Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

On the surface, there are two things.

‘One is to decide that I can’t kill myself on the spot because I have a soldier who destroyed the knights, and I’ll look for opportunities in the future.’

If I enter the sudlet, the escort will naturally be minimized.

‘The other is that I am the only one who can solve the emperor’s curse on the dukedom.’

The target of the curse circulating in the dukedom is the vassal.

Since I learned that the emperor’s curse was not a disease but a parasite, I wouldn’t have flinched if it had been a curse on freemen or slaves.

However, it was circulating among the vassals who were in charge of the duke’s direct domain.

It is a situation that cannot be ignored.

‘These two are probably the biggest reasons from an outsider’s point of view, but if you know the duke well, you’ll see a third reason. The fact that the force spreading the emperor’s curse is the Wolf Cult.’

Why is the Wolf Church the leading force?

Because the duke has doubts.

Why can’t Sudret become the king of Germania?

‘The collateral of the royal family. There should be one or two collaterals in Germania. Even more so, the royal family was exchanged between these collaterals, but Sudret never became the royal family.’

As Marquis Loisene said, the king is not just anyone.

Only excellent breeds occupied by the representative system could become the royal family.

In other words, those not from the royal family are not excellent breeds.

‘No, it’s an excellent breed, but it’s not enough to be promoted as a king.’

The parent breed immediately below the top breed.

That is the current sudlet, and the duke should know this.

The duke must be having an anxious time obsessed with obsession.

With all my loyalty, does my master think differently of me? Called.

‘At this time, the Wolf Cult and the servant held hands and spread the curse. Secretly from the duke to the dukedom.’

Is it one or two conspiracies planned by Horvid and his servants?

Anything smaller than this would have been notified.

How can you never say anything while working on such a huge task?

Somehow, he must have thought that Sudlet was being excluded.

‘It must be because of me that Sudlet was excluded.’

Because I humiliated Raeragon and the Great Emperor.

Sudret must have been entangled with me because of the fact that they are related by blood.

‘Even the duke must have doubts close to certainty. But right now, it’s worth more. With me, they will break the curse, reveal the truth, and then throw it away or kill it again.’

Unfortunately for him, that day never comes.

‘It’s useless. The result has already been decided.’

I was sure

Because I know him well.

Because he knows a secret he doesn’t know.

Even if I don’t use my hands, he’s already done.

‘You’ve already been targeted by the Wolf Cult.’

He recalled a letter he had not handed over to the duke.

The Wolf Cult’s plan to subdue and steal powerful families.

The Duke of Sudret was also included in the list.

‘Try to subsume, and if it doesn’t work, you’ll be annihilated. But it seems to me that the extinction has already been decided.’

He raised his eyebrows as he recalled the contents of the letter.

“Yulia.”

I tapped the letter I put in my bosom as I called her name.

Knowing the contents, she nodded with a firm expression.

“Do not disband the military and wait.”

“I’m thinking of doing it right away.”

“Because I don’t have time.”

Yulia tilted her head to the side.

“You said you didn’t have time, didn’t you stay here too long?”

“Rather, because there was no time, I gave the lack of time to Sudret to induce them to gather soldiers.”

“Judo, did you?”

She blinked.

I snorted.

How many nobles are there in Germania?

Should I go and convince them one by one?

“Don’t you think so? Why did I give Duke Sudret time to gather his troops? Want to make a big spin? Then why didn’t it spin?”

I clapped my hands.

“I am outnumbered, but I have soldiers who overwhelm the knights even when they are outnumbered. But why did he do something so simple?”

Still tilting her head, she couldn’t come up with an answer.

“Because what I wanted in the first place was for the duke to gather vassals. It’s not about crushing the duke’s vassals.”

“Why?”

“To subjugate them to me once and for all.”

I patted her on the shoulder.

“Keep the borders open. A second team will come.”

She widened her eyes.

“Aren’t they the latecomers?”

“The starting point. Because things have changed.”

It would have been enough if he had only intended to aim for the throne of Germania.

I just need to get the dukedom of Sudret and let go of the threats.

However, the situation has changed greatly.

The time has come when I have to put everything I’ve built up so far.

‘After this journey, the name Germania will disappear from the human world. With the name Wallochia. Because the age of cataclysm that has no choice but to be like that is coming.’

great game

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Kiruna.

A city in western Germania.

The city was built on the banks of a river that runs through the western region.

