At night, the large conference room in Mary Geoise was still brightly lit.
Ministers from numerous kingdoms and important emissaries all had dark circles under their eyes. They had gone days and nights without rest, yet their spirits remained unusually high.
They knew that what they were doing was momentous, something that would go down in history.
How could something like that not excite them?
They gulped down all kinds of precious nutrient solutions as though they were water, then sorted through various reports and continued working.
Murphy stood up, and the entire conference room fell silent.
Every emissary waited to hear what he had to say.
As the emissary sent by the Kronos Kingdom and a member of its cabinet, he was unquestionably a heavyweight.
Over the years, Murphy had often traveled as a representative to kingdoms on friendly terms with the Kronos Kingdom to discuss cooperation.
He wielded considerable influence across the seas, and was even more important than the kings of many kingdoms.
Not only was he an important minister of the Kronos Kingdom, he was also the brother-in-law of "Pluton" Hades—the younger brother of Hades's wife, Metis.
"For the sake of the United Government's stability, there is one matter we must resolve: the trouble posed by the pirates of the New World."
Murphy spoke slowly, his voice reaching everyone's ears. Their expressions could not help turning grave.
"Endless wars with those great pirates will only mire us in greater trouble."
"If the new government is established, will they feel threatened? Will they band together again?"
"I believe none of you wish to see that happen."
What Murphy left unsaid was that the World Government's fate was still fresh in everyone's minds. It had already been beaten into collapse.
He believed the other kingdoms understood that as