Reginald had been lying dead on the ground for a while in the square of Condal City, and there were now many people in the square. After receiving the news, everyone in the castle had rushed to the square, including King Farim, who had just woken up. And now, the princes were telling everyone about the current situation.
Seeing the appearance of his sons, Farim finally believed that his queen was a witch. Although it was obvious before, Farim still hoped that it was all a misunderstanding. After all, she was the person he had been with for two years. But now, his last trace of hope was shattered.
"What? Bishop Reginald is actually from the Kingdom of Limur?" Farim was surprised again. Although Reginald was sent by the church, he had a very good relationship with him and had given him many suggestions on how to govern the country. He did not expect Reginald to be from the Kingdom of Limur. But after knowing this, he thought about it. Indeed, their relationship was good because Reginald took the initiative to please him. And in this incident, Reginald had used their relationship to mislead him and misunderstand his daughter. Otherwise, Farim would not have believed the queen so easily.
The fact that the two people he trusted the most were actually spies sent by the Kingdom of Limur hit King Farim again. Unfortunately, he had no time to be sad, because the princes told him another unfortunate news: the Kingdom of Limur was about to start a war.
"The Kingdom of Limur is going to attack?" When the ministers heard this, they all became nervous. "Your Highness, can we stop them?"
"We should be able to. I've made some preparations before … Wait …" Just as he was about to say that he had made some preparations for war, Farim suddenly remembered something and said in horror, "Oh no, I've asked Bishop Reginald to help me keep an eye on the war preparations …"
"Eh?" At this time, Li Huailin also came over. "Handing over military affairs to a bishop of the church? How cute of you."
"Uh … this …" Farim really couldn't explain. Previously, because he had a good relationship with Reginald, the queen had mentioned that the Limur Kingdom might want to start a war, so she asked Farim to prepare a little in advance, which was to recruit soldiers and buy some armaments. At this time, Reginald was also by the side, and after hearing the queen's suggestion, he immediately supported it. He also said that he had some connections with the Human Chamber of Commerce and could get very good armaments, so he wanted to be in charge of this matter. Of course, the queen supported Reginald at the time, and Farim agreed in a moment of stupor. He didn't even know that the two of them were singing a duet. Now that he thought about it, there was definitely a conspiracy.
"Quick, let's go to our armory and granary," Farim shouted in panic, not bothering to explain to Li Huailin.
"Yes." Since they were all in the city, the soldiers immediately went to check. After a while, the soldiers came back.
"Your Highness! We can't find any new equipment in the armory at all. It's all old equipment, some of which are old goods from who knows how many years ago. We can't even use them. And in the granary, we found that many of the warehouses are actually filled with straw. We're still trying to find out how many warehouses have straw, but at least half of them are, "the soldier said anxiously.
"What!" Although Farim already had a hunch that he might have fallen into a trap, it seemed that the situation was much more serious than he had imagined. Previously, when Reginald said that he would help him prepare for war, he had taken a large sum of money from the treasury. Now that the warehouse was filled with old goods and straw, where did the money go? Thinking of this, Farim panicked. The money must have been sent to the Limur Kingdom. All the armaments and fodder of the Limur Kingdom were sponsored by him, and they were used to fight him. Farim really wanted to slap himself.
"Your Highness." "Your Highness." Hearing this, all the ministers panicked. They knew about the army. After the expansion, the army of the Condal Kingdom now had 1,200 people. However, 700 of them were new soldiers, and they didn't even have weapons to use. How were they supposed to fight?
"It's all my fault! It's all my fault. " Farim finally realized that his foolish behavior would lead to the destruction of his country. Although this was a trap, if he had been more careful, he wouldn't have fallen into such a trap.
To be honest, there was no need to look at the current state of the war. The other side had prepared for so long, so they definitely had more troops, better equipment, and more food. The Condal Kingdom's morale was low, and the situation was terrible. Since there was no hope for the kingdom, Farim immediately looked at Li Huailin. Only the Duke of Aquitaine could save him now.
"Duke …" Farim was just about to speak, but he didn't expect someone to stop him.
