Just when Xue Hua and the others were shocked by the news from heaven, in the Kartim Palace, thousands of miles away, a court discussion with a strong smell of gunpowder was going on.

Due to Beria's machinations, now the entire kingdom of Kegistan has fallen into a shadow of terror.

Its minions, led by Alaham Herin, are doing everything they can to fulfill the tasks assigned to them by their masters, committing one brutal crime after another in this troubled kingdom.

The Kingdom of Kaigistan itself is located in a desert area, and some of the small towns and villages here have little decent defense.

As a result, when cultists disguised as Shinshin attacks in various identities, the inhabitants of villages and towns are either forced to take up rudimentary weapons and put up almost useless resistance, or they have to drag their families and flee to the nearest large city.

Many of the smaller towns have been reduced to ruins or ghost towns under the ravages of the True God, and their inhabitants have either died or have long since fled their homes.

The desert was littered with corpses and bloody limbs lying on the side of the road, and even the wind carried a lingering smell of blood and corpses.

Not many caravans from other kingdoms have dared to cross this treacherous desert to trade in Kegistan, which has caused prices in the kingdom to skyrocket, and what used to be a large bag of wheat flour that could be bought for a few coppers has now risen to more than a sack of silver.

This is no longer a price that ordinary commoners can afford, and even some nobles who are not rich enough are struggling to survive.

The kingdom's army was already exhausted, and they had been exhausted in the vast territory for nearly half a year, and their success was very limited.

Although the professionals of Kaigistan spontaneously joined the ranks of defending and hunting down the True God Cult under the call of the three guardians, for the excessively vast territory of the Kingdom of Kaijistan, the participation of more than 10,000 professionals was only a drop in the bucket.

The large and medium-sized cities and towns protected by the walls of the kingdom were already crowded with refugees from all over the world, who were starving and hungry, and often desperate men took the risk of cutting the road.

Tensions between the indigenous inhabitants of towns and the refugees from outside the town are deepening, and many towns have seen riots of refugees looting shops more than once.

Robbery, theft, fraud, and even more vicious cases continued to occur in large and medium-sized cities, and the city guards who were responsible for maintaining law and order in the city refused to carry out their duties because of non-payment of military salaries.

The entire kingdom of Kaigistan is falling into the abyss of chaos step by step, and if this situation continues, I am afraid that it will not be long before this ancient desert kingdom will be destroyed under civil strife.

The prestige of the Hakan royal family and government is diminishing by the minute, and the outside of the Kaltim palace is filled with anger and dissatisfaction with the current situation every day.

However, in the face of this situation of internal and external troubles, the vassals of the Kingdom of Kaijistan could not come up with any effective solutions at all.

The kingdom's treasury was extremely empty, and the blockage of commerce and commerce prevented many scarce goods from entering the kingdom.

The Kingdom of Kegistan itself was not a food-rich country, which led to the fact that the entire kingdom was already on the verge of famine.

The conflict between the prince's vassals has also begun to be exacerbated by the current situation, and now at every court meeting, the ministers are quarreling over various problems that need to be solved but cannot be solved.

Especially not long ago, after the Foreign Secretary brought back the sad news that the now advanced transcendent being had once again rejected their request for reinforcements, a storm that was about to engulf the entire Kingdom of Kegistan seemed to be brewing to the brink of eruption.

In the palace of Kaltim, a debate about Mars almost visible from the air has erupted again, and the focus of this debate is whether to invite the council and Xue Hua to help them out of the crisis once again, with a request to pay more.

"More cost? We don't have 'more to pay' anymore! You idiots ought to check the state of the treasury, which is empty and not even gerbils want to visit it now! ”

The finance minister of Kegistan roared at the foreign minister almost at the top of his voice, with a mixture of anger and despair on his face.

"I know that the treasury is empty! But if there is no foreign aid, how long can we last in our current situation?! It is precisely because the treasury is empty that we should ask for reinforcements from outside, do you want to see our citizens starving to death after running out of food? ”

The Foreign Secretary also roared back, he was so angry that the veins around his neck trembled.

"What did Kurast say? We had so much room to reinforce them before, and now when we need their assistance in turn, why don't they help?! ”

"Kurast has sent three waves of convoys, but none of them have managed to pass through the terrifying desert that has now become the mouth of the devil!

Our army is a bunch of rice buckets! They can't even do such a trivial thing as being a guard for a convoy! ”

As soon as the foreign minister changed his words, he pointed the finger at the Minister of War on the side, and the Minister of War, as a fierce general on the battlefield, could not shrink his head and admit defeat at such a time.

"Rice bucket?! You stupid and incompetent rat! Our soldiers have been working for a day since half a year ago, no! Not an hour off! Running around all day for your so-called 'plan'! The military salary has not been paid for two months! While these soldiers are fighting bravely on the front lines, you can't even guarantee their basic supplies! How dare you! How can there be a face in front of me in front of the word 'rice bucket'! ”

One of the military minister's hands had already touched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and his eyes flashed with a dangerous cold light, and he had a tendency to draw his sword and cut people directly if he didn't agree with him.

But neither the Foreign Secretary nor the Chancellor of the Exchequer continued to look at him without fear, and the latter had even touched his hand to a brass lamp pole beside him, fearlessly preparing to participate in the "palace melee" that was about to break out.

"Enough!"

Seeing that the court was gradually beginning to develop in the direction of the group, "Hakan II", who had been sitting on the throne on a high place without opening his mouth, finally stopped them with a hoarse and weak voice.

"This farce ends here... Ahem, ahem! ”

"Your Majesty......"

The vassals of the kingdom immediately stopped their tense confrontation and looked at the little king on the throne with worried eyes.

"Our kingdom is in danger right now, and we need reinforcements from any quarter... Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. ”

"Your Majesty is in ......"

"I beg you to make a trip to show our sincerity to the council and to that gentleman, and say that if they are willing to help, as long as they can save the people of Kegistan, I will promise to give up the throne!"