624: Chapter 293_4 624: Chapter 293_4 “In such a situation, you have no reason to refuse.
Obtaining the title in this way, my father will have less dissatisfaction with you,” Ines reminded.
Upon hearing this, Leon was surprised.
He hadn’t received further news from her for a while and thought Ines had encountered difficulties, hence putting aside that “promise.”
After a brief contemplation, he felt that her considerations were very thorough.
Of course, in any case, he wouldn’t let Olivia be exposed to the old nobles of the kingdom.
Fortunately, Leon had enough confidence in his current martial arts prowess.
“How did you persuade the new king of Kantadar?” Leon wondered.
Ines supported her elbow, gestured with one hand: “Balance, the evident threats from all sides, and his own unwillingness to succumb to the status quo.
The Southern Kingdom is fragmented.
His title as the King of Kantadar is not fitting; calling him the ‘King of Ustato’ would be more accurate.
With a slight push, he naturally wants to utilize the remaining royal legality to leverage the crown’s value in hopes of breaking free from my father’s constraints.”
Leon understood and nodded.
Currently, the northern part of Kantadar has fallen entirely under Orland’s control.
The western part of Kantadar, under the leadership of the Felcon family, is dissatisfied with the new king Caso aligning with Orland.
As for eastern Kantadar, with the original Sobonitz Lord and the emergent Holy War Army lord standing tall, the components are extraordinarily complex, effectively becoming a noble autonomous region.
As for southern Kantadar…
According to reports from the scouts of the Holy War Army, the Southern Mountain Territory and Roslava Territory are still occupied by countless undead, with no living beings present.
After the Undead Calamity ended, the corpse tide, although no longer having a unified sweeping force, lost the support of the Eternal Night Cloud’s power, becoming more vulnerable; yet the vast undead were not completely annihilated.
Currently, the heavily damaged northern and southern armies indeed lack the manpower and resources to march southward and conquer the “Kingdom of the Dead” that possibly numbers in the millions south of Kantadar.
This is precisely why the Holy War Alliance has not disbanded until now.
Leon still worried that the undead occupying southern Kantadar might have a day they rise again.
However, at least in this nearly year-long time of recuperation, the Holy War Army Rangers, constantly monitoring southern Kantadar, haven’t observed any signs of the undead moving northward.
On the contrary, the Rangers venturing deep into the south discovered that under the leadership of different Corpse Ghost Lords, the undead were even attacking each other…
Temporarily putting aside concerns for the south, Leon looked at Ines.
He was uncertain how the Third Princess maneuvered in the past six months to get Caso to agree to this plan.
Caso accepted this deal naturally to reestablish contact with eastern Kantadar.
Regardless of whether he can assist later, this is his only chance to break the constraints of Lydwen III.
Yet Ines’s move to assist him in obtaining the legal rights to lead Sobonitz obviously goes against Lydwen III’s intention to annex Kantadar in the future.
Was Ines at odds with Lydwen III?
It seemed like she was going against him?
Although he was undoubtedly the greatest beneficiary, Leon seemed to have no place to speculate about her.
“Your Highness helped me so much, how should I repay you?” With only the two of them present, Leon asked directly without reservation.
During the brief night talk at Kilmerton Fortress, overwhelmed by the pressure of the Undead Calamity, he hadn’t scrutinized Ines’s proposal too deeply.
But now, with the Third Princess nearly fulfilling her promise, Leon had to consider what support she sought from him.
Ines, however, put her arms down and chuckled lightly, “For now, you only need to remember that I helped you , and that’s enough.”
Watching Leon’s puzzlement, the girl’s eyes curved into crescent moons, said no more, and left the Holy Artifact Room.
In her investigations over the past year, she had thoroughly understood her counterpart’s entire history and personality inside out.
Compared to substantial political alliances and exchanges of interests, for this brave Snake Slayer, Avalon’s Griffin Knight, Marshal of the Holy War Alliance, liberator of Sobonitz and Rolannar, and a great hero who ended the Undead War…
…a promise and a sense of debt are far more effective than any substantive constraints.