Chapter 2276 – 2276. God’S Atlantis
The Romans gritted their teeth, facing the charging Super-Americans.
The Super-Americans were brutal. They didn’t fear death. They considered fearing death itself a disgrace. The Romans trembled, watching the Super-Americans continue their attacks even after being cut by bronze swords and pierced by spears.
In the early stages of the battle, the Romans held their ground well. They had sturdy wooden fences and tactics trained by an excellent leader.
However, as time passed, they grew weary. Even the sturdy wooden fences had their limits.
*Bang!*
The wooden fence shattered, and part of the formation collapsed. Once a tactic crumbled, it couldn’t be restored. They were defeated.
“The enemies aren’t weak, and there are too many of them. What’s the point of killing three enemies when seven more are waiting…”
The garrison commander fell, lamenting.
The Super-Americans had over 300 casualties, but they didn’t care at all. Most of the dead were men, and in Super-America, men were just slaves.
“Go deeper! Let’s kill the Roman leader!”
And a few days later, they were annihilated in front of the Roman city.
* * *
The time skip suddenly stopped. Seeing this, I realized something. The time skip stopped when a war broke out between participants. There wasn’t much I could do about it. I had no way to give real-time commands to the troops in battle.
Of course, even after the battle ended, I couldn’t immediately know the results.
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 50 AD.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 21」
「Current Population: 14,774」
I was displeased that the population hadn’t increased more than expected. It couldn’t be helped.
‘There were four battles in the last 10 years. All of them were initiated by my side.’
I hadn’t conquered Rome. They were more resilient than I had anticipated.
‘But that’s all. Rome won’t last long. We overwhelm them in numbers. They have better equipment and tactics than us? So what? My soldiers have been training since they were young. And we’re not using iron weapons, so what’s the big deal?’
And I still had the food problem caused by population growth. I was focusing on agriculture, but most of the food produced quickly disappeared. I was steadily expanding my territory, but most of it was mountains or forests. There were no plains suitable for farmland.
“Finish off Rome!”
I clicked the attack button again.
* * *
The Uncrowned Emperor, the leader of the Roman civilization, chuckled as he looked at the corpses scattered in front of the city.
The enemies were insane.
They just charged without any proper tactics. But it was effective. Because the enemy had so many troops. It kept repeating. Rome kept winning, but each battle steadily chipped away at their forces. Now, they were pushed back to their capital.
‘We can somehow win the next battle. But we will lose the battle after that. The Romans are exhausted.’
The population was the problem.
The Roman population had dropped to around 2,000. Of those, only about 500 were soldiers capable of fighting. The rest were non-combatants. And the enemy would come in at least in the hundreds.
‘The leader of Super-America, the Guardian of the Vagina, doesn’t see humans as humans. It’s probably like a game to him.’
He looked around. The soldiers had tired faces. They were all humans who thought for themselves and made their own judgments.
‘I heard stories from captured prisoners. They extract wombs at a place called the Hatchery and implant them in men or goblins to keep them pregnant through in-vitro fertilization. It’s an idea that humans can’t come up with. He’s a madman.’
It wasn’t entirely incomprehensible. For him, this was just a strategy to take over territory. It was like a well-made game.
‘Even so, using goblins like that… He’s definitely a madman. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be called the Guardian of the Vagina.’
At this rate, his civilization would lose to that madman.
He humbly accepted that fact and decided to devise a plan that risked everything. If he failed, it was over. Even if he didn’t fail, it was over. If he succeeded? He could achieve victory. Trying was the right thing to do.
He checked his skills. He had only a few compared to what he originally had.
「Military Tactics
Increases the morale of all subordinate soldiers.
Increases the stats of all subordinate soldiers.
Rank: SSS」
「I Have Come.
Can teleport with up to 1,000 soldiers within 300km.
Can be used once a month.
Rank: SSS」
「I Have Seen.
Can see information about the enemy.
Rank: S」
「I Have Conquered.
Acquire additional loot upon winning a battle.
Rank: A」
Four skills. But the only one that was truly helpful was the first skill, Military Tactics. If it weren’t for Military Tactics, Rome would have already fallen. ‘I Have Come’ had the disadvantage of requiring him to move himself. It was a big risk.
‘I Have Seen’ allowed him to see information about the enemy. He could immediately see the enemy’s morale, equipment level, numbers, and so on.
‘I Have Conquered’ was meaningless in the battle against Super-America. Even if he won, the only loot he got was stone axes or wooden armor. His army was already equipped with bronze.
“I will use ‘I Have Come.’ We will risk everything in this battle. Victory is the only way to survive.”
Fortunately, the capital of Super-America was about 200km away. It was within the range of ‘I Have Come.’
The Roman army that appeared in the capital of Super-America formed ranks and began killing the enemies around them. Their destination was the Hatchery in the center of the capital. It was an architectural structure that didn’t fit the era, so it wasn’t hard to recognize.
