Every divine-stage expert in the hall stilled, conversations dying on their lips. Eyes turned toward Leon from every direction.
This meeting wasn't ceremonial. It wasn't political. Leon was the reason they were here.
A prodigy who had returned from the dead. A weapon that had already shifted the course of battles. Whatever he was about to say would not be idle words.
It would decide the direction of the war.
Leon met the leader's gaze, then turned to face the hall. His voice carried without effort.
"I've been away for a while."
The divine-stage experts listened in silence.
"My squad and I were assigned a trial that was never meant for us. A Tier VII SSS-rank trial."
Shock rippled through the hall. Faces stiffened. Breaths caught.
