Chapter 501 Arriving At Alzac & Summit (Part 2)



Ben turned to see the old man and laughed as he beckoned at Daimon and the others, before saying.

"Come, let me introduce you to the undying bastard", though it sounded quite offensive, the slim old man didn't seem to take it seriously, apparently the two of them were in quite good terms.

In comparison, there was a woman who seemed to be in her middle thirties, sitting next to the old man, who glared at Oliver before giving a cold gaze at Jeanne, but it only lasted a moment before she turned to see Eliot with a warm expression.

"What are you waiting, come greet me", she said, her attitude took a whole 180° change when dealing with Elliot, which was explained a moment later when Elliot walked away rom the group to meet the woman.

"Aunt Dorothy, I'm now a junior Adjudicator", he proudly said.

Oliver saw his sister in law giving him the cold shoulder and he sighed, but he didn't blame her, he couldn't protect his wife after all, at the very least, his son kept a good relationship with his maternal side of the family.

Daimon ignored the family meeting and casually sat, accompanied by the crazy girl as well as Jeanne, Emily and Reyne, as for the ten captains that followed them, they were handling the prisoners that were brought for the meeting.

Which included, Dilan, the woman who worked for Jeremy and the top three of the church at Tiria, surprisingly the white haired guy who was Elliot's rival wasn't in the city, so he escaped the encirclement.

Naturally, Daimon's actions didn't go unnoticed, the slim old man gave Ben a questioning gaze, only to see his friend laughing.

"That little friend is Gabriel, he is the one who provided the evidence that those stubborn fogeys had been asking to mobilize against those bastards, don't mind the mask I can vouch for him", he said.

"Oh, it's the first time I hear you compliment someone, so he must be that good", said the slim old man as he approached Daimon to introduce himself.

"I'm Antonio Heldrich, the former Lord of Winter city, it's a pleasure", said the old man, curiously, this slim and well-mannered old man was actually a knight, in contrast, the easy going but quite wild speaking and bulky Ben, is a mage.

"I'm Gabriel, the pleasure is mine", since the old man came with good intentions, Daimon responded in kind, there were other people about to enter the room from both sides, but among them there were only three that were on par with Antonio in terms of strength, one was of course Ben and the others were from the side of the church.

Of course, that didn't mean those four were the only late peak stage Arch ranks, who surpassed the limits of their realm, presents in the facility in which Daimon was, but they were the strongest.

Dorothy who was talking with Elliot, saw him stealing gazes at Reyne who was now calmly sitting next to Daimon, talking with the girl who accompanied the masked youth, and she frowned.Folloow current novÊls on nov/3lb((in).(co/m)

"Oliver, would you mind explaining the seat order to your guests, even if it is for appearance, the Valleris is one of the two pillars of humanity after all", she said.

And now Oliver who was sitting next to Emily found himself in a tough spot, he was sure Daimon wasn't going to follow traditions, heck, he didn't even present himself back then, on the other hand, it was true that Jeanne and Reyne who were part of his family, were supposed to sit next to him.

"How weird, I remember that my contract perfectly stablished that I can do as I please, as long as it doesn't help the flesh eating demons or break the alliance's rules, since when have I needed your permission to sit where I want, Dorothy", Jeanne's answer made the room go silent all of a sudden.

Unfortunately for Dorothy, the time for personal matters had ended, since the doors at both sides of the room, opened, meaning that the other participants of the summit were already here.

Not to mention that, both Ben and Antonio directly interfered by saying.

"Don't forget that violence is forbidden in this building, the arrays will cool your heads if you can't do it by yourselves".

That's why they were meeting here, the whole building was a treasure, used for negotiations between all he higher ups, of both the Adjudicators and the church, because they couldn't fight here, it's a treasure from the past, something that they haven't been able to duplicate.

From the side of the Adjudicators, 14 middle aged man led the group of newcomers, those were the other border city lords, behind of them there were a couple of city lords whose qualifications were enough to be here, but not to voice their opinion.

Each of them was using the emblem of their respective family, so it was quite a varied group with different types of armors and characteristics.

In comparison the group that arrived from the church, was way less varied, there were eight people wearing red and golden armors, meaning they were Cardinals, followed by forty Archbishops wearing full white attires, and leading the whole group there was an elderly couple using silver robes, those were the ones on par with Ben and Antonio.

Naturally as the ones attacked, the group of the church was radiating an overall sensation of dissatisfaction, but they didn't start a fight and instead directly sat at the table, the old couple was directly facing Ben and Antonio, and so the summit started.

"We all know why we came here, so tell me you two, what reason could possibly be good enough to launch an attack against around 80% of our cathedrals?", asked the man of the couple from the church.

The man who was leading the newly arrived group, seemed to be in his early fifties, making him look slightly younger than even Ben, who was the one in the best shape of the old monsters, before.

