He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 125

“Looks like he’s really angry.”

I muttered quietly, watching the arrows darken the sky.

My provocation towards Gobomein worked all too well.

Clearly, those arrows were meant to be fired when we started ramming the fortress, but now they’re pouring down on me alone.

They weren’t ordinary arrows either; they were filled with various spells and curses.

“But do you think I’d be taken down by something like that?”

Clang- Whoosh!

As I drew the Holy Sword Silver Rose, flames of purification blazed.

Soon, I swung the sword, scattering the flames, and the flames spread through the air, beginning to devour the rain of arrows.

-Screeeee!

The arrows imbued with curses screamed as they burned.

Clang! Clang!

Even amidst that, some of the more powerful curses broke through the flames and flew towards me, but I simply deflected them with a swing of the Holy Sword.

-Shaaaaa!

The curse embedded in the arrow transformed into a giant serpent, spraying poison.

“Useless.”

-Kyaaak?

Thud!

However, the poison was blocked by the barrier of divine power surrounding me.

I had anticipated attacks like curses and deployed it in advance.

As soon as the attack was neutralized, the serpent formed by the curse had its neck severed.

“Let’s go, Silver!”

-Woof! Woof!

Immediately, I dashed towards the fortress.

Although it was a sturdy fortress, its basic structure was made of wood.

Naturally, it was very vulnerable to fire.

“I’ll burn it all down!”

Whoosh!

The flames of purification blazed even more intensely.

This time, they were mixed with frost flames, making them even more powerful.

Swoosh!

Whoosh!

Again, a strike of flame scattered by swinging the sword.

The flames engulfed the fortress walls.

-Retreat!

-Abandon the walls!

“Hoh, judging by how they’re not panicking, it seems they were planning to lure us into the fortress after all.”

In fact, their fortress walls could be destroyed or captured by Golrak’s army, not just me.

The real threat was the traps and ambushes they had set up inside the fortress when the army entered.

“Then I’ll gladly step inside. Let’s go, Silver!”

-Grrr!

My role was to confuse them before the army advanced.

Neutralizing even a few of their schemes would be a great help.

Moreover, Gobomein was probably still angry, so he would rush at me without thinking if he saw me.

-Now! Deploy the curses!

As expected, as soon as I stepped into the fortress, the enemies’ response poured in.

Whoaaaa!

First, a thick, black aura of curse began to descend.

If I were to take those head-on, even I wouldn’t be able to avoid weakening.

-Grrrr, Keuheoeong!

-The, the curse!

However, Silver’s roar, filled with intense aura, instantly cleared away the curses that were rushing in from all directions.

Swish! Thud! Clang!

Taking advantage of their confusion, I charged forward, wielding my sword indiscriminately and ravaging the enemies.

“Gobomein! You’re pathetic as ever! Are you planning to offer another divinity as tribute?”

-Kuaaaaak! Kill him! Kill him!

I didn’t forget to provoke Gobomein again.

Gobomein’s frantic voice was heard from somewhere, and the enemies’ response became even fiercer.

But that was actually a bad move for them.

They were supposed to respond with traps, ambushes, and surprise attacks, but they couldn’t because of Gobomein.

-Throw the net!

-Prepare the large ballista!

But they weren’t just being helplessly defeated.

They began to use the next measures they had prepared.

It’s just that they were using the measures they were going to use against the army on me alone.

Clang-

“Oh? This net doesn’t seem to be affected by attacks?”

-How about this! I prepared it specially!

The nets they were throwing were surprisingly treated with special magic, so fire didn’t work on them.

It also resisted being cut by a sword, so it couldn’t be cut easily. Frankly, it was quite a surprising measure.

Pshooom! Pshushushook!

And large bolts were fired from the giant ballista.

Those were also imbued with the power of magic, so they would definitely be able to penetrate my armor.

Their potential was more significant than I thought.

Thwack!

Unable to move due to the net, I had no choice but to be exposed to the barrage.

-Uahahahaha! Serves you right, you…… Huh?

Gobomein laughed when he saw that, but soon he had no choice but to stop laughing.

[Silvatein Deployment]

[Current Synchronization Rate 120%]

[Maintaining Humanoid Form]

Cling! Cling!

I had transformed into Silvatein in the time it took for the bolts to fly.

Of course, large bolts couldn’t penetrate Silvatein’s armor.

It was still in a humanoid form close to wearing armor, but it was enough to deal with them.

[Weapon Transformation, Transforming into Shredding Automatic Saw Blades]

Weeeeee!

Shred!

Soon, the nets that had bound me were torn to shreds by Silver Rose, which had transformed into saw blades.

[Weapon Transformation, Transforming into a Bladed Whip]

Crack! Chrararararak!

-Grrr! Grrr!

Immediately after, I launched a counterattack.

I swept away the clustered enemies with the bladed whip, or Silver rushed in and released aura imbued with electricity in all directions, leaving them helpless.

