Two hundred kilometers west of Hindmoor is the area hardest hit by meteorites. More than 400 meteorites, large and small, fell here. In hundreds of craters, the smallest meteorite found was only 4 centimeters in diameter, and the largest was more than four meters.
, hitting the ground and forming a large circular crater with a diameter of about ten kilometers, the scene was spectacular. Countless people died here, and countless others were displaced.
The disaster area was a tragic scene, and the refugee camp was filled with the cries and wailings of the survivors day and night. In the royal capital, which was only 200 kilometers away, the bustling and noisy city of Hindmore remained as before. The lights were brightly lit at night, and the entertainment life at night was replaced by
Disasters in other places have become more common.
In the palace, Zalberg was busy with official duties from day to night. During this period, he hardly had a good night's sleep. Even Canaan, the new Deputy Chief of the King's Guards who stood beside him and took turns to protect his safety, was worried about him.
My body can't bear it.
Zalberg was looking at the official document from the disaster area that had just been delivered. The handwriting on the official document was so sloppy that he almost had it stuck to his face. His eyesight has declined a lot recently, no matter what the minister presented to him.
The new glasses felt like they were no longer enough. He held the frame of the glasses and read every word on them carefully, then took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, pinched the bridge of his nose, and leaned back on the chair.
Canaan took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the office, so she couldn't help but come up from behind the king, and said with concern: "Your Majesty, please rest, you haven't slept for 22 hours." She and the bloodthirsty demon changed shifts to deal with the king.
Under the tightest protection, Zalberg had been working for twelve hours before she came to take over.
Zalberg waved his hand without looking back: "If you are tired, go and rest. These official documents are of vital importance and must be approved tonight."
Jia Nan still wanted to persuade her, but when she saw that His Majesty read the official document again, she had to swallow her words. She knew why His Majesty the King had to work so hard and tiringly, and how many people were involved in the throne that was taken away from him in the palace coup more than two years ago.
Regardless of the criticism, whether it is from the royal family, the people or among officials, there are always people who accuse him of being in an unfair position and of illegal inheritance. Because of this, he can only work hard and do everything well to silence the critics.
Justify your throne.
But God seemed to insist on punishing him as a usurper. In just two years after taking over as king, the land of St. Vicoia suffered two major disasters. Once, the city of Dorentel disappeared from the mainland.
Nearly half of the province of Maiori where it is located was destroyed, and the amount of losses caused by this disaster is unknown.
Tuk-tuk-tuk...
There was a knock on the mahogany door of the office. Usually at this time, unless there was something important, few ministers would dare to disturb him. This is because His Majesty is in the worst mood at this time.
The internal affairs official report outside the door reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy from the Holy Garden is here and wants to see you."
Zalberg was about to scold the internal affairs officer outside, but when he heard that it was the messenger from the Holy Garden, he had to suppress his anger: "Who is coming?" At the same time, he asked the adjutant of the guard behind him: "What time is it now?"
"21:42." Canaan said.
The internal affairs officer report outside the door reported: "Kailin Memphela, one of the twelve holy knights of the Holy Garden, has been identified."
"It's not too late." Zalberg said: "Ask her to go to the small conference room and wait a moment. Then ask the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Development, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Director of the Interim Administration for Disaster and Resettlement... and the Minister...
Everyone is invited."
The internal affairs officer outside responded and left.
Half an hour later, there was a small meeting. Memphela was sitting in the guest seat wearing armor. The sword from his waist was taken off and taken aside by the guards. Several ministers and officials had just arrived and had not yet introduced themselves to Memphela.
After getting to know each other, they saw King Zalbog coming in from the small door of the conference room.
Zarberg thought that Memphis was here because of the disaster. The Holy Garden sent more than one special envoy to San Vicoia to pay attention to the disaster. They were on the front line of the disaster and inspected the disaster with his officials. Therefore, he sent several related ministers to the disaster.
