The next few weeks. Val is somehow socializing with the "demons" and "demi-humans" who work under Lanushi. Why he did it is because he wanted them to see he isn't dangerous as Ichinagi who would kill them instantly if they did break his rule of not attacking any human or any other demi-human kingdoms in the continent
Ichinagi then uses {World Map} then used the feature called {mini map} and see the progress of the Demon Continent
About 89% of the demon continent is habitable and the remaining 11% is currently being converted to a habitable area
Somehow, because of the forcefield that Ichinagi has made before has been taken down, there were some "trespassers"
Albeit just curious or wandering adventurers because what the soldiers reported they seem to get lost instantly when entering the former demon continent
We he doesn't blame them I mean, sometimes his soldiers get lost easily because of the changed environment. At first were they used to the dead environment of the demon continent but now it is all green and habitable they seem to slowly get used to it
Speaking of adventurers. There are some adventurers who accidentally ran into Ichinagi's soldiers who are in Squads
One such incident happened when a British Branch Convoy accidentally ran into their camp
Don't worry they weren't killed because their orders are to scare them away. But they reported a few were shot but good thing they have a Bishop (Healer) in their team that is not a danger to them so they didn't shot the healer
But because of the frequent adventurer appearances only one will die once a week and will increase to two the next month
But somehow a Russian and a US Branch convoy reported they have wiped out or killed about two squads of adventurers who accidentally walk too deep into the demon territory
As I said, everything is an "accident" Just literally waiting to happen
So to fix this problem, Ichinagi then asked if he will borrow some Dragons that can be on par with a Rank S or and Rank SS. There were some back and forth between their negotiation but eventually she agreed
Now Ichinagi has about 3 Rank S dragons and two Rank SS Dragons
The negotiation was that she received some "privilege" To order around 50 of Ichinagi's soldiers at will but they can refuse if her orders are either absurd or suicidal
And also she received some modern armor for her species. Currently there are 20 of her dragons being equipped with Chobham Armor. But only the body and some vital parts. The soldiers complained how squirmy they are when equipping the armor on their heads but still suck it up because how scary they are
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[What's the current situation of the Empire and it's neighboring kingdoms and empires?] Ichinagi asked Val
[Well you see! It's becoming shit and I'm not even sarcastic about that.]
[You know sibling rivalry is like a thing?] Val asked Ichinagi
[Uhuh?] (Ichinagi)
[Well they took it to the next fucking level, the second Prince wanted the throne and my guys you have given me said that the 1st Prince is perfectly fine and is dodging any Bullshit that the 2nd Prince gives him.] (Val)
[Like assassination attempts? That's my guess...] (Ichinagi)
[Yes! And they are shit at being assassins. I have a good eye so I pick one of the best soldiers I could find and do some scouting missions on both of them]
[The 1st Prince is backed up by the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Princesses and some nobles. While the 2nd Prince is backed up by MANY nobles. So they are in a stalemate on who will be the next emperor.] (Val)
[Speaking of Emperor, did you check on Emperor Brotand? It would fucking suck if he actually died by the 2nd Prince's antics] (Ichinagi)
[Good news and Bad news. Pick which.] (Val)
[Bad News...] (Ichinagi)
[Well, bad news it that he almost died like many many fucking times, and my guys are having a hard time keeping an eye on him. His wife meanwhile, she isn't targeted and it seems suspicious that she isn't targeted but the Emperor is.] (Val)
[For the good news, hohoho~, it gets better. My guy "accidentally" ran into the 1st Princess who somehow immediately identified her father's "stalkers"] (Val)
[What?! How's that the fucking good news?!] (Ichinagi)
[Woah, calm you shit please. *Ahem* Moving on, uhh... My guy was working as a Butler, somehow the 1st Princess noticed he is a spy in like seconds immediately. But she somehow didn't reported it because she recognizes him somewhere.] (Val)
[Recognizes him somewhere?] Ichinagi is confused
[After you exile, who was your driver's name huh?] Val asked him
[Oh, him... Never knew she would know faces and such. But still... Why?] (Ichinagi)
[Well continuing on, my butler spy and her, they kept contact, in exchange she would want to know your well-being.] (Val)
[Well the 1st Princess is OK. Good thing that spy of yours didn't ran into the 3rd Princess. Who I stupidly made a promise that I would meet her again in like five years.]
