Chapter 289: Chaotic Hills are

Thud! Thud!

Engraved with the royal crest and inscriptions, it is knocked lightly.

"Enter."

With a "click."

The door is pushed open, and Kelart, wearing priest robes with blue patterns sewn on the edges of the sleeves and skirt, walks in from outside the door with a youth.

"Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty." Kelart and the youth salute respectfully at the same time.

Seeing this, the middle-aged secretary maid bows slightly to Holy Queen Calca, picks up the exquisite teapot on the table, slowly exits the room, and closes the door behind her.

"Your name is Roberts, right."

Holy Queen Calca looks at the youth and speaks in a gentle voice: "You've worked hard."

"Everything is for the Holy Kingdom, Your Majesty."

"This is Roberts' honor!"

Roberts kneels on one knee, lowers his head deeply, and speaks solemnly and earnestly.

"Get up, Roberts."

"I have already viewed the written content of the intelligence you collected; there are still some doubts that need you to explain in detail."

Holy Queen Calca speaks, looking at Kelart's expressionless face beside her; she knows the other party's character, so she naturally knows that Kelart's mood is extremely bad at this moment.

Anyone who finishes reading the intelligence of the Abelion Hills will not have a very good mood.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Roberts stands up solemnly.

Holy Queen Calca's character might be too kind, but her own ability is very excellent; once she enters the state.

Her meticulous thoughts and excellent talents are revealed, and she quickly points out some vague places and strange points in the written intelligence.

Kelart stands respectfully to the side, having no intention of interrupting at all; she and Calca are indeed very good best friends.

But she also knows that in this kind of occasion, she, this advisor, does not need to speak for the time being.

After obtaining clarification from Roberts one by one.

Holy Queen Calca's face becomes more and more solemn, and she nods lightly; her crystal-clear bright cyan eyes suddenly notice a hint of hesitation on Roberts' face.

"Roberts, the intelligence you provided is very important."

"If there is any other special place, feel free to speak." Holy Queen Calca says gently.

"Yes, it's like this, Your Majesty." Roberts is also not very sure, and says softly:

"My companion, Mr. Kaleb, who was in the same group as me, also discovered a strange place; the weather in the Abelion Hills is extremely good."

"From the time we sneaked in until we left, the hilly region did not appear in any situation of dark clouds or rain; I am also not very sure if this counts as an abnormal situation."

Mentioning "Mr. Kaleb," Roberts' eye sockets turn red; if it weren't for the other party using the price of his life to let him leave, he wouldn't be standing here safely now.

"The weather is too good?"

Holy Queen Calca raises her slender fingers, presses lightly on her left temple, and a hint of fatigue flows in her eyes.

"Weather-wise" has no direct relationship with the situation in the hilly region.

"Wait!"

Kelart suddenly speaks; the compassionate smile that had always been on her face seems to freeze on her face at this moment, becoming somewhat angry: "Why wasn't this intelligence written in the written material together."

"Lord Kelart."

Roberts is somewhat stunned, not knowing how to speak for a time.

"Kelart."

Holy Queen Calca's voice rings out, "Roberts, you've worked hard; go back and rest first."

After Roberts respectfully exits the conference room, the atmosphere in the room relaxes instead.

"Kelart, what exactly is wrong." Holy Queen Calca then looks at Kelart, puzzled.

"Sorry, Your Majesty; I am also somewhat unable to determine now." Kelart opens her mouth, then shakes her head and says softly,

"The current situation is already very serious."

Just from the information revealed in the intelligence, 5 demi-human races have united in the hilly region; regardless of the way they completed the union.

This is a very dangerous signal for the Holy Kingdom.

Simply put, the chaotic Abelion Hills are "good hills," and once the various demi-human races in the hilly region really have a trend of union, or even form a so-called unified situation...

This is somewhat incredible—but in history, 200 years ago, the hilly region was once ruled by Hill Dwarves!

And now it is no longer an unimaginable thing.

The union of 5 demi-human races already has this trend; they, the Holy Kingdom, can be described as being separated by only a wall from the Abelion Hills.

At such a close distance between the two sides, once all the demi-human races in the entire Hills unite, the threat brought about has reached the level of needing to exhaust the strength of the whole country to guard against!

The faces of Holy Queen Calca and Kelart are somewhat tense and ugly.

No one could have imagined.

That the hilly region, which has been chaotic for hundreds of years, has silently appeared in such a situation.

"What is going on with that 'Wu Wang' Go-Jin?" Holy Queen Calca asks.

"It has been investigated clearly."

"'Wu Wang' Go-Jin, a demi-human powerhouse who appeared on the border of the Baharuth Empire eight years ago, triggered a chaos and was invited by Osk, the operator of the Empire's arena, to join the Empire's arena."

"Became the strongest 'Wu Wang' in the history of the arena, known as the 'Symbol of the Empire'."

"Last September, he seemed to have been influenced by the captain of the adventurer squad 'Free Will' and left the Empire; his whereabouts are unknown, and the reason is unknown."

"Analyzing from the situation of the bounty issued by the Empire for the adventurer squad 'Free Will', the departure of 'Wu Wang' Go-Jin should have a great relationship with the captain of that adventurer squad."

Kelart speaks to here and changes the subject, sneering: "Adventurers are indeed a group of troublemakers."

"That 'Wu Wang' Go-Jin in the hilly region should be the one who left the Baharuth Empire; with the other party's strength, he should be on the same level as those 'Ten Great Demi-Humans' in the hilly region."

Finishing in one breath.

Kelart licks her dry corners of her mouth, looking troubled and having a headache.

Holy Queen Calca is thoughtful: "'Wu Wang' Go-Jin has stayed in human countries and possesses consciousness different from those demi-humans in the hilly region."

"Ruling the Ogre race in the hilly region and trading food with us humans, this is very likely the other party's handiwork."

"I think so too, Your Majesty."

"However, there is one point that is very strange; it might be a bit demeaning to Roberts to describe it this way, but with 'Wu Wang' Go-Jin's strength, Roberts couldn't possibly have escaped."

"The other party's way of reporting his name fits the character shown in the intelligence of 'Wu Wang' Go-Jin, but it is also too stupid."

Kelart frowns, always feeling there are too many strange places.

"What do you mean?" Holy Queen Calca asks, "'Wu Wang' Go-Jin deliberately let Roberts go?"

"I think so."

Kelart speaks calmly; although she says so, her tone clearly carries certainty.

"Then Advisor Kelart, what are your thoughts?" Holy Queen Calca leans back slightly, looking at Kelart.

Kelart raises her head, reaches out to brush her waist-length tea-colored hair back, revealing a confident smile: "We might be able to ask someone familiar with 'Wu Wang' Go-Jin."

Holy Queen Calca is surprised.

The Holy Kingdom doesn't have much interaction with the Baharuth Empire; not to mention the Empire, even the nearest Re-Estize Kingdom has little communication.

Even if people are sent to the Baharuth Empire now, not to mention the time problem, just in the form of a country, it will make things more complicated.

"No, Your Majesty."

"That person is in our Holy Kingdom, it is this adventurer squad 【Free Will】." Kelart smiles, "However, before that, there is a more important matter."

Holy Queen Calca is surprised first, then her expression becomes very solemn, and a formless sense of oppression rarely appears on her gentle face.

"Those nobles and merchants who dare to trade with demi-humans, it is time to deal with them." Holy Queen Calca says coldly.

"Heh, heh, Remedios has long been impatient." Keira's mouth corners turned up, her gaze filled with coldness amidst the treachery.

Not stopping these nobles from trading with demi-humans was because they dispatched an exploration squad to sneak into the Abelion Hills.

To prevent alerting the enemy and further collect evidence, they allowed these nobles to continue trading; now it is naturally time to close the net.

Holy Queen Calca stands up and walks toward the door; Kelart follows closely behind, not fast or slow.

"Your Majesty, what about the Southern Holy Kingdom?"

"The same!"

Watching the Majesty who has always taken gentle measures toward the Southern Holy Kingdom reveal a tough attitude for the first time, Kelart's eye corners reveal a smile.

It should be like this!

On the issue of demi-humans, if the Southern Holy Kingdom dares to shield them, she doesn't mind slaughtering a few great nobles ruthlessly.

Kelart suddenly feels that this might not be a bad thing.

Following the issuance of the order.

In just one day, the coastline of the Northern Holy Kingdom is completely blockaded, and all merchants trading with demi-humans are arrested.

56 Barons, 17 Viscounts, and 5 Counts are successively escorted by the Paladin Order to the Holy Capital "Hoban," and during the process, all resisting nobles are ruthlessly beheaded by Remedios.

While the noble class of the Northern Holy Kingdom is experiencing a major earthquake.

The church temples in the Southern Holy Kingdom begin to exert force, and more nobles are arrested, causing an even greater sensation.

However, whether it is the Northern Holy Kingdom or the Southern Holy Kingdom, the highest-ranking nobles involved only reach the level of Count, and it does not affect Marquises and Dukes.

This makes the top nobles feel terrified while also breathing a sigh of relief.

Since taking the throne, the first time showing such tough means, Holy Queen Calca makes a large number of nobles uncomfortable.

But on the issue of demi-humans, even the most stupid nobles know that they must not stand on the wrong side.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 2