The villages around Mount Semeru, which are now controlled by the Underground Kingdom, seem to be tormented by the rules that require the villagers to submit a very large tribute.

Even more than half of their agricultural income must be submitted to the Underground Kingdom, otherwise they will be expelled from the area and if they resist they will be killed.

That is the cruelty of Joyo Kandis and Nyi Centil to the villagers who are currently under their control, there is no tolerance whatsoever for anyone who does not obey the rules they have made.

Like that morning, several residents had to receive bad treatment from the soldiers of the Underground Kingdom, they arbitrarily took the residents' agricultural products by force from their homes to the Royal Palace.

The palace soldiers argued that it was time for the tribute to be given by the residents to the Royal Palace, for those who rebelled, their agricultural products stored at home would be forcibly taken.

Some of the villagers whose rice was forcibly taken were indeed unable to fulfill the tribute required by Joyo Kandis and Nyi Centil as the King and Empress of the Underground Kingdom, because they had not yet harvested and the rice in their homes was a supply for their daily food needs.

However, the cruel nature of the soldiers ignored any reasons from the villagers for those who were unable to pay tribute, all the rice supplies in their homes would be forcibly taken, even some residents were beaten black and blue by the soldiers of the Underground Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Joyo Kandis and his other soldiers were heading east from the Underground Kingdom, with no other goal than to further expand their territory.

Not a few villages and hermitages that they encountered were beaten to a pulp, until they submitted and had to be willing to become areas under the control of the Underground Kingdom.

Some of the villagers and hermitage leaders were killed, while others chose to stay and join. The situation was very tense and had to face a difficult choice, join or die.

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Arya and the Blue Scarf Fairy accelerated their run towards the south, they targeted to arrive at the South Sea Beach area before evening. Their run was suddenly stopped by several women, looking at the clothes they were wearing it seemed like they were soldiers of a Kingdom.

"Hey, why are you blocking our way?!" shouted the Blue Scarf Fairy.

One of them took a step forward, then answered.

"We suspect that you are part of the gang we are looking for."

The Blue Scarf Fairy stared at Arya, she looked confused by what one of them accused her of, as did Arya who also looked surprised.

"What gang do you mean?" asked the Blue Scarf Fairy.

The woman representing her friends accused again.

"Just admit it, that you are Nyi Centil's spies."

The Blue Scarf Fairy was starting to get annoyed.

"You just accuse us carelessly without any evidence, in fact we are looking for the figure you mentioned. Now give us a way, we are in a hurry to get to the South Sea Beach."

The women dressed as warriors seemed to ignore the call from the Blue Scarf Fairy, until the beautiful woman with dimples tried to break through the line that was blocking them.

A fight ensued, between the women dressed as warriors and the Blue Scarf Fairy. Not even a few moves of countering and attacking each other, suddenly the figure of a woman dressed in blue with a crown on her head flashed in the middle of the fight.

"Stop!"

The women dressed as warriors simultaneously took a few steps back.

"Yes, Queen."

The figure they called Queen spoke again.

"What are you guys doing! And what caused you to fight?"

One of the women dressed as warriors took a step forward and saluted.

“Forgive us, Queen, we suspect that the woman and man are spies for Nyi Centil and Joyo Kandis.”

The beautiful woman who was called Queen turned her gaze to the Blue Scarf Fairy and Arya.

“Is that true, my friend?”

The Blue Scarf Fairy shook her head, while Arya, who was not involved in the fight, just stood there casually scratching his head.

“Everything they accused us of is completely untrue, my friend. In fact, we are looking for a figure named Nyi Centil,” answered the Blue Scarf Fairy.

The beautiful woman wearing the crown was surprised.

“What business do you have looking for Nyi Centil?”

The Blue Scarf Fairy answered again.

“We were asked for help by the Queen of the South Coast to find Nyi Centil who stole her mystical object.”

The beautiful woman wearing the crown was even more surprised, she suddenly became friendlier to the Blue Scarf Fairy and Arya.

“I see, please forgive the insolence of my soldiers who attacked you without any clear reason. I, the Queen of the North Coast, am also responsible for the loss of the mystical gem belonging to my friend, the Queen of the South Coast, because Nyi Centil used to be my confidant in the palace of the North Coast Kingdom. It turns out that Nyi Centil deliberately ran away from the palace to create chaos by stealing the South Sea Mystic Gem, her goal besides wanting to control the mystical gem, she also wanted to stir up conflict between the North Coast Kingdom and the South Coast Kingdom.”

The Blue Scarf Fairy smiled kindly while introducing herself, Arya who had been standing a little behind immediately walked over to the Blue Scarf Fairy and also saluted the Queen of the North Coast.

“It’s okay, Queen. It seems that there has been a misunderstanding between us and the soldiers of the North Coast Kingdom, My name is Blue Scarf Fairy and this is my friend Arya.”

The Queen of the North Coast smiled kindly again.

“Do you two know where Nyi Centil and Joyo Kandis are?”

The Blue Scarf Fairy shook her head.

“Not yet, Queen, we are currently investigating and intend to go to the South Coast area to find someone who can help us find out the whereabouts of Nyi Centil and Joyo Kandis.” The Queen of the South Coast looked surprised and curious, who did the Blue Scarf Angel mean...?