“We have news. The King of Maren has successfully destroyed the monsters on the Bemos territory and has left the Dukedom of Viseche.”

“Destroyed? Is that true? Wasn’t there supposed to be more than a thousand monsters? He eradicated all of them?”

“Yes, that’s correct according to the report of the mercenaries. The number of monsters on the Bemos territory has plummeted, so the merchants are once again resuming normal operations and travel.”

“Ha…!” A noble with a silver crown on his half-bald head exclaimed. The man was quite small, and he wore clothes made out of high-quality material but were rather short-sleeved and tight. His name was Nadalo Feberg Hisain.

As the monarch of the Hisain Countdom, he was also a prestigious count of the Roman Empire. Although the countdom could be considered a subordinate state of the Roman Empire on the surface, it was actually independent in all areas, including politics, economy, laws, and military. The Countdom of Hisain was nicknamed “small powerhouse,” despite having a small territory and a population of only 100,000. The reason for their power lay in the fact that like the Viseche Dukedom, they were located right between the Roman Empire and the neighboring nations to the west, including the Caylor Kingdom. Moreover, although the Countdom of Hisain was similar in size to other great territories, it took the form of a centralized state managed by Count Hisain himself with appointed officials managing internal affairs, instead...