The Ultimate Principality System
Chapter 25 - The First Battle

[Mission: Building a City stage 1]

I then get another notification from the system, and it then adds up after.

[Building \= 1 Castle | 1 Inn | 1 Restaurant | 1 Barracks | 1 Fort]

Dan, done.

"That's too much!" Oh, huh? Sure enough, this mission was too sudden and numerous.

Then, [Gift: +5,000,000 Gold]

I fainted while standing looking at this figure, it was too shocking!

"So, I need to build a fort first, huh?" And, exactly.

I just did, or rather ... Lucfier and Rokie had arranged for the construction of the sturdy wall so I wouldn't have to build it again.

But, still.

I still have to build a castle.

That's why I collect money from now on and according to my calculations.

"That's less than twenty gold."

"How about completing a mission in the guild, sir?" (Misha)

"I could've done that, but ..." Still, it will take a lot of time and effort.

I intend to finish it now on the part of the fort, as well as the construction of the castle.

Not knowing, what would attack the village if it was not equipped by a protector.

"Goddessa ... My lord, I have one interesting news for you." (Lucfier)

"Oh, what is it?" (Lein)

I saw Lucfier calling my name when I thought of everything at home.

"There's a group of bandits recently seen carrying a lot of loot, and they're not far from our base." (Lucfier)

"Wait, what?" (Lein)

"Yes, right. As you have in mind, my lord."

What, me?

What the hell am I thinking?

When that question filled my head.

"Mahaha ... We can rob them." Joking, how could I possibly be ...

"My master is great. We will do it, sir. We found that the gold that was brought in was quite a lot."

Whoa?! Whahuh? Seriously? I was just kidding about that, you know?

"But ... Where'd you get this kind of news?" (Lein)

"News from our new partner, Ellen. Looks like he found something interesting while on his way to the capital." (Lucfier)

"Well, how did that happen?"

It was simple, when I asked him that.

There's a white bird in Lucfier's hand right now.

Oh, course. It was probably thanks to the help of the animal.

"Now I expect your command, my lord. How about starting our first battle?"

"Do you intend to use those former bandit chiefs and their subordinates to fight the bandits?" Uh, why is this getting confusing enough?

Former bandits and bandits fight each other even though they used to be one job.

Ah, no, those slaves are now a part of my country, probably not fit to call it that.

"We're gonna do it! Prepare troops!"

Okay, first fight, huh? That doesn't sound too bad.

"Groan!!!"

"Bring everything they have, focus on what's golden!"

I saw, there were already about twenty of my soldiers who had come forward to raid the horse carriage troupe with the cart.

This will be a small battle.

Lucfier and I were just observing at a high enough spot and not far from the location.

Looking at the situation, it seemed that at the beginning my side could dominate, but ... When it becomes a pedestrian fight against the cavalry.

"Hmmm? What's going on?"

"It's simple, my lord. We lost the armament."

You're right, maybe I should consider buying some horses.

"I think we'll win it." (Lucfier)

"Why can you think like that?" Well, it's easy.

If Lucfier says I intervened then I would overcome the bandits easily as most were at levels twice as small as me.

"Easy, my lord. They were just exhausted and tired of having already gone through a series of battles to obtain the golden wagon."

I then found another answer from Lucfier.

He said the previous bandits most likely got paid well because they were desperate to steal gold.

And, it would make sense if these people were the target of the royal soldiers' pursuit afterwards.

"For that, my lord. What about attacking them and finishing this quickly?"

I'm starting to understand that.

Long story short, still I will be involved in the battle and this will probably be the first time I kill someone.

"What about that, buddy?" I saw someone had fallen down with a stomach that was giving off a lot of red liquid.

"Ughhhm ... I don't know who you are and where you're from, boy. But do you know what the consequences are for daring to attack my group all of a sudden?"

I then found someone with a different strength than these bandits.

He must be some kind of their chairman.

[Bandits] | [Level: 45]

"That's pretty high." Even I could see he was covered in wounds on his face, there were scratches there.

Then, look at his age. At least this guy's approaching 40.

Perhaps, this fellow was already involved in many things until his level could be that high.

But, still.

I'm now level 50, so that leaves us with a 5-point gap.

"Well, I'll tell my men not to bother me. What about dueling? I see you as the most respected person here, so I would be honored to have the opportunity to fight with someone as unusual as you."

"I have no reason to refuse that." Pretty smart plan.

This bandit leader must have thought that he had no hope of winning through a fight involving many people.

And, by challenging me like this, he knew that if I refused it it would worsen my position within the army.

So, it's just about self-esteem.

"Well, how are we gonna get started?"

I then saw the man's expression become confident then disappear from before me after he said something.

"What?" I looked around and only found people watching our fight.

But no one had such features of that person, until something suddenly shot towards me.

"You're done!"