Chapter 198: Negotiation

This matter can only be reported back by Jimola, and by this time, Gannaer already knew the news of the defeat.

The Queen wore an indifferent expression as she looked at the nobles below; Baroness Clara was heavy-hearted, while the other nobles all kept their heads lowered, as if they had done something wrong.

"What about those witches?" the Queen said coldly. "How did you promise me?"

"The latest sacrificial method is indeed without issues, and, and the power of the Death God has indeed increased," a witch said with her head lowered. "We were originally only borrowing the power of the Red Moon Goddess to assist the power of the Death God; theoretically, it was a complete success."

"I heard that the other side still used the power of the storm to kill all of our Zombies?" The Queen looked at her fingernails. "What is your opinion?"

"The power of the storm cannot possibly be that strong; petrified Zombies are not afraid of lightning strikes at all, let alone the moon-petrification method used." The witch speaking was somewhat anxious. "We did not expect the other side to be so well-prepared, creating extra Formations in Tana City."

"Are you saying our intelligence was wrong?" Regarding the craftsmen, it was all the responsibility of Gannaer's spies to transmit that information.

A total of only two craftsmen went to Tana City; according to the materials shown, they could at most create three Formations before meeting this wave of attacks.

The Barbarians and the Necromancy faction were both prepared, and Milia was the necromancer who had mastered the latest sacrificial Ritual the best; with her there, the fifty-thousand-strong Barbarian army could fully exert the power of two hundred thousand people.

This was also a cooperation the Barbarians actively sought after witnessing Milia's abilities.

Who wouldn't want to take a bite out of the Federal?

For these inland countries, wanting to reach the shipping port requires taking a very large detour.

Especially since the Barbarians' inland rivers themselves are not deep; if they could occupy Tana City, they could not only obtain the thing inside that makes the Barbarian King issue an Oracle, but also allow the witches to obtain what the Red Moon Queen wants.

It is just that everyone currently does not know what Tana City actually has.

Several nobles exchanged glances below; this was indeed an error in the intelligence. According to the Channeling results, Tana City had prepared at least six Formations at the time.

Among them, it even included a Golden Array from the Wealth Church, and it was triggered.

Although they did not know what happened, they could say they had absolutely no understanding of Tana City.

They did not expect Tana City to complete the construction of the Formations so quickly.

"We had previously understood that there were no craftsmen in Tana City. Not only that, Tana City also lacked suitable tools; even if they were to build a Formation, it is impossible that they could like..." Before she finished speaking, the Queen threw the cup from the side.

She stood up and said condescendingly: "Are you saying now that you caused us to lose our cooperation with the Barbarian King, and now you want to blame us for not providing you with enough help? What can you accomplish yourselves in Tana City? Wasting the Barbarian troops time and again, is there any reason in that?"

"That is not what I meant; we can try again, I can go personally." The witch speaking frowned; she had just dealt with the issues on the Mother River a few days ago.

So she did not give Milia enough instructions.

She should have instructed Milia earlier to first test the strength of the alliance before going...

Unfortunately, fifty thousand Barbarians, even under the Barbarian King, were definitely not a small number, not to mention there were quite a few elites.

That was because the War Church had dispatched Awakened, so the Barbarian King would certainly dispatch Awakened elites.

It is just a pity that so many people ended up suffering a defeat.

"Heh, go personally?" The Queen sneered. "I will hand you over to the people sent by the Barbarian King; when the time comes, you can go explain it to them yourself. Furthermore, pass on my order: I will clean out the witches in the country so as not to affect our establishment of diplomatic relations with the Federal!"

"Your Majesty..." Several nobles immediately knelt down, looking worried. "Do we not need the Port City?"

"Need it, of course we need it, but you couldn't even take Tana City. I am young and have accompanied you in purging quite a few heretics, but I also know what is the right thing to do." If you can't beat them, then join them. The Queen looked coldly at those foolish nobles. "Do you think we should still exhaust our national strength to be enemies with Tana City? Haven't you heard that they have already reopened the port? You still think my intelligence network has a problem? I think your problems are the biggest."

Although no one understood why they lost so miserably this time.

In the past, although the Barbarians attacked Tana City, there were mutual losses.

But now...

A maid standing in the corner was keeping her head down, silently recording the attitudes of everyone in the room.

This was a spy from the Federal; she would place the contents inside the discarded bedsheets tonight when she changed the bedsheets that the nobles needed to have washed.

At that time, someone would transport them directly to the Federal's information station; as for how they would be transported back to the Federal, she did not know.

Not expecting that Tana City had already reopened the port, Baroness Clara then said: "Will they sail a Ship over to us?"

"There are currently no signs of that, but think about it, if we hadn't prepared in advance and had no defenses..."

The witch kneeling on the ground said: "What if the zombie outbreak was caused by Tana City's Ships? They are entirely capable of this!"

"What did you say? What would they use to create a zombie outbreak, hmm?" The Queen was already starting to get angry. "Although I don't know what you are looking for in Tana City, I am very clear that no one in Tana City can use the things of witches."

"If, I am saying if, there is someone in Tana City who can use them?" She dared not say what Tana City might have; after all, that was the Oracle of the Red Moon Goddess.

As a Goddess capable of divine descent, She had been sealed for too long.

And the last time She had spiritual communication with the witches was to imply that Tana City had Her opponent, and also the object She wanted to devour.

Unfortunately, the witches still do not know where it is, and the Goddess has not given them any hints for a long time.

"What exactly does Tana City have?" The Empress did not mind knowing these things; she also really wanted to know what it was that made the witches willing to pay such a price to befriend the Barbarians to convince themselves.

"It is a symbol of Calamity; specifically, we are not clear. The Goddess let us find the relic of Calamity in Tana City, only we have no leads yet." The witch had figured it out by now; if she did not come clean with the Queen, this Queen would very likely hand her over to the Barbarians to let those Barbarians take their revenge on her.

That would not be a good thing; the Barbarians are all a group of savages who drink blood and eat raw meat, even if they wear clothes and armor, it still cannot prove these guys are not beasts.

"Calamity?" The Queen did not know what this meant; after all, the God of Calamity was a deity long buried in the long river of history.

He had no abilities, no ambitions, and even had pitifully few Believers.

"Hmph, you still need to go and explain it to those Barbarian envoys yourself. I do not wish to go to War with the Barbarians, and I also do not wish for the Barbarians' orders to be reduced." After the Queen finished speaking, she waved her hand, letting all those nobles withdraw.

At this time, only Baroness Clara and the maids cleaning the room remained in the room.

The Queen had no suspicions about these maids; after all, the maids who could serve here had been here for at least ten years.

Under her education, these maids would absolutely not be gossips.

"Your Majesty the Queen, it seems now that we need to re-establish diplomatic relations with the Federal," Baroness Clara said with a dark face. "And, I think what that witch said is not without reason. I will confess to you: there is indeed a group of strange people in my private port, and they are very likely spies from the Federal."

"Oh?" The Queen looked at Baroness Clara with attachment; after all, she was the one who raised her and helped her obtain the throne.

"It is like this: those people claim to be from Xiahui. The Captain's maternal grandmother is a Gannaer, so that Captain sailed the Ship from Rierna and, when the goods were not sold in time, sailed the Ship to Gannaer." Baroness Clara told this matter completely to Her Majesty the Queen. "I think this is not a very practical thing; there would definitely not be a lack of buyers for goods in Rierna. If he said he came specifically to visit his grandmother, I might have believed it."

"There is indeed a problem; have they done anything?" the Queen asked.

"They have had contact with those people from the Holy See, saying they wanted to share some history from Xiahui. I have looked at those documents; they look like there is no problem, and they are even very reasonable." Baroness Clara said worriedly, "I am a bit afraid that they will connect with those people from the Holy See. Although the people from the Holy See cannot Awaken, they can pass messages for those Federal people."

