After arriving at the capital of the Kite Kingdom, I was surprised to find that the captain of the airship didn't actually leave.
"We have been stationed here to transport you when necessary, holy son. If you need to go anywhere, please contact us at any ti. Though from ti to ti, we will need to get more supplies from the empire to refuel the airship."
The last part of his words seed like there was so kind of implication.
As if he wanted to go with him back to the Holy Empire when they needed more supplies.
In a sense, this could be considered an exchange...
They were lending us this airship for the price of heading to the Holy Empire from ti to ti.
However, the offer really was hard to refuse.
The airships were actually faster than the wyverns, which made it a good travel option when necessary. It was at least three tis faster than the wyverns, which ant that it would save quite a bit of ti when it was needed.
At the sa ti...
There was also a squad of holy knights that ca with the airship.
These were elites just like the ones that had defended the room with the Crown of Wisdom, so they would be a good group of reinforcents if necessary. At the sa ti, they would also be able to help Klein and the other royal guards train.
So it was killing two birds with one stone.
"Alright, I accept your offer." That was all I could say in response to the captain of the airship who only introduced himself as Chris after I accepted the deal.
He and the captain of the knight who was known as Leon followed into the castle where I t with the pri minister and the chancellor.
If it was just the three of us, we would have gone to the royal study.
But since Chris and Leon were here, we went to the throne room instead.
The Holy Empire had information that was beyond what we knew since their information network was much more developed than ours. That was just how it was when considering the difference in length that our nations had existed for.
The pri minister and chancellor were able to learn quite a bit about the distribution of the demon army from Chris and Leon.
Once they learned all of this and had a map set up, they looked at to ask, "Do we help or do we ignore them?"
I knitted my brows slightly and didn't answer this question as I looked at the map.
After a long silence, I said, "No, we won't help them."
The pri minister and chancellor were surprised to hear this, but they slowly nodded in agreent.
It wasn't as if they didn't understand why I said this, but there was a bit of a strange look on their faces after hearing this. It was as if there was a part of them that had wanted to do sothing for these countries.
For once, it wasn't because they wanted to take their land and fold them into the grasps of our Kite Kingdom. Instead, it was because they wanted to do sothing for the human race.
We were all human kingdoms and now that we were being invaded by the demons, they still felt that it was their duty to do sothing for these human kingdoms.
I knew what they were thinking, so I turned to Chris and Leon to ask, "What is the Holy Empire and the other three empires planning to do?"
The two of them were surprised to hear this, but then Chris answered, "We will do the sa thing that we've always done. We will send reinforcents to the countries that were invaded and push back the demons."
I gave a nod in response to this before saying, "Then that buys us so ti. I need to make the best use of this ti."
Chris and Leon both knitted their brows when they heard this.
They didn't seem happy to hear what I said since it was almost as if I was saying that the four empires would fail in repelling the demon race. However, they chose not to say anything since they wanted to see what else I had to say.
The pri minister and chancellor just looked at as if they were waiting for to say sothing.
With how long they've known , they already knew that I had so kind of plan in mind.
I didn't waste any ti as I said, "I'm heading back to the Land of Giants."
At this, the pri minister and chancellor frowned while Chris and Leon had confused looks since they had no idea what I ant by this.
I looked at them and said, "Do you rember the prophecy?"
The pri minister and chancellor revealed confused looks along with Chris and Leon.
With a faint smile, I said, "Do you rember the part about gathering the pieces of power from the various gods?"
They still had confused looks on their faces as they didn't really understand what I was saying.
I waved my hand at Chris and Leon to co over to the throne. The two of them had confused looks on their faces as they walked over, but they still ca over to stand in front of him. Then I had them raise their hands before reaching out with the Staff of Earth.
The two of them were shocked when I dropped the Staff of Earth and it fell right through their hands.
As high ranking mbers of the Holy Empire, they naturally knew what this phenonon
was.
As for the pri minister and the chancellor, they had looks of understanding slowly appear on their faces.
I explained to Chris and Leon, "This is a relic from Terra, the god of earth that I received from the dwarves."
After hearing this, they also slowly understood what I was implying with this.
The pri minister was the one that put it in words when he said, "Then you're saying the
giants..."
I slowly gave a nod in response.
Everyone had serious looks on their faces when they saw this.
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