Became the Emperor in the Hero Game

45 – Part 2, Episode 1.

“There are no people”

After the death of the wolf, after the light victory party, I stayed in my office and received reports that came incessantly.

“There are no people.”

Due to the two wars that followed, much of the empire’s manpower was lost.

Giel, Peltz, Duke Pale, and other top-level forces are intact, but the entire floor below them wants to be blown away.

Earl Darhan, who entrusted the academy, also died, and those who maintained the eastern part where the feudal lord disappeared died or converted.

Since many nobles in other regions have also died, there are not enough people to manage the current territory, let alone new lands to acquire.

As I was lamenting being buried in a pile of paperwork, Dia quietly opened the door and came in.

I told her to skip the example because she had so many things to do over the past few days, but on the first day she refused to say what to do, but now that she has entered the office nearly a hundred times a day, she has become accustomed to just going in and out without saying a word.

“Minister Dia?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Do you have any additional reports?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. Across the country, there is a high voice calling for revenge on prisoners.

The hard line is calling for them to be wiped off the face of the earth, and the most moderate are calling for them to never be grouped together again.”

Beastmen invaded the empire overnight and killed their families or lords, so it was a natural reaction.

“Is there anything else Jim needs to know?”

“Yes, Your Majesty. The younger sister of Sir Prio, vice-captain of the Imperial Knights, was killed by a beastman at the academy. Because of that, the majority of the Hwangyeong Knights say that all the prisoners should be wiped out.”

Ah, did Prio’s brother die?

After a moment of silence for her, I asked her Dia.

“When was the joint funeral for those who died at the academy?”

“Two days later, Your Majesty.”

“Jim will also attend. What is the public opinion of the Imperial Knights?”

“Only the 1st and 2nd team commanders fought properly against the beastmen, and they didn’t take much damage, so they are generally on the moderate side. But that’s compared to the hardliners, who are also very upset that the Empire has been invaded.”

“I see. Actually, it’s not that difficult to kill them all now. Most of their main forces are already dead.”

Many chiefs of beastmen died within the empire, and the main unit, including their leader, was all killed by the grand duke.

Of course, since all beastmen are said to be excellent warriors, there may be resistance, but there is no need to be more wary of those who do not have a strong man left to do this.

“The problem is after I erased them. The land of beastmen is not small, so what should I do with it?”

“Ah… “

I’ll say it again, the thing the empire lacks the most right now is people.

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The southern and eastern regions became almost Muju Gongsan, and many lords died in other regions as well.

“And Daman and Tamiel should also merge.”

However, the large army that Lee pulled out of his entire army was annihilated by the Sorcerer Corps, and the best of Tamiel was annihilated by the Imperial Knights.

In fact, since these two countries have completely lost their national defense power, they should merge, but who else will we entrust that to?

It is difficult to manage as it is my direct jurisdiction. The central part of the empire centered on the system alone consumes an enormous amount of administrative power, but I don’t want to have such a remote land.

“I… your majesty.”

“Hmm? Minister. Tell me.”

“There was a rebellion in Daman.”

“Rebellion?”

“It is said that the five nobles came together and imprisoned the king in a situation where the public sentiment of the royal family was not very good because the army was annihilated after an unreasonable campaign. In response, they changed the name of the country from Daman to Chamber, and said that five noble families would rule at the same time… “

“Ha, you are laughing.”

“They just contacted the intelligence department. I wanted to send an envoy to His Majesty, so the point was to ask for permission.”

“Ignore it. It’s just that.”

However, I don’t have to worry about whether the king is trying to evade responsibility or if he is really imprisoned…

Ah.

“Minister, could you possibly control them?”

“Yes. Your majesty. As a result of research, it seems that the regime they put forward is also not stable. Apparently, they want to consolidate their power with our help, so they should be able to establish a sufficiently pro-imperialist regime.”

“That is not enough. Whether it’s Daman or Chamber, Jim wants a puppet state to be put in its place. Minister Dia, choose one of the five families and make it king. Send the elite of the Hwangyoung Knights to stand guard. The minister directs. I will tell Sir Giel to cooperate.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

After all, Daman was a fairly large country.

