Strongest Kingdom: My Op Kingdom Got Transported Along With Me

Chapter 394 - 393: You Can Count On Us, My Lord

Eventually, the conversation died down.

The laughter faded.

The room gradually returned to a more serious atmosphere.

Alix glanced at Ruva.

The young Felinari immediately understood.

Her expression turned slightly disappointed.

"You already want me to leave?"

Alix smiled.

"We need to discuss some important matters."

Ruva pouted.

"I just got here."

"You’ve been here for almost an hour."

"That’s not enough."

Several people around the table chuckled.

Alix shook his head.

"Go spend time with Sorin and Karnessa."

That immediately brightened her mood.

"Fine."

She stood up and walked toward the door.

Just before leaving, she stopped and turned around.

"Don’t disappear for another few months again."

Alix laughed.

"I’ll try."

Ruva narrowed her eyes.

"That’s not a reassuring answer."

Then she finally left.

The doors closed behind her.

Click.

The warm atmosphere disappeared almost instantly. Everyone present straightened in their seats.

Gander’s smile faded. Lysaria became serious. Even Zurrak stopped grinning.

They all knew what was coming. The real meeting was about to begin.

Alix leaned back in his chair. His gaze swept across the room.

"You all probably want to know what happened to me."

Everyone nodded. Nobody truly knew the full story. Alix placed his cup on the table.

"It started during my battle against that Tier 7 human."

The room immediately became attentive.

That battle had become legendary throughout the kingdom, after people found out about it.

Alix continued.

"The battle was nearing its end. He knew he couldn’t win."

Gander nodded.

"That’s what I heard from the reports, my lord."

Alix continued.

"Before I could finish him, he activated a spatial artifact."

Several expressions changed. Spatial artifacts were extremely rare.

Mhazul frowned.

"A teleportation artifact?"

Alix nodded.

"Not an ordinary one."

"The artifact tore open a spatial passage."

Alix’s eyes narrowed slightly.

"I got caught in it."

The room fell silent.

Lysaria slowly crossed her arms.

"And where did it send you, my lord?"

Alix looked toward her.

"A continent called Pharanthia."

A continent called Pharanthia.

The moment those words left Alix’s mouth, the room became completely silent.

Even Grathum’s relaxed expression disappeared.

Unlike the common people, everyone in this room knew exactly what that name meant.

It was one of the three major continents of the world.

The center of countless trade routes. The gathering place of powerful human factions.

The birthplace of countless human empires.

A place far beyond the Ereborn Continent and the Three Kingdoms Continent.

Lysaria frowned.

"My Lord... are you talking about the same Pharanthia that appears in the ancient records of this empire?"

"The same one."

A low whistle escaped Zurrak.

"That’s one hell of a teleportation artifact."

Alix nodded.

"That’s why I couldn’t return immediately."

Gander folded his hands together.

"How far is it from here?"

"Extremely far."

Alix’s expression remained calm.

"If the Ereborn Continent and the Three Kingdoms Continent are considered neighboring regions, then Pharanthia is on an entirely different level."

He tapped the table lightly.

"The distance is so great that ordinary spatial travel is nearly impossible."

The room grew even quieter.

Now they finally understood why Alix had been gone for so long.

Verila narrowed her eyes.

"And what happened after you arrived there, my lord?"

Alix leaned back.

"I landed in human territory."

"I spent some time gathering information."

Alix paused.

"Eventually, I discovered something interesting."

Mhazul raised an eyebrow.

"What?"

A faint smile appeared on Alix’s face.

"There are far more monsters on Pharanthia than I thought."

The room immediately became interested.

Alix continued.

"They’re scattered."

"Oppressed."

"Hunted."

"Used as slaves."

Anyone who knew Alix understood exactly what happened next.

Lysaria shook her head.

"You recruited them."

"I did."

Verila laughed.

"Of course, my lord radiated greatness, monster will always follow him."

Just as expected.

No matter where His Majesty went, he somehow managed to build an army.

At this point, none of them were even surprised anymore.

Alix ignored their expressions and continued.

"I immediately after gathered enough information."

His fingers tapped lightly against the table.

"But things changed."

Everyone listened quietly.

