Ignoring the astonished "Arcane," Shinji returned to the meeting room and sat down leisurely. "The problem's taken care of. We can start the meeting."
"Arcane" cried out in shock. "What did you do to them? Hypnosis? A psychic pulse?"
Alice snapped back to her senses and hurriedly said, "Have you lost your mind? They're all disciples of the Archmages. Attacking them will bring us a lot of trouble!"
Shinji spread his hands. "Such as?"
"You—"
Alice was momentarily at a loss for words.
The Archmages were currently doing everything they could to repel the Overlords' invasion. They clearly had no time to target them.
Shinji looked at "Arcane." "We didn't come here to be treated with contempt. We came here risking our lives to fight the Overlords. If you can't handle this, I'll teach you how. Remember, you don't have much time."
"I'm sorry!"
"Arcane" bowed slightly, apologizing to Shinji and Alice.
Shinji's words were blunt, but true. The Six Rings World was in imminent danger, and no one could afford to fuss over formalities, let alone so-called wizardly etiquette.
Besides, "Arcane" wasn't sure how strong Shinji was.
The wizards with him might be arrogant, but every one of them was a disciple of one of the six Archmages, high-ranking wizards on the same level as him.
Yet Shinji had only needed a glance to leave them frozen in place, unable to fight back. That meant that, if Shinji wanted to, "Arcane" might not fare any better than they had.
Alice still frowned. "Red Eye, you were too reckless! We need to keep a low profile here. You have no idea how powerful the Archmages are. They could kill us just by sending out their Magic Servants, without even acting personally!"
"Arcane" hurriedly said, "Don't worry. I'll take responsibility for