He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 132

Rasgar surrendered, but I was a little skeptical.

“I won? I haven’t beaten you yet?”

-I admit defeat. Therefore, you have won, Challenger.

“Why is that?”

If he had sensed the difference in power between us, he would have surrendered long ago.

I showed my doubts, but Rasgar gave his own reason.

-I have seen the disgrace of the green gods, including Lyrit. That alone is enough to admit defeat for me and the green gods. Even if I fight and defeat you, the honor will not return.

“Disgrace…….”

It wasn’t a statement I couldn’t quite agree with.

The second-in-command, Dominite of Dominion, was arrogant and cornered, and Retni was caught off guard. Glastok betrayed, but there was a reason to betray.

And Lyrit… begged for his life. This was probably the most embarrassing thing for a Greenskin [a member of the Greenskin race, known for their pride and martial prowess].

“Well, as long as you give me compensation for admitting defeat, I have no reason to refuse.”

-Don’t worry, I’ll give it to you right away.

[The Green God of Rage, Rasgar, has admitted defeat.]

[50% of Rasgar’s divinity has been granted.]

[Understanding of Berserker has greatly increased.]

[Divinity has reached the level of ‘powerful.’ You can now use stronger divine power or authority.]

Half of Rasgar’s divinity.

I could feel an enormous amount of divinity being absorbed.

This wasn’t bad. I could have gained more divinity if I had defeated and killed him, but it was a huge gain for getting it without a fight.

“Okay, I have no complaints about this. But I want to ask you something.”

-Is it about what Lyrit was trying to say?

Before I could say anything specific, Rasgar’s voice anticipated my intention.

I wanted to know what Lyrit was trying to reveal, who that someone Rasgar called ‘that person’ was.

-I cannot tell you about that. But I can say this. Soon, you, and everyone in the world, will know.

It was a cryptic statement. But I could tell it was a strong warning.

“……I don’t know what that is, but I’m looking forward to how great it is. So, what are you going to do now? Now that you’ve become a ‘loser’?”

-I have no obligation to tell you that. Now, I’ll be on my way.

After that, I couldn’t hear Rasgar’s voice anymore.

The end of the challenge felt quite anticlimactic.

“Amazing! I’ve become so strong! Yay!”

But still, victory is victory, but Gobomain seemed more excited than I was.

Certainly, Gobomain was flowing with a divinity that was incomparable to his previous pathetic divinity.

“With this, I can face anyone!”

“Really?”

“……Kuh, ahem, not against you, though.”

When I glared at the elated Gobomain, he immediately showed a respectful demeanor.

He may have become stronger, but he was still much weaker than me.

Not only in terms of the size of his divinity, but also in terms of actual martial power.

“More importantly, now that we’ve defeated all the green gods, Gorgahtz’s power must have disappeared, right?”

“That’s right, most of them are dead…… Rasgar has also been defeated, so he can no longer give power to the Incarnation.”

“There’s no way Golrak would lose to Gorgahtz…… This is settled for now.”

The operation was a success. Although some suspicious parts remained, it was now time to return to Golrak.

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“Gorgahtz…… the end is approaching.”

A battlefield thick with the scent of blood.

Golrak and Gorgahtz had clashed with each other there for a very long time.

That was still the case now.

“It’s too early to talk about the end!”

With a shout, Gorgahtz rushed towards Golrak.

His momentum was threatening enough.

If Golrak had been on equal footing, he would have felt a great threat.

But now that ‘equal footing’ had been broken.

Gorgahtz no longer felt the divinity of the Incarnation, only his own inherent power remained.

Clang!

“Gorgahtz. Your defeat has become certain.”

Conversely, Golrak, who still had the power of the Champion, easily defeated him.

When Golrak lightly struck away Gorgahtz’s twin axes, the two axes flew into the air.

Gorgahtz also knelt down, overwhelmed by the force.

“Kuh, heh heh heh…… I have lost. I won’t say anything about being cowardly.”

“Yeah, that’s not like you.”

In a way, it was a fight that could be called cowardly.

Because it didn’t purely end with the fight between Golrak and Gorgahtz or the fight between the two armies.

However, Gorgahtz did not mention cowardice.

A warrior was one who poured all his capabilities into a fight, and a warrior’s comrades were also one of those capabilities.

In the first place, according to the logic of the warriors, Gorgahtz, who had become the Incarnation of such losers, was at fault.

“Now, finish it, Golrak.”

“……Alright.”

Golrak raised his axe.

In his heart, he wanted to keep Gorgahtz alive and recruit him as an ally.

Because he didn’t know what dangers there might be in his reign, a strongman like Gorgahtz would be helpful.

Even if it was a double-edged sword, Golrak was confident that he could control him as a stronger strongman.

But he didn’t.

Because it was not Greenskin-like to appease a defeated warrior.

“But clinging to old habits will be the last time.”

So he had to kill Gorgahtz even more.

In order to break away from the tenacious old habits of the Greenskins that he wanted to change.

