108 Azrite Deposi (1/2)
”Your majesty”
”Who is there? Don't you see we are in the middle of something”
King Garreth lashed out as Lord Clemo and Prince Jowan turned around to see a man standing in the entrance of the throne hall greeting King Garreth.
”Casek it's you” however when King Garreth saw the man, his previous annoyance on his face disappeared and replaced with a small smile
”Sorry for interrupting your majesty, but we need to talk,” Casek said and looked at Lord Clemo. In normal days, Lord Clemo would be annoyed every time he sees the sly faced Casek, the spymaster of Agoria. However, now he was relieved thinking that he should use this opportunity to leave the throne hall so he bowed towards King Garreth then at Prince Jowan and left the throne hall as quickly as he could.
Seeing Lord Clemo leaving the throne hall, Casek stepped forward and stood beside Prince Jowan.
”Tell me Casek, what news did you bring?”
”Your majesty, there's a rumor going on that an Azrite deposit has been found in Emir”
King Garreth's whole body went rigid when he heard Casek as he tightly clutched the hand of his throne
”What?”
”First I thought of it as just a rumor but the recent events happened in Emir and the sightings of the dwarves and King Garreth annulling the marriage ”
”You knew about this?”
Prince Jowan interrupted Casek in shock and surprise as Casek nodded his head
”It's my job, your royal highness. As I said, when we connect all the dots, the rumors might be not just a rumor ”
”I KNEW IT”
As he said, King Garreth stood up from his throne like it was on fire
”Azrite deposit must be the reason for that bastard Harold to marry his daughter to that Don. He wants to put his finger on the pie”
Azrite was one of the strongest metals in this world as well as the rarest one. Only the most powerful kingdoms such as the Archeron Kingdom or Zenith kingdom could afford to buy the armors or weapons made of Azrite and even in those kingdoms, only the royal family members used the items made of Azrite.
There were only a couple of Azrite deposits in the whole Avelon Continent and the kingdom who possessed such deposits was no doubt that they were blessed by the heavens. However, since Azrite was one of the strongest and the rarest metal in this world when a deposit of it had been found in a kingdom,it would put the whole kingdom in the danger zone as many superpower kingdoms and families would appear like vultures to snatch it.
So if the kingdom had no power to defend the deposit, they had to share it or give it to the contender for the deposit. So if the news of Azrite deposit in Emir leaked to the higher-ranked kingdoms, it would be as easy as getting the candy from the baby for them to capture the deposit from Emir.
Fortunately, the higher-ranked kingdoms tend to not care about the rank 4 kingdoms so it would be relatively easy for King Harold or Don to prevent the news from leaking.
”Father, what should we do now?”
Seeing the naive face of Prince Jowan, King Garreth sighed
”If only you are a girl” King Garreth's mind drifted away as Prince Jowan frowned
”Father!”
Prince Jowan's shout brought back King Garreth from his imagination as he shook his head a little and looked at Casek
”Casek what are our options?”
”That depends on how much you want that mine, your majesty”
”Well I would kill whole Emir and Korrinth if I can to have that mine”
”We have two options, your majesty” Cassek said and raised his a finger and said
”First, his royal highness can use annulling of the marriage as a reason to challenge King Don, defeat him and ask for Emir in return for his life”
”What about Darlene?” Prince Jowan couldn't help but ask when he heard Casek as Casek shook his head
”Your royal highness, as far as I've heard that Princess Darlene is a very independent and proud girl so I'm not sure she would agree to be a bet”
”What about Don's cultivation level?”
”Already got that information, your majesty. He's just a mid-level master and my spies informed me that Princess Kate and King Don had an unpleasant conversation about this matter ”
The moment King Garreth heard Cassek, he felt butterflies in his gut as a wide grin appeared on his face thinking that his son could actually defeat him
”There's also a possibility of King Don could not agree to a duel since Lord Clemo told his royal highness's cultivation level”
Lord Clemo was very lucky to leave the throne hall because King Garreth looked furious after hearing Cassek
Seeing King Garreth and Prince Jowan thinking about the first option, Cassek raised another finger