The city, which has the advantage of soil fertility and logistics transportation due to the existence of the river, has never lost its place as the largest city in the western region since it was built.

The population reached 800,000 in the reign of Duke Svein, Duke of Sudret, and as he enjoyed power equal to that of the King of Germania, it was also nicknamed the second capital of the kingdom.

The six city gates were open day and night, and the bustle of this city, where there was always a procession coming and going through the gates, stopped for a moment. It was noon when the sun was in the sky.

dang— dang—

Bells rang throughout the city.

“The Duke has returned!”

A soldier in the watchtower shouted.

Then he raised the blue flag and waved it loudly.

The bell keeper checked the flag on the spire and rang a large bell.

It was a loud sound announcing the return of the owner of the city, and also a loud sound welcoming the owner of the city.

“Clear the road!”

“Those who have no work go up to the rooftop and scatter flower petals!”

“Where are the petals?”

Sudret’s golden eagle soared on the horizon.

Up to 50,000 soldiers formed a rank and headed for the city.

The city’s garrison laid down their arms and roamed about busily.

My master is coming home, so shouldn’t I welcome him?

“Go to the other door!”

“The Duke is coming, open the way!”

The garrison emptied the gates in the direction the troops were approaching.

They tried to drive out the long procession at the gates.

The procession split on either side under pressure from the garrison.

Boo-woo—

The sound of the horn announcing the Duke of Sudret’s coming.

The duke set up troops far from the city and led the knights.

Thousands of knights passed the empty road with the duke.

“Congratulations on the Duke’s victory!”

“Congratulations!”

As the garrison prostrated, passers-by followed suit.

“…”

Duke Svein nodded briefly.

Standing in the lead, I slowly drove my horse through the gate.

The moment I entered the city center, petals were scattered over my head.

Dung, Dung, Dung——

Buu——

Drums and trumpets followed.

“Long live the owner of Sudret, Duke Svein!”

“hurray!”

“Long live Sudret, the true owner of Germania!”

“hurray!”

Citizens cheered and hurrahed.

In response to the heartfelt welcome, the duke raised his hand and hurrahed.

Seeing this, some citizens fell backwards, clutching their foreheads.

Citizens who live in Kiruna as the best city in the country.

To them, the duke was not just a lord.

He was the greatest leader next to God Horbid.

“Horbid, protect our king!”

“Let us praise our noble King!”

But none of them knew what Duke Sudret was thinking.

That his expression was not solemn, but firm.

Citizens simply praised the leader.

“There is also Haral!”

The crowd saw two men following right behind the duke.

One of them was Harald Sudret, the duke’s second son.

“Hey Haral! Look here!”

Young women cheered when they saw Haral.

A young, talented, noble-blooded knight.

He was like a prince in a fairy tale.

“Haralniyim!”

Haral ignored it with a careless expression, then awkwardly raised his left hand at the Duke’s glance.

He inadvertently raised his bandaged right hand, then lowered it and hid it.

“Who is that?”

“I can’t see your face.”

“Isn’t he still a high-ranking person?”

“That’s right, you’re with Haral-nim.”

The crowd cheering in the order of Duke and Haral tilted their heads.

Next up was a man standing parallel to Haral, his face covered.

It was a man hiding his face with a hood under the cool summer sun.

The position was also good, but he was bigger than Haral and couldn’t be overlooked.

As the curious crowd grows one by one,

He slowly pulled back the hood.

“…!”

The cheers were lowered.

The crowd who did not see him continued to cheer.

But seeing him, the crowd stopped cheering.

What took place instead of cheers was the sound of inhaling.

“Duke?”

Someone muttered involuntarily.

That self-talk was the heart of the whole crowd.

With the hood off, the face exposed resembled that of the Duke of Sudret.

If the duke were younger than he is now, he would have looked like that man.

No, isn’t that man a young duke?

It was so strikingly similar that one could think of it.

“…”

As he turned to the crowd, the crowd he saw flinched.

In response, the man, Edar, smiled.

And at that response, Haral wrinkled his face,

The Duke’s hard expression hardened even more.

“uh···.”

But their feelings were nothing.

It was nothing compared to her surprise.

At the final destination of the triumphal ceremony, at the main gate of the mansion, the duchess Evela, who had been waiting to greet the duke there, took a step back when she saw Edar arriving side by side with the duke and her son.

“Uh, how…?”

Edar smiled contemptuously at her reaction.

“I came as the eldest son. mother.”

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Silence fell.

