"Stone Table Meeting?" Laplace repeated, then nodded. "That's a good name."
Angel pointed at Gray Porcelain and Gabriel. "Those two came up with it."
Gray Porcelain and Gabriel chuckled.
Laplace said, "Since you're both so eager to express yourselves, you can go first at this Stone Table Meeting."
Gray Porcelain and Gabriel fell silent.
The topic of this Stone Table Meeting was clear: which stage should they tackle next?
Yifuda had brought them information about the Golden Country, but that did not mean they had to choose it.
What mattered was choosing the stage that suited them best.
"Which of you wants to speak first?" Laplace asked, looking between them.
Gray Porcelain was silent for a moment. "Luno isn't here yet. Should we wait for him?"
"No need. He went to Dream-Deciphering Starry Sky." When Angel had used his godlike perspective to eavesdrop on information about the other stages, he had also checked on the Dream Mirror members. Luno was among them.
Gray Porcelain hesitated, then slowly raised his hand. "I'll go first."
"Personally, I think we could challenge... the Golden Country."
Neither Angel nor Laplace commented on his answer. They merely nodded and turned to Gabriel.
Gabriel extended a feeler to control his illusion puppet. "I gave the Golden Country some careful thought. It seems like a stage built around understanding its mechanics and making strategic choices, but it also involves intense combat. I think it might be even more complicated than Nereid."
Nereid had mechanics, but there was no need to strategize around them. Once they understood how it worked, they could simply fight.
The Golden Country had mechanics to navigate, choices to weigh, and Golden Phantoms to fight. To Gabriel, there were too many things to consider.
Besides, it would be hard for him to play to