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Chapter 327 Kingdom Conference (2)

Originally, Karaan had great hopes of inheriting the position of leader of Peorista. Unfortunately, as a court magician, she already had deep ties with other factions. While she didn't split her own faction like Archbishop Ignacio, she also ruled out that path.

Karaan recognized Angelica because she had recently received a request from Cynthia to deal with a merchant from the royal city. This unscrupulous merchant not only cheated a small magician from her own power, but also took advantage of the situation to extort money from the Magic Guild in Heaven.

Originally, Karaan was still struggling to find this profiteer, but ended up walking right into his own door. Karaan also happened to be gathering with her good sisters from the Magic Guild that day.

As for why Cynthia didn't contact anyone else from the Heavenly Magic Guild, it was because Angelica was likely Karaan's future junior. On the other hand, in matters like this, official intervention was better, as it complied with kingdom law and allowed the Cassius royal family to bear the brunt of the blame.

"Reporting to His Majesty the King."

"It's a shame to say that our team has been searching for the Prophet for a long time, but she was still captured by the Black Knight."

"This audience is to implore Your Majesty to send someone to assist us in tracking down the Black Knight so we can rescue the Prophet."

Although the Black Knight's true identity was known, Angelica feared the king would be intimidated by Bethcode, one of the six legendary heroes, who had gone from hero to enemy. Not only was the king too young, but his previous behavior had been timid, revealing neither the dignity of a ruler nor the courage to confront powerful opponents. Furthermore, the kingdom's current forces were not clearly capable of legendary combat. This was also the reason the Cassius royal family was courting priests and magicians.

"Uncle, do we still have enough troops to rescue the prophet?"

"Your Majesty, let's not discuss whether the prophet's story is true or not."

"As for the military strength, most of the kingdom's troops have been dispatched by General Douglas to clear out the monsters surrounding the kingdom."

"Since the new conflict broke out at the Kedra checkpoint, dozens of monster riots, large and small, have occurred across the kingdom."

"General Douglas was afraid that the monsters would gather and attack Holy Heaven, so he went ahead and cleared out the monsters in the surrounding area."

"Ah! Is... is that so?"

After listening to only a few words, Chief Qiu realized that the king was still in a stage where he didn't care about anything.

"But Your Majesty, if the magicians and priests are willing to help, we still have troops that can be mobilized."

After Stuart finished speaking, he looked at Karaan and Ignacio.

When Karaan saw the ball kicked to his feet, he spoke quickly.

"There's no problem for us court magicians to send troops, but I have only one request."

"Your Majesty, please grant me the authority to march alone."

"If my men are placed under the command of Douglas or Ignacio, I will refuse to go."

Cassius only understood that there was a conflict between the magician and the priest. He could understand why the magician, Karaan, had refused Ignacio's orders. But as for General Douglas, the young king couldn't figure out the reason, no matter how hard he tried.

King Cassius didn't know, but Stuart knew it all. After all, the previous king, Cassius, had allowed Douglas to implicate him because of Douglas's loyalty.

But such excessive loyalty can often lead to undesirable consequences. Douglas simply wants the royal family to dominate, without having to consult with Karaan and Ignacio before sending troops. If priests and magicians were to join his forces, they would be the troops with the highest casualties.

"Archbishop Ignacio, I wonder how far your priests have their forces?"

Since the magician couldn't do it, Stuart had to look to the priest's kingdom representative.

Although Stuart didn't believe the sage's prophecy, Cassius was his only blood relative. Whether for the sake of his family or because he already supported his nephew's ascension, he had to support Cassius. However, this prophet was the teacher of the original leader of the priests and magicians, and Stuart never agreed with him.

"Your Majesty, the Knights Templar have always supported the rescue of the Prophet."

"However, I have currently dispatched all the priests of the Knights Templar to the Magic Ridge and Kedra checkpoints for support."

"They are all on the march now."

"They've already been on the road for over ten days. It would take almost the same amount of time to recall them."

"In order to urgently support the Kaidra checkpoint, I even took the initiative to send a troop transport airship there."

"But, I never thought... they would be attacked by the Black Knight."

"I implore Your Majesty to forgive those soldiers and let me make amends for any mistakes."

Only the kingdom's elite soldiers have the authority to transport troops by airship. As for the priest, it is indeed normal for Ignacio to let his men march on the road.

Ignacio used this reason to reject Stewart's request, leaving him with no reason to do so.

But on Chief Qiu's side, Angelica couldn't help but look at him meaningfully after hearing what happened at Magic Ridge and what happened at the Kedra checkpoint.

The former team had a traitor, the latter had no priest from the Holy Knights arrive, the supporting airship mission was different from what it said, and it didn't end well.

And the enemy chief who labeled Ignacio a villain, seeing Angelica looking at him meaningfully, he also knew that at least 70% to 80% of Ignacio's ten sentences were false news.

"The Bishop need not do this."

"I...I already know the whole story."

"I will have General Douglas pardon those soldiers."

Chief Qiu was relieved to see that Cassius had exempted Klind and the others from punishment. Under the current circumstances, Chief Qiu felt that he could not find any reason to plead for Klind and the others.

As for the credit for saving the Kaidra checkpoint, Chief Qiu, seeing that the powerful officials before him hadn't mentioned it, couldn't bring himself to mention it. However, the unexpected development of the matter did make Chief Qiu secretly relieved.

"My fellow adventurers, the king has decided to take action regarding the prophet's matter."

"Then for the rest of the matter, you just need to wait for good news from the kingdom."

"As for summoning you today, it's because His Majesty is still young and is curious about your heroic deeds, so he ordered an audience with you."

"Now that it's over, you can leave."

"By the way, I hope you won't talk nonsense about what happened today."

"Otherwise, it will damage the majestic image of His Majesty the King."

After Stuart finished speaking, he signaled Qiu and the others to leave first. As for Charlotte, since Stuart knew the special nature of Charlotte's family, he would not show any concern for her. What's more, judging by Charlotte's silly and cute eyes, Stuart felt that Charlotte might not have been exposed to the family's secrets.