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“All of them fools!”

“Who gave them permission to act on their own?”

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Duke Pias roared within the main camp.

It wasn’t a problem to stab the Koslow Family, their rivals, in the back.

But the issue now was that the manner and process of doing so were wrong.

The worst part was that his clan’s councilor in the Alliance Council, unbeknownst to him, took the initiative to report Hudson’s corruption in the supply lines to the Human Alliance.

Before he could figure out where the problem had occurred, trouble had already arrived at his doorstep.

The first to arrive was not Hudson, the person involved, but the allies of the Rocknard Family.

“Pias, you have to give us an explanation today.

Why did you report to the Alliance Council at this time?”

Duke Cavadia angrily interrogated.

Together with him came three other Dukes.

All four wore expressions of colossal annoyance.

Reporting Hudson was not an issue in itself.

Yet as allies, they should have been informed beforehand!

Quietly stirring up a mess within the Alliance Council left not only Hudson, the involved party, but also the Nobles of the North baffled.

They had no choice.

Everyone was dirty; they had all had their fingers in the pie when it came to the logistical supplies.

If an investigation were to be launched, Hudson, as the Commander in Chief, would undoubtedly be implicated.

Those who executed the deeds would not fare any better.

Normally, if they managed to get ahold of the Commander’s weakness, they would report internally to the Capital, not to the Alliance Council.

If this situation goes down, even if Hudson is taken down, most of the kingdom’s aristocrats will also be involved.

Not only would they offend a whole bunch of nobles in the kingdom, but the position of “Great Team Leader” in logistics might even end up in hands of other countries.

“Honorable Duke Cavadia, please calm down.

I am also not very clear about this matter.

After the incident, I immediately ordered the clan members serving as councilors in the Alliance to be recalled.

Once the matter is thoroughly investigated, I will indeed give everyone a satisfactory explanation.”

Perhaps due to a guilty conscience, Duke Pias adopted an extraordinarily humble posture, trying hard to maintain a smile in front of his allies.

This incident was indeed a significant pitfall.

His rationality told him that if he did not pacify his allies, not only Hudson will be accused of embezzling and selling strategic materials but the Rocknard Family would also be made a scapegoat.

While they won’t face the eradication of their clan, it’s highly likely that their reputation will be severely damaged and they would lose favor among the Kingdom Aristocrats.

“Pias, stop saying these useless things.

The incident has already happened, and saying this now, even if we are willing to believe that you are innocent, will the other aristocrats of the kingdom believe you?”

How to clear your name is the Rocknard family’s own business.

The trouble you brought upon us, and now you have to clean up the aftermath!

Without saying much more, and for the sake of our alliance over the years.

You should firstly think of a way to cover the huge deficits in our accounts, then discuss how to deal with the aftermath!”

The indifferent words of Duke Cavadia.

The loss of prestige was already irreversible.

Apparently, it was only done by the Rocknard Family, but who has caused the Five Great Northern Noble Families to always stand together?

Everyone will inevitably blame them.

Under these circumstances, even taking down Hudson will not result in him gaining power.

It was already impossible to recover the political losses, but Duke Cavadia was not willing to continue shouldering the financial loss.

In logistics transportation, deficits are inevitable on the accounts.

Some resulted from corruption; some were caused by special weather, terrain, or unexpected accidents.

Those that could be accounted for, naturally needed to be accounted for.

But many losses caused by special conditions were avoidable losses, recorded but lacked conviction.

When no one was investigating, it would pass.

Once someone got serious about it, these unconvincing accounts would be their best evidence of corruption.

Unfortunately, they were inherently unclean and couldn’t stand up to scrutiny.

The best option now was to rush to replenish the supplies before the investigation team arrived.

As long as the deficit was covered, there would be no corruption.

As members of the Noble World, everyone was relatively tolerant, and slight flaws in the accounts did not matter at all.

For a moment, Duke Pias’s face turned pale.

The Rocknard Family could still grit their teeth and compensate for the loss with money, but the problem was, where could he gather enough supplies in a short period?

One could imagine that all the aristocrats in charge of logistic transportation, including the Moxi Duchy, Warhammer Kingdom, Orton Duchy, and others, were trying to plug the gap.

The meager supplies floating on the black market were simply not enough for everyone to use.

There was simply not enough time to procure supplies from the rear and transport them over.

The speed at which the investigating unit arrived was much faster than the speed of supply transportation.

If unable to plug the gap, they wouldn’t be able to avoid the charge of misusing military supplies.

Even if they could arrange for subordinates to take the fall, they wouldn’t escape dealing with the aftermath.

You could say that this report by the Rocknard Family managed to offend all aristocrats within the logistics system.