The Earth After Rebirth

Chapter 161: Guests From Afar, II

He tried to remember how it got to be like this but there was nothing he could recall. Absolutely nothing came to him.

"Ahhh, am I allowed to kill my own King? I've been tricked!!!"

He got out of bed faster and headed to the castle. Luckily he didn't have to walk too far as their housing was pretty close. They let him in at the gate.

Right away, he saw Kiro and Hubris on their way to the meeting hall. The guests hadn't met Belial yet, so they'd use him as an excuse of why they couldn't make it yesterday.

"Your highness!!!" He shouted when he reached them.

"Hush, your head will split even further if you make any noise. My poor advisor has been sick for the past 3 days, you should be in bed or something." Hubris commented, trying to convince himself.

'Huh? What is he talking about?' When he looked to his left, he saw the guests waiting to enter the hall with them.

"Ah, yes your highness, I feel a bit better today." He said catching on.

Seeing that Belial was in on it, he turned to his master. "By the way master, don't you want some shoes? Isn't it strange walking barefoot?"

"You're walking barefoot."

"That's because I'm a hound?"

"Hound, Dreki, what's the difference."

Belial chuckled and whispered, "loads."

Kiro shot him a look that said, 'I heard that!'

Belial ran forwards to open the door for the guests. They entered first, Hubris entered and offered Kiro the leader's seat which made Kiro look at him like an idiot.

"Hubris, you can't shove your leader duties to me, I'll sit besides you though." He whispered.

Hubris gave a disappointed sigh. This would be his first meeting as King, he didn't know how well he'd do. He didn't even know he'd do well.

The King of Ichor Kingdom sat on the left side with his people. Hubris' sat at the leader's chair, while his people sat on the right. His people being Kiro and Belial.

The guests were humanoid. They had very pale skin, with red glowing eyes. They all had the darkest hair Kiro had ever seen, which was probably why their paleness was so out there.

"Huh? What about blood?"

"Thats part of our diet too."

Hubris gave him a nudge. He saw that he was about to ask yet another prying question. Like a child who's been refused a candy bar, he deflated on his chair.

"It's a pleasure to finally meet the offspring of Cerberus. He was a great King." Aenon commented. MVLeMpYr-novel-source

"He was. Knowing my uncle, he didn't just agree to the treaty, what did he have you do for him or what trade deals did you strike with him?"

Aenon looked a bit ashamed, but he wanted to be honest. It was not secret after all. "We used to punish hounds that were out of line by his standards. Hell whiskey is also a product of our Kingdom."

Hubris and Kiro smiled. Hubris didn't want to dwell in the past, these guys did what they had to survive his uncle after all.

"Then, in return, what did this Kingdom offer you?"

"Premium meat, silverware and even these suits. Also protection from our enemies."

"I know it was for survival, but my people cannot just forgive, incentive should be on the table for your crimes." Hubris informed them.

Aenon wore a thinking face. He wasn't particularly weak, but seeing the two in front of him, he knew he didn't have a chance. Ontop of that, they gave out the same familiar energy as the sun.

"We have plenty of mines in our Kingdom, how about we gift you three? Of course the mining will be done by us and we will send you the resources." He suggested.

"That doesn't sound too bad, it's a dilemma, I don't think I trust you guys yet." Hubris pondered, they could halve the resources before sending them.

"My Kingdom's science department—"

"Sire! No! You can't!" His advisor tried to shut him up. But the King shook his head.

"They are on the verge of technological a breakthrough, they're creating doorways that will transport you anywhere in the Underworld within seconds. When they achieve success, Abaddon will be the second Kingdom to have them installed, the first one will be free."

"Okay, when that happens, we will mine our own resources."

"That's not a problem!" Aenon said, excitement in his voice couldn't be filtered out.

"Then let's go drink, to the new friendship!"