Build a Human Empire by Creating Clans

Two human women staring at Vlad from the audience.

He was a strong man who made the hairs on his body stand on end just by looking at him.

I wasn’t sure that I would face them and not get hurt.

And if he gets hurt even a little… what if he gets weak?

Numerous witnesses here would become beasts of prey.

It was clear that he would try to bite the weakened man.

‘I can’t do that. There is nothing left but loss.’

Killing a human and gaining Northern Wallachia was a huge loss.

The human world was just a gift for dear blood relatives.

The gift could be postponed until later, but the important thing was himself.

There was nothing more important than the father-in-law of a blood relative.

‘I have to step back.’

It hurt my pride, but I couldn’t help it.

If you don’t back down, you’ll get hurt even more.

Even in the raging anger, Vlad judged coolly.

‘But to just step back like this…’

A rope came down to him as he was troubled.

“How about doing that?”

The old dog, who had fallen into a light sleep, stood up and said:

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“road.”

Vlad bowed his head respectfully.

Following them, the ambassador and those in the audience also bowed their heads.

The old dog nodded lightly and let out a long breath.

It was the sound of scraping metal.

“The representative system is not a place for quarrels. A place to avoid quarrels. What you are doing is against the purpose of the representative system.”

He paused for a moment and coughed up phlegm.

“The agenda is three. Invading and occupying the Nehrup plains, fighting with the Iron Mist tribe and annihilating them, and using them to attack the human world. Is it right?”

“Right.”

Vlad nodded.

“In response, the humans gave the plains of Nehrup to Ginoric and promised not to encroach beyond the Gray Mountains. Is this also correct and acceptable?”

Ginoric, who received attention, also nodded.

“I am Ginoric. accept.”

Vlad’s expression crumpled.

However, he couldn’t say anything and only let out a breath filled with dissatisfaction.

“Then, all that remains is to attack the human world.”

The old dog’s bright yellow eyes turned to me.

“My opinion remains unchanged. Human work is only human. It was the Ironmist tribe who directly confronted the human horde invading my domain, but I was the one who led it. So there is no room for other races to intervene. If you can’t admit it, do as you please.”

“I see. Is there anyone who doesn’t acknowledge it?”

Silence fell in the meeting room.

The old dog repeated his small cough several times and then continued.

“If there is no objection, I will come to a conclusion. The plains of Nehrup are to Ginoric. Humans do not cross the Gray Mountains. It is not a problem for humans to interfere with the human world.”

“for a moment.”

In the atmosphere of the closing ceremony, I patted the chair.

“What are you going to do with this?”

The lightly relaxed atmosphere became heavy again.

The old dog thought for a moment, then tilted his head slightly to the side.

“Raise your hand if you are in favor of humans becoming the ninth race.”

no one lifted

“As you can see. No one agrees.”

After that, he let out a long sigh.

“If you want humans to become the ninth race, you will have to defeat them and fulfill your will, as you claim.”

‘As expected.’

When I snorted and opened my mouth, Rod spoke faster than he did.

“But as I said, the representative system was created to avoid quarrels. I can’t give you room for a human, but you, Edar—”

“I want you to call me Lundlingen.”

Rod twitched his eyebrows.

The ambassadors each looked at me with different expressions.

There must be few people in this place who do not know Lundlingen.

I smiled lightly as I looked at them.

“Eddar Lundlingen. I will make room for you on this agenda.”

The conference hall was abuzz.

‘Am I an individual, not a race or a nation?’

The country is that individuals stand on the same level as members of the representative system.

In a way, it was a better situation than if humans belonged to the representative system.

Because no one but me can represent human beings.

“Likewise, those who disagree, let them speak.”

no one else listened

“more. Abolish it.”

At the same time, the conference hall door opened.

The ambassadors rose from their seats and went out at a brisk pace.

His face was contorted and his neck was red.

He only glanced at the old dog and me, but didn’t say anything.

‘I promise next. mosquito.’

I said that with my mouth to Vlad, who was glaring at me.

Vlad trembled, baring his fangs.

It would be shameful to insult a fellow countryman whom he rejected as inferior.

I laughed lightly and got up from my seat with a cigarette in my mouth.

Calliope and Pasimea stood behind me, the old dog said.

