"Chaotic Hills are 'Good Hills'," a firm knock! knock! echoed as the royal crest and inscription on the door were gently rapped.
"Enter."
With a soft "click,"
the door opened, and Quartet, clad in Shrine Priest robes with blue patterns embroidered on the cuffs and hem, entered with a young man.
"Your Highness."
"Your Highness." Quartet and the young man bowed respectfully in unison.
Seeing this, the middle-aged secretary maid gave a slight bow to the Holy Queen Calca, picked up the delicate teapot from the table, and slowly retreated from the room, closing the door behind her.
"You are Roberts, correct?"
The Holy Queen Calca gazed at the young man and said in a gentle voice, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Everything is for the Holy Kingdom, Your Majesty."
"It is an honor for Roberts!"
Roberts knelt on one knee, lowered his head deeply, and spoke solemnly and earnestly.
"Rise, Roberts."
"I have reviewed the written information you collected, and there are still some areas of doubt that I need you to explain in detail."
The Holy Queen Calca spoke, glancing at Quartet's expressionless face. Knowing her personality, she naturally knew that Quartet was in a terrible mood.
No one would be in a good mood after reading the Abelion Hills report.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Roberts stood up solemnly.
The Holy Queen Calca may be overly kind in terms of personality, but her abilities are excellent. Once she entered the zone,
her meticulous thoughts and excellent talents were revealed, and she quickly pointed out some vague and strange points in the written report.
Quartet stood respectfully to the side, without any intention of interrupting. She and Princess Calca were indeed very close friends,
but she also knew that in this situation, she, as a staff member, did not need to speak for the time being.
After receiving explanations from Roberts one by one,
the Holy Queen Calca's expression became more serious, and she nodded gently. Her bright aquamarine eyes suddenly noticed a hint of hesitation on Roberts' face.
"Roberts, the information you provided is very important."
"If there is anything else special, feel free to speak without reservation," the Holy Queen Calca said gently.
"Yes, yes, that's right, Your Highness." Roberts was not too sure, and said softly, "My companion, Kelebu, who was in the same group as me, also discovered a strange thing: the weather in the Abelion Hills is extremely good."
"From the time we infiltrated until we left, there were no clouds or rain in the Hills area. I'm not sure if this counts as an abnormal situation."
When he mentioned "Kelebu," Roberts' eyes became somewhat red. If it weren't for the other party sacrificing his life to let him leave, he wouldn't be standing here safely now.
"The weather is too good?"
The Holy Queen Calca raised her slender fingers and gently pressed her left temple, a hint of fatigue showing in her eyes.
"Weather-wise," there wasn't a direct relationship with the situation in the Hills.
"Wait!"
Quartet suddenly spoke, the compassionate smile that had been on her face seeming to freeze, replaced by a hint of anger: "Why wasn't this information included in the written materials?"
"Lady Quartet."
Roberts was somewhat taken aback, unsure how to respond for a moment.
"Quartet."
The Holy Queen Calca's voice rang out, "Roberts, thank you for your hard work. You may go back and rest."
After Roberts respectfully withdrew from the conference room, the atmosphere inside relaxed instead.
"Quartet, what's wrong?" Holy Queen Calca finally turned to Quartet, asking with a puzzled expression.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm also a little unsure right now." Quartet opened her mouth, then shook her head and said softly,
"The current situation is already very serious."
From the information revealed, five Demi-human Race had already united in the Hills, regardless of how that union was achieved.
This was a very dangerous signal for the Holy Kingdom.
Simply put, a chaotic Abelion Hills was a "good Hills," but once the various Demi-human Race in the Hills really showed a tendency to unite, even forming a so-called unified situation...
This was a bit unbelievable—but historically, 200 years ago, the Hills had been ruled by Hill Dwarves! And now it was no longer an unimaginable thing.
The union of five Demi-human Race already showed this trend, and their Holy Kingdom could be described as being separated from the Abelion Hills by a single wall.
With such a short distance between them, once all the Demi-human Race in the entire Hills united, the threat it posed would require the entire nation to defend against! Holy Queen Calca and Quartet both had tense and unsightly expressions.
No one would have thought.
That such a situation would silently emerge in the Hills, which had been in chaos for over a century.
"What's the deal with that 'Martial King' Go Gin?" Holy Queen Calca asked.
"It's been investigated."
"'Martial King' Go Gin, a Demi-human powerhouse who appeared on the border of the Bahharuth Empire eight years ago, caused a stir and was invited by Osk, the operator of the Imperial Arena, to join the Imperial Arena."
