He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 174

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor in History – Episode 174

“Break through to the Ironworks District with haste!”

“Did you hear that! Kill every last one of those bastards in sight!”

As the chaos in the Ironworks District reached its peak, I personally led my troops to initiate a breakthrough, aiming to infiltrate the interior.

Kwang!

“Screee!”

“Shoot and destroy everything in sight!”

“We are the Crash Hammers!”

Since I was accompanied by the elite of the Crash Hammers, the minor enemies were swept away without me even needing to lift a finger.

Koo-oong!

“It’s a Rat Troll!”

“Get out of the way!”

In the midst of all this, I only needed to take care of the enemies that they couldn’t handle.

Swish, swish! Swaack!

The giant monster troop, the Rat Troll, tried to devour the Crash Hammers, but it was drenched in blood by my lightning-fast sword strike.

-Keeeeeck!

I could have dealt a fatal blow to that Rat Troll long ago, but I lured it.

Even though its agility was lacking, its strength was formidable, so there was a place where it could be put to good use.

“Squeak! They’re coming! Hide behind the barricades and hold out!”

“Squeak, squeak! The Rat Troll is following us!”

I had lured the creature to the barricade blocking the entrance to the Ironworks District.

The Ratmen hidden there were resisting by firing magic-triggered guns and crossbows. These guys were better armed than the others with hand cannons.

There were so many of them that the Crash Hammers would have suffered a lot of injuries if we had tried to break through head-on, but….

“Now’s the time.”

Swaack!

-Keeeck!

When the distance was right, I quickly turned and slashed the Rat Troll’s eyes.

The giant mutant, created by crossbreeding with a Troll, had also gained the Troll’s regenerative abilities, but it still took time for the wounds to heal.

So, with its eyes injured, it became blind for a while, flailing its long arms, which it used like weapons, and charged forward.

“Screee! The Rat Troll is attacking us!”

“Squeak! You idiot!”

The Rat Troll was smashing them instead.

The Ratmen desperately poured firepower onto the Rat Troll, but of course, it didn’t do any significant damage and only wasted their energy.

“Now! Annihilate them all!”

“Waaaaah!”

“Long live the Crash Hammers!”

“Long live the Commander!”

With the barricade destroyed and the Rat Troll acting as a meat shield, the Crash Hammers could attack with confidence.

On the other hand, the Ratmen were already scattered in their defenses due to the guerrilla attacks taking place in various parts of the sector, so they couldn’t mount a proper response.

Soon, they had no choice but to scatter and flee, each trying to survive on their own.

“We’ve secured the entrance.”

“We’ll be able to open it soon. Please wait a moment.”

Kwaaang!

“Another explosion. I hope we’re not too late.”

In the meantime, another explosion occurred in the Ironworks District.

The frequency seemed to be increasing slightly. Were they speeding up the destruction?

Even though we had caused confusion with guerrilla attacks, if they were pushing themselves to do that, there was nothing I could do.

“We’ve opened the door!”

“Let’s go in immediately.”

But there was no time to hesitate, so we went in first.

“Uh… something feels strange.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well… it looks quite different from the Ironworks District I saw before….”

Sergeant Hank said it felt strange, but there was no way for me, who was visiting here for the first time, to know.

All I could see were huge chains connected to something in all directions, and they were being turned by gears.

“For now, let’s focus on securing this area. Move out!”

“Yes, sir!”

Bang! Thwack! Pow!

Waaaaah!

We quickly secured the area near the entrance to the Ironworks District. There weren’t many defensive forces at the entrance.

There were no Dragonblood Warriors, who would have been the most threatening. At best, there were Ratmen armed in various ways, but-

Fwoooosh!

-Keeek! It’s hot! Run away!

They were easily roasted alive or ran away.

“Uh, Captain? We rescued a prisoner… I think you should come and take a look.”

“A prisoner? Were the Dwarves being used as slaves here too?”

“It’s a rather… special prisoner.”

“A special prisoner?”

“An Ironworks District technician. He seems to know something.”

At Hank’s words, I decided to meet him.

He had said that the Ironworks District looked very different earlier, so I thought I might be able to find out the reason.

Soon after, I was able to meet the Dwarf prisoner rescued by the Crash Hammers.

“Are you the Commander? It’s urgent! The bastards are destroying the Ironworks District!”

“We know that. There have been explosions. I guess they’re trying to make it unusable for us.”

“N, no, it’s not just that!”

“It’s not that?”

That was strange. If it wasn’t that, what reason would they have for destroying the Ironworks District?

“What they want is the magic circuit of the Ironworks District. The circuit that drives the Ironworks District system!”

“So? What are they going to use it for?”

“The Dragonblood Lord! That guy is dying!”

The Dragonblood Lord? That’s the guy who’s supposed to be guarding the Ironworks District.

Originally, I thought he was the one destroying this place, but did he have a different purpose? But he’s dying?

“Why is he dying? Do you know the reason?”

“I know. He killed a Subterranean Dragon and took its blood! That’s why he became stronger, but he’s dying as a side effect! His body is being eaten away by the rampaging magic.”

“…That’s quite similar.”

“Pardon?”

“No, never mind. Keep talking.”

It was a coincidence, but it was a similar situation to the curse that Sara was experiencing. The circumstances were completely different, though.

“His body is already collapsing. To prevent the collapse, he needs to control the rampaging magic inside, but there’s no way he, who was just a Ratman, would know how to do that. In the end, that’s why it became a catastrophe.”

