I Inherited a Beautiful Wife and a Territory - Chapter 98

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Inheriting a Beautiful Wife and Estate Episode 098

98. Landing Operation

Becoming the head of the Elimis Family and the Platice Family.

And inheriting the title of Count.

This required approval from the homeland.

‘Though it wouldn’t be impossible to ignore if we wanted to.’

Considering the characteristics of the Yusta Peninsula, they could ignore it. The homeland was currently at war anyway.

They had no capacity to pay attention to the Yusta Peninsula. So if they decided among themselves, they could just notify the homeland and be done with it.

But for now, Cliff didn’t do that. Then he would have to become a Count, and to become a Count, he needed achievements.

‘Otherwise, we suffered so much damage in this war, but everything would end with just losses and nothing gained.’

So he made his decision.

From then on, he spent money to increase the number of ships. He secured newly built ships, captured ships, as well as additional vessels.

Finally, 100 men from the Count’s army.

Also, 200 men from the allied forces of the Elimis Family, Renheim, and Berkheim Family.

300 men were prepared.

“The numbers are too few. If the soldiers find out we’re going to the Kingdom of Alpeo with this army, there will surely be unrest among them.”

Someone expressed concern to Cliff.

It was Keren. He had also joined this expedition. And he was quite surprised when he saw Cliff’s fleet.

‘But even so, what change can a mere 300 men bring to the battlefield?’

But the numbers were too small.

Count Platice led over a thousand troops and still couldn’t achieve military merit. Of course, that was a crushing defeat because nearly half of them betrayed at the time, but even accounting for that, it was still much more than 300 men.

However, Cliff was optimistic.

“It’s fine, it’s fine.”

What exactly was supposed to be fine?

“Anyway, even the southern coastal forces have all moved north to stop the homeland’s army, right? And if things get difficult, we can just board ships and escape back to sea.”

“My lord. Alpeo’s navy has more ships than us.”

Cliff grinned when he heard that.

And he turned his head to look at Elbarun.

“Captain.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Can you defeat Alpeo’s navy?”

His eyes held strong trust.

Elbarun’s eyes lit up when he received that question.

“Just leave it to me. I’ll make them all sink to the bottom of the sea.”

“Yeah. I’m counting on you.”

Among the forces here, Elbarun was the most reliable. Of course, he had his limits too.

‘He said his mana was insufficient.’

Endairon, who showed absolute power on the sea.

But Elbarun’s mana was insufficient to invoke Endairon’s authority.

However, he now had something to rely on for this as well.

【Path to Great Lord】

Content: The owner of Count Platice’s territory has died, and his people are on the verge of falling into chaos.

Be recognized as their new lord and stabilize the hearts of the people.

Conditions

-Assume position as Count Platice

Rewards

-Lord Level increased by 5

-Territory Level increased by 5

The Quest was completed the moment he announced the news to the domain residents.

‘It really shot up all at once.’

[Name: Cliff Elimis]

[Level: 19]

[Dignity: 15]

[Elegance: 10]

[Virtue: 10]

Cliff’s stats.

Finally, his Elegance stat exceeded 10. But more important than this was that his Dignity stat exceeded 15 through the remaining points.

And the effect this created.

[Domain Declaration]

-This is where I rule and dominate.

-Use mana to exert influence over space centered on the lord.

-Intimidation (Dignity 10 or higher): Impose psychological pressure on specific targets or groups within the domain

-Territory (Dignity 15 or higher): Territory skill effects occur within the domain

-?? (Dignity 20 or higher)

-?? (Dignity 30 or higher)

-?? (Dignity 50 or higher)

-?? (Dignity 70 or higher)

-?? (Dignity 100 or higher)

Another effect was added to his Domain Declaration ability.

From this point, something came to mind.

‘That!’

That skill that could supplement their insufficient mana.

-Mana Spring (Lv. 0): Increased mana recovery speed within the territory

Previously, he thought it was ambiguous because it couldn’t distinguish between friend and foe. But from now on, it seemed it would be different.

So he raised it.

Mana Spring (Lv. Max)

When used together with his Domain Declaration, Elbarun’s abilities increased even more.

That wasn’t all.

A new skill created when the ‘Mana Spring’ skill level reached Max.

-Mana Fatigue (Lv. Max): Decreased mana recovery speed for those who harbor hostility toward the lord within the territory

-Mana’s Blessing (Lv. 2): Reduced mana consumption speed within the territory

Cliff grinned and used his skill.

‘Domain Declaration.’

The skill’s effect was now clearly felt.

Even while using the skill, he couldn’t feel any mana consumption. At this level, he could maintain the skill constantly.

‘Good.’

Even a narrow domain was sufficient. His domain covered the Maroon Serpent Ship.

“My friend.”

When Elbarun called, an intense presence soon appeared.

‘It’s definitely tremendous.’

Being within the sensitive domain, he could feel it even better.

“Guide these surrounding ships to where I desire.”

At Elbarun’s request, he could clearly feel the ship accelerating.

There was no need to row harder than usual. It was movement faster than any ‘full speed’ possible with human power.

‘Wow.’

It felt like a motor was attached.

He had experienced this before. Elbarun had previously made it possible to sail faster in this way.

However, this was actually a burden for him too.

That’s why Elbarun felt something strange.

