Chapter 418 Winner Takes All (4)
Everyone has their own fears.
People who are afraid of insects, people who are afraid of ghosts, people who are afraid of blood, etc. Each person has a different fear, but a few years ago, Hoffman lived without knowing what fear was.
There was no reason to think that he was afraid of anything in the world to him who wielded enormous wealth like a 7-star aura.
But now it was different.
Every night, when suffering from nightmares, Hoffman thought of a person with a cold sweat on his face.
‘Count Fabius.’
he is.
It was a nightmare itself.
Count Fabius, whom he encountered every time he wandered around to get revenge on Roman Dmitri, felt like a solid wall.
None of the methods worked.
Hoffman could not calm down his trembling body as soon as he faced Count Fabius because of the incident that brought Hoffman to his knees with Roman Dmitri at the fore.
To meet him at such a time.
It was hopeless.
Once we moved, Count Fabius sat down and smiled.
“Where are you going in such a hurry? It looks like you are busy packing your things to try to survive somehow.”
to that look.
I was out of breath.
that laugh
that sly attitude.
The more he looked at Count Fabius, the nightmare seemed to slowly resurface, but Hoffman knew that he must not lose his composure.
It takes time to cash out your hidden wealth.
And above all, the opponent was a person who would devour himself whole the bone the moment he was given a little room.
said Hoffman.
“… I know what your intention is when you say that. The Golden Bank supported the Kronos Empire and lost the war, so it will pay the price. But can’t you give us a chance to live too? In fact, war is always a fight that has no choice but to take sides. If all the beings were killed simply because they supported the opposite faction, not many people would survive on this continent.”
“Why are players doing this to each other? Isn’t Golden Bank simply about applying?”
“I know. It does not mean that we do not admit our faults.”
My mouth was dry.
The sin was obvious.
They tried to hide the source of the money, but they knew that it wouldn’t work against a snarl like Count Fabius.
I couldn’t die like this.
Since Fabius came to visit him, it was clear that he would not return without reaping results.
“I’ll say it again, I’m asking for a chance. The Continental Wars are over. In a situation where the two mountain ranges that supported the continent have collapsed, Dmitri will need the help of experts like me to quickly regain stability. We will help you wholeheartedly. We will of course pay compensation, and if necessary, we will apologize in public.”
I bowed my head.
I gave up on my pride.
Of course it wasn’t sincere.
If Count Fabius gave him one chance.
In the meantime, it will disappear like a ghost.
So, even if it was a blank check, I had to spit out anything that would dazzle the other person’s mind.
I glanced over.
Seeing Count Fabius staring at him with a strange gaze, Hoffman gritted his teeth and chose a secret method.
thud.
got down on his knees
Then he threw his head on the floor and shouted so loudly that the blood in his throat stood.
“I’ll ask you just once! Have pity on me and open a way for me to live!”
* * *
Hoffman instinctively knew.
That there is no way for you to survive unless the other person opens the way for you.
It was a great decision.
Still, the existence that commanded the continent as the president of the Golden Bank now knelt down and appealed to his emotions.
“Count Fabius. I also deeply regret the mistakes I’ve made over the years. If we could turn back time, Alexander wouldn’t have made the mistake of joining the villain’s plans. I’ll ask the Count. Wasn’t the Count also the person of Roman Dmitri from the start? Give me a chance too. Golden Bank will be a strong supporter of Dmitri in the future if he is given a chance to prove that Hoffman can be different.”
signaled with a wink.
When a servant hurriedly brought something, Hoffman held out a large box and said in a low voice.
“I know very well that it is a difficult matter for Count Fabius to decide. I will not make unreasonable requests. Just let Roman Dmitri know that Hoffman is thinking this way. and… This is a box of gold bars. It is an amount that will not be a problem even if you play and eat for the rest of your life, and it is a clean item that will not come out later. This is simply a sign of my last name. And if you grant me this request, I will give you the same amount of gold bars every year. I will never forget your kindness for the rest of my life.”
He raised his voice.
Hoffman’s desire to survive could be seen in the appearance of appealing to his emotions in every word.
however.
“Tsk tsk, that’s why I don’t like guys who have quick calculations. Hoffman. Are you planning on escaping this moment for now?”
Moment.
My heart sank.
At the piercing remark, Hoffman hurriedly raised his head and waved his hand.
“What are you talking about! I never thought of that!”
“Don’t do it, damn it. Do you think I didn’t investigate what the Golden Bank was like when I came to you? Even if the lord doesn’t punish you, the Golden Bank will collapse because you can’t pay back the money you borrowed blindly. Efforts are imaginary. Still, if a person like the president of the Golden Bank would kneel down and offer a bribe, then I would have thought about swallowing the box of gold bars.”
laughed
The laugh that was real was stuck in Hoffman’s chest like a dagger.
“by the way. The person I serve is a really scary person. Duke Vieto, the most powerful man in Valhalla, had his head blown off in front of everyone, and the Marquis of Memphis, the most powerful man in Cronus, had him dried up even though he displayed it without any guard. That is the master’s power. And I know very well what kind of person the lord is. If I do not deviate from the standards set by him and fulfill the role assigned to me well, I will be able to enjoy wealth and glory for the rest of my life.”
Tuk-tuk.
shaved the head
Count Fabius looked down at Hoffman as if he were demeaning him as an idiot.
“That’s right, right away. asshole. Hey, arrest Hoffman, the president of the Golden Bank, immediately!”
It was a death sentence.
Hoffman hurriedly stood up and resisted, but his desperate efforts could not prevent him from being dragged away.
* * *
It wasn’t just Hoffman who was upset.
Capital of Valhalla.
The party was in full swing in Marin.
