Episode 193
Princess Maha.
When Allen first thought about how to treat her, the decision she made was to kill her.
If he can’t kill him, it’s to rule out in advance so that Julius doesn’t have any room to interfere in the dispute over the throne. A plan for him was laid by Arcandus, and is now going as planned.
It was a natural choice as her existence would only hinder the formation and gathering of power in the future.
It’s hard to deny that the fact that you held hands with Kim Woo-jin in your previous life had an impact… .
‘Who is more likely to become the emperor, the prince who is supported in the first place or the cute youngest?’
Since the beginning of the academy, I have been in a relationship with Prince Eliza.
The reason he changed his plans was purely because of her remarks similar to the prophecies he had heard from Francisca, and information about non-collinearity from the ring bridge.
The plan that came from the idea that perhaps she could be restrained even if she couldn’t get her on the same side came to this point.
“So, what did the princess say?”
Allen and Iliana followed Kant Laswell to the drawing room.
As if he had been here several times, he led them through the cracks of tools and machines scattered here and there. In fact, he’d been there longer than the actual owner of this place, Allen, so it might be natural for him to look more familiar.
“Huh••• ” 1= •
He turned his head to Illyana with a cautious look.
It seemed clear what he meant. Is he trustworthy or deserves to be heard? She stopped thinking and stood up from her seat at the sight of clear meaning.
“Prince Allen, I’ll wait outside, so when the story is over, you’ll be alone…”
“Is this the genius you praised so much? I thought he would look more like a researcher because he said he was a clue to the situation.”
She stopped talking and turned her head.
Kant shook his head, waving his hands at her, who was standing still.
“Sit down. If Prince Allen’s words are true anyway, you’ll see them often.”
Illyana turned to Allen, looking for an explanation. Allen continued, as if waiting for the conversation to stop.
“Illiana. I apologize for not telling you first. The reason I called you here in the first place is simple.”
He made eye contact with her and opened his mouth.
“Congratulations on becoming the director of the unofficial Institute of Ancient Imperial Engineering.”
Allen spoke again to her, with a bewildered expression on her face.
“Did I not tell you? There’s work to be done in the city.”
“I meant to say that…”
“Then it doesn’t matter.”
“Wait, wait.”
She pressed her forehead tight, as if trying to organize her thoughts, and Kant burst into laughter at her sight.
“If they find out that I’m the youngest to rise to the position that the Imperial Engineers would aspire to, I’d be envious and hit the ground.”
“So I…”
Illyana ignored him and muttered to herself.
“At first glance, you’re hiding in such a gloomy manner, and even in the Empire, you’re doing research on airships looking for them with your eyes turned on?”
“••• If you get caught, it seems like you’ll be the first to be chased, right?”
“I promise I’ll do my best to protect you.”
“No…, haha.”
She let out a deep sigh of emotion.
“Can’t you come here and change jobs?”
Illyana left for a moment to clear her mind.
Allen nodded, understanding the confusion she was going through. Kant opened her mouth, sipping tea with milk.
“Did you bring me here without an explanation?”
“I didn’t know who was listening, but I couldn’t help it.”
“That’s right. Oh, can I have a drink?”
Allen shook his head, and he returned without further urging. After enjoying the incense for a while, he brought out refreshments and started talking.
“The Princess’ message is the same as always. When are you planning to release the airship. Is it a long way from the proper mass production?
He handed him a carefully sealed letter!
Allen opened it on the spot, checked the contents, and nodded. Except for his personal regards, it was nothing different from what he said.
“My answer is no different. The time has not come yet… As for the mass production, Illiana is here, so progress will be made.”
With her ability, she could fill the sky with those airships within a few years.
He emptied his glass as if he didn’t expect it, and slowly opened his mouth.
“Since you say so, I have no choice but to ask the same question as last time. Prince Allen, is the promise still valid, right?”
The atmosphere subsided. Kant’s appearance was not different from the previous one. A gentleman enjoying tea with a smile on his lips.
However, the atmosphere pressed him in as if it was going to cut it at any moment.
‘The Empire possesses a semi-professional person.’
It doesn’t come close to being the strongest of the empire. However, in a human-to-human battle that is not a monster, he can handle opponents more neatly than the strongest of the Empire.
Perhaps, if the Shadow Queen did not return like this and ten more years passed, he could have become the next Eight Rivers.
‘In that way, it’s closer to a prosecutor than an assassin.’
It is a meaningless assumption.
Allen nodded, unaffected by his pressure.
“Yes. The promise will be kept. Isn’t it as much demand as the non-community technology sharing and investment stake. And…”
Allen looked at him with a grin.
“I’m not staying here, not even in the Empire, to check on him.”
This was the reason why Kant, who was in such a position, was buried underground for several years.
When Allen began to build the city, she secretly summoned Princess Maha to show her the airship. Her reaction was dramatic. To the extent that she sends her most reliable servant here.
