Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 257

Lord Who Eats Weapons – Chapter 257

Lee Cheol’s tone was polite, but its content was so harsh that silence filled the room for a moment.

The heads of each country and representatives of each organization briefly wondered if the translation magic in the conference room had malfunctioned.

However, the one who cast the translation magic in this place was not some mediocre magician, but a world-class one. There was no way there could be a problem with the translation.

“Puhahaha.”

Only after Lee Jin-yoon, the second son of Soongmoo Lee Ga [a prestigious martial arts clan], who had been holding back his laughter, burst out laughing did the representatives come to their senses.

“What… did you say just now?”

“It seems you didn’t hear properly. Then I’ll say it again. Leave this land immediately, and I won’t pursue you. If you don’t leave, you will face the swords of Soongmoo Lee Ga.”

Another moment of silence.

As the ambiguous atmosphere continued, it was the martial artist from the Chinese military who jumped up and expressed his anger.

“Ssangseong! [A title or rank] Is what that person just said the opinion of the entire Soongmoo Lee Ga?”

“It’s a bit extreme, but it’s not much different. Soongmoo Lee Ga doesn’t negotiate with enemies from the start.”

“Are you saying we are the enemy?”

“Aren’t you?”

Lee Myung-jung’s expression was distorted by his words full of composure.

Amidst the confusion, Saintess Christina looked at me somewhat urgently and opened her mouth. “Young Master Lee Cheol, we created this place for peace. Soongmoo Lee Ga is also aware of the importance and danger of the Aerial Fortress, isn’t it?”

“Before talking about the Aerial Fortress, shouldn’t we first ask about the crime of stepping onto this land without permission?”

“Unexplored territories are no one’s land unless territorial rights are secured.”

“Saintess, wouldn’t you mind if there were enemy troops full of enemies less than 50 kilometers from the border of the Holy Kingdom?”

“That’s…”

“The distance from the dangerous northern area of the Republic of Korea to this place is about 48 kilometers.”

Clearly, according to international law, unexplored areas where territorial rights are not recognized are not anyone’s property. However, land or region inevitably has neighboring countries.

The northern unexplored territory is an area spread across five countries: Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and Mongolia. And the location of this Aerial Fortress is an unexplored area close to the Republic of Korea among those five countries.

Sending the best troops from all over the world to such a place… is like having one’s front yard invaded.

“Moreover, those troops ignored the polite requests for withdrawal from the Korean government and Soongmoo Lee Ga, violated international law, and brought enough troops to wage war right away. Besides, the Eiffel Magic Tower side…”

I turned my head and looked at the sky on the right. The mobile fortress stood tall, obscuring the sky.

“…You even brought ‘weapons’ with enough firepower to easily blow away a small country.”

Saintess Christina had no choice but to close her mouth. It was clear that each force had overdone it because of the weight of the Aerial Fortress.

“Even so, it’s rude! To dare to be so young in this place….”

“You should have watched your words! This isn’t a children’s corner store, how dare you….”

The leaders of each country expressed their displeasure.

Certainly, it was rude, but it was they who started committing rudeness in the first place.

‘There’s no need to pay attention.’

Neither I, my eldest brother, nor my second sister even looked at them.

At that time, someone a little different from them opened his mouth.

“…Hmm, I think the Soongmoo Lee Ga side has a point.”

A man who had been observing the situation from the side, 1st Class Knight Henry Russell, spoke up.

“Those gathered here all know, don’t they? The fact that we forced our way into this land.”

“…Duke Eastgrow. What makes you so confident?”

“Well, that’s true. I’m just stating the facts.”

“Ahem!”

I looked at Henry. Ron, who was sitting next to him, was restless, and Henry gave me a wink with a strange smile.

“Anyway, this is the will of Soongmoo Lee Ga. There is no room for compromise here.”

I concluded my words like that. The atmosphere began to turn cold.

No one readily opened their mouth, but everyone knew that the meaning of this meeting had disappeared in the first place.

‘Even though Soongmoo Lee Ga is famous for its hegemony, it was this rude.’

‘Then why did you come to this place in the first place? For this kind of declaration of war?’

‘It’s really rude!’

I sat in my seat and looked at the representatives of each organization who were sending glances our way. Except for Saintess Christina, who was holding her forehead, and Henry Russell, who was wearing a strange smile, the representatives of the organizations all sent hostile gazes.

The Latin martial artist who had provoked me first, and the soldier from the Chinese military who had been provoked by me, were openly exuding a fierce aura and clenching their fists tightly. They were not worth dealing with.

I snorted and turned my gaze because what we need to pay attention to now is not them.

Michael Garell, the Tower Lord of the Eiffel Magic Tower, began to speak.

* * *

That high sky. Seven residents of the Aerial Fortress, high enough to seem to touch the clouds, were looking down at the ground.

“Not yet, not yet.”

“Not yet. Not all gathered.”

“Soon, soon, finally the masks.”

“Ugh….”

Could there be a reason why there was no response to any communication or contact? They gathered together, put their heads together, and began to murmur, looking somewhere.

Their eyes seemed to contemplate the entire world, seeing what everyone cannot see, reading what cannot be read.

“Want to open it. Right away.”

“Want to be released.”

“No. Not everyone has arrived yet.”

They wanted to open the door of the Aerial Fortress right away, but… they couldn’t. They were the owners of the Aerial Fortress, but at the same time, they were empty shells that had to act as planned.