They were all called to attend the meeting. Unexpectedly, when Meng Feila opened her mouth, the topic was not related to the disaster.
"Your Majesty the King, Memphis solemnly reminds you that you must pay attention to the changes in the situation in the west and northwest of the country, especially the military situation outside the west, and it is very necessary to strengthen military deployment in the border areas."
As soon as these words came out, the people present were shocked. The Foreign Minister hurriedly asked: "What do you mean by these words, Mr. Paladin? Do you have a premonition that our country is about to face a war?"
Everyone present was thinking quickly. They were all high-ranking officials of the country and knew the situation of the country very well. Saint Bikoya suffered several major disasters in succession, from the change of power in the empire, to the war between the Holy Demons, and then to
Two real catastrophes, these events have caused an extremely tight financial situation. For this reason, the empire has increased taxes three times from last year to the beginning of this day, but it still cannot fill the huge hole in the treasury. Now listen to Meng Fei
If you pull it, there will be another war soon, which will not only make things worse for Saint Bikoya, but make things worse!
Memphela said: "Your country's external military intelligence should also be familiar with it. Since what happened on the west coast last year, many small countries there have fallen under the control of a huge and mysterious pirate organization."
Except for the foreign minister, the officials at the scene knew a little bit about military matters, but the other ministers did not know much about it. King Zarberg said: "I don't know much about things west of the desert. The relevant people have given me a briefing.
I didn’t pay too much attention to it.” It’s no wonder that the entire province was devastated in the battle of Dorenter. How could government officials care about the war in a small country to the west of the desert? Their understanding of that country is still limited to:
Based on the stereotype of "a small country often invaded by pirates".
Memphela said: "I just came back from there. What I learned is that those pirates have gathered a huge force and are fighting eastward. The entire country of Zaliba has fallen, and the country of Midgard is struggling on the edge of destruction.
It is very likely that it will fall soon."
The king signaled the guards at the venue to find a map of the main continent and spread it on the table. The officials looked at the location on the map. Someone said: "I don't know much about military warfare, but from the map, Midgart is far away from our Holy Land."
Bikoya is extremely remote. The desert is thousands of kilometers away. How did they get here? It is impossible to cross the desert. If they want to invade our country, they have to go south and take a detour. There are at least a dozen countries blocking their way along the way, threatening us.
It is impossible to do this at the border of Saint Vicoia. Your Excellency Paladin, we are very grateful for your concern for the national security of Saint Vicoia, but are your worries... are they a bit too much." He originally wanted to say 'superfluous'
'Yes, but respecting her status as a Paladin, I changed it to a more euphemistic word.
Memphela didn't want to argue too much, and she didn't come here to argue. She just said: "The person who commanded that army to fight eastward was the undefeated general of your country, the commander-in-chief of the Holy Demon War two years ago.
,Kia Fried.”
These words made everyone present stunned again. In fact, King Zarberg, who was suspected of being involved in Fried's campaign in the western border of the mainland, had already received the intelligence information. He was just busy with domestic affairs, and secondly, the intelligence information was not very accurate, so
He did not bring this information to a formal forum for officials to discuss it. The only people who knew about it were him and the officials in charge of intelligence. Therefore, the ministers present were shocked when they heard that Fried was leading the troops in the battle.
"Are you telling the truth, Lord Paladin?"
Memphela said: "I personally met Fried when he was on the west coast. I asked GITW to relay this news to your country."
Several ministers looked at the king, but Zalbog did not respond. Regardless of the ministers, they asked: "But, are you sure that Fried came to St. Bikea? St. Bikea is his mother country."
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Memphela said: "Because St. Bikea is his mother country, there is nothing more appropriate than letting him come to conquer St. Bikea. If I were the mastermind behind him, I would do the same."
All the ministers looked at each other, and Zarberg's left hand, which was wearing a gem ring, knocked on the table and said: "It seems that the mysterious force that triggered the Holy Demon War more than two years ago is about to surface. We really have to do something in the midst of a huge disaster.