“So, why are they taking the magic circuit of the Ironworks District?”

“They’re trying to surround his body with that magic circuit. Like armor. If they do that, the magic will be constantly controlled, and he’ll be able to live.”

The technician then pointed to one side of the Ironworks District.

“Do you see those chains? The Ratmen made us modify them. So that we could take the magic circuit of the Ironworks District and attach it to him!”

“Is that so? Then is the modification of the Ironworks District finished?”

“…Unfortunately, yes. They said they would kill my colleagues if I didn’t.”

“I don’t blame you for that. So, those magic circuits are already ready to be attached to him?”

“Yes. We have to stop it!”

The technician shouted desperately. Well, it would be like that if his precious Ironworks District was being destroyed and his archenemy was being revived.

The other Crash Hammers who were watching were also waiting for my orders.

But I had a clever idea.

“No, I have a better idea than that.”

“A, a better idea?”

The technician asked back with a surprised expression, but I ordered them.

“Make those magic circuits work properly. So that they can be attached to his body.”

“B, but if we do that-”

“Of course, I’m going to play a little prank beforehand.”

So that he can get a taste of what’s coming.

I smiled wickedly at the thought of playing a fun prank.

* * *

Central Ironworks District.

Originally, it was a place where Dwarves created thousands of artifacts, but now, only one suffering being was confined there.

“Keee… Is it not done yet!”

“We are making the slaves operate it again! There was a commotion with intruders for a while….”

“Keee… Uaaaaaa!”

Kwaaaaa!

“Uaaack! Please save me! Squeak!”

The Dragonblood Lord, Skarr the Blackblood, was in a gigantic state like a dragon.

To be exact, it was a state where the forms of a dragon and a rat were mixed.

He had become stronger by eating the blood of the Subterranean Dragon, but as a price, he was receiving the punishment of having his skin melt and his body collapse.

“Hurry! Hurry up and transport the magic circuit!”

“The machine is already running! It’s at maximum speed!”

“Shut up! Do it faster!”

Thwack!

“Keuk!”

The Dragonblood Warriors treated the enslaved Dwarf technicians even more harshly.

“Stop! Stop hitting me! The attachment is almost finished now! All we have to do is activate it!”

The Dwarf technicians, who were already dying from overwork, could no longer resist. Many of those who had resisted had already died.

Eventually, the Ironworks District was completely modified, and all the magic circuits were attached to the Dragonblood Lord.

Each time a magic circuit was removed, there was an explosion, and the Ironworks District was already irreparably damaged.

Even if it were repaired, it would never be the same as before.

“Keuk, our pride, the Ironworks District….”

“Activate it quickly!”

The technicians were heartbroken, but they couldn’t do anything in the face of the Dragonblood Warriors’ whips.

Soon, they began to activate the magic circuits attached all over the Dragonblood Lord’s body.

Wooooooo-

“Ah… finally, at last…!”

As the magic circuits activated, the Dragonblood Lord felt the magic that had been killing him dissipate.

The Dwarf technicians who were watching it bit their lips and witnessed something.

“Huh? Th, that’s strange. The color of the magic….”

It wasn’t bluish. Originally, the magic should have been bluish like the color of the runes, but it was shining like white or silver.

It looked like… the divine power that humans often used.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!”

Around the time they realized that, the Dragonblood Lord suddenly screamed in pain as if his whole body was being pierced.

The suddenly permeated magic acted as an antagonist in his body, and pain as if his body was being pierced by thousands of needles was transmitted.

“Wh, what’s going on!”

“W, we don’t know what’s going on either-”

Kwaaaaaaa!

“Kuaaack!”

Because it was so painful, the Dragonblood Lord couldn’t control himself. He fired his breath in all directions and thrashed his body.

Soon, even the restraints that had been holding his body were broken. As he thrashed around unconscious, he trampled to death not only the Ratmen around him but also the Dragonblood Warriors.

Kwang!

“The performance is amazing!”

“In, incredible. To think he would pour divine power into the magic circuit and use it in reverse….”

It was all a scheme planned by Franz. The Dragonblood Lord, who unknowingly attached the magic circuits sent from each area of the Ironworks District, was experiencing fatal pain because of the magic circuits filled with the Empire’s spirit [divine power].

“Now’s the time! The Dragonblood Lord is no longer a problem. Sweep away the rest of those bastards!”

There was no need to deal with the Dragonblood Lord, who was thrashing in pain, right away.

First, we eliminated the Dragonblood Warriors and Ratmen around him.

It was even easier to deal with them because they were distracted by the Dragonblood Lord’s thrashing.

Shoosh, shoosh! Shoosh!

“Kuaaack!”

Swaack, thud!

As the shadow blades flew around and directly cut off their necks with Silver Rose, steadily reducing their numbers, all that was left was the Dragonblood Lord.

“Kuaaack! How dare you! Do this to me!”

Tududuk, tuduk-

The Dragonblood Lord tore off all the magic circuits that had been clinging to his body.

His skin was already falling off due to the side effects of the Subterranean Dragon’s magic, and as he tore off the magic circuits, all of that skin was torn off.

His appearance with his skin completely peeled off was extremely hideous.

“I’ll kill you, you bastard!”

“Try it if you can!”

The rat that swallowed the dragon and the emperor of humans began to clash.