"The Empire arrived first this time."
Nysia commented while we were watching the sky from the Metagen Garage.
I followed her gaze and saw the small dots appearing from the northwestern direction. Upon closer look, those dots were a group of Metagens consisting of the delegates coming from the New Haven Empire.
On the first row was a lone Metagen. The Main Delegate who has the highest rank among them was piloting it.
"The Blood Executioner. Heh. The Imperial Advisor Kreed himself was sent. The captives are important enough for them to warrant this kind of leading entourage."
Nysia recalled the name of the Metagen at the front. With its blood-red color and those two huge cleavers slung behind it, the name given to the Metagen was fitting enough.
There were only two Metagens on the second row, one of which was Matthew's Silent Behemoth. The one next to him is a sky-blue light-armored Metagen with a womanly figure as well, the one piloting it is someone at the same rank as him.
"It seems your friends will be joining as delegates. The one beside him is one of the most famous people in the Empire, Imperial Princess Leianne, the only Legend-rank Princess among the Emperor's daughters."
Right. I just received their messages, all three of them will be coming as the third from the list of their delegates. Each faction would be sending three important personnel from theirs and 20 standard Metagens as escorts. I've already read about most of the famous personalities and figures in this world but seeing them in person like this, I guess my knowledge about this world will broaden again.
That Imperial Advisor and Imperial Princess were two of the New Haven Empire's strongest below the Imperial Guardian. The two have the potential to reach the same height, the Mythic-rank.
According to Nysia, the current emperor might not be the best in terms of talent regarding the Meta Pathway, he's still a Diamond-rank up to this date, however, his Brain Capacity is already Rank SSS+.
He's also the one who expanded and led the empire to become one of the three factions to monopolize a Regenium Mine during the War of the Mines 30 years ago.
At that time, no one had become a Mythic-rank yet and he was still just an Imperial Prince.
Despite the lack of his talent in his pathway, it was covered by his Brain Capacity rank as well as his talent in scheming. If not for his lack of talent, he would probably have reached Mythic-rank by now.
That Emperor once tried to take her as his concubine when she's still a Legend-rank. Because of her strength, he believed that she would become a Mythic-rank in the future and he was not wrong about it. Unfortunately for him, he's not destined for her and he only saw her as a future asset for the Empire which Nysia hated the most.
"I just received their messages. They really will come. What do you think? That Delares, he said that every faction has a member of the Order that could be considered to be at the top brass."
"The fact that he didn't know their names proved how deeply rooted they are. We just have to watch out for what they were planning now that a situation where a possible leak of the secret organization's existence has appeared. They were probably sitting calmly, watching the situation in the dark before but because of you, the situation has changed."
Not just because of me though. If not for her being too worried that she rushed out after receiving my report, none of these would have happened.
After a while, another group of dots appeared from the northeastern horizon. The same as those from the New Haven Empire, it was led by a lone Metagen which would be the Main Delegate followed by two more Metagen and an entourage of standard Metagens from their faction.
"To think that the Sovereign Princess Elise herself would become the leading Delegate, they're also giving a lot of importance to this. She's the equivalent of a Queen there, the Enthroned Prince's wife. Usually, he's too protective of her that she was always locked within their palace despite her strength. What changed? Hmm."
Nysia mumbled as she watched them approach our location.
That Sovereign Princess was piloting a reddish-yellow Metagen, apart from its womanly figure, the most striking trait of it was the crown on top of its head and the white cape draped over its back.
Behind her were Amry's Crimson Valkyrie and a light-green heavy-armored Metagen. If I recall correctly that's called Infernal Colossus and the one piloting it is not part of the Royal Prince Family but just a normal soldier named Viper who climbed up the ranks. His loyalty to the Enthroned Prince is undeniable as he had already saved him twice at the cost of him being injured in his stead.
