(Heartfelt thanks to 'Tianxuan Rubik's Cube', 'Doupiao Binghuo', and 'Heaven Straw' for their rewards!)
Time hurried by as everyone nursed their own thoughts...
In the blink of an eye, a day had passed, and the Masquerade Ball arrived as scheduled.
As its name implied, a Masquerade Ball was a dance where every participant had to wear a mask to attend.
The purpose of holding the Masquerade Ball was to improve relations among the representatives of the various top powers before the Continental Conference began.
Every faction had countless ties with other factions, but not all of those relationships were good.
Some factions got along extremely well, while others were like fire and water, with terrible relations.
Take the Roreyamon Knight Kingdom as an example. The Shepron Kingdom was the Roreyamon Knight Kingdom's suzerain state, so their relationship was naturally beyond reproach. It would not have been an exaggeration to say they wore the same pair of pants.
But the relationship between the Roreyamon Knight Kingdom and the Sephalos Empire was another matter entirely.
The Shepron Kingdom and the Sephalos Empire had fought a war before and slaughtered each other. The Roreyamon Knight Kingdom was also a subordinate nation of the Shepron Kingdom, its most indispensable fighting force.
A knight kingdom that commanded dragons was undoubtedly a thorn in the Sephalos Empire's side. The Sephalos Empire wished nothing more than to destroy the Roreyamon Knight Kingdom.
Without the Roreyamon Knight Kingdom, the Shepron Kingdom's strength would be drastically reduced, leaving it open to wanton invasion.
The Roreyamon Knight Kingdom likewise wished to eliminate the Sephalos Empire, preserve its suzerain state, the Shepron Kingdom, and prevent the Sephalos Empire's ambitions from succeeding.
Under such circumstances, how could the relationship among the three possibly be good?...
And because of that, once the Continental