The Lord arrived at the very last moment before the deadline,
When she sat down, the hem of her dress wove itself into a large bed identical to the Cancer Palace. She and Jin removed their heavy boots and leg armor before sitting on it.
Everyone had arrived,
The Duke, who had organized this Plague Council, pulled an ancient coin from among the folds of his belly and tossed it into the air.
Clink!
The coin seemed to fall onto some kind of metal weighing platform before disappearing. Some sort of transaction had been completed.
A bottle of Duke-brand coffee appeared in the hands of every participant present. It had been brewed from coffee beans grown on Duke Mountain and mixed with fresh milk. It was delicious and invigorating.
"Everyone is here. The meeting is about to begin. As I informed you all, today's meeting will decide whether the entire lesion survives or perishes."
The Lord, who had just lain down on the bed, asked softly, "Is the war about to begin?"
"Yes. Malice is about to sweep through every corner of every plane in the Cosmic Domain. All life will be dragged into it, and the countdown to the Great Annihilation will officially begin."
"Are we going to join forces with the gods according to the original plan, or gather our core forces in the lesion? Or perhaps you, Duke, reached a deal with the future of annihilation and obtained a better plan?"
The Duke grabbed a large handful of high-protein live insects and stuffed them into his mouth.
"My strength has not yet reached the level required to conduct a transaction with the future of annihilation. I merely spent a huge sum of money to bribe the 'information channel,' establishing a brief but effective exchange of information with