She gave Allen the funds and resources to build this facility, and even sent engineers and researchers who were silenced with powerful contract magic.
Considering that they are a rare manpower even in the Empire, it can be said that she put all of her energy here.
To the extent that I never thought of working with someone like Kim Woo-jin again.
“But he must have remembered my request.”
Kant quickly relaxed the mood and smiled.
“Hahaha. Of course. The throne dispute is meant to be postponed until after the subjugation of Estedor.”
“Isn’t there one more thing besides that?”
“Hmm… If you reach the position of the Eight Rivers, please support me, right?”
He looked at Allen with a serious face. Looking at Allen without a word, he opened her mouth and then closed it again. Thinking about something, he nodded her head.
“Eight, eight, so… Well, since Prince Allen is not shallow, he must have some plan. But…”
He continued without a smile on his lips.
“I hope you do not underestimate the position of the Eight Rivers. I have been in this position for decades. Of course.”
He smiled softly as he gave advice to an ambitious young man.
“Dong Allen is younger than me, so it will be possible in the future, but it’s important to look back a little bit. Hahaha, I hope this advice doesn’t offend you.”
“Thanks for the advice.”
Allen shook his head without a sign of displeasure.
“Hahaha, that’s good. Then the conversation is over, would you like to call the lady too? It seems like they’ve been waiting around to see if they want to come in.”
But Kant Laswell, does he know?
Allen was planning to occupy a place in the Eights in five years at the latest.
After gathering up to Iliana and talking about this facility, Allen stood up.
For the time being, there was nothing to worry about, as Kant told her about this place.
It was a man with impressive green eyes to welcome him back to the mansion after going through a complicated road.
“Arcanthus.”
“Confucius, it seems like it’s been two months since I’ve seen you in person like this.”
Arcandus gave a brief greeting and headed straight to the office with Allen.
As soon as the two entered the office, Arcandus opened his mouth as if nothing needed to be said.
“Your mission has been successfully completed. Although the hard work… made it enormous.”
He was dressed neatly, as if he had just returned to the city, but his face was weary, proving that the task was quite arduous.
“Since this mission is so dangerous, you were the only one I entrusted to you.”
“Yeah, I agree with that. It just gives me a little headache.”
Arcandus smiled bitterly at Allen’s excuse, not an excuse.
What he did to Arcanthus was simple.
“Did you succeed in finding out anything about the Nastrond Plains?”
“Yeah, there was some harvest. We also made a stronghold to stay in before we got there.”
Allen must enter the Nastrond Plains.
It was partly because it was the first step to a deliberately heroic move and the best feat to let the outside world know, and partly because it had something to do with Bestla.
But just because I went in, I couldn’t go without knowing anything.
“••• However, I don’t want to deal with adventurers any more.”
He remembered the cowards fed up with vanity. The guys who had accepted the search request to make a map of the Nastrond Plains until they received the request, realized that they were going deep, and broke the contract.
“Unlike mercenaries, those who take real adventures… Ttt.”
Allen could not guess exactly what had happened, but from what he said he could guess the suffering.
“In the end, with the help of the Arahni and Minima tribes, we were able to roughly finish the investigation.”
“••• It’s a tribe, it’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time.”
“When you leave, they will be waiting for you at the base you are going to, so you will need to receive their guidance.”
“Do you know why they accepted the request?”
He answered without hesitation as if he knew what was going on earlier.
“Outwardly, it seemed that they had accepted the request through their relationship with Confucius Allen…, but internally, they seemed to be talking a lot about what to do with them as the world changed in chaos.”
“Well, they must have suffered the most over the years.”
Monsters in the Great Desert were commonplace, but the world has changed after three years of raids.
to feel the change. Refugees wandering all over the desert, countless people flocking to the Gwanghwigyo incident, and numerous accidents.
Due to the nature of the tribes that do not stray from the great desert, the past few years must have been nothing but lightning.
Allen’s city, Vidar, was also located in the realm of the Galshudin Great Desert, so if you want to entrust your forces, it’s only natural to give them this kind of favor.
If you want to come close to the city, you’ll have to get a good look in Allen’s eyes.
‘But what is the reason for coming here instead of the academy?’
Does it have to do with the prophecy that their constellation had given down?
You will only know when you meet them.
Allen turned his head to Arcanthus, who had been waiting for him to finish his thoughts.
“Then let me tell you the facts of my investigation.”
He tried to keep his expression as calm as possible, speaking the facts of his investigation.
“Some of the undead there are… still holding their minds.”
“If that’s a high-ranking undead, isn’t that sometimes the case?”
“No. So, whoa.”
He continued his explanation slowly, as if reminiscing about something uncomfortable.
“So it means that there is something similar to a king who rules over the undead there.”
Plains of Ndstrpnd.
It was said that there was a king of the undead that had never appeared before in a place called the shore of the corpse because the corpse was spread out endlessly.