Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

“Impossible.”

someone snapped up

It was obvious what was in the words he threw.

A king cannot simply be by force.

As if Sudret’s authority was second to that of a king, but not a king.

Being a king requires more than strength.

But, an empire?

“I was drunk and talking nonsense.”

“why not?”

someone else got it

“What can I do?”

“What can I not do? If that was what the human said, why couldn’t we have established an emperor or an empire in the first place?”

“What is the Empire? Just like the King of Kings.”

“That makes no sense.”

“What doesn’t make sense?”

“Well, how many times have we had the chance to conquer Wallochia, but why couldn’t we? Did you forget that all the great people didn’t want it?”

“But right now, Edar-nim is no different from the King of Wallochia, right? If we add the throne of Germania here, how many other kingdoms and republics are left?”

“That is my claim. He’s not actually a king.”

Every time they exchanged a word, another person interrupted.

The controversy that started with one person’s words soon became an arena where all the retainers present their opinions and quarreled.

“The throne is determined by Lord Horvid! But not a throne, but an emperor? That’s blasphemous!”

“I don’t know the emperor, but isn’t it okay to unite the country?”

“How dare you discuss something that the Great Race did not allow?”

The rising voice infuriated him.

Arguments cause anger, and anger causes quarrels.

Those who follow different races, those who are proud of their country, those who hate reality, those who are attracted to ideals… Because there were many retainers, they thought a lot and talked a lot.

“——.”

“—. ——.”

And there was a group of people watching from the crowd.

Quaang!

A roar engulfed the garrison.

Those who were arguing were startled by the roar and stopped arguing.

The place where the sound erupted is the garrison where Edar’s soldiers are staying.

Dust rose in the clearing in the middle of the garrison.

Kwakwang!

The ground exploded and the soil scattered.

Sudret’s vassals, soldiers, and merchants blankly watched Calliope’s dance.

She wielded a sword in the training ground she had built in her garrison.

When the sword cut through the wind once, the ground overturned and a strong wind blew up.

Who would think that looking at that figure would warm up the body?

The knights who had fought her shuddered.

“It’s frightening no matter how many times you see it.”

“Because I’m not human…”

On the other side of the training ground, conscripts continued training with their subordinates.

“Reaction is delayed! The moment you put both feet forward, stab them!”

“yes!”

“The gap is wide! If the gap is wide, there will be an enemy to dig in! Don’t just think about pushing the window forward, fill in the gap!”

“yes!”

300 retinue and 6,000 conscripts.

They trained by covering themselves with dust.

Since Sudret’s army set up a garrison like a siege, anyone could see the Edar army training in the middle.

Therefore, except for those who were preoccupied with gambling, everyone watched their training.

“They are such monsters.”

“Did you see the expression?”

“Even though your cheeks were torn, your expression didn’t change.”

“Where are you from? Where did these guys come from?”

The reaction taken by the onlookers was disgusting.

There was no admiration or ridicule that I usually get while watching the training.

I got goosebumps at Calliope’s inaction and the callousness of the conscripts.

But more than anything, there was a moment that surprised them.

“slave?”

A slave inscription on the face of a conscript who had taken off his helmet.

“We lost to slaves?”

The moment it was revealed, no one was shocked.

The knights who fled after being pushed by the conscripts were devastated.

I still didn’t know that the conscripts were weaker than they were because I was so scared that I couldn’t even swing my sword properly.

“How can a slave beat a knight…”

Their common sense began to crack little by little.

The more I looked and the more I knew, the more I lost my will to fight.

“Damn it… I wish they broke up soon.”

That was the common mind of Duke Sudret’s soldiers.

And there was another entity that moved in this situation.

“Excuse me, brother.”

The knight who defended Edar in the argument looked back.

A woman in a nun’s uniform smiled softly.

“What you said earlier was interesting.”

“Did you do it earlier?”

“You said that there is nothing that humans cannot do.”

“ah. Why?”

Sister Rachel whispered, passing the booklet she was holding to him.

“Aren’t you curious about how your father said that and how he got here?”

“…”

He narrowed his eyes.

Her eyes turned to the booklet she held out.

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“Do you know how much nonsense you talk?”

Duke Sudret shouted at me from the drawing room of the mansion.

Next to the Duke sat his wife, Ibella, glaring at me.

The story I told you at the banquet the day before seemed to have caused a stir.

What I said also meant that I would go against the will of my master.

