Only the Villainous Lord Wields the Power to Level Up: Volume 4 [Parts 1 to 7] by Waruiotoko

Author:Waruiotoko
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 3: Together With the People

Irritating as it was, if I was going to defeat Luaranz without using manpower, then I had to take my time. Ultimately, the fastest way to take down a puppet regime was to bring the populace’s discontent to the point of bursting. It was even easier when you had a justification for it, which, conveniently, I did: the existence of a queen who could claim to be carrying on the will of the late King Luaranz.

Lushak was running wild, just as I’d hoped he would. The guy was the absolute worst kind of human being. In less than two weeks, he’d already started oppressing the people who lived around the capital. Dozens of nearby villages disappeared, one after another.

Puppet regimes had an inherently weak claim to legitimacy, and the only counter to that was a high popular opinion. A state that turned its back on public sentiment couldn’t hope to continue functioning properly.

In the game, if Opinion dropped below 10, there would be rioting, and rebellion would break out. So if I could lower Opinion to that point, then in this world, which could be viewed as an extension of the game, a revolution was guaranteed to occur.

If I could manipulate the sporadic rebellions, then it was more than possible I would be able to drive out Lushak and create a vacuum of power. Then I could take advantage of the public sentiment created by that anger in order to gather the people and bring them back to Eintorian, killing two birds with one stone. This was also a chance for me to boost Eintorian’s population, which currently sat at one million fifty thousand.

Ryhein was fairly spacious, so there was still plenty of room for more. The larger the population, the higher the cost, but it meant I could raise even more troops. Manpower was going to be indispensable for Eintorian going forward. Absolute monsters abounded in Naruya. I couldn’t rely on using points forever, so I needed troops that could fight them on even footing.

Since my plan is to get the Luaranzine people to move to Brijit, no matter how things play out this place is going to be a battlefield. With the justification of overthrowing the puppet regime, I’ll explain the grim realities of war, and persuade people that I can guarantee them a stable life.

It’s all pretty self-serving, but hey, what choice do I have? I need Opinion and Population. This is all part of clearing the game, which is the only way I can protect my own life. Frankly, my own survival comes first and foremost. I’m not from this world, and I don’t have justice on my side, or any kind of real justification—only the will to beat the game.

Regardless, it should be simple to manipulate public sentiment so that a rebellion breaks out.

Originally, the royal capital of Luaranz had an Opinion score of 70, meaning that it was fairly stable. Thanks to their mediocre king, there wasn’t much going on aside from infighting between the nobles, so the number had hovered at 70 without intervention.

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