Just like that, King Gravel agreed to Crotia's divination. He wrote down his plans for the future in Northland on a piece of parchment. Once everything was ready, he lit the parchment in front of Crotia.
Soon, the parchment turned into a wisp of green smoke. Crotia took a deep breath and inhaled the smoke into her lungs through her golden mask.
Crotia didn't cough. If it had been someone else who had inhaled so much smoke, they would have long since started coughing.
Soon, Crotia lay down on King Gravel's bed and fell asleep within moments.
Nicella, Serena, and Sevia stood guard by Crotia's bedside. This wasn't the first time they'd seen Crotia use her ability to divine dreams.
As the divination continued, Crotia tossed and turned on the bed, looking like she was in great pain. King Gravel looked at her from the side, feeling a little worried.
Finally, after half an afternoon, Crotia opened her eyes.
King Gravel immediately went to greet her and asked how she was. The other three witches also looked at Crotia with concern.
"I saw many mercenaries, grassland cavalrymen, and even knights of the church. I saw His Majesty leading the defeated soldiers and being chased by the empire's troops, almost losing his life. I also saw a map, and then there was the raging fire of Blackstone Castle. The raging fire would devour everything. All of this was merely a game of the Grim Reaper, and no one could escape from it. "Crotia finished speaking in one breath, the scene she encountered in her dream.
After hearing this, King Gravel was speechless for a long time. He knew that he'd gotten the answers he wanted to know, but the last few sentences were too ambiguous. He could hear that it was a bad omen, but on second thought, perhaps everything was already destined. He just had to be himself.
Just like that, King Gravel knew what would happen next. It was similar to what he'd expected, so no matter what the outcome was, he had to give it his all.
Originally, King Gravel wanted to have the four witches stay for dinner, but since Crotia insisted on going back, King Gravel didn't force her to stay.
The next day, according to plan, King Gravel summoned Helen, who had been following him all this time. Helen had always been his butler and one of his most trusted people. Thinking of this, he thought of Tonny. Unfortunately, he'd already returned to the embrace of God.
When Gravel summoned Helen, Helen knew that something important must have happened.
Sure enough, Gravel told Helen that he was going to send someone to the grassland kingdom in the west, the Kurut Kingdom. He also told Helen that Helen was the candidate for the position of foreign affairs minister.
Haibull was taken aback. He didn't expect Gravel to give him such an important task. It was enough to show how much Gravel trusted and valued him.
Helen was very happy. He didn't expect that at his age, he could still make his own contribution to this newly established independent country. At the same time, he was a little worried that he wasn't up to the task.
However, Gravel trusted Helen very much and said that he had already arranged for the people to set off tomorrow. He also said that he had prepared a very meaningful gift for the Khan of Kurut and asked Helen to personally deliver it to the Khan of Kurut.
Gravel said that Helen would represent the Kingdom of Northland and represent him, King Gravel, to form an alliance with the grassland kingdom.
As a newly established country, the Kingdom of Northland naturally had a lot of diplomatic trifles to deal with.
As the foreign affairs minister of the Kingdom of Northland, Helen was now fully immersed in his role. He took the goods all the way to the west, going through all kinds of hardships and dangers, crossing the towering mountains and entering the grassland kingdom, the Kurut Kingdom.
Now, he had arrived at the city of Lalma in the Kurut Kingdom. Amidst a group of strong warriors, he slowly walked into the great hall of the Kurut Kingdom's Khan.
The capital of the Kurut Kingdom was called Lalma. The strongest warriors of the grassland lived here, and the fattest cattle and sheep of the grassland were reared here.
In fact, it had been a long time since an envoy from the south came to Lalma to negotiate. After the Kurut Kingdom fell into a civil war, the Kurut Kingdom no longer had the ability to harass the German Empire.
They could only plunder some things in the desert before returning to their grasslands. The barren grasslands had no ore or resources, so they could only live in the north.
The reason why the German Empire didn't go north to destroy the Kurut Kingdom was because they were too poor and didn't care for that barren land. Another reason was that the Empire was now in a mess and couldn't support a northern expedition.
However, King Gravel didn't think that the Kurut Kingdom was useless. He felt that it could at least provide him with livestock, cotton and other raw materials. It was a good natural ally to form an alliance with!
So he sent Helen, a veteran who had followed him to this day, in hopes that he could complete the treaty between the Kingdom of Northland and the Kurut Kingdom, forming a strategic partnership between the two countries. The Kingdom of Northland could use the Kurut Kingdom as a dumping ground for goods, while the Kurut Kingdom could export raw materials to the Kingdom of Northland in exchange for more daily necessities.
This was definitely a win-win business, so King Gravel didn't think that the other side would refuse such an alliance. The Kingdom of Northland really had too many daily necessities of the Kurut Kingdom. Not only that, they also had a common enemy, the German Empire.
In the past two months, the Kurut Kingdom was extremely dependent on the salt that the Kingdom of Northland exported to the Kurut Kingdom. Including ironware and some other things, the Kingdom of Northland's economic invasion and control of the Kurut Kingdom was greater than at any time in history.
Khan Seru leaned back in his chair and looked down at Helen who walked in. He didn't seem to have any intention of speaking.
Beside him, a minister dressed in a long robe looked at Haibull. He dragged his voice and pretended to be dignified as he asked, "You, the envoy from the east, what are you here for?"
"I'm here to form an alliance with the Kurut Kingdom." Helen introduced himself, "On behalf of the Kingdom of Northland, I'm here to convey the will of eternal peace."
"We've always been at peace." On the other side, a general with a saber at his waist mocked in a repulsive tone.
The surrounding generals of the Kurut Kingdom laughed. They had to go west several times a year, and their main target was the desert kingdom of Haruz.
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