Hao Ren's words had been frank and aboveboard. Rudolf III and Grand Duke Rune clearly knew that time was pressing, and there was simply no time to send envoys to other countries to test the source blood's effect on the Tower of Sunscorching. Not only would that require a mountain of troublesome diplomatic procedures, they would also have to explain the source blood's origins and function to neighboring countries, factor in the testing time, bring the results back afterward, and, if it proved effective, send the source blood to other countries as well. That would mean going through the whole ordeal again. After all that back-and-forth, even by the most optimistic estimate, the people on the continent would probably already be dead by the time the dust settled...
The Chaos power had now sealed off the entire world. The various Order Kingdoms were like isolated islands in the darkness. All the teleportation arrays between them had been shut down, and magical-network communications were intermittent. The only way for the countries to exchange goods and information was practically to send out armies and charge blindly through the Chaos lands—if a few made it through, then so be it. As for lucky people like Veronica, who had encountered an extraordinary opportunity and could cross the Chaos lands with just over twenty people, they were ultimately few and far between. Most people died halfway through their reckless charge. After His Majesty the King and his adviser thought it over, they decided that sending people to neighboring countries to test this thing was way too much of a test of their nerves.
Yet they obviously could not simply set aside the precious "ancient relic" contributed by the "Guardian." They had their concerns, but to be honest, even Grand Duke Rune was quite tempted by