“Son of Sudret, Edar. Let’s talk for a while.”

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“your majesty?”

I awoke a consciousness that had been locked in flashbacks.

Dozens of eyes were staring at me.

“hmm.”

I tried to say something, but my throat choked, so I picked up a teacup.

The lukewarm tea water wet my throat and woke me up.

My consciousness, which had been hazy for a while, became clear, and I could see my surroundings clearly.

I was sitting on a chair, and the place I was sitting was the permanent residence.

Dozens of people gathered and sat in the Lord’s House of Olymus.

“Gehard.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I should have told you not to call me Your Majesty.”

“Excuse me.”

With my middle finger, I pressed down on my forehead and rubbed it.

Calliope, who was standing behind me, asked if I would like to rest.

I raised my hand, said it was okay, and straightened my back.

“Okay, how far did you talk?”

“I haven’t started yet. We just exchanged points with each other.”

I picked up the papers in front of me.

A document written on paper rather than papyrus.

The material is not comparable to the paper of the previous life, but the paper is paper.

I picked up the paper Pasimea had made with my tongs and pulled it.

Unlike papyrus, which is easily torn when pulled, the paper held up taut.

‘It’s okay.’

I smiled at Pasimea, who was yawning on the other side.

“is it. Then let’s begin.”

“yes. We will begin reporting on the basic research for development plans for the Great Plains of Oroko and Northern Wallochia.”

doomsday trumpet

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“Sit down.”

The Dragon Lord, Ailetrione, pointed to a chair.

I sat at the table in the parlor with my two companions.

A large space that can hold a banquet for 100 people.

There are only four people in that space.

The chill of winter lingered.

“Is it cold?”

“very.”

When Rod clicked his fingers, the fireplace started to ignite.

The chandelier was brightly lit, and steam rose from the teapot.

Rod lifted the kettle and tilted it against the teacup.

His appearance was not an old dog, but an old dwarf.

On the way to the waiting room with us, he changed his body.

“I am not surprised.”

“What do you mean?”

“All. Whether I am changing my body, calling you here, or talking to me like this, aren’t they all experiences that should be new to you?”

I took the cup he gave me and took a sip.

A bitter taste that makes you frown.

I drank several times in my previous life.

Although it was a false sense given by the data.

“well.”

Rod laughed out loud.

“All of this looks familiar, human Edar.”

“Does it look like that?”

“It seems so.”

Putting down the teacup, he took out a packet of tobacco from his pocket and asked for a cigarette.

widely

As Pasimea tried to start a fire, Rod snapped his fingers.

“…”

Pasimea’s frown turned to Rod.

Rod nodded slightly diagonally at her brow.

I smiled lightly as I read the tumultuous thoughts.

“What do you want to say? Why did you call me?”

“I just wanted to see a strange human being.”

Sitting in the chair, Rod let out a long breath.

It sounded like a hole in the throat.

“A human like you all my life. No, I have never seen a being.”

“You are like me. What do you mean?”

A being that has outlived himself, Rod replied.

“Did I live a long time?”

“Maybe not. But, at least to my eyes, the spirit of the soul looks too splendid. Human.”

“The quality of the soul looks splendid.”

I remembered the effect of iron man.

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[iron man]

You became the weakest to achieve your last achievement.

Your great will outweighs anything on earth.

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“I thought that the atmosphere was just like momentum.”

“It is different from momentum. Likewise, it is different from magic power. Gyeok is a spiritual thing. The weak cannot feel it, the ordinary feel it faintly, and the strong feel it clearly.”

“Be strong.”

Rod sees it rather than feels it?

Intrigued, I straightened my sitting posture.

“Are you different?”

“Because I’m not just strong.”

He let out an old, feeble laugh.

“You know the saying that the closer death gets, the more it goes beyond the senses of the body?”

“As the soul separates from the body, the process by which the senses that were bound to the body bloom.”

“You also know me well.”

Rod spread his palms in front of me.

A thin layer of smoke rose above his spread palms.

The smoke shook like a haze and wriggled like a snake.

I noticed that the tip of the smoke resembled a human skull.

It was a human soul.

“At that point, it is possible to deal with the soul. It is possible to manipulate the soul, but how could it be impossible to see?”

