I Become a Rogue Lord in a World Where Only I Level Up

It was death that signaled the start of the game.

In the game's setting, the kings of the nations, fearing that they would fall together in a war that would last for hundreds of years, signed a truce, resulting in about twenty years of peace.

Just as they began to get used to that peace, an ambitious young king of the Kingdom of Nalja started a war. Just like that, warfare begins again, and the sacrifice is Aintorian Erhin.

Furthermore, Aintorian Erhin is a tyrant. He is an extravagant man of drink, song and dance, and womanizing, killing innocent people without a second thought.

That's exactly why the chamberlain and the maids are so scared of my actions.

No, why, of all those many characters, I'm the one who dies right at the start of the game?

What if I die in this world?

Do you die in real life?

That's the biggest question.

Will we be able to return to our usual routine when we die?

No, really, the odds of dying would be higher. Because even in this world, you feel pain.

Then you can never treat life unnecessarily.

If it has nothing to do with death, you should not feel pain.

That's normal.

The pain you feel when you slap or pinch your cheek is real.

If it happens, you might really die.

Even more so if God intervened?

But that's if my soul has been transferred to the world of the game they created.

Huh. ......

The headache only got worse. It's really driving me crazy.

That means I have to get out of my mortality, though.

Could the system work, by any chance?

In the game world of the game in the screen the system was only available to the main character.

Of course, the NPCs did not have the system.

What if the game world became real, but only I, the player, could use the system?

Then we can expect a little more. Yes, if only the system!

The player has levels. This level system allows the protagonist to grow by leaps and bounds, something that no other character can do.

If only they had the system, they could survive!

I looked for a system in my head to quickly confirm such a guess, which would make the headache disappear a bit.

A system. A system.

Well, I'm not sure how to use it.

How would I use it if I really had one?

Normally, I would just use a gamepad, but I don't have one in my hand right now.

It's reality itself.

The system .......

You're supposed to give them a system and discuss the glory!

System!

[Ryuichi Hasegawa / Eintorian Erhin]

Age: 25 years]

[Lv.1]

[Status]

Skill]

[Item]

As I shouted that in my mind, amazingly enough, the system really appeared.

The moment I saw the system window, I felt as if I was reunited with an old friend, a feeling that almost brought tears to my eyes.

That's how happy I was.

Moreover, it looked just like the system window on the screen.

No, it was the same.

It was unmistakably the system window I knew.

I quickly moved my finger to [Status].

[Martial force: 58]

[Intelligence: ?]

[Command: ??]

[Affiliation: the Lords of Aintorian]

[Mindset in affiliation: 10]

Then my status was displayed. It's still the same.

Thanks to this, I was able to check Erhin's ability value.

Erhin's initial military strength was 58. Even though he is a tyrant, he is a lord. Coming from a high nobleman, and thanks to learning swordsmanship from his childhood, he was a better armed force than the average soldier.

The heart of the people is 10.

The people's spirit as a lord includes all the soldiers, vassals, and the people. In other words, the worst.

Famous for its vice lords. It's not surprising.

With the system, you level up. With the points given to you each time you level up, you can buy armor, items, and skills, and you can level up as you wish.

With the system, only I can raise my level and only I can become stronger and stronger.

It looks the same now as it did when I started as Aintorian Erhin.

That's the way the game is set up!

Intelligence and command are evaluated on performance. The better the strategy used in war, the more intelligence is ranked accordingly. Command is an ability value that expresses the ability to lead soldiers and vassals numerically, and the higher the value, the more obedient the soldiers and vassals will be. Even if the military strength is high, if the command to lead the soldiers is low, they are half-man.

If it were any other person, the intelligence and commanding part would appear normal.

As I recall, it was so in the game on the screen.

I opened the door of the room to confirm it.

A maid is always waiting outside the door. She's probably the lord's maid of honor.

I used the basic skill of [Information Confirmation] without hesitation.

Since I'm Lv.1, I don't have any other skills yet.

Right now, [Information Confirmation] is my only skill, but it's also a pretty useful skill.

[Gaen]

Age: 18 years]

Martial force: 5]

Intelligence: 31]

Conducting: 10]

Affiliation: maids of the Aintorian lord's castle]

The people's mindset in the affiliation: 50]

If you use Information Confirmation, the person's ability value is displayed like this.

After all, it's just like the game I used to play.

