Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

In the latter half of the night, the banquet finally ended.

The well-dressed Eternal Night Queen became the most beautiful scenery at the banquet. It was an extremely enjoyable meal for the nobles and powerful officials.

The Wolf Queen, Hedwig, was reserved and docile the entire time. However, towards the end, there was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.

She tried her best to act as a harmless and cute domestic dog. However, even so, she did not gain the favor of these humans.

After the banquet ended, an attendant brought the Wolf Queen and the Wolf Throat to the residence to rest.

Along the way, the Wolf Throat looked at the queen walking in front with a sorrowful heart.

He had never seen the leader he served so humble.

The Wolf Queen he served was the strongest wild beast in the mortal world. She slaughtered that group of insufferably arrogant True Ancestors and forced the wolves to change their eating habits. No wolf dared to disobey her. She defended against external enemies and pierced the heads of the divinity creatures that invaded Eternal Night all over the border defense line.

In the past 300 years, her dignity had not been challenged once.

However, today...

When the Wolf Queen noticed the dejected Wolf Throat, she turned her head and an almost imperceptible smile was revealed on her resolute and beautiful face.

The Wolf Throat knew that the leader was comforting him. "Only the weak need to pretend… Ah, leader, you're not wrong."

The Wolf Throat forced a smile as well.

Only the weak would put on airs for their so-called dignity.

However, for those who were truly strong, they were able to wag their tails and beg others for the sake of something they truly cherished.

The Wolf Throat asked in a low voice, "Leader, if Haines is unwilling to help… do we have any other methods?"

The Wolf Queen was stunned and fell silent.

The Wolf Throat: "Ah… you don't want to discuss this problem yet, right? I understand…"

The atmosphere turned gloomy.

On the way, the Wolf Queen saw a young and handsome man walking towards her.

The Wolf Queen had seen this man at the banquet. Back then, he was accompanied by a demigod. But now, he was hugging a noble girl by the shoulder and was about to return to his residence.

When he noticed the Wolf Queen, he stopped in his tracks and greeted her before brushing past her.

The Wolf Queen looked at the departing man in a daze.

"He's the Prince of Haines, Rayne Haines." The Wolf Throat explained considerately to the Wolf Queen.

However, thereafter, the Wolf Throat noticed some strange emotions in the Wolf Queen's eyes.

"Leader… what are you…"

"What? Did you say that his eyes are… very beautiful?"

The Wolf Throat tilted his head to the side. He did not sense anything special about that person's eyes.

Thereafter, the Wolf Queen smiled bitterly and shook her head gently, no longer thinking about it.

The handsome prince… Was this something she should consider right now?

Tomorrow, the Empress of Haines would hold a meeting with the officials to discuss the request of the Wolf Queen. At that time, it would be the time to decide the fate of Kingdom Eternal Night and the wolf pack.

The Wolf Queen felt uneasy. After arriving at her residence, she tossed and turned the entire night and could not fall asleep.

…

The next morning…

In the royal meeting hall, all the important officials of Haines were gathered. Before the meeting even began, the atmosphere in the meeting hall was already tense.

The upper echelons of Haines took the calamity that happened in Eternal Night extremely seriously.

An ultimate divinity creature that only Histia was confident of killing and 20,000 creatures with combat strength that far exceeded mortals. These were werewolves that were well-trained and highly obedient to orders.

This was the size of the neighboring country, Eternal Night.

And now, in this crisis that erupted in Eternal Night, as a neighboring country, the situation of Haines was equally dangerous.

The Empress of Haines invited the heads of the various departments to discuss countermeasures. Even the usually carefree and undisciplined prince attended the meeting this time round.

After a night of thought, the officials who had received the news in advance were already firmly divided into two factions evenly.Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NoᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt

The Empress who was sandwiched in the middle was already used to such a situation and smiled. "My beloved subjects, do you have any objections?"

An official was the first to speak. "I think we should do our best to support Eternal Night. Eternal Night is a neighboring country of Haines and the fates of the two countries are closely related. Once the famine causes the wolf pack of Eternal Night to lose control, not only will the citizens of Eternal Night suffer a calamity, the wolf pack that has its order collapsed will definitely awaken their human eating nature. In order to prey, it will begin to expand its endless invasion uncontrollably!"

However, the moment the official said that, there were objections immediately. "Your Majesty! I think we should send an army to suppress the wolf pack! As everyone knows, the werewolves only have a single recipe—human flesh! I've been to Eternal Night before. Even after 300 years, the werewolves there still could not accept the taste of animal meat. They merely had no choice but to eat animal meat under the coercion of the Wolf Queen! It will not be a coincidence if the wolf pack returns to their human eating tendencies and start a war. It will be an inevitability! Why do we have to spend so much effort to feed our future enemies?"

"I second that! We shoulder the destiny of protecting the order of the mortal world, but the wolf pack is a natural unstable element. They are violent by nature and reproduce rapidly. Under the leadership of the Wolf Queen, their combat strength is even more ferocious. We should make use of this heaven-sent opportunity to give the wolf pack of Eternal Night a fatal blow!"

