Chapter 2275 – 2275. God’S Atlantis
“Guardian of the Vagina, leader of the Super-America. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
I was slightly taken aback by the phrase ‘Guardian of the Vagina’ that came out of the other person’s mouth. It wasn’t exactly a phrase you’d blurt out upon first meeting someone.
‘…Does my name appear as Guardian of the Vagina to them?’
Guardian of the Vagina was a title currently applied to my status window.
‘They see my title instead of my real name.’
I understood immediately. The other person was someone with the title of Uncrowned Emperor.
“Your name is quite peculiar. I was surprised when I first saw it. Is that vagina the same vagina I know? The female genitalia, I mean.”
“That’s right. I am the guardian of all vaginas.”
“…Hmm. I’m starting to regret contacting you.”
“Cut the crap and state your purpose.”
“Purpose? A scout I sent out to check the surroundings just happened to run into your forces. Your forces are… quite large. And covered in blood. Are those slaves behind you? Looks like you’ve been in a war recently.”
Is he showing off his insight? I narrowed my eyes and checked the enemy scouts. There were 20 of them. Compared to my force of over 50, they were less than half. But all of them were armed with bronze swords and wooden armor.
“…So you were the participant who entered the Bronze Age.”
“Haha. Preemption is important. I pushed a bit to enter the Bronze Age, but the reward is sweet. Now, listen well, my friend. This is the main point. Every 10 years, you will give me 50 adult men and 50 women. If you refuse, it’s war.”
“You’re threatening me with just 20 people?”
“Didn’t I say? The forces here are just scouts. The forces back on the mainland number over a thousand. All armed with bronze swords and wooden armor. And the wooden armor is slowly being replaced with bronze armor.”
“……”
“Oh, there’s one more thing I want. I’d like to see your civilization. It’s my first time meeting another civilization, so I’m quite curious.”
I couldn’t see the other person’s face, but I was sure they were grinning.
‘He’s probably trying to avoid war for now because it’s a burden. Even if his weapons are superior, there will inevitably be losses.’
Handing over 100 people every 10 years as a condition for peace? My forces would continue to decrease, while his would continue to increase. Absolutely unacceptable. Letting the enemy’s forces into my civilization? Absolutely not. Aside from giving the enemy information, I might have to worry about assassinations.
The most important thing in this area is my life.
“I cannot accept your demands. Instead, I will make a demand. Send me 200 humans every 10 years, and hand over your bronze technology. Then there will be no war between us.”
“Ha, you’re coming on strong. Then how about this proposal? We open up our civilizations to each other. We form an alliance and establish embassies in each other’s capitals. I’ll sell you bronze swords and bronze mirrors at a reasonable price.”
I suspected that this was his real purpose. It seemed like a pretty good deal, but… I couldn’t show him the Hatchery. If he found out about the Hatchery, which was capable of copying humans, he would feel threatened.
Well, even if that wasn’t the case, I personally didn’t like this guy.
“Are you kidding me? I can enter the Bronze Age in a few turns. What’s so great about a bronze sword?”
“I’ll give you the bronze technology for free in 30 years. It’s my first alliance, so I’ll be taking a loss.”
“I see. A very reasonable proposal. Now, let me give you my answer. Go fuck yourself, you little bitch!”
「A declaration of war against the Roman civilization has been made. War with the Roman civilization begins!」
My forces roared and charged towards the enemy. The enemy soldiers calmly stood their ground. They formed a line with their shields. They were a military force. They had military discipline.
The enemy soldiers grouped together and focused on defense. Their military tactics were excellent. On the other hand, my soldiers just charged without any tactics. I wasn’t particularly worried about defeat. My forces had martial arts skills and combat experience.
The result was victory.
But I couldn’t be happy about it. It was a bloody victory.
‘The enemy had 20 people, and we had 50, but nearly half of us died.’
Combat experience, equipment level, individual combat power. Of these, my forces were only superior in individual combat power. If they hadn’t learned martial arts, we might have lost.
“You will regret this.”
The Uncrowned Emperor warned like a roaring lion before disappearing.
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 30 of the Era.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 17」
「Current Population: 2,715」
Time passed.
I first found the Roman soldiers. I had captured 5 of them in the last battle. These guys went straight to the Hatchery and became impregnation machines.
Perhaps because they were prisoners, there were no speech bubbles visible through the text technology. They just sat there blankly with dead eyes.
