He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 126

“Golak teamed up with humans?”

“That is correct, Chieftain!”

“Hmph, he tried to imitate humans, and now he’s lost his pride as a Greenskin.”

While Golak and Emperor Franz were defeating the champions of the green gods one by one,

Chieftain Gorgatz was also gathering the gods’ favor by defeating his rivals.

“Haa, he once defeated me and became the chieftain. How could he make such a choice?”

It was before the blessings of the gods, but Golak was once the chieftain.

As chieftain, he led the tribesmen to plunder the empire.

But after returning from the last plunder, he became very strange.

Gorgatz, his rival, became the chieftain thanks to that, but he couldn’t shake off a bitter taste.

“But he has also defeated several champions! We must not underestimate him!”

Gorgatz nodded at his aide’s advice.

Regardless of whether he disliked Golak’s actions or methods, Gorgatz had to admit that they were efficient.

Uniting the tribal society, which was bound to be divided periodically, under a monarchy like humans was definitely powerful and efficient.

“But that is not a Greenskin way.”

However, Gorgatz was stubborn.

Dividing into classes and giving authority to the classes themselves to make them obey?

Even if the person holding that class is a weakling as a warrior, they must obey?

How could that be the Greenskin way?

“Greenskins must fight endlessly. Greenskins who do not fight become weak. Like humans!”

Kuuuung!

Gorgatz rolled on the ground, expressing his anger.

Then, a tremendous wave of power spread around him.

Not just a simple physical shockwave, but a wave of divinity flowed from his body.

The Greenskins who saw it all trembled.

Indeed, they felt the overwhelming force of the incarnation of the green god.

“Golak… It is a pity that you do not understand that. Grrr….”

Golak castrated the need to constantly prove and struggle to truly prove one’s strength.

Gorgatz, who once acknowledged his strength, could not hide his disappointment.

But on the other hand, he also felt excitement.

Golak is definitely not a fool or a coward.

He must have believed that what he chose was right, so he moved forward.

“Then I will deny it with all my might, Golak.”

* * *

After bringing in Gobomane, subjugating the surrounding tribes was not that difficult.

“Attack! Attack!”

“Wait! They are our allies!”

“What, what is going on!”

“The fog… tricked us!”

Gobomane used his magic to confuse the enemies with all sorts of schemes.

“Everyone, freeze!”

Jjeojeojeojeojeok-

“Frozen, huh? Then I’ll break you!”

Kwaaaang!

Igrit and Golak confronted the army, firing off wide-area freezes and shockwaves.

Most of the enemies collapsed with just that level of attack and soon surrendered, asking to be accepted.

But those with champions were different.

“Hehehe! Come on!”

Wheeik! Wheeing!

Chaeng!

“Oh, that’s dangerous.”

I barely deflected a huge spear thrown by a nimble troll.

The spear, which was guided to me from a distance, was imbued with divinity.

It was impossible to avoid, and if I got hit, my armor and everything would be penetrated and I would die.

“Annoying!”

Cheolkeokcheolkeok-

[Blade Whip Deployed]

Hwiririk!

While dodging the spear and flying around, Silver Rose, transformed into a blade whip, covered the champion.

But his figure soon disappeared.

A close-range teleport, a blink ability.

He was showing a cunning and threatening combat style, throwing threatening spears and blinking nearby when approached.

“Hahaha! You can’t catch me!”

He started laughing triumphantly as he saw me miss him several times.

I smirked at the sight.

“You better not be too cocky.”

“Ha, say that after you touch a single hair on my body!”

That was understandable. If he had such an ability, he would never have been hit by anyone until now.

But, I raised the corner of my lips bitterly and said to him.

“Then I will.”

Hwiririk-

Once again, the blade whip moved.

And it covered the place where he was, but again, he escaped with a blink.

“Hahahaha! It’s no us- uh…?”

Pook-

The guy who appeared in another place with a blink spat out blood as he saw the blade whip stuck in his chest.

Of course, his expression was, ‘Why?’

“H-How….”

“Because I can see where you’re going to move.”

[‘Sharp Weakness Detection’ activated]

[Identified the opponent’s next destination]

The point where he was expected to move was already marked in red.

I pretended to cover the place where he was and sent the blade there, so he couldn’t avoid it and got hit.

Hwareureureureureuk-

“Uaaaaaaack!”

The flames of purification were attached to the blade, turning him to ashes.

[Killed the 4th Greenskin Champion.]

[Absorbed a portion of the divinity of ‘Swift Hunting Green God Shurraska’.]

