Isekai Kenkokuki - Ch. 78

[MangaDex]

 

[blablablub]

Almus sure is a shrewd one, if he needs to be.

 

[Kaarme]

Almus sure is a shrewd one, if he needs to be.

Ard's madness did help him against Merlin's plots. If Merlin's plan to subjucate Rosice largely depended on Domorgar attacking Rosice first and then the southern kingdom following suit, with the Exus tribes not coming to Rosice's aid, then all of that is now a wasted effort. Of course Rozel not acting directly does depend on the success of those unknown Galia people. Technically Rozel might be able to spare people to help Ard, but who would want to help a madman?

 

[Wolvenworks]

Huh…that’s one hell of a delayed upload

 

[UncleKaos]

i thought this was closed and axed forever.
good to see it in spite of how slow the manga is.

 

[BanzaiYuri]

Ard's just comically evil to the point of it not even being exciting. All the other antagonists atleast seemed somewhat grounded...

 

[oceanking]

Ard's just comically evil to the point of it not even being exciting. All the other antagonists atleast seemed somewhat grounded...

sadly I have met people like him before so he doesn't feel comically evil to me.

 

[SpicyBeans]

Ard's madness did help him against Merlin's plots. If Merlin's plan to subjucate Rosice largely depended on Domorgar attacking Rosice first and then the southern kingdom following suit, with the Exus tribes not coming to Rosice's aid, then all of that is now a wasted effort. Of course Rozel not acting directly does depend on the success of those unknown Galia people. Technically Rozel might be able to spare people to help Ard, but who would want to help a madman?

Especially if word gets out that Ard became king though underhanded means. It would cause Rozel's nobles and underlings to question and doubt him, at least behind his back and possibly have to deal with internal backlash in his kingdom because of it.

 

[chrno_12]

Thank you for the translation! I had already read these chapters on your site. So I was happy thinking that new chapters had been released, but they hadn’t…

 

[CheesiBoye]

Its kinda interesting to see merlin as an orchestrator for colonization. Taking in how the british empire developed and how its foundation was loosely based on the Once and Future King epic, it never occurred to me that merlin would have been the orchestrator for imperial/colonial expansionist britain (given the foresight and omnescience the character had in the poem/book).

 

[SunSun]

Ard's just comically evil to the point of it not even being exciting. All the other antagonists atleast seemed somewhat grounded...

With what's been implied in the Epstein files, I'm fine with comically evil.

 

[Digidestined701]

It's been so long I forget, have people like the spider woman been established? I feel like she's supposed to be some sort of non-human, but I don't think those have been properly established

 

[Justking14]

It's been so long I forget, have people like the spider woman been established? I feel like she's supposed to be some sort of non-human, but I don't think those have been properly established

Glad it’s not just me. I’ve got legitimately no idea who she is or if she’s considered normal in this world or why she’s listening to the idiot Prince

 

[TestAddress]

In the end, this is just loli H to normal H.

 

[Lightbrand]

Is Alice a Rozel spy?

 

[Miserys_End]

With what's been implied in the Epstein files, I'm fine with comically evil.

Considering the typical tropes of current comics, manwa, manga, and the novels on which they are based, Epstein is just a slightly more amoral villian...

Cartoonishly evil villians OTOH still seem to be rather tame and much less amoral asshats. Then again it's been a bit since watching what would be the current cartoons.

 

[Grevados]

Glad it’s not just me. I’ve got legitimately no idea who she is or if she’s considered normal in this world or why she’s listening to the idiot Prince

It looks like she's wearing a slave collar, so she might not have any choice about whether to obey him or not.

 

[BlackAeronaut]

Huh…that’s one hell of a delayed upload

IIRC, LHT isn't actively uploading here anymore. The stuff that gets uploaded is being done by someone else with their tacit okay.

But if someone knows otherwise, I won't complain about being corrected in that matter.

 

[Wolvenworks]

IIRC, LHT isn't actively uploading here anymore. The stuff that gets uploaded is being done by someone else with their tacit okay.

But if someone knows otherwise, I won't complain about being corrected in that matter.

No i know that that is indeed the case. I’m just amused that somehow the uploaders managed to (i assume) forgot to upload this ch bundle for 8-9 months.

 

[BlackAeronaut]

Ard's madness did help him against Merlin's plots. If Merlin's plan to subjucate Rosice largely depended on Domorgar attacking Rosice first and then the southern kingdom following suit, with the Exus tribes not coming to Rosice's aid, then all of that is now a wasted effort. Of course Rozel not acting directly does depend on the success of those unknown Galia people. Technically Rozel might be able to spare people to help Ard, but who would want to help a madman?

There's nothing quite like a mad man with actual power to upset the game board.

Let's just be thankful that this lunatic doesn't have anything like thermobaric weapons. Those are doable in this time period - use a trebuchet to launch a sack of flour, rigged to open at just the right time, and then chuck a fire arrow in there.

Especially if word gets out that Ard became king though underhanded means. It would cause Rozel's nobles and underlings to question and doubt him, at least behind his back and possibly have to deal with internal backlash in his kingdom because of it.

I get the sneaking suspicion that they do know. Spider girl's assassination of Paks was only subtle in the sense that she was never even seen. It'll be obvious that someone killed him. At which point, people will only need to ask themselves, "Who benefits the most?"

And with Carlo still being the most legally viable candidate...

Ard is screwed. His big mistake is that he should have gone after Carlo first and foremost. His death would have been the easiest one of all to write off, what with being practically exiled to the harshest wilderness of their nation.

He still would have had to act quickly, but once he had word that Carlo was dead, that would be the exact moment to have Paks assassinated. Any sooner risks having his plan fall through if Carlo survived, and any later risks Paks being alerted to Carlo's death.

But instead, he tried to take both out at the same time, not realizing that no plan of action survives first contact with the enemy. In this case, Carlo's people were competent and were able to alert him to the surprise attack with enough time for him to get to safety.

It will not surprise me if the people formerly in Paks's faction are waiting for the perfect moment to turn their swords against Ard.

I just hope that we see the next chapters sooner rather than another months long wait.

(Ironic that it was nine months from the previous update to seeing Almus's children born.)