On the Akasha Continent, in an unknown space.
It was not a vast space, but it was exceptionally dim.
A Round Table stood in the center, creating the atmosphere of a secret underground meeting room and making each seat around it seem chillingly cold.
The seats were entirely made of crystal. They were clearly not ordinary seats, but Magic Items crafted from large Magic Crystals.
The seven crystal seats stood silently there, hidden in the darkness, as though they had weathered countless years without anyone visiting them for a long time.
"Clang!"
Suddenly, several of the seven crystal seats lit up at the same time.
Five crystal seats lit up in total, and five phantom-like figures appeared on them in succession, breaking the darkness, coldness, and silence of the place.
The five people who appeared here—or rather, the projections of five people manifested through Magic Items—were undoubtedly the five Holy Envoys of the Holy Temple.
Seated in the foremost seat was the leader of the Holy Temple—"Sky Hunter."
"Are you back?"
As his steady voice rang out, Sky Hunter in the seat of honor turned his head slightly and looked toward a fiery-red figure on his right.
"It seems the mission was completed smoothly, Fire Princess."
At those words, Fire Princess, seated in the first position on the right, raised her head.
"I'm afraid I have to disappoint you." The seductive, charming young woman spoke in a heavy voice. "The mission was only half completed. We only destroyed the Teleportation Magic Circle leading from the Hidden World to the outside. We failed to find the item you mentioned, Leader."
Sky Hunter immediately frowned.
"You didn't find it?"
Giant Soldier, seated in the first position on the left, seemed deeply concerned about the matter. The moment he heard Fire Princess's words,