“We won’t be going.” Billy said with a faint smile.
“The king should still have a lot of matters to attend to. We can discuss it after the king is done with his tasks!”
He was well aware that Rhett Byrne would undoubtedly be busy organizing the royal city, and he had no interest in getting involved in such matters.
Furthermore, Opal, Casey, and the others were still recovering from their injuries, and he needed to help them heal.
“Mr Billy, where will you be heading next?” Danica Byrne inquired, looking at Billy.
She knew that her father had many matters to attend to, and inviting Billy and his group to the palace at this moment was not the best timing.
“We’ll probably stay in Criesgan for a while!” Billy responded.
“That’s fine!” Rhett Byrne, after a brief moment of contemplation, continued, “Once I finish dealing with the matters in the royal city, I’ll invite Mr Billy to the palace for a chat!”
“Alright!” Billy nodded.
After a few more words, Billy and his group bid farewell and departed.
Rhett Byrne led a group of people toward the royal city.
After about two hours, Billy led everyone back to the inn in Criesgan.
Just as they entered the inn courtyard, Uriel Gentry and his men appeared at the entrance, apparently already aware of the news.
After expressing gratitude to Billy, Uriel Gentry specially invited Billy and his group to move to the city lord’s mansion, but Billy declined.
After several invitations from Uriel Gentry, seeing that Billy was genuinely uninterested, he did not insist further.
After Uriel Gentry left, Billy had Stout give Opal and the others each a healing pill to take, then proceeded to treat their injuries one by one.
It was not until the early hours of the morning that he finally managed to finish.
In the following days, no one went anywhere, and they all stayed at the inn to recuperate.
After a week, everyone had fully recovered.
“Boss, since yesterday, there have been people lurking around the inn, and most likely, they are targeting us.” Judge and Soul Chaser returned to the inn courtyard and spoke up.
“It’s probably the people from Wind Swift Kingdom,” Azure Dragon responded.
“Boss, should we capture one of them and inquire?” Azure looked at Billy and asked.
“No need to bother with them,” Billy waved his hand and continued, “Go about your own business!”
“Alright!” everyone nodded in response.
Subsequently, after bidding farewell to Billy, everyone dispersed in batches.
Meanwhile, Billy himself headed toward the city lord’s mansion.
Before long, he arrived at the entrance of the mansion, and the guards at the gate clearly recognized him.
“Mr Billy, are you here to see Mr Gentry?”
“Is Mr Gentry in?” Billy smiled faintly.
“Yes!” the guard nodded. “Please follow me, Mr Billy.”
“Thank you!” Billy smiled again.
Before long, the two of them arrived at the entrance of a building at the center of the mansion, where they coincidentally saw Uriel Gentry walking out from inside.
“Mr Billy?” Uriel Gentry was slightly taken aback upon seeing Billy.
“Mr Gentry, I hope I’m not disturbing you by coming uninvited,” Billy said with a smile.
“Mr Billy, you’re too humble. I couldn’t have invited you even if I wanted to!” Uriel Gentry said as he gestured politely.
“Please, come inside and have a seat, Mr Billy!”
“Thank you!” Billy smiled once more.
Before long, the two of them sat down in Uriel Gentry’s study.
“I haven’t had the chance to properly thank you for what happened a few days ago,” Uriel Gentry poured a cup of tea for Billy.
“It’s nothing. Mr Gentry, no need to make a big deal out of it,” Billy accepted the tea.
“Mr Billy, you not only saved the king but also saved nearly ten million people of Tengamine Kingdom,” Uriel Gentry sighed. “Jared Byrne is a naturally suspicious and cruel person. If he had succeeded to the throne, it would have brought a disaster to Tengamine Kingdom.”
“Tengamine Kingdom has a population of ten million?” Billy asked in slight surprise.
“Yes, give or take,” Uriel Gentry replied.
