The Primal Hunter

Chapter 924: Someone Just Had To Chapter 924: Someone Just Had To

”So, you’re clear on your role, right?” Miranda asked Jake who had three women stare him down with expectant looks.

“Keep quiet and look menacing?” Jake asked a bit nervously. “At least for the most part…”

“You can speak up; just do so with forethought,” Vesperia added.

“I would recommend you to only speak up if you deem it absolutely necessary,” Miranda kind of disagreed. “Outside of your small opening speech, of course.”

“Do I really need to do a speech? Can’t you just do it?” Jake tried to worm his way out of it.

“No, as the World Leader, it needs to be you. Plus, it allows you to avoid actively participating in the following discussions if you don’t want to, as you’ve already made your position in the matter clear right from the get-go. Finally, we should at least show a basic level of courtesy by you directly addressing our visitors and all the leaders who are taking part in this World Congress,” Miranda continued to explain.

“There’s no need to worry; just memorize the speech as best as you can. Or, at the very least, the spirit and central message of it. You can make the words and the delivery your own,” Lillian also chimed in.

“Adding some personality would be best,” Vesperia agreed with a nod. “And allow them all to bask in your aura meanwhile. Do not actively push it to suppress them, but don’t restain it either. Let them know you are indeed the most dangerous being in the room, and make it clear that declaring you an enemy is not in their interest.”

“Indeed,” Miranda concurred too. “While the chances of individuals wishing you, I, or any of the other leaders of Earth harm are low, and we have yet to catch anyone with such thoughts, it’s still better to be safe than sorry. If you let your aura remain unconstrained, perhaps it can even help sniff out a few of those who are still dissatisfied with you. Make mental notes of these people.”

Jake slowly nodded as he tried to remember everything, as he looked at the paper on the table with the speech written on it. At the bottom, they had even included all the key points he had to go over in a concise fashion.

This meeting in Jake’s lodge was the final preparations for the World Congress, where the three women wanted to coach Jake and make sure he was ready. While this was definitely way lower stakes than stuff such as the Chosen Ceremony, Miranda still took it very seriously, and Vesperia definitely added a layer of complexity as she would also be participating. This would be her first time openly showing herself to the leaders of Earth, and first impressions were always important.

There were some potential issues they had gone over but didn’t really have the ability to prepare or safeguard against. The biggest one was who would take part in this meeting, more importantly, how damn different those participating would be, and what kind of conflicts that could give rise to.

To summarize, there would be a Unique Lifeform leading a group of monsters, vampires from the Noboru Clan, the Sky Whale representing a horde of beasts, Casper and the Risen, Jacob and the Holy Church, assassins from the Court of Shadows, Valhal, Jake himself, Arthur and “normal” humans who were still struggling with adapting to the system, former slaves of different races… and now they even had a True Royal ectognamorph in there, another very unpopular race.

It was, to put it nicely, a clusterfuck of factions where a good chunk of them were openly in conflict, with a few very unpopular races mixed in just for good measure. It felt almost inevitable that something would happen, but they hoped to suppress anyone daring to cause a scene by Jake being a scary guy, making it clear he would come down on anyone who acted like trouble-makers.

Quite the responsibility, but Jake would just have to deal with it.

“I believe that’s everything we meant to cover,” Lillian said after a brief pause. “Do also remember that the format of this World Congress is a bit different than usual.”

“True, I forgot to mention that,” Miranda nodded. “It was good you gave me permission to schedule and plan the congress. There are quite a few options for customization, and it took longer than I anticipated, especially sorting out who to invite and issuing these invites to all those who arrived on the planet after the event was planned. Not to mention planning the actual congress and its setup.”

as he kept checking his paper with the speech on. They discussed a few more minor things before finally, the event arrived. Jake received his invite and quickly accepted it as he felt himself being moved elsewhere. This wasn’t just moving his soul either, but his entire physical body was teleported

Before, he always assumed it was in some weird system-created space that didn’t really exist anywhere,

existed within

as he stood on the usual platform, though it had been raised to an even higher position than before, making him stand the furthest up by far.

many in-conflict factions and races could be gathered in one space like this, but this had to be a pretty damn

a familiar face had joined him as Reika stood by her great-grandfather’s side,

one Miranda made herself… the invited members were no longer

position, Caleb and the Court of Shadows teleported in, showing they were also considered of high

out of the doghouse. At least, that’s how Miranda had explained it… because, yes, the placement of every single faction had been a huge consideration. This was yet

author by searching for the original publication of

everyone had arrived, and a system

the World Congress of Earth: Prima Guardian Preparation Strategy

solely serve as

during the World Congress. The purpose of this World Congress is discussion, and outright hostile actions or threats are not permitted. While in this space and on the planet as a whole, everyone is expected to act according

to some of the initial drafts Jake had heard about, but it definitely got the job

as sadly, he was the one supposed to initiate this World Congress. Taking a breath, Jake remembered the main parts of the speech and spoke as

World Congress. I see quite a few familiar faces, some old, some new. Some who’ve acted against my own and Earth’s interests before, and some who’ve always remained allies. Know that this is not a time for grudges, and we are all here to work together for the upcoming event. Not work against one another… and if I can shelve my grudges for now, so can you,” Jake began his speech, definitely going off-script in a few minor places, but based on

clarify to all those who recently arrived: even if we are allies, at least for now, you are still guests. Act like it. This is not your home turf, even if you originated from Earth, and your factions have no power here.

had a unique aura around her already, and it wasn’t like her identity or appearance were a secret. During the Chosen Ceremony, she had openly shown herself, and it was only to be expected many of the factions present had received intelligence about her existence.

on Earth. He didn’t doubt many telepathic messages were flying at this very moment, but Jake paid it no heed

together as we seek to hunt down this Prima Guardian. Because if you don’t cooperate with our efforts, you work against us… and at that point, you shall share the same fate as the Prima Guardian. Yes, that is a threat, and don’t think,

definitely gone a little bit off-script there, and Miranda

including any speculations that are worth sharing. Hold nothing back, for we will not. Our goal for this Prima Guardian event is not merely to beat it but to do so

he got the important points across while even throwing in some good subtle – and not-so-subtle – threats. He had wondered why Miranda couldn’t just have said all the things he just did, but she assured

been to clarify everyone was expected to work together, and that he didn’t care for whatever grudges they had.

her voice with any energy, as she already spoke more than loudly enough. All the attention also definitely remained on their platform, helped by Jake not reigning in his aura at all. Instead, he just let it hang there for them all to get used to it while putting

necessary,” Miranda began as she summoned a huge projection in the middle of the circular conference

but he even had to deal with people asking questions for clarification throughout, as Miranda

toward the Sky Whale’s platform and found a sleeping