He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 167

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 167

Dragon’s Claw Snow Mountain.

It’s a mountain with a grand name, but in reality, mountains usually have meaningful names, so it often just means ‘a very great mountain.’

But this is a fantasy world, and in such a world, having a name like that might have a special meaning.

Well, I have no idea what that meaning is right now.

Whoosh-

“Welcome.”

A small village at the foot of the snow mountain.

Even in the north, there are short springs and summers, so there was a small village of this size. Although they had to do a bit of farming, ranching, and hunting.

Anyway, thanks to such a village, there was a place to reorganize before climbing the snow mountain.

“I’d like to stay for a night.”

“Are you a traveler? Sadly, as you can see, things aren’t great here, so the price is a bit high.”

Seeing the innkeeper’s reaction, I smiled. It was obvious he was planning to rip me off. Of course, it was true that things were difficult here, so I didn’t want to make an enemy.

“That’s not a problem.”

Tock-

“G, gold coins!”

“And they’re high-purity Isborg gold coins. This should be enough for a week’s stay, right?”

“O, of course.”

With just one gold coin, any complaints would disappear.

The innkeeper and the loafers drinking in the inn were surprised, and I plopped down at an empty table.

“Bring me some warm liquor and something to eat. Walking through the snowy fields has made me tired.”

“A, I understand. I’ll bring it right away.”

I wasn’t dressed like a noble, so the innkeeper was polite but didn’t use honorifics.

That was more comfortable, and I had no intention of doing the foolish thing of wearing armor that would freeze while crossing the snowy fields, so my appearance now was such that no one could see me as a king or noble.

“Hey, what do you do that you have so much money?”

“Hmm, what does it matter to you if I have a lot of money? You better mind your own business.”

“Hmph, you’re prickly. Be careful, you might get stabbed in the back.”

A lowlife, who looked like trouble, spoke to me as if testing the waters.

I needed local information to climb the snow mountain, but I didn’t want to hear it from a lowlife thug.

Regardless of whether they were good or bad, it was difficult to trust the quality of the information.

“Here’s warm distilled liquor and snowfield boar meat grilled with herbs. Enjoy your meal.”

Even though he was complaining about how bad things were, it came out quite plentifully.

Considering that snowfield boars are almost the size of bears, it wasn’t unreasonable that it was so plentiful.

“Innkeeper, I want to ask you something.”

I asked him after having a glass of warm liquor.

“What is it?”

“Do you know anything about the dwarves who live in the snow mountain?”

“Well, I don’t have much reason to climb the mountain.”

“I’ll give you another gold coin if you give me good information.”

“What specifically are you curious about?”

The innkeeper’s attitude changed.

“Anything. Starting with their recent situation, whether they’ve had any interaction with this village, anything.”

“Hmm, well, there was interaction until about a year ago. The things the dwarves tossed away as a pastime were very useful here. Of course, such things were just toys to the dwarves. We gave them rye or leather in return.”

So, they didn’t originally cut off interaction with the outside. But the fact that contact with Isborg was cut off meant that something was likely to have happened.

“But contact has been completely cut off recently. According to the woodcutters, they said that even if they tried to go near the city entrance, they would shoot crossbows to stop them.”

“It seems something has happened. Have they asked for help or taken refuge here?”

“Ha, both are unthinkable for dwarves.”

“Why?”

“Dwarves are people whose stubbornness and pride reach the sky. Would such people ask for help from humans they usually treat like simpletons? It’s impossible.”

Therefore, refuge was the same.

That was the image of dwarves that I usually knew, so I nodded slightly.

Of course, I didn’t know what the truth was, so I just took it with a grain of salt.

“Are you planning to climb the snow mountain to meet the dwarves?”

“If so?”

“The snow mountain is terribly rough and cold. It’ll be difficult unless you’re a skilled mountaineer. Of course, if you show a little ‘sincerity,’ I can get you maps and mountaineering equipment…….”

Ping-

I threw another gold coin to the innkeeper.

“Oh, thank you. I’ll prepare everything without fail. Rest comfortably in your room when you’re done eating.”

“Thanks.”

The innkeeper, with his good sense of action, left the inn for a while, showing that he was happy to have made a fortune.

Meanwhile, I finished my meal and was about to go up to my room to take a nap.

“He must be falling asleep soon, right? Let’s go.”

“Shh, be quiet. He’ll hear us.”

“What if he hears us? No one can beat this many of us.”

But it seemed it was too early to take a nap.

The thugs who had been eyeing me since I was eating downstairs.

I could hear their voices. Of course, they were whispering quietly in their own way, but my sensitive hearing caught them without fail.

“Let’s wipe him out and rob him. Got it?”

“What about the innkeeper?”

“How about wiping him out too?”

“He has two gold coins too, right?”

“But he’s from the same village…….”

“Hey, what’s the point of that when we can change our fate? Let’s take the gold coins and get out of this boring place.”

Well, judging by what they were saying, they were irredeemable trash. It’s good that I don’t have to hesitate to kill them.

“Okay, let’s open the door-”

Bang!

“Kuak!”

