Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

Victoria Londinium, a heavily guarded estate.

Several grand dukes gathered here, holding the information shared with them by Duke of Caister.

They all received an invitation from the Duke of Castor to come here to discuss important matters.

In Kaster's original plan, she wanted to buy the spells used by the demons to treat Originium disease through negotiation and the use of force.

In her opinion, although these demons had experienced two hundred years of peace, they had just recently ended their civil war and must be very weak now.

The Duke of Caster knew that they were a group of lunatics, but he just had to leave them a way out and force them into a trap like a hunter chasing his prey.

As long as they are not pushed into a corner, Duke Caister is confident that he can get what he wants through his own means.

But now an unexpected situation has occurred. According to the information sent back by the Gray Hat, a strange demon king suddenly appeared among the demons, and the other party has already learned of their purpose.

This is trouble!

The Duke of Caister didn't know how the other party knew her plan, but she knew that with her own strength.

It is impossible to fight against two powerful demon kings at the same time, not to mention that the royal court of those demons is also a big trouble.

She was reluctant to let go of the piece of meat in her mouth, but now it seemed that she couldn't swallow it by herself.

After weighing the pros and cons, the Duke of Caster decided to share part of the profits with other dukes, while he himself would sit back and enjoy the benefits as the provider of intelligence.

Even if the plan fails in the end, we can use the conflict between the demons and the dukes to weaken their power.

But the dukes present were all old foxes, and Duke Caister’s little tricks might not deceive their eyes.

Especially the Duke of Godotin, who was still holding a wine glass in one hand, not caring about his image at all, and slumped on the large table and chair.

His eyes seemed a little blurred due to the influence of the wine, but in fact, beneath that shadow, his greedy heart was hidden.

Duke Caister looked at Duke Godottin and smiled, responding to his gaze.

Next is the Duke of Windermere. She had been stationed on the border between Victoria and Leithnia for a long time, but since the Witch King's rule was overthrown by the Twin Queens, the relationship between the two countries has eased.

It happened that the other party returned to Londinium for vacation, so Kast invited him.

To the right of the Duke of Windermere is the Duke of Cavendish, who had sent messengers a year ago to invite the Sarkaz mercenaries to enter Victoria to achieve his own goals, but after the civil war in Kazdel ended and the Scar Mall was liquidated.

The Duke of Cavendish's plan seemed to be in trouble. He agreed to join the operation. Perhaps, in addition to the bait thrown by Caister, he also had his own plans.

"Duke Caister, based on the information you provided, I have a question I want to clarify."

"The Duke of Windermere, please."

"Has your intelligence officer tried to test the other party? Or to put it more bluntly, is the strange demon king genuine?" The Duke of Windermere put down the intelligence in his hand, crossed his hands and stared at Caister's eyes.

Seeing this, Duke Caister smiled slightly, stretched his hand to a corner of the room, and made a special gesture.

The man in the gray hat walked out of the shadows silently, and Duke Godottin opened his squinting eyes a little, then continued to taste his wine.

"This is the intelligence officer who saw the devil with his own eyes. If you have any questions, you can ask him directly." Duke Caister pushed the man in the gray hat from behind and pushed him to the center of the living room.

Duke Windermere was the first to ask, "Can you confirm that the one you met at that time was the real Sarkaz Demon King?"

After the man in the grey hat saluted to each of the dukes present one by one, he told them in detail what had happened that night.

After the gray hat's narration, the dukes' faces became solemn. With their experience and vision, they did not find any signs that the intelligence officer was lying.

The Duke of Windermere fell silent. She was weighing the options. If the negotiations went well, everything would be fine.

If the negotiations broke down and a war broke out between the two sides, she didn't want to get involved. What kind of joke were the two demon kings? She was not like the crazy woman Duke of Caster, who would do such a risky thing regardless of everything.

The spell to cure Originium disease is certainly attractive, but for the Duke of Windermere who does not want to fight for the throne, it is not as important as how to protect himself in the storm of power struggle.

So after a little thought, the Duke of Windermere finally chose to reject the Duke of Caster's invitation. But she said that if the action failed in the end, she was willing to provide some help because of their friendship.

After saying this, the Duke of Windermere nodded to the Duke of Caster, stood up and left the room.

The Duke of Caster watched the Duke of Windermere leave with a smile on his face, and then turned to look at the Duke of Godottin and the Duke of Cavendish who were sitting upright.

"I wonder what you two mean?"

Duke Godoting stopped shaking the wine glass in his hand, frowned and said: "Duke Caister, you should know that Victoria sent out the Steam Knights at that time, but they failed to capture Kazdel, which only had one demon king."

"If a war really breaks out, we may not be able to defeat those crazy demons. What's more, this time the enemy is suspected to have two demon kings..."

"War doesn't necessarily have to break out, does it?" Duke Caster took out a map from the bookshelf in the room and unfolded it.

"That depends on how much sincerity you show in trading with those demons." Duke Godoting looked at the map unfolded on the table with interest.

"Don't worry about that. I am willing to trade this with those demons." Duke Godottin and Duke Cavendish looked at the area that Duke Kaster pointed to.

"This is..." Duke Cavendish recognized the city that Duke of Caster pointed to, and could not help but admire her boldness and decisiveness.

Because it is a mobile city.

"You are actually willing to give such a good thing to the demons." Duke Godoting did not expect that Duke Kast would be willing to give up a mobile city for the "spell to cure Originium disease".

"This is a mobile city that is about to be abandoned. Its infrastructure and Originium engine are already in ruins. Instead of spending a lot of effort to deal with its wreckage, it is better to give it to those demons."

Duke Caister took out a pen, drew a circle on the map, and spoke to the two partners in front of him.

"Heh...you really are good at calculating."

“Thank you for the compliment…”

After seeing that the Duke of Caster was willing to offer such an "attractive" trading item, the Duke of Godottin and the Duke of Cavendish went through another exchange of interests and finally finalized a preliminary cooperation plan.

Their plan had to be executed secretly and quickly enough to complete the operation before the other dukes, especially the Iron Duke Wellington, noticed it.

The Duke of Godottin and the Duke of Cavendish were responsible for dispatching the troops, while the Duke of Caster needed to send an official messenger to contact the Tower of Babel in the hope of reaching a direct deal.

Her trading item, the mobile city, also needed some minor modifications to prevent the demons from seeing the clues directly.

Once she got what she wanted and returned to Victoria, the rest would be left to the Duke of Godottin and the Duke of Cavendish.