"You are afraid they will pass messages?" The Queen shook her head. "The people from the Holy See don't know anything; they can't even come to meetings."

This is also a fact; the Holy See was only created to appease the masses, and among those masses, only the Faithful can see the Queen.

Only those who are truly loyal to the Queen can Awaken; as for those priests, they do not have the qualifications to Awaken.

This is the Oracle of the God of Death; no one can influence this Oracle.

Although this Oracle was dreamed up by the Queen's great-great-great-great-grandmother one night.

"You just need to send people to keep an eye on them, don't worry about anything else. As for the Holy See, someone should be coming back soon, right?" The Queen closed her eyes, "I wonder what kind of terms the Federal will come up with to make us behave."

"It is not a bad thing for us, after all..." Baroness Clara looked at the maids around her, and only after the last maid had exited the room did she say, "How many percent of the power has been restored this time?"

"Thirty percent. If we could annihilate those people in Tana City, we could at least restore it to fifty percent." The Queen curled her lips, "Can we still not find those rats from the Spirit Communication Sect?"

"Not for the moment; they have all escaped, and the tracking routes have also been interfered with." Baroness Clara's face darkened, "Do you think we need to dispatch a specialized squad to Tana City to capture those defectors?"

"Can you be sure they are in Tana City?"

"I cannot, but I feel that there must be someone in Tana City targeting us, which is why they were able to hold out so smoothly," Baroness Clara said firmly.

"Fine, I will dispatch a three-person squad. I hope they are not like these idiots, wasting my time." After the Queen finished speaking, her figure dimmed, as if she were a shadow in the dark night.

At the private port, the players had already prepared the cargo to be taken back.

These goods were specialties of Gannaer; if they made a round trip back to Tana City, the price would at least triple.

For example, the Banchao fruit, which produces a chocolate flavor.

Or for another example, the Talis fruit, which looks like a gummy candy.

Besides food, Gannaer also has rich coal resources, but unfortunately, they do not sell them externally.

How detestable; do they really think coal is some kind of remarkable strategic material?

Once petroleum is excavated, what will charcoal even count as?

"Captain Ganseer, we can set sail this evening." Xin Zhi Xiang Wang walked over with a document, "These supplies have all been confirmed; we can go back now."

"Wait," Ganseer said with a dark face, "Do not make decisions for me."

"Yes." Xin Zhi Xiang Wang wore a devout expression; of course he did not want to leave, he still wanted to play in Gannaer for a while longer.

Because Gannaer had suffered a defeat, the management had relaxed quite a bit recently, as everyone knew that the War with the Federal was coming to an end.

This War had lasted for a full half a year, and no one knew how many people had died.

And going back a bit further, Gannaer had killed even more people because they wanted to expel the people of the Necromancy faction.

Watching these past few days, the people of Gannaer had changed from being in a state of panic to appearing full of confidence.

Because they knew that the Federal would not take the initiative to invade Gannaer.

"Let's go take a look," seeing someone coming over wearing sacrificial attire.

Virjini had come to the port frequently these past few days, often carrying a notebook, and when she returned, she would bring back a stack of draft paper with all sorts of magical drawings on them.

Just as she arrived at the entrance, she saw several players standing on the deck, sizing her up.

"I have finished reading these reference materials, but if you have any books, I hope you can bring them to me next time." Virjini was indeed a bookworm; it was said that this bookworm would not even go to Tana City with her teacher.

It was fortunate that she did not go; if she had, she would have discovered that people with the same characteristics as these Xiahui People were everywhere in Tana City.

For example, the language they spoke was similar, and for another example, the clothes they wore were also similar.

"Sorry, I seem to have come late today. Are you about to set sail?" Virjini had a reluctant expression, "I really hope you can stay here."

(End of chapter)