Titan King: Ascension of the Giant - Chapter 661

Chapter 661: Intelligence exchange
The interests of nobles who reached Alpha-level strength would be protected by the kingdom.

King, nobles, territory, subjects, faith—the human kingdom possessed its own advancement system. Within this, various factors intersected and influenced each other, but the most important was still individual strength.

“My friend, Torin has now become a true noble; he is different from those nobles who only possess a title.”

“In Soaring Bird City, as its lord, he should be respected.”

“That damned guard must have been drunk to dare demand an entrance fee from our city lord. He truly deserved to die!”

Henrik frowned, his face grim as he looked at Mateo.

They had known each other for a long time and had cooperated for a long time.

Mateo understood Henrik; similarly, Henrik also understood Mateo.

“You mean…”

Henrik realized something and spoke to confirm the answer in his heart with Mateo.

“If he’s dead, he’s dead. Giving him enough compensation will settle the matter.”

“What we need to do is cooperate, cooperate with Lord Torin, stabilize the current situation. This trade route has already created many benefits for us.”

“What we need to do now is to maintain everything as it is.”

“This is also what those who support us from behind want to see.”

Mateo made a toasting gesture and, without waiting for Henrik’s response, began to drink by himself.

“Henrik, I must remind you, our city lord is a clever man, and clever men hold grudges.”

“Have those subordinates of yours restrain themselves a bit, and show him some more respect.”

Mateo let out a drunken hiccup, somewhat unsatisfied; his lovemaking with those two women had been interrupted earlier, and he hadn’t had enough.

“The city lord only took away the leading guard, cut off his tongue, and publicly punished and convicted him outside the palace.”

“Do you know what this means?”

“The Baron is telling us he needs dignity, he needs benefits.”

“He’s showing everyone his muscle; he’s a noble with strength.”

Mateo came forward and refilled his and Henrik’s goblets.

“Friend, let’s just pretend we know nothing about this matter.”

“Since the city lord didn’t involve us, then this matter ends here.”

“Tomorrow, I will host a banquet. Add City Lord Torin to our VIP list…”

Sometimes, power needed to be fought for through a process of struggle.

Evidently, Torin also understood this, and he played the game very smoothly.

On this day, the residents and travelers of Soaring Bird City heard their city lord’s voice.

…

Time flew; in the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

Looking down at the trees on the ground, Orion directed the thunderhawk to land near the outskirts of the City of Blessings.

This was out of respect for the blood elf race, just as the blood elf race also respected the Stoneheart Horde’s rules.

In fact, Orion’s group’s tracks had been monitored since they entered blood elf territory.

The blood elf race had even dispatched guides for this, preventing Orion’s powerful entourage from causing panic.

At the city gate, Elf King Rommath was at the front, with Elders Lireesa and Lycanor following behind.

“Giant King Orion, welcome to the City of Blessings!”

Elf King Rommath and Orion exchanged salutes; this was king to king, the highest level of guest-welcoming etiquette.

Then, under the curious gazes of countless blood elves, Orion boarded a large carriage prepared for him by the blood elf race, passed through the blood elves’ main street, and entered the royal palace.

Following that was a grand welcoming banquet, with Elf King Rommath and Orion as the main figures.

Midway through the banquet, Elf King Rommath excused himself to prepare for the upcoming formal meeting, leaving Lycanor, who was familiar with Orion, to keep him company.

“Apologies, Giant King Orion, Tarn did not join the elven race’s invasion team.”

“He entered the human kingdom half a month ago.”

The brothers Fergus and Tarn had once represented Orion as envoys to the blood elf race. Coming to the City of Blessings, it was inevitable that Orion and Lycanor would mention them in conversation.

“I have to say, Fergus and Tarn are both brave giant warriors!”

Orion nodded, noncommittal on this point.

When it came to battle, giant warriors never feared.

“Lord Lycanor, did you gain anything from the blood elf invasion of the otherworld this time?”

“Perhaps we can exchange some intelligence.”

“If we are still the ones actively invading next year, perhaps the intelligence we exchange will be useful.”

Lycanor shook his head and pushed a platter of exquisite roasted meat in front of Orion.

“Giant King Orion, regarding this matter, you can discuss it in detail with His Majesty later.”

Orion nodded. Exchanging intelligence about the otherworld was a small matter; discussing the purpose of the dragon race’s upcoming Five-Race Conference was the main point.

Thus, another hour passed.

The banquet continued, only the main figures had disappeared from it.

In a conference room in the royal palace, Giant King Orion, Elf King Rommath, and Grand Elder Lireesa sat facing each other.

Even now, looking at Orion up close, Elf King Rommath was still full of curiosity about the Giant King before him.

In the south, after the North-South War, apart from the white dragon Frostsire, the name of the Giant King was the most renowned.

In the North-South War, Orion had led his race to the position of the fifth major race.

His deeds had long since spread among the other four races.

Elf King Rommath was ambitious; he too wanted to revitalize the blood elf race.

“Giant King Orion, this is the otherworld intelligence you wanted.”

The one who broke the silence was not Elf King Rommath, but Elder Lireesa.

Elder Lireesa took out a piece of parchment, placed it on the conference table, and pushed it towards Orion.

Orion picked up the parchment, scanned it, then took out a piece of parchment of his own and pushed it forward.

This was an intelligence exchange; some things were duplicated.

Orion believed the blood elf race was surely hiding something.

Of course, Orion was doing the same.

“Elf King Rommath, are you preparing to go to the dragon race territory personally?”

Orion put away the parchment and got straight to the point.

“Apologies, this time the Arch Elder will represent me.”

Elf King Rommath shook his head. When he spoke, he appeared very composed and confident.

However, when his eyes met Orion’s, his lack of inner confidence was exposed.

Through the blood elf race’s secret technique, Elf King Rommath’s strength had improved, but compared to Orion and Lireesa, he was still lacking.

Insufficient strength and mental acuity limited Elf King Rommath.

“The coastline of our Stoneheart Horde’s western territory has not recently experienced any large-scale invasion incidents, nor have any strange occurrences taken place.”

Starting with the coastline and the Sea Race, Orion was laying his cards on the table for the two opposite him.

“Nothing unusual has occurred in our blood elf race’s territory either.”

The speaker was Elf King Rommath. He felt that whatever Orion said, responding accordingly was the best way to handle it.

Unfortunately, such confident behavior, in Lireesa’s eyes from the side, still seemed a bit too hasty.