Volume 6 Chapter 11. The Battleship, Decapitated

YOU ABSOLUTE FOOL! I shout inside the ships office.

The report that I received from the ground is paining me.

The one whos giving the report is Wallace, who seems to be enjoying his time on the ground.

He complained a lot in the beginning, but hes adapting quite well to the new environment.

As for the content of his report

Arent you glad youre being worshipped by everyone?

Have I ever said that I want to be worshipped? Also, whats with the sacrifices! When did I ever ask for sacrifices!?

I will stay true to what I said to the Augur royalty.

Ill give them everything they need and protect their planet.

Why, you ask?

Its because things will be more convenient for me that way. Thats all there is to it.

According to them, theyre just providing offerings to the new God. I tip my hat to your charisma, Liam.

Watching Wallace sipping tea gracefully while giving his report makes me want to beat him up.

He should learn a bit from Cleo.

Makes me wonder if hes really connected to Cleo by blood.

Did you say something?

Nothing. Anyway, tell them to stop with the sacrifices.

They say theyre just some offerings.

Thats the same thing! I dont need them either way!

The former lord of Augur apparently had their citizens give beautiful young men and women as offerings.

What horrible taste.

I know Im a villain and all that, but even I dont stoop so low as to proclaim myself a god.

Id feel bad for the Guide otherwise.

Anyway, that former lord was judged by the Empires law and had their household crushed.

I dont know what he did to deserve that, but the Empire would be better off with a large majority of its aristocrats dead.

Im on that list as well

By the way, Liam.

Yeah?

Everythings proceeding smoothly, with the only thing slowing me down being the negative influences of the former lord.

Or at least thats what I thought

Its about your citizens. The migrants didnt want to be left behind, and have sent a petition to host a Liam Festival. I approved it since it sounded interesting.

Wallace says this without batting an eye.

This must be his payback for dragging him here.

About the migrants from my territory competing with the locals Are they dumb?

Theyve been brought to such a remote place, and yet theyre competing with the locals over who can worship me better? Whats there to even compete over?

Rejected! Were going to have to do something about their distorted view of religion! F*ck it with the aristocrats-are-gods bullsh*t! Absolutely repulsive.

If were talking about God, then someone like the Guide would fit that description.

After disconnecting communication with Wallace, I plop down on a chair and lean my head against the backrest.

Ahh, this is the worst. Everything else is going well, so this is getting on my nerves more than it should.

Now that the call is over; Amagi, whos been standing beside me quietly, opens her mouth.

Master, its necessary to invest a lot of time in developing Augur.

Youre right, though I doubt their values will change much during my stay as Deputy. That said, I just need them to remember me as a kind and dependable Deputy while Im here.

Taking into account the entirety of the Empire; Augur, which is now close to the Empires border with the Kingdom of Dominion, is quite a distance away from my territory.

If I were to draw a comparison using my previous life as an example, it would be like the distance between Tokyo and Osaka.

No, my territorys also in the countryside. So, its more like the distance between Yamaguchi and Aomori.

Either way, theres enough distance between us that whats considered common knowledge here is different from whats considered common knowledge back in my territory.

Back there, Ive rampaged enough to have my name engraved in everyones mind. Here, its more along the lines of; Liam? Ahh, I think Ive heard of him?

You dont bother remembering the names of governors outside your prefecture, right? Its something like that.

My fame in the Capital is shooting up, but the farther we are from it, the less I am known.

Thats why Ive decided to make a name for myself here as well.

This may sound old fashioned, but itll be like those scenes in delinquent manga where a gang from a different prefecture invades a local town.

In this case, wed be the gang thats invading.

Of course, well be the ones to emerge victorious.

I hate losing after all.

Im feeling rather irritated right now, so lets go vent some anger. Amagi, call the army. Its time to hunt some pirates.

Understood.

The pirates back home no longer approach us, but not many have heard of me here. So, theyre bound to jump on us at every turn.

