Meetings had been held for several days, but only among the mid- and high-ranking members of the civilizations in the parliament.
Until this day.
The Ancient Ones arrived at the Academic World's encampment with an unfamiliar powerhouse.
An Liya, who had already received word, came out to greet them first and led them both to the place where Reilo was staying.
The Ancient One took the form of an old tortoise. It walked forward calmly, unruffled, yet with every step, the solid composite building material beneath its feet rippled like water.
Beside it was a half-human, half-snake creature. Her upper body was graceful and alluring, while her lower body was a white serpent's tail. Frost formed on the ground wherever she passed.
She was the Ice Queen, an envoy from the Absolute Zero civilization who had traveled across vast oceans and countless miles to reach Storm Continent.
Though she had yet to meet the Sun Power singled out by the Silent Destruction Duo, as one of the world's peak level-six beings, she could already see the building ahead, covered in high-energy particle shields and layers of restrictions, as if it were radiating an endless, searing red glow. It poured ceaselessly through the gaps in the protective barriers.
This scorching Destruction, filled with oppressive heat, was Law Power utterly opposed to the environment in which most creatures of Frost Continent lived. If the two came into prolonged contact, they would be as incompatible as fire and water, and one would inevitably overpower the other.
But by the Ice Queen's rational assessment, she had virtually no hope of overpowering her opponent.
At the same time, the Ice Queen quietly sized up An Liya, who was leading the way.
She had come on an important mission. Her task was not merely to observe