Chapter 559: The Kingdom

After "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" and the others left, Jircniv also pulled a handful of hair in a troubled manner.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about ceding a town to Ainz Ooal Gown to appease the other party's anger.

However, he also knew very well that wanting a town to build a nation or something was just a pretext for the other party.

As long as this opening was made, the other party would ask for more from him in the future.

And if he ceded land and acknowledged the other party's nation-building, how would other countries around them view their Baharuth Empire?

In such a desperate situation, the Baharuth Empire could only think of ways to save itself, and Jircniv had even made certain psychological preparations: even if the Empire fell, he could not let the people of the Empire fall into the hands of Ainz Ooal Gown and his group!

In the eyes of Ainz Ooal Gown and his group, humans were no different from livestock.

They were so indifferent to life; once the people of the Empire fell into the hands of the other party, there would surely be no good end.

The Kingdom had "Blue Cang Cang Qiangwei" helping him as a lobbyist, and now what he needed to do was to drag the Holy Kingdom and the Theocracy into the alliance as quickly as possible.

Especially the Slane Theocracy, as a nation founded by the "Six Great Gods," their foundation and strength were quite astonishing.

And for so many years, they had been at odds with monsters like the undead, so the difficulty of winning them over shouldn't be very high.

As for the Holy Kingdom, Jircniv originally intended to form an alliance through marriage, but since the Holy Queen refused him, he could only take a trip himself.

Re-Estize Kingdom, Royal Capital Royal Palace.

Shengzai had just returned from the Holy Kingdom when he was called to Zanac's study for a meeting by the guards.

And when he arrived at the study, he was surprised to find that besides Zanac and Marquis Raeven, Lakyus and Evileye were also there.

"Shengzai, thank you for your hard work. I heard you just returned from the Holy Kingdom, so I should have let you have a good rest.

But because the situation is truly urgent, I had to call you over.

Because the force led by powerful undead that you mentioned before has appeared!"

Hearing Zanac's words, Shengzai was stunned for a moment, then quickly put on a serious expression: "Ainz Ooal Gown, right?

Are they planning to establish a Sorcerer Kingdom and want us to give up the town of E-Rantel, otherwise they will fight us?"

Hearing Shengzai's words, Zanac wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, then looked at Lakyus and Evileye on the side, and after seeing them shake their heads, he continued to speak.

"Ainz Ooal Gown does indeed want to build a nation, but the other party doesn't seem to have any intention of going to war with our Kingdom.

The territory they want is the Empire's fortress city. As for our Kingdom, the Sorcerer Kingdom seems to want to form an alliance with us and has indicated that they will send a mission to our Royal Capital for exchange in the near future."

Hearing Zanac's words, Shengzai was completely bewildered.

Ainz wasn't attacking the Kingdom but went directly to mess with the Empire—what kind of ghost was this?

Could it be that the Bloody Emperor was so stubborn this time that he didn't bow to Ainz but chose to fight the other party head-on?

"We went to the ruins called Nazarick with the Empire's Emperor, and we also saw that Ainz Ooal Gown.

Just as you said before, Ainz Ooal Gown is a monster that humans can absolutely not defeat!

And I suspect that the Demon Emperor Jaldabaoth and the True Ancestor Vampire Shalltear Bloodfallen are also his subordinates.

Undoubtedly, they are an existence from the 'Hundred-Year Aftershock' of this world, otherwise, such a powerful force could not have left no trace on the continent for so many years."

Hearing the words of Lakyus and Evileye, Shengzai was bewildered again.

Then he looked at the two in surprise: "You went to the Great Tomb of Nazarick with the Empire's Emperor?"

Ainz didn't attack the Kingdom but attacked the Empire, and Lakyus and the others even went on a day trip to the Great Tomb of Nazarick—what kind of ghost was all this?

"Shengzai, regarding Ainz Ooal Gown and the Sorcerer Kingdom, I think you might know more than us.

Calling you over this time is mainly to hear your suggestions. After all, regarding Ainz Ooal Gown and his group, you should be the one who understands them best among us."

Zanac said, while also taking out two documents and placing them on the table, and looked at Shengzai: "These two documents come from the Sorcerer Kingdom that is about to be established, as well as our old rival, the Baharuth Empire.

The Sorcerer Kingdom hopes to form an alliance with our Kingdom, while the Baharuth Empire is inviting us to participate in the 'International Conference.' As for the content of the conference, I don't need to say much; you should be quite clear."

In all honesty, as the monarch of the Kingdom, if he started from the interests of the Kingdom, Zanac should be more inclined to form an alliance with the Sorcerer Kingdom, that is, Ainz Ooal Gown.

The reason was also very simple: the Sorcerer Kingdom was powerful, and the other party was willing to sign an alliance treaty to show friendliness, which was a good thing for their Kingdom.

The other party wanted to launch a war against the Empire because the Empire was at fault first, so the other party was acting with a just cause.

Moreover, the Empire and their Kingdom had been at war for many years, and their Kingdom not falling into the trap was already being benevolent. Helping the Empire resist the Sorcerer Kingdom was completely thankless work.

But after listening to what Lakyus and the others saw and heard in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, Zanac was very worried that if he formed an alliance with the Sorcerer Kingdom, would he end up in a situation of seeking skin from a tiger?

It was also because he couldn't make a decision for a long time that Zanac called Shengzai and asked for his thoughts.

"Although Ainz Ooal Gown is devoid of humanity, he should be fine in terms of integrity.

But if you form an alliance with him, because the strength of the two sides is not equal, the Kingdom will sooner or later become a vassal.

Perhaps the Royal Brother can temporarily neither agree nor refuse the alliance with the Sorcerer Kingdom, and negotiate with the Empire's Emperor while waiting for a better price.

The Baharuth Empire and the Re-Estize Kingdom were originally a great human power before the Demon God War, and helping each other is what should be done.

But for the Kingdom to extend a helping hand to the Empire, it can't be that we Kingdom provide both people and effort, but get no reward at all, right?"

Hearing Shengzai's answer, Zanac also showed a knowing smile.

The suggestion Shengzai gave was about the same as the result he had discussed with Marquis Raeven before.

The only concern he had before was that the Sorcerer Kingdom was too powerful, and even if they, the Kingdom, the Empire, the Holy Kingdom, and the Theocracy joined forces, they couldn't defeat the other party, then it would really be a case of stealing a chicken only to lose the rice.

But now that even Shengzai said so, Zanac had a bottom line in his heart.

His mysterious younger brother had probably already made quite a few preparations to compete with the Sorcerer Kingdom.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 560 =====