The Author's POV

"I presume you all know why we're meeting right?"

A tall robust man with dirt blond hair spoke up. Just his casual words caused the air around him to crackle as thin lightning bolts revolved around his body.

He was Maximus von Dexteroi, third in the Hero ranking, and one of the seven heads of the Union.

"Hmm, It'd be strange if we didn't. Especially after that rat's betrayal."

A snaked-eyed person replied. He was seventh in the Hero ranking, Ceasar Kuliner.

An extremely famous Hero that was renowned for his dagger techniques that could mutilate opponents with a single look.

"Who would've thought that Tasos was a traitor."

"...Mhm, I guess looks can be deceiving."

Two melodious voices rang inside of the room.

The voices belong to Julia Romantica and Daphne Lawrence, respectively second and ninth in the hero rankings.

Adorned in jewelry and piercings, Daphne was a black woman. As one would expect, she had a wild beauty to her that would make any man grovel at her feet.

On the other hand, sitting next to her was Julia who in contrast to her was tall slim white beauty with white hair and blue eyes. Most frightening about her was her power, as she was only one rank behind the number one spot.

"Quiet, the meeting is about to start."

A soft voice suddenly enveloped the whole room. The moment the voice spoke, everyone subconsciously stopped speaking.

That was because the person who had just spoken was the number one ranked hero in the human domain, 'The sovereign', Octavious Hall.

The most powerful human in existence.

With brown hair and languid eyes that seemed to be devoid of any emotion, an aura of oppression and destruction exuded from his body. Completely suppressing the other auras in the room.

The power radiating from his body was so strong, that with every breath he took, tangible mana appeared in the air.

Closing his eyes, Octavious suddenly waved his hand.

"Let's begin."

The moment he waved his hand, the space in front of him tore apart and a small black void appeared out of thin air.

"Thank you for having me."

An ethereal voice suddenly rang inside of the room.

Not long after, a silhouette stepped out of the void. With ruby-red eyes that glistened underneath the lights of the room, long-cascading black hair, and fair skin, a male figure leisurely walked out of the portal.

Stepping out of the void, the man casually looked around and bowed his head slightly.

"Been a while since I last saw you, heads."

Indifferently staring at the man who had just entered the room, Octavious's mouth opened.

"Wahid 'aelah"

"In the flesh."

Also known as the one above all in Arabic, and the head of the Monolith.

Not much was known about him, but what everyone in the room could feel from the faint undulations of magic resonating from his body was that his power was on par with Octavious, if not even stronger.

The room instantly became tense.

"It seems like everyone is here."

Taking a seat all the way over on the other side of the table, Wahid 'aelah propped both of his elbows on the table before supporting his chin with his hands that were interlocked together.

"I'm sure you heads know why I asked to meet, right?"

"You wish to stop the war?"

Maximus coldly spoke from the side.

"Correct."

"Psh, so you want to stop a war you guys started, just like that?"

"You only want to cease the war now that you guys suffered a loss at our hands? Laughable."

"Indeed."

the side. Julia and Daphne joined

mockery, Wahid

I meant five

Maximus suddenly stood up.

—Kracka! —Kracka!

crackled all over his body as he glared at Wahid 'aelah. Raising his hand, a lightning

solution. How about I just

"Sit."

off was Octavious's indifferent voice. Turning his

not going to jump at the opportunity

the strongest humans present in the human domain in the same

the perfect opportunity for them to get rid of

devoid of any emotions, Octavious

his real

"Hmm, you could tell?"

surprised look appeared on

here I thought that I

of pity

you want." Ceasar cut in. "I don't have

Wahid 'aelah smiled. He then

demand one thing." Pausing Wahid 'aelah casually looked at everyone in the room, before continuing. "...to be more precise,

"A person?"

individual riddled with scars formed in

want him.

at the picture Daphne muttered

seems to fit the descriptions

the survivors of the secret operation, everybody knew that the person that Wahid 'aelah wanted was the same person that had rescued, Monica, Amon, and the

of this,

the reaction of the others,

with the Union. We can sign a contract

"A truce?"

Octavius's voice rang out.

didn't hear wrongly. Being stared at by five of the strongest people in the

did

his words, a look of understanding suddenly appeared on the faces of the people

truce was the real reason behind

merely an excuse used to propose

of their heads, including Monica, and the Monolith suffering similar large losses with both Mo Jinhao and Tasos heavily

especially so given the fact that they both lost multiple ranked heroes. If the war continued, then both organizations would be at risk of completely

one person alone had weakened the Monolith so much that they

contained within that smile could vividly be felt by everyone in the room as the air around him thickened up considerably every time

From what I've heard, you guys seem to be close to developing portals

"Right..."

Julia cautiously responded.

made a breakthrough in portal technology over recent years, they had

revealing what you are missing, as well as proposing the truce, I want

merely

or two, and they would achieve it. The only reason Wahid 'aelah proposed such a deal was so that it made it seem as though both parties were on equal

knew just how prideful

"..."

silence enveloped the room as no one

while before

me discuss it

"Go ahead."

the air, a black barrier formed around the five heads of the Union, completely covering them whole. This was a sound barrier that

barrier completely enveloped them, the first one to speak

take the

is ridiculous. Did you guys

the others to think about sacrificing someone who single-handedly dealt so much damage to the Monolith as well as saved the backbone of

at Daphne, Maximus

you. What are we supposed

as many

quickly responded without any

at her

our priority is the lives of the citizens. If the war continues, a lot of lives will

you're implying that we sacrifice the person that saved our members for the sake of

"Correct."

"But..."

"Maximus has a point."

in with a

the day, if this was the price to pay in order to stop the

"What, you too?"

appeared

looking at Daphne who

save as many people as possible. Sacrifices will be made in the process, and you should know better than anyone since you are one