After crossing the portal, we arrived in what looked to be a barren land. I looked around and only saw dead trees, dirt and a village. "Where the hell are we?" I asked.
Right in front of us, there was a village that was currently trying to repel an invasion. A bunch of weirdly dressed humans were fighting against elderly and even women. It seems that the village doesn't even have proper men to defend themselves.
"Is this a battlefield?" I pondered.
"It looks like one." Machi nodded.
"How should we proceed?" Shizuku asked as she looked at me.
When I was going to answer her, I heard something rather unlikable. "There are a lot of hot women over there, let's kill the kid and fuck them!" One of the savages said as he pointed at me with a lecherous gaze towards my women.
"Shizuku, you wanted to know how would we proceed? Its simple. We kill them all." I told her before dashing and immediately removing the head of one them.
As I waved my hands, my strings splitted one another another. While I separated them, Machi was chocking anyone who got near her with her strings, Pakunoda was shooting anyone that entered in our way, and Shizuku was protecting Shiro.
After having fun for a little while, I saw a gigantic bastard with a club, pushing his subordinates aside. "Let me deal with him!" He said before he grabbed his club. "You are pretty strong. However, you don't stand a chance in front of the mightiest-." Before he could finish his sentence, his head fell on the ground.
"You talk to much." I was the one who severed his head.
When I looked around, I saw that the the rest of the bandits were screaming. "Run away!!!" But there was no way I would let any of them go.
I dashed and sliced anyone that I saw. 'Hmm. What is this feeling? It is wonderful. Cutting and slashing opponents is truly a beautiful thing to do. I wonder how does it feel to fight a war.' I thought as I transformed a full grown man into nothing more than sliced meat. 'Nyar, have you ever fought a war? What is it like?'
(Ahhh. War is art. There is nothing else to say about it. You will understand once you fight on a battlefield. You will know the beauty of war.) She said in an nostalgic tone of voice.
'I'm looking forward to it.' At this moment, I noticed that all of my opponents were dead.
After dealing with the rats, I turned to look at the women, elderly and children of the village. 'Now, what to do with them? I have no need for them... I guess it is time for the good ol' genocide.' I shrugged as I got ready to spill a little bit more of blood.
Suddenly, all of them dropped their weapons and knelt. "What is the meaning of this? I was expecting some resistance. This sure is anticlimatic." I scratched the back of my head, unsure at what to do.
After seeing that I had dropped my guard, an elderly man approached me." I am the Guru. The leader of this Cherokee tribe. You are the saviour of our village and I am thankful for your help." He said as he bowed.
'Ehm, Nyar. What kind of world did you dropped me in?'
(The world I've sent you is known as Madan no Ou to Vanadis.)
'Hmm. If I remember correctly, this is a medieval world with high focus on warfare, including political warfare. There is also the Vanadis, which are quite strong, and the Demons. However none of them are even close to becoming a threat to me. I am way too strong for a world like this, I'm sure that I can wipe the floor with both the Vanadis and the weak Demons from here.' I became even more confused with her judment.
(You shouldn't count on it. My crystals have been here for a long time, so this world's characters are way stronger than they are depicted in the anime. In here, a Vanadis can wipe out an army of 5,000 man, if not more depending of their abilities.)
'Your crystals can affect a world?'
(Yes. My crystals not only hold my memories but also my powers. If there are too many crystals in a world, then it means that their power will leak and transform the world in itself.)
'You are truly strong. I kinda want to fight you in your prime.' I smiled.
(Ara, ara. We can always fight in the bedroom. Onee-chan will show you her legendary techniques. Fufufufufufu.)
I ignored her and turned to the elder who was bowing. "Please help us. We know that you just saved us, but please." He implored.
'Ohhh. This seems like a quest from a game.' I joked. "What can you give me in return?"
"Loyalty." The elder replied.
"It is not enough. You don't have anything else to give me?" I asked as I looked at them just to see that the elder declined. "Tch. Then I want your lives. Everything you own will belongs to me, you will obey my commands and follow me blindly." I proposed.
The elder nodded. "We accept, please save us."
"Fine. What is your problem?"
