I am the Monarch Chapter 92:

Actually Io had half given up on Tale region .
You had to deploy quite a lot of soldiers for a long time in order to subjugate the monsters .
But in the situation where they shared boundaries with Byron kingdom and Istel kingdom, it wasn’t easy to deploy soldiers in a big scale .
Just blocking them so they didn’t cross to another territory was the best they could do .

‘Even the money invested in this region was a lot . ’

Operation fees for Sollum troop, settling fees for the residents, compensation for losses, etc . made it so the money put in it was a lot .
But even so, there wasn’t anything that had changed for the better .
Pouring water in a poisonous swamp .

‘However Roan stabilized the region of Tale in only 7 months . ’

Actually, he did feel a bit strange .
How could he change this region of Tale, that didn’t show any changes even through the years of effort, in a mere 7 months?
Io didn’t know, but that was all because of Roan’s strategies and tactics .
They made the defenses of the villages to be more solid and set up a beacon system in the region and after that they moved faster than the monsters and exterminated them .
On top of this, he used the agency earnestly to find the nests of the monsters and attack it .
It was completely different to the passive and defensive Sollum troop .

“Let’s keep working hard from now on . ”

At the lightly spewing words, Roan saluted .

“Leave it to me . ”

A confident voice and expression .
And actually, Roan was indeed confident .
If people migrated and the number of residents increased, he would be able to subjugate the monsters more quickly .

‘I have to end it before the exodus starts . ’

When Poskein exodus starts, he would have to concentrate all of his strength over there .
Roan clenched his fists .

‘I can do it . ’

A feeling that all his stifling situations got solved quickly .
Then .

Deng! Deng! Deng! Jing! Jing! Jing!

The sound of drums and the jing was heard .

“What is this sound?”

Io asked back with a strange look .
And Roan lightly bowed .

“It seems like a beacon has been triggered . It means that monsters appeared . ”
“Ah…… . . ”

Io let out a low exclamation .
Roan saluted like that .

“I will prepare to march out . ”
“Ah, right . Go quickly . ”

Io lately nodded .
Roan moved away after that .
Quick movements .
Io looked at his back and put a proud expression .

‘He’s reliable . ’

He felt really secure .
Io raised his head and looked at the sky .
The sky that was black even until the afternoon, it was soon clear and bright .
A feeling that it cleared up your chest .

“The sky is really nice . ”

Io’s voice flowed with the wind .

*****

“So he’s looking for mercenaries, right?”
“Not only that . Although it’s small scaled, it seems like he’s also buying slaves . ”

The person that was talking like if he was whispering was the chandler of the Chase family, Hoose .

“Hmph!”

A displeased look .
The man that snorted was count Jonathan chase .

“He was subjugating the monsters in the region of Tale successfully?”
“Yes . According to the reports coming up every day, it seems like he has made up some remarkable accomplishments . ”
“He’s really a thorn like **** . ”

Jonathan chewed his lower lip .

Bang!

He smacked down on the table and then made a gesture to the chandler .
The chandler approached with a nervous expression .

“If we leave him be like this, he will become the main underling of that **** Io . ”

At Jonathan’s words, the chandler just nodded .

“On top of that, looking at how the situation is turning there’s a high possibility his sin gets completely pardoned . ”

Jonathan’s voice became a bit low .
A fierce light appeared in his eyes .

“It’s good to thoroughly step on a leaf that has the possibilities . ”

The chandler still kept on nodding .
Jonathan said in a whispering voice .

“Make a fake mercenary group with bright guys and send them to that **** . I will have to plant some spies . ”
“Ah…… . . ”

The chandler let out a low exclamation .
Jonathan touched his chin with one hand and put on a fishy smile .

“Make them perform great and get in his eyes . Make them obtain his trust and get important roles and become the underlings for that **** . And Roan, if that **** gets to enter below Io then…… Kuku . ”

A strange laugh came out .
Several plans got formed in his head .
The chandler looked at that look for a moment and then shook his head .

