"Mr. Hodan?" Reisgyn's form of address made Montero and the others feel as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
In this world, the only Hodan who could make Reisgyn this astonished was the Paragon Hodan who had beaten him senseless.
Hodan beating up Reisgyn was no secret among these Commanders. The fluctuations from that battle had been too obvious, and quite a few Commanders had watched from afar. They simply had not dared to approach, nor did they know about the "transaction" between them.
Other than the dual-element Paragon Hodan, there could be no one else.
As a descendant of a Chief Sovereign family, Montero knew full well how terrifying a Paragon was. After all, his own family had a Paragon emissary—Clementine.
Furthermore, unless they were the Chief Sovereign's direct descendants or particularly favored offspring, even members of a Chief Sovereign's family could be killed by a Paragon without hesitation.
The Chief Sovereign's families were simply too vast. A Chief Sovereign could not possibly manage every member, and unless a descendant showed extraordinary potential, the Chief Sovereign would not lower themselves to trouble a Paragon over them.
Moreover, most Paragons had Chief Sovereigns backing them. Otherwise, they generally lived in seclusion on Material Planes.
Clearly, the others had realized it as well. They were facing Hodan, the foremost person beneath the Chief Sovereigns. They hurriedly bowed, terrified that Hodan might kill them in a moment of displeasure. They were not members of a Chief Sovereign family.
"You... forget it. Is Hankin planning to come for this Plane War?" Hodan asked after tossing Uman to Montero's feet. Hankin was the patriarch of the Augusta family; as for the Chief Sovereign, he did not concern himself with such matters.
Even now, Hodan's divine sense had not detected Hankin's presence. And according