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Chapter 803,
Chapter 198. Bottom-line transaction (3)
Draka Ziple’s home.
Veradin was silent for a while as he looked at the officers who were seated. Except for Ronil, Octavia, and the new pureblood jiples brought by Beradin, all the officers were feeling fear.
It was because dead bodies were lined up in the hallway outside the conference hall.
After the Tower of Story incident, of course, there was a disturbing atmosphere throughout Zipple. It was a situation where there were only rumors circulating without any official announcement.
Meanwhile, Beradin convened a family meeting for the first time. Just before this meeting, which consisted of only pure-blooded jiples and elders, began, Veradin carried out a short and intense purge.
Those who had doubts about the Tower of Story incident were annihilated in an instant. The dead could not properly resist the sudden attack.
But even if resistance were possible, the result would have been the same. In the Holy Land and Draka’s headquarters, Beradin’s authority was truly absolute.
“It took a while. As the new head of the family, it was a choice to efficiently lead the family, so I would appreciate it if you would forgive me even if it was uncomfortable to see.”
The officers looked into each other’s eyes. Killing more than 30 executives in an instant and sitting down, a brief commotion.
Besides, Beradin was telling him to go. The expression made Keliac’s life and death no longer matter.
Whether he lives or dies, it doesn’t change that he was taken over by Beradin.
“You will have a lot of questions. What happened to the former householder and Kadun, and how our Zipple will operate in the future. As soon as these things are sorted out, my sister, Satrin Ziple, the newly appointed Archon, will help to sort them out. We plan to announce it to the outside soon.”
Satrin Ziple looked at the officers and nodded slightly.
Not only her, but all the pure-bloods brought by Beradin were appointed to the highest positions. From the standpoint of the existing executives, it was tyranny followed by treason, but no one resisted.
Veradin was disillusioned with the look.
Of course, if he attacked, he would thoroughly kill and trample on him, but I thought that this very appearance was revealing the reality of the weakened Ziple.
It was because they had reigned for too long as the world’s number one family.
It was time to recapture the family’s early creed that one must be strong because one is strong, not one who is strong because of one’s name. I ripped it all out from the root.
“So let’s not talk about that for now, let’s talk about the latest agenda. Because while we were sorting out the family lines, the enemies started showing strange movements.”
“…All right.”
“First of all, Kingelo recently and abruptly unilaterally stopped trading steel with us. Behind this, of course, there must be the Barmal Alliance Jin Runkandel.”
“It is strange, my lord. Kingelo is also in a situation where he has to keep the Barmal Alliance in check, but there is no reason to suddenly give them steel. It’s not like we were buying cheaply.”
When an executive opened his mouth, Veradin nodded. If there were people who couldn’t accept change, there were people who could adapt quickly.
“In addition, there was a story that our spies recently found out that the land of the prisoners, the most important branch of Kingelo, had collapsed. I think that maybe the Barmal Alliance hit Kingelo in retaliation for the steel trade, and Kingelo, unable to overcome the pressure, gave up the steel.”
“That is an interesting story. However, they are not friends that Kingelo would bow his head to just that much. It is more likely that an all-out war would have started if the Barmal Alliance had attacked.”
“Then the head of the family said that Jin Runkandel would be behind it…”
“I think there must have been some sort of deal between Jin and Kingelo. And that deal must be related to the branch destruction that Elder Ritan just talked about.”
“Speaking of a deal… do you mean that Kingelo requested support from Gene Runcandel?”
“In my view, yes. A force other than us and the Barmal Alliance Runcandel and the Empire attacked Kingelo, and Kingelo requested support from Jin.”
“But aside from those forces, aren’t there any groups that are strong enough to attack Kingelo right now? At least, the Beamont family has their own potential, but I don’t think they will throw such an irrational number.”
The remnants of the royal family of Bement stopped contacting Jiple after the Battle of the Chest and disappeared.
“It won’t be the remnants of the imperial family. I think a new force has emerged.”
“A new faction…!?”
“If it’s a new faction, there will only be cases where neutrals join forces… Isn’t there anyone who can gather neutrals, except for the heads of the giant powers?”
“There is no person, but it is not impossible if Joshua Runkandel, who is said to have been alive and dead after the bust, appeared. But if it’s Joshua, Runkandel can’t stand still.”
For a while, several words were exchanged between the executives. Veradin watched the scene and shared the information he recently learned with them.
“Not even Joshua Runkandel. If he has started using the powers of chaos, you can detect it with my powers. So I think it’s something from the underworld.”
