Dark Clouds Over the Kingdom, Regulating Throne Angel vs. War Demon

The country had only just begun to recover!

Bang! Marquis Raeven slammed both hands heavily onto the table. His palms hurt from the impact, but he had no mind to care about that now.

This precise demand for "grain compensation" had extinguished the nation's hope of recovery!

But that was not the truly terrifying part.

Only fools saw nothing but the issue of compensation!

Yet clever people like Marquis Raeven had already noticed a far more serious problem through the amount of grain demanded as compensation.

First!

That Ainz Ooal Gown knew the Kingdom's situation very well, or rather, had investigated it in advance, yet the nation had discovered nothing.

Such a monster!

Not only did he possess the terrifying power to destroy a country, he was also skilled in strategy. At the very least, someone capable of planning stood at his side.

"A bunch of scum!"

"Traitors who only know how to fight for power." The more Marquis Raeven thought about it, the more his teeth itched with anger, and he could not help but curse.

He had long known that the Kingdom's intelligence network leaked like a sieve. Marquis Broum Lau, one of the Six Great Nobles, had secretly betrayed the Kingdom long ago and sold intelligence to the Empire.

Perhaps the current situation had also been caused by such idiots and scum, whether deliberately or inadvertently leaking information.

"There is no use pursuing it now."

"If we force an investigation, we may even drive those fools to the enemy's side."

Marquis Raeven raised a hand to support his forehead. Thought and worry flickered constantly in his eyes. "Things may not get worse, but we must consider the worst possibility."

"—We have no choice but to think that way!"

At first glance, the amount of "grain" demanded by