Alliance and Exchange

The doors of the palace hall opened softly, and moonlight slipped inside. Even in the brightly lit hall, its silvery glow was visible.

More than a dozen groups, over a hundred High-Ranking Wizards in all, slowly entered the hall with their respective factions.

The leaders of every faction and the Wizards behind them took their seats in the areas assigned beforehand. The hall quickly filled to capacity.

"Dean Garman! Let's begin!"

Once everyone was seated, Andros stood and nodded to Garman.

Garman nodded back.

"Then let the meeting begin. The first meeting concerning the formation of the East Coast Otherworld Development Alliance is now officially underway!" Garman rose, his words echoing through the hall under the effect of Sorcery.

Just as I thought. If this were an ordinary negotiation, the major factions could simply divide things up. Why would they need such a grand ceremony?

In the area assigned to Extreme Academy, Green considered this silently.

Given his standing, Green had long known the true purpose of this negotiation. Otherwise, there would have been no need for such fanfare.

That was also why Dennis was not the one speaking. Extreme Academy had organized the negotiation, yet the speaker came from Six-Ring Tower, currently the strongest faction present!

The Wizards from the other small and mid-sized factions looked surprised. Their leaders had thought this was merely a meeting to divide the gains from developing Dollhouse's otherworld. They had never expected this negotiation to mark the birth of a vast Alliance.

"In the years ahead, more worlds will inevitably connect with the East Coast. Establishing this organization is necessary to develop otherworlds safely and sensibly! At the rate the Wizarding World is recovering, the East Coast will encounter powerful worlds sooner or later. To ensure our homeland is not threatened, we must