As Hellerchein preached, the pegasus obediently walked over and stood behind him.
He placed a hand on the pegasus's head and raised his voice. "We firmly believe that the Mediators' cause is just! We fight for those beyond ourselves, for people who do not even know us!
"That is precisely why, when forced to choose between a wrong life and a right death, I will choose the latter.
"Yes, brothers and sisters. The giants are immensely powerful and difficult to defeat by force. Behind them stands Supreme Heaven—the supreme god, the god of boundless might. If we fight to the very end, we will surely all be destroyed by Supreme Heaven's strike.
"I never lie, but this time I made an exception. Yes, I lied.
"I told my wife this was merely an investigation. I said that once it was over, I would return first and wait for our child to be born. But I knew long ago that I would never make it back.
"—I am a banner! Everyone is watching me. I am the embodiment of the 'Mediators'!
"To this day, I have crossed countless battlefields and mediated countless disputes. I came to judge right and wrong, mediate conflicts, and put an end to war and death.
"And now, people are looking toward the Giant Country of Arctos.
"This is a good thing, brothers and sisters. Humanity has begun questioning the giants' atrocities, and at the same time, they are looking to us! If I retreat home now, it will mean that the elves have chosen cowardice. It will mean that justice has faltered! Then they too will become cowardly and hesitant! "So I will fight to the very end.
"I know that, until the end, we are destined to be unable to purge the evil on this