‘What’s this about? Well, it’s good for me anyway.’

Eugene was bewildered but satisfied. His original plan had been pretty simple. Starting with the Dukedom of Viseche, he would make sure that the other territories and countries would become indebted to him. Afterward, he would hint at the fact that Crown Prince Voltaire was behind the monster uprisings, then use them as shields to keep the Roman Empire in check.

But what was this? Eugene had never expected that one of his potential shields actually had the same thought as him. Moreover, they even went a step further and were thinking of an alliance!

“D-do you really think that something like that is possible? If His Majesty the Emperor finds out about this—N-no, in the first place, I also inherited the golden blood of the Roman Empire, so how could I…” Prince Localope muttered with a pale expression.

The Roman Empire was strong; it was known as the strongest nation after all. However, if the countries Duke Viseche had mentioned came together to form a coalition, even the Roman Empire could not ignore them. And if all the countries happened to wage a war against the empire at the same time, the empire would be stuck trying to deal with so many fronts. Even if they possessed tens of thousands of troops, the power of numbers could only truly be expressed when they were gathered together. If the soldiers had to be redirected to many different borders, it was inevitable for there to be an increase...