(Inside a Virtual Conference, The Five Great Clan Gods)
The atmosphere within the conference chamber was suffocatingly tense, because although every God present agreed that Mauriss had to be punished for his actions, an uncomfortable truth loomed over them all.
Not one of them possessed an Origin Metal Blade.
And that absence changed everything.
"It always comes back to this," Lu Han began at last, his voice measured but heavy with reluctant realism.
"While I do not disagree that we should collectively move against Mauriss, the simple fact remains that we lack the means to end him… whereas he does not."
A grim silence followed.
"If we truly intend to hunt him down, then we will need power equal to his," Lu Han continued. "Which means we would have to ally ourselves with Kaelith once again."
Several expressions darkened at the name.
