Emperor Of Steel

Chapter 247

The southern continent, specifically the Song Empire harbored famous warriors.

There were five generations of warriors of Gupail clan, Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung was the third son of them.

Acclaimed as a genius warrior who was born after a hundred years in the clan, when he was still a kid, the boy acquired the visionary of the martial arts and by the peak of his twenties, he reached the highest point of skills.

Nevertheless, Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung remained confined to his family and continued to practice the skills to himself.

Which was why the elders of clan had high hopes for him. They were excited about the revival of a king after 300 years.

300 years back, Hw.a.n.g Bo- clan made by the martial style of King Hw.a.n.g Bo-woong and overcoming the five generations, he was able to stand tall against a different clan.

Although Hw.a.n.g Bo-clan was a prestigious clan, on the unseen side, the constant emphasis of commerce has led to the offset of the Song Empire.

They were very active in the international trade, and the clan often visited the Rhodesia continent.

The man in charge of doing that in the Sega was Hw.a.n.g-Bo-kw.a.n.g, the eldest son.

"The world is so wide! Once a full man, shouldn't everyone see how big the world we live in is?"

Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung readily accepted the invitation.

It was because he had heard rumors that the Rhodesia continent has a lot of different types of combat skills when compared to the Song empire.

He crossed the sea because of that, he was smitten with the idea. At the banquet held in the memory of their safe arrival at the docks, he was stuck with paralysis and the curse poison, and it wasn't just that, the wizard soldiers, who had abandoned their duties and destroyed his men and crushed the legs and muscles of theirs and his.

"Kuuk! Why are you doing this to…?!"

Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung, with blood dripping off his mouth, stared at Hw.a.n.g Bo-kw.a.n.g, who was one of the magic soldiers.

"Are you asking why I poisoned you? Kukku, because you are the subject that everyone talks about."

Hw.a.n.g Bo-kw.a.n.g smiled and answered.

It wasn't like his talents were common, but compared to a genius like Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung, it was like a firefly standing in front of the sun.

But the thought that he might be robbed of everything by that kid, Bo-kw.a.n.g began to think of a trap to get rid of him.

Once he managed to fill the positions with his men, he soon visited Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung and tried to get close to him. And then decided on a day when he would remove him in Rhodesia.

"Brother! I never thought about being the successor of the family. Which was why I dedicated myself to training!"

"Huh, such lies! Wasn't it enough for you to coax the elders! And weren't you meeting father lately?"

"That, father was just there to encourage me…"

"Shut up! Hw.a.n.g Bo-clan is mine. I am never going to hand it over to you, a perpetrator."

Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung couldn't get himself to speak, seeing his brother's eyes glistening with madness.

He realized that persuading wasn't an option anymore.

Instead, he focused on getting out, the sensation of his body which started to come back slowly from a while back. The blood flow had been destroyed, but, his whole body was covered with pores.

If he could push the poison into the lower body, he might be able to get rid of the poison and the paralysis.

‘Little more, just a little more and I…'

By the time he managed to bring the poison to the lower body, Hw.a.n.g Bo-kw.a.n.g ordered his p.a.w.ns.

"Tear away this man and throw him as feed to the fishes!"

"Yes, Lord!"

The escort warriors pulled on their weapons and approached Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung.

When they were just about to hit him, Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung rolled over to avoid getting hit, and with both his arms, threw himself out of the boat.

Splas.h.!.+

"This, this man! Catch him! If needed, you have to chase him till h.e.l.l and kill him!"

If Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung really managed to get back to Sega, then the only thing left for Hw.a.n.g Bo-kw.a.n.g was ruin.

Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung swam to the pier with both his arms, and he was able to listen to the evil voice which came from the s.h.i.+p.

If he could do what he wanted, he really wanted to take the lives of Hw.a.n.g Bo-kw.a.n.g and his men, but his body wasn't at full potential.

‘I need to get as far away as possible!'

Hw.a.n.g Bo-sung gathered all the energy that he could and tried to swim, desperate to flee from Hw.a.n.g Bo-kw.a.n.g, his brother.

A month of wandering around in an unfamiliar land.