Instead of the thugs opening the door, I kicked it open first. The door was torn off completely, crushing the thug.

“Kueeeek, sa, save……!”

Crack!

I stepped on the door as it was, crushing the thug’s head.

“Yo, you!”

“You bastard!”

The other thugs were outraged to see one of their companions die with his head exploding, but they couldn’t immediately draw their swords, overwhelmed by my spirit.

But I gave them one last warning before they tried to draw them.

“You guys, if you draw that, you’re all going to die now.”

“Kill him!”

Swish, swish!

But my advice was useless. They immediately rushed at me with daggers and a chipped sword that had missing teeth but was still good enough to kill someone.

“Die!”

The thug who rushed in first with great momentum swung his sword. He may have been someone who knew how to use a sword in the neighborhood, but to me, it was no different from a farmer wielding a knife.

Crack!

“Keuheok!”

So, there was no need to defile Silver Rose [his sword] with the blood of such guys.

With a quick movement that the guy couldn’t follow, I punched him in the face.

The thug collapsed, bleeding profusely with his face completely caved in.

That alone would kill him, but I stepped on his neck to end his pain.

Snap!

“Okay, next guy?”

“Th, this bastard!”

The thugs seemed to feel the difference in power, but they rushed at me again.

But they couldn’t be my match.

Thud!

I grabbed one by the neck and slammed him into the wall.

“Ughaaaa! S, save me!”

“It’s already too late.”

Snap!

I killed the one who was begging for mercy by breaking his neck. It was because they were guys who weren’t worth saving.

Not only did they think of killing me, but judging by how they were full of thoughts of killing the innkeeper as well.

“Hey, are you already slee- Heok!”

“Oh, you’re here? Did you bring those things?”

At that time, the innkeeper returned. He was shocked to see the corpses lying around, but he answered my question relatively calmly.

“O, of course. I’ve prepared all the maps, mountaineering equipment, fuel, and preserved food. But these friends…….”

“They seemed to have their eyes on the gold coins. Well, the gold coins are no longer needed for these friends. Are you in trouble because I killed them?”

“A, no. They were trash that I wanted to disappear anyway. They always drank on credit. Damn bastards.”

Ah. So, they were originally guys with a trash reputation.

“Anyway, don’t worry. I’ll take care of this trash. Rather, I’m sorry for causing inconvenience to the guest…….”

“It’s okay. It’s not like I died or anything.”

“You’re generous. But…… why are you going to find the dwarves anyway?”

At the innkeeper’s question, I thought about what the girls in the original timeline would be doing now and said.

“To save my wife.”

Even though I didn’t know for sure, I didn’t think they would just be standing still.

* * *

“Sarah, please rest today.”

“Just this much more.”

“It’s not good to overdo it…….”

While Franz was going back to 3,000 years ago and suffering in his own way, Sarah’s condition temporarily improved in the original timeline.

This was thanks to the temporary solution of ‘using magic moderately’ since ‘magic runaway’ [uncontrolled magic power] was the cause.

As soon as she regained her energy, Sarah was doing a lot of pending work.

Stella strongly dissuaded her from doing so.

“Even if you’re okay now, your condition will get worse and worse. The current treatment is only temporary.”

Unfortunately, that couldn’t be a complete solution.

Because even though it’s still early, so even if you consume a little magic, it drops to the normal level, but the gap is gradually widening.

Later on, there will be no way to safely consume those magic powers, so it will be really dangerous.

“About that, I’ve thought of another way.”

“It’s not another way, please rest!”

“No, listen. Anyway, the magic power will run wild more, and we need a way to continuously consume more magic power, right?”

It’s easy to say, but in general, there was no suitable means.

You can use magic, but magic mostly consumes magic power explosively rather than continuously.

Moreover, once the magic that has been unleashed must be used somewhere, but if you use runaway and incomplete magic power, even the magic spell is likely to run wild.

“But, what if there was a way?”

“There’s no way there is such a thing, right?”

“No, there is. Prospera’s report, knowledge and technology about the artifacts there…….”

“Don’t tell me, are you going to make those?”

“Yes, rune magic or magical engineering that can create continuous energy even if it’s not explosive. I need it now. At the same time…….”

They are also needed by the Empire. Those that were once trying to emerge in the Empire were frustrated by the Great Dark Ages that occurred 1,500 years ago.

And now that the Empire has been rebuilt, it is an opportunity to try it again.

“Sarah…… but the danger doesn’t change. Doesn’t Igrit object?”

“Igrit told me to do as I please. Although he set a condition that I shouldn’t die.”

“Hmm…… then there’s no way. The majority has already passed.”

The three of them had already agreed to decide everything, whether it was state affairs or anything else, by majority vote.

Only Stella is against this, so it’s a 2:1 situation.

“But if you get seriously ill, stop right away. That condition must be attached.”

“Of course, I don’t want to die either. I want to live and see the Empire running properly.”

Sarah said those words and muttered, thinking of her husband full of wandering spirit who was not here now.

“So come back quickly. Honey.”

She was wondering what he was doing now, but even though she didn’t know for sure, she guessed that he was on another ridiculous adventure in the world of 3,000 years ago.