He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 128

I Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 128 (128/300)

I Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor 128

“Cocky bastard! Fine, have it your way! You’ll regret this!”

Gorgatz, hearing my provocative taunt, spat those words and leaped away.

“Hey! Are you crazy? How could you say that!”

As soon as Gorgatz disappeared into the distance, Gobomein, who had been trying to maintain a serious demeanor, trembled as he spoke.

“What’s wrong? We were going to fight them all anyway, right?”

“That was one at a time! I never said we’d take them all on at once!”

I chuckled at Gobomein’s frantic reaction.

Of course, Gobomein’s reaction wasn’t strange.

Anyone who wasn’t as weak as Gobomein would know that even gods are formidable opponents.

To say that we would face them all at once might seem reckless.

“Gobomein, there’s no need to worry. Those guys won’t attack me all at once.”

“What? Why is that?”

“Because they’re all gods.”

In comics, novels, and games, villains—from the Demon King’s minions to the Demon King or Demon God themselves—never dogpile the hero or champions of justice all at once.

Sure, it’s because the story would be boring if they all attacked at once, or because the hero wouldn’t be able to grow, but if we’re being realistic, there’s another reason.

“They don’t have a structure where they command each other, at least in name, right?”

“That’s right. But Rasgar, who we just saw, is the strongest, so he’s the supreme god. He’ll definitely give orders.”

“True. But they won’t follow them. Someone will definitely try to attack first, or fall behind.”

Even the Demon King’s army in comics, which has a hierarchical structure, has internal strife.

That’s why they often rush at the hero on their own, only to donate experience points.

So, will gods who are nominally equal really agree? I don’t think so.

“Whether they want to prove their strength by defeating me and raising their divine status, or whether they’re afraid of facing me, their opinions will definitely be divided. And Rasgar won’t be able to control that, right? Otherwise, he would have already dominated the other gods.”

“That’s… true.”

Gobomein couldn’t deny my logic and nodded.

So, I just need to crush the forces that come at me piecemeal.

“But Shadow, they’re not stupid either. They’ll definitely join forces before long.”

As the discussion reached that point, Igrid made a reasonable objection.

As she said, they would initially test my strength and then go all out.

In fact, that wasn’t necessarily a bad tactic.

Sending the relatively weaker ones first to gauge my strength and then adjusting their approach accordingly is a surprisingly good tactic.

“That’s right. But my plan doesn’t end there.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

“I need to sow discord among them.”

Using the weak to gauge the opponent’s strength is definitely a reasonable tactic.

But would those who are used as expendable pawns for that purpose see it as reasonable?

Absolutely not.

“And Gobomein, if Rasgar is the strongest by force, that means there are also second and third strongest among them, right?”

“Of course. Dominite of Dominion and Glastok of Greed are the second and third strongest, respectively, though they’re a bit lower in status.”

“Then it’ll be even easier.”

Having a second and third strongest means they have inferiority complexes towards the stronger first.

That means they’re easier to shake.

The easiest way to bring down the first is to make the second or lower fight him.

‘Divide and Rule’—a time-honored tactic proven by human history.

Surely, gods are no different.

“You’ll have to do the talking for me, Gobomein.”

All it takes is a little bit of devilish chatter.

* * *

Whoosh-

-Kuaaaaak!

“I told you to come all at once, but you’re neatly ignoring me.”

The lower-level gods of the Green Plains were engulfed in purifying flames, screaming.

As expected, the green gods didn’t swarm all at once.

They brought many souls of Greenskin warriors, but they sent the weaker lower-level gods first.

-Kuek! Retreat!

“Yeah, just get lost. Come back with stronger ones next time.”

-We’ll see!

The lower-level gods, lightly defeated, spat out typical villain lines and retreated.

They scurried back to the green gods’ banquet hall.

The banquet hall was a place where Greenskin warriors’ souls often engaged in power struggles.

That’s where the higher-level green gods were gathered.

“Huh, another loss? The human challenger must be quite formidable.”

“He wouldn’t have come here if he wasn’t confident in his strength.”

Dominite, the green god of dominion, and Retni, the green god of sorcery, said as they watched the fifth group of defeated lower-level gods.

Those two objectively acknowledged the human challenger’s strength.

“Then let’s hurry up and strike him. Isn’t that what he wants, Rasgar?”

“No, there’s no need for that, is there, Rasgar?”

But Retni opposed Rasgar’s opinion.

Rasgar, as the green god of rage, growled at Retni, but Dominite agreed with him.

“Retni is right, Rasgar. We know he’s strong, but there’s no need for all of us to rush in.”

What Retni and Dominite wanted was for someone else to be defeated by the ‘strong challenger.’

They didn’t want to face him themselves, hoping that someone else would lose prestige or divine status, or even die.

