191 < (6). Sign of Fall -1 >

The strategy of the Kaimon Imperial Viceroy, which induced the inner circle of the users of the Ruspel Empire, worked.

The controversy that began spreading through the community grew exponentially and became public throughout Kailan.

Although the dominant force of the Ruspel Empire was strong, the power of the middle-class users on the whole empire was almost the foundation of the empire.

In other words, the Ruspel empire began to shake with its roots when the dominant power was not supported by the middle class.

Even users who belonged to the highest ranking guild were disappointed in the brain department to leave the guild.

The official community and other media continued to pour out articles about it.

[Close-knit balance between Kaimon and Ruspel begins to crumble.]

[Kailan Korea Server, world's first giant bilateral system to collapse?]

At first, there was a lot of talk about whether the media was pouring out too many stimulating articles.

The great empire known as Roosevelt could easily be broken down.

But as time went on, more and more people began to conquer the fall of Roosevelt.

The Allied forces of the Kaimon Empire took advantage of the opportunity and began pushing eastward at tremendous speed.

The speed was so great that dozens of Central Continent Nodes, all of a sudden part of Ruspel, fell into the hands of the Kaimon Empire.

And the Kaimon Alliance strategically excluded the territory by Pie.

I thought that if I kept knocking on the door, I could fall down someday, but it was too much time and money to go in.

In short, the word "terrain" in Pie was appropriate.

There are too few sheep to work with, but they are like the ribs of a chicken that is a waste to leave behind.

The Kaimon Empire dares to move, though it may be uncomfortable to leave a handful behind.

About a month after that, close to 80% of the Central Continent fell into the hands of the Kaimon Empire, and the front was pushed all the way to the rear, guarded by the great guilds of the Ruspel Empire.

Experts predicted that the giant guilds of Ruspel would collapse soon, but they were still desperately holding on.

Once the entire central continent was in the hands of the Kaimon Empire, the eastern continent, the mainland of the Ruspel Empire, would surely be in danger and would have to be prevented by some means from the guilds with large numbers of territories on the outskirts of the continent and in the north.

During that time, Ian and the Lotus Guild began metallurgically expanding the territory of the Central Continent.

A few Nodes near the Pyro Territory have been captured.

* * *

The Lord's Office of the Piro Territory.

Ian, Hers, and Fioran, the lords of the land, sit down and talk.

“Jinsung, if you use up your reputation, how far can you get? ”

Ian, who took a moment to check the information window on Hers' question, began to calculate his reputation diligently.

“Hmm... I have a reputation of 5.2 million now... ”

Fioran is surprised and asked again.

“Eek? 5.2 million? I mean, how the hell are we supposed to collect that much? ”

“Here's what I think... 200,000 reputation for the dragon's breaths in the siege against the Alliance two months ago." ”

“D, that makes sense... ”

“And since then, I've been poking and prowling all over the Central Continent... 52 million isn't that much. ”

After the moral controversy of the Luspell Empire's elite guilds has ceased.

The public thought that Ian and Lotus' guild would retaliate in some way, but surprisingly, Lotus' guild did not take any gestures.

I just quietly raised my strength in the heart of the Central Continent.

And in the meantime, Ian continued to level up, poking around in the middle of the Central Continent like a room in my house.

Most rankers from the Kaimon are gathering on the eastern front, because there were no users to stop Ian, even if they were within the Kaimon Empire's realm.

Moreover, now that Ian's level has reached 170, even the crazy Kaimon NPCs couldn't stop Ian.

Dungeons, field hunting grounds, and Ian hunted wherever they came from, and even slaughtered the Kaimon Empire's users or NPCs on the hunting grounds.

As a result, they will accumulate such a huge amount of fame.

“Really, even the game is poor and poor... ”

“Isn't it more true that you're going to be something more? ”

The two prowlers ignore him lightly, and Ian tries to put his reputation into Ascendance.

And soon I opened my mouth.

“It takes 1.2 million to be the Marquis, 2 million to be the Duke... I can make it up to the Duke at once. But once the Duke is up, it's too little to be a duke. ”

Hers scratches the back of his head and says,

“Well, there was the Duke after the Marquis. ”

“Yes, silly. And why is that? ”

“I thought you might be able to make it to the Grand Duke. ”

“Um... the Duke? ”

In Ian's question, Fioran replies on his behalf.

“If Ian takes the position of Grand Duke, he can consolidate our Lotus Guild territories and declare them" The Republic. "”

“Hmm…. ”

Herce smiles and adds.

“For the first time in his life, Kyle, we can be a nation. ”

Currently, there are seven territories owned by the Lotus Guild.

It occupied five more lands in addition to the Central Continent, including the Lotus Territory, the Olives Territory and the Piro Territory of the Northern Continent.

