Building A Human Empire By Creating A Clan [EN]: Chapter 152

All Will Be Under Me

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“The main body’s seal has weakened.”

Tiamar in the pendant said.

“Only the seal that Father maintained has weakened.”

The seal that the Lord maintained by sending magic power.

The fact that the seal has weakened means that the supply of magic power has been cut off.

Would the Lord, who sealed Tiamar, have a reason to weaken the seal?

It should be seen as an unforeseen event that made it impossible to maintain.

“Father, is he dead?”

A dampness was felt in Tiamar’s thoughts.

If she had uttered a voice with her body, it would have trembled like a cry.

“Are you sure he’s dead?”

I smiled, recalling what her main body had done.

Who was it that betrayed her father and made him fall as a mortal?

Yet the fragment of her soul mourns the Lord’s death.

“I don’t know.”

I shook my head.

“I’m not sure. But considering the possibilities, it’s low.”

“The possibility that Father is dead?”

“He is the Lord. Even if he fell as a mortal.”

Sitting on the saddle, I looked northeast.

Only a gentle breeze carried the salty smell of the sea.

The magic power I was looking for was not felt at all.

“Do you think the Lord would choose death himself?”

“Why would Father choose suicide?”

“Also, there is no one who could kill him without giving him a chance to resist.”

The Lord’s level is 97.

Unless he holds an artifact and strengthens his magic power.

In terms of pure level, he is the highest level in the world.

If he had fought, I would have felt the magic power’s wave.

Just as Tiamar felt my magic power when I accepted the soul of the throne.

But now I didn’t feel any abnormalities.

“The Lord is alive. In the way of a seal.”

“You’re saying he chose to be sealed directly?”

“I don’t know why, but…”

There’s no other reason for the magic power to be cut off.

“Why?”

Why did he choose the option of sealing? I don’t know either.

Because I’ve never had this happen in my safe experiences.

“Worrying about it won’t solve the problem right away. Rather, we need to figure out who the culprit is.”

“What?”

“The culprit who made the Lord choose the seal. Who could it be?”

The Lord couldn’t have suddenly chosen the seal.

Someone must have forced him to choose between several options.

The best of the options would have been the seal.

“Who is it?”

“Alleon.”

“…Alleon?”

The thought was cut off for a moment.

She was surprised and couldn’t react.

“Why him?”

The guardian of the World Tree, Alleon.

An elf who has lived for over ten thousand years.

The one who was saved by the Lord but betrayed his faith with jealousy and greed.

‘And the final enemy of the main story.’

“He introduced Akakosk to you, remember?”

Tiamar didn’t answer.

“He sent her, who has a cunning tongue, to prevent you from continuing the Lord’s great work and to make you fall from the heavens. As a result, he achieved what he wanted, so it’s time to aim for the next thing.”

“…”

How does Tiamar feel about Alleon?

I didn’t clearly know the relationship between the two evils.

Originally, her seal had to be broken after his death.

The time when the seal is decisively released is Alleon’s activity period.

‘The enemy that appears at the end of the main story is Alleon. The enemy that appears as a bonus concept for the player after defeating him is Tiamar. That’s why I’ve never seen them meet.’

All I know is that Alleon induced Tiamar’s corruption.

‘Alleon believed he was the Lord’s successor. But when Tiamar showed signs of becoming the successor, he was angry at the Lord and jealous of Tiamar, so he encouraged her to become corrupt.’

If history had flowed as it should, Alleon should have been active after the Lord’s death. Around that time, he woke up from meditation and caused a disaster under the pretext of succeeding the Lord.

But history has changed.

Because of me.

“Alleon is the culprit?”

After thinking for a while, Tiamar sent a thought.

“Do you think there’s another culprit besides him?”

It’s quite ahead of the time when he should be active.

Tiamar’s seal is already being released.

It’s not strange to finish meditation early.

“Of course, it’s just a guess. I just can’t think of another culprit other than him.”

“That’s a certainty.”

“You could say that.”

From the beginning, the Lord being sealed was something I had never experienced.

There was also the possibility that he chose the seal for a reason other than Alleon.

But Alleon is the worst situation I can think of.

I just want to prepare for the worst.

“If Alleon has started his activities, the old gods will also be released.”

“The old gods? Like Akakosk?”

“He would have achieved tremendous growth by receiving the power of the old gods in the roots of the World Tree. Because he knows them better than anyone, he believes he can control them.”

“Impossible. If that were possible, Father would have imprisoned them in the abyss? Look at what Akakosk did.”

What did Akakosk do?

She begged for forgiveness and corrupted Tiamar.

For that sin, she was eaten by her and became part of the sacred object.

“Yes, it’s a fantasy.”

There are plenty of people who think that even the most terrible weapon is no problem if I can control it.

But what if that’s not a cool-headed judgment but a delusion based on arrogance?

“Alleon can’t control them. He just seems to be doing it.”

For a while, they’ll run wild as if it’s their world.

He’ll try to dominate the world by manipulating the representative system.

The old gods will need Alleon’s protection for now.

But it won’t last long.

“They are like dragons. They will dominate, but they will not be dominated.”

Uncontrolled violence will be unleashed on the world.

This is the beginning of the great disaster that I spoke of long ago.

“The old gods will stand at the forefront of history again.”

“Like Father’s era?”

“Like your era. So we have to prepare.”

I grabbed the reins and rode the horse.

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The only thing that can stop a disaster is a force stronger than the disaster.

I didn’t return to Olympus and went straight to the south.

To conquer all the remaining enemies in the south, the small human kingdoms.

“The relocation order is going smoothly. You don’t have to worry.”

Gehardt, the Minister of Military Affairs, who climbed the hill with me, said.

