In the Tsukasa Empire, Tsukasa sat at the head of the gathering, listening to Hongye Yan's report.
Several other important figures were there beside him.
"You're saying... Ukyo was captured, and that tribe now has a Lord Diamond and a divine maiden?" Tsukasa looked coldly at Hongye Yan.
He had little choice. As the ruler of the Tsukasa Empire, he needed a certain degree of authority to keep it running.
"Yes, and they're holding a sacrificial ceremony at sunset today," Hongye Yan said respectfully.
"Anything else? Their level of technology, for example?" Tsukasa asked.
He needed to know how far Senku had progressed.
"From what I could tell, they've reached the Iron Age," Hongye Yan said after some thought.
She had clearly seen that the village had more iron tools now.
"Iron tools. That sounds about right, though they may have developed other weapons too. We don't know about those," Tsukasa said thoughtfully.
"Then what do we do? Wait a few more days, or what?" asked one of the heavily muscled men.
Should they wait a few more days? Attack once everything was ready? Or scout things out today, decide how to respond, then attack? Or strike directly while everyone was occupied with the ceremony?
The more Tsukasa thought about it, the more his head hurt. Had he known it would turn out like this, he would never have bothered with this whole revival through force.
He would have been better off listening to Chen Yu and living out his life peacefully.
"What should we do?"
Hearing this, Tsukasa looked up. It was Hyoga. He seemed to remember Chen Yu telling him that Hyoga was an enemy.
(I forgot. If that never happened, then he's an enemy anyway.)
"Get ready. We'll scout things out first. If there's an opening, we