blueteamnovel Chapter 372: The Five Continents’ Alliance meeting (1)
Chapter 372: The Five Continents’ Alliance meeting (1)
chapter 372: the five continents' alliance meeting (1)
allen's party rode on the carriage that waited outside the magic ship, and entered the imperial palace.
a group of knights and servants waited for them there, who escorted the party inside.
they waited inside for a bit, allen using the mana seeds that merus made until it was time to enter the meeting room.
an imperial knight entered the waiting room where allen was.
the knight noticed something after looking at his party.
he spoke to dogora, who stood up with the divine artifact kagutsuchi fastened to his back.
"i'm really sorry, we don't really allow weapons..."
there would be many leaders of big countries in the meeting, so they did not allow weapons in there.
"hm? hmm...alright, i'll pass on the meeting then. it's not like i'll understand anything even if i go with you anyway."
if dogora would not be allowed to enter with kagutsuchi, he would simply stay in the waiting room until the others finished..
"huh? wait, so...what..."
the knight was confused, hearing dogora decide to stay out of the meeting simply because he was asked to leave his weapon behind.
dogora did not know how much he would understand of the meeting, and he had nothing planned to say either.
he felt like it was best for allen to handle everything.
and he preferred always being together with the divine artifact.
he also felt like he owed freya that much, for saving him and his friends in the past.
'listen, dogora. this is an important role for humans, don't worry about me. just go and let the world see you.'
"really?"
freya did not say anything to insist on being taken to the meeting, instead telling dogora to go alone.
(her mood has been quite nice lately.)
allen noticed that freya's attitude was rather lenient lately.
that was largely due because there were already three cities in heavy user island, where everyone would pray to her in the morning and evening.
on top of that, there was a statue of freya and dogora in the holy land as well.
once allen requested that, the priests there went to work quickly.
now that there was a large statue of freya in the center of niel, and since everyone in the holy land was religious, they would pray to her as well.
thanks to all that, work had already finished on dogora's orichalcum's battleaxe.
dogora always carried his battleaxe and kagutsuchi on his back now.
anyone who looked at him would just see him carrying two weapons now.
now the goddess of fire freya no longer cared about small details.
after telling the knight to take good care of the divine artifact, allen and his friends left the waiting room.
(this palace looks really pretty. i guess it's because it was built recently.)
allen admired the clean and new appearance of the building, which looked even better than latash's royal palace, showing just how much the city was flourishing.
after the attack of the demon king's army, the capital had been relocated to this city.
before giamut's capital was located to the north, but after the attack a southern city became the new capital.
that included increasing the size of the magic ship landing ports, building large council buildings, and a general restructuration of the city.
the emperor at the time had passed away, and the new capital was named vertias after the next emperor, vertias 8th von giamut.
vertias had organized the five continents' alliance, creating a blueprint for what would become the biggest force fighting the demon king's army. that made everyone think of him as a wise ruler.
allen's party was led to the meeting room.
"there's a lot of people here."
cecile muttered.
"you're right."
sophie, who had also suffered the fate of hunting iron golems every day, agreed with her.
her bond with cecile had gotten incredibly strong during those days.
allen had also joined them for a while, but then he decided that it was not too efficient to have everyone in the party there.
unlike when clearing the entire s rank dungeon, he felt like summons under kingship, merus, and merle's hihiirokane golem offered more than enough support.
allen stood atop the podium and looked at the people sitting on the circular table.
there were five rulers there, one of which looked a head taller than the rest, reclining back on his chair and with his feet on the table, his arms crossed. he was the current beast king.
the king of clebeur, who allen had shared a meal with before, was also there.
the confederation would always choose one ruler from their continent to represent them all.
this year, that role fell on clebeur's king.
on the seats away from the circular table were close to a hundred members of royalty or representatives of other countries.
the five continents' alliance was led by the five biggest countries in each continent, and around a hundred other smaller countries.
(king arbus is here, and i see prince zew too. i guess giamut is giving them special treatment.)
the dark elves' king, arbus, had also joined the five continents' alliance during the meeting.
his request was approved unanimously by the entire alliance the day before.
they had to gain as much power as possible to fight against the demon king's army, no matter who it came from.
if one more country joined, that meant everyone had a better chance at winning.
so unless for extreme cases, there was never any objection to accepting new members.
allen also noticed prince zew sitting next to king arbus.
usually only one representative per country was allowed, but for some reason prince zew was also there, even though the beast king sat at the central table.
prince zew had a kind personality, and giamut was probably expecting him to be the next beast king, so it was clear they were trying to gain his favor early.
that also meant the ten heroic beasts had to be somewhere in the palace as well.
they would join the beast king in his trip back to albahar.
after clearing the s rank dungeon, the ten heroic beasts had went to the central continent to join the war, and every single one of them had fulfilled their tasks perfectly.
"...don't be so nervous, allen. we're not your enemies."
giamut's current emperor, regalfares 5th von giamut, looked at the other rulers, then told allen to not get nervous, even though he was just deep in thought.
he had blonde hair and eyes with a hint of red in them. he sat with a very proper posture, but had a rather serious countenance. he was the main leader of the five continents' alliance.
(i wonder what kind of mic they're using?)
the emperor spoke from the round table in the center, but his voice could be heard clearly in the entire room.
"oh, not at all, i'm used to standing in places like this. i'd only be nervous if i made a mistake."
there was a magic device resembling a microphone on top of the podium, so allen spoke into it to answer.
his voice was amplified and everyone in the room heard it.
there were probably similar devices set all over the meeting room.
allen grinned as he replied to giamut's emperor.
he was just looking at everyone present, like prince zew, he had not been nervous at all.
"oh, not nervous, huh. i guess you're taking after the hero helmios as well."
hearing that confident response, the emperor took a better look at allen and his friends, realizing none of them looked nervous in the slightest.
the only ones who seemed a bit out of place were luck and peromus.
"pfft, so there's yet another hero in the central continent? they're really popping up everywhere lately."
hearing the emperor's words, the beast king snorted in a mocking tone, looking with sharp eyes at allen while remaining with his arms crossed.
(i'm pretty sure he knows about me since i fought the hero in the academy. i guess the beast king doesn't like giamut's trend to constantly find people to call heroes.)
as far as allen knew, his name had been brought up for the first time amongst the five continents' alliance when he was in his second year at the academy.
they had all noticed the boy allen who had put up an extremely tough fight against the hero helmios during a sparring match.
many people from various countries had watched that match attentively.
after that, allen's name had been brought up again when he joined the war in rosenheim, then he cleared the s rank dungeon, and last he responded to the distress call from the holy land.
all the representatives in the room looked at him with curiosity.
"hmm, it seems everyone is interested in you. lately there's news about a certain allen's army, would you mind telling us what your objective is?"
"my only objective is to defeat the demon king."
the emperor began asking what allen hoped to accomplish.
the meeting's questioning of allen, with representatives from all over the world present, finally started in earnest.