Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

Obviously, the throne is valuable.

But if you ask me if I’m willing to risk everything I have,

At least he would answer absolutely no without hesitation.

“I don’t even have a chance to win.”

Waaa!

Cheers broke out.

A group of people passing in front of the ranks of the Kingdom Army.

Knights holding a large holy relic that symbolizes Horbid.

Up to one hundred, they were knights who received Horbid’s protection.

It was the Knights of the Religion, composed of those blessed by God.

“Well, there’s nothing more to see.”

Victory and defeat were obvious, so the vassal clicked his tongue.

“What was the reason the former duke was not stupid and waited patiently for the throne to come over? Because I knew for sure that it would happen. Isn’t that why you waited patiently?”

Tilly shook her head.

“I don’t know what drove that young lord to this point.”

“Maybe it’s because of the emperor’s curse.”

“Curse it… Rumors?”

“yes. That strange rumor. If that is true.”

He recalled the rumors circulating about the curse.

One of the rumors about money since Edar arrived in this country.

Rumors of a curse were among the most interesting.

It was about the Wolf Cult spreading a curse.

“—So the young lord got angry and destroyed the temple and lifted the curse, but it was an absurd story, but looking back at it, don’t you think there should be that much of a relationship?”

Tilly was silent at the vassal’s confident question.

Considering that the Wolf Church pointed out heresy, punished them with extermination, and even sent knights who hadn’t appeared for hundreds of years, there was obviously some kind of relationship between the two.

It’s also very large.

“Who said you had many ears?”

The vassal closed his mouth and averted his gaze.

“Don’t think too deeply about this. Dangerous.”

Tilly warned the vassal and stroked the scruff of the neck.

The warning he gave to his retainers was also a warning to himself.

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he felt.

Because rumors shake his faith.

What if it’s true, because of the doubt.

The more he thought about the rumors, the more he felt his feelings for the young lord and stopped thinking.

‘It’s full of incomprehensible things.’

Why on earth are you aiming for the throne of Germania?

Why the hell is the church responding so drastically?

Why on earth do Sudret’s vassals follow the heretic?

Nothing was made clear.

It’s all rumor after rumor and then speculation.

‘Four thousand. There was no way that many people would not know that the duke was designated as a heretic. Are they not afraid of God?’

He saw the dukes lined up in moderation.

There, two men were approaching on horseback.

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Sitting in the barracks, I felt a severe headache pressing down on my temples.

Since shining in Kiruna, the headache has not stopped.

It is fortunate that the low-grade fever and dizziness are gone.

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I let out a long sigh and threw my head back.

“Are you okay?”

Calliope whispered cautiously by her side.

“Get some more rest…”

“Then who is in charge?”

“We will.”

I smiled at her stern words.

“Arthur. It’s not that I don’t trust you, but I have to do it now.”

He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

It’s not even noon, and it’s already the fourth.

Considering that I only had one or two cigarettes a day, it was excessive.

But if I don’t smoke like this, the headache is too severe.

I squeezed my neck as I turned the barracks into a raccoon den.

– You seem to be very unwell.

The kite, Grief’s familiar, landed in the barracks.

“The body is fine.”

The soul is the problem.

I swallowed my words and waited for what Grif said afterward.

– Orcs have crossed the border.

“It’s pretty bold.”

I narrowed my eyes.

I thought I wouldn’t get over it.

It seems that the pressure of the representative system is stronger than expected.

– The tribe is Black Sun. Orcs led by Ginoric. As I mentioned before, the number has exceeded 170,000, and about 10,000 have crossed the border.

10,000 horses.

A number equal to the tribes of Ugdash.

In the past, it would have been considered an all-out war.

But not now.

“What is the introduction order?”

– It’s already down. No human casualties. But the city seems to have to be rebuilt.

“There is no need for human casualties. A city can be built any number of times.”

– yes. Evacuation orders have been issued across the Great Plains, and a sit-in is planned in Olymus. Do you have any specific instructions?

I said while stroking my chin with my index finger.

“does not exist. I’ll leave that command to you. You can wait for me in Olymus and come out and weed out if need be.”

– All right. By any chance, there will be no such thing as an all-out war if we confront each other, right?

“Don’t worry. They didn’t come down to fight us.”

Orcs are stupid, but they are not unanswerable fools.

I know that I have more than enough strength to co-destroy them.

So it won’t overstimulate me.

“If you thought of an all-out war, you should overcome everything. Why did only part of it go through? awkwardly.”

– Isn’t that the advance team?

“10,000 as selected?”

Ughdash trampled on by me was that much.

Maybe the chief of the tribe, Ginoric, didn’t know that.

“It is not a starting point. They just pretend to attack because they can’t overcome the pressure of the representative system. Rather, he will be happy if we stand up and deal damage.”

