I Became a Soul Eater

Guilliman Crucio was a much better tactician than I thought. It may be temporary, but what he is showing now far exceeds his natural talent.

As a descendant of the royal family, Guilliman Crucio had many of his henchmen. They were all talented people too. That’s why Guilliman was able to escape Crucio, who was perishing alive.

Guilliman was making the most of them. The allies’ strategy and tactics were thrown to Concart’s side in moderation, and on the contrary, they were inflicting maximum damage by grasping Concart’s strategy.

What Guilliman was aiming for was the mutual destruction of both sides. Guilliman would have become the owner of the Principality of Crucio even if he had just led the allied forces. It was a very easy chance to become king, but Guilliman didn’t want it.

Rather than being a puppet king, he wanted to be a proper king even if he didn’t know how long he would live.

Oddly enough, Guilliman’s strategy was right, and Koncart and the allied forces were entering an endless war of attrition, repeating one step at a time.

In the meantime, the newly formed Principality of Nebra, which completed the founding ceremony and organized its military, immediately declared war on the Kingdom of Frusia.

The Kingdom of Frusia criticized the Principality of Nebra, calling it tyranny by a power without a justification, but Empress Shalltear brought up the justification that the Kingdom of Fruscia, an ally, did not help when the Kingdom of Nebra was in crisis. Actually, I didn’t really need that reason.

Even if there was no such excuse, they were the countries that were repeatedly engaged in civil war for the reason of rebuilding the Neos kingdom. Justification is important, but in the end, power is the law.

As the forces of the Principality of Nebra began advancing towards the kingdom of Furucia, the kingdom of Furucia immediately sent an envoy asking for surrender.

Again, the condition was the guarantee of treatment for the royal family and key nobles. Boring negotiations between officials ensued. Shalltear showed eagerness to participate in all of the negotiations.

The result of the negotiations that came out was that royalty and nobles were allowed to go out to third countries with only their property without plunder.

It seems like a fairly generous condition, but there was a big pitfall in this.

The army of the Principality of Nebra entered the territory of Fruscia without blood, and the departure of the royal family of Fruscia began.

However, royalty and nobles began to take their possessions and leave for the countries they wanted.

However, not many vassals followed them. There were not many knights and officials attached to them who abandoned the country and fled without a single resistance.

And Shalltear, who quickly entered the palace of Frusia, proclaimed that he would use officials without corruption as they were, and there were also cases where he visited the knights one by one and won the hearts of the knights. Shalltear had excellent skills, but from the outside, anyone could see that she was a born warrior.

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Most of the royal family and nobles who left Frusia did not eat well and live well as they thought. With great wealth and no power to protect them, they were only very good prey. Dispersed to each country, only destruction awaited them.

While the Principality of Nebra was pressuring Furucia to negotiate surrender, the Western Witches’ Cython Kingdom also took the throne and immediately began attacking the Kingdom of Baraha.

The incompetent aristocrats were largely purged, and the Cython Kingdom, which had a better command system than before, maximized the tactics of using witches and defeated the army of the Kingdom of Baraha with a series of victories.

However, due to the nature of witches’ skills, one shot did not have powerful destructive magic, so their advance was not very fast.

The kingdom of Baraha was slowly dying like a tree in a drought.

As I was watching the war unfold smoothly without any active intervention, I was called again by the emperor.

I feel like I’m calling too often a person who decides not to intervene in politics and doesn’t go out of his way, but what can I do? If it’s unfair, I should have been the emperor. Of course, I have no intention of taking on such a troublesome task.

Upon entering the palace and meeting the emperor, the emperor’s expression was a bit dark. But, as far as I know, there was no problem at all.

“What’s bothering you this time?”

“I always end up saying only regrets to you.”

“Don’t worry, just say it.”

William pointed to the map of the continent spread out on the table. It was a detailed map of the western continent. It was of little use to me, but it was a considerable treasure.