“Then, I will go to prepare as you ordered me to . ”

He moved his feet and got out of the room .
Jonathan, that got left alone, crossed his arms and put a weird smile .

‘Io . I will make the roots slowly rot . ’

His chest kept heaving up .
That was an excitement he couldn’t control .

Bang!

Jonathan smacked down on the table once again as if it was a habit .
His entire palm became numb .
And the smile in his face became even denser .

*****

The subjugation of the monsters was proceeding as planned .
Roan and Amaranth troop started to push back the monsters of the southeast as if hunting them .
Although the monsters fled from the lake to the north, they got hopelessly exterminated by the troop that were already waiting for them .
Because of that, Amaranth troop could face the monsters more easily than before .

“I can see Poskein lake . ”

Austin pointed at the front and yelled .
Roan’s mouth slightly rose .

‘We finally came up to here . ’

They still hadn’t completely secured the southern region .
However, there was a need to take over the lake a bit faster .

‘We have to move over the sailor association . ’

Roan wasn’t thinking of simply waiting the monsters until Poskein exodus occurred .

‘But rather, we will charge over to the lake . ’

Poskein lake had several islands in it, deserving of it’s huge size .
Roan was glaring at Exos island among them, located at the center of the lake .

‘I’m going to use Exos island as the port and control the whole central part . ’

If it happened just like his plans, he would be able to secure a safe port and use it as the base .

“Austin . ”
“Yes, commander . ”

At Roan’s call, Austin approached and bowed .

“We are going to set up a camp . I’m going to build a village here . ”
“Yes . Understood . ”

Austin didn’t show a weird look or asked back,  he just replied .
For him, Roan’s orders were absolute .
Soon, Austin and the centurions started to set up a camp near the lake .
Roan looked at that for a moment and then turned the head of his horse .

‘I’m entrusting this place to Austin . ’

Him and the remaining troop members had something separate to do .

‘I have to check the villages built south of the HQ . ’

Fortunately, Hans and the villagesmen all moved to the south with Roan’s offer .
But of course, it wasn’t that all the villagesmen had migrated .

‘Originally, I wanted to evacuate the remaining people outside Tale region…… . ’

But now, there was no need to .
Because thousands of people newly migrated with Io’s order .
Roan settled them on a village of the north and established a new troop with the adult men as the selected ones .
But there was absolutely no force .
If the situation turned difficult he would have to resort to force, but there was no need to do that right now .
Because he offered quite an exceptional deal, quite a lot of men volunteered to get in the troop .
Roan put on a minimum condition of checking them thoroughly through a test and that only the ones that qualified could enter the troop .
And that number was close to 1000 .
A number that was enough to create a new troop .

‘But even so, I can’t deploy them to battle . ’

Roan made up a new training ground near the HQ and trained the newcomers .
And surprisingly enough, the one in charge of the training was Glenn .

‘If it’s Glenn with the meticulous personality, I thought that he was going to be able to teach the newcomers well………’

And Roan’s judgement hit the mark .
Glenn performed more outstandingly than he thought .
It was seen as if he had talent on teaching others .

‘When the size of the troop becomes bigger than now, I will have to entrust him with the training grounds altogether . ’

Roan’s mouth rose .
The migration of people and reinforcements for his troop .
Establishments of new villages .
Everything was getting solved as his plans .

‘On top of that, I now have some leisure………’

It was thanks to Io migrating the residents and providing with funds .
In the position of Io, all the money he was pouring went all to Roan and the troop, so he didn’t have any burdens at all .

‘Now……’

Roan looked at the ground .
The bulky ground that was spread as it wanted .

‘Is it turn to set up a main road . ’

Building a road in all of Tale region was impossible .