Of course, they didn’t really want everyone to swarm and overwhelm him either.

“Grrr… I don’t know when you two became so close.”

“We five high gods have always been deeply fraternal. Isn’t that right, Glastok?”

Dominite passed Rasgar’s sarcasm to Glastok of Greed, who was as fluid as water.

“…Munch munch, huh? Y-yeah, that’s right.”

Glastok, the third strongest of the five high green gods, chewed on a large piece of meat and answered vaguely.

As the god of greed, he was currently focused on eating.

Seeing Glastok’s appearance, Rasgar could only sigh briefly, his anger subsiding.

“So! What are you all going to do? Are you going to send more warriors or lower-level gods? Whose lower-level gods will it be this time? Are you all such cowards!”

Rather, it was Ririte of Strife who showed anger.

“That’s not it, Ririte. We shouldn’t underestimate the challenger.”

“Retni! You’re overestimating him too much. Then I’ll go. I’ll go and defeat him!”

Ririte seemed eager to go alone.

It was partly because he was the green god of strife, but the real reason was his position as ‘fourth’ among the gods.

Among the five high gods, he, who couldn’t even make it into the top three, always craved power.

That’s why he needed to defeat the challenger and absorb his divine status and power, as well as gain prestige among the gods.

That’s why he volunteered.

“I forbid it, Ririte.”

“Rasgar! Why!”

But Rasgar opposed it.

“I briefly fought him. Even with my strength, I couldn’t easily defeat him. Although neither of us went all out… so if you, who are weaker than me, go, you’ll be defeated in an instant.”

“Th-that…”

Ririte wanted to argue, but he couldn’t easily argue because he was weaker than Rasgar.

“Rather than giving him power, it would be better for all of us to go together and strike him.”

“Rasgar, I always feel this, but you’re quite rational for a god of rage.”

“That’s why I’m stronger than you all.”

Retni raised the corners of his mouth upon hearing Rasgar’s words.

“Then you’ll understand my intentions. We ‘don’t need’ to do that.”

“…Hmph. How absurd.”

It was right to strike the enemy with all their might.

But those who would become that force had no reason to unite.

Rather, like Ririte, who was eager to run wild on his own, they wanted to monopolize the power, or like Retni and Dominite, they wanted to use someone else as a scapegoat.

No one except Rasgar wanted to attack all together, as he wished.

“I know how Golrak feels.”

Rasgar felt pathetic as he looked at those who couldn’t unite, even worse than a mess.

But Rasgar couldn’t help but take advantage of Retni’s logic.

“Then do as you please. You go ahead and eliminate him. I’ll go last.”

“Oh, if you’re yielding, then we’re happy.”

Rasgar sneered at the smirking Retni.

‘Fool. Don’t you know that I’m the only one who has gauged his strength?’

What Rasgar was aiming for was for these guys to be defeated by the human challenger.

The others seemed to think that they wouldn’t lose, but what they were forgetting was that Rasgar was the only one who had briefly fought the challenger.

Even though he had stated it directly, the others were being careless.

‘That guy definitely had great power. So much so that even I couldn’t guarantee victory… Surely, whatever they plot, they’ll be defeated by him and suffer a setback.’

It’s hard to defeat guys who are in perfect condition like they are now. But it’s not difficult to devour weakened guys.

Rasgar was also planning to reverse the scapegoat that Retni and Dominite wanted.

“Then Glastok, you go.”

“Munch munch… Huh? Me?”

But Retni didn’t completely fail to grasp Rasgar’s intentions.

So, rather than having himself or Dominite step forward, he put Glastok forward first.

“Yes, you should face that challenger first.”

“…I don’t really want to.”

Glastok was greedy but simple and lazy.

Regarding this challenger, he simply had the position of ‘not wanting to step forward.’

So, he wasn’t very interested in Retni’s words, but…

“Then we’ll have to send Dominite. Well, Dominite is stronger than you anyway. Or Ririte…”

“…! No, I’ll go!”

But there was one thing: he also had an inferiority complex towards Dominite, the second strongest.

He couldn’t tolerate being compared to him, or Dominite defeating the challenger and becoming stronger.

Even if it wasn’t Dominite, he was afraid of being caught up by Ririte if he went.

“Oh, that’s great, hehehe…”

Retni of Sorcery, who had aimed for that psychology from the beginning, smiled contentedly and winked at Rasgar.

Retni had been coordinating the high gods in this way, while being moderately hostile to Rasgar.

As the lowest-ranking of the five high gods, it was a satisfactory result for him to be able to express his intentions to some extent.

Rasgar also smiled, somewhat satisfied, and said.

“Good. You must defeat him. Greenskin will not be tainted or subdued by humans.”

While each had their own agenda, it was time to clash again.