He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 25

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 25 (25/300)

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor Episode 25

“Boss, I’m ready, heehee.”

“They have no idea, those guys. Hehe…….”

Watching the frantically busy Magyeong hunting camp, the gang hidden in the bushes laughed greedily.

High-grade medicinal herbs, by-products of magical creatures, high-value mineral resources, etc. The Magyeong business was a goose that laid golden eggs.

And now, the group hidden in the bushes were there to steal those golden eggs.

“It was worth the trouble coming all the way here. Hendrick was right.”

“He was desperate to get in Karstein’s good graces, so he wouldn’t lie about something like this, hoho.”

They were instigated by Hendrick, a henchman of Karstein.

Rather than instigation, it was more like passing information or cooperating with criminal groups of a similar kind.

“Tch, it’s still annoying that I have to give Karstein a cut.”

“What can we do? It’s easier to go through him to dispose of the stolen goods.”

It was annoying that they were the ones doing the looting, but they had to pay a significant portion of the loot as tribute.

However, it was more convenient to have Karstein backing them, so they couldn’t complain any further.

“Well, we can just lowball it appropriately. Hehe, then let’s all start!”

“Oooooh!”

The boss gave the signal, and everyone cheered and tried to start.

It was common sense to maintain stealth before a surprise attack, but the camp wouldn’t be able to put up a proper resistance anyway.

“Kkihehet! The most valuable stuff is mine-”

Shuuuuuk, paak!

“Keuheok…….”

That’s what should have happened.

Not long after they rushed out, bolts began to fly from an unexpected direction.

Pooshuk! Shukshukshuk!

“What, what is it! An ambush?”

The boss was shocked to see his subordinates falling over after being hit by bolts as he ran out.

Those who were approaching from other directions seemed to be suffering the same fate.

“No way, there’s no way they knew we were coming?”

They had set up an ambush in advance in preparation for looters? How could they know when and where we would come from?

Of course, they might have tried to stand guard while ambushing in rough areas instead of exposed outposts.

But judging by the number of bolts flying now, this wasn’t just standing guard, it was a deliberate ambush.

Otherwise, there was no way even the groups approaching from different directions would be suffering like this.

“Finally caught your tails, you annoying bastards.”

At that moment, an unfamiliar voice reached the ears of the looter boss.

Turning around at the voice filled with arrogance, there was a man with long silver hair so beautiful that he didn’t fit in with the surroundings.

“You, who are you-”

“That can wait.”

Shuuuuuk, chwaak! Chwarararak!

Instead of answering, the man, Emperor Franz, extended shadow blades in all directions.

The black shadow blades were piercing through all the remaining subordinates.

“Euh, euaaaaaa!”

Pooshuk!

Even those who were trying to run away in fear were mercilessly stabbed to death.

“D, die!”

Even those who charged in to survive were cut down without exception by the silver holy sword.

In an instant, no one was left around him except for the boss.

“Hmm, I’ve gotten quite used to the shadow blades.”

After learning the shadow blades, Franz had been practicing continuously.

Thanks to that, he could handle it without any problems even if the number of strands exceeded dozens like now.

If his magic power allowed, he could use it infinitely.

“Well, more importantly, are you going to be caught quietly, or are you going to put up a futile resistance?”

Franz looked at the robber boss trembling after all his subordinates were instantly defeated and asked with a pathetic look.

At his question, the robber asked a strange question.

“H, how did you know we were coming?”

“You wouldn’t understand even if I told you.”

Even if he said that he was monitoring all the suspicious places with the Watcher’s Web, they probably wouldn’t believe how that was possible.

Even if they believed it, he was an emperor who had no intention of explaining it kindly.

“Still, it took some effort to find you. The Magyeong [a region or area] is a bit too wide. Thanks to that, the soldiers who followed me suffered… More than that, what should I do with you.”

Of course, he was thinking of interrogating who was behind the recent increase in looting.

But taking him all the way to the Imperial Palace and interrogating him ‘gently’ seemed like a lot of trouble.

More than anything, he was also careful not to be caught by this guy’s kind during the move.

“That’s what I’m thinking, but what do you think?”

“W, why are you telling me that!”

Franz told the robber boss his thoughts without filtering them.

The robber boss couldn’t help but turn pale when he heard those words.

Judging from the motive for saying such a thing, it seemed like he was saying that he was too lazy to take him, so he would interrogate him here and then kill him.

“Don’t be too scared, communication between people is very important, don’t you think?”

Jeobeok, jeobeok [sound of footsteps].

Franz came closer and narrowed the distance. Every time he did, the boss felt like his mind was drying up.

“They say conversation is about narrowing the distance between each other, right? The purpose of conversation is to find parts that benefit each other.”

“S, so what do you want from me!”

“Well, basically, it’s information about who’s behind you, but-”

Franz said with a wicked smile, as if that wasn’t all he wanted.

“Have you ever thought about becoming an informant?”

“I, an informant?”

“Yes, there’s definitely someone behind you guys, right? I want to catch those guys.”

Become an informant to tie up that guy.

That’s what Franz was asking for.

“If not, our conversation ends here.”

The boss had no other choice.

* * *

“Is everyone here?”

“Almost everyone is here, Lord Hendrick. Those who haven’t come seem to have been subjugated as rumored.”

A shady and dark bar in the back alley. The looters were meeting there.

Including the host, Hendrick, all the bosses were indulging in decadent bar girls, and it was a meeting where it was hard to find any rules.

