Alascor city, the demonic empire.
In the verity family's mansion, the royal family of the demonic empire, in the throne room.
In front of the currently empty throne situated on an elevated platform, there was a long table with cushioned chairs on both sides.
The chairs were of different colors, signifying the position of the people who would sit on it.
From the open doors entered different ministers, garbed in red garments. Next came the heads of the only two noble families of the demonic empire. The Winslow and The Arlington family, both dressed in green.
Just as everyone was seated. A man with blue eyes matching his blue formal wear appeared out of nowhere, already seated on his chair, which was opposite to the throne, on the other end of the long table.
He was Lysander Verity. At last, a man dressed in purple robes entered the hall and seated himself on the throne.
Just as he sat, everyone except Lysander stood up and bowed, to which the emperor nodded before they sat down.
The demon emperor was named Quincent Verity. The strongest demon emperor said to have ever existed. He said,
"You are to cease all attacks on all fronts on the human empire."
Before the ministers, who were already displaying various emotions, could object. He continued,
"The bridges of order are manifesting."
At this, everyone present displayed various emotions. But without giving them the time to digest the information, he said,
"Enable trade between each other. This is not the time for infighting. We, the royal family, will provide for resources to establish trade centers in every city of every country without taking any commission.
I'll be going to the human empire tomorrow to discuss an alliance.
You are to give your opinions to improve this situation."
Everyone had various thoughts going through their head when the emperor said his part.
Lysander was the first to snap out of his thoughts. He said,
"A human-demon allied academy would be a good idea. It was already the time for our allied academy to open, so might as well transfer all our students there."
"Nope, would be too dangerous, we don't know what could happen," a man amongst the ministers objected.
Lysander turned to the man and said,
"Why? Afraid you won't be able to pull strings to pave the path for your son? Just like you did with his two older brothers?"
"It's called a father's concern. I didn't harm anyone to pave the path for my sons.
I just pulled a few strings so that not much inconvenience is brought onto them and had my men monitor them so they can be within my sights rather than in any danger."
The man who refuted earlier replied calmly, with no hint of getting angered.
Before Lysander could say anything, the emperor said while gazing at the minister,
"Austin, I've always let go of your little tricks because they didn't bring anyone harm. But this time, your objection to the idea is plain selfish.
We need warriors who can continue our legacy to fight, to protect, to kill. An interdimensional war is going to ensue. We need anyone who can fight.
You can choose not to enroll your boy, but I've already thought about this proposal and I will inform the human emperor so we can decide on the terms."
Austin, the minister, remained silent for a moment as if to show his reluctance but still nodded his head in the end.
"Anyone else? Any questions? Any ideas?"
"Maybe an inter-race trade could be discussed too, after all every living being of this world is in it together."
After saying that, Lysander looked around for everyone's thoughts before finally resting his gaze on his father, who was also looking at him.
The demon emperor nodded his head at his son and said,
"So, an inter-race meeting will have to be convened, and perhaps we can persuade the other races to send their young people to the academy as well."
The demon emperor said that last line because the bestial races were reclusive and hardly contacted the demons or humans.
The only contact they had over the ages was trade, which was done in an extremely few numbers too.
But what was being discussed was a trade which was just like going to a store and trading. Trade on a regular basis, and at all levels.
"Any more ideas?"
The emperor inquired for the last time.
"Wake up the primordial beasts." Lysander gave an idea again.
At this sentence, all of them turned to stare at him with the utmost seriousness.
The demon emperor closed his eyes as if to consider about it and said,
"Even with the threat of interdimensional war, it'll be hard to predict their reactions. I believe it's not yet time for that."
Lysander simply nodded to show that he understood and leaned back in his chair as if to show that he was done speaking for the meeting.
The demon emperor looked around for a bit before finally saying,
"I repeat, all the attacks are to cease and to stop all the petty infighting, those discovered will be sent to the Abyss."
At the mention of the abyss, some ministers involuntarily displayed fear.
He continued without bothering to look at their expressions,
"The meeting ends here."
The two Noble family heads, who had remained silent throughout the meeting, rose from their seats, bowed to the Emperor, and exited.
The ministers left in the same way a few seconds later.
By the time they were done, the throne room was empty. Lysander left the same way as he came, without any trace.
Upon seeing the empty blue chair where Lysander sat, Quincent shook his head and smiled while thinking,
'That brat, still sulking about the loss.'
By the time he reached the end of his thought, he started laughing out loud.
He waved his hand and the long table disappeared along with the chairs.
At the end, he picked up a book on the table beside his throne and resumed reading it.
*****
The meeting of the human empire ended at about the same time, with them deciding to cease the attacks as well.
They also had a few other ideas, such as forming an allied research team. To bring together the top grandmasters in each field to discuss how the current era can be further developed.
And another research team comprised of top scholars and geniuses to research on improving the current cultivation scriptures.
*****
The bestial races all over the different planets also conducted a meeting and decided upon a few things so as to ensure their survival.
*****
In an unknown place,
A lumbering behemoth with nine tentacles, two of which looked incomplete, lay beside a complex array.
You could tell from a single glance that the current era was incapable of carving such an array.
The behemoth raised its massive head a few inches above the ground and looked up into the sky in a specific direction.
It laid back down its head after a few seconds and muttered in a tired voice,
"It's happening again. They will come again."
*****
Bluemist mountains,
Clarence woke up and put all the things back into his spatial bracelet.
After a heavy breakfast, he moved aside the boulder blocking the cave and moved in a random direction.
He had a wonderful night's sleep and was quite content right now. He was currently looking for a suitable tree or objects with which to perform his workout routine.
He didn't like missing his workouts, so when he was traveling or yesterday when he was fighting and running, all he could do was simple exercises to maintain his routine.
As for why he didn't bring even his workout equipment with him, well, he wanted to try working out in nature using objects found in nature to do a workout at least for once.
He relished the feeling of becoming stronger, seeing his body evolve and adapt to do things that were previously difficult. He was curious to see how much he could improve.
After all, it's like that famous phrase which says,
'It is a shame for a man to die without knowing what his body is capable of.'