"As for the two allies we currently support, the Kingdoms of Untermil and Dacia, they were once countries where even the safety of their citizens could not be guaranteed, plagued by monsters and bandits. However, after our long-term assistance, they have now even solved the problem of food and clothing. Although most of the time it still depends on the climate, at least the royal families will no longer suffer from hunger."

"Even the royal family? Do they have to worry about what to eat next?"

Hearing this, Ella finally couldn't help but open her mouth wide, an expression of surprise that was hard to conceal on her face.

Camisia nodded.

"Yes, it's more like the royal families of most countries worry about food. During years of famine, they might only have sweet potatoes and wild vegetables. Also, due to a lack of knowledge about animal husbandry, the livestock on the ranches are usually only available to the royal family. Even then, the supply often falls short of the demand, and the livestock often die of starvation or disease. Even if they are served on the table, the meat is so scarce that it's hard to taste."

"I remember that during the coronation ceremony, the King and First Prince of the Untermier Kingdom also visited the royal city. They ordered a lot of meat in the restaurant. According to the knights who were there, they even put the food into clay pots and took it out of the restaurant."

The person who answered was Grace, who was standing next to the crowd. He vividly remembered that he almost mistook the other person for someone who had just walked out of the slums.

"Even the country we helped is like this. It's getting increasingly unsettling..."

Ella even had the urge to immediately transform into Entarosphiel and run to the kingdoms to see if Angeline was starving.

"Well, the people there rarely have the opportunity to come into contact with the outside world. Although it seems strange to us, they must have become accustomed to that kind of life."

Iris sighed, returned her gaze to the chessboard, and then froze for a moment.

"General."

Camisia declared the game over with a sly expression.

However, a new problem immediately arose - a soldier with sweat all over his forehead hurried into the courtyard, stood up straight, saluted Camisia, and then looked respectfully at Ella who was sitting on the stone bench.

Camisia frowned, feeling something was wrong.

"What's wrong?"

“This… Your Majesty the Demon King…”

The soldier looked at Ella hesitantly, and Ella immediately waved her hand.

"Let's talk about it right here."

"Yes! According to the news from the elven envoy who returned to the royal city, the delegation that left the Branch of Disaster a month ago was attacked while passing through the Kingdom of Kumheim, and Lady Angeline Malbrune was taken away by the Kingdom of Kumheim—"

Chapter 2 The Girl of Oracle

*创世纪6187年9月5日 凌晨03:00分 库米海姆王国

This happened ten days before the harvest festival.

The Kingdom of Kumheim, which is about to enter autumn, is filled with a solemn atmosphere. Like most countries in the kingdoms, the Kingdom of Kumheim is mainly composed of a single race, while other countries are a blend of multiple races. At the same time, due to the special nature of the Kingdom of Kumheim - the overwhelming number of Kumis do not need to eat human food, so for other ordinary creatures, there are rarely times when food is scarce. Therefore, the Kingdom of Kumheim is also a country with relatively stable order among the kingdoms.

Of course, a country dominated by a single ethnic group has a common problem that cannot be ignored - other ethnic groups must follow the customs of the Kumi people - for example, today is an important festival for the Kumi people to pray to the gods for blessings.

Placing the sphere representing the hand on its chest, a huge golden Kumi stands in the center of the dark temple underground. Next, it will perform a ceremony to pray for the oracle.

If humans measure a person's excellence by strength and wisdom, then the Kumi use the color of their body at birth as a symbol of their talent. From weak to strong, they are ordinary mottled colors, white iron with certain combat capabilities, secret silver with magical abilities, unbreakable orichalcum, and extremely rare scarlet gold. In addition, the last one is the Son of the Oracle, who is strong enough to rule the Kingdom of Kumheim and possess supreme power.

Ten years after the death of the previous generation of the Son of Oracle, the Kumi people will perform a ceremony to pray to the gods, praying that the gods will send down a ruler with wisdom and courage. Although no matter from which angle the Kumi people's practice has a sense of impracticality, in fact this tradition has continued for nearly two hundred years. For the Kumi people, the gods will respond to their prayers and send down a king to lead them, and history has indeed verified this. The Kingdom of Kumheim is one of the longest-lasting kingdoms.

A copper-colored Kumi quickly approached from outside the temple.

"We are ready, Lord Oz. There are no other living creatures within three kilometers of the temple."

"Well, please step back. I want to offer my faith to the God."

"Yes."

