Chapter 697: 321st Hidden Clan meeting (part-2)
Following the protocol of the meeting, the first to start the introduction should always be the Sun Clan but as the Sun Clan and Dragon clans were currently not in the hidden clan list, they were skipped and the first chance directly went to Elyssa Moon.
As the one who was humbled earlier, Elyssa was quite embarrassed to go up first but she clenched her fist and rose to her feet, announcing, "Moon Clan's representative - Elyssa Moon."
After her, it was the turn of those two troublemakers, quite coincidentally.
"Representative of Asgardians - Einrid Odinson"
"Kuru Clan's Representative - Ayush"
"Representative of Angels - Ingrid Lefeuvre"
"Minamoto Clan's representative - Fujiwara Shuichi"
"Representative of Elves - Neymeryn Searvale"
The last to get up from the seat was Azzy, not because he is the host here but because the Death Clan's introduction always comes at the last. It has been in this same order for the past 320 meetings.
"Death Clan's Representative - Azrael Garcia"
He calmly stated his identity and sat down, and Qridus, the judge, spoke, "As the host of the event, Azrael Garcia, you may speak."
Maintaining a serious face, Azzy leaned to the front, placed his arms on the table, and addressed the rest, "The primary reason for the Death Clan to conduct this meeting one more time after just a few years is because of the change in our policies. After five thousand years, our clan head changed, and as the new clan head, I think it is time we should also change. Here are our Death Clan's five proposals to the rest.
First of all, the vacant spots must be filled at all costs. We discussed it last time but without any positive results. So, we once again appeal to you all.
Fill the eighth spot with the Blood Clan, which has been serving as a subordinate clan for the Death Clan for several millennia but completely stayed independent until now. Due to existential circumstances, the Blood Clan is separated into a new clan village. However, with two Supreme realm experts, I believe it is too strong to stay as a normal clan. The Blood Clan deserves to play a greater role.
As for the ninth spot, we can think about it in the following clan meetings when my master, St. Ravens, return as the judge.
Second, I propose the Sun and Dragon Clans be given a choice of redemption, but only on the condition that they are willing to merge their clan villages into any of our clans. I personally can modify the pocket dimensions, a technique I have mastered recently (one of Jupiter's abilities). I can move their clan villages into your clan villages, provided that you will take full responsibility for them. If no one is willing to take such a risk, the Death Clan is ready to volunteer.
Third, I propose to form a Super Elite joint team, comprised of our best Elites to do joint operations. This way, our cooperation with each other will improve, which will be essential when we face a full-scale alien invasion in the near future. Also, with this, no clan would have to be worried about protecting their ego to ask for help from another hidden clan either.
Fourth, this is something similar to the third proposal. I put forth a proposition to establish an academy for hidden clans. We can establish an academy just for ourselves so that we won't have to depend on the teachings of those so-called top-tier academies and unnecessarily get into the radar of WAMO.
And, last but not least… our fifth proposition. It is more like a trade or you may consider even it as a bribe. Before I tell you, I wish to show you all my mindscape."
Following his words, Azzy went on closing his eyes; his soul energy gushed out of his body, transforming into long hands that stretched to each clan representative sitting at the round table and touching their shoulder. .net
This is a variation of the technique Leah once used to let their mindscape connect with each other.
Unlike Leah's technique, this one will not only let multiple souls enter his mindscape through a tunnel that connects their spirits to his but also makes Azzy restrict parts of the mindscape to them, too. Hence, it is safer as he can only let others see what he wants to show.
As a result, the clan representatives, who accepted the invitation and walked through their respective tunnels, all ended up at the edge of the cliff where Azzy was waiting for them.
They wanted to question him a bit, but all of them just stared down at thousands of skeletal monsters lying around. Hundreds of them have cores and it is not a big deal for these experts to spot them.
More than numbers, it is the presence of 9-star monsters and some even beyond that realm that terrified them.
Fujiwara Shuichi gathered his courage and was about to question him but Azzy didn't make them stay there anymore and snapped his fingers, letting them back to reality within a few seconds.
And then, his eyes swept all over them as he said, "I believe you have witnessed several special undead monsters in my mindscape. Now, I don't need to tell you how I acquired this large, powerful, undead army. If you were aware of what's happening in Arcana world, you would already have found out about the incident. Now, these special undead monsters with cores could be released in the wild whenever I want, in the form of cores and these could be claimed by anyone as they are considered without any owner. Here comes my proposition. For the clans that agree with my earlier propositions, I will present a 9-star core for each agreement.
And, all four agreements will give you eight whole cores instead, which should be enough for any legendary realm Arcana master with atleast Gold-grade Arcana spirit to enter the Supreme realm with ease. If there are high-potential warriors with platinum-grade Arcana spirits, you might be able to see multiple Supreme realm Arcana masters emerging from your clans. So, who is interested in this open offer?"
Clan representatives: "…"
Everyone just went into a trance for a second, as if they had a hard time believing their ears.
Qridus' facial expression was frozen. He couldn't help but stare at Azzy's back after watching everyone's instant reactions, "This brat…"
Silence filled the room for a while. Everyone seemed like they were in deep thought.
Eventually, subtly shaking his head while sighing inwardly, "I'm not even sure whether to call him thickskinned or arrogant."