The Power of Humanity's Natural Enemy
"Vivel."
As the main base of the Floating City League, this Floating City occupied the airspace farthest from the threat of the Demon Scarabs among the many Floating Cities scattered throughout the world. It was a vital stronghold of humanity.
Not only was the headquarters of the Floating City League located here, but humanity's supreme existence—the Pontiff—also resided here.
In the past, when the Demon Scarabs appeared in this world and threatened humanity, human forces embarked on the path of unity and integration in order to resist them and survive together. The descendant of the clan that had first led everyone to unite at that time was the so-called Pontiff.
In other words, the Pontiff was the supreme representative who held absolute authority over the Floating City League. His position surpassed the city councils of the various Floating Cities and even the Council of the Floating City League, making him humanity's plenipotentiary agent.
For this reason, this Floating City was called the Pontiff's Floating City. The purpose was for it to become a symbol of humanity, just like the Pontiff. Humanity's highest representative lived here, and the owner of this Floating City was also the Pontiff himself—the only being in the entire world capable of independently owning a Floating City. Formally speaking, residents could obtain the right to live here only with the Pontiff's permission.
At that very moment, in an office inside a mansion in Vivel, a man was sitting behind his desk.
He had short blond hair and eyes that glittered like blue crystals. His eyebrows were raised sharply, and he wore a black suit. He looked like a gentleman, yet an air of authority surrounded him.
He was Jess Vigert, the Council President of the Floating City League. At a young