Eventually, he was able to pursue a path and reach Castia kingdom.

But over the duration of a month, he wasn't able to have one proper meal, he slept on the side of the roads and forests, still not being able to get a good rest. And it was when he had reached the limit to survive.

‘I guess this is the end…'

Over the verge of starvation in a remote ally at the port, he was saved.

It was Luther, the priest of Sanct.i.ty of Holiness, who had extended the hand of salvation.



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Chapter 252: Start of the War 1</h3><p>Priest Luther had gone to Alvera two months ago to help the poor.</p><p>The other priests of the Sanctity of Holiness were in danger, but he didn’t avoid it, knowing that the more dangerous the place was, the more help it needed.</p><p>As expected, Alvera’s slums were in a very bad situation.</p><p>As the Konrad Kingdom declared itself as self-independent, the work and the poor didn’t have work, and the masses couldn’t be held.</p><p>Luther went over to Duke Ferrierd and asked for assistance and food.</p><p>However, he had his doubts that they wouldn’t be willing to help.</p><p>"Why is a priest of the Sanctity of Holiness in the area of Marion Par? Get out of here right now!"</p><p>Although not arrested or harmed, the retainers of Duke Ferrierd, who have been the spies of Archbishop Constantine expelled Luther from Alvera.</p><p>Eventually, moved out of the city, he had no choice but to take care of the people around the nearby area.</p><p>While serving in a small Baron called Pelier, he heard a few rumors that Alvera and the rebels had been captured by the empire’s army.</p><p>Baron of Pelier and his family made a close escape, and the next day, the army entered inside with Gigants.</p><p>As the residents were anxious, Luther stood in front of the gates.</p><p>"I can’t let you enter from here."</p><p>At the words of Luther, the leading army soldiers frowned.</p><p>If just one soldier or a knight went out with a Gigant, the opponent would be down in a second.</p><p>"Look here, priest. The point is, the lord from this place has sent military support to the fleet."</p><p>"On top of that, there was information that a few rebels who fled from Alvera and hid here."</p><p>At the words of the soldiers, Luther understood that the troops were from the capital. Looking at their outfits which were different, they seemed like mercenaries and not regular soldiers.</p><p>"There is no one here whom you seek. So, you should top."</p><p>"We can’t do that. We were ordered to occupy the place. Won’t it end only with the remnants cleared? So please don’t interfere, priest."</p><p>On the wall of the territory, a few people were looking at Luther and the mercenaries talking with nervous eyes.</p><p>Luther didn’t know that, but among the refugees in the place, there were a few men who were nobles and the families of nobles who sided with the rebels.</p><p>Unable to escape with Duke Ferrierd, they had escaped from Alvera acting like commoners.</p><p>They were the ones who were looking down from the wall.</p><p>"Didn’t you guys listen? The lord and his son ran away last night. Not to mention the soldiers and the retainers. The only people here are the poor and needy ones, so you don’t have to worry and you can go!"</p><p>Luther was stubborn.</p><p>He was very well aware of the evils and brutality the mercenaries committed once they entered the battlefield.</p><p>Those mercenaries too might be there with an excuse to clear the rebels along with destroying the land.</p><p>Therefore, he couldn’t just let the innocent people be plundered, arson or even raped in their hands.</p><p>"You’re too stubborn. Aeh, Marvin. Serve the priest with respect."</p><p>A large mercenary came out from the group with the instructions of the leader and grabbed Luther’s arm. No, he tried to catch it.</p><p>All of a sudden, from the inside of the gate, a white shadow popped out and caught the mercenary’s hand and threw him away.</p><p>Booong!</p><p>"Kuk!"</p><p>The large mercenary flew in the air and then fell to the ground rolling.</p><p>Surprised to see it, the mercenaries pulled out their weapons.</p><p>"The enemy!"</p><p>"Could be an expert knight! Be careful!"</p><p>But the man who blocked the mercenary who went in for Luther wasn’t either a wizard or knight.