[In a scenario where that happens everything is going to be a shit show and everything will be suspicious immediately.]
[Though I may ask, did she tell her sister's though?] (Ichinagi)
[The butler said to keep this a secret. So you don't have to worry about the 2nd and 3rd Princess knowing.] (Val)
Ichinagi then holds his chin and thinks
[What you thinking?] (Val)
[This is gonna be a risk, a gamble, or just plain putting my luck on the line. Tell your guy who is the butler and all that shit, that I support the 1st Prince of being the next Emperor to the 1st Princess without the other two knowing.]
[Make sure this message is clear. That if a civil war happened to be broken out in the Empire, I would come in to support the 1st Prince.]
[Though in a scenario where there is a Civil war the what about our old "classmates"? Would they but in?] (Ichinagi)
[Our old classmates huh? Now that I think about it I didn't send spies to spy on them. But last I heard, only 13 left the hero party and the remaining is still in the party. So I would suspect that most of them would support the 2nd Prince because of some outrageous offer that I wouldn't want to imagine.] (Val)
[Bullshit Privilege like bossing everyone around? High chance of genocide? "Authoritarian rule"? I have more to list and it's more than outrageous, it's maniacal.] (Ichinagi)
[Naru, tell me. In a scenario where we have to fight our old classmates. What would you do?] (Val)
[If it were my "former" bullies I wouldn't mind beating the shit out of them half to death and throw them into a unhygienic prison. For the others? That's where the main problem is.]
[The others would be either the ones who doesn't have a grudge on me or plain walking into a unknown direction. If they are defeated I would treat them like any other sane person would.] (Ichinagi)
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[Sparing the ones who doesn't have a grudge on you and beating the shit out of your bullies? It's sounds like revenge in a vanilla form.] (Val)
[I really don't care now, considering we are in our early 20s, so we're about in university or college if we were in our old world.] (Ichinagi)
[Uhuh....] (Val)
[Though... The remaining 13 you mentioned... Tell me please...] (Ichinagi)
[Well, those 13 I mentioned, most of them are our bro's, our best friends. When they saw or heard your exile, they feel like they don't want to continue being a hero if the government is like this. So they left.] (Val)
Ichinagi thinks. Most of his friends in school are foreigners, to be exact, a Korean, a Chinese, a British, and a German. His remaining friends are all japanese.
[I'm thinking meeting our best friends now. Seeing the current situation of the Empire, history is gonna change course if we don't step in...] (Ichinagi)
Val smirked [Heh, I thought you never asked. So where do we start?]
[I'll tell Maro that I will "loan" at least half of the treasure inside of a Dragon den that the Chinese Branch found, then used that money to buy some safe houses.]
[After that, each major city will have about 1000 of my soldiers, minor cities will be 500 of my soldiers, and for the capital it will be 3000 because how big it is]
[As for the villages, I will send some Squads of 50 to defend against any of the 2nd Prince's "small" private army or bandit attacks.] (Ichinagi)
[Sounds like a solid fucking plan to me. Though there are pressing problems. You know we wouldn't just use guns because, what if someone in our class noticed the distant pops? How about the shell casings? Suspicious bullet holes?] (Val)
[Well, we'll just clean the crime scene. It would be a hassle to deal with but that would do for now.] (Ichinagi)
[I see... Then I approve of this...]
[Also should we assemble the squad? We don't want them to miss out the fun.] He's talking about their best friends
[It will take some time when assembling our main plan. So we have lots of time to find the others. Though it would be a problem because, two of our friends our European, so they easily blend in to any European like Kingdoms or Empires. And the Chinese and Korean guy would easily blend in to the countries in the eastern part of the continent.]
