The Overlord of Blood and Iron

Chapter 71

Chapter 71 . The man with the flute?

Kang Chul-in was truly angry .

They definitely needed the 500L of tree sap by today . If not, they wouldn’t be able to get 1500L, which made the 6000 bottles of Lang Bros .

In order to deliver their products in time, they needed to make sure that nothing went wrong .

But… only 60% of their expected amount had come .

“Huuu…”

Kang Chul-in inhaled deeply, trying his best not to explode in rage .

There must be a reason for this . Otherwise, there would be no shortage in supply . He knew that it wasn’t the civilians being lazy, there must be a cause . Whether it was enemy raid, a monster appearing, or something else .

But even though he knew this, it didn’t change the fact that he was angry .

This was a problem of trust .

Old man Kwon had completely put his trust in Kang Chul-in, and marketed a huge product, using his personal money and constructing the Galaxy Corporation .

He had taken care of Kwak-jung for him, given him a mansion in Seocho, as well as gotten him several cars .

If he was unable to meet his end of the bargain, that would make him nothing else but a liar .

Their harmonious relationship might break off, and it would also be embarrassing to face Old man Kwon like this .

For someone like Kang Chul-in, who never went back on his promises, this was very rage-inducing .

“Director, don’t you think we’re missing just a bit of products?”

The one in charge of shipping the products said .

“Yes, we are missing some . ”

“There must be a problem in Pangaea . I will tell the higher-ups about the problems, so you should just get to putting it in the storage area . ”

The ‘higher-ups’ he said was referring to Old man Kwon .

“Yes, director . ”

And as soon as he ordered them, he rode on his Sesto Elemento, and headed towards Yeouido .

Because this dimensional door was not for humans, he had to go to the 63 building and move back towards Laputa .

“Old man . ” Kang Chul-in decided to call Old man Kwon on the way .

“Kuku, what is it? Oh, is today when the products come in?”

“Old man, there’s a problem . ”

Kang Chul-in decided to tell him the truth, and apologize . It wasn’t like Kang Chul-in to avoid these kind of things .

“Huh? What do you mean problem?”

“Only 300L of the products have come in . It looks like there’s a problem in our territory . ”

“Oh, and here I was, thinking it was something big . ”

Old man Kwon was surprisingly calm, and didn’t seem to care much .

“Kuku, these things happen when you do business . ”

“You shouldn’t be feeling to well though?”

“Well, I trust you, so what is there to be upset about? Aren’t you going to solve the problem soon enough anyway?”

Old man Kwon really didn’t seem to mind .

“Oh, let me ask you one thing . ”

“What is it?”

“Remember… the peacock dragon meat? Hmm… hmm… yes, that thing… was very good . ”

Kang Chul-in suddenly felt that the talk was going to get annoying .

“The, you know, right?”

“What?”

“The celebrity Lee Eun-mi! Ms . Lee Eun-mi . ”

“Who is…”

“Huhu, do you not even watch TV shows or Drama? Tzzt tzzt, to think that you don’t even know the famous ‘Korean aunt . ”

Hearing the phrase ‘korean aunt’, Kang Chul-in thought of a middle-aged woman that was elegant .

“… Old man, are you doing romance?”

“Hmm… it just worked out this way…”

“You guys might have a large difference in age though…”

“IT’S ONLY 15 YEARS! SHE IS QUITE OLD TOO!”

It seemed like Old man Kwon was having the quite ‘greyish romance . ’

“Anyway… can I ask you for some more of that Peacock Dragon meat?”

“Please . ”

“… Fine . ”

“HAHA! I knew you were a reliable man . Well, how long would this take?”

“One week . ”

“Well then, I’ll leave this to you . I have an appointment with Ms . Lee Eun-mi tomorrow, so…”

And at that moment…

“Mr . Hyung-woo, who are you calling?”

A voice that Kang Chul-in was familiar with spoke . It was a voice that he heard in TV .

Tuk!

Kang Chul-in hung up the call, and threw his phone to the seat next to him . Old man Kwon… this man truly had no scruples .

