Shadow remained silent for a long while, considering the Jade Queen's words. Nothing of what she had said made his unease lessen.
Pretty much the only Supremes left in the mortal realms who had not been dealt with by the Empire?
That wasn't entirely true… at the very least because Shadow had not even dwelled in a mortal realm for many centuries. The Oracle of Thetis had gone to all the trouble of sending an emissary into a Divine Realm instead — there might be few independent Supremes left in the mortal realms, but there were enough of them living in the embrace of the gods.
And yet, he was the only one whom she had deemed necessary to invite.
Even disregarding that, why did the Oracle need to gather Supremes who had no connection to the War God's empire?
None of it sounded good, let alone explained everything.
Looking at the Jade Queen, though, Shadow was not sure if she was the right person to ask all these questions.
After lingering for a moment, he asked:
