A weary historian dies and finds himself in a different world awakened in a life as the notorious young Duke of a southern state. His nation is weakened, his army underfed, and his neighbors revolve around his lands menacingly. No one believes his land is going to hold out until winter.

But this newfound duke is no naive simpleton his enemies recollect. He carries with him the experience of centuries of war and empire, of starting and ending monarchies. From Caesar to Napoleon, from the Mongols to world wars, he has learned from each of them—and his strategy is to make history his very own arms.

He organizes his smashed levies into well-trained formations, rebuilds his castles, and turns his villages into supply centers. Where others see defeat, he senses opportunity. As he triumphs, rumors spread: of a pennant red as winter snow that shall not go to ground, of a bloody duke who writes his name in gore and flame.

Is he a savior who's constructing a new empire, or a tyrant who's going to bring the world to endless war?

"Come on, you can do better than that!"


Cassia's yelling filled the room, along with heavy and laboured breathing that could only come from harsh training or labor.


Justinian was finally actually training his body.


His mind may be his greatest weapon, but he can't just deny his own body in a world where magic exists; even a single person could change the tides of battle.


Justinian questioned while doing push-ups, already on his fiftieth out of a hundred, Cassia's training routine didn't start simple at all, despite her earlier concerns.


Even someone like her wouldn't compromise on training, even if it was on Justinian himself.


[100% Physical Growth Rate and 100% Stamina Regeneration Rate Activated]


'I guess the merging had secret stuff in it after all... just like false divine.'


"You're slowing down, keep up the pace!"


Chapter 64 - System Level-Up