It’s just that we didn’t have enough troops compared to the territory and wealth.

If the current empire absorbed Daman in its entirety, it would surely upset the stomach.

So, first of all, we should set up a puppet king, and then merge or whatever.

“Tamiel… What should I do?”

First of all, there is no option to leave it alone.

Since the empire has been invaded, Tamiel must be destroyed.

The problem is the method.

“It’s difficult to kill them all.”

Unlike the beasts, Tamiel didn’t do much damage to the empire.

The elite soldiers were swept away by the 2nd and 3rd teams of the Imperial Knights, and the king was killed by Giel.

So, even if the argument ‘Let’s destroy Tamiel!’ Comes out,

If you say, ‘Let’s annihilate the Tamiel people!’, The reaction comes out, wondering if that went too far.

Because the feelings the people of the Empire feel towards Tamiel are not anger, but disgust.

But honestly, the land is really useless.

“Should I use it as a place of exile?”

“Yes?”

“There were a lot of traitors this time.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

When Gior returned, most of the people under him had converted.

“I know you haven’t killed them all yet, right?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

After doing this and that, most of the new traitors are still alive.

It’s a noble family even if it’s rotten, and you have to send knights to catch and kill them, but those knights were busy catching the remnants of prisoners and maintaining security until recently.

“Minister, let’s just bury this treason.”

“Yes… ?”

Dia said, ‘What did I hear… He looked at me with an expression of ‘?’.

Well, let alone treason, you must be embarrassed to hear me say something like this, who would cut my throat at the slightest threat to my authority.

“Minister. This is the third treason in my reign.”

“Ah… !”

“It has not been 10 years since I ascended the throne, but I have only rebelled three times. What will future generations think of me?

Let’s just bury it quietly. Those unfortunate guys bought themselves without being able to respond to the invasion of beastmen at all, and were exiled to what used to be the land of Tamiel as punishment for that. Write it down like this.”

They weren’t even a threat in the first place.

Those who don’t change even if you let them live or kill them.

It would be humiliating enough to put those who said they were nobles into Tamiel.

“Yes, Your Majesty. Those disloyal ones will also be truly grateful for Your Majesty’s mercy.”

“Disloyalty. Rather than fighting for the empire, I avoided myself to protect myself, so don’t be disloyal.”

The traitors who thus converted along with Gyor became cowards who simply avoided the fight.

Since the sentence of exile was imposed instead of the extermination, they will also quietly go down to Tamiel to live.

“At this point, besides those guys, tie up and send away all of them, even the ones who were outrageous and vague to kill. Tamiel can be used as a place of exile for sinners from now on. If I come up with a suitable name later, I will go and name it then.”

For one reason or another, it’s true that I’ve killed too many people so far. I need to exercise some restraint from now on, so it would be fine if I had a place of exile.

“I understand, Your Majesty.”

“I’ll have to decide who will manage the land of Tamiel. Who would like… “

Among those who are strong-willed and intelligent enough not to be swayed by the words of those who went into exile, they are loyal and have some power. I can’t feel that it’s a demotion, so a person with a low position…

Can there be anything like that?

“After… There are no people.”

“And Your Majesty… that. One of the hero’s companions.”

“Oh, yes. I had that problem too.”

Shien this guy. He ordered the prisoner to be brought to Jedo, but he immediately sent it to the Great Forest.

When they were brought to the island, they tried to do a trial just to show them roughly, and to settle them with deportation and entry bans, but this makes things complicated.

I’d rather keep hiding in the great forest, but if the beastman tries to rally the remaining beastmen with the elves on their backs, it’ll be difficult.

“Minister, it seems that there was a communication link with the Elf Queen.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. There is something I received when we met the other day for the anti-demon king union.”

“Bring it.”

Pressing my throbbing head with one hand, I accepted the communication tool that Dia brought.

When the figure of the elven queen was visible through the communication sphere, her headache seemed to intensify.