"Now, let us proceed with the reports of losses. This may be rough for you guys, but each one of you will have to say it. I'll try to compensate the best I can." Serkyrio continued the meeting between the rulers as he ordered all archons and heroes to leave the room.
"Kitrixia will report of losses in armor and equipment, but we didn't lose any lives from our defense." The Emperor of Kitrixia calmly stated his report after the battle. "I heard Archon Arlesk resurrected your men that died. It's fortunate enough for many people to survive a battle like that." The King of Quisterion made a comment about congratulating him. "Yes, but honestly, it was still tough watching good men die in the face of a greater threat. But those men have made their resignation after that battle, mostly the older ones that have resurrected requested such. It seems they were really overwhelmed." After the Emperor of Kitrixia's explanation, each ruler stated their losses one by one.
"In total, we had over a just a few hundred dying. That can't be said the same for countries that aren't allied with us yet. So judging by that, they were simply trying to survive their battles with the heroes alone. The only issue is Bovoyna, we will send one of the Archons to open communications there eventually since they must have been desperately defending until the knights had retreated. Aside from that, any comments about this kind of war coming up in this continent?" All the rulers nodded their heads as the King of Quisterion raised his hand. "Olivia definitely has been influenced by Draxus. Her capability to command has become much more strategic than Oswald himself." The King of Paladia then followed up on the comments. "So is my daughter, she actually grew stronger as a fighter on her time with Draxus. Just what kind of training does it really take for her to grow stronger than her own family?" Serkyrio lightly laughed as he gave out the answers to their questions. "Olivia mostly works as Draxus's secretary, which also means she gets to see his every action as she tries to improve herself. The strategy part must be due to whenever Draxus gives strategic lessons to his [Sentinels]. The layout of a perfected plan must come up with various discrepancies and contingency ideas. Matilda on the other hand is one of the three persons who directly combat him in practice. Her senses are already sharp enough to protect herself from Draxus's overwhelming tactics." Serkyrio glanced over to the Pope of Santuria as he noticed that she's also thinking about Gwen. "Gwen has greatly improved her ability to control magic using sound, music, and songs. Draxus even developed tools specifically to help her out on that." This give the Pope of Santuria a lot of ease as she placed a hand on her chest. "I know the three of you could get worried when it comes to Draxus being Draxus but rest assured. He definitely has the strongest heart among the entire Preeliance."
Serkyrio glanced over to the Magic King of Luventrion as he pondered about the scholar that he left to Remuel. "Bethany is also doing well, she's researching with Victorina and is learning a lot more about a new secret magic concept that they heard from Remuel and Draxus." The rest of you are protected by Sentinels, Guardians, and either Remuel or Arlesk. They managed to keep the losses to the barest minimum with them taking the front lines. But still, all the reported losses you guys had will be compensated. Thus reward the families of those who fallen, because they will not be able to get their own family back. The countrymen's trust on their leader should be answered well. Those men fought what's normally a suicide mission, so their family should at least feel what's best. Moreover, their corpses have already been sent to each family, and funerals have been prepared, their lives cannot be reversed, but we must help them move forward. Understand?" After Serkyrio's short lesson about human trust, each ruler nodded as he adjourned the meeting with a last message. "Just know that family is one important factor why a person is alive." Each ruler then left the meeting room to head back home as all of them were tired.
"Good work Serkyrio." Jess noticed Serkyrio entering the office as she was simply finishing up making adjustments to the financial documents. "Oh? Is something up Jess? You look somewhat serious right now." Jess simply scratched her head while avoiding to get irritated by her situation. "You see, Draxus told me that he messed up somewhere in accounting the expenses of the compensation plan, but somehow, he got it all balanced up. So I'm here rechecking the entire thing before sending it back to him." Jess continued to analyze the document Draxus had asked her to check. "Ah yes, Draxus messing up in numbers doesn't happen often, just let it slide, he probably missed a zero somewhere in there." After Serkyrio's suggestion, Jess noticed the mistake as it was suggested by him. "You're right, he simply missed a zero." Serkyrio then quickly brought out some documents that he has to work on. "Can't blame him if he screws up for a few weeks. Half of his harem was crying after the invasion of both Council and Farlands. He is practically forced to focus on them first." Jess nodded her head as she marked which parts on Draxus's document required some repairs and immediately stood up. "Oh, summon Josephine and Sera, have them prepare an official letter of invitation for Polytopia to join the [Tranquil Harmony]." Understanding the order, Jess went out to send the document to Draxus and summon Sera and Josephine.
After finishing the letter, they finally got a chance to take a small rest, but after dinner, Serkyrio has to make big announcements. So Serkyrio took that chance to think about what to do to unite the countries as fast as he can to avoid getting any more people getting killed in a senseless war. But what caught his mind after he watched Draxus get possessed by Reito, was the fact that he remembered the goal of his enemy. "[God of Dominion] huh...? So your aim is to truly take in the essence of all eight souls of the [Prime Existence]." He was completely alone in his own room as he looked at the sky. "I've allowed you to get seven, but with all the souls finished merging into Draxus, it's only a matter of time where he finally reawakens as the [Prime Existence] once more. They may be negative energies... But they are still the [Prime Existence], and those hearts... It seems Remuel's theory was correct... Each heart can stop the soul from rampaging... Though it may be difficult to identify which heart falls into which soul, but there seems to be a slight connection between certain people here." Serkyrio opened his laptop to enter more information that he collected about the souls and hearts.
"What I know is that, the [Soul of Destruction], could be stopped by the [Heart of Protection]. The [Heart of Protection] merged with Matilda, judging by her personality, it suits her... Then what about the other hearts... Maybe the reason why it took me to fight Zero was because the [Heart of Companionship] hasn't been met yet? Then where...?" Serkyrio tried to recall every single event he had when watching Draxus with his harem. "[Memorial Event]." Serkyrio activated his Agate gem to investigate everything that he remembers.
The screen in his laptop changed into a video player which showed events that were caught in his eyes. He uses magic to change the vision of his past to see if there are possibilities that he could go through. But seeing nothing, he resorted to using divinity, and finally saw something.
A gray line was connecting both Draxus and Olivia the day they met, it was then he recognized the ability of that soul. "This is..." He then transitioned the time where Draxus brought Matilda to Quisterion to meet him, Remuel, and Arlesk. "As for Matilda... The [Stardust Destroyer]..." He noticed a silvery line that connects the two of them. "Then..." When he transitioned to the time when Draxus introduced Lily and Julie, he noticed a slight discrepancy. "These two have the same heart... As the three of them are connected with a single green soul line. But that green line must be... [Cerveau Maestro]... That was the last soul that was killed before he set his sights towards Draxus." Serkyrio checked two more people, one of which was when he met Gwen who was staring at Draxus being carried back to the castle after losing control of himself as Zero. This time, it was blueish with a mix of green. "[Nature's Miracle]... He fought valiantly against the dark apostle..." And lastly, he finally checked the time where he first saw Wendy in this world. "Golden magic thread..." After examining the magic lines that connected Draxus to his harem, he noticed other colors that are going towards different areas in the current world. So each heart reincarnated into somebody that Draxus will hold dear eventually... Is this the will as [Prime Existence]? Or maybe just the fate on how I set it up?" Serkyrio was left with more questions as he decided to dive deeper on that topic on a later date. He went off to have dinner with the rest of the group as he began thinking about what to do with the other countries eventually.