Praise the Orc! Chapter 159:
Chapter 159 – Evil Solidarity (3)
“He is either stupid or clever,” Keynes muttered . He was currently talking about Crockta . “He isn’t stupid, so why would he do such a stupid act?”
“In my opinion…”
“I’m not asking you . ”
Keynes glared at Luin, who fell silent . It was rare for Keynes to show such a temper tantrum . Instead, the silent Rommel opened his mouth, “He is a beast . ”
Keynes nodded and said, “A beast, a plausible yet strange analogy . ”
“He is smart, but only in comparison to other stupid beasts . ”
“And humans are people?” Keynes said with a laugh .
He appreciated Rommel . He respected the parts of Rommel that couldn’t be controlled, and that he had high abilities .
“Don’t you know that humans sacrifice themselves for others? But in the end, their instincts are to survive and reproduce . ”
“I saw it in a book . ”
“Sacrifice is an emotional thing . Follow the calculations of reasoning, not emotions . That is what a human is . Monkeys are those who follow emotions . Of course, it is funny when speaking about NPCs who have an artificial intelligence . ”
“It is interesting . ”
Keynes nodded . The answer was interesting . He learned a bit more about the person called Rommel . Keynes was a person who controlled others, but sometimes he needed people like Rommel . A partner who could think along the same lines as him .
“Luin . ”
“Yes, Brother . ”
“Are the clan kids arriving soon?”
“Huh? Yes . ”
“I am speaking of the ‘fortunate’ kids…” Keynes touched his chin . “If you think about it, you should do it properly . Then you can achieve your lifelong dream here . ”
“Huh?”
“You don’t understand?”
“One person…are you saying you sent it?”
Keynes laughed, “Hey, it is a joke . Threaten them . Intimidate them . Do it well . Be a bad person . A bad person who properly manages those fortunate kids . ”
“Ahh…” Luin nodded . “Yes . That is my specialty . I will manage the kids . ”
Luin grinned and left the room . He was in such a hurry that he didn’t even close the door .
Keynes looked at his back and clicked his tongue . “Tsk tsk…”
Rommel suddenly asked . “What are you playing at in regards to Luin?”
“Playing?”
“Don’t you consider controlling people a game? You play with Emperor Akantor . Duke Christian was just a game . ”
Keynes laughed . That’s right . He steered people . It was possible because he gave them what they wanted . He made them think it was what they intended to do . People were engrossed in Keynes’ sweet words and played like he wanted .
“Luin wants to play a bad guy . ”
“Play a bad guy…”
“As a child, he was ignored while growing up . What could he do, when he didn’t have any power? So he just pretended to live a good life . Then once he got money and a nice car, he did bad things and spit in God’s face . A truly clumsy **** . ”
“But I thought you regarded him as a brother . ”
“Slightly . But this is this and that is that . I like him . His thoughts are transparent . ”
Keynes chuckled . Rommel also smiled and examined the map of the southern continent on the wall . The class ‘War Maestro’ wasn’t just a name . He was always working .
“How about me?” Rommel asked .
“You?”
“What type of play are you doing with me?”
Rommel looked at Keynes .
Keynes laughed and opened the bottle placed on the table, “You are playing next to me . It is interesting . ”
Keynes acknowledged Rommel in his own way . Rommel received a cup .
“What about you?”
“Me? I…”
Keynes and Rommel made a toast . Soon they would lead the emperor’s army . It was the best accomplishment they could enjoy as a user . The message window to celebrate their achievements kept flashing .
“I’m not playing . This is just me . ”
Keynes drank the alcohol and laughed .
***
Crockta lifted a pen . The world of Elder Lord was really mysterious . He wrote a letter while thinking in Korean, but the words that appeared were in the continent’s language instead of Korean . Nevertheless, he could understand the meaning .
“We, what are we doing now?”
A member of ‘He’s an Orc, yet still Praiseworthy’ asked miserably while moving his pen . Unlike his facial expression, his hand was dazzling .
“I don’t know, we…”
Gilgamesh listened to their conversation and said, “Perhaps it is ‘fear’…? Kukuk, I’m envious…I lost such emotional nuances a long time ago… Kukukuk…!
“……”
“Whew…Shaq should’ve been…”
Every time Gilgamesh said such things, Shaq would promptly attack him . Now there was no one restraining him . One person sighed .
“What is going on with Shaq?”
“He posted on the forum . It seemed like something happened . ”
Shaq wrote on the forum that he wouldn’t be able to connect to Elder Lord for a while . Everybody accepted it because they had their own lives . But due to his writing, the five members with Crockta became known . Shaq was lost so there were now only four, but they started to be called Crockta’s five apostles in the community .
“There is no one else coming?”
“They can’t come to the south . ”
There were people who wanted to join . But when Crockta had been fighting the empire, they withdrew from the south . The type of users who could fight against the knights of the south wasn’t common .
“It looks like we really will die…” one of Crockta’s five apostles muttered .
They were currently writing letters of propaganda that provoked the emperor . Each of them would show their talent at mocking the emperor, drawing cartoons that would be sent to him . The letters would target everywhere, from the nobles to commoners, scholars, mages and even the Imperial Palace .
A person with the stealth skill would infiltrate the empire and sneak it into the post office . The goal was to provoke the emperor .
“Just send this amount and then stop . They will begin to start tracking it . ”
“Yes . ”
Unlike her worries, she started to show off her artistic talents .