The opportunity to challenge the glory is not a royal story of a small-town protagonist rising to the top of the ladder, but rather, you are told to start with a villainous lord and use the system to conquer the game.

"Pfft. Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

So that's it.

This is just an opportunity to challenge that glory, right?　I have no idea what that glory is, though.

Gentlemen, master ......?

The maid started shaking as she watched me laughing like a madman. In the eyes of the maid, I would look like a crazy person. Even more so because he is a lord who kills people without a care in the world.

''Never mind,''

After replying in a tone of voice of the lord so as not to make him feel strangely uncomfortable, he closed the door and returned to his bedroom.

That's right. I had one more thing to check.

I immediately opened the door again. To hear what I forgot to ask.

The maid who had been wiping sweat from her forehead stiffened again when she saw me reappear.

Seeing such a reaction really makes me feel even more aware of Elhin's notoriety.

I wonder how many bad deeds are required to frighten people so much.

What day is it?

"Gee, today?

Yes,

"It's February 1!

February 1?

"Ha, yes!

"What year?

"Let's see, I've been in the Lunan Kingdom for 202 years!

I see. Thank you.

"What ......?

I left the maid with a puzzled look on her face, as if the word "thank you" was surprising, and returned to my room. As soon as I closed the door of the room, I sat down on the floor.

I couldn't keep my mouth open when I heard the date.

February 1, 202 years in the kingdom, you say?

Then it's just tomorrow!

The attack of the Narya Royal Army will trample the Aintorian lands and behead the lords just tomorrow!

There was no time to prepare for the war.

Trying to calm the notoriety of the lords, raise the soldiers, raise the level. You're worried about surviving with such a high survival rate, and now it's tomorrow?

Not really lucky!　This sucks!　Shit!　Shit!

If this happens, how do I survive ......?

The only way to enjoy the attack and enjoy the glory of it is to survive, right? That is, if we have no choice but to give in to God's wiles.

We'll find a way.

The game was popular for allowing players to test their own strategies in war.

It was a solo-player game rather than a multiplayer game where you played with other players in real time, but it was also a game where each player was ranked according to the points they generated while progressing through the game.

That's right, even in the arcade, a ranking is created based on points.

Anyway, the first place in such a game was just me.

So we have to come up with a strategy worthy of first place!

You have to figure out how to survive.

Because the most important thing before having fun is not to die.

So, how shall we plan our strategy?

I returned my gaze to the map I had unfolded.

All I had to say about the beginning of the war in which Aintorian Erhin would die was a few lines of synopsis that had come up while I was playing the game.

I know that Narya's Royal Army started the war and Elhin was beheaded, but I don't know the detailed story about the war at all.

I know it's from the original protagonist's perspective, not Erhin's.

Besides, if Erhin actually survives, the story will change completely, so what I know now should be meaningless.

Still, knowing a few lines of synopsis is a great privilege in itself.

If I know the enemy, I can plan for it.

Let's remember the synopsis.

I racked my memory to recall the synopsis that had appeared at the start of the game.

According to my memory, as I recall, the Narja Kingdom Army attacked the Lunan Kingdom from two directions.

In effect, the real main force would emerge from the north of the Lunan Kingdom.

Aintorian is the western border of the Lunan Kingdom.

In other words, this place was a decoy.

The Narya Kingdom would first send a spearhead force to Aintorian territory. Then, the main force will invade the northern border while the Aintorian territory is invaded and gathering ears to the west.

This was the method used because the northern border was quite close to the capital of the Lunan Kingdom.

In fact, the Lunan Kingdom has been hit by this strategy.

When the Aintorian region fell to the enemy without any particular response, the bewildered Lunan Kingdom hurriedly prepared for war and concentrated its forces in the surrounding territories to the west. Unaware that the real main force, which was moving completely out of the shadows, emerged in the north.

The Naluyah Kingdom also showed how terrible the spy technology of the Lunan Kingdom was and how good the strategy of the Naluyah Kingdom was in covertly sending its main force to the north.

The fact that they were able to move so many of their main forces to the north completely unnoticed.

These differences were made because not only Erhin, but also the king of Lunan was a tyrannical and corrupt king.

So, as a result, there is a way to survive here.

This means that the real war will happen in the north, so if we can only fight off this decoy force trying to get an earful, we will have time to catch our breath. Yes, time to raise the bar and prepare for battle.

If we survive tomorrow's war, our future is open.

That much was certain.