"Nonetheless, we've done our job. Now, all we have to do is deliver the message of war to the head priest, and will take the lead of thise matter from than on," said grake.
Inside the carriage, silence returned. The coachman urged the six horses to run swiftly, pulling the carriage along a lonely road.
In the sanctuary's grand hall, Elder Khanel knelt in front of Incarus and the others. The crowd from earlier had already been dismissed by Incarus to return to their usual sanctuary duties.
"Khanel, tell me every detail you know about these Ascended beings and their theocracy," said Incarus, clearly interested in gathering information.
"Yes, my lord," said Khanel as he began to describe the Ascended beings.
And As He explained that the theocracy of the Ascended was formed around beings rumored to have Ascended, but the problem is nobody knew what they had Ascended from or what that meant for these beings, as they had never revealed their true capabilities in the past.
There were six beings in this group of Ascended, with four of them being men and two of them being women.
And According to Khanel's knowledge, the only time they had fought against other beings was exactly ten years ago when they first appeared in this world.
And The enemy they had faced was a gigantic twelve-headed dragon, which was also one of the beings that awakened around the same time. According to history, the aftermath of their battle was described as devastating, and the area where they had fought was said to still be recovering from the results of their clash.
"So, who was the winner?" asked Incarus.
"From their clash, the victorious party was the Ascended beings, but there was no clue as to whether they killed the dragon or not because there was no sign of the twelve-headed dragon appearing afterward," replied Khanel.
"So, they claimed victory solely due to the absence of the dragon," Incarus said thoughtfully.
He then inquired about the forces within the theocracy, to which Khanel replied,
"In the past, we had the upper hand in the forces, but I can't be sure if it's the same as today."
"Investigate and gather enough information about the Ascended beings and their theocracy, then report it back to me," ordered incarus to khanel.
"In your order, my lord," Khanel replied, and he promptly got up and left the grand hall to carry out his orders.
"Being rival sanctuaries, they don't have any information about their enemy forces," Incarus commented after Khanel had left.
He then turned toward the others and asked,
"Is this sudden?"
Tiamat replied, "Not at all. We had already agreed on forewarning with this sanctuary, so it's only natural that we begin with slicing their enemy forces." and others nodded in agreement, showing their consensus on the matter.
"But I'm more interested in that twelve-headed dragon. I wonder what happened to it," Tiamat remarked.
"Well, if the Ascended beings came out victorious, isn't it obvious that the dragon is dead?" replied Acedia.
"Don't be a fool. It would be like you said if we were talking about a normal dragon, but an twelve-headed dragon? It's hard to believe that something like that would go down easily," Tiamat argued.
"But if that's the case, and the eighteen-headed dragon was indeed killed by these Ascended beings, we can guess that they are somewhat powerful," Incarus added, considering the implications of such a victory.
"We can't be sure without knowing how powerful the dragon was," Acedia remarked while looking at Tiamat.
"Why? Do you think I know every dragon's power level just because some part of me is made out of a dragon?" She sighed. "The only reason I asked about the dragon is because I was curious about it." screamed tiamat.
"Can't you just guess how powerful it might have been from your experiences in our previous world? You fought all kinds of dragons there, right?" Ishtar asked with a pleading look, hoping for Tiamat's insights.
"Well, in our previous world, the hardest one I fought was a nine-headed dragon," Tiamat replied, deep in thought. "I had to get pretty serious to beat that one," she continued.
"And if we judge from that experience, this twelve-headed one would be incredibly powerful, possibly on the same level as us or maybe even stronger," she said, looking at the others.
A silent hush fell upon all seven of them, leaving them deep in thought, contemplating the implications of such a formidable opponent.
"Grrub." At that moment, a rumbling sound reverberated through the hall, drawing the attention of all seven of them to its source: the growling stomach of Preta.
"Sorry, guys, it seems I'm hungry again," Preta apologized as he got up from his throne.
"Where are you going?" Incarus asked.
"To find some food," Preta replied, starting to walk away.
"Hey, stop! You can't wander around like that without knowing anything," Tiamat stopped him, but her interruption was cut short by Incarus.
"Let him go. How are we going to learn anything about this world if we sit on these thrones all day? If you want to wander around, just go," Incarus said, addressing them all.
With Incarus's command, Preta left the room. The others also got up from their thrones and began to wander around, but none of them left the grand hall.
"Are you expecting someone?" Tiamat asked, noticing Incarus gazing toward the main hall door.
"Yes, previously I instructed Khanel to send me a very important person that I need to meet," Incarus replied, his gaze still fixed on the door.
Of all of them, only one person is still sitting in his throne, seemingly lost in thought, and that is Leviathan, who appears to be deep in thought about something.
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