The same immaculate white space, the same unknown place within the Multiverse, the same smooth circular platform, and once again, the members of the Silent Alliance had gathered together.
Before anyone realized it, nearly a million years had passed since the Silent Alliance's last collective meeting. Over that million years—whether it had been long or short—far too many things had happened.
The Mage Guild had vanished. With Mestur's fall, that once-renowned legendary organization lost its last Blazing Sun Professional. Then came the Dark Forest era, and the already fractured Mage Guild inevitably collapsed into pieces.
And there was also the Pantheon... This ancient organization of gods had once faced the Netheril Empire at the height of its glory. But now... the Lord of Dawn, universally recognized as the "strongest deity," had long become an emotionless puppet. The Goddess of Life, whose whereabouts were unknown, directly announced her withdrawal from the Council of Gods. Tir, the God of Justice, never returned after departing for the Sea of Chaos. Countless Legendary professionals and even Morningstar Priests had been killed or wounded... Without anyone noticing, the Pantheon had declined as well. Just as even the radiance of Mira and Chikasa would one day silently fade, perhaps no organization in the world could truly endure forever.
However... at least for now, the Silent Alliance remained the most powerful Legendary force in the Multiverse. Although many "Silencers" from the Island Era had gradually lost their former ambition beneath the tide of time and become the "cowardly" Hermit faction Legendaries they had once despised, one must not forget that they were still Silencers. When the summoning message appeared in the silence through their magic crystal cards, they were still willing to send projections to this quiet white space and listen to their leader speak.
Though this