Although it had no legs, it moved with extraordinary agility. After a deep bow, the Kumi soldier, whose body reflected a metallic luster, twisted and left the temple.

After standing in the underground temple lit only by candlelight for a quarter of an hour, the scarlet-colored Kumi named Oz, who held great power within the Kumi tribe, slowly closed his hands—which were just two small spheres growing on both sides of his body—and began to pray to the gods.

"With the Kumi clan, who were granted immortality, as a guarantee, and with guidance—"

boom!

Before Oz could finish, the sound of tiles breaking was heard in the temple. Then, an object whose body could not be seen clearly fell to the ground along with the tiles, sweeping away the solemn atmosphere in the temple.

“It hurts, it hurts… ah?”

An elf with brown ponytails and pointed ears appeared in front of Oz. Probably because her head hit the ground, the elf girl was covering her head with her hands, with an expression of pain.

Seeing the girl holding a giant scythe, Oz opened the hole that represented his mouth wide.

"Sure, you responded to my request so quickly..."

"A request? Um...are you having an important ceremony? I'm really sorry to bother you, but I have other things to do right now. I'll make it up to you once I find little Ella!"

After she had said this, the girl immediately picked up her sickle, brushed off the gravel on her body, and prepared to run out of the temple under Oz's nose.

"wait--"

"Lady Angeline! Don't be so willful. Malbrune needs you!"

Oz's speech was interrupted again, but this time the interrupters were a group of elf youths. Judging from their attire, in addition to magic casters, there were also soldiers in armor.

Oz immediately frowned his nonexistent brow.

"Who are you?"

Although the other party only said one sentence after arriving, Oz could also judge that the other party was a guy who wanted to use force. Not to mention that the person the other party wanted to take away was the Son of Oracle - now should be called the Holy Maiden of Oracle. First of all, trespassing into the temple was already a serious crime.

"Hmm? Kumi? We are the envoys from the elves Malberune. The people standing behind you are from our elves. Please allow me to apologize for the inconvenience, but please don't interfere now."

"Elf envoys? No, I don't care where you're from. I just want to confirm one thing: your purpose is to take this girl away, right?"

"Yes."

The young elf nodded sincerely.

"Since your target is the Holy Maiden of the Oracle, there is no room for negotiation. You are now the enemies of our Kumi clan—"

His whole body was illuminated by dazzling golden light, and Oz, whose size suddenly grew larger, charged towards the elves without hesitation.

The soldier's words made Ella stand up suddenly.

"What?"

"According to the envoys, they were attacked by the current King of Kumiheim, Oz Perucameri Felix, while passing through Kumiheim. Although they responded promptly, they were ultimately defeated by the King of Kumiheim, and Lady Anjene Malbrune was taken away."

"How dare they attack the elven envoys? Has the Kingdom of Kumheim gone mad?"

Losing her usual casual demeanor, Iris frowned.

"Where's Angelina? Is Angelina hurt?"

Out of anxiety, Ella almost grabbed the soldier's shoulders with both hands.

"It's unclear at this point, but all the elven messengers are injured and are receiving treatment."

"Camisia, I'll leave it to you now."

"Yes, my lady."

"Miss Ella, do you want me to come with you?"

Lotte's words made Ella glance at the little maids beside her, whose eyes were filled with fear.

"No, Lotte, stay here. I just thought of something I had to deal with."

After a pause, Lotte suddenly showed a look of realization—she almost exposed Ella's purpose.

"Okay, okay, I understand."

"What is Ella going to do?"

"Mitisi stays with Lotte. I'll be right back."

After giving her friends a look that said "it's okay," Ella quickly left the courtyard.

『Select the character as Loli God』

『Change level to 999』

『Advanced Teleport』

Distorted colors appeared in the sky with only thin clouds, and then a girl with white twintails and wearing a dark red dress appeared in the air.

"Is this the Kingdom of Kumheim? Terrain Search."

A brand new terrain lay before her, and Ella began to look for the light spot representing Angelini. Although she didn't know why the other party attacked the elven delegation, since they deliberately took Angelini away, it meant that Angelini had value worth their claim.

Military force or financial power?

Ella first denied the latter. Most of the gold coins on Angeline were still kept in her own warehouse. Apart from the giant sickle which was actually a divine artifact, the most valuable weapon on her body was the magic props she gave her. The giant sickle was also attached with a spell to prevent identification and magical observation, so it was impossible for others to know its true identity. Therefore, there was no value in taking the risk of going against the elves.

