Nathan looked around as he won the bid, but he knew that the real problem was far from over.
"Well, then I need the Mana Gem first before I step out," Nathan said as the Kalvas Gala's Officials stepped forward.
None of the people sitting in the room raised a concern as the decision was made.
One of the Absolute Rules of the Voting of the Seat Holder was that once the decision was made, no one shall question it further.
As the votes were already in, the majority had won.
This Absolute Rule had some exceptions; when the person that wanted to oppose had evidence that could convince the High Council to change their votes. But until then, they had to follow this rule.
Although this was not an official High Council meeting, everyone still followed the rule.
"But who will handle the Monster Tide?" the Williams Family head raised a concern.
"Exactly, we can't handle it if there are multiple SS Rank Monsters in the Horde," Kamden replied.
The votes were done, and Kamden Whiteheart had shown his support to Dalton and Osbert, but now they needed to address the issue they were facing.
"I will get the SS Rank Mages from the Mage Association. I hope the other people and their Guilds could do the same," Silvus said.
"Abyss Guild will cooperate," Nathan replied.
And every other person nodded their head for confirmation, but Osbert looked at Nathan.
"What about the Greyhounds?" Osbert asked.
Nathan looked at Osbert and he knew why he was asking such questions.
After all, Greyhounds were the Greville Family's personal hunters, raised to be completely loyal to them.
Unlike the Guild, these people only moved and worked for the Greville Family.
And their existence was one of the things that made it very difficult for anyone to get a single spy into their family.
"Do the Greyhounds work for the Guilds? I don't think so," Nathan replied.
"I ask you gentlemen to stop this argument," Silvus intervened before another back-and-forth could start.
They didn't have time for such mundane talks.
It was clear that the threat was so big that some people could die as well, and everyone wanted the casualties to come from their enemy's side.
"Issue a warning about them first," Silvus said, pointing at the hologram of the Masked Man.
"I would suggest we issue the highest level alert for them," Alfred recommended.
No one disagreed.
"Inform all the Guilds about it. I hope others could cooperate as well," Silvus said, looking in Helena Raven's direction.
If this threat was as significant as they imagined, then they definitely needed Helena's ability to trace where this unknown group had originated from.
"Assume the rank of the Masked Man as SSS for now," Silvus stated, making many people raise their eyebrows.
"Do you really think that man was an SSS Rank Hunter?" Xarax looked at Silvus with a frown on his face.
"I don't think anyone other than us SSS Rank Hunters could manage to bring out this many SSS Rank Monsters from their mana region," Silvus said, and nobody could counter his statement.
"He might be a pseudo SSS Rank, like Lady Helena," Osbert said, as many people thought that this was more believable.
"It would be safe not to pursue him thinking he is an SS Rank," Silvus said.
"We don't know anything about the enemy; it's safe to assume that level of danger when encountering them," Silvus added.
"We should just trace back those criminal organizations. Those guys must be connected to them somehow," the Martell Head said as everyone seemed to agree with him.
There was no way an organization capable of doing this appeared out of nowhere.
"But before this, there is one more thing," Xarax interrupted their conversation as he looked at the Kalvas Gala's Officials present in the Meeting Hall.
"How the hell did they manage to get explosives into the White Castle?" Xarax asked, his mana creating an incredible pressure over the men.
"We don't know anything about it," they all repeated the same thing, but the old man in the front remained silent.
"What do you have to say about this, Sir Calvis?" Xarax asked, looking directly at the old man.
Kameron clenched his fist. He didn't want the old man, who had supported him half his life, to be treated this way. But the situation was not good for them at all.
"Many of those children were hurt, but that was only the case because the explosive was not that powerful. So answer me, Calvis," Xarax asked again.
"I will allow Lady Helena to check my memories if anyone doubts my integrity, but neither I nor the others have broken the Mana Oath," Calvis said, keeping his head down.
"Enough, Sir Xarax, you don't need to take it out on them," Alfred said.
"We don't have answers for any of their capabilities, do we?" Alfred asked.
"He is right," Helena finally spoke up after thinking about it a lot.
"Even though that Snake was small, it was a monster, and that man could control it," Helena said, looking at the Masked Man.
"And awakening so many SSS Rank Monsters, at the same time, how is that even possible?" Helena asked a question that left all of them confused.
She was right.
How did Zephyr manage to awaken FOUR SSS Rank Monsters together?
Before anyone could answer, two holograms popped up simultaneously. The holograms were of the Artisan's Association's Chairman and the Principal of the World Academy, Farnus Calmort.
"Did you get the news?" Silvus asked as he looked at the hologram.
"I did," Farnus responded.
"I expect that I would need to step in as well?" Farnus asked, and Silvus nodded.
Without Farnus, it would be impossible to defeat these calamities in time.
Although Farnus was relieved of his duty as a hunter, he needed to step in to help the moment the World was in danger from SSS Rank dungeons or any unexpected situation.
A situation just like this.
Farnus had never stepped out of the World Academy for more than an hour since the Academy was founded.
"By the way, don't underestimate these guys," Dexter said as everyone looked at the second hologram.
"I have studied the method they used to break the Vault, but even I can't comprehend it after so long," Dexter said.
"If even Sir Dexter Wright can't, that means..." Someone muttered, but everyone was thinking the same thing.
"We need to eliminate them as soon as possible. If a situation like awakening the calamities is within their capabilities, there is a chance that it could happen again," Farnus spoke up.
Farnus Calmort was going to step out of World Academy, and that was enough to assure many people around the world, as the strongest man of humanity would step in to save them.
"If he is so eager, why not go to Belvoria? I will handle the SSS Rank Monster in Fashia with him," Nathan said as he looked at the Cranston Family's SSS Rank Hunter.
Farnus looked at Nathan, but he didn't say anything.
"If that's what you want," Farnus replied.
"But before that, I want everyone except the Seat Holders to leave this room," Farnus said with a serious look on his face.
Upon hearing this, everyone except the Seat Holders stood up.
They didn't know what Farnus wanted to talk about, but they were certain it was something they couldn't discuss freely.
***
At the Greville Mansion,
Asher reached the Greville Mansion and was greeted by the servants of the Greville Family.
Each of them recognized Asher immediately and everyone greeted him cordially.
"Young Master, your hand," one of the servants noticed Asher's hand that was smeared with blood.
"It's fine," Asher said with an indifferent face.
"Sam Allister will come to visit me. Send him to my assigned room," Asher instructed one of the servants as he made his way to his room.
"Let's see if you are willing to join me or not," Asher muttered, contemplating whether Sam would join him or not.
Ping!
Suddenly, he received a message from Gavin Neville.
<Gavin : Do I really have to do this?>
<Asher: Don't test my patience>
Asher replied to the text and turned off his phone.
"Work hard," Asher thought as he looked at Gavin's message.
"For your own demise," he said after a moment.
