Just when Xue Hua and others were shocked by the news from heaven, a heated court discussion with a strong smell of gunpowder was going on in the palace of Kardim thousands of miles away.
Due to Beria's conspiracy, the entire Kingdom of Kejistan has now fallen into a shadow of terror.
Its minions, led by Arahant Helin, tried their best to complete the tasks assigned to them by their master, and continued to commit one cruel crime after another in this troubled kingdom.
The Kingdom of Kejistan itself is located in a desert location, and some of the small towns and villages here basically have no decent defensive cover.
This leads to the fact that when the cultists of the True God Cult disguised as various identities attack, the residents of villages and towns are either forced to pick up crude weapons and make an almost useless resistance, or they can only drag their families and leave their hometowns to face the epidemic.
Escape to the nearest large city.
Under the ravages of the True God Cult, many small towns here have been turned into ruins or ghost towns. The residents in the cities have either died or have fled their homes long ago.
Bodies and bloody stumps lying dead on the roadside can be seen everywhere in the desert, and even the strong wind carries a lingering smell of blood and corpse stench.
Not many caravans from other kingdoms dare to cross this dangerous desert to do business in Kejistan. This has caused the price of goods in the kingdom to skyrocket. In the past, a large bag of wheat flour could be bought for a few coppers, but now it has risen to one.
A bag of multiple silver coins.
This is no longer a price that ordinary people can afford, and even some nobles with insufficient wealth are struggling to survive.
The kingdom's army has long been exhausted. They have been struggling across the vast territory for nearly half a year, and the results they have achieved are very limited.
Although the professionals in Kejistan spontaneously joined the ranks of defending and hunting down the True God Cult at the call of the three guardians, for the Kingdom of Kejistan’s too vast borders, the participation of more than 10,000 professionals
The effect it plays is only a drop in the bucket.
The large and medium-sized towns protected by city walls in the kingdom are already crowded with refugees from all over the country. These refugees lack food and clothing and are hungry. Desperate people often take risks and engage in criminal activities of blocking roads and cutting off roads.
The conflicts between the original residents in the towns and the refugees are increasingly deepening, and riots have broken out more than once in many towns with refugees robbing shops.
Robbery, theft, fraud and even more vicious cases continue to occur in major and medium-sized cities, and the city guards responsible for maintaining public security in the city refuse to perform their duties because of lack of military pay.
The entire Kingdom of Kejistan is falling into the abyss of chaos step by step. If this situation continues, I am afraid that this ancient desert kingdom will be destroyed by civil strife before long.
The prestige of the Hakan royal family and the government is decreasing every second, and every day outside the Kardim Palace is crowded with people who are angry and dissatisfied with the current situation.
However, faced with this situation of internal and external troubles, the subjects of the Kingdom of Kejistan were unable to come up with any effective solution.
The kingdom's treasury has been extremely empty, and the obstruction of the commerce and trade industry has prevented many scarce supplies from being transported into the kingdom.
The Kingdom of Kejistan itself is not a country rich in food, which has led to the entire kingdom being on the verge of famine.
The conflicts among the kingdom's subjects have also begun to be intensified by the current situation. Now, at every court meeting, various ministers will quarrel over various issues that need to be resolved but cannot be resolved.
Especially not long ago, after the Foreign Minister brought back the bad news that the now-transcendent being once again rejected their request for reinforcements, a storm that was about to sweep across the entire Kingdom of Kejistan seemed to be brewing on the verge of breaking out.
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Nowadays, in the palace of Kardim, a debate that can almost see sparks from the air breaks out again. The focus of this debate is whether to invite the Parliament and Xue Hua to help them again by asking for more money.
Relieve the crisis.
"More prices? We have no 'more prices' to pay! You idiots should really take a look at the situation in the treasury. It is so empty that even gerbils are not willing to patronize it!"
The Minister of Finance of Kejistan almost roared at the top of his lungs at the Minister of Foreign Affairs, with a look on his face that was both anger and deep despair.
"I know the national treasury is empty! But how long can we survive in our current situation without foreign aid?! It is precisely because the national treasury is empty that we should ask for external reinforcements. Do you want to see our citizens starving after the food is exhausted?
Is it the miserable state of Tao?"
The Foreign Minister also yelled back without showing weakness. He was so angry that the veins near his neck were trembling.
"What did Kurast say? We had so little room to reinforce them before, and now when we need their assistance, why don't they take action?!"
"Kurast has sent three waves of material transport teams, but none of them have been able to successfully cross the terrifying desert that has now become the mouth of the devil!
Our army is a bunch of idiots! They can’t even do such a small thing as escorting a transport team!”
The Foreign Minister changed the subject and pointed the finger at the Minister of Military Affairs who was standing aside. As a warrior on the battlefield, the Minister of Military Affairs was unlikely to shrink and admit defeat at this time.
"Fool?! You stupid and incompetent rat! Our soldiers have not rested for even a day, no! An hour since half a year ago! They have been running around for your so-called 'plan' all day long.
Run west! Military pay has not been paid for two months! While these soldiers are fighting bravely on the front line, you can't even guarantee their basic supplies! How dare you! How can you have the nerve to carry a 'rice bucket' in front of me?
These two words!”
One hand of the Minister of Military Affairs has already touched the hilt of the sword at his waist. There is a dangerous cold light in his eyes, and he has a strong tendency to draw his sword and kill someone if he disagrees with him.
But both the Foreign Secretary and the Finance Minister continued to look directly at him without fear. The latter even touched a brass lamp pole next to him, fearlessly preparing to participate in the "palace" that was about to break out.
Melee".
"enough!"
Seeing that the court discussion was gradually turning into a group fight, "Hakan II" who had been sitting on the high throne without speaking before finally stopped them with a hoarse and weak voice.
"This farce ends here...ahem!"
"His Majesty......"
All the subjects of the kingdom immediately stopped their tense confrontation, and everyone looked at the little king on the throne with worried eyes.
"Our kingdom is now in danger and we need reinforcements from any source... Foreign Secretary."
"Your Majesty is..."
"Excuse me, please go out and express our sincerity to the parliament and that gentleman, and say that if they are willing to help, as long as they can save the people of Kejistan from disaster, I promise to give up the throne!"