After destroying the wall and visiting the Imperial State, Doomstone and I destroyed military facilities as we moved on to Enharayton, the capital of the Imperial State.

On the first morning, we lit a fire and burned division-level barracks, and in the evening robbed the military supplies. The next day, we hit and destroyed the front-line command and thoroughly smashed the corps-level troops that rushed at us.

However, the problem was that a few days after crushing them, the territories in most of the northern parts of the Imperial State could become lawless and the public order could temporarily deteriorate. I shouldn’t make things difficult for those who will be accepted as citizens of the Empire in the future. Therefore, we sold weapons that we robbed from the military supply station to some seemingly capable nobles to take care of public order instead.

Naturally, I received gold bars and jewelry and not the money of the Imperial State; that would be ruined anyway. I thought it would be nice if the nobles who received weapons rose as warlords and brought about a civil war. But since there was a risk that the warlords would turn into a resistance later, I should take action to make...