Every single being within the secret realm doubted their ears. Could their hearing, after countless ages of existence, finally be failing them? Could old age have finally caught up with them?
A mere Lieutenant-ranked soldier had proposed to attack a Supreme. No, scratch that, a mere Ecliptic-ranked child had actually dared to suggest such an outrageous thing.
This wasn't just a discussion between the Second Supreme and the human boy anymore. No, it had become a matter involving everyone present.
It was a matter of pride. A matter of status. A matter of identity.
They hadn't climbed this far in life, through blood, through sweat, through sacrifice, through countless battles and unimaginable losses, just to be insulted like this. No being who had carved out a place among the Supremes could endure such disrespect without response.
Then it came.
