The Four Seats sank into a long silence of contemplation, their minds somewhat muddled.
Slaughter Seat even took out a battered stone tablet, engraved with...
Great beings, the hope of salvation, Hold Up the Heavens!
She felt as though the stone tablet had cracked, and so had her image of Hold Up the Heavens.
Slaughter Seat pondered for a moment. "Perhaps you're being prejudiced?"
What? Prejudiced?
Wind-Thunder immediately burst into wild laughter. "I really admire you. You've met them and can still say something like that. Impressive. Speaking of which, just what kind of beings do you think Hold Up the Heavens are?"
The others said nothing, but Butcher Seat spoke lightly.
"Great and mighty. Stars that bring hope, light amid a dying world. True to their name, they hold up the heavens."
Annihilation Seat blinked. "I've met them. In that battle, they really did hold up the heavens, and they even wiped out a fourteenth-tier Calamity. They seem impressive no matter how you look at it.
"And they're very mysterious, as though they know everything inside out. Their will is firm, too. They're not as... unscrupulous as you make them sound."
Wind-Thunder was going mad. Just listen to that-great, radiant Hold Up the Heavens!
"Ha! They're dogs! Bastards, demon kings of chaos! They dared to hack away at a fourteenth-tier being when they were only eighth tier. Which of you would dare?"
Everyone shook their heads. No, certainly not.
Besides... that was completely impossible.
Exhausted, Wind-Thunder tugged at the corners of its mouth. "Please don't look at me like that, you four big shots. You're all level thirteen or fourteenth-tier beings. Maybe you don't understand the heart-pounding thrill of watching them dart all over the place.
"But what if I told you that two years ago, those things were