A duke who has kept his integrity for generations cannot be convinced.

No one else, but I, the eldest son, denied the karma of my ancestors.

“Do you really think this is nonsense?”

I tipped the teacup to quench my thirst and continued.

“What is there that humans can do better than other races? Why can’t humans do what other races do like emperors and demigods?”

The duke banged his fist on the table.

“There is a gap between humans and other races that cannot be crossed. The gap exists in everything from physical talent to history. You don’t know because you’re young. How superior this race is.”

That’s why you have to adapt to reality, the duke continued.

“Our ancestors always did.”

I burst into laughter.

‘That’s what the authority of the sudlet is like.’

Power achieved by receiving a sweet reward for faithfully following the owner.

This was true of all nobles, not just sudlets.

Among them, Sudret was the only one whose integrity was exceptional.

‘It would have been a joke if that loyalty wasn’t something that could be proven by selling one’s own people.’

“I am not interested in tradition. In the first place, according to mythology, light arose in the beginning, and life was derived from it. When the light was shining, what traditions were there?”

“I am not talking about mythology. I am talking about the reality of human weakness!”

bang!

The teacup on the table topped over and the tea spilled onto the floor.

“no. It is the will of the father that is weak.”

An attendant came quickly, wiped the table, and set a new teacup.

I grabbed the cup and listened to the duke.

“The different races are superior, thinking that way and with a weak will to wait for the honey that is easily given if you sell your own people. It’s just inheriting that will that has been passed down from generation to generation.”

rattle!

The table topped over.

The hot Duke jumped up and pushed the table.

Despite the fact that the attendant had placed a new teacup, the teacup hit the floor and broke, drenching the floor again with tea water.

The duke gritted his teeth as his face changed.

hard…

Until I unconsciously put my hand on my waist.

The reason he didn’t cut me was probably because he had a bit of reason left.

Calliope, who stood behind me, came forward and confronted the duke.

As the vicious spirit passed over the drawing room, the retainers came in.

“Duke!”

“Are you okay?”

Ibella watched the situation and then looked at me.

The life-threatening eyes were truly ferocious.

However, he immediately hid his eyes and looked at the peacock.

“honey···.”

Ibella trembled and grabbed the duke’s sleeve.

The duke sighed as he looked at her watery eyes.

Does he know that it is smoke?

I clicked my tongue inwardly at the sight of being swayed by lies.

“done. Stop talking about this.”

The Duke dismissed his vassals and glared at me.

“Soon the lords are coming. Since you said you could cure the emperor’s curse, you’ll have to prove your talent.”

“It is. By the way, are you doing an investigation?”

inspection.

It pointed to the investigation into the conspiracy that the priest of Horvid and the servant of Vlad’s blood were intentionally spreading the emperor’s curse.

“The Archbishop is currently absent. The temple was a place that even the king could not touch without permission. We will do a related investigation, but there won’t be much progress unless there is a consultation with the archbishop.”

“You are complacent.”

I laughed.

The Duke crumpled his expression again.

‘This city is a big city enough to call itself the capital of Germania. And the Archbishop of Horbide is taking office to match the scale.’

The priest assigned to the largest city in the Marquis of Loisene was Bishop Bowler.

A bishop would be like that, but would an archbishop with a higher rank be docile?

The force leading the conspiracy is the Werewolf Church?

‘It’s a pandemonium over Sodomora, but you’re taking your time.’

A servant of a clan going on a rampage in Sodomora?

The scale will be different enough to say that.

There are so few servants that few people know of their existence.

Because they hide their identities and are active, their numbers do not increase easily.

On the other hand, there is no one who does not know about religion, and there is no one who does not believe.

If someone with deep faith pushes his back as an act for God, who will not be pushed away?

‘It’s like having bombs planted all over the city.’

Does the duke know this?

‘You must know. He must have called me because he knew how serious it was.’

I don’t know the level of seriousness, so I’m just taking my time.

He still had a complacent mind.

Could the master of the different race abandon himself?

There was no way he would abandon himself for whom he had devoted so much of his integrity.

Like a dog craving affection from its owner.

‘Duke, your master doesn’t view humans as pets.’

The subject that the Duke of Sudret has served from generation to generation is Laeragon.

Prince of elves, human hunter, human butcher.

Would a dwarf with such a nickname care about humans?

The duke’s faith is a vain delusion.

I shook my head and continued.

