Chapter 768: One Of The Many Ways
"You need to eliminate 100 noble families."
Everybody looked towards Louis.
"100 noble families?" Lily repeated.
"Yes, and you have to do it without letting anybody know that I'm the one who orchestrated their elimination."
"But why?" Leo asked with a frown.
Louis raised 3 fingers.
"Three reasons."
"First, the Empire cannot eliminate every noble family that disobeys its rules. Every noble family has relatives, allies, business partners, and territories under its influence. If the Empire publicly executes so many of them, the remaining nobles will start wondering whether they could be next.
"Some will rebel, forming alliances against us to establish independent rule over this vast land, while a few may even turn to the demons for protection. Instead of eliminating a hundred threats, we might create a thousand more."
