It was not a familiar voice.

Toonka stopped in front of the open door. Cale could see Chief Harol and his advisors through the gap confronting someone who was wearing a crown and surrounded by knights.

The person wearing the crown and speaking, the one who had just spoken, was the king of the Whipper Kingdom.

Cale recalled the Whipper Kingdom.

While the citizens were used as experimental guinea pigs in the Magic Tower and the kingdom�s people were heavily taxed and treated as slaves, the Whipper Kingdom�s royal palace quietly spectated from the sidelines as they reaped the benefits given by the Mage faction.

The Whipper Kingdom became rich from the magic items created from the only Magic Tower on the continent.

Unlike the citizens of the Whipper Kingdom who suffered from poverty, the Whipper Kingdom�s royal family lived a more affluent life than ever before.

The king who ruled the royal palace and the Whipper Kingdom flinched when he saw Toonka. However, he quickly turned away from Toonka and looked at the Chief Harol.

�Chief Harol! Say something!�

While the Whipper Kingdom�s royalty watched the Mage faction from the sidelines, they also did not suppress the Anti-mage faction when they appeared.

That was why the non-mage faction kept the royal family intact after taking down the Magic Tower.

The Whipper Kingdom�s king never stepped in to manage the affairs of his kingdom.

That king raised his voice when he heard of the Empire�s invasion. He shouted at Harol with a desperate look on his face.

�We�re finished if the Empire attacks us!�

We�re finished.

Chief Harol bit his lips at the statement. It was to prevent himself from bursting into laughter.

The, �we,� that the king spoke of was the royal family and the powerful elites at his disposal.

The people of the Whipper Kingdom were not included in that, �we�.

Harol was more sure about that than anyone else. That was why he kept his eyes on the king even though he was aware of Toonka and Cale�s party.

�Your majesty, the Empire does not just want Maple Castle.�

The king and the royal faction said that they should accept the Empire�s offer.

�Your majesty, isn�t there another demand that the Empire made in that correspondence?�

Chief Harol glanced at Cale and continued to speak. He recited the offer proposed by the Empire.

� �Maple Castle must be returned and a portion of the Whipper Kingdom�s land surrounding that area must be included. In addition, the Whipper Kingdom must provide free manpower to develop the recently devastated Maple Castle and the surrounding area, as well as the portion of land that will be given to the Empire from this offer.� � JrNovels.com