"Became the strongest 'Martial King' in the history of the Arena, known as the 'Symbol of the Empire'."
"Last September, he seemed to have left the Empire under the influence of the leader of the Adventurer Team 'Free Will', his whereabouts unknown, the reason unknown."
"Judging from the bounty offered by the Empire for the Adventurer Team 'Free Will', the departure of 'Martial King' Go Gin should be greatly related to the leader of that Adventurer Team."
Quartet's voice changed at this point, her narrow eyes looking up, and she sneered: "Adventurers, as expected, are a bunch of troublemakers."
"That 'Martial King' Go Gin in the Hills should be the one who left the Bahharuth Empire. With his strength, he should be at the same level as those 'Demi-Human Ten Heroes' in the Hills."
Having said all that in one breath.
Quartet licked her dry lips, looking troubled and headache-stricken.
Holy Queen Calca was thoughtful: "'Martial King' Go Gin has stayed in human countries and has a different consciousness from those Demi-human in the Hills."
"Ruling the Ogre race in the Hills and trading food with us humans—this is likely their doing."
"I think so too, Your Highness."
"But one thing is strange. It might sound like I'm belittling Roberts, but with the strength of the 'Martial King' Go Gin, there's no way Roberts could have escaped."
"The way he introduced himself matches the personality of 'Martial King' Go Gin as shown in the intelligence, but it's also too foolish."
Quartet frowned, feeling that there were too many strange things.
"What do you mean?" Holy Queen Calca asked. "'Martial King' Go Gin deliberately let Roberts go?"
"That's what I think."
Quartet said calmly, but her tone clearly indicated certainty.
"Then, Staff Officer Quartet, what are your thoughts?" Holy Queen Calca leaned back slightly, looking at Quartet.
Quartet looked up, reached out and swept her waist-length tea-colored hair back, revealing a confident smile: "Perhaps we can ask someone familiar with 'Martial King' Go Gin."
Holy Queen Calca was surprised.
The Holy Kingdom didn't have much contact with the Bahharuth Empire. Not to mention the Empire, even the Re-Estize Kingdom, which was closest, rarely had exchanges.
Even if they sent someone to the Bahharuth Empire now, not to mention the time it would take, just doing it in the form of a nation would make things more complicated.
"No, Your Highness."
"That person is in our Holy Kingdom, the Adventurer Team called[Free Will]." Quartet smiled, "But before that, there is something more important."
Holy Queen Calca was first surprised, then her expression became very serious, and a rare, invisible pressure appeared on her gentle face.
"It's time to deal with those nobles and merchants who dare to trade with Demi-humans." Holy Queen Calca said coldly.
"Heh, heh, Remedios has been waiting impatiently." Quartet's lips curled up, her eyes sinister and indifferent.
The reason they hadn't stopped these nobles from trading with the Demi-humans was because they had sent exploration teams to infiltrate the Hills.
To prevent alarming the enemy and to gather more evidence, they allowed these nobles to continue trading. Now, it was naturally time to close the net.
Holy Queen Calca stood up and walked towards the door. Quartet followed closely behind, two steps behind.
"Your Highness, what about the South Holy Kingdom?"
"The same!"
Seeing Her Highness, who had always taken a gentle approach to the South Holy Kingdom, show a tough attitude for the first time, a smile appeared in the corner of Quartet's eyes.
That's how it should be! If the South Holy Kingdom dared to protect Demi-humans, she wouldn't mind slaughtering a few great nobles.
Quartet suddenly felt that this might not be a bad thing.
As the order was issued.
In just one day, the coastline of the North Holy Kingdom was completely blockaded, and all merchants trading with Demi-humans were arrested.
56 Barons, 17 Viscounts, and 5 Earls were escorted to the Royal City "Hebans" by the Paladin Order in sequence. All resisting nobles were unceremoniously beheaded by Remedios.
While a major earthquake was occurring in the noble class of the North Holy Kingdom.
The church temples in the South Holy Kingdom began to exert their strength, and an even greater number of nobles were arrested, causing a greater sensation. However, whether in the North Holy Kingdom or the South Holy Kingdom, the highest-ranking noble involved reached the level of Earl, and did not affect the Marquis or Duke.
This made the nobles at the very top both frightened and relieved.
Holy Queen Calca, who had shown such tough measures for the first time since taking the throne, made a large number of nobles unaccustomed.
But when faced with the problem of Demi-humans, even the most foolish nobles knew that they must not stand on the wrong side.
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