"That's not true! Although the wolf pack of Eternal Night is dangerous, it's far from enough to fight against our Imperial Guards. If we agree to support the Wolf Queen at this moment and help her survive the crisis, we can take the opportunity to gain more say in the crystal trade. Right now, in the entire mortal world, Eternal Night is the place where our best silver-white crystals are produced. If we make use of this opportunity, we can obtain an endless stream of crystal mines at a cheaper price… In fact, we can even suggest to the Wolf Queen to hire a wolf pack to fight for Haines!"

"Your Majesty, according to the report of the Fiend Gold Association, a large number of God Ascension Crystals were discovered in the second deep well of Eternal Night… There's probably something extremely important beneath Eternal Night! Before the Fiend Gold Association and our investigation team complete the exploration, it's not appropriate to let Eternal Night fall into chaos."

"We can't raise a tiger that might cause trouble at any moment!"

"Eternal Night is a trustworthy ally!"

"The existence of the wolf pack has already defied the edict of the goddess!"

"The goddess has yet to give the edict to purify the wolf pack!"

As expected, an intense argument began in the meeting hall.

According to the edict of Goddess Order, Haines was obligated to maintain the balance of the mortal countries.

However, the development of Eternal Night had already begun to spiral out of control.

Ever since the wolf pack dominated Eternal Night, the size of the wolf pack had been expanding continuously.

Becoming the legal ruler of Eternal Night allowed the wolf pack to obtain a safe and comfortable habitat. Using animal meat to replace human flesh allowed the wolf pack to obtain a stable source of food.

Without a doubt, it was undoubtedly extremely wise for the werewolves to choose to coexist with humans. However, it was precisely this kind of wisdom that was the most dangerous.

Outstanding leaders would bring prosperity for a country. With prosperity, expansion would be derived, followed by destruction.

Eternal Night had already become the enemy of Order.

That was also the reason why Cassius had such a strange expression at the banquet when the Wolf Queen abandoned her dignity and begged humbly.

The internal opinion of Haines was not about whether they should help or not.

The calamity of Eternal Night made the higher-ups of Haines realize the instability of the wolf pack.

The question now was whether or not Haines needed to…

Take the initiative to destroy the wolf pack.

…

At the same time, on the other end of the palace, the Wolf Queen changed into formal attire and stayed in her room, waiting uneasily for a meeting with the Empress.

To Haines, Eternal Night was merely a small country.

The bargaining chip that the Wolf Queen could offer was extremely limited.

No matter how peerless her combat strength was, in a game between countries, she and her Eternal Night were merely chess pieces who had no control over the flow.

Now that a plague had broken out in Eternal Night and a large number of livestock had died in the country, a food crisis would arrive soon.

Without food, the wolves would naturally target the fresh delicacies walking on the streets.

That would be the end of Eternal Night as well as the wolf pack.

The only one who could resolve Eternal Night's urgent situation was Haines.

Haines was vast and abundant in agricultural products. Not only could they provide the food needed for Eternal Night, they also had the ability to transport this food into the city. In fact, they could even resolve this plague for Eternal Night directly.

The Wolf Queen knew that the Empress and her subjects were discussing intensely over the issue of Eternal Night.

That meeting hall was protected by a barrier raised by the Imperial Guards.

However, even so…

The Wolf Throat asked, "Leader, can you hear what they're saying?"

The Wolf Queen: "…"

The Wolf Throat realized that the Wolf Queen's expression was extremely ugly.

It seemed like… the attitude of the Haines people towards the wolf pack was not ideal.

The Wolf Throat was stunned for a moment.

Perhaps he and the Wolf Queen had expected this outcome.

The mistress and servant fell silent.

In the quiet and empty palace, the sounds of an argument from the other end of the palace could still be heard clearly by the Wolf Queen.

The Wolf Queen sighed and lay on the sofa, staring at the ceiling in a daze. She merely waited in silence for the final verdict of the strongest Empire in the mortal world regarding Eternal Night.

…

On the other side.

Similarly, the Imperial Guards were keeping watch on the Wolf Queen's every move.

Although the two strongest demigods of the mortal world did not appear at the scene of the meeting hall, they could be everywhere with their perception and teleportation magic.

Edaline, who was waiting at home, caught the change in the Wolf Queen's expression.

She opened a channel silently and sent a message to Histia.

[There's a leak in our barrier. The Wolf Queen seems to be able to hear everything. ]

Before long, Histia replied.

[All the decisions of Haines are made according to the will of the heavens. We have a clear conscience. ]

Next door to the Haines palace, Dreamland.

Histia stood invisible on the statue of the Dragon Succubus named Olivia at the door and stared in the direction of the palace calmly and attentively.

She was watching the Wolf Queen.

Right now, she was about three kilometers away from the Wolf Queen.

At this distance, the crystal spear thrown would obtain sufficient acceleration. On the basis of maintaining accuracy and reaction speed, the power of the crystal spear would be increased to the greatest extent.

Even without eavesdropping on the meeting of the upper echelons, Histia could guess the outcome.

Therefore...

It was better for her to be prepared.

Perhaps right here, she was about to annihilate the Wolf Queen of Eternal Night.