– You like it?

“You can take care of the rebellious tribe with someone else’s hands while making the excuse that you are fighting hard for the representative system.”

– That’s right… You’re using your head on the pig topic.

It is a small-scale local war.

The representative system must have requested the orcs.

Because a dwarf and a dwarf are fighting.

To provoke me on their behalf.

“If we lose in Germania or take time, the rest will come over, but if not, they won’t come over because we are wary of our capabilities.”

– All right. Then we will proceed according to the original plan.

The kite, disconnected from Griff, bit the peanut on the table.

I looked at the old retainer as I stroked him.

The Old God of Sudret, Helmut.

“How is your army? Did more defectors increase?”

“no. There have been no churn since yesterday.”

“I’m glad.”

Previously, I had summoned Nuadil and the Assassins.

The reason was to hunt the Wolf Cult priests.

The Wolf Cult was spreading the emperor’s curse, and the danger of causing an uprising for the purpose of disrupting the rear was expected.

And the predictions were right.

Shortly after succeeding to the Duchy of Sudret, reports came one after another that a Wolf Cult priest had incited believers to rebel.

Even if the assassination team moved, close to half of the army left to suppress the uprising because the territory was so wide and the number of priests was large.

In other words, the power of tens of thousands of people has been reduced without a single fight.

However, this level was good.

‘This means that more than half of the territory where the uprising did not occur.’

If the assassination team had not been sent in advance, they would have had to face the entirety of Germania with only the soldiers mobilized from the Great Plains.

“Do not stop those who want to leave because of the uprising. Even if you win the battle, it means nothing if the territory collapses.”

“All right.”

Buu————

The horn sounded and Rachel entered the tent.

“Gehard has arrived.”

I left the barracks and saw a large army appearing in the rear.

Lundingen, Rössene, Wallochia, troops flying several flags.

Four men on horseback led by Gerhard came to the front of the barracks.

“your majesty. 8,000 mercenaries from the Governor-General of Northern Wallachia. We have arrived now.”

Gerhard dismounted, knelt on one knee, and bowed his head.

“This side has 12,000 people. I could have mobilized more, but I had to prepare for a commotion in the base.”

After that, Julia Roesene lightly bowed her head.

“I have all 200 guardsmen. In fact, it won’t help in battle.”

Wallochian King Pave Kuslorp laughed.

“I never thought I’d be stepping on the land of Germania for the rest of my life.”

Finally, I saw Pasimea.

“1,000 conscripts from the Great Plains. 14 cannons. Not enough gunpowder. You’d better avoid long-term battles.”

“The rotation is over with this one.”

I smiled at the four of you.

“Gehard, Yulia, Pave, Pasimea. Thank you all for following my calling. I’m sorry, I don’t think I’ll have time to rest. I need to start right away.”

A total of 21,000 people were mobilized.

The number equal to the number of those who left the military due to the Wolf Cult uprising.

This gave me 60,000 soldiers.

“Gehard. Form up immediately and prepare for an attack.”

“All right. What will your Majesty do?”

I saw the Kingdom Army in front.

When the second team arrived, the atmosphere became chaotic.

“I’m going to talk to you for a while. Pasimea, follow me.”

I saddled up and drove the horse into the field.

Calliope and Pasimea followed.

“What else are you going to say?”

“You have to satisfy my curiosity.”

“question?”

“I spread all sorts of rumors on Grif’s sidekick, but I didn’t mention my purpose. Those who attend Sudret’s banquet know me, but those who do not know me.”

If you say you know, you’re probably an illegitimate child or an immoral child.

“They will be curious. Why am I not satisfied with sudlets? Why is the Church of God so hostile to me? And Sudret and Roesene, why do they follow me who became a heretic?”

I’ll tell you that.

As I said in front of the Duke of Sudret’s vassals.

“Is it meaningful?”

“Well, I don’t know.”

There were people like the Duke of Sudret and Ibella in the world.

Even if they hear the truth, they will not admit it and will rebel.

“Nevertheless, I want to say. The truth they don’t know and the misunderstanding.”

In the middle of the two opposing armies, I stopped talking.

Pasimea raised her voice with magic power.

“it’s okay. start.”

Hundreds of thousands of enemy hordes saw only me.

I stroked my neck once and lifted my chin.

“I am Edar. This is Edar Lundlingen. He is the rightful heir to Sudret, the lord of Orocco Great Plains, Margrave of Northern Wallochia, and the ninth seat of the House of Representatives.”

A murmur was heard from the Kingdom Army.

“Those who consider themselves human, listen.”

I spread my right hand and held it at head level.

“You are cattle.”

Battle of Orhus

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“Livestock?”

Christian, the King of Germania, frowned.

In the middle of the field, Edar asked to saddle the horse.

You said that you are livestock, spreading your voice with magic power.