[Obtained a hint of the ‘Blink’ ability.]

“That’s another one dealt with.”

Including Gobomane, I had already defeated four champions.

About 10 tribes had been subjugated.

Golak’s group and army had also grown considerably, and so had the number of rescued former imperials.

“This is going to be quite a problem with food.”

There were more former imperials than I thought.

Of course, it wasn’t at the level where famine would occur immediately, so if they were put into reclamation, they could somehow endure unless there was a severe crop failure.

“But we can’t just think about the west, so we need to think about the food problem.”

It would be better to find a way in the east, where there is a lot of fertile land, or in the south, where trade is active.

“You took care of it again this time. Thank you, Shadow.”

“Well, I get something out of it too.”

The Greenskin warriors of the resisting champions were soon subjugated to Golak.

Golak thanked me, but also showed a slight look of wariness.

“But next time, I want to defeat the champion myself.”

“I can kill them easily for you?”

“Haha, even so, it is difficult to always be indebted to a ‘friend’.”

It must have been my imagination that his words emphasizing that we were friends were slightly barbed.

The reason he was sending such a warning was simple.

I kept defeating the champions on my own and stealing the divinity of the god who blessed that champion.

So he must have noticed that the blessing was not fully bestowed upon him even if he defeated the champion.

Or maybe that god told Golak.

“There’s no need to refuse, but do as you please. I don’t have any complaints.”

“……Hmm, you and I get along well after all.”

Golak cautiously revealed his favor again, as if he thought it was unexpected that I readily agreed.

“Even so, there are no champions left now.”

“Then… is it just ‘that guy’ left?”

Golak nodded at my question.

Gorgatz.

Golak’s rival, who had been chosen as the incarnation of the green god after defeating the surrounding champions and subjugating the tribes as fiercely as we had.

“I knew he would move, but I didn’t know he would be chosen as an incarnation. My actions… may have offended the green gods.”

“Is being chosen as an incarnation that important?”

“Of course. An incarnation is an agent of the gods. It cannot be compared to a champion who is just a great warrior.”

Then, of course, he would exert much stronger power than a champion.

But Golak has to challenge him as a ‘champion’, and that Gorgatz guy is going to face him as an incarnation.

In other words, it felt like fighting in a different weight class or doping state.

“But I will definitely defeat him. Do not interfere.”

“Well, I don’t intend to stop you, but it would be troublesome if you died. I don’t think the other Greenskins are as flexible in their thinking as you are.”

If it was a matter of his pride, I didn’t want to put a damper on Golak’s competitive spirit.

However, it would be troublesome if Golak died.

If he died, my goal of stabilizing the western territory under Golak’s cooperation would be thwarted.

But Golak seemed determined not to give in this time.

“Don’t worry, I will definitely win.”

“Hmm… well, just don’t die.”

From my point of view, it was enough if he didn’t die, even if he lost.

No, rather, it felt like it would be better to lose moderately and maintain the balance of power among the Greenskins.

However, it seemed like death would come soon after defeat, so I couldn’t just wish for him to lose.

“I can feel the warrior’s desire to challenge. Surprisingly, Greenskins are respectable as warriors.”

As I walked with Igrit for a while after parting with Golak, Igrit was spouting very warrior-like words.

Seeing that Golak was trying to lead the Greenskins to civilization, Igrit’s words felt somewhat paradoxical.

In the end, it meant that Golak could not completely abandon his warrior-like tone. Even if Greenskin society becomes civilized, wouldn’t that tone continue in a similar way? Maybe in a militaristic way?

-Foolish. Golak will be defeated and die if this continues. The blessings of the green gods he has now are woefully insufficient.

Then, Gobomane’s voice was heard.

He seemed to expect Golak to be defeated and die.

It seemed unreliable for a weakling to say such a thing, but he was quite good at using his head, and since he was a god, he would properly gauge the power of divinity.

“Then should I help him not die after all?”

“You must not! If you touch the warrior’s pride, you will not be able to maintain a good relationship with him in the future.”

But if I helped him, Igrit opposed it. As she said, even if Golak won, making him feel unpleasant to me felt like stirring up trouble.

-There is one way.

“What way?”

-A way to help Golak without offending him.

“What is it?”

-You face the gods directly.

“How is that possible? You guys, the green gods, are in the green gods’ plane, right?”

-There is a place where you can challenge them. You can defeat the gods by breaking through the trials there.

According to Gobomane… surely the power of the gods would not be passed on to Gorgatz, so Golak would be able to win.

“But why are you telling me that? It can’t be a simple favor. You must want something?”