Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

Summers in Ursus are always short but beautiful, with colorful wildflowers blooming on the fertile black soil, and melted ice and snow gathering into streams that flow across the vast plains.

After a long migration, the pitch-black feathered beast from Casimir flapped its wings, flew over the majestic and solemn Castle of the Holy Horse, and landed on the pointed-roofed palace with the Hippogriff flag flying.

The entire nation of Ursus was seizing the brief summer months to ramp up production. However, a secret order from the Far North, delivered to the Imperial Palace, instantly caused considerable unrest among the top officials, and the situation showed signs of intensifying.

"This discussion of this matter ends here. The Imperial Parliament will send someone to investigate the situation in Blesk. Anyone who dares to act without authorization before the results are known will be prepared to face His Majesty's wrath."

Imperial Speaker Witte uttered his final words before leaving the packed parliament. No one applauded, and no one raised a hand in opposition. It was as still and silent as a forest on a snowy night in late winter.

On the surface, everyone remained silent, but in reality, they were all secretly plotting their actions, wondering how to protect their own interests from being harmed in this sudden disaster, or even taking risks to gain more benefits.

"Mr. Speaker, His Majesty is waiting to talk to you in the study..." The Ursus man dressed as a secretary followed Speaker Witte and whispered in his ear.

"I understand." Witt nodded slightly and secretly quickened his pace.

......

Witt raised his hand and pushed open the wooden door with a faint wood fragrance. Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Emperor Fedor of Ursus, who was looking at the walls of the Holy Steed Castle, turned around with an expression more solemn than ever before.

"Sit down, Werther."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two men sat down one after another. Fyodor took out an opened document and handed it to Witt. "This is a special confidential document secretly submitted by Grand Duchess Elisa. You are the second person to know its contents. Destroy it immediately after reading it."

Witt took the document and began to read it quickly. The more he read, the more his brow furrowed.

Grand Duchess Yelisa reported an incredible incident in a secret letter. In the mines around the city of Blesk, miners on night shifts repeatedly witnessed creatures that looked like ghosts wandering around.

The Grand Duke initially suspected that an evil demon had broken through the northern defense line, so he arranged for his personal guards to stay on guard all night and successfully recorded the appearance of the ghostly creature with a carbon pen sketch.

The huge eyeballs occupied the entire head, and the slender blue-purple limbs emitted a faint light in the dark night.

The ghost creature would appear from time to time in the depths of the mine. Every time it appeared, it would cause large areas of source stone ores to lose their activity, as if all their energy had been devoured.

The mineral veins around Blesk City were already showing signs of withering, and the ghostly creatures' devouring behavior not only caused panic among the miners, but also reduced work efficiency and accelerated the depletion of the mineral veins.

From Grand Duchess Yelisa's description, Witt was almost certain that the ghostly creature was definitely not a demon. However, the threat it posed was no less than that of a demon, and it had to be dealt with as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" After reading the contents of the confidential document, Witt destroyed the paper casually. He was already familiar with this kind of thing.

"Two internal security guards are rushing to Brest at full speed. They will report back with the results of their investigation shortly. Before that, we need to take other actions."

"I will obey His Majesty's will."

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"Deep Pond Ghost Troops are active around Oak County, inciting Tara refugees to set fire to the town's patrol barracks. A small-scale armed conflict has occurred between the two sides, and the number of casualties is still unknown..."

"Deep Pond Ghost Troops have appeared in Xiaoqiu County. A batch of Originium military artifacts have disappeared and their whereabouts are unknown. They may be used to launch an attack..."

Newsboys roamed the streets, spreading the name of the Deep Pond Ghost Corps throughout Londinium. Major newspapers noticed that stories about the Ghost Corps sold more copies than any other topic, and they began to increase their print runs.

Tara, Deep Pool, Ghost Troops...it spread almost all over Victoria.

In Victoria, where the throne has been vacant for decades, the grand dukes are still fighting overtly and covertly, and the Tara Deep Pool is ready to move.

Victoria, bathed in glory, seems to be showing signs of decline.