Attack

As the great battle began over at Silver Star City, a secret projection meeting was convened at the same time in the central palace of Laptel, a city on the distant border battlefield of Carlas Province that had already fallen under the Marquises' control.

Through a Crystal Ball engraved with layers upon layers of Secret Patterns within the core Secret Chamber, the flow of time in the illusory Meeting Room was fixed at a ratio of ten to one compared to the outside world, and it also possessed anti-divination effects.

One projection after another, each with a different appearance, appeared in the Meeting Room at almost the same moment.

Anyone who recognized them would have been astonished to discover that the Projections of all seven Marquises who had launched the war were gathered in this small Meeting Room!

"The intelligence has been officially confirmed. The Alfred Family's Light Chaser and the Olyvendi Family's Silver Storm have secretly been recalled and have appeared on the Star Territory battlefield.

"Now, the Silver Star City battlefield southeast of Carlas Province and the Leila City battlefield to the east no longer have Ninth Rank protection."

Once everyone had arrived, Marquis Vent, whose projection appeared as a pitch-black figure shrouded in thin mist, was the first to speak and relay the information he had obtained.

No one present was surprised by this outcome. Or rather, the two great families had no other choice to begin with.

"Then, according to the plan, we should choose our next target."

After sweeping his gaze across the many silent Marquises, Marquis Vent's projection finally spoke.

"I believe the Alfred Family's Radiant Holy Sword would be a good choice. He only broke through to the Ninth Rank nearly two hundred years ago, his strength is average, and he should be