Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans - Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans chapter 73

“The prohibition of looting is a bit of a problem.”

“hmm.”

It must have been the banning of looting immediately after occupying the capital, Orhus.

Isn’t it obvious when 60,000 soldiers start looting?

Nothing will be left after the looting is over.

So I forbade plundering and stationed them far away from the military, and instructed them to monitor the captured kingdom forces.

“Previously, cities and forts were captured without direct combat, so words were speechless… but this time, due to the large-scale rotation, it seems that they are claiming their share.”

“Right.”

11 cities and fortresses captured on the way here.

Due to the activities of his family, he was almost bloodlessly occupied.

So the soldiers couldn’t ask for plunder.

“I don’t think it helped much to claim a share.”

Skadi bit the tobacco and smiled bitterly.

“That’s right, but…”

Helmut smiled the same bitterly.

‘It’s looting.’

Looting was common in this era.

Many people engage in war for the purpose of plunder.

If the wages are behind, they promise to plunder and beat them.

In such an era, it would be a pity to leave the capital city as it is without plundering other cities.

The solution to these complaints is simple.

“Tell me that I will reward you greatly in the future. Supplies will arrive from the Great Plains sooner or later, so let’s make up for it.”

Don’t I have a gold mine?

Helmut said “Ah” and opened his mouth, turning bright.

“Will this be enough?”

“If it’s not enough, I’ll slit your throat.”

“If you encounter similar problems again, let me know. I have no intention of saving money.”

How comfortable it is to be able to buy a heart with money.

I said while laughing inwardly.

“We also need to take care of prisoner management. The reason I kept them alive wasn’t just because they surrendered. Do you know?”

“I know.”

“I have obtained the throne of Germania, but this is not the end. The Wolf Cult’s influence still lingers in Germania, and the uprising continues. It will end only when you subdue them all.”

Helmut hardened his expression.

“And cover those who have military talent in your eyes. If there are soldiers who join me among the prisoners, I will entrust them with a part.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“Rachel, you will also move with them. Until we eradicate the remaining influence of the Wolf Cult.”

“Yes, Father.”

If you let Helmut go and Rachel eats the peeled fruit,

Talk, talk…

There was a knock on the window.

“Griff?”

Originally, this was the sound of Griff’s familiar.

He asked me to open the window since he had arrived, knocking with his beak.

However, the bird pecking at the beak outside the window was not a kite.

– You did it pretty brilliantly. human edar.

Dragon Lord, Ailetrione.

The voice of the giant lizard nestled in the crow rang.

– You must know why I came.

The reason is obvious.

Because it offended the representative system.

Isn’t it that the representative system will call me sooner or later?

I opened the window and let him in.

“The Great Emperor is calling me, I’m sure he didn’t come just to tell that story.”

– Of course not. I wanted to meet you before the Great Emperor called you.

you wanted to meet me?

I took out a pack of tobacco from my inside pocket and saw him.

He looked at me with bright yellow snake eyes.

– First of all, I want to borrow a body.

I called the attendant who was waiting.

When the crow stared at the attendant, the bright yellow eyes returned to their original black pupils, and the pupils of the attendant changed into yellow snake pupils.

“It’s better.”

Rod wiped his face and let out a cough.

“Walk for a while.”

I walked through the corridors of the palace, which were left in a mess.

Rod sat the crow on his shoulder and opened his mouth.

“Your spirits are brighter, but you look tired.”

“You can see that too.”

“Didn’t you tell me? I can see the soul I see your soul soaked in weariness. It even has wrinkles.”

it’s wrinkles

My physical age is 20 seconds, but I already have wrinkles.

No, is it right that I get wrinkles when I think of the previous days of my possession?

I had a lot of random thoughts and laughed.

“If you look at it with your eyes, it only looks… well, I don’t know how old a human is. After all, as a human being, he must be very young. But the soul is so shrunken that it looks like skin and bone.”

“…”

I had nothing to say.

‘Cause I can’t see my soul

I knew I was overdoing it because of the constant headaches, but I didn’t even think it was that serious.

“There is nothing to worry about. You can rest. However, the soul is just not easily healed, so you will need to rest for a while. why are you so pushy? Is it because of Horvid?”

“He’s been deeply influenced by Tiamar.”

“You stupid wolf.”

He shook his head, clicking his tongue.

You know the meaning of the phrase, influenced by Tiamar.

“It is the result of arrogance piercing the sky. That is the result of abandoning my duty believing that I can rule the dragon. Dragons are not ruled.”

“Vlad seems to have been equally seduced. Do you know?”

“You know that. That he broke the pact and tried to kill you? After that, he came to me and questioned me. Am I the one who handed over Tiamar’s soul?”

“so? What did you say?”

“I knew, but I asked if I had come to ask. And where did you leave the ring? That pale head was dyed red.”

He waved his hand as if to drive away an insect.

It meant that he had kicked Vlad out like this.

“Do you have it now? that?”

It should refer to Tiamar’s Soul Fragment.

