‘This could be an opportunity.’

Duke Arangis’ eyes flashed with a glimmer.

As the Nameless Necromancer said, if Duke Pendragon lost his strange ability, there was an opportunity for the Arangis Duchy as well. Duke Pendragon was currently the most famous and influential man in the empire. If he died, great confusion was inevitable.

The territories deeply related to him would be agitated, and the entirety of the South, which was trying to regain stability, would be thrown into chaos. Of course, the man named Elkin Isla had risen to the throne as the Knight King of Valvas and emerged as the two pillars of the South along with El Pasa, but with the Arangis Duchy’s power, Duke Arangis was confident that he could turn it into a three-way within a few years.

‘But…’

After glimmering for a moment, his eyes sank down once more. After he surrendered to Ian, he would have to go to the imperial castle and kneel before the emperor. Arigo, his successor, would have to stay out of the imperial castle’s sight for a long time.

A duchy without a successor could not develop properly.

In addition, most of his vassal territories would fall into the hands of the emperor, and the lords of the lands would swear loyalty to the emperor, or perhaps the prince. It was entirely possible that a commander of the imperial army would be situated...