Steel Empire border palace.
"Bzzzt!"
The lights of the originally brightly illuminated but crude palace flickered violently, as though they had been hit by some powerful interference. A moment later, they went out with a bang.
But right afterward, the backup power kicked in, and the lighting was restored.
The "Conqueror," who had vaguely sensed that something was wrong, picked up his phone and glanced at it...
There was no signal.
"What happened?"
Heilyn, the ruler of the Steel Empire, was signing an order to mobilize the army when he looked up at Graff.
"I'll investigate immediately!"
As Graff spoke, she immediately began making calls.
Unfortunately, there was no signal.
For a while, Graff had no choice but to excuse herself and leave first.
Not long afterward, she returned to the emperor's office and announced the information she had just received: "Your Majesty, the Earthquake Bureau just sent word that it detected a magnitude 6.4 earthquake beneath Sol Peak!"
"An earthquake—and one that occurred in a mountainous region at that. We don't have that much time to concern ourselves with it..."
Heilyn frowned, sounding somewhat displeased.
But before he had finished speaking, he seemed to think of something and suddenly said, "Sol Peak? The Sol Peak where the empire built the Space Gate!?"
"Precisely!"
Graff immediately continued reporting: "Furthermore, six hours ago, our intelligence personnel sent word that Emperor Qingfeng appeared in the area of the Rees Mountain Range where Sol Peak is located. The position where he appeared was approximately 1,600 kilometers from Sol Peak."
"Could it be... that the earthquake and electromagnetic signal interference are related to Emperor Baili Qingfeng!?"
Conrad said, finding it difficult to believe.
"Impossible. My signal has only just recovered, and one of the team members reported that the signal in Venice City was