On the map, there were words representing the current situation of the Nebra Kingdom, and various other signs.

War isn’t much to worry about. In fact, as long as there was Argin, it wouldn’t be difficult to occupy all of the Neos Kingdom’s territory and unify it.

However, that was an issue that had already been discussed with Shalltear. I was thinking of dividing the territory of the existing Neos Kingdom into three countries. It was Crucio supported by the Principality of Nebra, Cython of the Witches of the West, and the allied forces.

I don’t know what will happen to Crucio’s side, where Guilliman is still using his strategy, but for the rest, the battle is practically over.

“If you look at the eyes of the neighboring countries, it seems like we should give up at least Koncart.”

“I think it’s better to give the bouquet next to it.”

“How is that?”

“What place is in the west of Buquette Kingdom’s territory?”

“Dragon Mountains?”

Yes. The western part of the Kingdom of Buquette is where the domain of the Ctolari family used to be. There, with the power of Ctula, it was blocking the monsters descending from the Dragon Mountains.

But now there is neither Ctul nor Count Ctolari. And the ranger unit that guarded the place also became a mercenary called Red Eyes and left the territory.

If there was only one great escape, catastrophe would occur. It is not an important territory to occupy even at the risk of it.

“According to the information I know, movement within the Dragon Mountains is unusual.”

“Indeed, then the story will be different.”

“The Great Escape of the Dragon Mountains is not something that can be prevented with ordinary power. Even with Argin, it would be difficult to stop it alone.”

The emperor seemed to have many thoughts while looking at the map. After all, being an emperor is not something that a person who likes to play and eat like me should do.

“Then, how far is the count thinking?”

“The kingdom of Baraha is already on the verge of being occupied by the kingdom of Saiton. I’ll have to watch Koncart a little longer, but if it goes to a long-term battle, the allied forces will have a much better advantage. If you say that Buquet is also given to the coalition, one Jarman kingdom remains, which is very ambiguous. It would be a bit wasteful to leave it alone, and occupying it would do more harm than good.”

The location and situation of Jarman’s kingdom were truly exquisite. It was an exquisite location sandwiched between the three powers and the territory and situation where it seemed that there would be no benefit even if occupied.

“It will be fine if we just leave it alone for now. Neither the Kingdom of Cython nor the allied forces will have the strength to attack Zarman.”

William nodded as if he understood.

“Apart from that, the important thing is Lord Argin’s problem.”

“Is there a problem?”

“As I said before, I intend to give the dukedom to Lord Argin.”

“You can do as your Majesty wills.”

I thought I would congratulate Argin even if he left me. Even if I become independent after receiving a title and territory, it is not Argin who will betray me or betray me.

“But it is really difficult to select a territory to bestow on Lord Argin.”

William showed a list of territories that could be bestowed upon Argin. The developed or usable land was too small and all that remained was the land on the periphery. Giving the land on the frontier to Argin seems to have bothered him.

But, from my point of view, very good land remained intact.

“Please give this place on the west coast to Argin.”

“Isn’t it too remote? It’s a really barren place there. It is too poor a place for a duke of the Empire to be received.”

Maybe now. But will it be true even if the airship is completed soon and trade with the new continent begins? Perhaps in a few years, it will become a huge city comparable to the Akasha estate.

“Believe me. It will develop greatly in the near future. And Argin is a friend who is not very greedy for wealth in the first place. On the contrary, if you give me a good land near the ecliptic, you might hate it because it’s a burden.”

“As expected, if I talk to the Count, all my worries will disappear.”

no i don’t like that I hope you don’t call me often.

Upon returning to the Akasha estate, Bastet, who had not disappeared for a while, was lying on the window of the office.

“Where have you been?”

As always, there was no answer. Instead, it gently waggled its tail a few times. It felt like I had disappeared from this world without being caught in my sight, so it seems that only the gods did something like that.

Seeing Bastet reminded me of Pool Fish. Antariel and Ben, who had entrusted the organs and bones, were still conducting research, and the chief dwarf was on the verge of completing the handiwork made of scales.

