That day, when Agulos saw the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord, the first to halt was the legion accompanying him.
The legion had been approaching the mechanical base along its planned route, but a Law Tide ahead that had not yet fully dissipated made many of the Evil Swamp creatures instinctively crouch low.
Agulos raised a hand to part the disturbance, then looked into the distance.
The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord stood there.
Several heavenly wings he had just folded hung behind him, faint traces of gray-green radiance still flowing along their edges. He did not seem to be deliberately exerting his pressure, yet the surrounding starry expanse was already different from before.
"So the news was true..." Agulos said with a long sigh.
The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord turned toward him with a slight smile.
"You didn't come all this way just to take a look, did you?"
Agulos did not answer. He simply instructed the transport contingent behind him to unload the supplies they had brought.
Some were items the mechanical base had ordered, while others were things he had gathered at short notice after learning of the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord's breakthrough.
There was not much, but all of it consisted of materials useful to a Level-12 Strong Practitioner.
After inspecting them, the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had the Mechanical Units beside him put them away for the time being.
The old grudges between them would certainly not vanish over these few gifts.
But Agulos was not foolish enough to come looking for trouble just as the Heavenly Wing Demon Lord had advanced to Level-12 Peak.
Besides, Saine was nearby.
"Your aura is even stronger than I expected," Agulos finally said.
The Heavenly Wing Demon Lord made no attempt to hide his satisfaction.
Agulos knew at least something