“It is wrong to expect consultations with the Archbishop. Sudret is Germania’s greatest authority. The archbishop wouldn’t know this, so why didn’t you tell your father once?”

I finished drinking the tea and answered.

“The Duchess of Sudret has been abandoned.”

A vein stood on the duke’s neck.

“Shut up! If the family was criticized, wouldn’t it be your fault! Isn’t this because our integrity is being questioned because you insulted Raeragon!”

“well. Did the prince of the elves say that?”

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The duke did not answer.

But his eyes were full of confidence.

The intent to kill was clearly readable in his eyes.

I will kill me and offer it to Raeragon.

It means that I will sacrifice my life to regain my integrity.

‘Do you know I don’t know? There’s nothing you’d like to do with me other than this same appearance, so there’s no reason you’d be serious about accepting me back.’

It’s not easy to kill if I have soldiers by my side.

I knew that he was planning to kill me after removing the emperor’s curse and making me easy to kill.

‘If it goes my way, though.’

At that time, the thought sent by his family was read in his mind.

I gazed at the window and then saw the door to the parlor.

smart-

An attendant came in and bowed deeply.

“What’s going on?”

“Eirik-nim has returned.”

“Is it Eric?”

Eric Sudlet.

Ibela’s firstborn and incompetent.

To put it bluntly, it’s not incompetence.

Expectations were high because he was the first, and his younger brother, Haral, was just too handsome.

“Then, I’ll get up first.”

“…”

The duke and wife didn’t even have a conventional greeting.

He closed his mouth and looked at me with a fierce gaze.

I left the drawing room with a smile and a light nod.

The moment I left the drawing room, I bumped into Eric, who was just about to enter.

He looked up at me, widened his eyes, and held his breath.

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“you···?”

“Long time no see.”

Before he said anything, I spoke first.

“It’s Orichalcum, you’re wearing an overly nice ring.”

Startled, he backed away and glared at me sharply.

The ringed finger is hidden behind the back.

I raised the corners of my mouth slightly and smiled.

“No surprises. Because they don’t steal.”

I raised my right hand and showed the ring on my index finger.

“It feels similar to my ring.”

“…”

The boy just kept staring at him without saying a word.

I shrugged and headed into the hallway.

I felt intense stares piercing my back.

‘I’m not a servant.’

I checked the ring on my index finger.

The ring containing Vlad’s soul fragment was silent.

When blood relatives and servants were close, the ring responded to them.

Judging by how quiet he was in front of Eric, he was not a servant.

‘But it’s not related.’

I remembered a letter.

One of the letters in the study of Bishop Bowler of Zauritz.

Eric is mentioned in correspondence with the Archbishop of the city.

The Archbishop made this remark about Eric.

‘Acquisition complete, said.’

I remembered the Orichalcum ring he was wearing.

‘It took quite a bit of work. Horbid.’

No one but me will notice the contents of the ring.

From the outside, it will only look like an expensive ring.

But I could tell

Horbid’s energy flowing within it.

‘I hope it goes well as Rachel thought.’

‘Edar-sama.’

I stopped walking at the sudden thought I read.

In the empty hallway, the lady-in-waiting was washing the windows alone.

The lady-in-waiting glanced at me while cleaning the window with tiptoe.

I realized that she was a member of my family.

‘Did Nuadil send it?’

‘no. I received instructions from Grif.’

‘It’s Sejak.’

‘yes.’

In terms of race, people are human.

Just like a vampire pretending to be a human, he can act as a member of his family.

Since the creation time of my followers was shortened to 6 hours, I dispatched some of my followers to the human nation under the command of Grif.

He instructed them to live like humans and collect inside information, and the maid in front of them was one of them.

‘The Archbishop has returned.’

‘I heard you went to the church with Eric, did you come with me?’

I stroked my chin.

‘As a result of the temple investigation, they said there was nothing.’

‘yes.’

The first thing I did after coming home was research.

The mansion of the Duke of Sudret and the great temple of Horvid.

Could the representative system have left the heart of this great city alone?

I doubted that he must have been working on something.

However, upon investigation, nothing came out.

It’s so neat that it’s suspicious.

‘Then it’s not putting it inside, it’s bringing it from the outside.’

Eric and Archbishop Gottlov.

Because they are the only ones who can come inside from the outside.

Among them, Eric did not target me.

So what’s left is…

‘I’m going to the war instead. Call Calliope.’