though he had heard the retreat call, could not even save everyone, allowing 100 of our precious soldiers to die, and 50 more to be injured! This is all this oneâs fault, so this one should definitely take a punishment befitting of that.â
James couldnât lift his face due to embarassment, as just as Kang Chul-In was about to speak againâŠ
Kwak-Jung also knelt down.
âMilord, allow me to be punished!â
All of the leading figures of the Laputa territory knelt down in quick succession, and started speaking of their âcrimesâ. It seemed like it was an execution ground at this point, and it became more so when all of the soldiers also started kneeling down, begging to be punished about how weak they were.
âEveryone, stand up.â
Kang Chul-In spoke with his typical, charismatic voice.
âEveryone, be proud. Look at the reality. You, no we have only lost 100 men when retreating against two Atlases. This is an incredible feat that no other Lordâs army would have been able to achieve. Be proud of yourselves! Rather than being punished, I believe that you guys should be rewarded instead! HOWEVER!â
There was something before that.
âThose. Damnable. Bastards. They made us lose our valued, precious comrades in arms. Weâll show them what happens if you end up crossing swords with the Laputa territory. For our dead brothers!â
And listening to Kang Chul-In speaking, the soldiers regained their ferocity and vigor, and were pumped up for fighting again.
âFor our dead brothers! For Laputa!â
âYou guys too. Stand up.â
Kang Chul-In spoke to the still-kneeling leaders of Laputa.
âDo you guys want to become stronger?â
And as everyone except Kwak-Jung nodded, Kang Chul-In smiled, satisfied.
Kang Chul-In nodded his head.
âI will give you guys âspecial trainingâ when winter comes, so be prepared for that.â
Listening to Kang Chul-Inâs warning, everyoneâs eyes flared up. Everyone except for one.
âOf course, youâre included too.â
Unfortunately for Kwak-Jung, he was included.
âM-Me? B-But Iâm just a tactician, right?â
âTell me if you donât want to. Instead, Iâll give you some mentalâŠâ
âIâLL DO IT! IâLL DO THE TRAINING!â
Before the terrifying âmental-trainingâ, Kwak-Jung spoke as quickly as possible, afraid that Kang Chul-In might change his mind.
Kang Chul-In didnât stop continuously looking at the Mecha Dome territory, looking for any changes.
But it seemed like they had no plans whatsoever for coming above ground. Even though Kang Chul-In had finished his preparations, not a single ant was found.
But at that moment, an adventurer came, and delivered him a letter.
ââŠThis bastard. Iâll crush your skull.â
Kang Chul-In growled, looking at the contents of the letter. The start of it went like this:
Letâs fight, you stupid bastard!