Chapter 839 – 839. A Tyrant For You
It took only a week for the preparations for departure to be completed.
This was thanks to Grand General Luteon, who had everything ready so that the army could be dispatched at any time.
The prepared force numbered 200,000. This was the result of combining soldiers from the Imperial family with those of other nobles within the Empire. According to Luteon, if they scraped together as much as possible, they could barely reach a million strong. This was also thanks to the recent conquest of the Harmel Kingdom.
200,000 soldiers.
I took it in stride.
Frankly, I alone was enough to crush the Dwarf Kingdom, Toltos. The reason I wasn’t doing so was because my goal wasn’t the destruction of Toltos, but its conquest. An army was necessary for a smooth conquest.
‘To gain Tyrant Points, I need to prioritize conquest over destruction.’
Destroying Toltos might earn me a large amount of Tyrant Points in an instant, but conquering the country would allow me to continuously extract Tyrant Points.
‘I need to avoid a situation where I’ve destroyed all the countries on the continent and still haven’t accumulated 100 million Tyrant Points.’
I picked up my smartphone and checked the status of my Tyrant Points. A series of notification messages popped up.
[Rumors about the human ranch are spreading secretly!]
[Acquired 12 Tyrant Points!]
[A new stud has been added to the human ranch!]
[Acquired 1 Tyrant Point!]
[The vagina flower in the vagina garden has successfully become pregnant!]
[Acquired 1 Tyrant Point!]
[Your fiancée killed a stableman for being dirty!]
[Acquired 1 Tyrant Point!]
[A black magician is conducting heinous experiments on a race!]
[Acquired 6 Tyrant Points!]
It was a small amount, but I was steadily gaining Tyrant Points. Even if I did nothing, I would accumulate over 500 Tyrant Points a day.
‘That’s 50,000 points in 100 days… 500,000 in 1,000 days… This is surprisingly lucrative. And I can use auto-progress.’
It was lucrative, but not satisfying. My goal was still 100 million Tyrant Points.
“Luteon.”
Riding in a luxurious eight-horse carriage, I opened the window and called out to Luteon. Luteon, who was riding a horse, claiming he was still on active duty, immediately approached the carriage.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I am bored. Send some beautiful female knights to my carriage.”
“…Yes, Your Majesty. I will select and send them.”
Soon, beautiful female knights entered.
There were five of them. In this world, the proportion of female knights was much lower than in typical fantasy worlds, and most of them were similar to men, so those with outstanding beauty were rare. Since they were rare, they had to be cherished.
“Undress. Today, I shall bestow my grace upon you.”
One of the female knights stepped forward. With a stiff expression, she tried her best to maintain her dignity while sweating profusely.
“Great Emperor, Your Majesty. I have a man to whom I have sworn my chastity. I have promised to marry him after this war ends. Please, have mercy.”
“Heh. Don’t speak such nonsense. Today, your husband is my very own phallus.”
I pulled out my erect cock from my pants and presented it to the female knight.
“Your husband is lonely. Come, soothe him with your lips.”
“Your Majesty…”
“Do not displease me. Do not forget that your family, your man, your friends, your village, all can be burned to ashes with a single word from me.”
“……”
The chaste female knight went naked and kissed my cock.
[You have violated a female knight using your power!]
[Acquired 8 Tyrant Points!]
•••
My plan was simple.
Advance to the capital of the Dwarf Kingdom, Toltos, execute the king, and begin my rule. Capturing dwarves and enslaving them while advancing to the capital was a bonus.
And the first hurdle of the plan.
I stared straight ahead with astonishment. A steel wall stood firmly in front of me. Although this was a romance fantasy world where various eras were mixed, its basic framework was medieval. However, the wall in front of me looked like something from the near future.
“Grand General. Are the dwarf walls usually like that?”
“…Absolutely not. …It seems the Toltos Kingdom had already foreseen our invasion.”
“I chose to conquer Toltos on a whim. They created such a structure without an official declaration of war… Does Toltos have a great prophet?”
“It is presumed that they began preparations the moment the Empire conquered the Harmel Kingdom. Even if there is no great prophet among the Toltos king’s subjects, it seems there are excellent military strategists.”
“Preparing for an invasion won’t change the outcome. Stormbreaker.”
I summoned Stormbreaker. I held it in my hand in the form of a spear, adopting a javelin throwing stance.
Whoooosh.
An aura blade formed and compressed on Stormbreaker. I firmly braced my lower body, arched my arms and back, and threw the spear towards the gate. The javelin, shattering the air as it flew, literally tore through the steel gate.
Stormbreaker flew back into my hand according to my will.
“Advance.”
I gave the order. The soldiers roared and began running towards the gate.
No matter how strong the walls and gates were, they were not enough to stop me.
KABOOM!
An explosion was heard.
Bang! Bang bang bang!
Gunshots rang out as well.
“What is that?”
I frowned. The battlefield was starting to look like a modern vs. fantasy scenario.
“Those are dwarf bombs and magic guns.”
Luteon calmly explained. The Dwarf Kingdom, Toltos, had developed technology using magic stones. Magic guns and bombs were powerful, but since magic stones were the raw material, they were very expensive.
I never imagined that the dwarves had developed to this extent. In the original work, the dwarves were only mentioned in passing.
“Was that why they put knights ahead instead of soldiers?”
“Magic guns cannot penetrate knight armor. Even with bombs, knights can respond.”
Although they were briefly held back by the dwarves’ magic guns and bombs,
Thump. Thump. Thump.