So is it force?

It is true that Angeline has the strength of level 30, but at the same time, even if she wants to win over a level 30 warrior, she will not go to the extent of deliberately attacking the diplomatic mission. Thinking of this, the worst outcome flashed through Ella's mind.

——The other party was actually attracted by Angelica’s appearance.

Indeed, although Angeline usually looks carefree, her appearance is absolutely impossible to ignore. Coupled with her frank personality, anyone who comes will probably have a good impression of her. Perhaps the other party was attracted by Angeline's beautiful appearance and attacked the diplomatic mission on impulse.

Thinking that half a month had passed since the incident, Ella's inner tension suddenly became even deeper.

"I hope everything is alright... Otherwise..."

The anxious feeling that was simmering over a low fire made Ella feel like she might lose control of herself.

“Ah, here it is!”

Following the direction of Angelini on the "Topography Search", Ella looked towards a castle in the capital of the Kingdom of Kumheim. The light representing Angelini was on the top floor of the castle.

"Just live well, for now."

Ella breathed a sigh of relief. Angeline's HP and MP were both at full value, and there was nothing abnormal on the status bar.

"Although there are no magic circles set up in the castle to warn people, it's best not to relax. Use 'Complete Concealment' and 'Short-Distance Teleportation'."

The scene in front of him instantly changed from the endless land to an interior with gray-black walls everywhere. Unlike the castle in the demon clan, this castle looked more realistic - there were no gorgeous decorations and ridiculously good lighting. Probably considering the defensive performance, there were very few windows, so the air in the corridor became extremely turbid. Rather than comfort, it focused more on practicality. Of course, the practicality here refers to facing war.

"It feels like I'm in a real castle. I remember what medieval Europe was like."

At least that's what the records show.

"There aren't any soldiers standing guard in the corridor? Hmm, wait, so the Kingdom of Kumiheim was founded by the Kumi people?"

Ella looked at a Kumi passing by. She initially thought that the Kingdom of Kumiheim was a human country.

Unlike the Kumi seen on Dragon Island, the Kumi here are generally half a person's height, and their bodies are more slender. They are more like cylinders than spheres - or like cacti in the desert. Not only that, they have two small spheres on both sides of their bodies, which may be hands. However, the two small spheres are not directly grown on the body, but are suspended in the air.

"A mutant? It seems to resemble a species I've seen in a certain game before... No, after all, the Kumi in front of me is exactly the same species, right?!"

Ella couldn't help but feel speechless. The setting of this world was too random. If this world was copied as a game, she would definitely be sued for plagiarism.

"No, no, no, now is not the time to talk about this. This is the first floor, four floors away from Angelina's top floor. We can talk about sightseeing later. Now let's go find Angelina first."

After passing by several teams of Kumi soldiers, Ella arrived at the door of Angelini's room - even the door was of the practical type.

"Lady Angelini, please change into clothes more appropriate for your status."

"No, the skirt is too long, it's inconvenient to walk."

"But you are now the Holy Maiden of the Kingdom. You should wear more respectable attire."

"Huh? You can't call it decent, right? I understand your difficulties, but I absolutely don't want clothes like this. Also, when will I be allowed to go back? I don't want to be a saint at all."

Angelica's voice came from the door. She was probably talking to the maid. Ella thought that the content of the conversation was very similar to what she was saying to the maids in front of her.

"And by saint, are you referring to Angeline? Angeline is the saint of the Kingdom of Kumheim?"

"If you want to go back... you are a saint sent down by the gods. We, as mere maidens, cannot make the decision. You should ask Lord Oz."

"That guy won't listen at all."

"I think once you officially inherit the throne, you can do whatever you want."

"Officially inheriting the throne will take a long time to learn the etiquette!"

Angelica's shout made Ella nod in understanding. She still had not fully mastered those extremely complicated etiquettes.

"From what I've seen so far, is Angelica mistaken for a saint? I don't know what happened along the way, but at least I don't have to worry about Angelica's safety. Well, we'll find out once we get in."

With the help of "complete concealment", Ella walked straight through the wall - Angelini, wearing only underwear, stood in the hall, and the other three Kumi maids were holding up an ordinary linen long skirt. It was called a long skirt, but in fact it was just a short-sleeved skirt with the hem lengthened several times. The craftsmanship was very crude.

"Ahem... I didn't mean to..."

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