Geisel is a coward. He would never attempt an assassination right in front of you.


    If he were to attack, he would do it around the passageway.


    "There he is!"


    Laviala was throwing her knife quickly toward the wall.


    One of the assassins, pierced through the chest, fell from the wall.


    "Why are there assassins here!　You''re not going to kill me, are you?"


    He shouted loudly on purpose. Now the assassin would have no choice but to come out.


    The guide tried to draw his sword, too, and I cut him down before he could draw his sword.


    --The special ability [Power of the High King] is activated. Your physical abilities are doubled during battle.


    I''m sorry, but I don''t move like you!


    Soon the scene became a melee. But we are prepared for that. We were dressed in armor on the inside.


    The advantage was overwhelming.


    "Mr. Arsrod, we are fine!　We''re going to stay here with the Viscount!"


    Laviala shouts while fighting back against the enemy.


    It is true that we will be in trouble if Geisel escapes.


    "Okay!　But you come too!"


    "What ......?"


    "I''m stronger when I protect you!"


    --Yes. That''s the spirit of the High King. Keep going.


    The voice in my heart cheered me on.


    I''ll do it even if you don''t ask.


    Laviala and I ran for Geisel.


    There were enemies before Geisel.


    But they were just a bunch of zombies.


    --Occupation bonus. Intimidates enemies who stand in your way, and reduces their abilities by 20%. However, it has no effect on enemies who have confidence in themselves.


    I see... So it gives me this effect too.


    This will lower the specs of a warrior to the level of a strong civilian.


    The opponent obviously shrinks when he comes in front of me.


    He will be so frightened that he will not be able to hold his weapon properly.


    "Get out of my way!　Don''t stand in the way of the high road!"


    He shakes them off mercilessly like sparks of fire.


    I have come to understand the proper behavior of the Odanobunaga profession.


    The longer I live as a High King, the more my power grows.


    My physical abilities now clearly exceed those of a mere soldier.


    Moreover, I was trying to protect Laviara. That''s why I have that special ability.


    --Special ability [Proud to be the High King] activated. Your attack power is doubled when you try to protect your property.


    Laviala is mine. I can say so now with pride.


    A single flash of my sword blows away the enemy''s weapons.


    Another snave and their heads will fall.


    I will not be defeated. You cannot lose.


    "Since you were thinking of assassinating them, their numbers are not that great!　Let''s keep going!"


    "Right!　Well, I won''t let you get away with it!"


    We''ve already had the back entrance fortified with our own soldiers. They may have made other ways out. Or will they try to escape through the front door, even in disguise?


    He then cut down the two soldiers guarding the Viscount''s room and broke in.


    Geisel was dressed as a sick man, and was lying on his bed.


    "Brother, these trifling tricks won''t change anything!"


    "No. ...... this is some kind of mistake. ....... I don''t know anything about it....... I never thought about assassinating my brother ......"


    You''re a-- you''re a sneak. Just hearing your voice makes me want to wash my ears!


    The voice in my heart howled.


    For the High King, a man who tries to mend his ways at the last minute like this would be most unforgivable.


    "So, is it true that you are ill?


    "Yes, that''s right. ....... I give you the Nevre territory right here, right now!　Right now, you are the Lord of Nevre!


    That''s very kind of you. I humbly accept."


    I knelt right there.


    I felt Geisel grab his knife.


    "f*ck!　Die!"


    Geisel lowers his knife.


    You were scum to the end.


    "Remember that!　Anyone who rebels against his lord is guilty of death!


    --Zdooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!


    I drove my sword into Geisel''s heart.


    Geisel dropped his knife.


    I killed him with a single blow.


    I had given him a chance to live, but he didn''t understand that at all.


    "That was a good blow, Mr. Arsrod."


    Laviala laughed and said.


    "No, you are the Viscount."


    "That''s what I meant. But Viscount Nevre''s territory is only one and a half counties. That''s still too small. Minelia controls a whole province and calls herself a count.


    We need to be bigger.


    First, we need to crush the similarly sized forces around us.


    That''s where Sivik comes in.


    That means that the enemy has been successfully subdued.


    "All the assassins have been killed. I thought there would be no more enemy movement.


    Okay. We''re done here. The bandits are out. Tell them to stay away from the Viscount''s room until we know it''s safe."


    Word then spread throughout the land that Viscount Geisel of Navre had, at the last moment, given up his position to his younger brother, Baron Arsrod of Harth.


    Those who had been pro-Geisel could not say that his illness had been a lie, and now the matter was settled. If they are still unwilling to comply, then let''s just crush them one by one.


    I have succeeded to the title of Viscount Nayville.


    To celebrate, I''ve temporarily lowered taxes throughout the land. Now the people will welcome me with open arms.


    The people will now welcome me with open arms.


    Four days after the chaos was over, the cleaning of Castle Nevre was finished and I entered the castle.


    The assassin''s riot was explained as a plot by the other lords to break up the house of Nevre. They wanted to kill not only Geisel, who was dying, but also his successor Arsrod.


    No one would have the courage to say that Arsrod had killed Geisel, who had tried to cheat Arsrod out of his life.


    I will take the seat of the lords.


    One step lower, the new vassals are lined up. Many of them have been with me for some time. Many of them have come alive. A new era of Nayvre has begun.


    "I''m not going to keep Nevre, I''m going to make it better. In a word, I want to be the King.


    Some were taken aback by his words, while others chuckled.


    "There''s nothing funny about that. I think I have all the makings of a great king. I have risen from a fief half a village to this. Even when my brother was alive, I was the second most powerful man in the land after him."


    Those who had laughed at my words, thinking I was joking, looked ashamed.


    Well, I understand why they were laughing, so I don''t get angry.


    "Watch me closely. "Watch closely. Before you know it, your territory has grown ten times in size.


    I''m not aiming for something as trivial as ten times as much, though.


    I''m going to start my own country.