Count Snowdin’s followers drank and discussed the future.
“… Count Snowdin will be all right.”
“You don’t have to worry too much. Why did Roman Dmitri come all the way to the capital of Valhalla? It must have been to prove Dmitri’s stature to the people, but once we bowed our heads and went in, we won’t find any more faults. From now on, we must think only of the future. How will Valhalla overcome this adversity and topple the mighty mountain of Dmitry!”
Right-hand man of Count Snowdin.
It was Viscount Rhino.
He must have gotten a little drunk already, he added with a reddened face.
“Actually, why did Valhalla lose in this war? It was all because of only one person, Roman Dmitry. No matter how much Edwin Hector commanded the Celestial Mage Tower, without Roman Dmitri, we would have pushed Hector away and planted a flag in Dmitri’s territory. everyone. Do you think talent like Roman Dmitry is common? He’s a talent that won’t come out again in the next hundreds or thousands of years. If you are human, you will eventually grow old, and if Roman Dmitri gets weak or he dies. Then the moment of opportunity we have been waiting for will come.”
widely.
put down the drink
The people on the other side also clenched their fists with cheerful faces.
“Right!”
“That is the future we want. We looked into the distant future and decided to bend our pride, and Count Snowdin accepted the sacrifice on our behalf. At times like this, we must stick together. Just as Alexander has gnawed away the continent for a long time, the day will come when we can express this seething ambition and regain the status of Valhalla. If that moment comes. Even if I may not be alive then, the descendants after me will accept our will.”
His eyes burned with hostility.
His voice grew louder and louder with intense longing.
“Baron Irn. I’m going to annihilate all of that damn guy’s veins. Now, with Roman Dmitri on our back, we act as if we have won the world, but the final winner will be those of us who persevered and prepared to the end.”
“For Valhalla!”
“For Valhalla!”
clinked glasses
that day.
They clinked glasses without knowing what was going on in Kronos and got completely drunk in broad daylight.
In the meantime, he even came up with a name for the secret meeting.
Revolution! They laughed and said that their efforts should be recorded in the history books, and at one point, they fell asleep and spent the day like that.
next day.
The nobles who came to their senses found out that the world had completely changed.
* * *
“Ah, Baron Eyren. Isn’t this an overkill? Please please set us free.”
the day before.
There was no Viscount Rhino who was elated.
Being dragged away by the soldiers, he begged earnestly with a disfigured face from drinking frantically.
while drunk and asleep.
A large-scale purge was carried out, led by Count Snowdin, but the servants did not inform the nobles.
They knew too. That the future of the group named Revolution is over.
After finding out the location of the aristocrats, Baron Ayren sorted out the troops in the vicinity in order to find out that they were asleep.
finished.
Since everything had already been sorted out, Viscount Rhino and his group were unable to resist and were dragged along.
“Baron Irn. It may seem right now to follow Roman Dmitri’s orders, but that is never the right choice for Valhalla. How do you think the landscape of the continent will change if he takes on absolute power? From then on, Valhalla will cease to exist as an empire, and the history of the empire will remember us as Valhalla’s shame. So please calm down. Why don’t we know that only by saving us can we prepare for the future!”
He raised his voice.
As they continued to chatter, Baron Eyren stopped the soldiers and looked at Viscount Rhino.
“Viscount. I mean. There was an aversion to this world. Either Valhalla or Kronos. I thought that the world that trampled on others to take care of their own interests was really unfair and wrong.”
for that reason.
He followed the Duke of Vieto.
Stern believed that if he were to fight against Valhalla, he would lead Valhalla to a slightly better future.
But the reality was grim.
When he found out that even that was just a lie, Baron Eyrn felt like his world was collapsing.
“Roman Dmitri is not the kind that I hate. He elected new figures to lead each nation, not to swallow Kronos and Valhalla. It is not my own arbitrary choice, but borrowing the wisdom of people living in each country. I knew then. Why are the people of Dmitri risking their lives for Roman Dmitri? I hope that Valhalla will return to its ideal form in the future. In order to do that, we cannot allow even one of the beings that Roman Dmitri said must be purged.”
Baron Irn.
A baron was given the powers of the emperor.
In a situation that ordinary people couldn’t handle, Baron Irene had a great intention.
“From now on, Valhalla will not be decided by the individual Emperor. A committee will be formed. If everyone says it’s unfair, even if the Emperor wants it, Valhalla won’t do it. Of course, as the years go by, scum like you will continue to appear. However, if Valhalla is filtered first and Roman Dmitri’s laws rule the world fairly and fairly. I believe that Valhalla will go back to those days when the pure pursuit of a life as a warrior took place.”
It was a strong tone.
Listening to Baron Iren’s words, Viscount Rhino knew that he could not survive.
It was game over.
Revolution, who had been drinking all night and talking about the future, was nothing more than a pathetic group who didn’t even know what kind of future was in front of them.
Legs were weak.
The soldiers lifted him up and forced him to move on, and Viscount Rhino, who had been unconscious for a while, asked with a face that had given up on life.
“… Where are you going? Marin’s prison won’t be this way.”
Execution stand too.
It wasn’t even a prison.
As a familiar sight unfolded, Viscount Rhino belatedly realized that he was heading to the warp gate.
said Baron Irn.
“I will go to Dmitry. There are many prisoners like Viscount Rhino. Karman, who caused a riot in the Ares Lawless Zone for betraying Dmitri, and those who were deeply involved in this war. Execute them all… … .”
Roman Dmitry.
It was out of the ordinary.
He declared that the birth of an empire to be blessed would begin on blood and corpses.
“Roman Dmitri will rise to the throne and proclaim that Dmitri has become an empire.”
