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Location: The throne room of a small castle in the Inner Area of Angel City.
Haru held the Scepter of Sovereignty in his hand as he sat on his throne. This castle was built specifically to receive honored guests like the Ice Queen. Others like Cecilia from the Full Moon Chamber of Commerce could only meet Haru in the Outer Area.
Beside Haru stood Celestia and Mary. Many other Angels were also present in the room including Lysandra, Stella, Seraphina and Caelith. With Haru alone seated on the throne and multiple Angel Goddesses, some even stronger than him, made him look like a true King.
Seeing this gathering of Goddesses, William's eyes were filled with shock. As for the Ice Queen Eira, she also turned serious. The Great Aetherium's current strength was enough to gain the priority attention of all native empires.
At the same time, her gaze fell on Celestia, Mary, Stella, and the others. She was extremely curious about these creatures that radiated Holy Light — the Angels.
The Endless Continent had many races, but not anything like these Angels. The ones who looked most similar to them were the beastmen race Swan-kin. However, in comparison, the Angels were even more beautiful and powerful. One of the reasons she had come to this kingdom was to see for herself what the Angels were like.
Now that she saw them, they did not disappoint her. Indeed, just as the Castle Lords had said, the Angel race's power was extremely terrifying. As expected of the so-called unique grade troops, it was the strongest race she had seen.
"They have so many wings!" Eira stared at Celestia. Behind this particular Angel were a total of eighteen wings. Three pairs of them were snow-white wings and six were energy wings that emanated a terrifying Divine Aura.
Moreover, she also discovered a pattern. It seemed that the more wings an Angel had, the stronger they would be. For some reason, Eira suddenly felt a hint of envy. It wasn't the Angels' strength, she envied their beauty. She felt that if she also had so many beautiful wings, she would become even more beautiful than the Elf Empress Aurelyss.
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"Greetings Ice Queen!" As Haru sat on the throne, he looked at Eira in surprise. He never thought that this beautiful Goddess was actually the Queen of Ice and Snow Kingdom, a native empire level force. She actually visited his kingdom and it wasn't an avatar. She was really here. Was she really not afraid of an 'accident' happening? Based on this, Haru deduced that Eira must have some life saving tools to rely on that could guarantee her safety even if she encountered a crisis.
Hearing Haru's words, Eira also withdrew her gaze and looked at Haru. The first feeling she got was… well, he wasn't as handsome or strong as the Angels. As the queen of the Ice and Snow Kingdom, she had countless powerful Gods under her command. She had even seen the Emperors from the other empires, as well as many High Gods and Goddesses.
(T/N - Oh how wrong she would be in the near future…)
In comparison, Haru, who was merely a peak Intermediate God, didn't stand out at all. However, with the addition of these strong Angel Goddesses as his subordinates and the title of the strongest Castle Lord, this man was worthy of her attention.
Soon, as her gaze landed on the scepter in Haru's hand, Eira recognized it at a glance because she also had a similar artifact, 'As expected of the strongest Castle Lord. He has also obtained a 'Lord' artifact.'
To the rulers of an Empire Level force, a 'Lord' artifact was extremely important because it could increase their own strength and help them defeat stronger enemies by borrowing their subjects' strength.
Let's take Eira as an example. As a High Goddess, no Supreme God dared to underestimate her because she had a Lord artifact and was the ruler of the Ice and Snow Kingdom. Thus, it wouldn't be difficult for her to suppress many Supreme Gods.
However, it was extremely difficult to forge a Lord Artifact. Eira believed that the Aetherium Kingdom couldn't have possibly created it. She was sure that it must've come from Endless Continent's World Will.
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Eira put away her thoughts, smiled and said, "It's my honor to be able to meet His Majesty Kazehaya, the strongest Castle Lord. I look forward to our kingdoms maintaining a friendly relationship."
Haru was surprised, 'Her purpose is to establish diplomatic relations with my kingdom?'
Although Haru knew that as long as he established a Dynasty-level faction that was recognized by the World Will, he would have the qualifications to establish diplomatic relations with the local empires in the central region, he did not take it to heart because he felt that the castle faction and the local empires in the central region would be at war sooner or later.
Haru smiled and said, "Isn't Her Majesty not afraid of offending other local empires if she becomes friends with my kingdom?"
Eira said, "I believe that the hostile relationship between the Castle Lords and native empires will end one day because we have a common enemy — the Dimensional Demons!"
Eira continued after a short pause, "The Gods of Faith and us Gods of Truth were both enemies. However, in order to protect the Endless Continent and the countless people that inhabit it, we have willingly taken a step back and allowed the Gods of Faith to return."
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