As the 1st battle for the Esmerelda territory finished, Lee Gong-Myung and Alex Rothschild met privately.

“Milord, congratulations on the victory!”

Lee Gong-Myung bowed towards Alex Rothschild.

“This is all thanks to you.”

Rothschild smiled widely, hugging Lee Gong-Myung.

“If not for you, I would have been unable to defeat Albrecht’s army. The one to be congratulated is not me, but you instead. After all, the contributions to the victory belong solely to you. If you weren’t here, it would have been impossible for me to grasp victory.”

Rothschild felt grateful for Lee Gong-Myung, and he expressed his thoughts truthfully.

He wasn’t lying.

Due to the price of his greed, Rothschild was afraid of being taken over by the other Overlords. Even becoming an Overlord was too much of a challenge at the moment. 

And that wasn’t all.

During the Lord Meetings, Kang Chul-In had exposed his secret, making him seem like an untrustworthy ally. And thanks to this, he hadn’t been able to make any alliances yet.

With this kind of situation, Lee Gong-Myung had pushed on with the invasion of the Esmerelda territory...