After striking down the military generals, Hudson took the chance while various nobles were still en route to the Capital to excuse himself, saying he needed to arrange matters in the Mountain Domain, and found a moment to return there.
Without a doubt, handling the domain affairs was a pretense; his true motive was to recover the Ghost Ship.
The Kingdom had publicly announced a campaign against the Ghost Ship, and it was not a mere bluff, but an action truly taken.
The Major Nobles of several coastal provinces joined forces to form The Crusade Fleet. Had Hudson not been in the Capital handling military affairs, he likely would have been one of the members of the Allied Forces.
His clan, the Koslow Family, lacking even a naval fleet, naturally did not qualify to participate in this kind of public service game.
Hudson knew that the Kingdom's Dark Series experts had already rushed there, all hoping to take a share of the spoils.
