A prince from the East Continent?

Black Wolf Castle, main hall.

Clang! The exquisite ceramic teacup slipped from the viscount's hand, shattering into countless pieces upon hitting the hard floor.

The scalding hot tea splashed all over the viscount, yet the noble seemed oblivious, his mind still consumed by the information the Knight had just reported.

"Say that again, how many citizens in the kingdom of the heir?"

Karen shoved aside the two maids who were frantically wiping his body, abruptly standing up from the main seat, his rugged face filled with astonishment, completely losing his previous calm demeanor.

"Lord, the Status Blessing above that Prince's head is fourteen billion citizens."

Sauron Knight said respectfully, not at all surprised by the viscount's loss of composure after dropping the teacup. He even felt that his lord was already very calm; if it were him, he would have been so shocked that he would have fallen off his chair.

"Are you sure you didn't misread it?" Karen questioned.

It could be fourteen million, or it could be one hundred and forty million, but in any case, it shouldn't be fourteen billion!

Because the three main human kingdoms on the continent—the Sossia Kingdom, which revered the sun and wind, the Milan Kingdom, which believed in thunder and earth, and the Rhine Kingdom, which admired the sun and moon.

Even if all the free people, serfs, slaves, and so on of these three kingdoms and their affiliated countries were added together, they certainly wouldn't reach the terrifying number of fourteen billion.

Karen found it hard to imagine that if there really was a country with a population of fourteen billion, how vast its territory would be, how high its grain yield would be, and how shocking its national power would be.

"Lord, when I paid respects to that Your Highness, I secretly counted several times, and it was indeed ten digits," Sauron Knight said with a wry smile.

Karen's expression gradually became serious, as if a cloud was lingering on his face.

Even when he was surrounded by several enemy transcendent Knights alone in the war toexterminate the rebellious Mason Duchy in the past, his expression had never been so solemn.

He knew very well that although his Knight wasn't highly educated and hadn't read many books, he was still good enough at recognizing numbers.

This also meant that the Status Blessing of that person, that Your Highness, was indeed real.

However, even if what he saw was real, was there a possibility of illusion or some kind of magic? Although Karen had never heard of magic that could modify Blessings in his past experience, this did not mean that such a possibility did not exist.

"Hmm."

Karen sat back in the main seat, his fingers unconsciously tapping the armrest of the chair, the rhythm slow and heavy, as if calculating something.

Seeing this, Sauron Knight did not disturb his lord's thoughts, but remained respectfully kneeling on the wolf skin carpet.

He also secretly switched legs, as the previous one was too numb... Time passed by minute by minute.

Tap, tap, tap.

At this moment, a series of light footsteps broke the silence of the castle hall.

"Darling~"

Accompanied by a frivolous female voice, a tall figure stepped into the hall.

It was a beautiful woman who looked only in her early twenties. She was wearing a loose silk nightgown, the neckline slightly open, revealing a jade-like elegant collarbone, with a hint of fair skin faintly visible.

She had smooth purple hair that cascaded down her shoulders like a waterfall, the strands shimmering faintly in the candlelight.

Her figure was alluring, with a slender waist, slightly翘 hips, and long, well-proportioned legs, making it difficult to hide her sexiness even under the loose nightgown.

Without a doubt, this was an extremely charming beauty.

Sauron Knight merely glanced at the newcomer before quickly lowering his head, afraid of any blasphemous thoughts arising in his mind.

Because this beauty was none other than his lord's second wife, Viscountess Danielle Martha.

"What urgent information could possibly keep you away from me in our room for so long?"

The viscountess sat directly on Karen's lap without any reservation, wrapping her snow-white arms around his shoulders, and softly breathed into the man's ear.

Hiss!

Karen felt a shiver run through his entire body, wondering if his old back could even survive this.

"Lord, the information has been reported. May I take my leave?"

Sauron Knight said respectfully, afraid that staying any longer would affect his lord and his wife's romantic mood.

"Go, go." Karen's mouth twitched, and he waved his hand.

He actually wanted Sauron to stay, but the pair of arms suddenly tightening around his neck made it impossible for him to say it.

"Alright, alright, there's an important matter to discuss. Besides, you just gave birth, you should be resting properly!"

Feeling the mischievous little hand below him, Karen quickly pushed Danielle off his body.

"Danielle, Sauron reported that a noble Your Highness has arrived in our territory, and their Status Blessing is actually..."

Before the woman could get angry, Karen hurriedly blurted out the information.

This viscount, known for his outstanding martial prowess, seemed to regard his wife as some kind of monster that devoured people without spitting out bones.

"1.4 billion!"

The viscountess covered her small mouth, her purple-blue eyes filled with surprise. For a moment, she even forgot to blame her husband for repeatedly rejecting her advances.

"Yes, to be honest, I already suspected that Sauron was deceived by some kind of magic or Blessing ability. After all, there aren't that many people in any country on the continent..."

Before Karen could finish speaking, a slender white finger gently stopped his mouth.

"Darling, you seem to have forgotten that just because it doesn't exist on this continent, doesn't mean it doesn't exist on another continent, oh~" The viscountess said with a charming smile.

"You mean..." After the woman's reminder, Karen revealed a thoughtful expression.

"That Your Highness is a Prince from the East Continent?"

"Perhaps, after all, there really isn't such a large country on our West Continent." Danielle nibbled on her index finger, doing her best to think.

"But in the ancient War of the Gods, the continent shattered and split into two, one half being the West Continent we stand on, and the other half transforming into the East Continent and drifting away."

"In addition, with the Silent Mist and the boundless Wall of Sighing Ice suddenly appearing on the sea, there hasn't been a visitor from the East Continent in hundreds of years."

Karen sighed softly.

In these hundreds of years, countless navigators on the continent have set sail, dreaming of achieving the great feat of reaching the East Continent, thereby reaping fame, status, and the extraordinary power brought by job advancement.

Even he himself had fantasized about such a dream when he was a child.

It was a pity that all the navigators had brought back over the centuries were tragic disasters, to the point that almost no one held any hope anymore.

"The world's first Great Mage Byers once said, anything is possible." Danielle said slowly.

"Since the eternal gods exist, is there anything impossible in this world?"

"Karen, prepare a gift and go pay a visit to that Prince." Danielle gently held her husband's hand and said softly.

"If it's really an illusion, then he can't possibly deceive you either, after all, you are..."

As if to respond to the woman's words, Viscount Hughes suddenly erupted with torrents of eerie green magical power, and the surrounding air began to tremble.

"A Star Rank Knight, the Wailing Wolf!" The madam looked at her husband with adoring eyes.

As everyone knows, the lord of Black Wolf Territory is a powerful Knight who shone brightly in the Dragon-Lion War, which is why she, as the only daughter of the noble Martha family, was willing to marry him.

The secondary reason, of course, is that darling is very handsome!