[All in All. It would be hard to find them. Besides, I only know their faces five hears ago, so I don't know what they look like now...] (Ichinagi)
[Uhm.... The legendary master merchant Beau Harvey.] (Val)
[That sounds like the Brit! Never knew he would be a merchant. Though he wanted to go on a business college he actually did it.]
[Did you met him perhaps?] (Ichinagi)
[Uhm... No... I only heard it on the news... He is currently on the western part if the continent.] (Val)
[Are there any more?] (Ichinagi)
[Yes... The protector and benefactor of the Lützelschwab royal family Laurens Heisig. The German guy.] (Val)
[Lützelschwab? Isn't that the girl name-]
[Yes, the raven colored hair girl name Käthi Lützelschwab. That Lützelschwab. I fucking noticed that she is the 1st daughter of Elijan Lützelschwab, her father.]
[Yeah that german sided Dornscheid and for your fake identity you are from Niedernsten Kingdom.] (Val)
[Holy shit... Then why a princess doing in the Empire?] (Ichinagi)
[I think that school is open to anyone who has affinity to magic. So it's open to any other country for their sons and daughters to learn in that school. I don't know, that's my best guess.] (Val)
[H-Holy shit, what did we do?] (Ichinagi)
[Don't worry because she might be afraid to report it to her father that they made enemies of a Rank S and a Rank A. And if we reveal ourselves as heroes, who would be insane enough to try to fight them no? They are a symbol of humanity in shit...] (Val)
[Is there anything about the Chinese and Korean guy?] (Ichinagi)
[Sect master of the well known top 1 sword sect Yinhaigong, Liang Zhihao.]
[Well known Ronin name Kyo-Shi Won.] (Val)
[Oh, Kyoshi and Liang. Those two. Somehow I wonder why Kyoshi is a samurai and not any korean knights like the Hwarang.] (Ichinagi)
[I don't know, I never heard any dynasty, kingdom, or empire that has the same culture as Korea.] Val said
[Though the name "Kyoshi" sounds japanese. Even though he is a pure blooded korean, his name sounds like japanese so I don't blame him on becoming a Samurai or Ronin and shite.]
[Are there any well known stuff if the remaining of our friends?] (Ichinagi)
[No, I suspect they form their own party.] (Val)
[I see.....] (Ichinagi)
[Now that's all done, what about us? I'm tired roaming around this place now and I wanted some action.] (Val)
[Sure, we can have some action. Let's say try to win someone's trust in the Empire. Or maybe something else I don't know.] (Ichinagi)
[How many soldiers you can order around, Naru.] (Val)
[About 5000 max.] (Ichinagi)
[Let's go some "hunting" shall we?] Val smirked at him
[What kind of hunting?] (Ichinagi)
[Well you know. Hunting some high ranking corrupt official, crime bosses, you said you get a big smile when you free some slaves right? Then why not do that?] (Val)
[Should we add up on killing corrupt religious leaders? Like a pope or a saint perhaps.] (Ichinagi)
[Sure we can add that to our list.] (Val)
At the end of the day, they both assembled a squad of 50 (both have 50 soldiers) meaning they are 100 of them
They left the demon continent and return to Villeurbeuge
There first target was a corrupt local Bishop
His crimes was scam, human trafficking, murder, rape, attempted rape, many other gruesome crimes
Located at a cathedral. Each side have 25 soldiers ready to break in and kill him. They divided into groups of five
But they don't want to enter without knowing what their enemies are so they sent scouts
They are dealing with about 8 guards are outside of the cathedral and 10 more inside. It totals o er 18 guards. No biggie
Now for the start of the operation. It was night time
(Entrance of the Cathedral)
Two squads, both officers are Val and Ichinagi himself. They slowly move their way to the quiet streets of night
As both squads stop, they saw the outer wall guards guarding the front gate
Up top of the buildings, there are several sniper squads. They have vision on the guards that are guarding the front gate
[Snipers, target the two guards at the front gate.] Ichinagi radioed them
[Jawohl]
[Da]
As the two snipers aimed their sniper rifles at the guards
*Pewf!*
*Pewf!*
The two guards dropped dead as the snipers fired at them with their silenced sniper rifles