Pirates are the type to swarm whenever they see a small fleet wandering around. Theyre precious assets that bring me both wealth and fame.

Ill hunt as many of them as I can.

Ill make them a part of the spaceport thats under construction.

The wreckage that will be left behind in their wakes should be put to good use.

Also, my hunch is telling me that Ill be hitting three birds with one stone this time, instead of the usual two birds.

On that day, terror descended upon the pirates that traveled near Augur.

W-who are they!?

It came as no surprise that the captain of the pirates was upset.

His pirate fleet was a large one, numbering in the thousands, and he was notorious enough that none of the aristocrats around here would be willing to fight him.

He and his pirates had come across a small fleet with a family crest that they had never seen before.

The designs of the battleships and the mobile knights looked foreign to them, so they treated them like second-hand goods and laughed them off.

However, after they had engaged them, their ships and mobile knights were being shot down one after another.

Though they outnumbered the enemys fleet, they were being overpowered.

The pirates turned pale in fear.

Captain, we cant hold on anymore!

L-lets surrender!

With his crews in the bridge confused and disoriented, the captain decided to send a message of surrender to the strange fleet.

Contact the enemy. Tell them that we surrender.

His crew on the ship were relieved to hear that.

It was better than being killed, and they thought their opponents would forgive them if they offered up their loot.

There were many such aristocrats, and most battleships that had family crests on them were their private armies.

They thought theyd be given a way out, as long as they gave up their treasures.

However, the mysterious fleet did not stop its attacks. The communication that was sent back showed a young man sitting proudly on a chair with a brazen attitude.

Youll give up your treasures, you say?

The captain thought he was talking to the descendant of some great aristocrat and thus assumed a humble attitude.

Of course. Well give you everything we have, my lord.

The captain didnt know who exactly he was speaking to.

After all, there was no reason for him to remember the name of someone that he normally shouldnt have met.

Then fork everything over. Everything, including your lives.

With a smile, the young man cut off the communication. The mysterious fleets attacks got stronger, sinking the pirate ships one after another.

That bastard plans to kill us all!

The captain beheld a sight that was like hell on earth.

The aristocrats private army was ruthless as it sank the pirate ships that contained men that were begging for their lives.

Why would an aristocrat do this?

The aristocrats in this region would have let them go at this point.

Dealing with a pirate fleet of their size would have caused trouble on their end as well. If given an appropriate sum of money, they would have overlooked the pirates.

Yet their enemy this time was unrelenting.

Soon, the captains ship was bombarded and blown apart.

In the midst of it all, the pirate captain murmured, Who in the world

I was able to decimate a decently large pirate group.

They latch onto whoevers traveling in small numbers. Todays catch was a big one.

Im really pleased that the pirates here take whatever bait is thrown at them.

I havent been earning much as of late because the pirates back home kept fleeing.

Those pirates should grow some balls.

Hmm Should I take the initiative to go after large pirate groups from now on? Huh? That might actually work.

Those large pirate fleets should have a lot of treasures.

I should actively hunt them down in the future.

Ill have a lot of free time when my training is over, so it should be fine even if theyre a bit far away.

Klaus, who has been standing next to me, speaks while Im grinning.

Lord Liam, should we collect the debris from the battlefield?

Naturally. Collect everything and bring them to Augur. Also, contact the Seventh Weapons Factory. They probably have a lot of leftovers in their inventory.

The Seventh? Isnt it better to contact the other Weapons Factories?

Klaus recommends the other Weapons Factories over the Seventh which heavily focuses on technology and performance.

Its fine. Im just buying some gifts.

I feel like thats all the more reason to contact the other factories

Nias comes over from time to time and nags that she wont go back until I buy some of their products. So, Ive been buying them every so often, not to mention that Avids maintenance can only be done at the Seventh Weapons Factory.

Thats why Ive been employing their services.

Just trust me and contact Nias.

