About half an hour earlier.
Special Zone World.
A group consisting of six carriages and nineteen people.
Under the guard of a platoon of around fifty Auxiliary Corps soldiers.
Slowly arrived before the north-facing camp at Arnus Hill.
This "delegation" consisted of the demigoddess Loli Maculi, servant of Omora, the "God of Darkness," and the demigoddess Mabel Von, servant of Sylph, the "Goddess of Light."
Along with five Apostles from each of their respective churches, brought to bolster their presence, they served as representatives of the "chief gods."
Cato the Sage, his disciple Lelei La Lena, and five master-level mages represented the city of Rondel.
After arriving, Loli, Cato, Lelei, and the others remained fairly calm.
But Mabel Von, who was seeing a modern military force for the first time, along with those Apostles and mages, could not hide the curiosity and astonishment in their eyes.
They left the carriages, which were forbidden from entering, outside the camp and assigned two people from each group to guard them.
They then followed the Auxiliary Corps personnel who had come to receive them, passing through the orderly, heavily guarded camp at a cursory pace before arriving at a three-story gray stone building.
"I am Lieutenant Colonel Bradley, commander of the First Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division, Second Army Group of the Auxiliary Corps. This is Jonin Shibi Aburame of Sea Ninja Village. We will be presiding over this meeting."
Lieutenant Colonel Bradley introduced himself at an unhurried pace, calmly sweeping his gaze over the group.
Finally, his eyes settled on the blue-haired little girl holding a sapphire staff shaped like a wave.
Sure enough, after hearing him, she began translating for the others in Falmartean, a language they could not understand.
Then the black-haired girl in a black-and-red Gothic dress, holding a