'This is annoying.'
That single thought crossed the mind of the goddess Artemisia as she stared at the shouting men and women before her with a deadpan gaze.
The location was Denerth Prime, the Cultivation World chosen to host this meeting of Race Rulers from different galaxies, along with the Main Entities of the Valmone Universe's Pantheon.
It was a circular hall, with seats ascending along an inclined slope, each seat occupied by Deities of increasing rank the higher up one went.
From dozens of chairs at the lower levels where the Junior Race Lords sat, to a few tens where the Race Kings were seated, and only 13 at the highest level where the Main Entities and the Universe's Master sat.
Naturally, Artemisia was among those 13.
The thrones were spaced evenly along the walls of the circular hall, and the only one slightly above the Main Entities belonged to the Master.
