Battle of the Marquis of Trenda [Kail Castle Mark, Modified Gale Kingdom Map]

Marquis Trenda grabbed a spear and ran to stand before the God of Darkness.

I, Kyle, gestured, and the forces of darkness halted before Marquis Trenda.

I asked Marquis Trenda, “Why have you come before me?”

Marquis Trenda shouted, “I wish to surrender!”

“What brought on this sudden change of heart?”

“Humans can’t win against you anyway. And those two over there are my son and his friend. Please, return them to me.”

“And if I don’t accept?”

“I hold the power of life and death over all Demon slaves in this castle! If I give the signal, every Demon slave will commit suicide!”

This Marquis knew exactly what I wanted.

I laughed heartily and said, “Euhahaha! I like your spirit. Then, I’ll make you a proposal.”

Marquis Trenda, still holding his spear, listened intently.

“If you accept my dark power, I will still recognize you as the lord of this region, and I will spare those two! I’ll even restore your son’s arm and return his spear!”

Marquis Trenda bit his lower lip at the Demon’s sweet offer and asked, “Keueuk. How can I trust those words?”

I said, “If you receive my dark power, you become my subordinate. What reason would I have to kill you? And if you don’t accept this offer, I’ll kill all the humans in this territory, no matter what happens to the Demon slaves. I can always use humans to create Tentacle Elite Soldiers, so it doesn’t matter to me!”

Marquis Trenda realized that my words were true.

I instructed the Marquis, “Throw your spear behind you and come forward! I will bestow the power of darkness upon you!”

Marquis Trenda glanced briefly at his castle walls, then at his unconscious son, and tears streamed down his face.

Marquis Trenda finally threw his spear behind him and slowly approached me.

Marquis Trenda had already given up on trying to defeat me by force.

Marquis Trenda thought to himself, ‘If only I sacrifice myself… If only my son can live…’

I rose from the sofa, flew with my Tentacle wings, and landed before Marquis Trenda.

Marquis Trenda knelt before me, weeping, and said, “Keueueuk… Heuk. I accept the power of darkness.”

Ttiring.

[Bestow the blessing upon Trenda Marquisate for 200pt? ]

I said, “Yes.”

Countless Tentacles emerged from my body and enveloped Marquis Trenda.

The aura of darkness flowed through my Tentacles and endlessly into the Marquis’s body.

From behind, the Marquis’s soldiers screamed and charged forward, mixed with tears.

“Kkeuaaaa! No! Marquis-nim!”

“You Demon! Don’t touch Marquis-nim!”

I gestured, and the rear guard blocked the Marquis’s soldiers, forming a wall.

The Marquis’s soldiers and the rear guard clashed, and the sounds of weapons clashing, Tentacles thrashing, and screams filled the air.

I quietly transformed Marquis Trenda into a being of darkness.

After 20 minutes, the Tentacles disappeared, and Trenda, now a Tentacle Hero, slowly stood up.

Joy and refreshment were etched on Trenda’s face.

Trenda looked at the sky and muttered, “Aaa~~ The feeling of being filled with darkness is the best.”

I asked Trenda, “Do you understand my words now?”

“Yes. My lord. Will you also bestow the blessing upon my son?”

“Yes. Now, kill those insects over there.”

“Understood.”

Trenda grabbed a spear, grinned wickedly, and approached his own soldiers.

The Marquis’s former soldiers were desperately shouting.

“Marquis-nim! Come to your senses!”

“Euheong eoeng! Marquis-nim! It’s us!”

Trenda chuckled, ran forward, and burst a soldier’s head with his spear.

“Kyahahaha! The best feeling!”

Trenda swung his spear around, and pang pang pang pang, the soldiers’ heads exploded, and fountains of blood shot into the air.

Trenda spun around under the fountains of blood, opened his mouth, and drank the blood.

Kkulgeok kkulgeok

“Delicious! Why didn’t I know about this sooner?”

I woke up Matthias and Hantes to show them Trenda’s corrupted form.

I persuaded the two, who had lost all hope, with wicked words and turned them into Tentacle Heroes.

I also healed Matthias’s arm and Hantes’s hand.

Matthias and Hantes knelt before me and swore their allegiance.

“My lord! I will become your spear!”

“Hey! Matthias! My sword comes first! I also swear my allegiance!”