‘I’m making a highway with the HQ as the center to all the four cardinal points . We will be able to move quicker only by connecting the villages . ’

If only that happened, even if Poskein exodus occurred he would be able to respond to it more actively .
Roan took in a deep breath .

‘I have to increase the number of alchemists and skilled people . ’

As constructions were being operated in several places, they lacked in workers .
And the more time passed, the more difficult it became .
But it wasn’t hard at all .
Rather, he felt more of happiness .

‘And end spearman ended up becoming the chief of a territory . ’

Although his rank was merely troop commander and on top of that a sinner because of committing violence against a noble, if he just blocked this exodus well he could aim for an even higher place .

‘I can do it . ’

Roan clenched his two fists .
Red light shone in his eyes .
THe sky was still clear without any clouds .
It just seemed like it was predicting Roan’s upcoming days .

*****

“One! Two! Three!”
“Hap! Hap!”

Loud noises .
Hundreds of soldiers were training in the training ground .

“Again! You are doing it again!”

The one yelling in front of them was Glenn .
His usual look of being soft and gentle had completely disappeared .
His eyes were fierce and his attitude was confident .

‘He’s a completely different person when teaching newcomers . ’

Roan, that was looking at him at the back, put a faint smile .
Roan had free time in a long while and so came to the training grounds where the newcomers were at .
They all had shields at their backs .

‘Thanks to the blacksmiths working hard, we could fit the numbers . ’

Amaranth troop was now possible to do a charge with using the shield with a small sword .
At first, everyone was awkward with it, but they quickly got accustomed to it thanks to troop training and personal training .

‘As soon as this training ends, I will dispatch the newcomers to the villages . ’

He couldn’t bring them to a real battle at the start .
Right now, even one troop member was precious .
Roan checked on the training of the newcomers for a while and then slowly moved .
As he was just looking, his body felt all itchy so he couldn’t endure it anymore .

‘Do I also have to…… . huh?’

His feet moving towards the HQ stopped .

‘Pens?’

A welcoming face .
Pens, that was at Pavor castle along with Chris, was walking from far away .
His expression was really bright .
After a while .

“Troop commander Roan . ”

Pens approached and bowed .

“Pens . Why did you come all the way here?”

There was still 10 days remaining to submit the regular report .
Pens smiled brightly and answered .

“Mister Ford has finally done it . ”

An excited voice and expression .

“He has discovered a magic stone mine in Montea mountain!”

His voice became louder .

‘Ah, he finally discovered it . ’

Roan was proud, but didn’t show it .
He nodded with a calm and composed attitude .

“Good . Mister Ford will be able to put down a bit of his burden . ”
“Yes? Is that all?”

Pens rather asked back with a surprised expression .
His usual calm expression had completely disappeared .

“It’s not steel or gold, but magic stones . Magic stones! Do you know how amazing of a discovery is this?”

Pens even had saliva coming out of his mouth and explained things earnestly .
Roan looked at that and smiled .
As he always saw his calm side and now saw a really excited look, he felt good .
Then .

“Troop commander!”

A familiar voice was heard from far away .
Keep was running from the HQ’s .
Keep was in charge of Amaranth troop’s information squad separately from the agency .
Differently from the agency that checked on the entire territory, Keep’s information squad only checked on one place .
Poskein lake .

“Pant . Pant . Pant . ”

Keep caught his breath while grabbing his knees .
Roan didn’t hurry him and just waited .

“Tr, troop commander . ”

Keep said and looked at Roan .
Roan slowly nodded meaning to speak .
Keep’s expression stiffened .

“Po, poskein lake…… . . ”

A slightly trembling voice .

“Poskein lake is boiling up . No……”

He gulped up dry saliva .

“It seems like it’s boiling . ”

Roan, that was listening to Keep’s words, slowly closed his eyes .
His eyes slightly trembled .
An expression that was kind of nervous .

‘Finally…… . . ’

Roan clenched his fists .

‘Poskein exodus is occurring . ’

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