Dong! Dong!
The door, engraved with the royal crest and inscriptions, was gently knocked upon.
"Enter."
With a "click," the door opened.
Kelart, wearing a High Priest's robe with blue patterns sewn along the edges of the sleeves and skirt, entered with a young man.
"Your Highness."
"Your Highness." Kelart and the young man bowed respectfully at the same time.
Seeing this, the middle-aged secretary maid bowed slightly to Holy Queen Calca, picked up the exquisite teapot from the table, and slowly retreated from the room, closing the door behind her.
"You are Roberts, correct?"
Holy Queen Calca looked 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."
Holy Queen Calca said, glancing at Kelart's expressionless face. Knowing her personality, she naturally knew Kelar's mood was extremely poor at the moment.
Anyone who read the information about the Abelion Hills would not be in a good mood.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Roberts stood up solemnly.
Holy Queen Calca may be too kind in terms of personality, but her abilities are excellent. Once she enters a state of focus, her meticulous thoughts and excellent talents are revealed, and she quickly pointed out some vague and strange points in the written information.
Kelart stood respectfully to the side, without any intention of interrupting. She and Her Highness Calca were indeed very close friends, but she also knew that in this situation, she, as an aide, did not need to speak for the time being.
After receiving explanations from Roberts one by one, Holy Queen Calca's expression became more and more serious, and she nodded slightly. Her clear, bright cyan eyes suddenly noticed a trace of hesitation on Roberts' face.
"Roberts, the information you provided is very important."
"If there is anything else special, feel free to speak your mind." Holy Queen Calca said gently.
"Yes, that's right, Your Highness." Roberts was not too sure and said softly:
"Mr. Roberts, my partner in the group, 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 hilly area. I'm not sure if this counts as an abnormal situation."
When mentioning "Mr. Caleb," Roberts' eyes were a little red. If the other party hadn't sacrificed his life to let him leave, he wouldn't be standing here safely now.
"The weather is too good?"
Holy Queen Calca raised her slender fingers and gently pressed her left temple, a hint of fatigue showing in her eyes.
"The weather…" doesn't have a direct relationship with the situation in the hilly area.
"Wait!"
Kelart suddenly spoke. The benevolent smile that she always maintained on her face seemed to freeze, becoming somewhat angry: "Why wasn't this information included in the written material?"
"Lord Kelart."
Roberts was a little stunned and didn't know how to speak for a moment.
"Kelart."
Holy Queen Calca's voice sounded, "Roberts, thank you for your hard work. You may go back and rest."
After Roberts respectfully left the conference room, the atmosphere in the room relaxed instead.
"Kelart, what's wrong?" Holy Queen Calca looked at Kelart in confusion.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, I'm also a little unsure right now." Kelart opened her mouth, then shook her head and said softly, "The current situation is already very serious."
Judging from the information revealed, five demi-human races in the hilly area have already united. Regardless of how the alliance was formed, it is a very dangerous signal for the Holy Kingdom.
Simply put, a chaotic Abelion Hills is a "good hills," but once the various demi-human races in the hilly area really have a tendency to unite, or even form a so-called unified situation…
This is a bit unbelievable—but historically, 200 years ago, the hilly area was once ruled by hill dwarves!
And now it is no longer an unimaginable thing.
The union of five demi-human races already has this tendency. Their Holy Kingdom is separated from the Abelion Hills by only a wall.
With the two sides so close, once all the demi-human races in the entire hills unite, the threat it poses will be to the extent that the entire country needs to be mobilized to defend against it!
The faces of Holy Queen Calca and Kelart were both tense and unsightly.
No one would have thought that such a situation would have emerged silently in the hilly area, which had been chaotic for hundreds of years.
"What about that 'Martial King' Go Gin?" Holy Queen Calca asked.
"It has been investigated."
"'Martial King' Go Gin is a demi-human powerhouse who appeared on the border of the Baharuth Empire eight years ago. After causing a period of chaos, he was invited by Osk, the operator of the Empire's Colosseum, to join the Empire's Colosseum."
