"I disagree!"
The black man wearing a green furred bicorne hat sprang to his feet, fixing Haschwalth with his single eye as he said sternly:
"Relocating the entire Empire will affect His Majesty's slumber. I will never allow such a thing to happen!"
"Then are we supposed to wait for the Shinigami to come knocking? Or are you, Lille Barro, going to deal with that monster who shattered the sky?!"
"Have you been scared witless by a mere Shinigami? When His Majesty awakens, will you still keep retreating?"
"But the Empire's current strength is insufficient to contend with Soul Society. That is an indisputable fact!"
Before long, the argument in the Grand Cathedral had devolved into utter chaos. Haschwalth calmly observed everything before him, drawing out whatever useful opinions he could.
He was not omniscient and omnipotent like His Majesty. All he could do was gather the wisdom of every Sternritter member in order to find a truly effective solution.
Yet the most troubling situation had ultimately come to pass.
The Sternritter, an elite organization that had existed since the founding of the Empire, had seen generation after generation of members replaced.
Anyone who remained within the Sternritter was one of the finest Quincy elites in the Wandenreich.
Though their individual strengths varied greatly and were far from evenly matched.
Even the weakest Sternritter member, however, far surpassed the rank-and-file Quincy.
But centuries of isolation had made these so-called elites unbearably arrogant.
To the Sternritter, the strongest being in the world was undoubtedly His Majesty Yhwach, and beneath Yhwach stood the invincible Sternritter.
Although Tsunayashiro Su Feng's sudden appearance had temporarily shattered that unrealistic fantasy.
As time passed and they returned to their closed-off environment, however, these people once again reverted to their lofty, arrogant attitudes.
Out of nearly