Chapter 102: The Queen on the Throne

  A week after Medici's return to Eagle's Nest, Fiona announced the launch of a brand new exchange system.

  In this new system, various materials have become the key to obtaining contribution points. The rewards that can be exchanged for them include a large number of skills, magic and top-grade equipment.

  The new system caused a sensation, not only among adventurers but also among the nobles.

  When Feena first established the Hawk's Team, many nobles noticed this matter. The personnel in the Eagle's Nest were diverse and there were always scouts present. Moreover, Feena had been openly promoting it and never kept it a secret.

  But no noble thought it would succeed.

  After all, in the eyes of the nobles, adventurers are just a handful of sand, and their combat power is far inferior to that of the army. Moreover, each one is unruly and disobedient, and it would cost too much to gather them into an army. With the Asreks family's meager resources, they probably wouldn't even be able to gather many people before going bankrupt.

  There was even a time when the "Hawk's Team" became the topic of conversation at the nobles' afternoon tea parties. Many people were betting on when the Aschereks family would go bankrupt.

  But now, with a brand new contribution point system and redemption list coming out, everything has changed.

  A discerning eye can see the relationship between "income" and "expenditure". For example, the materials on the body of the "戮蛊虫" can be obtained in large quantities to get a lot of contribution points, but even more contribution points are needed to exchange for a "戮蛊骨刀".

  It's clear that the Falcon Team has already formed a production cycle. As long as someone exchanges, their materials will become more and more abundant, the equipment they produce will also increase, and the adventurers they attract will also become more and more numerous. Moreover, what's even more important is that among these, many of the equipment and formulas are one-of-a-kind, things that even noble families have never seen before!

  Recalling the intelligence that Midia Aslexis had gone missing for a month, the nobles had already vaguely inferred the truth—

  Inheritance! The Aslex family must have inherited it!

  Spirit King Court Inheritance!

  Along with this sensational truth, the exchange list was not only constantly spreading among adventurers, but also many self-proclaimed noble gentlemen began to scrutinize its contents.

  At this moment, in a certain luxurious building in the capital of the Republic of Hertonmar, there was such a slender and well-maintained hand holding an exchange list.

  This list is not the ordinary version that Fiona sent out, but a rewritten version by someone. The font above is the regular script that only court clerks would use, and the ink emits a faint refreshing fragrance, while the paper is even made of the highest quality velvety paper.

  But the person who looked at it just glanced at it, snorted coldly, crumpled up the list and threw it into the trash can.

  "Hmph, for the safety of the country and its people, eliminate the monsters... How noble. In reality, it's just using cheap equipment to lure in those lowly commoners who are blinded by money, and have them throw away their lives." The golden-haired, emerald-eyed woman said disdainfully on the soft, plush sofa in the center of the luxurious room.

  This young woman, who was probably less than twenty years old and only slightly older than Fina and Middy, was the nominal ruler of the Principality of Bellmard, Queen Skadi Barouje.

  In the Queen's faction led by the Hamilton family, these two words "Queen" originated from her.

  However, in reality, apart from being a symbol, the presence of Queen Scaldi is actually very low. Most occasions that require her attendance are opening ceremonies for various duchy rituals and festivals, or New Year's Eve blessings.

  In fact, she became queen at a young age because of the Iron-Blooded Duke's casual remark before New Year's - letting a youthful girl with a good image ascend to the throne early would also showcase the vitality and new atmosphere of our country, Bellmalle.

  So five years ago Scáthach took her mother's place and sat on the throne.

  All because of one sentence from the Hamilton family.

  Skadi would never forget that moment, the moment she took her seat, which was also the moment when the entire royal family of Vanaheim suffered shame.

  Now, when Fina has become a legend with the nickname "One Person, One Day, One City" and is crowned as the Queen of Magic Bullets, people talk about the queen, they first think of Fina Hamilton, while the real queen is forgotten in the corner, just like those dusty jars in the deepest part of the warehouse that never see sunlight.

  So now Scáthach hates not only the Hamilton family but especially Fiona Hamilton.

  Is this also going to take away the only title "Queen" that still belongs to the Baroye royal family?

  Is this a prelude to thoroughly tearing off the hypocritical mask and directly dominating the Kingdom of Bellmard?

  How shameless!

  The Queen of Skadi gritted her teeth in thought, then stared coldly at the other side and said in a cold voice: "Although they are all mud-legs, but what Fiona Hamilton is doing now is openly expanding her army! Are the other nobles just going to watch with their eyes open?"