The zeppelin operated by Setas was now slowly taking shape as a gigantic fuselage. As I was sipping a cup of tea watching everything go well without me stepping out, a head popped out from across the table.

[hi?]

It’s a snake. I looked at Bastet as soon as the snake appeared. But Bastet did not respond.

[Even Bastet can’t see me]

Is this snake mind-reading? I can’t chew it raw like Howard, so should I soak the snake wine?

[how is it? Have you changed your mind now? Let’s go pick fruit~]

I shook my head. And right away, he took out his sword from subspace and cut off the snake’s neck.

The snake’s head bounced off the table a few times before glaring at me with fearful eyes.

[You will regret it]

And it disappeared like a scattering. This may be why Howard has no taste and no ability. I’ll have to postpone the snake drink to another opportunity.

[What’s going on?]

Bastet turned to look at me.

“it’s nothing.”

Yes. As Bastet said last time, this is nothing.

[Don’t pay attention to nothing.]

Did that cat god really not see the snake? Are snakes really nothing? No, Bastet told me not to mind, so I shouldn’t mind.

Over the course of a few days, Shalltear must have heard what William and I were talking about.

In fact, Shalltear already had more than what she had. Now is the time to strengthen your integrity. Not the Aether Empire, but Shalltear’s direct subordinates, I sent almost all of them. Ben Bezalel’s modified humans had already returned, so the number of the SS was only 30.

All others are personnel from surrendering countries. They are not territories that were originally rich, but people and territories that were devastated as soon as they were devastated by the civil war.

Cython finally swallowed Baraha. Nivea and the queen help the young king, who is not too tough to become a king, and he gets the stigma of being a king who plays around with his skirt, but time will solve that.

Nivea and the witches were officially recognized for their meritorious deeds and were bestowed with lands. However, compared to the achievements made, the title Nivea received was only a baron.

But the witches were delighted. It is well recognized in the world. Now you don’t have to live in hiding and you don’t have to be pointed at by people. Above all, they won a new home for themselves. I applauded and congratulated them for their achievements from afar.

In the war between the allied forces and the Koncart Kingdom, the allied forces eventually destroyed the Koncart Kingdom. But the damage was great. There were 4 Masters in the Allied Forces, and two Masters from the Kingdom of Concatre became friends with three of them. The number of troops that had initially marched out also decreased significantly to less than 10,000.

And during the occupation, Guilliman Crucio also went missing. But it was Guilliman’s ruse that deceived everyone. Guilliman, who had disappeared, appeared and revolted in the capital of the old Crucio Kingdom, which is now part of the Koncart Kingdom.

Guilliman made a big bet with the hidden treasure of Crucio Kingdom. This was an arrangement that had been prepared for a very long time.

Almost the entire Sword Mountain Mercenary Corps run by Zizac was hired by Guilliman. It was a contract to give half of the hidden treasure if the reconstruction of Crucio Kingdom was successful.

In fact, I was also involved behind the scenes of this contract. I found and checked the hidden treasure in advance and informed G-Jacques of the approximate amount. It was too much money to refuse.

The place hired along with Sword Mountain was none other than Red Eyes, a former ranger in the Ctolari Territory.

The two mercenaries quickly rushed at the allied forces occupying the royal capital of the Koncart Kingdom, and Red Eyes succeeded in seriously injuring the one remaining master with the ranger unit’s unique giant beast strategy.

The allied forces, whose masters had all fallen, could not even fight properly and had no choice but to retreat in an almost annihilated state. In this way, Guilliman Crucio succeeded in rebuilding the Crucio Kingdom.

But a big surprise happened. Fortunately, the kingdom of Zarman, who had been crouching down after surviving, rather attacked the kingdom of Buquette. The reason was that the power of Jarman Kingdom had risen rapidly. Another Awakener who received the power of another god appeared in the Jarman Kingdom.