“What nonsense are you talking about?”

“Livestock?”

The reaction of the Kingdom Army was not much different from Christian’s.

Embarrassment, ridicule, anger, and a mixture of emotions.

A commotion erupted throughout the Kingdom.

“You must have thought about it now. How are you cattle?”

Edar’s words continued.

“What are cattle? Animals kept at home are called livestock. I ask, is the land you own yours?”

The nobles frowned.

They are lords with fiefs, large or small.

If you ask who the fief belongs to, they will of course say that it is theirs, but if you ask them if you really are the owner of the fief, they will answer in a low voice.

The owner of this land is a great race.

“And are you the only free people? Aren’t there non-human beings as masters above you?”

The disgruntled voice gradually died down.

“Look. You have a master, and what you have is only borrowed from the owner. How can you say that it is not livestock? What is the difference between you and slaves who despise you because you are not human beings but livestock?”

Edar placed a hand raised high on his chest.

“Some will say this. How can a slave enjoy such wealth? Aren’t you the richest slave other than Sudret?”

He nodded.

“Yes. Sudlets were the finest breed of cattle. But look See what the lord of the sudlet did. For all his loyalty, in a single moment the master punished the slave. why? What did Sudret do wrong to be like this?”

The frowning faces narrowed their eyes.

Why was the young Duke of Sudret marked as a heretic?

Why did Horbid try to exterminate the great city of Kiruna?

Because it was an unanswered question on one side of my mind.

“Because I knew the truth.”

truth?

The listener tilted his head.

“The emperor’s curse was not a disease, but the priests of Horvid found out that it was with the intention of making you tremble in fear and buying your faith, so they punished the sudrat to hide the truth.”

“lie!”

“this guy! There’s no word that can’t be called a pierced mouth!”

Swearing broke out.

Some throw stones,

some shoot arrows,

Others tried to ride their horses.

Their faith was deep, and they were full of people who noticed that if they claimed to be deep even if it was not deep, they would not be accused of heresy.

The turmoil continued to grow without abating.

“If you want proof.”

A wagon approached Edar’s side.

Loaded in the luggage compartment were four oak barrels.

He pointed to an oak barrel.

“What’s inside is the emperor’s curse.”

Pasimea reached out and lifted the oak barrel with magical power.

Four oak barrels floated high in the air at wide intervals.

“You said you couldn’t believe it. If so, try it. This is the emperor’s curse, and Horvid’s reward for you.”

Edar raised his ringed right hand.

The ring containing Vlad’s soul created magic.

The parasite inside the oak barrel reacted to the owner’s magic.

Pang, Pang, Pang, Pang!

An exploding oak barrel and blood clots bursting out of it.

It was the same situation that the bishop caused in the Marquis of Loisene.

“What, what…?”

A blood clot, a parasite called the emperor’s curse.

A group of parasites smaller than a fingernail flew towards the kingdom army.

It looks like a swarm of locusts attacking crops.

The kingdom army was shocked and tried to run away in all directions.

“You’re coming this way!”

“damage! It’s an attack!”

But where will the tightly formed soldiers run away?

Clumps of blood adhered to the skin of the soldier who was confused among his comrades, and soaked them before he could reach out to remove them.

“away! Get off!”

The pain came immediately.

“aaagh!”

The kingdom army was filled with people who fell and screamed.

One oak barrel contains enough parasites to destroy a small city.

As a result of the explosion of the four barrels, the entire Kingdom army was cursed.

“What is in you is the curse of the emperor.”

Edar revived Vlad’s magic again.

Then, the blood clots that permeated the kingdom army came out again and turned into white crystals and crumbled.

Needless to say, the pain that overtook them was also gone.

“Heh… Heo-eok…”

The pain disappeared as if waking up from a dream.

Those who had been screaming and scratching the dirt floor stood up with bewildered expressions and trembling eyes.

“The people who are spreading this all over the country right now are the priests of the Wolf Cult, and they are the servants of the clan.”

The kingdom army saw the light emitted from Edar’s body.

A light brighter than sunlight even when the sun is in the middle of the sky.

The light was reaching them.

“This, what the heck…”

Some soldiers groped me.

Because the pain that tormented them is gone.

It wasn’t the pain that had plagued them just a moment ago, but it was groping because they felt that the chronic disease that had plagued them all their lives had disappeared.

“The great race and god you believe in will never ease your pain. They’ll make you suffer so you’ll find them and cling to them.”

“Shut that mouth! You apostate!”

A priest shouted at him.

“Cursed, you are the one who showed me how to control bugs! Horbi how can you do your evil… Ugh!”

The body of the priest who had burst into anger floated in the air.

Edar reached out to the priest.

The moment the magical power generated by Vlad’s ring touches the priest,

His body became white crystals and crumbled.