“That’s what you have to do, Golrak! Destroy everything that stands in your way!”

That was what was Greenskin-like.

Gorgahtz’s last wish-filled roar resonated in Golrak’s heart.

“Uwooooo!”

Thud!

Thus, Golrak killed his rival and closest friend.

-Long live King Golrak!

-Glory to the Greenskins!

When Gorgahtz fell, his forces, who had survived the struggle like Golrak, were ecstatic.

Golrak showed them his axe, but somehow had a bitter expression on his face.

“You don’t seem very happy about winning.”

I, who had returned from the Plain of the Gods and watched it, said to him.

“……That’s right. This is the first time the glory of victory has not been sweet.”

“Because you killed a friend.”

“Hoo, do you think this is the only time I, a Greenskin, have killed someone I call ‘friend’? Even then, this is the first time this has happened.”

Golrak told me without hiding the unpleasant feeling he was feeling for the first time.

As if he wanted to know the identity of that feeling from me.

I was happy to tell him the identity of that feeling.

“At that time, you were just an ordinary Greenskin.”

“You’re saying I’m not now?”

“No. You are now their king. And you killed the enemy of the king and the kingdom. At the same time, your friend.”

“…….”

“That’s why you’re feeling ‘burdened.’ In other words, the weight of the crown.”

“The weight of the crown…….”

Golrak muttered the word and looked at the Greenskins who were chanting his name.

The agitation had now disappeared from Golrak’s eyes as he looked at them.

“It’s a terrible weight. But I’m willing to endure it.”

“That’s a relief. I was worried that you might run away because the weight of the crown was too heavy.”

If that were the case, the plan to stabilize the west by using him would have gone awry.

“Don’t worry. I will also keep the promise I made with you. Rather, I doubt whether you will live peacefully with us.”

“We will. There’s no way they won’t follow my orders.”

Of course, there will be those who object to interacting with the Greenskins, but I can easily dismiss them with my authority.

Rather than that, the key is whether Golrak’s Greenskin kingdom may return as a disaster in the future…….

‘That’s a story for the distant future. To be honest, the internal strife of the Western Empire is likely to be greater than the internal strife that Golrak’s kingdom will experience.’

The Western Territory will be able to continue development through cooperation with the Greenskins, and will continue to prosper with the technology and knowledge recovered from Prospera’s reports.

On the other hand, Golrak’s kingdom will be very poor compared to that.

Not to mention the material poverty, there will also be a lot of social chaos.

It will be somewhat stable when Golrak is alive, but after he dies, another civil war may break out.

Of course, from a very long-term perspective, the progress once made will not disappear and will continue.

In the very distant future, there may be Greenskin kingdoms with a strong martial spirit.

“By the way, what happened in the Plain of the Gods?”

“Ah, about that…….”

Changing the subject for a moment, I told him what had happened in the Plain of the Gods.

When he heard about the challenge to the gods and their demise, Golrak’s expression turned into a sneer.

“The gods are not living up to their names. Now I’m convinced that getting out of their shadow was a good thing.”

“Hmm…… is that so?”

In the process of creating his kingdom, Golrak did not completely ignore the authority of the gods, but he did not respect them as extremely as in the old tribal society.

In short, it could be said that he distinguished theocracy a little from the monarchy.

That was a bit different from the Empire. And it was not known whether that would be positive.

‘There’s also the divine right of kings, so religion is not always negative in a monarchy…… Well, it’s not something I should worry about.’

It is clearly up to Golrak to do it. Frankly, if there is a little room for chaos in his kingdom, that’s a good thing.

“By the way, I have something I want to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“I’m curious about who the ‘that person’ Rasgar mentioned is. Do you have any guesses?”

“Hmm…… I don’t really have any either. But…… I have doubts about what kind of secret Lyrit was trying to tell.”

“What is it?”

Curious as to whether it would be any clue, I asked, and a rather unexpected answer came back.

“In fact, the origin of the Greenskin race has not been properly passed down. As you can see…… we don’t really record history except for what is passed down orally.”

“Hmm, so?”

“So, we don’t really know what happened to the once powerful empire…… about 1,500 years ago.”

“1,500 years ago?”

I wondered what had happened then, and why Golrak was mentioning that time.

“It was when the incredibly prosperous empire began to decline. At that time, it is said that the Greenskins also provided a clue to its downfall. We don’t know exactly what happened or how they survived now.”

“Hmm…… then, is what Lyrit was trying to say probably about that?”

“Probably. The only great secret about the Greenskins would be that.”

I nodded at Golrak’s words. It seemed I had no choice but to find out more about this.

“Then…… it’s time to say goodbye. This is probably not the last time we meet.”

“Thank you, Shadow…… whatever your true identity is. But, I have one question.”

“What is it?”

Golrak asked me one last question.

“Do you also feel the weight of the crown?”

The question was, somehow, a question that seemed to guess my identity a little.

I smiled and said.

“Always.”