</p><p>It was a dark-haired make with a chiseled jaw and round eyes. The clothes that he wore were different, with a Y shaped collar wrapped around at the waist, with loose sleeves and pants.</p><p>"Huh? You’re from the southern continent?"</p><p>The men of the southern continent differed from those of the Rhodesia continent.</p><p>Most of them had dark eyes, dark hair, and bright copper skin.</p><p>In addition, the outfit and hair were unique, so they could be recognized at a glance.</p><p>The southern continental men weren’t uncommon and always seen in seaside trading, they were pioneered in the trade and were active.</p><p>But they never expected that men from there would be inland.</p><p>"Hwang Bo-sung, step back."</p><p>At the stern words from Luther, the man from the southern continent called Hwang Bo-sung shook his head and responded.</p><p>"They are trying to harm you. I won’t ever let them do that."</p><p>"Even then, violence isn’t a good solution. I always told you to proceed to an issue with a conversation in case it even turns into an argument."</p><p>"But they are dangerous men. I plan to keep you safe." Answered Hwang Bo-sung.</p><p>The mercenaries began to move forward to attack, when Luther exhaled, seeing the firm face of Hwang Bo-sung.</p><p>"Go ahead!"</p><p>"Avenge Marvin!"</p><p>As the mercenaries rushed, Hwang Bo-sung responded immediately.</p><p>"Do not kill them!"</p><p>Luther screamed to his man, but it was of no help.</p><p>Puhk!</p><p>The mercenary who got hit in the jaw fell down limply. The very moment, Hwang Bo-sung took a spear and swung it low.</p><p>"Euk!"</p><p>"Ahk!"</p><p>"My leg…!"</p><p>The mercenaries were hit by the speed at which the spear was being hit, and rolled on the ground.</p><p>The mercenaries were flustered and surprised. But even then, they tried to aim for the hand of Hwang Bo-sung.</p><p>"That bastard! I’ll turn you into minced meat!"</p><p>But in spite of the rush, it was the mercenaries and not Hwang Bo-sung who hit the floor in pain.</p><p>Hwang Bo-sung simply incapacitated the mercenaries who were fully armored, with no weapons, just hands.</p><p>"The southern continent’s warrior."</p><p>"Warrior?"</p><p>As the men asked, Luke explained to them.</p><p>"They are similar to the knights of our continent. But rather than not belonging to a royal or noble family they come from a place called Sega. I heard that there are many different kinds of swordsmen and martial artists and a lot of weirder skilled people."</p><p>Luke too gained the knowledge of the southern continent after his reincarnation. </p><p>Even then, it was intriguing to witness first hand sight of the fight of the southern continent, and all were only known from the books and stories.</p><p>But unlike Luke, the mercenaries whose blood was boiling seeing the scene of their colleagues being smashed.</p><p>"Everyone back!"</p><p>"I will deal with you!"</p><p>The rest of the expert class mercenaries began to come out.</p><p>They all acknowledged that the opponents were strong and decided to fight logically.</p><p>Woong-!</p><p>The expert class mercenary, with the weapon equipped with aura.</p><p>Seeing that, Hwang Bo-sung seemed a little nervous and clenched his fists.</p><p>A soft light hovered from his fists.</p><p>"That… aura?"</p><p>"Fist aura was it? It is interesting when hit on the body."</p><p>Luke took a close look at Hwang Bo-sung’s body with a lot of concentration.</p><p>The expert class mercenaries were quite sharp and attacked Hwang Bo-sung, but they still weren’t able to win.</p><p>Not three, not five, but almost ten men surrounded him and attacked. Among them, there were four Rakan Knights.</p><p>"Captain, what are you doing here without entering the palace?"</p><p>As Luke watched the battle of the southern continent’s warrior with his men, he heard Philip’s voice from behind.</p><p>Philip was leading the mercenaries.</p><p>"Did you check the villagers?" Asked Luke.</p><p>"Yes, but there were no rebel remnants there and it was wrong information."</p><p>Shrugging his shoulders, Luke looked forward and asked.</p><p>"But, who is he? A mercenary from the south hired by the rebels?"</p><p>"That fact is…"</p><p>Luke told Philip the entire story.</p><p>Philip, looking at his men, said.</p><p>"I feel like I need to deal with this."