Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 176.1

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝟔.1: 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 (2)

The founding king of the Huan Kingdom, Haemosu, who was descended from the god Chronos, appeared and saved the emperor of the Great Zhou Empire, causing the plague army to retreat.

However, there was nothing Haemosu could do as the emperor had already been fatally wounded and had been exposed to the plague for an extended period. Moreover, his holy power was specialized in combat rather than healing. . . He was unable to save the emperor.

“Foolish child. . .”

When Haemosu founded the Huan Kingdom, there was a religion in the Huan Kingdom. It was a country that worshiped the gods, the spirits of water, and Haemosu and his pet three-legged crow. . . . . .

Thousands of years later, philosophical ideas replaced religion at some point. As a result, the eastern part of the continent became easy prey for the plague demons.

” It is suitable for governing. . . but it is not very helpful in fighting against the chaos. ”

In a way, it was thanks to those demons that they were able to flourish such a civilization even with the closed philosophical thought of Confucianism. Since they continued to threaten the world and the threat was realistic, it naturally led to the development of powerful weapons.

Of course, developing weapons also led to various technologies that were useful in real life, which is why they were able to create a splendid civilization despite their Confucian ideology.

Soon after, the emperor died, and Haemosu left to return to the Huan Kingdom. Given the circumstances, he planned to join the Huan Kingdom government and help his descendants.

After some time, the death of the emperor became widely known, and the Great Zhou Empire was effectively destroyed.

Of course, it seemed that the Zhou Dynasty would rise again around Yunnan Province, centered around Crown Prince Zhou Yunwen. . . but no one recognized Zhou Yunwen’s Zhou State as an empire, and no one recognized Zhou Yunwen, who ascended the throne, as emperor. Diplomatically, he had already been demoted to King Zhou.

King Zhou Yunwen dispatched troops to Sichuan Province, which had become a no man’s land after the demons retreated, and took control of it.

The problem was that most of the residents moved out of there and flowed into the Qin Kingdom, which is why the Qin Kingdom currently had the largest population among the countries that originated from the Great Zhou Empire territory.

Furthermore, the Qin Kingdom had the Imperial Empire, a Western country, as its superior nation. Unless someone established a new Mandate of Heaven in this land, the influence of the Western Empire would continue to spread eastward. . . . . .

It was already rumored that the Yuan Kingdom had recognized the Western Empire as the owner of the new Mandate of Heaven.

In particular, it was revealed through internal sources that King Wanan Geum-jik of the Yuan Kingdom planned to have the Imperial Empire as its superior nation, just like the Qin Kingdom, and to proceed with the investiture process in the future.

In addition, there were talks in the Huan Kingdom that they should absorb and annex the Yuan Kingdom and bring the Mandate of Heaven of the East to themselves. It was possible because the Huan Kingdom was virtually the next military power after the Great Zhou Empire.

Of course, they still needed to be careful because they had suffered significant damage in the recent Beihai Prefecture war. The Yuan Kingdom, which consisted of Yaksha, Naha, and Nacha, was not an easy opponent.

Furthermore, since they were all warrior races, it would be even more difficult to subdue them.

For now, as requested by the Imperial Empire, they decided to dispatch troops to exterminate the plague army in exchange for absorbing the three provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

Anyway, without exterminating the plague army, they could not expand to the remaining territory of the Great Zhou Empire and could not wage a war of Mandate with other countries. If they attacked another country in the current situation for no reason, they would be attacked by CID member countries.

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Arden, the second capital of the Wood Elf Empire Orion.

There, Oswald was listening to the expressions of gratitude from the two demigods.

The two demigods told Oswald that they owed him a great favor and promised to grant him one wish. . . Oswald said he understood and decided to remember their words.

He would have liked to have their help in the upcoming fight against Archduke of Plague Phaast. . . but he had to endure the thought of the remaining Mammon. In the end, it seemed that the evil god ascension ending that he knew would take place because this bastard Mammon was hiding too well.

‘𝘐𝘧 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘴𝘴. . . 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘥-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.’

That was why he could not use their reward, which was to grant him one wish.

Anyway, Oswald, who was looking forward to the next time, managed to bring in the Dark Brotherhood. Even Archduke Malekis, the archduke of the Saharan Empire, offered to help without him even mentioning it.

” Okay, I’ll cooperate. ”

Valerian readily accepted Oswald’s request.

” This time, the champions of the Order will join us, so it won’t be difficult. ”

” By then, you will have absorbed the essence I gained this time, so you will be stronger? ”

” That’s right. ”

“Can I look forward to it?”

” Huh? Ah. . . . . . Yes, well. . . you can expect it. ”

“Good, then all the members of the Brotherhood will gather after a long time.”

Valerian immediately summoned all the members of the Dark Brotherhood. Their destination was Chang’an, the capital of the Qin Kingdom. Then Furion approached Oswald and asked if they really did not have to go together.

” Do we have to stand down? ”

” The day will come when I will need you two. ”

” Is there anything else left? ”

” The Mammon of Greed is hiding. We are looking for him diligently, but. . . . . . ”

” The Mammon of Greed. . . . . . That insidious bastard is still in this world? ”

” I heard that he has been hiding in this world for a long time, but do you know anything? ”

” He has attacked the World Tree several times, aiming for its power. Of course, each time, the Lich Dragons appeared and interfered, so he retreated. . . . . . ”

The Lich Dragons seemed to be targeting Mammon. He could tell by the way they would rise up and fly like ghosts when he appeared.

” His goal is to ascend to an evil god. ”

” Indeed. . . . . . ”

” That’s why I think he will be the most difficult being to face. ”

“So you’re saying you need our help then.”

” Yes, that’s right. Can I ask for your help then? ”

” We will be busy for a while. . . . . . We need to recover our depleted strength and acquire even greater power than we have now. ”

“Then I’ll leave it to you.”

” We will cheer you on from afar. ”

After bidding farewell to Furion, Oswald exchanged silent greetings with Orion, who turned away with a displeased expression.

‘𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘭, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰. . . 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.’

Thus, Oswald, who had finished the battle, returned to Oromukje City with the Dark Brotherhood members who had been on the Gigas Continent.

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