Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

“The time has come! Let’s go to the eternal kingdom!”

Monks and followers fixed their daggers.

hooked!

And without hesitation, he stabbed me in the neck.

Thousands of lives were lost and souls turned to the Archbishop.

The jewel shone with a more intense light than ever before.

– hahahaha!

The Archbishop laughed out loud.

The laughter was so great that the temples trembled.

– You see! The power of faith!

I narrowed my eyes and looked at him.

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The level has definitely risen significantly.

However, it is still not an opponent of Calliope.

‘The power seems to be running out quickly.’

Along with the light emitted by the jewel, I also heard tinnitus.

That nickname was the scream of the soul swallowed by the jewel.

The scream of a foolish soul who was tricked into offering himself to a false god.

The soul struggled to get out of the jewel.

sh*t…

A very small cracking sound.

It’s too small to hear, but I heard it with my eyes.

The jewels are suppressing it, but it’s cracking little by little.

The splitting cracks naturally conveyed the sound to my brain.

And the sound of power escaping from the cracks.

“There is no point in developing strength by doing trivial things. What you did doesn’t last long.”

– Doesn’t it sound like something? You’re misunderstanding something.

The Archbishop put his hand on his forehead and smiled.

– I’m not trying to kill you. did you say

The mana shook violently.

The screams of the soul imprisoned in the jewel intensified.

The archbishop is raising the power they have.

– What if there was no light in this world?

When I raised my hand, the ceiling collapsed.

My followers knocked off the falling objects that fell around me.

– Horvid gave light to the humans who lived in the Dark Ages.

Another dark cloud formed in the overcast sky.

It was not a dark cloud that ate rain.

A dark cloud imbued with the magical energy emitted by the archbishop.

The light began to fade as clouds covered the sky.

It blocked the light from the sun and created darkness.

– I will steal the light from those who dare to betray Horvid. I will use the ruin of this city as an example to show those who are swayed by your temptations what a grievous sin it is to abandon the faith.

Calliope ran and cut the archbishop’s throat.

However, the dark clouds continued to gather without dispersing.

The archbishop’s severed head let out a curse along with laughter.

– Realize sin in the dark and be gripped by fear.

The moment the clouds covered the sun, complete darkness came over the land.

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“After quelling the confusion caused by the kin, my father climbed the wall and looked down at the slaves and said: ‘Now you are not slaves.’”

Oh, there was an exclamation.

On one side of the garrison, Sudret’s soldiers gathered in a group.

Those gathered by Rachel and her followers traveling around.

‘Aren’t you curious why your father said that?’

‘Did you know that the Wallochian capital was destroyed?’

‘If you come to listen, I’ll give you a gold Orocco coin.’

Rachel, who gathered people in various ways, such as curiosity and greed, stood on a podium with a wooden plank and talked.

The subject of the story was, of course, her master, Edar.

Starting with who this man was, Edar, how he was sent to the Great Plains, how he conquered northern Wallochia, and how he came to this point, he continued to talk without ceasing.

“Ohh.”

“So what next?”

About one hundred people gathered in front of her at the beginning of her speech.

It was a number that was not even a handful of 50,000 soldiers.

However, as the story continued, the number gradually increased.

Members of the household kept going around to induce participation, and those who were interested in Rachel’s chatter raised their voices and laid their butts on their backs.

By the end of the story, more than a thousand spectators had settled in.

clap clap clap—

“Thank you for listening to the story until the end.”

Even after Rachel came down from the podium, few people left.

Gathered with the people sitting around and exchanged stories.

“It’s kind of hard to believe that you’ve defeated your kin.”

“that’s right. They say servants are no different from us, but aren’t blood relatives the biological children of His Majesty Vlad?”

“If that was true, His Majesty Vlad wouldn’t have been silent.”

Listening to a story with interest and believing it to be true are two different things.

Few among them believed the story to be true.

It was the same even though Rachel lowered the opponent’s class by dramatizing it.

‘Raeragon, Ugdash should be reduced to just an elf or an orc, and Vlad to a blood relative. If I tell you the truth, they’ll think it’s absurd.’

Rachel laughed bitterly inwardly.

‘I didn’t expect it to be like this.’

He sighed and intervened among the soldiers.

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s true.”

Rachel interrupted those who had doubts about the story and explained a situation they did not understand.

“Think about it. Have human lords ever existed in the Great Plains? Wouldn’t it be impossible for Edar to still be active as a lord in the Great Plains without permission from the different races?”

“yes?”

“Have you heard of the story that the Northern Wallochian allied forces were attacked by a group of orcs?”

“Did you hear…?”