As a proof of it, his hair had somewhat regained a brown tone and his eyes and skin were brimming with vitality, one wouldn't believe it, considering that he had a foot on the grave a few days ago.

"Oh, I just happened to make a little deal, in exchange for mutual cooperation, I attained a new life as the first ever human Blood Archduke", said Felix, which made both Turner and Maria tremble with anger.

Those who joined the church, were supposed to repudiate the flesh eating demons, the Adjudicators were similar, but their motivation was personal, most of them had lost someone important due to them, that was the common history that first generation Adjudicators shared.

But for the church, it was a more than that, it was their belief and that is why they all were against Emily living among humans, and here one of their highest ranked members somehow turned himself into a flesh eating demon at least partially, in order to extend his life.

"Now, don't look at me like that, while I certainly now need to drink human blood, I don't have a need for meat, so I don't need to kill anyone to live and I got a longer lifespan and other benefits, so what's the problem with it, besides you can't attack anyone here so stop embarrassing yourself and listen to me".

"That ruin will only be open during the blood moon week, and while from the bottom of my heart I wanted to steal the key, I have to admit that the Valleris were much more of a pain in the ass than what I expected, so I came with an offer", he said as he glared at Ben before continuing.

"We have a way of entering without the other key, but the price is quite high, to the point that we might even end up without anything to eat, so I want you to cooperate to open it, in exchange there will be a ceasefire between those outside of the ruin whose realms surpass a certain threshold, until the ones that enter come out, at the same time you'll be saving dozens of millions of people, it's not a bad deal, right?", he said with a smug face.

"Don't listen to him, Lord Turner, Lady Maria, we just have to eradicate them all!", shouted one of the Cardinals.

But the four old monsters stared at each other as they exchanged opinions, through sound transmissions that only they could hear, or so they thought because Daimon and Rita also listened to them.

In any case, they all simply said "I agree" at the same time, before Ben nodded at Felix, he had the highest authority in this matter, because it was his Valleris's family the one who had the key in their possession.

"We'll accept, but the blood contract will be elaborated by us and reviewed by both, I trust you kept your device, I'll call you when is ready, now get out of my sight you traitor bastard", said Ben, to which Felix grinned.

"I'm waiting for our armies to meet on the battlefield later, we'll finally settle that tie from back then", said the man before he left to wait outside of the room, naturally their group was now being watched by representatives of both the church and the Adjudicators.

The moment the door closed, isolating the room once again, Daimon casually sent a message to Ben, whose image flashed, the next thing everyone knew is that he had thrown out of the room, the Cardinal who wanted a fight earlier,

Being met with the questioning gazes of Turner and Maria, Ben fiercely spoke as he showed the token of authority of the Cardinal, which had lost its luster, meaning it was used not too long ago.

"You all came here with Maria's emblem, that guy brought Felix here and he took all the others along, your arrays are breached, everyone on your side but you and Maria has to leave!".

The elderly couple both clenched their fists, but totally agreed and sent them out through a different door, since Felix and his company were also outside but at a different waiting room.

"I guess there is no need to say that your spots on the exploration have been reduced to zero, you'll still receive a certain percentage of the findings, depending on your contribution to the war that is about to start", said Antonio, to which Ben nodded before saying.

"The following will be a discussion of the highest level, everyone but the four of us, Oliver and little friend Gabriel's group, please go out to the waiting room".

The other city lords obeyed, including the neutral ones, since now there was no room for neutrality anymore, the enemy was confirmed without a doubt.

But there was one who didn't leave as told, Dorothy, she saw Elliot giving her a pleading gaze and then turned to see Antonio.

"Father, my rank is the same as Oliver, so I have the authority to stay, not to mention Elliot will stay too", she said.

Only to see Antonio shaking his head.

"I need someone to watch our men over, while the possibility is really low, what if someone choses to betray us, I will tell you everything later, as for little Elliot, he doesn't have the rank to stay here, you know we Adjudicators are forbidden to favor our descendants, the ones staying behind will actively participate, now please go outside".

Dorothy wanted to complain, but saw a rare severe expression on her father's face, and knew it was futile, her father rarely denied her something, since she was the only remaining daughter he had, unless it broke the code of the Adjudicators, so she knew there was no point in arguing anymore.

"Humph, come with aunt little Elliot, we have some catch up to do", said Dorothy as she left the room, accompanied with Elliot who stole a gaze at Reyne to then glare at Daimon.

Once they left, Daimon turned to see Turner and Maria before saying.

"Write down a list of the names of the guys on your side who were previously here, along with a detailed description of each one and give it to me".

"Why?", asked Turner only to be speechless at the answer.

"I'm going to give you a list of the traitors that were surrounding you, so you can dispose of them".

A sepulchral silence fell in the room, as a result of Daimon's words.