Draco walked into the room as if he owned the place, a very familiar slight smirk on his face that instantly caused all the True Gods here to remember this fellow who raised a ruckus for a day or two ten years ago!
"Draco!" Gabriel was the first to react, exclaiming with a hint of shock, joy, and blame as she dashed from her throne right in front of Draco, her golden eyes filled with longing. In a move that surprised all the True Gods here, she directly entered Draco's embrace, looking like a little waif welcoming her dear husband.
Draco chuckled and welcomed her into his embrace, hugging her gently and stroking her amazingly soft golden hair. "Don't worry, I am here now."
His reassuring words made Gabriel feel comfort, then suddenly, her eyes widened as lighting seemed to strike her, and she charged backwards as if stung by a snake.
Her face was full of shock and utter embarrassment, flushed from top to bottom. She clearly could not understand why she would behave in such a manner with any man who was not her direct family, and this was scrambling her prejudiced brain.
"I... You..." Gabriel was at a loss for words.
"I thought you missed me. I guess you hate me then? Should I leave?" Draco asked with a sad expression.
Gabriel panicked and shook her head like a machine gun. "No, I don't! I don't hate you! Don't leave!"
Draco turned his back and spoke emotionally. "Then why do you stand so far away? Is it because I am ugly and I disgust you?"
"No... its just..." Gabriel was clearly becoming flustered as she didn't know how express what she was feeling, and was also quite averse to expressing her feelings openly.
As for Draco who had turned around, his sad expression disappeared and was replaced by a playful smile. As one could tell from his relationship with Jada, there was nothing this bastard loved more than to tease and bully tsunderes, and Gabriel was clearly one of these rare beings.
As for Jada, she had lost the 'tsun' in here 'dere', but she was still foul mouthed and very abrasive, often found teaching his kids new swear words that even made his teeth ache. Such insults, if landed on a person, could literally cause a happy and innocent person to begin their villain arc!
Now that he had finally captured one like Gabriel, he was certainly going to have fun until her nature eventually changed, if it ever did.
However, while Draco may wish so, others do not hope for the same. Immediately, there was a loud sound of a hand thumping a wood surface, the voice of Luther sounding out the next moment.
"Impudent! How dare you barge in here and disrupt a council meeting?" The fellow roared with red eyes, secretly feeling glee that a fool had come in to revive their failing chances and granting them a turnaround.
"On top of that, it's a traitorous deserter who fled the battlefield! Lady Gabriel, by embracing this man and acting lovingly, do you side with him?!" Poseidon, who understood the cue, also jumped in.
Gabriel, who had been too happy and shocked by Draco's sudden entrance was astounded by the rapid accusations falling on his head, even implicating her as well. However, her expression became cold as she hated nothing more than the idea of them daring to insult Draco when she was here.
"But what do I see when I come to the number city and pantheon in the Divine Realm? I see desperation, lack of courage, and especially cowardice from the upper echelons."
Draco pointed at Luther and Poseidon. "One is a wretched abomination born of dragon and man, definitely a cast out from our noble race that dares to posture here while wearing the clan emblem. The other is a former slave of the behemoth race who betrayed his masters and staged a rebellion, before stealing the abundant resources of the sea to ascend, now choosing to hide from the fight."
Draco then focused on Justicar. "On is a trash general wannabe who only sits at his desk in the safety of the frontlines, making orders but never actually descending to fight himself."
Draco then pointed to himself. "Then there's me, who came in on my first day with merely in Intermediate Divine Law and cleared so much of the grey rot in one attack than your entire army had in the centuries before I arrived. It's likely that in the ten years since I left, your entire defensive force has not cleared enough grey rot to match what I did."
"So then, realizing this, I understood that fighting with you guys was going to lead to my death and eventual failure. You know what they saw, a man does not fear a strong enemy, what he fears are idiot teammates. You are those idiot teammates." Draco concluded with a shrug.
The entire council chamber was silent, with heavy breathing from the three main True Gods who had been called out by Draco. Meanwhile, the other True Gods in attendance licked their lips and felt their throats become dry, feeling that yes, the fellow really was back.
Ten years ago, they had underestimated him and he had caused a transcendent ruckus during the council meeting involving him and who knew that ten years later he hadn't changed one bit? Seeing him like this, these fellows who had been pushed to despair due to the continued losses finally felt a bit of amusement, which brightened their moods.
Ulido was left speechless while Gabriel was fighting for her goddamn life not to smile and ruin the mood. The three True Gods were on the verge of exploding waiting for the right moment to refute or challenge Draco's words, but the fellow did not give them much of a chance.
"Look, look, see how red-faced they are. Tsk, tsk, are these your Supreme Law True Gods? They don't even dare to speak!" Draco waved his hands with disdain.
"Back in my day, I simply called down the moon on the grey rot and cleared hundreds of millions of kilometers of space. Unfortunately, I was cheated by this council and had to pay for it, which was why I left. Such a good deal, which forced undergoing an emergency wouldn't like?"
Draco forked a finger at Justicar. "That retard over there is acting all big but he is the most anxious. Aside from my beautiful Gabriel, he is the person who had probably longed for me day and night, because I could casually clear so much space and be forced to pay for it, which he would then mark as his own achievements as the Military Elder."
All heads turned to Justicar, even those of Ulido, Poseidon and Luther, their expressions showing surprise and suspicion. Justicar, who had been calm and cold this entire time, visibly displayed panic as he never expected to be so easily read by the target he most wanted to lure into the den, which also had the effect of confirming Draco's words.
However, the reaction that should have occurred didn't actually happen. Rather, the minds of everyone else exploded as they simply realized something that they had failed to take into account! Just as Draco said, he could casually call down the moon and caused the entire realm to quake, releasing a huge area for them to live in and significantly affect the battlefield.
Thinking about how they would have to fight and risk their lives against that agitated monstrosity that crept closer and closer to their place of living, many were filled with regret as they wondered why they hadn't thought as far ahead as the Military Elder.
Immediately, their eyes all landed on Draco, bloodshot with greed and malice, as they realized that if this fellow was captured and forced to use his abilities, wouldn't they be able to beat back the grey rot enough to buy them more than a few centuries of time?
Of course, subduing a person with such power was easier said than done, or do you think the Supreme Law True Gods wouldn't have struck already given his continued rudeness? They still remembered what Kilobar said about the fellow, so their words were just words.
But looking in front of him to see Gabriel, it was as if the saw the light at the end of the tunnel, a surefire means to force Draco to do their bidding!