Building A Human Empire By Creating A Clan [EN]: Chapter 55

‘I don’t sense any eyes within the arena,’ Calliope reported to me telepathically.

By ‘eyes,’ she meant the surveillance of the servants.

It seemed the servants had left the arena with Hugo.

Scanning the audience, she lowered her hand from her waist, indicating she had determined there were no more immediate threats nearby.

Woo—!

The jeers at Hugo’s escape continued for a long time.

The Duke smiled pleasantly as he listened to the uproar.

“The whelp ran away.”

I thought he would fight to the end, I mused.

“Really? I thought so too, but he ran away.” Duke Majenkin looked genuinely puzzled.

Even for him, Hugo’s behavior seemed strange. To flee without even protesting, in a place with so many witnesses?

If this happened, the rumors would solidify into truth, regardless of their initial accuracy.

He clicked his tongue and sneered, saying it was unbecoming of a great noble.

‘The reason? Obviously, he was afraid of losing his life.’

I glanced at the kite perched on the railing. The kite, connected to Gryph, relayed its message to me telepathically.

‘As you instructed, we completed the arson at the base and retreated.’

‘The damage?’

‘The fighting was a bit intense, so there are some minor injuries. Nothing serious, they’ll heal quickly. We only fought servants; there were no Bloodkin present.’

Only servants were at the base.

After a moment of thought, I nodded.

‘Shall we return? Or should we wait?’

‘Wait. We don’t know who has taken the bait yet.’

‘Understood.’

The kite dipped its head and soared into the sky.

‘With this, the conflict between the Duke and the Count will escalate.’

The Duke was now convinced that Hugo was trying to kill him. Hugo had lost the Bloodkin Agaton, and several of his bases were burned.

Could they maintain the same stalemate as before?

‘But only those two fighting is second best.’

I took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket and opened it.

‘The best outcome is if all the Bloodkin and servants in Sodomora die.’

I had several purposes for visiting Sodomora.

One was to eliminate the Bloodkin rooted in Sodomora.

Two was to kill Duke Majenkin and disrupt the Noble Council.

Three was to collapse the Noble Council’s agreement and incite civil war.

The Noble Council’s attendance order was just a superficial reason.

‘And if I’m lucky….’

I smiled and shook my head, thinking of another, more ambitious purpose. ‘No, that’s unlikely to happen. I’ve prepared for it, though.’

I took a deep drag of the cigarette.

The smoke filled my lungs.

I exhaled slowly, feeling the fatigue fade a little.

‘I will conquer Wallachia.’

Not only Wallachia but all human nations.

‘There is not a single human nation in this world that is normal.’

Look at how the humans here treat each other. It was a particularly corrupt sight because the Bloodkin were involved, but other cities were not much different.

‘City of sin, country of sin.’

I looked at the crowd shouting jeers and continuations.

‘I am punishment. To you, the fallen race, I have come here to punish you for your sins.’

The Duke went up to the podium and raised his hand to the cheers of the crowd.

‘Now, kill each other.’