A few hours earlier, Lucca had personally written 11 letters to the Alliance members asking them to attend the meeting. Of course, Lucca knew that he was making an unreasonable request by forcing the alliance members to gather for an emergency meeting. The Emperors must be busy with their own work. But he didn't care.
This was about his son. Lucca wanted to waste no time.
"Your Majesty, everyone has arrived. They are waiting for your presence." Lucca opened his eyes upon hearing this.
He looked at Philip. "Let's go."
Meanwhile,
Within the Echo Nexus Empire, far from the Capital, on a small island, there was a big Mansion. This whole small island is a special place. Only the members of the Oracle Alliance can come to this island.
The Mansion is the place where all the meetings and talking's of the Oracle alliance took place. The Mansion on this island was big enough to let around 500 people stay.
In the living room, there was a big round table. 10 out of the 11 chairs around the round table have been occupied. Everyone has arrived. Only the Echo Nexus Empire hasn't come.
To the Other Emperors, this was very disrespectful. Since the Echo Nexus Emperor is the one who had called for this emergency meeting, he should come before everyone but he is late. This isn't the first time Lucca was doing it. In fact, everyone in the Alliance knew that Lucca was only using them for benefits. Everyone allowed it to happen as they also received many benefits from joining this Alliance.
"I assume, that you all know why this emergency meeting was called." The Emperor of the Socotra land asked others.
"It seems Crown Prince Louis has been captured. Also our only non-official ally, the Dragon Slayer guild has been destroyed. Not only that but also I have heard that our enemy has managed to conquer three western Empires within a single night."
"What's more, it appears the three Empires had no idea about the attacker they revealed their identities. The enemy first took out their 5th-order cultivators and left the lower-order cultivators at the mercy of the Dragonians."
In the end, the words left some faces totally shocked with their eyes wide open while others remained calm as they already knew this.
Silence!
Silence took over the meeting room. No one spoke. Everyone looked at each other's faces. Especially the shocked faces of those Emperors were amusing to see.
Around 5 minutes later, the man who sat next to the empty chair looked to his right and asked in a trembling tone. "Can you accomplish the exact same thing within a single night?" Asked Logan Hussain who was the Emperor of the Vermillion Empire.
The question was asked to the Emperor of the Mountain Light Empire. Hearing this question, the Emperor helplessly smiled and replied. "It's utterly impossible for My Empire to accomplish something like this within a single night." Conquering Empires without alerting the enemy, even if the Mountain Light Empire used all of its resources, it still can't accomplish this kind of feat. Forgot about conquering three Empires, without alerting the enemy, Layton Valentine wasn't sure if he can even bring his army to the enemy cities.
Even though some Emperors hated to admit it, the truth was very obvious. No matter how much they tried to deny it, the truth would be still there. The Istarin Empire was too strong. Maybe almost strong as the Echo Nexus Empire. Some Emperors secretly began to think that the Istarin Empire might be even stronger than the Echo Nexus Empire but they didn't say it out loud.
"I suspect, that the Istarin Empire has been planning for this invasion for months. Otherwise, how can they bring their troops to the enemy cities without alerting them? This kind of Invasion needs information about each city. Someone must have sided with the enemy." Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. This was the only possible and also reasonable explanation that they can come up with.
"To think all of this was achieved by a young man who is only 19 years old. It makes me question myself my whole life. What did I do my entire life? I have ruled the Mountain Light Empire for over 100 years now yet I haven't achieved a fraction of what the Istarin Emperor has managed to achieve in just nine and half months." Some Emperors are just too prideful to admit something like this out loud. But the Mountain Light Emperor was different from those Emperors.
Sigh!
Hearing this, the other Emperors also felt depressed and disrespected. They knew that instead of putting the blames on others' heads, it was their fault.
"Just imagine. Just how much The Istarin Emperor would achieve if he manages to rule the Istarin Empire for 100 years?" Hearing this everyone felt a chill running down their spine. This was something that was out of their imagination. But they knew one thing for sure and that was, the power structure of the whole world would completely change.
"Hmph! There is no need to imagine such a useless thing. Layton Valentine, don't tell me that you're scared?" Asked the Emperor of the Mystic Spring Empire.
The Mystic Spring Empire is a neighbor of the Echo Nexus Empire. The Emperor of the Mystic Spring Empire whose name was Reese Gilliam was the number one bootlicker of the Echo Nexus Empire. Some people secretly even called him the Bootlicker Emperor.
"The Istarin Empire won't be there after messing with the Echo Nexus Empire and the Oracle Alliance. No matter how much potential that brat has in him or no matter how strong the current Istarin Empire is, don't forget that he will be facing the whole Oracle Alliance." The words Reese had spoken had an impact on others. The faces of other Emperors lit up after hearing Reese's words.
"The Echo Nexus Emperor, His Majesty Lucca is coming." Hearing this all the Emperors stood up to greet the Echo Nexus emperor.
Click!
The guard politely opened the door for Lucca. Unlike all 11 Emperors, the dress that Lucca wore made him look like a commoner. But no one dared to look down on him or comment on any word on his clothes. To the eyes of Royalty and the nobles, these kinds of clothes are garbage. They wouldn't wear it even if they had to stay naked. No one can understand why Lucca wore these types of clothes. Lucca always has been like that. The man liked wearing this kind of clothes. Even on special occasions, no one can make him wear anything formal.
Lucca walked inside the meeting room. He was followed by the Prime Minister, Philip.
The Emperors and their Prime Ministers who has been standing behind all were about to greet Lucca when he signaled them to stop with a frowning face.
Lucca sat down on his chair and signaled everyone else to sit down as well. "For today we can leave the greetings and the formalities behind. Let's get into the main topic of our discussion." Lucca observed the reactions of everyone.
Lucca can see that some people here were dissatisfied with him. But he couldn't didn't care. For years, these fools have taken benefits from Lucca and His Echo Nexus Empire. Making this Alliance has helped these fools more than it did the Echo Nexus Empire.
'After I deal with the Istarin Empire, I will personally settle things with each of you.' Lucca was especially unhappy with the Mountain Light Empire and Emperor Layton Valentine.
"I assume you all know why I have called for this emergency meeting." Everyone nodded their heads. Since everyone knew about the reason, Lucca didn't want to waste time and directly move on to the main topic.
"Good"
"This time, our enemy is the Istarin Empire. In the last 9 and half months, under the rule of a 19 years old young man, the entire Istarin Empire has changed. This time our enemy is an intelligent, cunning, strong, and ruthless man. What makes the Istarin Emperor dangerous isn't this strength or the Dragonians that the Empire has. It is his cunning and calculative nature that makes him dangerous. Every Empire or Kingdom that has tried to take down this man has failed."
Knock! Knock!
Hearing someone interrupting their meeting everyone frowned. Especially Lucca looked like he would kill that person who dared to interrupt him. Philip, the prime minister quickly took matters into his own hands.
"I will deal with him. Please continue." Lucca nodded while Philip walked out of the meeting room.
"As I was saying, Aditya is really dangerous. Last night he took down 3 Western Empires. Letting this man grow would only make him more dangerous. Sooner or later, his interest will conflict with our interests. That's why I think we all should unite our military strength to destroy this....Your majesty." Lucca glared at Philip in anger.
However, the look on Philip's face told Lucca that there must be a big reason for his Prime Minister to interrupt him.
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