Diu Ni Leimu could hardly believe the contents of the document in his hands. He scratched his head and rubbed his cheeks, his face full of disbelief.
"This plot is way too ridiculous..."
On the fifth day after Diu Ni Leimu took up residence in Treasure Island City, thanks to the digging done by story-focused players and the cooperation of the Royal Guard, everything that had happened on Treasure Island was compiled on paper and laid before him.
The way this chain of events had unfolded left Diu Ni Leimu dumbfounded, scarcely able to believe it.
But once he calmed down, Diu Ni Leimu had to admit that he had been lucky, and that Charles had been something of a ruthless mastermind... when it came to schemes and conspiracies.
If Charles had not died, and if the Holy Crusade Army had still been bogged down fighting the Snake-Men in the Suvano Region, then this half-crippled Minicia Kingdom would instead have become a powerful obstacle capable of continuing to fight Bagnia and the players
for a long time to come.
The reason was simple: once Charles had killed every noble in Treasure Island City who opposed him, he had completed the centralization of power.
What did centralized power mean to someone from China?
It meant efficiency, unity, and a powerful capacity for mobilization-an understanding practically etched into their cultural DNA.
Throughout history, every genuine unification and centralization of power had been accompanied by explosive growth in strength and a leap forward in civilization.
Diu Ni Leimu set down the document, his thoughts racing.
Charles's methods had been extreme, cruel, and utterly inhuman. Through his cruelty toward his own son, he had brought about a bloody massacre and a riot that nearly destroyed his capital, wiping out all the deeply entrenched local