Understood.

Klaus relays the order to contact the Seventh Weapons Factory.

A small window appears in front of me after a little while.

A sleepy looking Nias gets projected on the screen.

She must have prepared in quite the hurry, as she hasnt fixed her bedhead.

Do you know what time it is, Lord Liam? I barely had a wink of sleep.

I check the timezone of the Seventh Weapons Factory. It should still be around noon.

I thought itd be fine to call.

Never did I expect that shed be asleep.

Did you work overnight?

No, I was preparing some blueprints as a hobby until a while ago.

A hobby, you say.

Im on vacation! Ive been staring at blueprints for two days and was finally going to get some sleep!

She talks as if Im the bad one here, but its clearly her fault.

To begin with, all my transactions with the factory have to go through Nias. Which means its part of her job regardless of whether shes on vacation, or not.

Thats what shes being paid for after all

You should really just go to sleep.

Thats what I was about to do!

Klaus holds his face with one hand, perhaps because hes exasperated by her attitude.

Having said that, Nias must have really been preparing to go to sleep.

Her appearance right now lacks any sort of sex appeal, but the sense of daily life thats overflowing from her arouses me a little. I decide to close my eyes on her disrespectful behavior.

All that aside, you have things left over in your inventory, right? Ill buy them, so send it over to me.

Huh? Really?

Her eyes change color the moment she hears that Ill be buying their unsold weapons.

Shes calculative, but I like how straightforward she is.

But do something about their outward appearance. Theyll be gifts, so dont send over any old models, send the new ones.

The reason I went pirate hunting is because I wanted to relieve my stress and secure some materials for building the military base. It also served as a way to curry some favor with the local aristocrats.

Gifts? If Im not wrong, Lord Liam was sent to a place near the Kingdom of Dominion, right?

I thought it would be impolite to meet them empty-handed.

Ill be gifting the weapons to local aristocrats that are in trouble.

I dont know about sending weapons as gifts, but oh well. If it means emptying our inventory, anything goes I guess.

Shes not hiding her true intentions at all, but thats fine.

If she was anyone else, I would have had her executed immediately.

Make sure to send them over quickly.

-At the front lines of the war against the Kingdom of Dominion-

Calvin, who had been dispatched to serve as the commander-in-chief, was surprised when he heard a certain report from his men.

All the military personnel were inside a large conference room and discussing strategies to employ against the Kingdom of Dominion.

Liam-kuns at the rear?

Calvin was surprised as he had never requested for Liam, and neither had any of the aristocrats and military personnel in his faction.

The officials that he had brought with him wernt involved in this either.

The reason being

How did we allow this to happen!?

Calvin never wanted to summon Liam to the battlefield as that was where he shone the brightest.

Not only had he gained his fame through pirate hunting, he had won numerous battles in the past.

Calvin didnt want someone like him to be dispatched as logistical support as he would be stuck with the Kingdom of Dominion in front of him and Liam behind him.

It was like being pincer attacked on the battlefield.

While Calvin was thinking about what to do moving forward, a young aristocrat raised his hand and spoke with confidence and enthusiasm.

Your Highness the Crown Prince, all we have to do is crush Liam on this battlefield. Lets have the Kingdom of Dominion go around us and attack Liam.

The people around him would agree to his proposal Or so he had hoped.

Both the military personnel, and the other aristocrats present on the scene, opposed this plan.

Utter foolishness! That would mean having the Kingdom of Dominion pass through the Empires territory!

This is why the young ones are no good.

Even if we beat Liam that way, it would all be for naught if we lose to the Kingdom of Dominion and damage His Highnesss reputation.

Faced with so much opposition, the young aristocrat looked disgruntled and unconvinced.

However, Calvin was relieved by the others reactions.

For now, we must do our best to deal with the Kingdom of Dominion. Well keep an eye out, but wont make any moves yet.

Calvin wanted to absolutely avoid fighting against Liam here.

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