Iver asked bluntly, "So you joined forces with the Stibnite People and decided to change masters?"
Yet neither of them took offense at his words.
To remain so calm and composed, without the slightest fear or hesitation, when facing two people far stronger than oneself—that was the mark of a pure Transcender.
"Looks like your investigation is progressing pretty quickly."
Lawyer York sighed in relief. "Fortunately, I recruited you directly."
But Vice President Boca denied it. "That's not the case. We absolutely aren't blades in the hands of the Stibnite People."
"But I heard the leader of Noble Red is a Pure-Blood Giant, from the former dynasty of Avalon."
Iver spoke quietly.
"Do I look like a giant to you?"
At that, the stern middle-aged man's lips curled into a disdainful sneer. "When have groups of Transcenders ever had an eternal 'leader'? Everyone considers themselves the king of the infinite universe—you're no different, are you? When have you ever taken the two of us seriously?"
"So Lloyd's and Noble Red weren't the same organization after all?"
Iver asked in return.
Lawyer York explained from the side, "Only some of the higher-ups overlap. Naturally, not everyone in Lloyd's can be a Transcender... Otherwise, the Inspectorate would have discovered us long ago."
Vice President Boca followed up, his low voice ringing with force. "The truth is that Transcenders are a minority everywhere. Most people simply don't possess that will and awareness.
"None of the Nine Great Paths belongs to ordinary people. The essence of a transcendent being is the will to surpass the mundane itself. The charge of the foolish is laughable, and the resentment of the indolent is meaningless. Only those who possess the determination to fight the small with the great and the confidence to triumph over the strong as