"This is a disaster of the highest order."
The voice of Minister Ru hung in the air as her expression crumpled with grave severity. Her tone of voice reflected the grim atmosphere in the emergency governmental meeting being held in the Vargard Royal Palace. The gathered ministers and other governmental officials were each silent with reckoning as they confronted the reality that they had been thrust in.
At the head of the table was an empty seat, behind which was Secretary Claris who simply hung her head with a hint of sorrow. Although she hadn't liked Rui early on in her time serving as his secretary, she had come to grow on him. Especially after he avenged his father and created an even better world than Emperor Rael.
According to the intelligence that they had gotten, the Emperor of Water had ceased to exist, as all Martial Transcendents before him had. He had saved them from the two alien invasions with his tremendous power and now, he had paid the price.