When Alix became serious, every person in the room paid attention.

Alix continued.

"I started gathering the monsters."

"One tribe became two."

"Two became ten."

"Ten became a hundred."

"Then it kept growing."

A faint smile appeared on Verila’s face.

That sounded exactly like something their king would do.

Before long, Alix had an entire army.

Again.

Gander let out a quiet sigh.

Somehow, that sounded completely normal when His Majesty was involved.

Alix leaned back in his chair.

"Right now, I control a large monster army on Pharanthia."

They knew Alix was capable.

But hearing that he had built an entirely new force on one of the three major continents in only a few months was still unbelievable.

Mhazul lowered his head slightly.

"My Lord... how large is your army now?"

Alix thought for a moment.

"Almost a million."

The room became silent.

Even though everyone present had expected a large number, hearing it directly from Alix was still shocking.

A million troops.

And this wasn’t an army gathered over decades.

This was an army His Majesty had built in only a few months on an entirely foreign continent.

Gander was the first to recover.

"As expected of Your Majesty."

There was genuine admiration in his voice.

The others nodded in agreement.

To anyone else, it would sound impossible. To them, it sounded difficult. There was a difference.

Alix continued.

"Most of them are monsters who were abandoned by the world."

"Some were slaves."

"Some were prisoners."

"Some belonged to tribes that had been pushed to the brink of extinction."

His gaze swept across the room.

"When I arrived, they had already lost hope."

Nobody spoke.

Everyone in this room had once been in similar situations.

Many of them, in thier in game history had witnessed firsthand how monsters were treated in human territories.

Alix’s voice remained calm.

"So I gave them a choice."

A faint smile appeared on Lysaria’s face.

"You offered them a home, my lord."

Alix nodded.

"I offered them a future."

Grathum leaned forward slightly, his heavy voice breaking the silence.

"The enemies, are they strong, my lord?"

Alix didn’t answer immediately. He tapped the edge of his cup once, as if considering how to put it.

"No," he said at last.

Alix continued without waiting for another question.

"I already summoned Morgro."

That name alone changed the atmosphere in the room.

Mhazul’s eyes widened slightly.

"Morgro...? My lord, you already revived Morgro?"

Even someone like him couldn’t hide the surprise in his voice.

"That means we have a Tier 7 on our side now."

A faint hum of realization spread across the table. Even Grathum straightened a little.

Zurrak let out a low whistle. "The gentle giant is back."

Alix gave a small nod, calm as ever.

"I’m not particularly worried about the kingdom we’re currently at war with. They only have three Quasi–Tier 7s."

He paused, then added casually,

"Unless something unexpected happens, it won’t be a problem."

That statement alone would’ve been arrogance coming from anyone else. From Alix, it sounded like simple fact.

Mhazul leaned forward immediately.

"My lord, allow me to go."

The room shifted slightly at that.

Even Gander glanced at him.

Mhazul didn’t back down. His eyes were sharp, steady, almost burning with restrained excitement.

"I’ve been wanting to fight a Quasi–Tier 7 for a long time."

Alix looked at him for a moment.

Then nodded.

"Of course."

That simple answer made Mhazul’s expression shift—subtle relief, and something like anticipation.

Alix leaned back slightly.

"The reason I came back isn’t just to report."

His gaze swept across the room.

"It’s to bring all of you in."

The atmosphere tightened again.

Alix continued.

"The intercontinental portal I built can’t transfer large numbers of people efficiently. Moving millions of soldiers through it would take too long."

He tapped the table once.

"My forces on that continent are already enough to hold the war."

A faint pause followed.

"So I don’t need more troops there."

His eyes sharpened slightly.

"I need leaders."

Silence settled over the chamber.

Gander was the first to understand. His expression turned serious.

"You can count on us, My lord."

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After some time, the meeting finally came to an end.

One by one, the generals and ministers left the chamber.

Gander returned to his endless mountain of paperwork.

Mhazul immediately went to prepare for the upcoming journey to Pharanthia.

Grathum, Verila, and Zurrak were already discussing what kind of welcome they should give the human kingdom.

Knowing those three, it probably wouldn’t be a pleasant one.

Alix left the meeting room and walked through the castle corridors alone.