Building A Human Empire By Creating A Clan [EN]: Chapter 151

Creating a Vassal to Build a Human Empire 153

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The Representative Council.

The institution Lord established after sealing Tiamar.

So that child could die by the hands of mortals.

The Representative Council had to manage that child to weaken him.

But nothing is eternal.

After he fell as a mortal due to Tiamar.

His power was waning day by day.

Those who swore allegiance to him and bowed as if offering their souls began to turn their backs and rebel as they witnessed his weakness.

As a result, he merely held the position of Chairman in the Representative Council.

Just an existence that casts one vote.

“You’ve become weaker? Lord.”

Aleon, sitting on the right side of the head table in the conference room facing the empty seats, smiled gently.

“Nothing is eternal.”

Lord answered and sat down.

Aleon had grown stronger than before through years of meditation.

Because he was freely absorbing the power of the World Tree.

The power of the old god in the roots.

“Sometimes you need to acknowledge reality and know when to give up, Aleon.”

“······.”

Aleon stopped smiling and looked at Lord.

His expressionless face had eyes burning strongly.

All sorts of emotions he held were swirling within.

“It would have been different if you had made the right choice.”

‘The right choice.’

He still didn’t think he was wrong.

Aleon probably wanted him to regret it.

But when he faced him calmly, his eyes trembled.

“······.”

Lord ignored Aleon and scanned the attendees.

There were eight attendees besides him.

Elf, Aleon.

Dwarf, Gotava.

Lizardmen, Sumontema and Koahmic.

Naga, Opatra.

Orc, Jinorik.

An unknown Goblin.

And Vampire, Vlad.

Tiamar and Akakosk dwelling in his body.

“······.”

Vlad nodded lightly to Lord.

Lord saw the souls dwelling in that body.

He saw three souls.

One was the rampaging Vlad.

Akakosk suppressing Vlad.

Tiamar, emitting a stronger light than both of them.

Clap—

Dwarf Gotava clapped his hands to lighten the mood.

“Alright. Now that Lord is here, let’s start. Let’s hear the reason why a guy who should be sleeping for decades woke up early and called us.”

Aleon sneered at his sarcasm.

“Reason? It’s because you guys are acting like idiots, what else is there to say.”

“What?”

“I’m so appalled by your pathetic behavior that my tongue would wear out if I kept clicking it. What on earth have you been doing? I can’t believe you guys hold positions in the Representative Council.”

“That’s harsh, pointy-ears.”

Gotava frowned and glared.

The conference room was instantly filled with the heat of anger.

“Just because a few fairies serve you, what do you think you are?”

“Even if we live shorter lives than you, it doesn’t mean you can look down on us like this!”

“Who built that great barrier?”

“Coming from a race that got hit by an Orc, you have no right to talk.”

Aleon fiddled with his right earlobe, and only after everyone except him and Vlad had said something did he open his mouth.

“I’m different from you. I dealt with the problem immediately without letting it fester.”

Two attendants brought a large box into the conference room.

The box was placed next to Jinorik, who tilted his head.

“Open it.”

When the box was opened, it contained 14 heads.

“You probably recognize all the faces.”

Jinorik was silent.

His mouth was tightly shut, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

He didn’t answer the questioning gazes and avoided eye contact.

“This is the chieftain of the pig herd that dared to cross the barrier. I won’t say much. Hand over the rest. Then I won’t press the matter further. I’ll forgive your sins, that’s what I’m saying.”

“···Hmm.”

Jinorik, called the Orc King.

Lord knew that his true nature was that of a cowardly pig.

He also knew that he had left a significant number of his herd on the mainland.

Crossing the barrier wasn’t something he wanted to do either.

He had merely chosen to fight because he couldn’t control his herd.

“Are you hesitating? Then I’ll hear your answer later.”

Aleon smiled brightly and looked at the Lizardmen.

The two incarnations blinked at the sudden attention.

“I’m offering you a deal too. Stop the fighting.”

“You have no right to order me.”

“There can only be one master of the Lizardmen. Two are unnecessary.”