"We are currently surrounded by 4 other tribes. Each of them are stronger than we are. In this mountains, the tribes that win take everything the other owns, they treat the population of the defeated tribe as slaves. The strong get to do anything they want with the weak." The Guru explained.
'Fufufufufu. What an interesting place. It is the perfect place for me to create my army. If I want to fight the Vanadis, I need an army. Fighting them with more than 10,000 soldiers after me sounds like a pain in the ass.'
"Which tribe is the closest one?"
"The Celts on the north, they are the close-." I interrupted the Guru.
"No, no. I don't need to hear the name, I just need their numbers." I told him.
"There should be around 150 tribesmen in the north, 50 of them are men. In the south, there should be around 300 and around 150 are men, in the east there are 100 tribesmen and 30 of them are men, and in the west, the tribe that attacked us, there should be around 180 tribesmen with 60 of them being men." The elder quickly briefed me.
'The west will be wisest choise, since they just lost at least 50 men in this attack.' I thought. "How many men can you raise to fight?"
"We only have 10 injured men, and 20 children ready to fight. We have around 100 elders and women."
"I want them to be ready in 15 minutes outside, all the 30 of them." I told him.
"If they leave, who is going to protect us?" The elder, in fear, asked.
"I will conquer the tribes in the west, if you can't survive for 2 or 3 hours alone, then you don't deserve to be my vassals in the first place." After that, I left the tent.
When I came out, my family was there, waiting for me.
"Nii, do you want to become king?" Shiro asked.
"King, huh? It sounds interesting. But I don't think I want to rule over a Kingdom, for now, I just want to experience a big battlefield." I told them. 'I want to know what it feels like to command an army of 100 thousand men. I want to figure out why my heart beats when I fight in these type of conflicts. Sure, I fought against strong opponents before, but I never fought in a war. I want to see the difference between the two.'
"It fits you. However, if you want to become a King, then we will support you." Machi said while Shiro nodded and I smiled.
"Well, who wants to have a small hunt?" I asked.
"A hunt?" Pakunoda tilted her head.
"Ohhh, right, you are our most recent member, so you didn't participate in any of our previous hunts." Machi realized.
"A hunt is a simple way of Oemitsu saying that we are going to commit a massacre. In a hunt you are allowed to do anything you desire to your opponents, as long as you kill them." Shizuku explained.
(I don't recommend starting a hunt. If you kill everyone, then you won't be able to get subordinates. How can you fight a war with 10 men?)
"Huff. Unfortunaly, we can't kill everyone." I shaked my head at their enthusiasm.
Machi nodded. "This is the wisest choise if you persue the path of a King."
"I still haven't decided if I want to be a King." I told her before I turned and saw that all of the "soldiers", if they can be called that, have assembled.
After looking at them, I choose the most capable one. "You, lead me to the headquarters of the tribe of the west."
The young one nodded before he began to lead the way. 'They are in an deplorable state. They are full of wounds, have 0 armor, no decent swords... calling this an army is a joke.' I shaked my head.
After walking in the western direction for a while, I finally sighted the western tribe. "Well let's go." I told them before I dashed and wrapped any male that I could find in strings.
The females are of no threat since they are not trained to fight. I dashed to the biggest tent and saw a young man coming out. "What the hell is going on?!" He yelled but before he could even process what was happening, his head was already flying.
I have no need for the ones who are leading the tribes. It only took me less than 5 minutes to subjugate the entire tribe... alone. My "army" was more of a guide than an actual army. I knew that I installed fear deeply into the men that I led and the men that I captured.
What I didn't know is that besides fear, there was also respect. Soldiers respect leaders who fight in the frontlines together with them. I simply looked at the entire tribe that was currently trapped. In front, there is the males and right behind, the females and children.
Since I had time, I grabbed a box and placed in on the ground, in front of them, before sitting on top of it. "You have lost pathetically. You didn't even serve me as a warm up. Now you have two choices, either you join me or your head flies. Your former village leader should serve as an example to what happens if you defy me."
"You killed my father, you son of a bitch!" A man suddenly got up.
*Bang*.
Pakunoda shot his head before he could do anything funnier.