“You know that there was a massive uprising by a servant in the capital of Wallochia, right? Have you ever had a servant like that? Don’t you think who led it?”

“mmm…”

They did not refute anything about the results.

However, I just couldn’t understand the process leading to the result.

‘As expected, I lack a lot of faith.’

‘Isn’t it said that a beginning is half done? I can slowly fix it from now on.’

‘More than that, there seems to be a problem with morality. A knight is a noble after all…’

The Duke of Sudret’s army was nothing more than a diverse group gathered under the name of Sudlet, so there were many ranks within it.

Among them, the people gathered here are largely divided into knights and mercenaries.

A knight is a nobleman who has a contractual relationship with a duke over a fief.

A mercenary was a freedman who was paid for and served by the duke.

Therefore, the attitudes they took upon hearing the story were different.

“How can a slave become a human being?”

“Freeing slaves without permission from the temple is too much.”

Since the nobility was the ruling class, they were repulsed by breaking it, and they did not understand that they were turning livestock into humans because they viewed slaves as livestock.

That’s why I was so shocked when I found out that the conscript was of slavery.

It’s like humans ran away after being defeated by livestock.

‘The aristocratic class will definitely need to look into it in the future.’

Rachel watched their reaction with cold eyes.

On the other hand, the reaction of the mercenaries was a little different.

“Are you not afraid of punishment for turning slaves into humans?”

“You are a very merciful person.”

“If you move to the Great Plains, you say you’re exempt from taxes?”

Most of the mercenaries came from freedmen between nobles and slaves.

I had the idea that I was superior to slaves, but I also had a sense of kinship.

Because they, too, were a class ruled by the nobility.

He was quite sympathetic to the emancipation of slaves and immigration policy.

Although these two classes had different points of view, they also had something in common.

“Hasn’t it been possible to form a nation with just one body? Who in history has accomplished this feat?”

“Indeed, he deserves to be called the emperor.”

Even if the manager entered, the achievements of Edar are the truth itself.

Whether it was the great lord of the Great Plain of Orocco, the conqueror of northern Wallochia, or the suppression of the uprising of his servants in Sodomora, or the defeat of Duke Sudret’s knights, the process was hard to believe, but the results were clearly present.

Edar’s achievements continued to be praised among the crowd, and Rachel and others carried baskets around.

“Thank you for listening today. Please accept this as a gift.”

“necklace?”

A gold necklace shaped like the sun.

The crowd was stunned and accepted the necklace.

Some bent, some bitten, and were again surprised to find that it was made of real gold.

How many people in the crowd are you giving gold to everyone?

“I made a necklace out of Edar’s symbol.”

“hmm···.”

Of course, no one refused.

Not because he is kind to Edar, but because it is gold.

It was big enough to make three or four gold coins, but could he refuse it?

No one wore it around their necks, but put it in their pockets.

“When darkness falls, seek the light.”

Rachel looked up and whispered.

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Those gathered on the grass began to scatter one by one.

She sat down on a hill and stretched.

“Sister, you worked hard today.”

“Ah, yes, thank you.”

She thought as she sipped the tea that Karamazov, the indulgences seller, had given her.

‘I think roughly 2,000 people listened to it today. If it gets word of mouth, more will come tomorrow. Wouldn’t I listen to it all once in about ten days?’

Rachel felt proud.

She was the one who had been feeling down a lot lately.

What had happened in the Marquis of Loisene made her feel cramped.

The appearance of a bishop who leads his people to ruin for the sake of God.

What Edar pointed out that she could be too.

‘Avoid what your brothers and sisters don’t like… do what helps your father…’

What she did today didn’t have to worry about that.

It was enough to just praise Edar as usual.

Thanks to that, a lot of the cramped feeling was relieved.

‘I wish it would go on like this… but it won’t be easy.’

She let out a long sigh and looked at the city Kiruna.

‘A big city of 800,000. A city bigger than Sodomora, the capital of Wallachia. In fact, a city bigger than the capital of Germania.’

How much power does the Duke of Sudret possess in such a city?

‘The fact that the Duke of Sudret’s authority is comparable to that of the king is not simply a story of a large territory. It also means that there are many people who follow him to the extent of aiming for the throne.’

Looking at the number of soldiers, the answer came out.

Can the Duke alone gather 50,000 soldiers?

There’s nothing you can’t do if you overdo it, but you didn’t have to.

Those 50,000 soldiers were a collection of nobles in the duke’s sphere of influence.

‘20,000 soldiers gathered by the nobles of northern Wallachia while taking usury. On the other hand, the duke is collecting and maintaining 50,000 people without doing such a thing.’

Germania is clearly the largest human nation in terms of scale.