‘That’s the Hatchery. An ancient relic. The Guardian of the Vagina must be inside. If I kill the Guardian of the Vagina, it’s over!’
But not everything went as he planned. There were huts all around the Hatchery, and armed women came out of them.
“Enemies are gathering!”
“There are at least 5,000 of them!”
“We’re surrounded!”
The Uncrowned Emperor gritted his teeth. There were more enemies than he had expected. Could there really be a difference of more than 10 times again?
“Maintain formation and approach that building! We just need to kill the Guardian of the Vagina inside that building!”
It wasn’t easy.
The enemies started charging like madmen. The men of Super-America charged as if begging to be killed. Behind them, the women of Super-America charged. Even the elderly and children were mixed in.
“Kill them, Romans!”
“How dare you come here!”
“Long live Super-America!”
The elite Roman soldiers held their ground well. But they couldn’t hold out for long. There were too many enemies.
The Uncrowned Emperor desperately entered the Hatchery. He killed the enemies he saw with his bronze sword and went up the stairs. He could see the Guardian of the Vagina, who was mingling with women. Seeing that, the Uncrowned Emperor chuckled rather than feeling anger.
“You’re living the good life. Some of us came all this way risking our lives.”
“I won this war. Relaxing is a privilege. It’s unexpected that you came all the way up here, though.”
Naked Sung Yu-jin leisurely got out of bed. He held a red sword that appeared out of thin air. A notification window popped up in Sung Yu-jin’s eyes.
「You are facing the Uncrowned Emperor (Fake).」
The Uncrowned Emperor sensed defeat when he saw his sword. He had a weapon that was incomparable to a bronze sword.
But he couldn’t lose without even swinging his sword once. The moment he lifted his foot from the floor,
The Guardian of the Vagina appeared in front of him and swung his sword. The Uncrowned Emperor couldn’t even react and had his neck sliced off.
* * *
「You have killed the leader of the Roman civilization, the Uncrowned Emperor!」
「One of the participants has been eliminated! Current participants: 13」
「You have acquired 10 Civilization Points for killing another participant!」
「You have acquired Bronze, one of the technologies of the Roman civilization.」
「You have acquired Military, a technology, as a reward for killing the Uncrowned Emperor.」
「Bronze
You can handle bronze.」
「Military (Lv.1)
All military-related effects increase by 1%.」
‘Bronze isn’t very useful… but Military is quite useful.’
I went outside. The Super-American tribesmen were massacring the Roman soldiers. The Roman soldiers wielded their bronze swords to the end, even though they knew they were defeated. They didn’t surrender because they knew how prisoners were treated in Super-America.
‘But those who can be captured will be captured anyway. I’ve already ordered them to capture those who can be captured.’
They would take care of the cleanup. For now, I would focus on expansion.
「Current Civilization Points: 31」
I could enter the Iron Age by using 30 points. But if I used all my points here, I wouldn’t receive interest from the next turn.
‘The interest I get is 3 points. I can get 4 Civilization Points every turn. I should enjoy this for a while.’
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 60 AD.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 3 Civilization Points as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 35」
「Current Population: 15,773」
The population hadn’t increased much due to the dead from 10 years ago and the monsters encountered while expanding the territory. It couldn’t be helped. To make land into farmland, I had to kill all the monsters nearby and make it safe.
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 70 AD.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 3 Civilization Points as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 39」
「Current Population: 25,387」
The land of Rome was quite fertile. Thanks to the increase in farmland, I didn’t have to worry about the population. I had also absorbed the bronze artisans when I conquered Rome. Almost all of my soldiers were equipped with bronze weapons. It wasn’t very satisfying. Because it wouldn’t be long before I entered the Iron Age.
「A terrible epidemic has broken out!」
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 80 AD.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 3 Civilization Points as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 43」
「Current Population: 14,221」
Damn epidemic.
The population had decreased significantly. If I hadn’t executed those who caught the disease along the way, the damage would have been even greater. The cause of the epidemic seemed to be the goblin farm. I decided to drastically improve the hygiene level of the goblin farm.
It was a shame that most of the goblins had died from the epidemic. I also lost the wombs implanted in the goblins. The birth rate would likely be low for a while.
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 90 AD.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 4 Civilization Points as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 48」
「Current Population: 18,857」
I managed to somehow contain the epidemic. Now the population would increase explosively.
「10 years have been skipped.」
「Year 100 AD.」
「You have acquired 1 Civilization Point!」
「You have acquired 4 Civilization Points as interest!」
「Current Civilization Points: 53」
「Current Population: 30,019」
‘The time has come. Let’s go to the Iron Age.’
「Purchase Iron Age technology with 30 Civilization Points.」
「You are the first participant civilization to enter the Iron Age!」
「You have acquired 10 Civilization Points!」