</p><p>"Why? You think you can win?" Asked Luke.</p><p>According to Luke, the warrior seemed to be a mature one, a mature class.</p><p>Much stronger than Shirley whom Philip played with the Gigant Duel at Eisenberg.</p><p>As proof for that, the warrior, didn’t even break a sweat even after all the battle with the expert class mercenaries.</p><p>"I felt enlightened right after that Gigant Duel. Even if the opponent is a complete master, I am not going to let them win easily."</p><p>"Fine, then go ahead and fight. If it turns dangerous, I’ll enter."</p><p>The reason he had come was to take away Reina, but he wanted his men to experience as many actual fights and battles as they could.</p><p>So whenever a strong enemy appeared, he gave the men a chance to fight. Philip, who got the permission moved forward in a relaxed manner.</p><p>"All of you stop! The man is my opponent!"</p><p>Philip called out to the ten mercenaries who were facing Hwang Bo-sung.</p><p>One of the Rakan knights went over and told Philip.</p><p>"Please be careful. He seems to be hiding his skills."</p><p>"Hut, now that you say it, I can feel my body burning up!"</p><p>Philip smiled slowly and pulled on his sword. He approached Hwang Bo-sung, who was staring at him.</p><h3>Comment (<span>0</span>)</h3><h3>Chapter 253: Start of the War 2
Chapter 254: Start of the War 3</h3><p>‘I need to save Priest Luther!’</p><p>Over the past year, Hwang Bo-sung overcame half of the induced poison with the treatment he got from Priest Luther and his divine power and constant effort to improve, and it wasn’t just that, he gained a significant level of skills.</p><p>Honestly, Hwang Bo-sung could knock down 10 expert class mercenaries at any time of the day.</p><p>However, there was a strong opponent before him, and he couldn’t measure the limits of his strength.</p><p>If he couldn’t assess an opponent’s level, that meant that those particular opponents weren’t that strong.</p><p>Therefore, he hadn’t shown off his martial arts.</p><p>He listened to the words Priest Luther had said to him.</p><p>But in the meantime, the situation had changed.</p><p>Out of the mercenaries who joined in, a strong man appeared.</p><p>‘Although I can’t give my 100% now, this might turn into a mess.’</p><p>Even in the clan and the fifth generation, there weren’t masters who could take on the highest level.</p><p>Even those who had reached the highest level wouldn’t be able to fight over a hundred men.</p><p>But the man in front of him was told to be a mercenary leader. What kind of mercenary group did he belong to?</p><p>‘If something happens, it won’t be easy to escape.’</p><p>Hwang Bo-sung, who was deep in his thoughts for a while, frowned and spoke to Philip,</p><p>"Stop. I challenge you to a Gigantic Duel."</p><p>"Gigantic Duel?"</p><p>Philip’s eyes narrowed as he was about to pull out his sword.</p><p>All of a sudden, the warrior from the southern continent asked for a Gigantic Duel.</p><p>"You are strong. I know how to honor the strong. That is why I challenge you to a Gigantic Duel since Gigantic Duels are meant for the honored."</p><p>"I know what you are trying to say, but do you have a Gigant with you?" Asked Philip.</p><p>"I have something similar to it. If I win, have your mercenaries go back, and if you win, we will move."</p><p>Philip glanced over at Luke to ask him if he could accept the challenge.</p><p>Luke nodded.</p><p>Honestly, it seemed unlikely that there would be remnants of the rebels there, but he was really curious about the abilities of the southern warrior.</p><p>Once Luke gave his permission, Philip, brought his Gigant.</p><p>When the trailer holding Marina approached, he opened the breastplate and entered the cockpit.</p><p>Hwang Bo-sung wasn’t just standing still in the meantime either.</p><p>He put small flags and wrote a few characters on the ground. He sat down in the middle and began to cast a spell. His hands kept moving, and it created a strange form.</p><p>"… Warrior, move forward!"</p><p>"What is he doing?"</p><p>Luke kept his eyes on Hwang Bo-sung from the very beginning. He looked at everything that he was doing. It was because he could sense unusual energy flowing from his body.</p><p>‘What? This energy… is like the Aether…’ Thought Luke.</p><p>Light and dark, chaos and order, existence and absence.