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."

Julia and Daphne joined

to their mockery, Wahid 'aelah

what are the seve..scuse me, I meant

Maximus suddenly stood up.

—Kracka! —Kracka!

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

How about

"Sit."

off was Octavious's indifferent voice. Turning

tell me you're not going to jump at the opportunity

the same room. The

opportunity for

devoid of any

not his

"Hmm, you could tell?"

appeared on Wahid

that

pity flashed Wahid

nonsense, tell us what you want." Ceasar cut in. "I don't have

Ceasar's words, Wahid 'aelah smiled. He then raised

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

"A person?"

of Wahid 'aelah's fingers. Thereafter, the image of an individual riddled with scars formed in the middle of the flames. Turning his head and looking

I want him.

the picture Daphne muttered out

and scars, that seems to fit the descriptions of the person

of the secret operation, everybody knew that the person that Wahid 'aelah wanted was

a result of this, everybody

the reaction of the others,

you a truce with the Union. We can sign

"A truce?"

Octavius's voice rang out.

'aelah to make sure that they didn't hear wrongly. Being stared at by five of the strongest people in the human domain, Wahid

you did

look of understanding suddenly appeared on

the real

merely an excuse

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

both lost multiple ranked heroes. If the war

the Monolith so much

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

what I've heard, you guys seem to be close to developing portals but can't quite get there yet,

"Right..."

Julia cautiously responded.

breakthrough in portal technology over recent years, they had still not quite perfected it yet. At least not for commerical

as proposing the truce, I want you guys to help us find 876. How about it? Not a bad deal,

merely a customary

would achieve it. The only reason Wahid 'aelah

just how prideful

"..."

silence enveloped the room as

for a while before Octavious finally opened

it with the

"Go ahead."

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

the barrier completely enveloped them, the first one to speak

should take

"I've been thinking this for a while, but this offer is ridiculous. Did you guys

much damage to the Monolith as well as saved the backbone of the Union, Daphne couldn't understand why they

Daphne, Maximus spoke

are we supposed

keep as many people

responded

nodded at her

lives of the citizens. If the war continues,

person that saved our members for the sake of stopping the war between us and the

"Correct."

"But..."

"Maximus has a point."

a

with this decision, but at the end of the day, if this was the price to pay in order to stop the war, she was willing to

"What, you too?"

shocked look appeared

who was beside her,

be made in the process, and you should know better than anyone since