The man being pushed at the front was in a sorry state, both his arms were severed, very recently at that as both cut ends were covered with wet red bandages, which was of course not their original color…

"Huh? Did you have an internal conflict within your sect, chil- Blade?"

The woman almost forgot herself when she saw the confusing sight and was going to call out the youth's appropriate name before revising her words quickly.

"Do not joke too much, Cult Master, Blade wouldn't have called us over a matter like this. It seems like the matter is truly serious for us to see this…"

The Supreme Sword's expression was grave as he retorted the woman's words and stared at three individuals before him. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of the Elemental Blade Sect could tell that the man and the ones who were pushing the crippled man were the division masters of the sect, Wind and Earth, but that wasn't the point, the problem was that the crippled man whose red beard was half burnt was likewise a division master!

All those who were attending the meeting were sect masters of top sects who had to watch out for the Elemental Blade Sect so they naturally knew of the members that constituted its top hierarchy, so they naturally understood that the matter was very grave for the sect master himself to show them this, it wouldn't be as simple as an internal conflict, not when the one that was crippled was the half-sworn brother of the one showing them this.

"Just as brother Sword has said, Fire, who you probably know as Crane, didn't simply fall out with the sect, he fell out with humanity as a whole!"

This time, as the young man's voice resounded with the hall, none of the individuals within spoke out to reply, even the cult master kept her mouth shut as her face finally turned serious as well.

It had to be known that within their old generation when they were truly in their youth, the Elemental Blade was known for his stern personality, he seldom let out any joke, let alone now when he was having a secret meeting the leaders of the top 10 powers within the sect…

Though no one knew what might be the danger that Crane had invoked to threaten the entirety of humanity, it was obviously something that can't be spoken about lightly.

"I regret to say that during the time I turned a blind eye to my surroundings, a very old threat had already surfaced back and was thriving due to the help from the likes of him, betrayers of humanity! Those who had literally sold their souls to the demons!"

"What…? You don't actually mean-" The Supreme Sword jumped out of his chair as he asked but was simply stopped by the reply itself.

"Exactly, the demons are back! According to what I managed to get from him, they are launching an all-out invasion against the whole domain within weeks!"

"Impossible! The demons have been all driven back and exterminated back then, how could they simply emerge out of nowhere with just the help of him?!"

"Agreed, this is simply inconvincible, that also still doesn't explain the locations on the plan…"

"Mhm…"

The reactions of all the attendees of the meeting aside from the two who were nagging earlier were all ones of denial, the records that they had read definitely denied such possibility…

"Shut up, you idiots! This is a serious matter, don't simply go into a denial crisis because your knowledge is too shallow!"

The woman who had made most of the trouble since the very start of the meeting was suddenly getting too serious over the matter, the denying leaders simply took a moment to consider, if even this unreasonable woman acted this way, then could it be that it's true?

"Indeed, all until now, I had been throwing just words and information and have yet to show any actual proof. So let's set aside the matter of the information till we welcome the last guest of this meeting."

The Elemental Blade pointed his hand in the same direction once more as a youth who looked of similar age to him emerged from the already opened door.

"Please show them 'that'."

"Yes, senior Blade…"

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"Yes, senior Blade…"

Walking into the room that was completely enveloped by a heavy tense atmosphere, I nodded towards Blade as confirmation for his request.

I immediately withdrew a very nostalgic item from my ring as I didn't even try to hide the fact that I did have a ring, this was one of the things me and Blade agreed on.

It was like some sort of a self-establishment to deliver the meaning that I had a good background myself or at least had Blade behind my back as only sect masters in this domain had items of this sort.

"Unbelievable!"

The first one to speak at the sight of the disgusting head that was covered in solidified black blood was the guy the only guy standing beside Blade, that guy was probably the sect master of Supreme Metal Sect according to Blade's arrangement that he let me know off earlier.

"The head of an actual demon!"

This middle-aged woman that screamed out, the one likely to be the cult master of the cult of elements as she left her chair and approached me…

The item in my head was still the one I obtained from the first demon base!

Back then I did leave the head with the Lightning Knight Brigade for the sake of their investigation, but I took it back after everything was done. The reason was simple, I didn't know if I would actually meet any other demon base before I had to prove to someone, besides, it was still my first Overseer kill!

Naturally, this head was also one of the major reasons Blade gave me the chance to prove what I explained to him...