“The underworld…?”
“One of the materials that no one except the head of state can read contains information about the underworld.”
Originally, it was impossible to check the reading room without Shnu’s permission, but Beradin used Sanna’s power to break the seal.
“The space we call the Demon Realm was underground in this world. And on the boundary between the ground and the underworld, a being called a big snake and some ancient races are sealed.”
Excluding the closest aides, the executives were at a loss as to how to react to the sudden story. It was to the point where I wondered if Beradin was crazy.
However, the next moment, Beradin took out a scroll from his pocket and showed it to the officers. On the scroll, there was a picture expressing the contents, the boundary between the ground and the underground, and Ameris. A seal of fire blazed at the bottom.
What the seal signifies is absolute faith. The executives listened to Veradin’s words without further doubt.
“That’s why I decided that it was the demons or some other ancient race that hit Kingelo this time. However, most of the demons revealed so far belong to Kingelo, so the ancient race has more weight.”
“In other words, the head of the house said that the ancient underground race was released from the seal for some reason… and struck Kingelo. And Kingelo is requesting support from the Barmal Alliance.”
“That’s right. So what we need to do going forward is to recognize them. Who were the people who attacked Kingelo, why was the ground force that attacked them first?
As Berardin cleaned up, the executives nodded.
“Executives, immediately issue orders to the writing staff under your command. Please publish an article pretending that everything that came out of today’s meeting is true. And the Wraith Captain connects with the Archon and sends the Wraith Corps and the Magistrates of the Archon to each branch of Kingelo.”
“All right.”
“We have no choice but to be behind in information compared to the Barmal Alliance and Kingelo. We must find a way to close the gap at all costs and effectively counter the forces below. Those who have achieved results will be given a chance to learn the family’s arcane magic.”
Arcane magic, like Runcandel’s decisive battle, is not something anyone can learn. It was possible to learn only if you had magic affinity equal to that of a pure-blooded jiple.
“It is said that the research department has developed a technology that can stably increase magic affinity, even though it requires an enormous amount of money. I hope everyone runs hard.”
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The first day of October 1803.
Jin sipped tea while sitting in the barracks set up on the outskirts of Kingelo’s Third Branch.
“Are you here?”
Jin said while looking at Vishkel who had entered the barracks. After the deal was concluded, he stayed up all night looking at Kingelo’s branches.
It was because Jin hadn’t helped. The Bamal Alliance was just waiting as a standby team. In a way, Jin and Siris are waiting at the two predicted points of the attack.
“…it doesn’t appear to be here yet.”
“exactly. It would have been nice if either me or Siris-sama had been in the 7th branch during the last raid, but that’s a pity.”
Two days ago, while Jin and Siris were waiting at the 3rd and 5th branches, respectively, the enemy tribe raided the 7th branch of Kingelo. As a result, no traces of resistance could be found in the corpses of the prisoners in the 7th branch.
It was crazy for Kingelo to lose another branch even after making such a low-key deal with Jin. Besides, Orgal and Zephyrin were still unable to wake up.
‘Zephyrin could have been one of Ameris-sama’s heads…’
Jin shrugged and recalled what Ameris had said. Ameris said that if Zephyrin really lost consciousness because of him, that would be the only reason. Orgal fainted because he was mentally connected to Zephyrin.
“While looking around the branches, I checked some newsletters, and I saw an article saying that Beradin Zipple had become the new head of Zipline.”
“…Beradin?”
“exactly. Besides… look at this. The first thing Beradin did as soon as he came to the household was to open up about the underworld and doubt the relationship between Kingelo and the Barmal Union. This is the news that just came out.”
Jin’s eyes widened.
“The announcement that Beradin has become the new head of household is shocking enough, but suddenly there are suspicions about our dealings with the underworld?”
“Because of this, there are rumors going around among my demons, Kinzelo. I can’t guess at all…”
“Wait.”
Jin’s eyes widened as he tried to look at the newsletter.
“You guys have come at the right time. Bishkel.”
Then he got up from his seat and lightly warmed up once.
“…the enemy?”
Bishkel raised his senses belatedly, but did not feel any particular energy. It was because his skills were noticeably inferior to Jin’s, and he didn’t have an optical heart. What Jin read was an explosive brainstorm unique to the mad heart that suddenly spread around the 3rd branch.
“exactly. I guess I’ll have to check the newsletter after I’ve dealt with them. I will go first, so follow me.”