The two squads move in and drag the bodies somewhere in the nearby alleyway
[Waiting for the rest of you Team 3, 4, and 5. Team 6, 7, 8, and 9 move in closer. Team 10 to 20 be on standby, over.] (Ichinagi)
(Meanwhile on the side parts of the church)
As Team 3 and 4 are alerted that it's thier turn and are waiting for them, they move in
(Southside of the Cathedral)
Team 3 move in by climbing up a wall. They are in some sort of garden
They move slowly, left and right, throughout the garden, eventually they ran into a sleeping guard
A Finnish soldier then looks at his squad mates and to be quiet as he unsheathed his knife
As he silently approach the sleeping guard, he quickly covered hi mouth and stabbed him in the throat
"HHFFMM! hhhmmmhfff.."
After minutes of struggling, the guard died. The Finnish soldier dragged the guard and hit it under a big bush
They continue on moving eventually finding another guard. They shot him with their silenced gun
(Eastside of the Cathedral)
Team 4 move in by climbing up a wall. They are in some sort of courtyard
Not seconds after two guards appeared
They hide in the shadows. Good thing their uniform is black colored because that is Ichinagi's standard combat uniform
They slowly slither their way in the shadows until they got a clear shot because they stop at a fountain
A Spanish Soldier glances to his squad
[*Hand Gesture* I take out the one on the right, you will take out the bloke on the left.] He gestured towards a German Soldier
The german soldier nods and aimed his weapon
*PEWF!*
*PEWFPEWFPEWF!!!*
The guard on the left died by a headshot and the guard on the right died by four shots and fell down on the fountain, creating a cloud of blood on the water
[Shit...] The Spanish solider muttered
After that they collected the used bullet casing so nobody knows that they were killed by range weapons
They didn't drag the bodies away. In fact they just leave them their
(Northside of the cathedral)
Team 5 entered the church through a small gate door. It was lock but they used a lockpicks to get it open
They slowly opened the gate door and entered the northern part of the Cathedral
They then got to the back door of the cathedral. Guarded by two guards
They instantly shot them both dead with their silenced weapons
Back at Team 1 and 2. They entered through the front gate, and approaches the doors next to the large double doors double doors
Surprisingly both doors are unlocked
They enter the cathedral silently, and then Team 3 and four came in from the front side doors
They then killed the ground guards and somehow regrouped with Team 5. Now there are 25 operators in this cathedral
They then scour around the cathedral and then saw the Bishop's room
They entered the room and saw the Bishop sleeping
Val then unsheathed his knife and puts it deep in his throat
The pure murderous intent the Ichinagi can feel from Val is large
[Fucking religious bastards....] Val muttered in anger as he wiped his bloodied knife with the Bishop's now Bloodied blanket
[This is Team 4 and 5. We somehow have located some prisoners here. All of them which are women between the age of 15 to 25, Kommandant. Bad news two died by intense rape and 1 died by a stab. Good news there are 13 alive here but are dehydrated and some are malnourished. Some have serious injuries that needed intense medical care, sir.] A german squad leader radioed Ichinagi. Val heard everything
[Could we just blow this cathedral to kingdom fucking come? I'm already pissed at these religion pricks.] Val said in anger
[Oi, Oi, what happened to the "don't blow shit up" that you said earlier?] (Ichinagi)
[Change of thought.] Val
[Suit yourself. You and your squad will Plant high explosives on the religious statue and this fucking room.] And then radioed Team 4 and 5 [Team 4 and 5, Place high explosives in that dungeon. Also find anything that looks important like the list of names of the slaves or something.] (Ichinagi)
[Jawohl]
After an hour of planting high explosive bombs and escorting the slaves out of here. They evacuated the area
[Val, you do the honors.] Ichinagi then gave him the detonator of the explosives
[Thanks....] As he placed his thumb on the button [Let's see some really impressive fireworks in-]
Three....