The Duke’s family was shocked and lost for words.

Return of the eldest son sentenced to isolation and exile.

Even the attendants who enjoyed gossiping kept their mouths shut.

“…”

The vassal and the attendant looked at each other.

Because I don’t know what’s going on.

Didn’t the owner leave to catch the illegitimate child?

But returning with an illegitimate child?

“why···.”

Even the elderly butler had nothing to say.

It was only a complicated guess of the situation in my head.

Meanwhile, their eyes are directed to the office in the mansion.

It was the Duke and Duchess who entered the office.

“Tell me. What happened? this?”

As soon as the door closed, Isabella asked in a sharp voice.

Furious, she raised her eyes fiercely.

The duke sat down at his desk and pressed his temples.

“Say something!”

The voice rose.

The duke sighed heavily.

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it.”

“Can you help it?”

“I need Edar.”

why is she Instead of saying that, he frowned.

“Curse of the Emperor. He can solve it.”

Emperor’s Curse?

It was an incurable disease that had recently become popular, she recalled.

The duke’s lords also had an outbreak and it was becoming a problem.

Edar can cure that incurable disease?

Isabella Ha! I made a noise and shook my head.

“No way. It must be a lie.”

The duke shook his head.

“I was suspicious too, so I checked. It’s true.”

“…”

“Not only that.”

He told her what he had heard from Edar, saying that the emperor’s curse was not a disease but a parasite, and that Horbid’s priest and Vlad’s servants were breeding and spreading it.

“We need to see if this is true. If it’s true, I need to find out why I don’t know about such an important fact.”

Ibella bit her lip.

I was angry, but she was the Duchess.

There was no way he was unaware of the importance of the situation.

“Don’t worry. Due to the seriousness of the situation, I only brought him home for a while. After the problem is resolved, I will definitely untie the knot.”

The Duke hugged Ibella.

“There will never be a case where he succeeds Sudlet. Unless I die.”

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‘You’d think so.’

I sneered as I walked through the halls of the mansion.

‘It’s obvious what you’re going to do.’

Ibella summoned the Duke and entered the office.

She must have been saying something to the Duke.

Why did you call me, what are you going to do, it’s just complaining.

The duke would have replied that he would do me while reading her.

‘It’s not like I’ve met you once or twice. Didn’t you think he didn’t know?’

I looked out the window

Dark clouds were approaching from afar in the clear sky.

It was an ominous cloud that looked like it would rain tomorrow at the latest.

A kite sat on a branch of a tree that stretched out near the window.

When their eyes met, they nodded in greeting.

‘Griff.’

– I’m glad you arrived safely.

The kite, Grief’s familiar, sent a thought.

‘Have you heard the story from Rachel?’

– Yeah, you changed your plans?

‘The situation is deeper than I thought. The representative system revealed its true color. How about that one?’

– First, as instructed, Nuadil, the Elder of the Mountain, was sent there. Nuadil and his Assassin Squad will be active immediately upon arrival.

‘Can Nuadilman come to me alone?’

– Who are you? Are you in a hurry?

‘okay.’

A conspiracy on the border led by Bishop Bowler.

The conspiracy was briefly halted by the killing of Bowler, but it was not over.

There were wolf priests and servants left across the border.

They are also accomplices and will continue working even if Bowler dies.

I had to root them out.

‘Humans can’t solve themselves. There is no one among the people of the territory who is not a member of the Wolf Cult, and as seen in the example of the bishop, if Horbide gives his strength, there will be no one to deal with among humans.’

So I, my family, have to solve it.

And I had a suitable family for him.

There was an assassination team organized around Nuadil, the old man on the mountain.

‘Send Nuadil to me, and the rest moves as per the original plan. Everyone on the list left by Bishop Bowler must be dealt with. ASAP.’

– yes.

‘What about Pasimea?’

– I’m busy making gunpowder in the workshop all day long. We’re squeezing as much as we can, but it’s not clear if we’ll be able to reach our goal.

I nodded.

‘Does not matter. I just need to prepare as much as possible and as quickly as possible.’

– All right. We will join Gerhard’s rearguard and send them off.

The number of soldiers in my hands right now is around 6,000.

This number is by no means small, but it is not a sufficient number.

If it had been according to the original plan, the number would not have been a problem.

Now, a large-scale proxy war with the whole of Germania is expected.

Having 6,000 soldiers who could move freely was not enough.

Therefore, Gehard and Pasimea were also mobilized.