That snake-like name though. Is he a real viper who will bite his owner later? Ah. Let's not judge him too quickly. Also, he couldn't really bite him. The Enthroned Prince is also the Mythic-rank of the Principality of Eldur. Unlike the other two, he didn't pass his throne to his son and just continued his rule.
Only when both the delegates from New Haven Empire and Principality of Eldur landed on their designated spot at the Metagen Garage did the last group appear from the south.
Led by the distinctive samurai-like Metagen in full armor, Kazeyoshi's Crescent Hurricane and a dark-blue delicately-built Metagen, the Moonlight Confederacy's delegates arrived in a striking fashion.
"The Vagabond Sentinel, Sen and the Sapphire Moonflower, Lunaria. More big names. Well, they're still small fries to me. The only thing we need to be wary of is the currently silent Mythic-ranks guarding their lairs. We will not try to catch a snake this time but we have to determine who can be trusted at the upcoming chaos."
Sen is the son of the current Head of the Confederacy, he's widely known as the youngest one to reach Rank SSS and Legend-rank at age 20.
Lunaria on the other hand is the Queen of the 2nd strongest state among the countries who formed the Confederacy. Her country is a matriarchal state with her mother as the center during the War of the Mines 30 years ago. After she was born, her mother became the third Mythic-rank and the Matriarch of the Confederacy. Due to her still being young, Sen's father became the temporary Head of the Moonlight Confederacy while she was given the title Moonlight Queen. She is only a year behind Sen's record of being the youngest one to reach both Legend-rank while having Rank SSS Brain Capacity.
All of the delegates that appeared have the possibility to become a Mythic-rank which shows how this world was stronger than the first three worlds I have been to. What's unfortunate is that some of them might betray this world.
Nysia waited for the Moonlight Confederacy to land before walking forward to show herself before them. As the host and the strongest person here, she didn't need to go down and greet them. Instead, they'll be the one greeting her in the most polite form possible from their factions.
Their Guardians couldn't beat her, there's no way they could throw their weight around her or they could start to forget about going back where they came from.
Once the 9 delegates disembarked from their Metagens, they all went forward in groups as they greeted Nysia with the utmost respect. Of course, even if that sounded sincere, it's just common courtesy.
Nysia only nodded to them before going back inside. I didn't follow her, instead, I went with Lexie to welcome them in the name of the League.
"It's been a while, Lexie. And… I presume you're the fourth one?"
The Imperial Advisor Kreed greeted Lexie first before he turned to me who stayed behind her.
Upon saying that, he looked back to Matthew for confirmation which the latter answered with a nod.
After that, he extended his hand for a handshake.
"I'm Daisuke. I hope the Empire treats Matthew well. You know. We're not here as weapons for any of your war games among yourselves. We're here for a very specific reason."
I had my lips to form a smile as I shook his hand while pointing at the sky where the moon should have been if it's still night.
My words might have sounded aggressive but I'm just telling the truth and I said it loudly wherein all delegates heard it clearly.
As soon as their heads turned towards me, I also cast my gaze to the other two Main Delegates, the Sovereign Princess Elise and the son of the Confederacy Head, Sen.
"I will also say the same to the Principality of Eldur and the Moonlight Confederacy. Amry and Kazeyoshi, they're not tools you can use to play around. Understand?"
When my words fell upon the venue, some uttered muffled gasps and some had their eyebrows raised or any other reaction that could be equal to someone being intrigued. The Sovereign Princess clapped, the Imperial Advisor stomped the cane he was holding and the son of the Confederacy Head gritted his teeth.
Well. It sounded arrogant but I intentionally did this to check upon their reactions.
The suppressed anger from the Imperial Advisor, the amusement of the Sovereign Princess that she even had to clap upon hearing my words and the way that son of the Confederacy Head held back on arguing with me. There's also the reactions from the other three Heroes who were surprised at what I did as well as the other three; Princess Leianne, Viper and Moonlight Queen Lunaria.
Who among them could be trusted?
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