"Wait, Your Highness Farim." The person who stopped him was Moussa. He stopped Farim with one hand and pulled Li Huailin with the other. Then he whispered to Li Huailin, "Duke, my soldiers are just here to watch. They won't be able to fight. We can't help you with this …"
"I know." Of course, Li Huailin knew that Moussa's soldiers couldn't fight at all. They hadn't fought in a long time, and this time, they were helping another country. It was impossible for them to fight with all their might, so why would they help another country? Therefore, when the war started, these people were probably fishing in troubled waters and looking for an opportunity to escape. Li Huailin didn't count on them. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
Moussa was temporarily relieved, so he walked to the side and retreated. Farim also roughly guessed what was going on, but he still came up to Li Huailin and said, "Duke, please look at our century-old relationship with the Nasser Empire. Please save us."
"Farim, I say …" Li Huailin was just about to lecture him, but he didn't expect the quest to suddenly activate.
System Notification: S-rank Hidden Quest, No Evil Triumphs Over Good – 2 completed.
You have lost 1,000,000 experience, 5,000 gold, and 25000 reputation points.
System Notification: You have fallen to level 79.
System Notification: S-rank Hidden Quest, No Evil Triumphs Over Good – 3 accepted.
Quest Requirement: Help the Condal Kingdom defend against the Limur Kingdom's attack.
Quest Hint: The war is about to begin. The Condal Kingdom's King, Farim, requests your help to defend against the Limur Kingdom's attack. Beware of the enemy's attack. After accepting the quest, the Limur Kingdom will become an enemy until the war ends.
Quest Reward: 2,000,000 experience, 10000 gold, 50000 reputation points, and a special reward.
Li Huailin and the summoning Jade Emperor looked at each other. When Farim heard Li Huailin's tone, he thought that Li Huailin was going to refuse. After thinking for a while, he took out a box. "No matter what, Duke, you have helped me and my children this time. I don't have anything on my side to give you. This is what they want now. Rather than letting them take it away, it's better to give it to you for safekeeping."
"Oh?" Li Huailin took the box. He thought that this should be the reward for the second round of the quest, because the second round of the quest stated that there was a special reward. He didn't see anything else, but it seemed like this was the one. When he opened the box, he saw a red half-moon shaped thing that looked like an amulet. He picked it up and looked at it. The system showed that it was the Solar Amulet (left), and the description was only one sentence: Looks like it's only half. It also showed that it was a quest item without any attributes, but … the name was actually orange …
"F * ck …" Li Huailin directly handed this thing to the summoning Jade Emperor.
"F * ck!" Very soon, the Millennium Immutable said the same thing. "What's with this orange?"
"Is it really an S-rank quest? Will it drop a divine artifact after completing it? "the summoning Jade Emperor said.
"If this is left, then there's also a right?" Feng Yiliu said.
"Yes, this thing is only half right now." Farim nodded. "And the other half is in the Limur Kingdom, probably in Manuel's hands."
"What's with this thing?" Li Huailin asked.
"This is something passed down by the royal family from a long time ago. Our Condal Kingdom and the Limur Kingdom used to be one country, the Solar Kingdom, and this amulet was the national treasure of the Solar Kingdom at that time. But a hundred years ago, the Solar Kingdom split, and the national treasure was split into two, with each country holding one half. " Farim said, "I don't know what this thing is used for, but the ancestors set a rule that this thing must be protected, so I have always kept it a secret. Even the queen doesn't know about it, and I don't know why Manuel wants it."
"Anyway, that means that we can only find out what's going on when we gather all of them?" Li Huailin nodded. Since they already had half of it, how could he not let them take the other half? "But if this thing is so precious, it seems like it's not enough to repel the enemy's attack … In that case, I think we should directly charge into their base and take them away in one go."
"Huh?" Farim stared blankly. "Your Grace …"
Before he could speak, a soldier suddenly shouted, "Your Highness, there's something strange flying towards us in the sky."
Everyone looked up in the direction the soldier was pointing. Indeed, there was a black dot in the sky, and it was getting closer and closer.
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