I unwrapped the pendant around my neck and handed it to him.

“Can you guess why I entrusted it to you?”

“Well, it must be because of the soul.”

“that’s right. Corrupted souls fade. Laeragon, Gotava, Vlad… all the souls that were present when I extracted Tiamar’s soul have faded.”

Rod looked at the pendant and smiled.

“Your soul, on the other hand, was very bright. What does that mean?”

“Because I’m not corrupted.”

The smile deepened.

“A little while ago I asked why I came. I wanted to check your soul. I was really curious about what would happen to your soul with Tiamar’s soul. Would your soul have kept its innocence, or would it have been corrupted?”

I saw a blue gem set in the middle of the pendant.

Rod said I protected myself from Tiamar’s spirit, but it didn’t make sense to me.

Unlike Vlad’s ring, he couldn’t hear his voice, his magic didn’t flow, and there was only one trembling when hunting the archbishop.

“That is natural. I don’t even try because there’s no hope. Unlike anyone else anywhere.”

His gaze moved to Vlad’s ring on my hand.

The soul of a stupid mosquito that is tempting me even at this moment.

I smiled and smiled.

“Look at the results. Are you satisfied?”

“I am satisfied. So let me give you some advice.”

“advice?”

“Don’t advance further west.”

Since it’s west, do you mean the religion?

“The further west you go, the stronger Tiamar’s influence will be. Of course you know But his influence is stronger than you think. You can’t handle it right now.”

You say you can’t afford it?

In my memory, there were few times when advancing into the Gyo-guk was a problem.

The problem had nothing to do with Tiamar.

But, now that Tiamar is a problem?

I narrowed my eyes.

“You are no longer an ordinary human being. The closer you get to Tiamar, the more affected you are. So, if you want to go west, you must be prepared.”

“preparation?”

“Simple. You can grow and fill your soul more.”

Rod stopped walking.

I picked up a bowl lying on the floor in the hallway.

It was a glass bowl that luckily fell on the carpet and didn’t break in the midst of a mess where attendants turned into thieves.

“Edar. Your soul is like this vessel. And what you can put in a vessel is faith.”

“…”

“You have just become something like a god. Because of this, the bowl is large, but empty inside.”

When the bowl was removed, the dust fell from behind.

“It is not very empty. Because more and more people believe in you. However, the bowl continues to grow, but the speed at which the contents fill up is slow. A lot of consumption. That’s why you suffer so much. Are you suffering from a headache?”

Just then, a strong headache arose again, and I frowned.

“There are two ways to get better. One is to rest, as I said earlier, and the other is to make humans believe in you and fill your bowl.”

He passed the pendant back.

“Faith will make you strong. And you will be able to push back the influence of Tiamar and become a force that prevents corruption around you.”

After hanging the pendant around my neck, I sighed.

In the end, I was talking about becoming a god.

“Haven’t you already saved many people? You just need to buy their faith and nurture their spirits. Your soul is obviously huge. But it is only your individual soul. It’s too small compared to the gods that goblins, dwarfs, and snakes believe in. Are you going to fight them like this?”

He put his hand on my shoulder and whispered.

“I became the emperor of men, what could I not be the god of men?”

I shook my hand

“Is that all advice?”

“There is one more.”

He faced the crow perched on his shoulder.

“Since ancient times, God should be able to sit on the throne and rule the world.”

The crow’s eyes turned yellow.

– You must have experienced it before.

I recalled the memory I had told the Duke and Duchess of Sudret by borrowing Rachel’s body.

– In my opinion, that’s too much. Sometimes, like dropping an apple from a tree, like I nestled in a crow, I need to relax.

The pupil’s pupils turned yellow again.

“Until the Great Emperor calls you, I will teach you how to tune your soul powers. This is my advice to you who have not fallen, and that is why I am here today.”

as a representative

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Early morning just before sunrise.

Two men were walking in a reed field covered in thick fog.

“Why are you here?”

Titus, who was peering into the fog in front of him, opened his mouth.

“You mean that?”

The man who followed him, Piemon, blinked.

Titus answered without looking at Piemon.

“Who else is there?”

Well, actually, there are only two of us here right now.

Piemon opened his mouth and thought for a moment about what to say.

Although Titus was the leader of only two search crews, the two of them hadn’t had a conversation like that in over a week.

“Shouldn’t you go home sooner if you catch the pigs?”

“Do you want to go home? Is that all?”

Is that all?

how important that is

Titus still did not look at Piemon.

So I didn’t see his frown.

“It’s harvest season, isn’t it? If you miss the timing, your crops will perish for the year. How can you not think of home? As you may not know, the harvest is more important to farmers than anything else.”

Titus stopped.

“Right. my thoughts were short apologize.”

“no.”

Through the reeds, they continued on.

As the sun rose higher and higher, the fog grew thicker and thicker.

I can’t see anything because of the reeds.

Even Titus, who was a few steps ahead, was blurry.

“Have you always been a farmer?”

‘Why are you asking again?’

