Chapter 2519
"Heh, why am I here?"
Renard smiled faintly and sat directly in the empty chair. Leaning back and crossing one leg over the other, his icy gaze swept across everyone in the conference room before finally settling on Tessa.
"Of course, I came to see my foolish little sister, as well as this pack of lunatics bold enough to set their sights on us."
"Re... Renard?!"
"People from Amalgam?"
"Foolish." Renard looked at Tessa and shook his head in disappointment. "I thought you understood that power was not something to be shared. It should only be held by a select few—preferably by oneself alone. Yet I never expected you to share power that you yourselves had not even truly mastered with these idiots."
"Power lets you remain above others. It makes them fear you and respect you. But what about now? After sharing the power that belonged to you, what value does Mithril still have to them? You should know that Mithril achieved its current status not because of people like you, but because of power. Power was supposed to be the foundation of Mithril's superiority. Now that you have handed even your only asset to others, how is Mithril supposed to survive in this world?"
After saying that, Renard's gaze swept over Richard and Jerome Boda before turning toward the others.
"Good. Everyone is here." Renard raised a hand and accepted a document from an Amalgam member. He opened it openly and continued, "You will get no explanation from Mithril. But now, you must give me an explanation. What reason, courage, or notion—or who was backing you—gave you the audacity to covet our assets?"
"You, the American representative. As far as I know, you were the first to demand that Mithril share the warships we provided to