"Is there anyone else who has the same idea? If you do, then you can get up. It makes cutting your heads more easy." I asked.
But no one else tried to make anything before they simply lowered their heads on the ground.
'What a shame. I guess that this outcome is fine too. Well, I got 25 males, 150 women and children. If more of them refuse my rule, then I would have killed them all.' I waved my hand and unwrapped my strings. "Follow me, we are going to conquer another tribe." I told them while turning to the soldier that first guided me. "Lead the way to the tribe of the south." At this moment, most of the tribesman are still processing what was going on.
'They still are in their little world. In their point of view, a random man just came and conquered their village and now he wants to go around conquering more. I must look unreal to them.'
We walked through the forest for around 4 hours, I was even thinking of killing the guide but after a while, we finally reached the tribe of the south... but we were greeted with quite a sight. There were men fucking women everywhere. This was rather disturbing, Machi and Pakunoda couldn't even hide her disgust. Shizuku was still emotionless as always, but at least, she covered Shiro's eyes.
"Leave Shiro in the forest with the army. I will just go in with Machi and Pakunoda." I told her.
Shizuku nodded." I will protect Shiro, don't worry."
"Nii, what is happening? I want to see!" Shiro protested.
"I can't show you, maybe when you grow up." I told her.
"I'm 8. I am a grown up!" She still insisted.
"You need to wait at least 10 years." I said before I left towards the camp and entering in the disgusting fuck fest this was.
A man, after seeing the women that where accompanying me, asked if they wanted to join. It was needless to say that he got his head cut off instantly. Machi wasn't really kind.
"Try to kill as least as possible." I told them before I dashed and trapped as much as I could in strings, however, the ones I found most disgusting, I simply killed them.
Since I knew that the fastest way to end this was to go to the chieftan's house and kill the ones in charge, I arrived in front of the biggest tent and entering inside it.
It looked like the village leader has noticed that something was off and got his ass out of bed, since he was currently with a weapon in hand. I sighed before I pointed my finger at him. "String Bullet." And shot a bullet made of strings on his chest, blowing a hole in his chest.
After his body fell on the ground, I cut his head off, picked it up and got out of the tent and yelled. "Your leader is dead! Lay down your weapons or you will suffer the same fate!" And sure enough most of them surrendered immediately.
Those who didn't were captured and executed in front of the others, a simple way of making an example out of those who defy me.
'In this camp there was a total of 100 men, but I ended up killing 30, so in the end, I only got 70, besides these, I also got 200 women and children. In conquering 2 tribes I got 475 tribesmen and I still have two more tribes to end this off. The sun is setting but since I don't want to fight in the dark, I might end up just destroying one more for the day. Huff. I truly love this place. I give them a choice, either they submit or die, after you kill their leader they are like headless chickens, they fear me and submit easily.' I smiled. "Let's go to the next one." And led my "army" or group of spectators, directly into the next tribe.
They already knew that what was following, was a complete massacre. While I wouldn't annihilate everyone, I would make them submit and if they refuse, then they would die. None of them tried to escape, the scenes of the ones who resisted was still fresh in their minds.
Like this, I arrived in front of the camp, thanks to my guide, that is the only thing he is useful for, guiding me. When I analyzed this tribe, I saw that they had around 40 men. 'That old man Guru was giving me wrong information. Every single tribe I invaded had different numbers from what he told me. It is to be expected, however, I will still beat him up just for fun when I get back.
After looking at the tribe, I turned to my army. "Men in front!" And ordered them.
Right after I said that, all of the men grouped up in the front.
"I will not do all the work all the time. You guys are going to conquer this tribe this time." I told them.
"Us?" One of them asked.
"Yep." I nodded. "I have no need to do it myself. You are 125, while your enemy is not even half your number. What are they scared of? Go and smash them. Plow their women and take their riches." I inspired them.
"OHHHHH!!!" Suddenly, one of them yelled as he ran like a wild beast in the direction of the tribe.
A bunch of them followed him, soon enough everyone was charging. "What an unsightly appearance, however, I will have to take this useless army and make it into a decent one at least." What ensued right after, was a complete slaughter of the east tribe.