“Tsk, it seems so. Anyway, let’s start the meeting. I called you because of that matter today anyway.”

“Hey, aren’t the guys who were subjugated just unlucky idiots? Is there a reason to gather like this because of that?”

The bosses gathered here weren’t particularly happy to be summoned to this meeting.

Of course, there were no people who would refuse free alcohol, but from the beginning, they were not gathered based on loyalty or favor with each other.

It was just a network connected by criminals looking only for profit.

Many of them were also dissatisfied with Hendrick, who had become the most successful as Karstein’s vassal, acting as the leader in that position.

“You look like an idiot; do you think I would have called you to say something so obvious?”

Of course, Hendrick knew that too, and he wouldn’t have called for something like this normally.

“About the recent subjugations. Looking at them, it seems like there’s a rat inside.”

“R, a rat!”

“Are you saying there’s a traitor?”

The bosses were agitated.

Even those who had been expressing complaints were becoming serious when the topic of a traitor was brought up.

Hendrick was aiming for this reaction from the start.

The real purpose of this meeting was to further solidify their internal unity.

“Yes.”

“Do you have evidence?”

“I do. I already know who the traitor is.”

“T, that’s! Who is it?”

Everyone paid attention to Hendrick at those words.

Hendrick quietly smiled and took out a small Warhammer to show them.

“Before I say who it is, I’ll reveal that he’s in this place.”

“T, that can’t be!”

Hendrick confused them even more before saying who the traitor was.

This was because it was necessary to lead the atmosphere of the organization rather than revealing the traitor right away.

To succeed by using them, he had to use them more like his limbs.

“Then why don’t you say it right away?”

“I’ll give you a chance first.”

“A chance?”

“Yes, a chance to confess or report.”

If someone in this place confesses that they have been persuaded or reports a traitor.

“I won’t ask for the crime. In the case of reporting, I will give a large reward.”

“……!”

The bosses were greatly shaken by Hendrick’s words.

But no one spoke easily.

It was natural because they had begun to suspect each other because of Hendrick’s words.

And this was what Hendrick had aimed for from the start.

If they suspected each other, the only thing they could trust was Hendrick himself, who would not betray them because his success was at stake.

“B, boss. I know the traitor!”

After a long silence, one person spoke only after they had read each other’s faces enough.

“That guy! That guy is the traitor! I followed him because I was suspicious, and I saw him meeting with a spy!”

“T, that’s! I didn’t do that!”

“There’s a witness too! Ask them about it later!”

It was an informant who pointed to one of the bosses, even pointing out a few people as witnesses.

The accused waved his hand and said no, but Hendrick approached them with a cold expression.

“You’re the traitor, is that it?”

“N, no, Hendrick. Really!”

“Hmm, well. It matches the information I know too well?”

“T, that’s…….”

Hendrick raised his hammer with a swoosh.

The accused’s expression turned pale, and the informant smiled wickedly.

Peoeok!

Soon Hendrick’s hammer struck someone’s head.

It was the informant’s head.

“W, what… Why him…?”

Blood and brain fluid splattered everywhere. The bosses were chilled to the bone, but they stared at him in a daze.

“Kikik, your acting is pretty good, isn’t it?”

Hendrick suddenly said, laughing. Then the accused boss laughed in response.

“I know, you didn’t even know that I had reported you as a traitor in advance. Didn’t I tell you? That you would report me. Keuheuk…….”

When the accused boss laughed, Hendrick continued to laugh. Then all the other bosses started laughing too.

“Haha, did you see? I’ve identified the traitor. As I said, I already knew everything.”

“A, amazing, as expected, Hendrick’s skills are unmatched.”

“As expected, he’s the most successful person among us.”

Seeing him laughing covered in blood, the bosses laughed heartily, but they felt fear in their hearts.

Hendrick knew that well too. That’s why he was going to leave them to follow him more without having to mention it.

“Yes, just trust me from now on. You can get a lot like this friend.”

Hendrick said, patting the back of the boss who had reported the traitor in advance.

The other bosses showed a bit of envy and jealousy as they looked at the boss who was being rewarded and would be favored in many ways in the future.

“Now, let’s eat and drink to our heart’s content since we’re all here!”

Hendrick, who had solved a case, threw a party as it was.

That’s how the spy that someone had planted seemed to have been exposed and killed in vain.

“……Hoo, I thought I was caught for a moment.”

But in fact, the one who was initially accused was the real spy.

He was the one who had been captured and persuaded by Emperor Franz himself not long ago.

He grumbled while briefly leaving the drinking party and passing information to the spies.

“It’s a good thing I manipulated it delicately in advance, he was so suspicious.”

Hendrick was not an easy person to deceive.

But thanks to the fact that he had very delicately made the fact that he was subjugated by the emperor at first ‘never happened,’ he was able to escape Hendrick’s suspicion.

The emperor’s spies disguised as subordinates helped him, so the one who had just accused him was able to report him to Hendrick in advance.

It was used as bait to get rid of suspicion.

“Anyway, I’m glad I joined this side from the start.”

Hendrick no longer suspected him.

Even if he was caught, other spies would surely follow.

From the beginning, this fight was a fight that could not be won because he had underestimated the emperor’s intelligence power too much.

“I’m sorry, but I have no choice if I want to live.”

So don’t resent me, he was wishing Hendrick, who seemed to have become the target, good luck.