Everyone did their best . Gilgamesh even drew a picture of the naked emperor being whipped .
Crockta scratched his head . “It is a bit…”
“Kukuk…Crockta, perhaps…” Gilgamesh lowered his voice . “Are you afraid of the emperor…?”
“What are you talking about?”
“Then it doesn’t matter what the level of this letter is . ”
“That is true . ”
“So Crockta, take this pen and add things . More irritating! Make the emperor so angry that he loses his hair!”
“Yes!”
Crockta lifted the pen . Then he began to add his own style to Gilgamesh’s work . An arrow was placed above the head of the stripped and whipped emperor, then words added .
[This is a wig . The emperor is bald . ]
It was propaganda stating that the emperor was bald .
“Hah…!” Gilgamesh covered his mouth with his hands . It was hard to believe his eyes . “No blood, no tears, no slander…! Any adults looking at this will shake in anger, not just the emperor . This is truly…! Kukuk…!”
“This is the scale of Crockta . ”
“Indeed, your sense of justice is unlike anyone else…kukukuk…!”
Everyone finished their work . A member of the thief class grabbed the packet of letters . He would go into the empire and send letters . There would even be a letter sent directly to the emperor .
“Will the emperor truly move?”
“Those with power are surprisingly simple . ”
Crockta intended to bring the enemy’s attack to himself . Using a common word, it was to attract aggro . The imperial troops were spread out over the entire south . Villagers who surrendered were already provided labor for the empire’s convenience . If this happened, it would be hard to save the people . It was better to anger the emperor and gather the army .
“However, once the emperor has gathered his troops…”
But the others were worried .
“Are you sure about this?”
Crockta’s point was true, but for this strategy to be successful, they needed to be able to deal with the enemy . There was no point gathering the enemy only to die . And they believed that Crockta had a clear way . Maybe an army of orcs would appear . Or maybe the cities of the continent will help…
But Crockta just shrugged his shoulders .
“I don’t know . ”
“Huh?”
“I have no thoughts . ” Crockta told them . “I will think about if after the enemies gather . ”
“……!”
It was a shocking answer . He had no thoughts . However, they strangely weren’t worried . As long as they were with Crockta, it felt like they could succeed in anything .
“Let’s think about it later . Kulkulkul, bul’tar!”
“Huhu . ”
“Kukuk!”
They nodded . If they worried about the future, they wouldn’t have succeeded in the many fights they experienced .
In the video of the fight at Chesswood, Crockta had said,
‘That is the calculations of a human . ’
He had different calculations than humans . His formula didn’t consider things like the size and strength of the enemy . Even though it changed from a village to the empire, this person’s calculations hadn’t changed at all .
How far could this man go?
The users exchanged glances .
“Everyone, are you going to do it all the way?”
“Of course . ”
“Kukuk…”
They would die . From the viewpoint of the users, this was a reckless quest . It was an impossible mission with a **** difficulty, where the odds was close to zero . But it didn’t matter . They were now with Crockta . This was the most fun they had in Elder Lord .
Crockta told them . “If the emperor’s eyes turn away from other villages and come to catch us, that is enough . ”
The ‘He’s an Orc, yet still Praiseworthy’ decided to just follow Crockta and see what would happen . Anyway, he was a man impervious to calculations .
Their plan was successful . There was news that the imperial army was converging .
***
“Guys! Everybody listen,” Keynes said .
Those in front of him were the elites of the Heaven and Earth Clan .
“At this time, Rommel and I have become nobles . ”
The members of the Heaven and Earth Clan applauded . It hadn’t been possible for a user to become a noble since the launch of Elder Lord, so this was an unimaginable accomplishment .
“Guys . Is Elder Lord fun?” Keynes smiled . “Where else could you kill people and pillage villages? This is why Elder Lord is fun . We can do things we’ve always wanted to do, but never could . ”
The Heaven and Earth members laughed . In the past, they had won wars, trampled the rebels under the emperor’s name, and enjoyed all sorts of looting . They carried out the actions without any hesitation because it was a game .
They finally understood why there were endless wars in human history . The winners who were given rights coveted it again, just like drugs .
“Dialph, no, Park Kwangchul . ”
He called a clan member . The clan members focused their attention . Keynes only called their real name when something important happened .
“Weren’t you praised because you worked well before?”
“Yes!”
“I sent money to your account . ”
“Huh?”
“You’ll die if you use it for something else . ” Keynes approached him and touched his shoulder . “Use it for a car, a foreign car . Understood?”
“……!”
The clan members all understood his will . Prior to any important work, Keynes would raise morale by giving out rewards . It was a message that all of them could get a reward like Dialph . In addition, the prize was enormous .
“After buying it, send me a picture to prove it . ”
Keynes laughed and Dialph bowed with a thrilled face .
“Brother, thank you!”
“You should thank your parents, for giving birth to such a wonderful son . I just showed my appreciation . ”
“Thank you, Brother!”
“This brat . Come on everyone . I don’t want him to be the only hard worker . ” Keynes tapped his shoulder before going to stand next to Luin . Luin grinned as he raised his shoulders .
“When the war begins, listen to Rommel . Rommel is the best . ”
Of course, there was no need to ask . Rommel’s ‘War Maestro’ was a fraudulent class that forced soldiers on the battlefield to obey him .
“Let’s play a fun game today . Heaven and Earth!”
“War!”