Of course, the rest of the central continent, with the exception of Pyro, was always at risk of being taken away, so the profit that could be generated in seven territories was enormous.

It was surprising considering that there are fewer than 15 territories in the ranking of 1, 2, and 1 of the Titan and DarkLuna guilds.

Thanks to this, the Lotus Guild has almost every requirement to become the first "Duke" of Kailan as long as Ian is granted the title of "Duke."

It wasn't the Lotus guild, it was the Lotus Kingdom.

But Ian was not so positive.

“Maybe if you could build up your reputation for a month... you could build a Grand Duke. But I'm not ready for that yet. ”

In Ian's words, Fioran opens her eyes wide and asks.

“Why? Becoming a country means that we become a country. You can get more power than ever before. ”

Once you become a country, the quality of the talent and military forces you can train will vary.

Improvements that can foster knights such as the Public Knights Academy can also be constructed, and content such as a tower or special defensive tower can be opened.

Fioran was talking about it.

But Ian shakes his head.

“As soon as we declare our empire, Kaimon's arrows, which aim to unify the continent, will be directed back at us. You know why I'm not getting any more Nodes on the Central Continent. ”

Seven territories in total. And the Lotus Guild is currently ranked 11th.

This figure was actually made by Ian in a subtle way.

No more outward indicators.

In order to reduce the awareness of the Lotus Guild, the elite guilds in Kaimon were correct.

The current Lotus Guild on the outside didn't feel threatened by Titan or Darkness yet.

Herce nods and opens his mouth.

“Mmm-hmm. Suddenly, if we declare the Kingdom, they'll try to prune the roots. Then what do you think of Jinsung? ”

Ian opens his mouth slowly.

“Now is the time to sharpen the inner room. Until the Kaimon Empire reaches the edge of Muran's nostrils, we will continue to strengthen and bide our time. ”

Fioran asked me this time.

“And then what? ”

Ian's gaze returns to Fioran.

“I will lead all the troops I've accumulated until then and return to Lotus' territory. ”

“ …?! ”

Lotus Territory is the northern continent's first node obtained by the Lotus Guild.

In Ian's unthinkable remarks, the gaze of two people gathered together in his mouth at the same time.

Ian continued.

“Returning to Lotus' territory, I will devour the entire territory of all the guilds within the weakened Ruspel Empire and then declare my empire. ”

For the first time, Ian was bringing out a big picture that he had been thinking about for the last two months.

“And soon, we will absorb all the users of the Ruspel Empire who are about to be destroyed." Most of all, we have a cause. ”

Hers nods slowly with a blank expression.

“Yes, the only guild that survived against the Kaimon Alliance in the middle of the Central Continent. ”

“Yeah. We just have to keep that image going until then. And build a new country on the Northern Continent. ”

Ian's words spill endlessly, and Fioran feels a chill.

“Wow... I didn't expect you to think that far ahead. I thought I was empowering myself to fight back against the Kaimon Alliance. ”

Hers still looks dazed and sympathetic to Fioran.

“Me, too... ”

Fioran opens her mouth again.

“So this time, I thought I was going to declare the 'Kingdom’ at an unexpected time and try to reverse it with the troops I gathered.... ”

Ian laughs in relief.

He also had the same idea at first as Fioran.

‘But even if it does, it will only eventually become part of a great empire called Roosevelt. ’

A great opportunity to build your own country outside the fence of the Empire.

Ian thought the situation was an opportunity given to him by God.

And there was one more reason.

‘If we can use the power we've gathered to wipe out the Kaimon Empire, then only Splinder, Oklan, and those drunks can help us, right? ’

When the Empire fell, those who were the most privileged would perish together.

Of course, the Beliant Guild and I were going to take the route together.

Ian opened his mouth to the two of them.

“Anyway, we have to keep growing as much power as possible, but we have to hide it. The goal is to be devalued as much as possible by outsiders. ”

Hers and Fioran nod at the same time.

“Okay, I get it. I'll have to keep my mouth shut internally as well. ”

“Well, as Ian planned, it would be quite a long-term plan. ”

And Ian added a note:

“Oh, and one more thing. ”

“What is it?”

Ian rolls his mouth up.

“Samueljin will be requesting backup shortly. ”

Hers said, frightened.

“Eek? Why would that lunatic call us for backup? ”

Ian smiles bloody.

“We haven't taken any stances so far. Maybe we don't know what's going on, or maybe we're trying to make a deal with us. ”

Fioran looks furious and asks for Ian.

“So how do you plan to respond? ”

“Let's just say we're too desperate to defend our territory with pie. What are you going to do if you can't afford it? ”

But despite Ian's answer, Fioran was not satisfied.

“That's it? ”

Ian smiled and answered her question.

“No way. As much as I've been beaten, I want revenge. ”

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