"He became the strongest 'Martial King' in the history of the Colosseum and was known as the 'Symbol of the Empire'."
"In September of last year, he seemed to have been influenced by the captain of the adventurer team 'Free Will' and left the Empire. His whereabouts are unknown, and the reason is unknown."
"Analyzing the bounty issued by the Empire for the adventurer team 'Free Will', the departure of 'Martial King' Go Gin should be greatly related to the captain of that adventurer team."
Kelart paused here, raised her narrow eyes, and sneered: "Adventurers are indeed a bunch of troublemakers."
"The 'Martial King' Go Gin in the hilly area should be the one who left the Baharuth Empire. With his strength, he should be at the same level as those powerful demi-humans in the hilly area."
After saying this in one breath, Kelart licked her dry lips, looking troubled and headache-y.
Holy Queen Calca seemed thoughtful: "'Martial King' Go Gin has stayed in human countries and has a different consciousness from those demi-humans in the hilly area."
"Ruling the troll race in the hilly area and trading food with us humans is likely his doing."
"I think so too, Your Highness."
"But one thing is very strange. It may be a bit demeaning to Roberts to say this, but with the strength of 'Martial King' Go Gin, it is impossible for Roberts to escape."
"The way he introduced himself is in line with the personality of 'Martial King' Go Gin as shown in the intelligence, but it is also too foolish."
Kelart frowned, feeling that there were too many strange things.
"You mean?" Holy Queen Calca asked, "'Martial King' Go Gin deliberately let Roberts go?"
"That's what I think."
Kelart said calmly, but her tone clearly showed certainty.
"Then, aide Kelart, what are your thoughts?" Holy Queen Calca leaned back slightly, looking at Kelart.
Kelart raised her head, reached out and flicked 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 doesn't have much contact with the Baharuth Empire. Not to mention the Empire, even the closest Re-Estize Kingdom rarely communicates.
Even if someone is sent to the Baharuth Empire now, not to mention the time issue, the mere fact that it is done in the form of a nation will make things more complicated.
"No, Your Highness."
"That person is in our Holy Kingdom, the adventurer team [Free Will]." Kelart smiled, "But before that, there is something more important."
Holy Queen Calca was surprised at first, 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." Kelart's lips curled up, her eyes showing a sinister and indifferent light.
The reason why she hadn't stopped these nobles from trading with demi-humans was because she had sent an exploration team to infiltrate the hilly area.
In order to avoid alarming the enemy and further collecting evidence, these nobles were allowed to continue trading. Now, it was naturally time to close the net.
Holy Queen Calca stood up and walked towards the door. Kelart followed closely behind, two steps behind.
"Your Highness, what about the Southern Holy Kingdom?"
"The same!"
Seeing Her Highness, who had always taken a gentle approach to the Southern Holy Kingdom, showing such a tough attitude for the first first time, a smile appeared in the corner of Kelart's eyes.
That's how it should be!
On the issue of dealing with demi-humans, if the Southern Holy Kingdom dares to protect them, she wouldn't mind killing a few great nobles.
Kelart suddenly felt that this might not be a bad thing.
With the issuance of the order, within just one day, the coastline of the Northern Holy Kingdom was completely sealed off, and all merchants trading with demi-humans were arrested. 56 Barons, 17 Viscounts, and 5 Earls were escorted to the Holy King's Capital "Heirbanth" by the Holy Knights, and all resisting nobles were unceremoniously beheaded by Remedios.
At the same time as a major earthquake occurred in the noble class of the Northern Holy Kingdom, the church temples in the Southern Holy Kingdom began to exert their strength, and an even greater number of nobles were arrested, causing a greater sensation.
However, whether it was the Northern Holy Kingdom or the Southern Holy Kingdom, the highest-ranking nobles involved reached the level of Earls, and did not affect Marquises or Dukes.
This made the top nobles breathe a sigh of relief while being frightened.
Holy Queen Calca, who had shown such tough measures for the first time since taking the throne, made a large number of nobles unaccustomed to it.
But on the issue of dealing with demi-humans, even the most foolish nobles knew that they must not stand on the wrong side.