“Didn’t we suffer a march to the sea while fighting the Cesena Republic before? Since then, Skadi has been evacuating the coast in preparation for a full-scale war with the representative system.”

A scorched earth operation carried out by an enemy who has seized the sea.

It seems to have remained strongly in my mind because I was hit quite hard.

“All residences have been emptied more than tens of kilometers from the coast, and surveillance posts and base fortifications have also been established. There will be no damage like before.”

“If you have so many base fortresses, you’ll be short of troops. Have you solved that problem?”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“How?”

Gehardt gestured, and his adjutant handed me a report.

“We have issued a conscription order. To be exact, it’s called a national conscription system, but we conscripted from all over the country except for the Great Plains where migration benefits remain.”

National conscription system.

The idea itself had been around since last year, but its implementation had been postponed.

At the time, there were not enough administrative staff because the familiar administrators had not taken root in various parts of the country, and there was no way to use commoners with single-digit levels even if they were conscripted.

“Is the armament sufficient?”

“The armories newly established in Germania and Wallachia are on track. It is enough because we are arming the conscripts with weapons produced there.”

It’s not like dozens of people were mobilized at once for conscription.

According to the report, six divisions were formed first.

At this level, the armory could handle it.

“And in the process of educating them, we are incorporating compulsory education in addition to military training.”

“Compulsory education too?”

“Minister of Education Dewey has enacted compulsory education.”

When I turned over a few pages of the report, there were details about compulsory education.

It was called compulsory education, but it was not for all citizens.

It means that they will teach the conscripted trainees basic knowledge in addition to military affairs.

“Military training is important, but Grand Councilor Skadi has determined that it is dangerous to give weapons to those who do not have basic knowledge as human beings.”

“That’s right.”

“Also, I believe that it is difficult to maintain sufficient morale during combat with military training alone. How can they bravely face the enemy without knowing the dignity of Your Majesty and the Empire?”

“Dignity.”

What is the relationship between education and dignity?

I shook my head and scanned the report and paused.

There were four items in the curriculum, and one was strange.

“Korean, arithmetic, and history are needless to say, but what is public education?”

Gehardt hesitated for a moment and answered.

“It is the doctrine of the Public Church.”

I glanced back.

A priest of the Public Church sent by Rachel as an observer bowed.

His name was Karamazov, and his alias was the Indulgence Seller.

“It teaches what people can and cannot do.”

Is it like morality or ethics?

“There is nothing to worry about, Your Majesty. We have repeatedly reviewed the cabinet ministers to prevent us from deceiving them or injecting wrong ideas.”

“Indeed.”

Looking at the contents, it seemed that various topics not included in the other three subjects were mixed.

Such as the doctrines of the Public Church, moral values such as ethics, and laws enacted by the Privy Council.

“So, have they gone through this process?”

I asked, looking at the division stationed below the hill.

There were six divisions, two of which were artillery.

In terms of numbers, it was an army of 28,000 people.

They were facing the enemy’s fortress in the distance.

“Yes.”

I narrowed my eyes while looking at the soldiers’ backs.

It was impossible to judge their power by just looking at them standing there.

Even if the ranks were straight, the training period was only about three months.

I didn’t know if they could fight properly in real combat.

“It can’t be helped. They are not from liberated slaves.”

Gehardt added, reading my concerns.

“Slaves fought like dolls because their egos were weak, but commoners are more afraid and easily excited, so it will be difficult to control them.”

“We have to be prepared for that much.”

“Yes. From now on, they will be the main force of the Imperial Army.”

It has been a few years since humans regained true freedom.

Not even a generation, just a few years.

“It is too short a time to forget the fear of other races. It’s not just a vague fear, it’s a fear built up through experience, so it’s even more so.”

I nodded.

“We have to break that fear.”

“Yes. That’s right.”

Bang!

A bang was heard.

It was not fired by the Imperial artillery.

It was fired from the enemy’s fortress in front of us.

A cannon made by dwarves after imitating ours.

It threatened us by spewing fire several times.

“Don’t be afraid!”

“It’s out of range! Don’t be afraid of a distance that won’t even reach!”

The soldiers flinched every time they heard the cannon.

It must have been a sound they were sick of hearing in training.

But facing real combat, they were just afraid.

“At first, they will be afraid of fighting other races, but once they get over the first time, the next time will be easy. Once they confirm that humans are no longer beings trampled under the feet of other races.”

Bang! Thump!

The shells fired by the enemy hit the ground and bounced.

Coincidentally, the shell fell right in front of the front line.

The soldiers around it were surprised and fell over as they retreated.

“So show us, Your Majesty.”

Gehardt said to me, watching the scene.

“Show us Your Majesty’s dignity. How can there be fear in them if you do so? How can they think of retreating when the master of mankind is with them?”

I took a deep breath and scanned the surroundings once.

“Okay.”

I was riding a horse on the hill.

This is the southernmost and front line of the Human Empire.

Where four kingdoms are fighting against the power of the representative system.

Gehardt and many other familiars were with me.

Calliope and the Guards, Mersephone and the Public Church, Nuadil and the Security Forces, and the familiar cavalry led by Zekt and Titus, to destroy the southern kingdoms and expand the survival rights of mankind.

“Prepare.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Gehardt raised his right hand, clenched in a fist, and waved it.

Then, a trumpet sounded, and the infantry advanced.

The familiar cavalry began to run to the side.

‘With this, all pure humans will be under me.’

But a disaster is coming.

The Lord’s departure and Alleon’s appearance.

I know what those two events will bring.

If we don’t go ahead, humanity’s neck will be strangled first.

We must hurry, for the survival of mankind.