After speaking, he continued to look at Billy. “Mr Billy,
After finishing speaking, he looked at Billy and said, “Mr Billy, you came to see me today, so you must have something on your mind, right?”
“Nothing special, just here to chat with you, Mr Gentry,” Billy continued after taking a sip of tea.
“Do you know about Wind Swift Kingdom?”
“Wind Swift Kingdom?” Uriel Gentry was slightly taken aback. “What specific information does Mr Billy want to know?”
“It’s been said that Wind Swift Kingdom frequently engages in conflicts with Tengamine Kingdom,” Billy spoke up.
“That’s correct!” Uriel Gentry nodded in response.
“Although Wind Swift Kingdom and Tengamine Kingdom are both under the same empire, these two vassal states frequently engage in warfare to vie for territory and resources.”
“Just three months ago, there was a large-scale conflict between the two, resulting in tens of thousands of casualties on both sides.”
“Under the same empire?” Billy was surprised once again. There was an empire above the kingdoms!
“Mr Billy, you didn’t know?” Uriel Gentry was also surprised.
As a person of this world, this was basic knowledge. How could Billy not know about it?
“To be honest, when I first arrived in this world and met Mr Gentry in the royal city, it was my first day here,” Billy didn’t conceal the truth.
“Oh?” Uriel Gentry was surprised once more. “Mr Billy, are you from the Polar Domain?”
“That’s correct!” Billy smiled faintly.
“I see,” Uriel Gentry had a look of realization on his face.
“You possess such high medical expertise and martial prowess at such a young age. It’s quite rare to find a talent like you in the surrounding vassal states. I thought Mr Billy was from a different empire.”
He continued with a somewhat emotional tone, “I never expected that in the outside world, there would be such a remarkable talent as Mr Billy. It seems we are a bit too conceited here!”
“Mr Gentry, you’re too kind.” Billy smiled faintly.
“No need to be modest, Mr Billy,” Uriel Gentry continued.
“Let me give you a brief overview of the power structure in this world!”
“Thank you!” Billy took another sip of tea.
Subsequently, Uriel Gentry began his explanation.
It took almost an hour for him to describe all the information he knew.
After hearing his explanation, Billy finally had a rough understanding of the power distribution within the Forbidden Ruins Space.
The entire Forbidden Ruins Space was controlled by four so-called super empires, each governing a varying number of vassal kingdoms.
In addition to empires and kingdoms, this world also had a large number of sects.
Some sects were under the jurisdiction of the empires, but there were also powerful sects that existed independently from the four super empires.
Furthermore, Uriel Gentry speculated that there might even be super sects that surpassed the empires.
Of course, this was only his speculation, as with his current status and locality, he couldn’t obtain information from that level.
Tengamine Kingdom and Wind Swift Kingdom were both vassal states of Rainbow Moon Empire. Apart from Tengamine and Wind Swift, there were six other vassal kingdoms under Rainbow Moon Empire.
Compared to the other three empires, the overall power of Rainbow Moon Empire was relatively weaker and ranked last among the four super empires.
The stance of the empires regarding conflicts between the vassal kingdoms was generally laissez-faire, as long as it did not undermine the fundamental interests of the empire.
In some cases, conflicts were even intentionally provoked by the empire to prevent the vassal kingdoms from becoming too unified and posing a threat to the empire.
Billy also learned that the overall strength of Wind Swift Kingdom was not much different from that of Tengamine Kingdom.
The king of Wind Swift Kingdom was also at the late stage of the sixth-rank Divine Realm, while the marshal of the kingdom, like Jared Byrne, possessed the strength of the fifth-rank Divine Realm.
“Mr Billy, from what I know, half a month ago, the Star Moon Sect within Wind Swift Kingdom was exterminated,” Uriel Gentry spoke with a hesitant tone.
“And at the same time, the third prince of Wind Swift Kingdom and their general of the imperial guards were also killed. Regarding this matter, is it…”
“I did it!” Billy interrupted his words.