Steel golems appeared with heavy sounds. Fifty steel golems over 5 meters tall ravaged the battlefield. The knights did not panic and engaged the steel golems.
“They even make robots. They truly are a race specialized for slavery.”
“…Something is strange.”
“What is strange?”
“This is just one of the cities of Toltos. Covering the gate and walls with steel is excessive. And those steel golems… Even if Toltos has many iron mines, the amount they are wasting in just one city is absolutely impossible.”
“Listening to the Grand General, it does seem strange.”
It wasn’t a serious matter. After all, I would be the one to win in Toltos.
‘To minimize damage… shall I help a little?’
I summoned clones of Stormbreaker in the form of javelins. I threw the javelins one by one. The golems hit by the javelins were pierced and fell.
With my intervention, the battle quickly ended.
“Capture the prisoners! Plunder the city’s food and gather it! All other looting is permitted!”
Luteon shouted, giving orders to the soldiers. The soldiers roared in victory and began looting. Looting boosted the soldiers’ morale.
I sat in the city square and looked at the beautiful dwarf women. The female dwarves were short, but their breasts and buttocks were large. The problem was that their bodies were plump and their faces were angular on average, so there were few beautiful dwarf women who fit my taste. About one in 1,000.
“Your Majesty. We have captured the city’s lord and the subterranean race.”
The city lord was a dwarf with an orange beard. With wide eyes, he shouted at me.
“Master of Bellacarus! If you are truly the master of the Empire! If you are a monarch who has achieved great deeds! Do not touch the ordinary people! If you want my head, I will give it to you! My soldiers will gladly become your prisoners! So, show mercy to the people! The dwarf people will praise you for that alone!”
“A mere city lord dares to order me around? You must be completely out of your mind.”
I felt my mood plummet as a slave dared to shout at me.
“Grand General. In front of his eyes, capture the dwarves and kill them one by one. About 2,000 should be enough. However, exclude the skilled dwarves. Kill that dwarf last.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Emperor! You wicked bastard! His Majesty of Toltos will smash your skull with a hammer and bring peace to the continent!”
“For a dwarf, you have a voice that rivals a giant.”
The city lord was grabbed by a knight and dragged away.
Next, my gaze turned to the subterranean race. The subterranean race looked very different from humans. They had no hair, and their skin looked as hard as armor. It was like an armadillo transformed into a human. They all looked similar, making it difficult to distinguish between males and females. If you looked closely at their chests, you could see that the females had a slight protrusion.
“The subterranean race. It’s my first time seeing them. They’re rarer than the merfolk, aren’t they?”
“Your Majesty. With this, we can understand why the dwarves have so much steel. It is certain that the dwarves and the subterranean race have joined hands.”
“I do not understand your words. Explain in more detail.”
“The subterranean race produces iron within their bodies. When they eat food, they excrete iron along with their waste.”
“They get iron from pooping? What a ridiculous race.”
I never imagined such a race existed. A race that could produce iron infinitely if they just bred properly.
“…Emperor. You are disrupting the order of the continent. Everyone except the Empire will turn against you. The heroes of the continent will rise, and the cruel tyrant will be dragged down and executed by their hands.”
“You speak presumptuous words. From now on, you will be called the ‘poop race,’ not the subterranean race. You are poop-making machines. Work hard to poop for the Empire.”
“Great Mother Earth, may you inflict the curse of the earth upon that arrogant and inhumane emperor!”
The presumptuous subterranean race’s body began to glow with a golden light. I felt a power similar to that of the High Priestess of the Celestial Church, Penelope. Divine power.
“Th-This level of divine power! Your Majesty! It is dangerous! Please take refuge!”
Luteon was flustered. I smirked and scoffed at him. He, who always maintained such composure, was panicking over something like this.
“Grand General. Do not panic. It is beneath you. Act like a Grand General should. I have Arondight. The tricks of the poop race are nothing.”
Unlike Luteon, who stood in front of me with his sword drawn, I sat leisurely with my legs crossed.
“Y-Your Majesty! The blessing of the lake only works against magic! Divine power is fundamentally different from magic!”
“…What?”
The subterranean race shot a golden light towards me. The light, as if alive, went around Luteon, who was blocking me, and attacked me. The golden light entered my body.
Nothing happened. I felt no pain.
“…That’s all?”
“Emperor! You will never set foot on the ground again!”
The subterranean race shouted at me. Immediately after, my body soared into the sky. In the blink of an eye, I rose so high that the clouds were right next to me.
The dwarf city was visible below.
The strange thing was that my body was not falling down.
“Never set foot on the ground again… Indeed. So that’s what it meant. A divine curse using divine power.”
I had been banished from the ground.
And this was probably a kind of curse through divine power.
‘Heavenly Heart.’
I activated Heavenly Heart. The curse placed on my body was lifted, and my body began to fall from the sky.
‘Suddenly, skydiving. Well, it’s not bad for a change of pace.’
Landing was simple. I could use telekinesis.
‘…Actually, I don’t even need to use telekinesis.’
I surrounded my body with mana and strengthened it. I put strength into my legs. And then I fell to the ground.
KABOOM!
Back on the ground, I straightened my back without falling. Luteon, the royal guards, the soldiers, and the subterranean race stared at me with horrified expressions.
“That was a nice view of the sky. It might be good to fly in the sky occasionally.”
I looked at the subterranean race. He took a step back without realizing it, upon receiving my gaze. He looked like he was seeing an incomprehensible monster.
“But you were too presumptuous. You dared to curse me? I will curse you as well. You will be tortured forever.”
“A-Aaaah… Great Mother Earth…”
He collapsed to the ground.
