The Founder's POV

Chapter 12: Betrayal

Daphne's tone was soft, but her words weren't.

The expressions of everyone in the room changed, and even the calm Octavius slammed the table with both hands. He leaned his head forward and looked at the king and the queen with trembling eyes, not only from fear.

War...just thinking about the events 80 years ago made them tremble in fear. Even though they had not witnessed it themselves, history alone was enough to make even the strongest people tremble.

"What happened? Our intention was just to hold a trial! How did this turn into a war between the Races?!"

Octavius's scream was loud, no one judged him since this reaction was understandable.

War...it's not a thing that can be declared so easily.

Amon raised his hand, calming everyone down in a second. Against their will, this man continued to show his strength constantly, he couldn't be blamed for that.

"It's a war between the three races."

Another blow hit the table. All three of them got up from the table. The weight of the words they heard was too much.

"But we are already at our limit, the numbers of monsters have increased recently, and demon attacks from time to time still occur."

Ceasar spoke, and Tasos continued the point.

"Another war will cost us more than we can afford. Our S and SS ranks are largely outnumbered by both races!"

Amon did not respond immediately. A cup containing a strange liquid appeared in his hand. He sipped it slowly while thinking. Since he arrived here, his expression hadn't changed once.

As if his feelings were dulled and nothing in this world was enough to causing a ripple in his feelings.

"They have the numbers, we have the quality."

Everyone in the room was speechless. Although his words were a bit ridiculous, he was right.

After all, Legacy skills were something only humans had, and a good amount of -SS and S ranked people have Legacy skills.

Not everyone is like Cassian. One Legacy skill means multiplying power several times, but on the other hand, it is very rare, and developing it takes more time and effort than developing ranks.

This is why people with Legacy skills find that their progress is much slower than others - because the things they have to focus on are more.

Loana, behind Octavius, leaned down slightly and whispered in his ear. His expression changed slightly upon hearing her words.

He calmed himself down a little, and his mouth moved again.

"Have the charges been confirmed at least?"

Erasing a royal family was more than enough reason to start an all-out war, but the thing was that they simply couldn't do it unless they found a way to stop the continuous waves of monsters.

"The charges were brazenly confirmed. If we don't declare war we will appear weak, and the Supreme Court is more controlled by the dwarves than we are."

Daphne spoke, her voice carrying a calming effect, unlike Amon who was unconsciously stirring things up.

"Whether we go to war or not isn't up to us in the first place, it is a matter of what will our respond be-"

Amon interrupted, his tone still indifferent, as if the whole matter had nothing to do with him.

"We will be the attacking party. Our defense is too weak to bear, while our attacking strength is somewhat better."