I smoked a cigarette and quietly watched the movement of the soul.

The spirit was playing on the palm of the Lord, and when the hand tilted slightly forward, it approached me like a water snake swimming.

talent–

A scream that can’t be heard by the ears but can be heard in the brain.

I frowned and removed the tobacco from my mouth.

He opened his mouth and blew on the approaching soul.

The spirit lowered its scream as it touched the smoke, then melted away.

“It’s fun too.”

Seeing that scene, Rod made a noise.

“You can see the soul.”

“I guess so.”

“Do you think so? no. Can’t you be a little more confident? You’ve never shown me that you’re new to me. Now that I’m at this point, I’m more curious. human edar. Is there anything you don’t know?”

“well.”

There must be something I don’t know, but not many.

Because I was immersed in this world that was once virtual and gave my previous life.

I poured my irrecoverable life here.

‘In my previous life, that is, the life before I settled in this world, the only person who knew Deus Ex better than me would have been a developer.’

He let out a long puff of smoke and laughed softly.

Rod tilted his head and blinked his eyes.

“After thinking about the past.”

“Previous?”

He changed into a strange expression.

My appearance will be only twenty years old.

What experiences do you have to say about the past?

that I don’t understand at all.

“I really don’t understand.”

“Isn’t there a lot of things like that in life?”

“It is, but you are more than that.”

I shrugged.

“so. Do I look so different in your soul-seeing eyes? What does the level of the soul look like?”

Rod tried to answer right away, but vomited several times.

His blood suddenly turned white and his body trembled.

“…do you know what would be different if you could see a soul?”

“…”

“Evaluations do not change. The soul is the essence, and no matter how much you decorate the body, you cannot decorate the soul. Those with a small soul live a small life, and those with a huge soul live a great life.”

He pointed at me with a trembling hand.

“you. human edar. you are so bright And it grows. Do you know why?”

“…”

“I know why. There are innumerable reasons why the soul grows. But the most amazing reason among them is that you can grow by eating the trust of others.”

I removed the tobacco from my mouth and met his gaze in midair.

Those bright yellow eyes were the only thing that didn’t lose their strength in the face that had drained energy from old age.

The vitality in her eyes shone more intensely than anyone else.

That is, at least the Lord’s mind is clear.

“Edar. Do you want to become a human god?”

wince

Calliope and Pasimea trembled.

A sense of bewilderment flowed from his thoughts.

But I didn’t.

“Why do you think so?”

“Looking at your actions, I can’t help but think so. Isn’t it too blatant that you, who know nothing, use the name Lundlingen?”

Instead of answering, I smiled.

Lundlingen was an old pseudonym for Lord.

A pseudonym used to spread civilization to demons and dwarves.

Prometheus of Greek and Roman mythology.

It’s obvious that I used this name as my last name.

That is why the representative system showed a strange reaction.

“Ask again, human Edar. Do you want to be a human god?”

He looked at me with a more intense gaze than before.

I answered sternly without questioning.

“If you need.”

“Right.”

Rod stood up from the table with his skinny arms.

And stood in front of the picture frame hanging on the wall.

When the frame was pushed aside, there was a gap that barely fit a hand.

“There was only one place to hide. I’m an old man in the back room now.”

Hidden in the gap was a box the same size as my tobacco pack.

A plain wooden box with no work done.

It was something I hadn’t seen in a single episode.

Rod gave a coughing laugh.

“Do you know what this is?”

“hmm.”

“I don’t know.”

Wouldn’t it be nice if there were things I didn’t know?

He passed the box to me while coughing and laughing.

“take it. give it to you.”

“What is this?”

“Tiamar’s soul.”

Tiamar?

You mean the dead dragon Tiamar?

I opened the box with my eyes closed.

There was a jewel in the box.

A water drop-shaped gem that emits a blue glow.

It was a sapphire the size of a thumbnail.

“In the process of fighting Mad Tiamar, I ripped out part of her soul. And I managed to seal her, whose soul had been ripped off and became an incomplete being.”

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“I will die soon. Who will take her soul when I die.”

“Elf or Dwarf. Maybe a vampire.”

When I held the jewel and looked at it, I didn’t feel anything.

There is only a dragon drawn with gold threads inside.