Influential figures from across the Heartreach Continent had gathered in response to the summons issued by the Patriarch of the Solarian Family.
Although many of the branch families resented the Solarian Family's overwhelming authority and viewed it as little more than tyranny maintained through generations of unmatched strength, none of them possessed the power to openly oppose it.
The Solarian bloodline stood at the very peak of the Zlycon race, and no branch family, regardless of its history or military might, could challenge their rule.
Under ordinary circumstances, some representatives might have deliberately delayed their arrival or sent lower-ranking officials as an act of silent defiance, but these were far from ordinary times.
Influential leaders were being assassinated one after another, the relationship between humans and Zlycons had grown increasingly unstable, and every sign pointed toward another war that could engulf both civilizations.