“Do you know about bronze technology?”
“……”
“You’re not answering? Do you want to be thrown into hell?”
The women around me took out small stone knives. They flinched and opened their mouths.
“W-we don’t know anything about bronze. Handling bronze is the job of artisans! We’re just soldiers!”
Come to think of it, they weren’t wrong. In this era, being able to handle bronze was a top-tier skill. A mere soldier handling bronze? That was unheard of.
“Send scouts far and wide. We need to find the Roman civilization.”
I needed to find them first before sending troops.
“Make weapons using wood, bone, and stone. Increase the number of bows, spears, swords, and shields. It’s war.”
I had to prepare in case the Roman forces attacked at any moment.
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 40 of the Era.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 19」
「Current Population: 12,107」
The population had increased dramatically. It was because nothing special had happened. The Uncrowned Emperor would regret it. He was quiet despite all his bluster.
‘Thanks to running the impregnation machines non-stop, the population has exploded… but most of them are useless kids.’
There was another problem.
Food.
As the population exploded, food couldn’t keep up. Farmland was scarce, and hunting was limited. The game had been hunted to near extinction.
‘If a famine hits, we’re screwed. Aside from the mass deaths, the discontent will turn on me, and there will be a rebellion.’
I had years of experience as a tyrant, so I knew that. In my experience, as long as you take care of the basic needs of the pigs, they won’t rebel. And the most important of those needs is food.
‘Our power is expanding, but… it’s still not keeping up with the exploding population.’
I needed to reduce the population. Fortunately, I knew how.
The scouts I sent out last turn had found the location of the Roman civilization.
“Charge into the Roman civilization and kill them. Show them the greatness of Super-America.”
“Uwooooo! For Super-America! For the Guardian of the Vagina!!”
The women holding stone axes roared. Most of the women who had trained in martial arts since childhood were muscular. Some of their arms were thicker than mine. Honestly, I slightly regretted teaching them martial arts.
‘It’s good to pursue strength, but they’re too obsessed with muscles.’
The women around me were better. I had selected them to serve me. Still, they consistently trained in martial arts, so they all had six-packs as a basic feature.
‘Somehow, we’ve become a strong female society….’
Why not teach them inner energy cultivation to make their muscles more compact? This world had scarce mana, so the efficiency of inner energy cultivation was terrible. To gain 1 cycle (60 years) of inner energy through normal training, you would need to train for at least 500 years.
1,000 tribe members marched out bravely. I wanted to send about 3,000, but… I couldn’t help it. Most of the tribe members were under 10 years old. They would be more useful next turn.
For reference, goblins were not included in the population count. It didn’t make sense to include livestock like pigs or cows in the population.
‘Livestock are just livestock.’
Click.
I snapped my fingers, and a woman serving me approached. A healthy woman with black hair and white skin.
「You bestow the Blessing of the Vagina Seat upon the target.」
I had briefly forgotten about the Blessing of the Vagina Seat skill. The rank had also increased last time, making the blessing’s effects even better. The woman who received the Blessing of the Vagina Seat would permanently have some of her stats increased for the first time. It was a given that her beauty would improve.
“I have personally bestowed a blessing upon you.”
“A-ah… Thank you, Chieftain!”
The woman knelt and rejoiced. Her skin became better, and her features became slightly more defined. Her hair had a shine to it. The blessing had definitely made her prettier.
• • •
The outskirts of the Roman civilization.
The area was filled with tension. The armed Romans swallowed hard, staring beyond the wooden fence. There, the enemies were.
The 1,000 enemies were armed with stone axes, wooden spears, wooden shields, and wooden armor. Most of them were women, but none of the Romans could ignore them. They were women with bodies more muscular than most male soldiers.
“C-commander. There are 1,000 of those women. We’re only 120! We can’t win!”
“…We have bronze swords and bronze shields. And we have the wooden fence.”
“There are 1,000 of them!”
This was the outskirts of Rome, but considering the era, 120 was not a small number. Their leader had anticipated an invasion and invested this many troops here.
“We are soldiers, and they are barbarians. Look, do you see any military discipline in them? We can win if we use tactics.”
The garrison commander spoke with a solemn face. But the commander’s true feelings were different. He sensed defeat and death. Even so, a 10-to-1 difference was too much.
“The bitches are coming!!”