As a tribe that was considered weak in pure force, there weren’t many trolls or ogres, and even then, there were more goblins than orcs.

Thanks to that, their durability against area attacks was also weak.

Thud-

“You’re the Sorike chieftain, right? Surrender.”

As Golrak’s army entered the fortress, I pointed my sword at the ornate figure who appeared to be the chieftain, urging him to surrender.

“Ugh…… I surrender.”

Sorike, seeing Golrak’s army coming from behind, had no choice but to surrender.

He couldn’t even handle me alone, and if the army joined in, all that would be left was a massacre.

-Kuaaaaak! Another defeat! Again!

Gobomein’s voice was heard from him.

His appearance of going crazy after another defeat was quite unsightly.

“You’re as weak as you were back then.”

-Kyaaaak! You infuriating bastard! What do you want! Are you going to take another divinity!

“Hmm, I don’t really need it anymore.”

Stealing Gobomein’s divinity now would be a drop in the bucket.

“Instead, I have a proposal.”

-I won’t listen to your proposal!

“Really? That’s a shame. I was going to push you.”

-What?

A dumbfounded voice was heard, but I shrugged.

“You’re in a competitive relationship with other green gods, right? As a condition for you to cooperate with us, I was going to make you the king of the gods. If you don’t need it, there’s nothing I can do.”

-Wa, wait a minute!

Gobomein suddenly became urgent, but I teased him appropriately.

-On second thought, I have to follow the winner’s will since I lost. My champion is now Golrak.

“That’s great. Try to get along with Golrak now.”

-No! You have to help me! No, please help me!

“Hahahaha.”

He was a funny guy, just like before.

* * *

“An alliance with Gobomein…… I don’t know why it has to be Gobomein, but it’s not a bad thing.”

The proposal I made to Gobomein was, of course, a matter that required Golrak’s consent.

And Golrak readily agreed.

“Either way, the issue of faith had to be resolved.”

That was possible because it was in line with Golrak’s interests.

Golrak had improved the Green Skin tribal society while reforming it, but there was one problem.

That was the loss of trust from the Green Skin’s green gods.

Of course, it wasn’t to the extent of incurring the green gods’ hatred, but the green gods were in a position to ‘watch’ Golrak, so he needed to prove himself.

For that reason, subduing Gobomein, even though he was the weakest god, was a good thing.

“But I don’t know what the intention is behind pushing him to the throne of the gods.”

“To be exact, it’s to attach Gobomein’s followers, that is, the tribes under Sorike, to you.”

“Them?”

“Yes, it seems to me that what you lack is not strength but brains.”

Golrak has enough strength.

Not only his inherent strength but also a considerable army.

But his rule still lacked sophistication.

It was difficult to find the administrative power needed for internal affairs or the skillful diplomacy needed for external affairs.

Piona was there, but it was obvious that she alone would be woefully inadequate.

“So, you’re telling me to use them as my strategists?”

“That’s right. Moreover, Gobomein is said to be skilled in schemes, so it would be helpful, not harmful, right?”

“Hmm…… that’s true.”

Golrak was soon persuaded by my argument.

I smirked as I watched it.

‘Actually, that’s not the only thing I’m aiming for.’

Of course, everything I said to Golrak was true.

But what I’m really aiming for is to create a force to check Golrak.

I joined hands with Golrak to revitalize the western region and stabilize the reclamation, but it wouldn’t be good for me if he continued to grow smoothly.

That’s because I don’t have the illusion that this alliance or friendly relationship will last forever.

If so, I needed people to check Golrak in preparation for that time.

That was Gobomein’s power.

‘Supporting external forces would incur Golrak’s backlash. But if I make them internal helpers, he won’t be able to do anything about it.’

Golrak may be able to guess my intentions to some extent, as he is not a fool.

But he won’t be able to refuse my proposal.

It’s also to avoid being disliked by me, but he really needs strategists like Gobomein.

The Green Skin society would not develop much just because ignorant orcs, who are the mainstream of the tribe, imitate lords.

At least there have to be smart guys who can learn technology and knowledge from humans, so it was a proposal that he couldn’t refuse.

“I will do as you suggest. But this is the last time my forces will be combined directly. Others will not willingly join me. They can only be subdued and ruled.”

“I see. Let’s do it your way.”

Golrak said that he would not give special treatment to anyone other than Gobomein.

It was natural since other Green Skin tribes and green gods would not be as weak as Gobomein, but it was also a warning from Golrak at the same time.

He would tolerate Gobomein, but he would not allow others.

“Then let’s continue to conquer other tribes.”

After that, we began to conquer other tribes one by one according to Golrak’s will.

We also took the lead in the conquest and began to liberate the former imperial people.

“Are you really from the Empire?”

“That’s right. You are now free. You can live in the Empire again.”

“I’ve only heard about it…… Thank you so much.”

They welcomed us, the liberators.

Some chose to live in Green Skin society, but most chose to join our settlers.