Two....
One....
*Click!*
Silence~~~
[Was it a delay?] Ichinagi asked Val
[Probably. Well here we go, take 2. Uhh]
Three....
*BOOM!*
It was a 10 second delay. The Cathedral's inside's exploded. The glass o nthe cathedral shattered because the explosion
The explosion can be heard from 5 kilometers away. And further more you can hear a faint "bomp" noise
But the loud explosion can be heard from 2 kms away. Within that, sleeping commoners woke up because of the explosion
Withing 500 to 600 meters the commoners who woke up and saw the cathedral burning from the inside
Thus that night... It was dub the Cathedral attack. They later then reported it was some heretical attack from another religious group. But there were no evidence found
As for Val and Ichinagi, they celebrated with their accomplishments
[I mean he was corrupt anyways so he is replaceable to begin with...] Val smiled as he drank some light whiskey with his squad
After that incident, It will take about half a year to rebuild the cathedral back. Only for it to get destroyed again.
This time they reported something bright came down and stuck the almost ruined cathedral. Not knowing it's just another fuck you letter sent by Ichinagi and Val. They used a Drone to destroy the cathedral
Time skip
All of the soldiers has been assembled throughout all of the Empire
Ichinagi then made a move again. This time, it is business movement
He employed some expert merchants that Val scouted. They sell Swords made by modern steel "Carbon Steel". And some stab resistant vest that can "withstand" A Rank A's attacks, unless it attacks bluntly it won't work like that. There are cheaper ones as well
There were some plans on selling compound bows, but considering the lethality that the Demon Archers showed when implementing magic into it, it was a bad idea
And business went booming. The most popular blade that is getting sold is the "Tactical Katana" and some other stuff
And for the blade resistant vests, the new, fresh, beginner adventurers seem to go for this armor because it cheap, light, and very comfortable. It also reduces the number of deaths among the F and E rank adventurers, and sometimes for Rank D adventurers
Not only these "expert" merchants got rich quickly, but there was a heavy demand that Ichinagi ordered 20 thousand soldiers making modern blades and stab proof vests
He also repaid his loan to Maro
Prosperity came in the Demon Continent. Now they can buy materials other than chopping down trees and digging up rocks just to use as building materials
As for the Demon Army. It has seen some modernization. But none of them aren't allowed to wield guns because it is illegal for them to own one and if they do have one, punishment is severe
But going back the Demon continent is slowly getting modernized by Ichinagi
What a great month it has
Meanwhile in a certain Merchant building on the wester part of the Empire we see a blonde young man sitting beside the camp fire
He also is holding a piece of paper
[Tactical Katana? Stab Proof Vest? Oh my Oh my, Naru somehow is making a comeback.]
This is Beau Harvey. Ichinagi's British Friend
He then stands up and stretches.
[God Almighty! *Yawn!* Should've contacted me you Japanese bloke.] Then a female elf servant appeared
[What seems to be the problem, Master?] This elf servant was brought by Harvey himself, along with 6 other female servants from slave traders. Who did this out of pity
[Well nothing sort of worrying. It's just that my old friend appeared out of nowhere and is having fun without me...] Harvey said
[What do you suggest, Master?] The elf servant asked
[Tomorrow I will be leaving along with you and the other 6. We'll go to Villeurbeuge where my friend was last seen. Got that?] (Harvey)
[Yes master. Tomorrow we'll ready you a carriage.] (Elf servant)
[Yosh!] He then looks outside his window
"Naru, what are you doing exactly?" He thought to himself. But he shook it off and went to sleep
Chapter 7 ends here