Chapter 544

A few days after Ramposa III abdicated, the Kingdom's Second Prince Zanac Valreo Igna Lya Vancelf, in the name of Zanac V, officially became the new King of the Re-Estize Kingdom.

As for why it was the Fifth, and not the Fourth?

That was naturally because Shengzai had already been the Fourth, so Zanac could only be the Fifth generation.

And just after the news that Zanac became the new King of the Kingdom spread.

The Theocracy, the Empire, the Holy Kingdom, and even the Great Tomb of Nazarick, after knowing this news, were all unable to react for a while.

Although Ramposa III was 64 years old, his physical condition should be quite healthy. How could he abdicate just like that?

And the surrounding countries had always believed that even if Ramposa III abdicated, the person who would successfully succeed to the throne should be the Third Prince of the Kingdom.

After all, whether it was his own martial arts, strategy, internal affairs, or even personal charisma, the Third Prince of the Kingdom was much better than the other two princes.

But now, the one who became the new King was actually the Second Prince of the Kingdom?

After becoming the new King of the Kingdom, Zanac and Marquis Raeven also began to carry out various transformations on the Kingdom with great fanfare.

First, a large number of Kingdom nobles were sent to the gallows because of the information and bills found from "Eight Fingers."

Marquis Raeven, who was ridiculed as a "bat" among the nobles, was now the executioner under the Royal Family, starting to collect various information on the corruption and law-breaking of Kingdom nobles and constantly wielding his butcher knife.

After many wealthy nobles were raided, most of the funds were used to expand the army, and the other part was used for the construction of the Kingdom.

Because they gained practical benefits, Zanac's prestige and popularity as the new King among the people were also constantly rising.

Facing the butcher knife constantly falling on their heads, the Kingdom nobles were also unwilling to sit still and gathered together to attempt to defend their rights.

However, just as Shengzai said before, the so-called Kingdom nobles were nothing more than a group of straw bags.

They privately organized several armies to attempt to rebel, but Shengzai alone instantly beat them to pieces.

Many Kingdom nobles rebelled, so after they were finished off, the Kingdom recovered large areas of territory and wealth.

And for the large areas of territory recovered, Zanac bestowed a large part of them to Shengzai, Renner, Lakyus, and others.

At the same time that the Kingdom was carrying out reforms with great fanfare, the Baharuth Empire was also the most uneasy at this moment.

The Theocracy had a transcendent status, the Holy Kingdom was far away, but the Kingdom and the Empire were old rivals.

Now seeing that the Kingdom's national strength and army were becoming more and more powerful after the new King ascended the throne, how could the Bloody Emperor sit still?

"Zanac V? Originally thought that the Third Prince of the Kingdom was a character, but I didn't expect this original Second Prince to be so tricky.

Have the results of the investigation of the ruins found in the southwest of the border come out?"

Facing the Emperor's inquiry, the secretary-general under his command also said: "A knight team was sent there before, but they all lost contact in the end.

Just as we expected before, those ancient ruins are not simple, and they are very likely to be products of the same era as the 'Eight Greed Kings'."

After listening to the secretary-general's report, the Bloody Emperor bit his fingernails extremely annoyedly, and then said: "Find a corrupt noble of the Empire, and hire those 'workers' of the Empire in the name of the other party to explore.

Since they are ancient ruins from a long time ago, there should be quite a few lost items inside, right?

The national strength of the Kingdom is rising rapidly. If we in the Empire don't take action, it won't do.

Also, help me contact the Holy Queen of the Holy Kingdom, and say that I intend to marry her to establish an alliance with the Holy Kingdom."

Jircniv actually didn't like the Holy Queen, but considering the entire Empire, letting her sacrifice himself, Jircniv could also do it!

However, what he didn't know was that the crisis facing the Baharuth Empire now was not just the Kingdom.

The Great Tomb of Nazarick also received news of the new King of the Kingdom ascending the throne and carrying out reforms with great fanfare.

Considering that the Kingdom had tricky targets like the Third Prince Shengzai and Lord Xiuluo, Ainz had already begun to hesitate whether it was inappropriate to choose to gnaw on the hard bone of the Kingdom?

They wanted to build a country, they didn't necessarily have to choose to gnaw on the hard bone of the Kingdom, right?

The Empire should also be possible, right?

And considering the reason why the Kingdom and the Empire had been at war for years, even if they took action against the Empire, the Kingdom might not necessarily help.

However, considering whether there were super-normal human powerhouses like the Third Prince and Lord Xiuluo in the Empire, Ainz still decided to go to the Empire to find out information in the identity of the adventurer Momon first.

Ainz went to the Empire to find out information, the Empire's workers went to the Great Tomb of Nazarick, and as for Shengzai, he went to the Holy Kingdom...

The area around the Holy Kingdom was inhabited by a large number of demi-humans, so the country was often invaded by demi-human races, to the extent that the people of the Holy Kingdom extremely hated demi-human races.

But in the Holy Kingdom arc, Shengzai could only say that whether it was the Holy Kingdom or the demi-human race, they were actually quite miserable.

The drama arranged by Ainz and Demiurge almost wiped out the ruling class of the Holy Kingdom, and then supported a puppet to take the position, and even earned enough reputation in the Holy Kingdom.

And the demi-human race, who was used as a chess piece, was called "two-legged sheep" by Demiurge in the early stage, and their leather was used to make magic scrolls.

【Albedo, even from my side just now, I could feel quite an astonishing disturbance. You must have used a World-Class Item.】

Putting aside the racial issue, Shengzai felt that the later Ainz could almost be described as inhuman.

Regardless of whether they were opposed or not, as long as he could achieve his goal and obtain benefits, he was completely indifferent to life.

The reason Shengzai came to the Holy Kingdom this time was also very simple, that is, Shengzai intended to subdue and rule the demi-human races around the Holy Kingdom.

Why did the demi-human race keep attacking the Holy Kingdom? It was nothing more than because they lived in more barren areas, so whenever winter came, they were hungry and could only attack human cities for survival.

After all, although the demi-human race had powerful physiques and quite good combat power, they didn't have the wisdom of humans.

In other words, they didn't know how to farm, nor did they know how to herd, they only knew how to hunt.

Once a food shortage occurred, in the face of a racial crisis, they could only attack wealthy humans.

Shengzai had also said before that if they wanted to fight Ainz and the others head-on, their top combat power was barely enough, but the super soldiers were somewhat insufficient.

And now in Shengzai's view, the demi-human races in the Holy Kingdom were rare grassroots combat power.

They were not only numerous, but their combat power was also stronger than ordinary humans.

If those tribal leaders of the demi-human race were slightly armed, they wouldn't even be worse than the battle maids under Ainz.

(End of chapter)