</p><p>The conflicting energies were moving in harmony.</p><p>It was almost like whirlpools and tornadoes moving in the same direction.</p><p>While thinking, as if something had stricken him, Luke jumped up.</p><p>"Yes! That is what it is!"</p><p>Kwang!</p><p>Hwang Bo-sung, who had finished moving his hands, hit his fists on the ground.</p><p>The land shook a little, and something red came out of the ground.</p><p>Hwang Bo-sung, who moved away, touched the head that was coming from the ground.</p><p>"G-Gigant?!"</p><p>All the mercenaries were surprised at the sudden appearance of a Gigant.</p><p>Luke just shook his head.</p><p>"No, it looks very similar to it, but it is completely different."</p><p>Rising from the ground was a humanoid weapon that was about seven meters tall.</p><p>Its head had two horns like a bull, and it had large fists at the end of its long arms.</p><p>The material it was made of was wood and not steal. However, due to its dark color, it seemed like it was hard.</p><p>"Puppet."</p><p>All the Rakan Knights turned to Luke upon hearing what he said.</p><p>"You know what that is?"</p><p>"I heard it from Sir Mute. He heard it from the merchants of the southern continent, but he never actually saw any."</p><p>Mute, who was currently the Meister of Katarina Magic Tower, wandered around a lot before settling in the Rakan territory.</p><p>It was then that he had met a merchant from the southern continent who had come to trade, and according to the traders’ words, the land he came from had a weapon very similar to the Gigants.</p><p>"The Puppet was said to be weapons used by the Han Dynasty, which went to war with its neighbors in the southern continent."</p><p>Its inventor was a man called Zegal, and he was considered to be one of the best inventors and geniuses in the history of the southern continent.</p><p>The Puppet was originally developed for the purpose of transporting military weapons in harsh terrains and not for combat purposes.</p><p>After the death of Zegal, the craft of Puppet making was halted, and it was never used for a long time. However, 200 years ago, it came back when merchants from the southern continent were already able to trade with Rhodesia Continent.</p><p>"At that time, the merchants of Rhodesia, who saw the Puppets, and the emperor, who saw it as well, were shocked. They were worried about the men who were entering their continent with such weapons."</p><p>The emperor, therefore, proclaimed to the wizards that he would reward handsomely anyone who could make such a giant weapon.</p><p>They were able to create their own version of the Puppet by studying the records left by Zegal.</p><p>"Well, then, is that wooden puppet a weapon that is used in the southern continent like a Gigant?"</p><p>"No, it wasn’t."</p><p>The Puppet wasn’t as sensational or popular in the southern continent.</p><p>It was because it took considerable time and cost to make the Puppet, and they couldn’t be mass-produced like the Gigants.</p><p>"There is a great deal of bureaucracy in the Song Empire, and it was a strange power… That was why they had rejected the idea of using magic or anything similar to magic."</p><p>In addition, the warriors of the southern continent didn’t care much about Puppets. They emphasized on physical training rather than developing weapons.</p><p>However, not all of the Moorim (Martial Artists) ignored it.</p><p>Some of the Moorim’s valued the use of Puppet. They were big, strong, resistant to the enemy force and were a useful source of power.</p><p>Thus, the Puppets had been used several times to clear the disputes between the warriors and the apostates.</p><p>In the case of Hwang Bo-sung, the three Puppets were given to him at a huge cost.</p><p>One was handed over to him as a gift from the clan elder.</p><p>When Hwang Bo-sung was attacked by Hwang Bo-kwang, he didn’t have the time to use the Puppet as it consumed a lot of time and movement.</p><p>"You pulled out something very interesting, but are you ready to fight?" Philip asked, seeing that the Puppet’s entire body had already come out.</p><p>Right </p><p>And for the first time in the history of Middle-Earth, the confrontation between a Gigant and Puppet began.</p><h3>Comment (<span>0</span>)</h3><h3>Chapter 255: Start of the War 4

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