Chapter 296

Queen Saya appeared and all of the people inside the meeting hall bowed their heads. Prince Shenten stood up and greeted his mother. He guided her to her seat and Queen Saya smiled. Queen Saya and Prince Shenten were the only royals who attended the meeting, Queen Saya did not want her daughter to attend to make her safe. 

"You all may now raise your heads."

"Glory to the Queen!"

They saluted and they started the meeting. This meeting had two important aspects to talk about. First was the coronation and the second was the current affairs of their species. Most of them learned that their warriors were disappearing one by one.

"We found the reason, Ivan Smirnov. The Gumiho confirmed that Ivan was gathering a battalion of Undead Beastmen."

Lander smashed the table and all of the attendees had grim expressions. They frowned as they realized that their brethren were being used as slaves despite being dead, they never had a peaceful death.

"It said that Ivan is starting to gather another collection of Beastmen. It's apparent that he had Elves, Dwarves, and Methuselah at his disposal."

"That abomination!"

All of them agreed, Ivan was being hunted right now yet he was still arrogant. He was planning something massive, perhaps worldwide.

"What's the result? Did you find him?"

Patriarch asked. They sent a group of Beastmen to kill Ivan.

"Yes but," the messenger paused. "We failed to kill him… Ivan used undead Beastmen."

"Tch."

"Everyone, let's remain calm."

Queen Saya saw their reactions and she decided to calm them down. 

"To end this matter, we have to send someone who will finish the job."

One of them offered an idea.

"What about Kitsune?"

"You know that she hates us. We prevented her from getting close to her Kampi."

Since the chain of command was broken, Kitsune became free and she could do what she wanted. 

Queen Saya listened to their exchange and glanced at Patriarch and Lander. The other Tribe Leaders were too occupied to involve their lives in this problem. They might attend this meeting but they did not really care about it at all. This meeting was not that important for them.

Since they were affected by their instincts, and their instincts were telling them to be dormant, they decided to hibernate and hid their fangs. No one was brave enough to confront Ivan in a death battle. 

'Bunch of hypocrites. The only reason they are here is to assess the situation and decide if they will remain loyal or not.'

Lander cursed. 

Patriarch and Lander were the only ones Queen Saya could trust. The other tribe leaders were already affected by this world, they won't act if their turf was not harmed. They already lost their faith before they even went to this planet. 

They lost their homeland and they didn't trust the royalties anymore. Saya could not blame them. 

'Perhaps if we did not lose the battle against the Redemption… No, there are no if's and if not's.'

They could not bring back the time, regretting the past won't help them. 

'Timar… If only you were here.'

She sighed. 

The King was already dead and Queen Saya acknowledged it. Still, she was hurt. The pain of losing her husband still wounded her heart. 

She closed her eyes for a second, the other tribe leaders kept bickering about the problem but no one was actually saying anything important. All of them just want to pass this problem to others. Well, the Beastmen who became undead was not important and didn't have a connection to them. They won't act unless the Beastmen who died was directly part of their family. 

It seemed like Ivan knew how to gather undead without incriminating the tops. Perhaps this was the reason why the Dwarves, Elves, and even Humans were not acting up to stop his hidden genocide. However, if this stuff went on without solving, it would only be a problem in the long run. 

Perhaps the whole world might be affected. 

"Everyone, stop."

Queen Saya already made her judgment. Most of these tribe leaders didn't respect her, and she didn't care about them too. She stared at Lander and Patriarch. 

"Patriarch and Alpha. I will give you this mission."

"As you wish, Your Highness."

They both bowed their heads and the meeting became peaceful. No one had to think about Ivan anymore because Patriarch and Lander would solve the problem. 

Mikael was listening to their meeting whole time and he immediately realized the grave situation of the Beastmen. Most of them did not have respect for the Queen and the Prince, they all just want to protect their own resources and nothing else. 

He glanced at Furrneka, he saw that Furrneka was clenching her fists. She was controlling her emotions as she did not want to cause a ruckus. It seemed like her grandfather was going on a dangerous mission again. Last time, he lost his arms and Furrneka was sad the whole time. She wanted to stop her grandfather but she knew that it would be futile. 

Mikael sighed and returned his focus on the meeting. They were talking about Shenten's coronation to strengthen the power of the Beastmen. Some leaders wanted to delay the coronation while the others were eager to make it faster. Their decision was in half, saying their opinions about it. 

They have to go to Egypt, to the place where the King died. 

"Hm?"

Mikael looked at his pocket, his phone was vibrating. He silenced his phone before he went to this meeting. He decided to read the text message, perhaps it was Niña who texted him. 

However, when he opened the phone, he realized that it was Miriam who texted him. When Mikael read the message, his eyes became dark. He became cold and scanned the whole meeting place. 

He put his phone back.

He was attentively listening to them but his expression did not change. His fingers were itching to summon his Lightning Spear. However, he eased his emotions and calmed his heart. He had to assess the situation well before he could start doing things.

It seemed like the situation was far worse than he thought. He took a deep breath and focused on his surroundings. He was calm like a lake, with no killing intent, no bloodbath. As if he was just reading a slice-of-life manga with a lot of pluffs.