‘Strange. The mana consumption isn’t as great as I thought. No, it’s not just that level.’

The mana consumed was reduced, and instead the amount of mana recovered was definitely greater than before.

Elbarun initially felt puzzled. But the moment he met Cliff’s eyes, he thought it might not be a coincidence.

‘Could it be…’

What had the lord done?

But even thinking that, he couldn’t understand it. And thanks to the faster voyage, they arrived early at the waters of the Kingdom of Alpeo.

“It’s Alpeo’s navy.”

When they saw them, Keren was extremely tense.

But Elbarun was overflowing with confidence instead.

“My friend! Embrace those who show hostility toward me into your arms!”

Endairon rose from within the sea.

And from this moment, it was quite a spectacle. Soon a massive tsunami was created and flew toward the Kingdom of Alpeo’s fleet.

“Aaahhh!”

“Oh God…”

None of the navy could resist the tsunami caused by Endairon. They wanted to flee but even that was difficult.

The tsunami swallowed their ships faster than their ships could move.

Crash.

The tsunami didn’t stop at just swallowing the ships.

The enraged tsunami struck the coasts of the Kingdom of Alpeo directly.

“Aaahhh!”

“Kyaah!”

“Run away!”

All the people were swept away.

All the buildings collapsed too.

Keren and others who were seeing Elbarun’s might for the first time were horrified.

‘What kind of nonsense is this…’

‘I heard something about him being a high-level spirit mage… Is the power of a high-level spirit mage this tremendous?’

This was a misunderstanding.

Even high-level spirit mages would find it difficult to display such absurd might.

“Huff. Huff.”

Even now Elbarun was catching his breath while breaking out in cold sweat.

Endairon had already hidden his form. All of his mana had been exhausted in just this one attack.

It was great magic made possible thanks to this being the sea, Endairon’s domain, and the mana recovery provided by Cliff’s skill.

“Wow.”

Cliff also opened his mouth in admiration.

He was aware that his spirit magic would shine even brighter with the help of his skill. But he didn’t know it would be to this extent.

‘At this level, it wouldn’t be wrong to compare him to a 7th or 8th circle mage.’

It was a display of might that made him feel that at sea, there was definitely no match for him.

“Land.”

There was no resistance.

There were some who barely survived even in that tsunami, but all such people looked at Cliff’s party while trembling.

Naturally, the morale of the soldiers who had become conquerors rose.

Keren watched this and made a dejected expression.

“…I was wrong. Your lordship was right.”

An expedition.

Moreover, it was an expedition conducted under their overwhelming disadvantage. Keren thought the soldiers’ morale would break if they learned the truth. But that wasn’t the case.

‘It’s not just because we won this time.’

It was just strange.

When they first spread the word to the soldiers that they were going to the Kingdom of Alpeo, not a single soldier was shaken.

To be precise, a small number who joined as allied forces did waver.

‘But excluding the forces from Renheim and Berkheim, the soldiers of our Viscount’s House and Elimis actually had their morale raised.’

Amazing.

It was a reaction different from Keren’s common sense.

He glanced at Cliff. Cliff was reacting as if this was natural.

And indeed it was.

-Morale Maintenance (Lv. Max)

-Fighting Spirit (Lv. Max)

-Guardian Will (Lv. Max)

He had maxed out all three of these skills to participate in the war.

However, Keren didn’t know these circumstances.

‘At that time, his lordship had confidence and also trusted us.’

Keren was ashamed.

As a knight, he had failed to trust his lord.

And because he didn’t trust themselves, he had instead spoken weak words to Cliff.

‘As a knight, even if it was difficult, I should have shown courage.’

The embarrassment of failing to do so.

Such emotions and reflection filled Keren’s heart. And this became reverence toward Cliff.

“My lord. We’ve finished landing.”

“It’s become quite a wasteland though…”

Cliff looked around.

“Still, see if there’s anything salvageable and rescue anyone who can be rescued. Gather the survivors and have them conduct rescue operations too.”

If left like this, an epidemic would occur in this area.

Countless drowning victims’ corpses had appeared. All those corpses needed to be either buried or cremated.

‘Everything’s soaked with water so cremation would be difficult… Ah, there’s that method.’

Cliff turned his head and this time looked at Leticia.

“Could you dry this place?”

“Yes. Undain.”

This time the spirit Leticia summoned flew around the land where they had landed.

Meanwhile, Leticia spoke quietly.

“But this is strange.”

“What is?”

“Something… It seems like mana consumption is less than usual. It also seems like the recovery speed has increased…”

She furrowed her fine brow and spoke what was on her mind.

Cliff smiled.

“Then that’s good.”

“That’s… true, but.”

Leticia, who had been glancing at Cliff sideways, quietly swallowed the words in her heart.

‘It feels like recovery works well only when I’m near you, my lord.’

Would others tease her if she said this?

Thus the landing operation that seemed impossible had succeeded.

There were those who stared at Cliff with wavering pupils.

‘I never thought the Elimis Family’s power would be to this extent.’

‘I must never make an enemy of that person.’

However, not everything was over yet.

‘I wonder which we’ll encounter first – the homeland army or the Alpeo Kingdom Army?’

Probably the Kingdom of Alpeo would receive information first.

Then they might have to experience an offensive from the Kingdom of Alpeo.

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