"What's the first item on today's agenda?" Amelia asked.
One person stood up and answered, "The primary topic is about poaching. In the past year, the number of Fantastic Beastss captured and secretly sold on the black market has increased dramatically."
"Is 'Savage Beast Gang' leading the charge?" asked a Ten Rings councilor next to Amelia.
"No, we destroyed their main force a few years ago at Saturn; this is a newly emerging organization." The person who raised the issue responded.
"How serious is the problem now?" asked another Ten Rings member.
"It's very serious," a centaur representative in a suit jacket said solemnly in the conference room. "In the past few months, many members of our tribe have disappeared. We hope to catch the mastermind and, if possible, bring the remains of the tribe members back for proper burial."
The beauty Merpeople in the conference room--due to her ancestral bloodline, her appearance is actually extremely beautiful--suddenly began to sing, and then her singing was translated into common language for everyone to understand.
"The same is true for our ethnic group."
Many people looked at her secretly. Some coveted her beauty, while others disliked her because she could speak human languages but refused to use them.
After these two races spoke, more people came forward to describe the disappearance of various magical creature races.
"Quiet!" Amelia said, her voice echoing in the room like a loudspeaker. Everyone immediately fell silent.
"Didn't Seer Department track these people?"
"No, Council elders. They seem to be very proficient in Anti-Prophecy magic."
"In this case, I propose to use the 'Arcane Eye' designed by His Highness the Prophet Luna·Lovegood to scan the entire Solar System."
"Would this waste too much resources?" A Ten Rings consultant next to Amelia objected.
"Do you think resources are more important than maintaining race relations within the empire?" another Ten Rings member retorted, glaring at the previous one.
"You know I didn't mean it that way."
"How do I know what you mean?"
"The quarrel between you two can end here," Amelia interrupted. "Notify the relevant departments and activate Arcane Eye to find these traffickers."
Everyone nodded, knowing that once this method is used, the problem will be solved quickly. "Arcane Eye" is essentially a satellite with many magic enchantments attached to it.
For example, it has the ability of Marauder's Map, so it can locate everyone in the empire if needed. In addition, it has been imbued with powerful Prophecy magic by Luna himself.
Unless someone surpasses her in Divination, no one can escape her insight. And she is the most powerful prophet in the empire at present. Albion has confirmed that the noble prophet bloodline sleeps in her body.
After discovering this, Edward found for the first time someone who even Albion would not despise - including himself. According to the Dragon King, the prophet is one of the most respected bloodlines in the universe, and even Dragonkind must be respected.
"Next item on the agenda?" Amelia continued to host.
"The movement against cloning experiments has increased dramatically in the past few months. Massive rallies and protests have occurred not only on Earth, but also on other colonized planets."
"Here we go again. Last year we listened to these people's opinions and banned experiments on death row prisoners. Now, they even want to extend their claws to clones?"
"Don't they know that genetic technology and many other fields are developing rapidly, and one of the reasons is that we can use clones to conduct experiments?"
"Stop complaining and deal with the situation."
"I propose the use of force to suppress these protests. It is time for them to understand that the Empire is a monarchy, not a democracy."
"This can only be a stopgap measure," Amelia responded, "We need a permanent or at least long-term solution."
"We can order major media outlets to stop reporting on these protests and control the flow of information on Skynet."
"Additionally, we can discredit these protest leaders and thus reduce the number of supporters."
"It's really something that works."
Just like that, the decision was made.
"What's the issue this time?"
The person who spoke this time hesitated for a moment before saying, "Well... it's about the rapid rise of 'Arcane God Cult'. According to the law, no one is allowed to worship Arcane Archon as a god, but many people have already done so.
"And with the significant expansion of the religious power, it is very likely that it has the support of some powerful people-including members of Council."
The room instantly became quiet, and everyone looked at each other. After a few minutes of awkward silence, a Ten Rings councilor looked at Amelia and said:
"Elder Council, I don't think worshiping the Archons as gods is necessarily a bad thing. It would help weaken other remaining religions and generally enhance the cohesion of the empire.
"After all, faith can be a very powerful tool of control."
"I understand your point of view, and I have also mentioned this matter to him, but Ian has a very firm attitude on this issue." Amelia replied.
"Can we at least know why?"
Amelia nodded, then waved, and a huge holographic screen appeared in front of everyone.
"With those worshiping him, the Archon has become aware of a new energy or power generated by faith. However, according to preliminary research, this power is extremely corrosive to the mind and soul.
"So he didn't want to use that power until it was further studied and understood."
"In this case, wouldn't it be better to let those people collect more Faith Power for research? We don't need to support them, but we don't need to stop them either."
"This is indeed a good idea," Amelia responded, "However, their development still needs to be controlled."
All politically savvy people understand that these words are a warning to those who secretly support the religion.
"Next item?"
"This time it's about 'Death Cult'. They may have chosen a new leader."
"So soon? We only executed the last one three months ago."
"Although it is not entirely certain, the cult's recent activities point to this possibility."
All Council members began to talk in low voices, thinking about solutions. A young man stood up and said passionately:
"Since the empire allows religious freedom, why not grant the same rights to Death Cult? After all, our previous actions have proven that suppression is not an ideal method."
As soon as he said this, many people looked at him in shock, thinking this guy was crazy. Then they realized that this was a newcomer who had just been selected into Council.
A Ten Rings councilman - who supported the young man in the election - quickly took out his smart watch, downloaded a document and sent it to him.
The newcomer knew that he had said something wrong and hurriedly read the documents he received. In an instant, cold sweat dripped down his back.
Not only did he just learn about the existence of Afterlife, he also learned about the existence of the empire's current greatest enemy: Bleach--the filthy Herpo.
According to this document, this powerful god is secretly influencing Death Cult, driving them to carry out his will - although the purpose is not yet clear. Therefore, the Empire will use all means to destroy anyone associated with Death Cult.