  "Your Majesty, the current state of the kingdom is not good. After the Great Fire of Grantham, there are mutated monsters everywhere, killing in batches, and bandits are also roaming around. Merchant caravans can hardly move. Most nobles are busy dealing with bandits and clearing out monsters, what energy do they have to manage this 'Falcon Team'?" Across a table, a handsome young man with light golden curly short hair spread his hands and sighed again after a bitter smile.

  "What about you, Hamilton family?" Queen Scathi pressed on relentlessly.

  The young man sitting opposite the queen also bears the surname of Hamilton. In fact, this Domingo Hamilton is in charge of liaison between the Baroye royal family and others.

  But it is clear that at this moment, what he is doing is not "liaison", but "union", and even can be said to be "conspiracy".

  "The master of the house thinks that this can strengthen the family's power, and has already expressed his attitude from the beginning, so there won't be any other voices emerging." Domingo replied calmly, with a calm expression, but when mentioning the two words "master of the house", his expression still became solemn.

  "Hmph, intentionally letting your precious granddaughter take control of such an army, and indulging her in consorting with that upstart Aslex... it seems that old man of yours has made up his mind to put Fina on the throne." Queen Skadi smiled slyly, while Domingo's face suddenly turned somewhat unsightly.

  But just a few seconds later, the handsome young man regained his usual elegance: "It doesn't matter, just like we planned, Fiona won't have the chance."

  As if verifying Domingo's words, suddenly a pigeon flew over the high palace wall and landed on the ebony railing in front of the window, flapping its wings.

  The Queen of Scythia reached out and removed the magical anklet from the pigeon's foot, taking out the papyrus inside.

  "At last, at last everything is arranged!" The queen's eyes flashed with an irrepressible joy, a mixture of the frenzy of revenge and the thirst for power.

  "In that case, my respectable cousin will soon lose her greatest reliance." Domingo took over the silk paper and scanned it briefly, a relieved smile also appeared at the corner of his mouth.

  "Hmph, don't think I don't know, you've always wanted to taste that little beauty Fina's flavor, haven't you?" Queen Scathi said with a teasing tone, but her voice gradually turned cold.

  Domingo immediately sensed the queen's jealousy and hastily said, "How could that be? I am devoted to you alone, Scathi. Fina is just a young girl who has not yet blossomed, how can she compare to your beauty and charm?"

  "Hmm!" Although she knew that the young man in front of her was just using each other, this flattery still made Queen Scathi feel very pleased, and a faint smile reappeared at the corner of her mouth, this time with an irresistible charm and seduction.

  With a gentle and elegant step, Queen Scathi walked up to the bedside.

  "Alas, I'm exhausted," the queen lay down on her side on the embroidered bed with golden roses, removed her hairpin, and untied the ribbon in front of her chest. Under that soft silk nightgown, her skin was exposed, and the curves of her body were so alluring that it made one's blood rush.

  "Domingo, come here. Tonight, let's have a good time and relax." The queen beckoned lazily, her voice laced with seduction.

  "Yes, let's relax properly..." The young man with curly golden hair carefully burned the expensive letter paper and then turned around to walk towards the bedside.

  Soon, intense gasps and moans filled the room.

  Three days later.

  A faint streak of light flew across the cloud layer at a speed that was almost imperceptible to the naked eye, like a lead-colored shooting star.

  The light flew for a long time, crossing many territories, and finally fell towards one place.

  That is the territory of the Aslex family, where the eagle's nest is located.

  This beam of light burst forth, actually ignoring the numerous forbidden law arrays set up in the Eagle's Nest inner city castle, and directly passed through them. It circled around the outside of the castle once, finally determining its ultimate destination, then plunged headlong into one of the rooms.

  That is the room of the Fog Witch.

  However, this faint light fell into the palm of a girl with bright red hair.

  Then, it rippled out like a wave on the surface of the water, finally turning into a piece of paper.

  Fina put down the white porcelain teacup in her hand, unfolded the note, and quietly read its contents. The note was very short, with little content, yet Fina took a long time to read it, as if she was looking at each word one by one, and every word needed to be looked at for a very long time.

  Across from them, Middy and Alice exchanged a look and chose to wait.

  After a long time, the red-haired girl finally lifted her head. She quietly looked at her two closest companions, took a deep breath, and then said in a low voice: "Family news, Grandfather is critically ill."

  The Iron Duke has fallen.

  This is a very simple sentence.

  But for every Bellmarese, especially the nobles, this was an unusually heavy sentence.

  It seems to be foreshadowing turmoil, and is about to open ahead of schedule.