It was embarrassing when the usual nobleman suddenly opened his mouth.

Of course, I wish I could have said something because I was so reticent, but…

“no. was a mercenary. It rolled for a long time.”

“It seemed so. Among my brothers and sisters, no noncombatant will be worse than you.”

Titus’ brother and sister.

It must have been referring to the vassals of lord Edar.

Piemon naturally shrugged and smiled.

“How can I only do them?”

“hmm. Have you stopped being a mercenary?”

“yes. To do so, I chose to migrate to the Great Plains.”

“Why?”

Why? Piemon scratched his head shyly.

The reason why mercenaries become farmers is obvious, isn’t it?

Because I couldn’t become a vassal of any noble.

“The end of a mercenary is one of three. Either accept the fief and become a servant of the lord, buy farmland with the money you earn and become a self-employed farmer, or die on the battlefield.”

“You look better than most knights.”

“I guess I was out of luck.”

Piemon snorted, but half-sincerely.

Because he was a mercenary who prided himself on his skills.

If he was lucky, there would have been a lord who made him his vassal.

But there was no luck, and no lord recognized him.

“I thought about taking a chance while serving in the army a few more times, but… I ended up starting a family. I thought I needed to find some stability.”

Even so, a daughter was born.

“Every time I go on an expedition, I have to vacate my home for as short as a few months or as long as a year. But every time I come back, seeing my daughter grow up is a bit like that.”

“hmm.”

“When I had a battle ahead, I kept thinking about my home… and I thought that I wouldn’t be able to eat knife rice anymore after passing the ordeal of dying.”

“So why did you move here?”

“yes. I saw them recruiting migrants from northern Wallachia.”

To be honest, I was very hesitant.

Wouldn’t it be a farmer or a slave who didn’t know anything?

He was a fairly high-ranking mercenary.

I knew at least that a different race was thriving in the Great Plains.

“If I hadn’t seen the workers who went to Olymus settle down, I wouldn’t have chosen to emigrate.”

Workers hired to build the walls of Olymus.

Contrary to rumors, they decided to emigrate with their families when they learned that the Great Plains was a land of milk and honey that was stable and overflowing with benefits.

Piemon was fascinated by their agile movements.

“How can you refuse to provide migrants with land that has been cultivated and provide food and agricultural equipment for 5 years with tax exemption?”

“Right.”

Almost half a year has passed since I chose to emigrate.

I started to get used to the field work that I did for the first time.

The joy of the harvest would be felt for the first time,

Orcs and goblins attacked out of nowhere.

“So I want to get rid of those damn pigs quickly.”

“Nothing to worry about. If there is any damage to the farmland, the corresponding compensation will be given.”

“It is, but it is still the first harvest here, isn’t it? I don’t want to blow it like this.”

“You have a great mindset.”

“Oh, no.”

Piemon cleared his throat and laughed awkwardly.

In fact, the reason was different.

‘It was just… I was just ashamed.’

After an evacuation order was issued due to the southward advance of Orcs and Goblins, Piemon and his family evacuated to Olymus.

As if Olymus expected this to happen, he was well-prepared, and there was no danger as the different races did not wander around the city.

Piemon felt a little uncomfortable, but was relieved.

No matter what, safety is the best.

“I will fight too.”

“I have nothing to do anyway, so please do something.”

But other people seemed to think differently.

Young Ji-min voluntarily stepped forward to protect the lord and the territory.

Most of them were farmers who had never held a knife, so the jobs they were given were safe, such as rationing assistance and watchtower monitoring, but a few former mercenaries even joined the search team.

This appearance shocked Piemon.

‘why? It is the duty of the lord to protect the young people. Isn’t it natural to resent the lord for not stopping the conflict in the first place?’

Even the opponent is a different race?

“Has the lord ever asked for anything from us? We always had to take. I have never given anything to the lord.”

“And if you get kicked out of here? Since we have no place to stay, where can we go other than here?”

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Their words shook Piemon’s heart.

It aroused feelings of shame in him who chose benefits and safety to pursue a comfortable life.

This was the real reason he joined the search team.

“…”

Piemon, awakened from his thoughts, asked.

“By the way… why are you asking me this?”

“Sooner or later, we plan to create a standing army. If you want, I can write a letter of recommendation for you.”

standing army? Letter of recommendation?

“Fortress wall guards, patrols, aren’t they?”

“no. It’s not that there isn’t such a job, but the main job will be to confront the different races. In your case, you will be appointed as an officer through a letter of recommendation.”

Fighting against the different races is your main job.

Piemon laughed and waved his hand.

“sorry. It’s a bit hard to answer right away…”

“hmm. It’s not urgent, so think about it slowly.”

He quickly changed the subject of conversation.

“How long do you think the war will last?”

“It will be over soon.”

“soon?”

“Because Lord Edar is coming.”

Titus replied in a confident tone.

Are you saying that they are bringing the troops that were dragged to Germania?

Not knowing what it meant, Piemon scratched his neck.