They looked at the ground. They were so high up that they couldn’t see people, but they seemed to see everything, and two dots covered by robes moved quickly.

“Record, we have to record it.”

“Maybe this will be erased too….”

“It’s okay. Almost….”

“Came.”

At that time, a dwarf suddenly spoke, and everyone widened their eyes and slid towards that side as if they were sliding on the ground.

“Came. Came.”

“Really.”

“Scary. Sca….”

They looked at one place. Those who covered themselves with masks appeared in this vast unexplored territory as if they were sliding.

“Now you can open it.”

“Start. Test.”

“Yes, yes, yes.”

Like ghosts, the dwarves scattered throughout the Aerial Fortress in an instant.

Kuuuuung-!

And in an instant, the Aerial Fortress, which seemed like it would remain in that spot forever, began to pulsate.

* * *

Michael Garell slowly opened his mouth. “Is that the will of the entire Soongmoo Lee Ga?”

With that one word, the atmosphere in the room was completely washed away. Even though he didn’t openly reveal his aura or release his magic power, the leaders of each country had no choice but to focus their attention on the words of a man who had been at the top of the world for a long time.

“That’s right.”

It was not I who answered, but my eldest brother. Perhaps because he was once a teacher, my eldest brother’s tone contained respect. However, in his eyes… there was a strange suspicion.

-Anyway, at least until I was there, it wasn’t like that.

I remembered what my eldest brother had said. The change in the Tower Lord. In my eldest brother’s gaze, I could feel that he was certain of that change.

“I see.”

Tower Lord Michael nodded and slowly turned his gaze. That gaze, which seemed to be directed at my second sister, skipped one space and reached my side.

“It has been 20 years since I retired from the front lines and devoted myself to academics.”

Tower Lord Michael stared at me with strangely sunken eyes. “The world has changed in the meantime.”

I didn’t know if that word meant criticism of my actions or admiration for me. However, what was certain was that the tone contained in the words was by no means gentle.

“I know that Soongmoo Lee Ga is strong. In the first place, the acting head of the family sitting in that position lived as my disciple for a while, so I can’t not know.”

Click!

The Tower Lord placed his hand on the thick wooden cane he was holding, which in many ways, the situation was awkward, considering it was simply to support his body.

-Master… no, Tower Lord Michael is strong. Unlike martial arts, where the body weakens and loses strength, magicians often gain enlightenment as they get closer to death.

-Sometimes… he was compared to Father.

I stared at Tower Lord Michael. Everyone gasped as the aura that was slowly being released.

“But it is true that it is somewhat rude. If you came to this place to mock us… it wouldn’t make sense for us to stand still.”

Michael’s aura was finally released.

“Will you answer? Young Master Lee Cheol.”

He concluded his words without taking his eyes off me. “What do you think the result will be?”

A moment of silence. I leisurely accepted that momentum and opened my mouth.

“In the worst case.”

After looking at my eldest brother and second sister, I pointed to myself with my hand. “One or two lives on this side.”

“Do you think you can survive with just that much of a price?”

Michael’s words flowed out indifferently. I shook my head.

“Soongmoo Lee Ga does not fight to survive.”

Then I turned my gaze towards the mobile fortress. “The price for our lives is the destruction of that giant weapon, and…”

With cold eyes, I coldly swept through the people in the room and stared at Michael. “It will be the lives of everyone gathered in this place.”

The atmosphere in the room turned cold. It was different from the moment when they were boiling with anger, or from the silence before that when they were closing their mouths in tension.

Ssangseong, Mugwang, Black Emperor [Titles of power]. The three martial artists of Soongmoo Lee Ga, who had built up great fame.

He was saying that the price for taking their lives was the massacre of the representatives of each country and organization.

It was an extremely arrogant statement, and it was not something that should be said in a place where leaders were gathered.

The representatives of each country felt cold sweat soaking their backs.

Michael Garell. He is truly a legendary figure. The magic world fluctuated with his actions, and the shape of the world changed with the technologies he announced. Being at the top of one field for decades was proof that his level was by no means low.

How many people could leave those words to such a person… Moreover, none of them could see Lee Cheol’s words as bluff or pretense. Lee Cheol’s eyes were really saying that he would do it if he wanted to.

“Haha.”

Breaking the silence, Michael let out a dry laugh.

“Truly, like that child’s bloodline.”

Michael nodded. I felt like those words were referring to someone other than my father.

Michael is older than my father, but not to the extent that he would call my father a child.

‘Does he know my mother?’

That content that Soongmoo Lee Ga and Father worked hard to control the information.

How does that person know about my mother, whom even I and the family members do not know?

Before I could ask anything, Michael opened his mouth. “Anyway, this meeting will not be able to reach an agreement after all. We have to end it here.”

“Yes, that’s how it will be.”

“Then the negotiations are broken.”

Michael left those words and smiled strangely. I… felt like I had seen that smile somewhere.

“I wanted to see you so much, but it’s a pity that our first meeting turned out like this. Successor.”

Successor!

I widened my eyes at those words. “You, too…!”

And the next moment…

Wiiiiiiing!

A loud warning sound rang out. Everyone who was feeling the tension placed their hands on their respective weapons.

Is it an attack by Soongmoo Lee Ga? Could it be the monsters of the unexplored territory?

Each of those gathered here had such thoughts, but it was none of them.

“It’s an attack! An unidentified group wearing masks is terrorizing the outskirts!”