World Customize Creator - Vol. 7 Ch. 66

[Wolvenworks]

@Liquidxlax but his attitude when taking the whistles suggest more that he's so consumed in jealousy/nobility that he's not paying attention/doesn't care about what yuusuke said. so dude prolly thought that yuusuke was exaggerating about how dangerous the monsters were

 

[WillLi]

@theShear the problem though is the King and princess -do- believe his accomplishments, so does the general army. They can swing all the rumors they want, but once they start accusing him of something bad that could actually start in fighting, the king will likely shut them up. Don't forget the legend about the darkgod ruining everything. The king isn't going to want any direct hostility pointed at him form his nation. So them spreading a lie like "The flutes never worked in the first place" when they just won a war because of that, the king wont allow that for long. Especially when the princess will nag him. There is also him just leaving like you pointed out. So the king is only going to let them go so far.

 

[Misticsan]

@WillLi
That's true, but the king isn't omnipotent either. As commented here, he has to rely on the established factions, which have their people all over the court and other government positions. Even if they lack the power to depose the king or start a civil war, they can create a climate of animosity and obstruct the governance of the kingdom. A good low-key example was their meddling in Yuusuke's mansion affairs. It was neither traitorous nor criminal, but it was annoying. It's difficut to manage an organization when half your people are boycotting you.

Of course, in the end the king may be just that powerful, and these nobles' petty grievances will be easily put aside. I mean, in this very chapter they're discussing abandoning the Four Gods belief, that is, the dominant religion in the setting, as if it was a matter of political will and opportunity, instead of an issue that has the potential to spark unrest, persecution, civil wars and regicides. Compared to that, a noble faction bitching about the king's new favorite should be inconsequential.

 

[zenyo]

Yep, they will say that he gave defective flutes to their "hero" squad to get rid of them...
And of course there will be testimonies of the fact that the flutes didn't work.

 

[alpalin]

Am i the only one who read this and half of the time don't know who is who or don't understand whats going on because there is too much talk and every chapters not that frequent.
I mean i would read this from beginning but its not interesting enough too read all 60+ chapters which i will forget again...

 

[rockoford]

Arrogant bastards, I was kind of hoping that the new squad would actually give him some trouble, but maybe they still will.
My guess is the nobles are going to frame him for their failure by saying the flutes were sabotaged

@alpalin
Yeah there is allot of text and honestly allot of it isnt necessary
I find my self unconsciously skimming over certain sections and yet I still get the over all story

 

[WillLi]

@Misticsan The key is what you said, the opposing faction was doing nothing traitorous or criminal. So it's in the king's benefit to let them slide. But if they threaten to make the dark god turn against his nation, he will stomp them out because he knows the dark god is more powerful than that faction and can easily replace any benefit they were giving to the kingdom(or at least he would likely think that) because of the legends and such, pretty much everyone with some sense will see "becoming an enemy the Darkgod" as the absolute worst option, and will likely not pick it willingly. Even more so because of the number of battles now he has turned around like it was nothing.

 

[theShear]

@WillLi You can't exactly "stomp out" around half the nobles, their army and their supporters. You would have a Civil war. Granted a Civil War would probably the only way this can end because ... well the Anti Dark God guys are kinda ... uh ... shortsighted it seems?
On a side note in the WN it was different.

Spoiler

Instead of the Flutes they wanted exactly the same weapons he made for his Dark God Squad. He told them those probably wouldn't work against Monsters as he didn't made them for that and offered to make better stuff but they refused, believing he was about to trick them. Same end result.

 

[WillLi]

@theShear where are you getting that the anti faction is half the nobles? I'm not seeing that. Also however you can stomp out a faction even if it's that big. Because you cut the head off, and then a huge portion of them will leave. The majority of noble factions, in fiction and real life are formed out of mutual benefit, not because most of them actually strongly believe said cause. If you eliminate all the people who have deep seated hate for the MC, the rest will fall in line. Also a civil war, is better than the Dark God turning against you (according to the legends, cause the Dark God literally destroys like the world's entire government system)

 

[theShear]

@WillLi the "Half" bit was pretty much just me guessing ... actually I think it's probably even more though not all are probably acting against him. Don't forget that the ones currently having the most to lose are the very nobles of the country and most we have seen aren't exactly the smartest guys. Though they do enjoy shooting themselves in the foot with their petty schemes that simply don't work because they don't understand what kind of person our MC actually is.
Either way stomping them out without a proper official cause (meaning proof that it's truly them that is universally accepted) would end ugly though I am convinced that they will somehow force the issue. The Survivors could swing it like "The King has been possessed by the Dark God, has become a Tyrant and murders his loyal subjects who tried to unmask the EVIL Dark God Yosuke!" which could shoot the reforms they are trying to push globally in the foot, remember that they are trying to convince the other countries too. That just what I can think of, a smarter person than me can tell you more how this could backfire.
:EDIT: I should add, I also agree that the best course of action would be a full spring cleaning and nipping it in the bud before it can grow but as they also want to push for worldwide reforms they have to be careful about it. That' pretty much what I wanted to say really.

 

[WillLi]

@theShear it's actually probably way less than half. No ruler would let a noble faction be that strong. But also you're assuming there are only 2 factions. There are probably at least a dozen of varying sizes and then nobels who aren't in any faction. The 'Anti-dark god" faction is just the second strongest faction. (And since they called it the second strongest and not the weakest we know there are other factions below it, so it can't hold half the power)

As for stuff to lose, the nobles actually don't stand to lose much of anything. At least not that they're aware of, or in relation to the Dark God. The stuff they stand to lose has to deal with the reforms the king plans on doing but are being kept secret. The only people who stand to lose in relation to the darkgod are actually people who have openly opposed him. And people who for some reason want to try and 'one up' him.

So the only people who would stick around are people who specifically hate the DG, or people who are trying to make power grabs. The people who are just along because they think it's a easy way to get influence will switch right back to the king when their position is in danger. The main reason noble factions exist is because they think they can put pressure on the king. If the king says "Fuck you" and actually brings out the army, most nobles would be wiped out, because the king almost always has control of the standing army, nobles only have their personal forces. So the one thing as a noble faction you never want to do is actually go to war with the king, unless you have the support of another nation.

 

[theShear]

Good point, they don't know about the reforms. I went and reread recent chapters and it seems the reason is more simple, they envy him. A, from their knowledge, Commoner suddenly turns up, does "miraculous" feats (Some don't actually believe the stuff Yosuke does INFRONT of many people and think it's tricks) gains the affection of the Princess, the ear of the King, Land, his own Squad and other things. They want it and for the crime of trying to usurp them they want him to lose everything.
That seems to be all really, simple pettiness. And going by the "intelligence" they have shown there is a good chance they only realise how they fucked up once they are about to be hang like the guy that employed Rashanasha.

 

[boag]

Why did he make a Trolley without tracks?
Why did he use Train wheels on it?
How are they not destroying the stone pavement?
Why is that Trolley not shaking to pieces when it moves?

 

[SpecialProjectY]

Why did he make a Trolley without tracks?
Why did he use Train wheels on it?
How are they not destroying the stone pavement?
Why is that Trolley not shaking to pieces when it moves?

Mangaka used stock photos, they most likely have rubbered wheels which aren't that uncommon even back then.