Aleon drew a dagger.

The surprised incarnations rose and stepped back.

The dagger wasn’t aimed at them but stabbed into the map on the table.

Dividing the disputed area of the two incarnations in half.

“Divide it like this. This is not a suggestion.”

“Huh.”

“Are you crazy?”

The two incarnations chuckled at the absurd tyranny.

Even when faced with gazes demanding an explanation, Aleon didn’t care.

“And you guys stop fighting too.”

His gaze went past the Dwarf and Naga to Vlad.

“Don’t talk nonsense.”

Vlad bared his fangs and glared at Aleon.

“If you return all my territories that you occupy, I might accept a truce. But if you, who were defeated in the expedition, force such a humiliating peace on me, I will fight to the death.”

“···Is that so?”

At that moment, Aleon kicked off from his seat.

Stepping on the table, he leaped at Vlad.

Swish—

At the same time, he drew the sword from his waist.

His body was filled with mana to the brim.

“······Hup!”

It was a truly fleeting moment.

Vlad couldn’t even react and his head was cut off.

He had become much weaker since he died once in Wallachia.

But he wasn’t someone who would die so easily.

There wasn’t even a chance to turn into mist and escape.

‘He used the Twin Swords and the power of the old god.’

Lord narrowed his eyes.

He was the only one who could read Aleon’s movements.

But he could only read the movements.

He couldn’t stop them.

“What are you doing!”

“Committing murder in the Representative Council!”

All the attendees stood up and distanced themselves.

In case Aleon might target them as well.

Raeragon, Arnim, and Ras, who were outside the conference room, even came in.

If those four targeted the rest, the outcome was obvious.

‘Did he notice Tiamar’s existence?’

Lord speculated the reason why Aleon killed Vlad.

If Tiamar was controlling Vlad, negotiations would be impossible.

It would be better to kick him out of the conference room so he wouldn’t be a hindrance.

‘There’s a possibility it’s not.’

Since Aleon was using the power of the old god, there was a high chance he noticed the existence of Akakosk or Tiamar, but there was also a possibility that he simply kicked Vlad out to gain the upper hand.

“Don’t be afraid. I have no intention of fighting you.”

“Why did you do this? What scheme are you plotting? We have respected you because you called us in your name, but do you think your tyranny will be tolerated?”

Aleon shook his sword once and put it back in its sheath.

“Do you want to be reduced to a slave again?”

“What?”

Gotava blinked.

“The past ten thousand years. What was our history like?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Lord’s successor has appeared.”

Successor, everyone flinched at that word.

Gazes briefly turned to Lord and then back to Aleon.

“Monkey. Human Edar. That guy is the new ruler. He is Lord’s successor. Following his dying footsteps, he intends to newly, once again, rule us for ten thousand years.”

“······.”

“When did you realize that a human had risen to the ranks of a god?”

Aleon gestured to Gotava.

“I realized it during the last battle in Mycenae.”

Aleon’s gaze turned to the two incarnations.

“···We realized it when we fought him.”

Naga, Opatra, lowered her head.

She was the first among those present to realize it.

She was ashamed to tell the truth, so she kept her mouth shut.

“Look!”

Aleon shouted.

“You believe in gods or believe you have risen to the ranks of gods yourselves. But why are you hiding the fact that an enemy stronger than you, stronger than the beings you believe in, has been born? Do you really think that the human rose to the ranks of a god now? Don’t you think he was completed even earlier?”

“······.”

“How long will you bicker and undermine each other? Can’t you even think that you are being deceived?”

“Deceived? Us?”

“Who is deceiving us!”

Aleon snorted and glared at them.

Those who received his gaze shrank back again.

“Yes, you have deceived others. Without even knowing that you are being deceived. The end of such deception has only resulted in enormous losses for each other, like now. But isn’t there one being among you who never loses?”

A sound of inhaling.

The attendees realized it instinctively.

“How could such a thing happen.”

Aleon said in a sad tone.

“And how could that human, such a being, suddenly appear.”

Gazes gathered on Lord.