“Milord . ”

When Kang Chul-in stepped out of the magic circle, Lucia came forth, and kneeled .

And of course, the same came for a lot of others . Nilus, Timothy, James, as well as the newly accepted Michael . All of the high-ranked members of Laputa came forth and bowed to him .

‘It seems that there truly is a problem . ’

Kang Chul-in didn’t rage at them .

“Milord…”

Michael came forward, and once again kneeled before Kang Chul-in .

“Please kill me . ”

And he handed his blade to Kang Chul-in .

‘What’s with this guy?’

Kang Chul-in was startled at Michael’s ominous behavior .

“Milord… this incapable knight… has failed milord’s orders in guarding the perimeter around the Talking-trees . According to the military law, please kill…”

“Michael . ” Kang Chul-in interrupted him .

“I will decide what to do . ”

“Lucia . ”

“What is it?”

“Well, the thing is… Lana Lovely has gone missing . ”

“Lana Lovely?”

“It’s that girl that milord had saved when you first came to Laputa from the orcs . She was also the one that you accepted the flowers from when you came back after slaying the Peacock Dragon . ”

And listening to the explanation, Kang Chul-in nodded his head .

“But is the disappearance of one girl that important?”

Kang Chul-in spoke coldly .

Yes .

Kang Chul-in wasn’t some sort of weak Lord who would go searching for just one missing civilian . What kind of Lord would do that? Only a weakling would .

“No, I’d bet that this isn’t everything . ”

Kang Chul-in felt that there was another reason, that wasn’t this .

“Yes, milord . ”

Lucia spoke .

“The disappearance of Lana is just one of many . ”

“One of many?”

“Yes, 37 teenagers under the age of 16 have gone missing . All vanished . Without a single trace . ”

And listening to this, Kang Chul-in understood .

“Podolski . ”

Kang Chul-in called Podolski .

“Have you investigated?”

“Yes, milord . After the disappearance, I’ve called in adventurers to go scout for information . ”

“And the result?”

“Everyone went missing . ”

The more they spoke, the worse it got .

To think that his precious ‘Team Slayers’ went missing?

“Is there a chance that it is an attack of another Lord or a group of monsters?”

“No, sir . ”

“None at all?”

“There is none at all . There are no footsteps, blood, or any trace that they have invaded the territory . This Podolski, I can bet my life on this . ”

It was a mystery .

There were no trace of enemies, but only missing teenagers and adventurers?

…What kind of situation is this?

‘It’s not like it is Pied Piper of Hamelin or something . ’

Kang Chul-in sighed, thinking of the german folk-tale about the Pied Piper of Hamelin .

“Ugh, I nearly died . ”

It was that moment .

“I found it, I found it!”

A man walked into the hall, with a proud expression .

Ruff Ruff!

And a Welsh Corgi followed behind that man .

‘God dammit . ’

Looking at the man with the dog, Kang Chul-in’s facial expression got even worse .

“Yo, Chul-in!”

The man, Dorian Explorer waved his hand at Kang Chul-in, smiling .

And the one following him was the S rank unit, a seeker .

Dorian had picked an S rank unit in the past, but to think that he would do so again . It was true that a man that succeeds one could do so again .

“Why are you in my territory?”

Kang Chul-in spoke, even more annoyed now .

“Cuz’ I’m bored? There’s nothing much to do around my territory, so I decided to go adventuring . And when I came near this area, I thought of you, and came here!”

“… But your secretary will start nagging you again?”

Kang Chul-in remembered Dorian’s secretary, a small fairy like tinkerbell, that nagged all day .

“… Please don’t talk about Pixie . ”

Dorian spoke in a tired expression . It seemed like he too, was fed up .

“Oh, right!”

Dorian slapped his forehead, and spoke .

“I found it!”

“Found what?”

“Where the missing ones are!”

Surprisingly, it seemed like Dorian was here in order to help him with this situation .

“Dungeon, it’s a dungeon . ”

“A dungeon?”

“Kang Chul-in, there’s a dungeon right under your territory . ”