On the top floor of Hua Qi Building, in a spacious luxury apartment overlooking Central Park amid Manhattan's exorbitant land prices,
as the youngest Zero Rider finished speaking, the glow of a golden magic circle enveloped the entire minimalist yet luxurious office. Then, as though spaces elsewhere had overlapped,
figures who were not physically present appeared in indistinct, phantom-like forms.
Platinum shoulder capes, long dresses, trench coats, combat gloves.
Each of them wore similar Royal Court uniforms!
At this moment, Fang Ran looked at the Royal Court elites he had not seen last night, all appearing before him!
"Because the situation erupted too suddenly, many of our members are still in other parts of North America. Right now, Nevernight Palace's entire upper-level force in New York consists of only the twenty-eight Royal Court B-rank members present here,"
"But likewise, to avoid us noticing and seizing this opportunity, the Covenant cannot gather too many people either,"
"The people dispatched last night should already make up most of their current members."
Having declared their resolve to prepare for battle, his ability connected to all their allies hidden throughout New York. Pedro spoke with a resolute expression about the current situation.
"What we need to do now is prepare ourselves to block these people's attack."
At this point, an incomparably grave look rose in his eyes as he spoke.
"The first critical issue we must resolve is—"
Before he could finish, Fang Ran already knew the answer. Thinking back to last night, the Covenant's official core members in the black market had indeed been formidable. Even facing him, they had shown neither fear nor retreat.
But the Royal Court elites before him were no weaker than them in either strength or numbers.
The true, most deadly threat they faced was still—
"The Second