I returned the Spear Portia and the Sword Diareshte to them and said, “Go and deal with those humans who are rebelling against me.”

The two replied to me, “Understood!”

“Kihyaa~ This is going to be fun!”

Matthias nudged Hantes’s shoulder and said, “Hey! Looks like I get to fight alongside you again.”

“I’m going to be the most outstanding Tentacle Hero.”

“Is this a competition even here? Let’s enjoy it.”

“Okay! Let’s go kill some humans, friend!”

The two excitedly ran towards the castle.

Trenda waved at his son and praised him.

“Son~! You made a good choice!”

“Mom! I love you! Thank you for giving me this great opportunity~~!”

Matthias made a heart with both hands and sent it to his mother.

Trenda’s face seemed pleased that his son had become a Tentacle Hero serving a great god.

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Today, all 252,000 humans in the Trenda Marquisate were either killed or transformed into Tentacle Elite Soldiers, creating 60,000 Tentacle Elite Soldiers.

And 168,000 Demon slaves regained their freedom.

Most of the power and strong individuals in the southern granary region were dead, leaving only small fry.

I gave Trenda, Matthias, and Hantes Tentacle Elite Soldiers and Demon soldiers and tasked them with completely conquering the remaining granary region, and they carried out the mission admirably.

There were almost 0 humans left in the southern granary region.

My forces became 117,000 Tentacle Elite Soldiers and 308,000 Demons.

I had obtained the southern granary region, solving the food problem for my subordinates and greatly damaging the Gail Kingdom’s food situation.

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Afterward, I discussed administrative matters with the Tentacle Heroes.

Now that we had a vast territory and population, we needed to establish, organize, and operate a country.

Like the Elia Holy Kingdom, I established the ‘Kyle Holy Kingdom’ in this territory, where I am worshipped as a god.

I employed the Demons in primary industries such as agriculture, livestock farming, and fishing; secondary industries such as blacksmithing, manufacturing, and repair; and tertiary industries such as restaurants, wholesale, and retail.

I created the constitution and laws of the Kyle Holy Kingdom.

According to the constitution of the Kyle Holy Kingdom, all land and wealth in the continent belong to the God Kyle, and the Holy Kingdom only lends these out.

The citizens of the Holy Kingdom have the right to freely use the lent wealth, except for blasphemy, and this right can be bought and sold.

The ranks of the Kyle Holy Kingdom are as follows:

God – Kyle.

Holy Mother – God’s lover (ex. Lucy, Melissa).

Archbishop – Tentacle Hero (ex. Edgar, Winston, Trenda, Matthias).

Saintess – Women who serve Kyle.

Harvester – Demon Holy Knights of the Kyle Holy Kingdom, whose representative weapon is the scythe.

Apostle – Citizens of the Kyle Holy Kingdom, Demons, Tentacle Elite Soldiers.

I, Kyle, am the owner and god of the Holy Kingdom.

Lucy-nuna and Melissa, as my lovers, became the Holy Mothers.

I bestowed the position of Archbishop upon the Tentacle Heroes.

Edgar said that he needed talented individuals in the administrative field.

I selected 100 Demons who were somewhat strong, intelligent, and knowledgeable about administration, turned them into Tentacle Heroes, gave them the position of Archbishop, and tasked them with organizing the administrative department.

They would recruit civil servants on their own to organize the initial administrative department, and later, when I conquered North Gail, they would be assigned to manage each city.

I gave the women who willingly served me the position of Saintess and provided them with high salaries and good houses.

However, these women wanted to be with me even though they had their own homes.

Below them, as the antithesis of the Holy Knights of the Elia Holy Kingdom, I created Harvesters from among the Demons who had deep faith.

The Harvesters wore chain mail and used a giant scythe as their representative weapon.

The meaning of Harvester is to harvest the heads of enemies.

All citizens of the Kyle Holy Kingdom became my Apostles.

Suddenly, there were too many empty houses, so we distributed the houses considering rank, war merits, and family size.

The size and quality of the houses decreased in the order of me, Holy Mother, Archbishop, Saintess, Harvester, soldier, and general Apostle.

Tentacle Elite Soldiers also have egos and want to have houses, so we gave houses to both Demons and Tentacle Elite Soldiers.

Those who wanted to have slightly better houses were given them on an installment plan with an annual interest rate of 1%, and they would repay it by paying more taxes later.