“Edar, he originally came from a breed managed by Raeragon, called Thred. You must have heard of it several times, from a superior breed. How could such a mutation come from such a breed? Isn’t someone intervening?”

“······.”

“There is a traitor who has been deceiving us and coordinating the situation. He instigated us to reveal each other’s weaknesses and cause chaos.”

Gotava said with strength in his voice.

“···I was suspicious of how a mere human knew secrets that only we know.”

“From the fact that the monkey knows about the existence of the Four Dragon Tiamar.”

“That the seal of the Four Dragon was damaged.”

“That there is a weakness in the Elf’s barrier.”

“That Vlad was weakened by humans!”

“Wasn’t the time when he was integrating his forces the time when we were fighting each other?”

Starting with Gotava, Sumontema, Jinorik, Opatra, and others threw suspicions filled with conviction one by one.

“Will you say that this is simply a coincidence?”

No one said no.

Aleon’s smile deepened.

“Everyone has been deceived. The difficulties we are experiencing now are not all tricks played by a mere human. They originate from the obsession of the one we once served as master. He has set up his agent to dominate us again.”

“···Does that mean.”

“Edar, he is Lord’s successor. Lord led us to destruction in order to put the appointed successor on the throne.”

At this time, Lord sat alone and kept silent.

The emotions sent by the gazes were clearly felt.

The emotions were astonishment, suspicion, and anger.

“Even now, will you only be jealous and fight each other like this? For the sake of becoming the sole master of the race, or who is the master of a few lands, for such trivial things?”

“······.”

“We must fight to protect our freedom. Otherwise, we will be ruled for another ten thousand years.”

Aleon pulled up a chair and sat down.

“Then let’s start the meeting. The first agenda is, Lord, we must hold you accountable.”

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The unique stickiness of the sea breeze was felt.

I took a deep breath and turned around to look at the sea.

Twenty ships that departed from Mycenae and arrived at the western coast of the Empire.

The humans from the food supply who were getting off the ship were visible.

“Don’t rush.”

“Everyone will get off one by one, slowly! Slowly!”

Expressions filled with anticipation and fear.

They had arrived in a world without vampires.

I had promised them dignity as humans.

They were excited about the fact that they had arrived in a new world.

“They are different from ordinary slaves.”

Skadi, who came to greet me, threw the words out.

She was the Imperial Chancellor who had been handling the work on my behalf.

She must have had a lot of hardships, but she stood next to me without showing it.

“There are probably more people who were hunted down and dragged here than those who were slaves from birth. It’s natural that they have more emotions.”

“Yes. Their health is good, and their physique is great.”

It’s the same as humans improving the breed of edible livestock.

They must have been managed quite well to be delicious and eat a lot.

But they had to give their lives in return for the treatment they received.

“We have to go back and forth several times to bring all the people, so we have to pray that we don’t get caught.”

“Pray? To whom?”

Rahel, who was following, perked up her ears in response to the word.

Skadi reacted to that reaction by raising one side of her lips and ignoring her.

“What are you going to do now? It’s been revealed that your father has become stronger than any ordinary god? Won’t they do something?”

“They will.”

There were many expected reactions.

What I can do in advance is limited.

I stroked the head of Mersephone, who was in my arms, and answered.

“First, we conquer the South.”

“The South? When is the timing?”

“Immediately.”

“That’s fast.”

I nodded.

“We have to reduce the front line to one. All races except vampires will target humans. The all-out war that we have been avoiding will begin.”

“Yes. We need to reduce the front line to prepare for an all-out war.”

“Right.”

When I got on the horse that Calliope brought, my body trembled.

Because the pendant around my neck was trembling fiercely.

Tiamar’s voice echoed.

– Edar.

The trembling of emotions felt even through thoughts.

I guessed the rest.

– Father’s magic has been cut off.

“Is it the work of the Representative Council.”

– Maybe··· Either killed or sealed, one of the two.

I turned my gaze to the northeast where the Representative Council was located.

Now, there was no one to protect me from outside the Empire.