Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 155.2

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓𝟓.2: 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 (9)

【Now die!! 】

Gae Bolg finally pierced Solomon’s heart.

Thump!

Solomon’s body, with its heart completely shattered, momentarily collapsed and was about to scatter and flutter away. However, Solomon, who still possessed an enormous amount of demonic power, used it to forcibly hold his disintegrating body together.

【I can’t go back so easily! 】

He squeezed out all his remaining demonic power and unleashed a storm of magic towards Oswald. Thousands of spells flew towards Oswald, and Oswald, holding Moonlight and the Yin-Yang, responded with a storm of sword energy against the incoming magic.

The sword energy imbued with holy power shot out, intercepting all the incoming spells. In the midst of the explosion spectacle in the air, only Oswald was swinging his sword with all his might.

Finally, when the Gigantification time was completely up, it was confirmed that Solomon had been banished.

Ding!

[𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲.]

[𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬.]

“Ugh. . .”

Along with that, he grasped the demon’s essence dropped by Archduke Demon of Truth Solomon.

[𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞]

[𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐯.𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎]

[𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟓𝟎𝟎]

[𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎𝟎]

[𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎𝟎]

[𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎𝟎]

‘𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰. . .’

He was curious about how much stronger he would become through this.

Anyway, although he had defeated the archduke, there were still many demons fighting the imperial army on the ground. So, Oswald checked his remaining stamina and immediately went down to the ground, taking care of the higher-ranking demons that were increasing the damage to his allies one by one.

Following that, Ornstein and the Dark Brotherhood dealt with the duke-level demons, and the champions also cleaned up the noble-level demons.

“It’s over. . .”

[𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡]

[𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐯.𝟔𝟎𝟎]

[𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎𝟎]

[𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟒𝟓]

[𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐯.𝟒𝟓]

[𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟒𝟓]

It was a truly tremendous battle. In the meantime, Oswald picked up the duke-level demon’s essence that Ornstein had killed and put it in his pocket. He even pretended to be surveying the battlefield and collected the essences that others had killed.

This was because, in the current situation, strengthening using points was frankly ridiculously expensive.

‘𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩, 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 100 𝘱𝘩𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.’

This meant that he would acquire stats almost at the level of an archduke or higher. Anyway, now all that was left was to clean up the battlefield.

‘𝘜𝘨𝘩. . .’

The Francia Peninsula was essentially devastated, except for the south and north. In particular, Rome City, the center of the Francia Peninsula and the capital of the former kingdom, had long since been erased from the map, and in its place, a huge crater and an estuary formed by the incoming seawater had been created.

‘𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.’

A lake adjacent to the sea. . . It was very suitable for building a port city or a naval base. Of course, it was necessary to widen the area connected to the sea a bit more to the left and right. . . But that much could be done with the current construction capabilities of the empire.

The problem was who would take care of the aftermath of this Francia Peninsula.

‘𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵?’

No matter how much Oswald showed his excellence in many areas, he was strictly speaking the commander of the Iberia United Military District. Even now, he should have been conducting military administration to organize the western military district, and it was difficult for him to increase his jurisdiction even more in terms of the internal power structure.

‘𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩.’

Looking at the current situation, most of the power was concentrated in Oswald. His title was only a count, but. . . considering the quantity and quality of the troops he commanded, it was no exaggeration to say that he had the second most power after the emperor.

The only good news was that the military districts of the newly unified empire would be reorganized this time.

‘𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘴.’

However, there was something Oswald didn’t know: the emperor planned to use this opportunity to further strengthen the central power and weaken the power of the local lords.

Even in the recent rebellion, the forces had grown significantly due to the participation of local lords, and the military districts also had too many troops and too much authority, so the emperor intended to reduce the size of the military districts as well and divide them into smaller units to disperse the power of the provinces.

Of course, the border lords would be excluded from the military reduction policy because they had to defend the borders.

Anyway, the emperor planned to further increase the size of the Sword with the troops collected from the local lords and unify the entire empire’s security. This meant that, unlike before, where local lords had some authority over maintaining security, all security-related authority would be brought to the center.

Anyway, Oswald, who had been staying in Naples City on the Francia Peninsula and waiting for the emperor’s orders, finally received an imperial decree. He was ordered to transfer from the commander of the Iberia United Military District to the commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Force.

Oswald, upon hearing the news, felt a chill down his spine. He hadn’t imagined that he would be sent to the east so soon.

The expeditionary force absorbed the air force released from the Iberia United Military District headquarters into its command. Additionally, one army corps from the army was reorganized into an airborne corps and also assigned to the expeditionary force headquarters. This meant that the expeditionary force would only deploy the air force.

‘𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺. . .’

Subsequently, a close associate of the emperor was appointed as the commander of the Iberia Military District. At the same time, the navy was separated from the Iberia Military District to create a separate Iberia Naval Command, and a close associate was also appointed as the commander there.

Next, the Legion Military District was established to manage the territory northwest of the Alps, and the Prussia Military District was established in the region north of the Alps, east of the Legion Military District.

A Francia Military District was also planned for Francia, and a Josef Military District in the northeast of Francia, and a Hussar Military District in eastern Prussia and northern Josef.

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