The basic tax rate is 10%, and a progressive tax system was chosen, where the tax rate increases above a certain annual income.

The Archbishops in charge will organize economic department civil servants to carry out this task.

Humans had completely disappeared, leaving behind empty shops and farmland.

The Archbishops in charge of employment built job centers everywhere and introduced Demons to their desired jobs.

I adopted the gold, silver, and copper coin system used in the Gail Kingdom as is to prevent confusion from currency fluctuations.

I collected all the wealth of the humans and paid salaries and bonuses to the Demons who participated in the war.

Subsidies were also given to those with many children.

The Archbishop in charge of the bank gathered bankers and created the Kyle Holy Kingdom Bank, lending money to Demons who needed it at low interest rates.

I also established a regional system.

I named the former Minji Barony, where I was first revered as a god, ‘Minji Holy Land’ in honor of God’s pet dog, Minji.

Minji Holy Land is in the optimal location for interacting with the other races of the Bohak Forest, and city construction is currently underway.

The former Trenda Marquisate was named ‘Trenda City’ and was managed by Trenda Archbishop and Matthias Archbishop.

The former Hantes County was named ‘Hantes City’ and was managed by Hantes Archbishop.

Below them, the civil servants they recruited managed the administration and surrounding villages.

I entrusted 17,000 Tentacle Elite Soldiers to several Archbishops and Harvesters and tasked them with conquering the Midwin County across the Seren River.

The Midwin County had 66,000 humans, 44,000 Demon slaves, and 6,000 soldiers.

We were able to take Midwin County before Margrave Yuzla crossed over to Liming Lake.

Here, we created 16,000 Tentacle Elite Soldiers and liberated 43,000 Demons.

Midwin County was named ‘Midwin City,’ and an Archbishop was sent to manage it.

Midwin City was also a food warehouse with developed agriculture, livestock farming, and fishing.

My Maya temples were built in each city, with my statue at the top of the temple.

All citizens of the Kyle Holy Kingdom worshiped at my temple.

The Kyle Holy Kingdom quickly established the foundation of the nation because all citizens revered and followed me as God.

Since the Elia Holy Kingdom uses the cross as a sacred symbol, I also created a symbol.

My sacred symbol is a circle with three bars extending from below the eye at 30 degrees, 0 degrees, and -30 degrees relative to the vertical line.

The name is ‘Omniscient Eye,’ and it signifies Tentacles and an eye that sees everything.

On the streets of the Kyle Holy Kingdom, many Demons and Tentacle Elite Soldiers wore necklaces with Omniscient Eye carvings.

To some extent, the foundation of the nation began to take shape.

As the Archbishops and civil servants worked through the night and the soldiers maintained public order, the Demons and Tentacles happily engaged in their occupations and lived their lives.

The Demons operated the wheat fields, grain fields, vegetable fields, orchards, chicken farms, livestock farms, and fishing farms that humans used to operate, and food products appeared in the markets of each city and town. The restaurant owners bought these products and provided food, creating a tertiary service industry.

Now Edgar proposed to me, “Your Majesty. We lack mineral resources. We also need to develop Minji Holy Land, but construction is delayed due to a shortage of iron ore. We must obtain the mining area of Marquis Sains above us.”

There were more things needed to run a country than I thought.

To obtain everything needed to run the country, we had to trade, but since we couldn’t trade with humans, we had no choice but to take it through war.

I hadn’t even thought about luxury goods yet.

I led the army to the northern border where Winston was.

My army consisted of me, Archbishops, Harvesters, and 100,000 Tentacle Elite Soldiers.

Now that food was coming up from the south, there were no food problems.

My informant, Jegal, who I had sent north, brought information that he was leading an army south and that other lords were sending reinforcements to Jegal.

Now, the Kyle Holy Kingdom had to wage war against Jegal’s North Gail army + Brunshaire City army + Marquis Sains’ army + Margrave Claris’ army.

Unlike the enemies I had fought so far, those coming down from above knew everything about the Infected, Tentacle Heroes, Tentacle Elite Soldiers, and Demon soldiers.

It would be a difficult battle, but we had plenty of food, and they didn’t, so we had a slight advantage.

If I win this battle, the Kyle Holy Kingdom will obtain the mining area above South Gail and develop even faster, and North Gail will lose tremendous power, and riots may break out throughout the country due to the shock.

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