However, if you ask if Germania’s national power is enough to mobilize and maintain hundreds of thousands of people, that is not enough.

If so, can’t you see how much the power of the duke is?

‘Father deserves to target Sudlet. If Sudret and the border lords, including Rogene, are added, in effect, 30% of Germania’s… no, 40%’s direct or indirect sphere of influence comes over.’

If you expand your power a little more here, you will exceed the majority.

‘It’s a real instant.’

Thoughts flooded her as she sipped her tea.

‘Rachel, my father told me to get ready.’

‘The time has come.’

Horbid’s followers innumerable in the city.

The danger that they might revolt led by the Wolf Cult.

Edar was wary of this and warned his followers.

‘The fact that readiness has come down means that there is a risk of an uprising.’

No worries.

An uprising in a big city is a serious problem, but the number of people in this position was 300, and there were also conscripts.

Sudret’s army will also help here.

‘Above all, because my father is there.’

Rahel got up from her seat and suddenly lifted her head.

Dark clouds hung over the city, raising other dark clouds.

“That’s…”

She read the young mana in the dark clouds.

I realized that it wasn’t rain, it was a cloud that ate magical energy.

Ordinary clouds only dim the light even if they block the sun.

However, that cloud swallowed up the light and prevented it from falling on the ground.

Darkness was rapidly covering the city and its surroundings.

“Gather!”

“Gather your arms and gather in one place!”

She wasn’t the only one who noticed the anomaly.

The remaining members of the garrison shouted and gathered conscripts.

The darkness covering the city was rapidly approaching the garrison.

She quickly ran to the garrison.

Her shadow as she ran was consumed by the pursuing darkness.

The moment she arrived at the garrison, she too was consumed by darkness.

“…”

For an instant, silence fell.

All of a sudden I couldn’t see anything.

I kept my mouth shut and looked around.

But there was nothing to see, only darkness.

“Can you hear?”

Rachel murmured.

“I can hear!”

“It’s right next to you, right?”

she was relieved

It’s not like she flew anywhere alone.

With thoughts, he exchanged the situation with his subordinates around him.

‘It seems to block my view.’

Someone used magic to create a light in their hand, but it was invisible.

‘What about the other senses?’

‘I’m fine except for my vision.’

After grasping the situation, the subordinates gave orders to the conscripts.

“Don’t move anyone but your family!”

“When each of you moves, raise your voice!”

The conscript was not intimidated and obeyed the order.

Because when I was a slave, I had many more fears than this.

I didn’t tremble so much that I lost my light for a moment.

The problem was elsewhere.

“Cheak!”

A scream was heard in the distance.

The owner of the scream was not a member of his family or a conscript.

It was the screams of the soldiers in Sudret’s garrison.

“Something, something is attacking!”

“Don’t bite!”

A grotesque laugh was heard.

Then there was the sound of a gun colliding.

Screams followed, and the smell of blood wafted in the calm wind.

“Hey!”

“away! Don’t stick!”

Rachel strained her eyes and tried to regain her sight.

Judging by the sounds you hear, someone must be attacking the soldiers.

We need to know who the enemy is and where they are so we can respond.

But the sight did not return.

“Come this way too!”

Soon, raiders also came to Rachel’s location.

Although she lost her sight, her other five senses remained.

Unpleasant laughter, the terrible smell of blood…

Coolly, he raised his mace and struck down his opponent.

Crispy!

There was a cracking sound and hot blood splattered.

Rachel straightened her posture and focused on her sensations again.

Dada da—

The approaching sound was louder than before.

‘The opponent is weak. But if it’s like this…’

I couldn’t move easily if I couldn’t see.

It was possible to protect it, but it was impossible to do more than that.

It wouldn’t matter if there were only people in the family, because there were conscripts who were ordinary people.

They were scattered in the dark and could not respond when a melee broke out.

Rachel gritted her teeth.

‘There is no point in protecting only my body.’

Screams from all directions tormented her.

Kwaak…

She grabbed the necklace.

A symbol created by Edar in hopes of becoming a light that illuminates the world.

The necklace, which was nothing more than cold metal, somehow felt warm.

‘father···.’

At that time, a soft golden light began to emanate from the holy relic.

Chaos rears its head

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When the dark clouds in the sky ate the light and brought down darkness.

The humans of the city and garrison were bewildered by a world without light.

At first, something covered her eyes, but she waved her arms in surprise.

But fear arose as the darkness did not dissipate.

Why did the light suddenly disappear without any sign?

‘Is Horvid testing me?’

A follower of Horbid thought so.

He confessed that he had sinned and knelt down and prayed.

“Horvid, eternal light… take the darkness away from me and bring the light back…”

Then the light really came back.