Chapter 40: Chapter 26: Timber Substitute

TL: A_Passing_Wanderer

ED: Chrissy

Summer of the third year in the Imperial Calendar.

This was when the Wakantanga Empire finally closed the curtains on its military expeditions.

How come, you ask?

'I mean, what's the point of going on expeditions when there are no more tribes left to bring to the fold?'

Indeed, there weren't any notable factions or tribes left in the vicinity of the Wakantanga Empire. Either they were subjugated or killed off during their resistance, or they had run off to somewhere far away from where the empire couldn't reach them just yet.

'Man, I've turned into a complete villain, huh.'

Kim Gi-Wu chuckled hollowly at that thought.

Obviously, it was possible to send troops to travel the distance and bring all those people here. But doing so would be more bothersome than necessary. The cost of such an expedition would be too much.