"Yes, Your Highness." The Calamity-Rank Strong One accepted the order, secretly relieved. Everyone who had come with him breathed easier too.
Everyone could see that the Titan Pyramid was no ordinary structure. It held unimaginable dangers, and even a Calamity-Rank Strong One could not be sure of entering and coming back in one piece.
To ordinary people, and even to Formal-Rank or Legendary-Rank Transcendents, anyone at Calamity Rank was a terrifyingly powerful figure, even if they had only reached Early Calamity Rank. But those who reached Calamity Rank learned that, in this world, even they could be terribly vulnerable.
Those who had spent years stuck at Early Calamity Rank were especially aware of it. They had exhausted their potential and had almost no hope of advancing. If danger struck, the stronger members of their party would be more likely to save younger people with greater potential.
A little while later, more people arrived from every direction: the Death Council, Sison Kingdom, the Frost Giant Court, and the Revolutionary Army Government.
Xiweina Ye and Modi had come in person from the Revolutionary Army Government. Clearly, they took the Pyramid's appearance seriously.
Archbishop Link met Xiweina Ye's eyes, and they exchanged slight nods. Neither started hurling abuse. Each had made their own choice, and Xiweina Ye's departure from the Holy Light Church was, in fact, good for Archbishop Link.
Whatever battles they had fought before, none of them intended to attack the others now that they had gathered here. That included their hosts, the Holy Light Church.
Everyone's attention was fixed instead on the Pyramid that had risen from underground.
By then, the first exploration team sent by the Holy Light Church had arrived from the City of Light.
That was the advantage of being the host. If the other factions did