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Chapter 423 "Whispering Garden"

The next day, the whole world became lively.

This is because the battle that took place at Itogami Island Port has already spread through various channels.

Some of the news was spread by word of mouth, while others were relayed by various countries' institutions, companies, secret agents, spies, and so on stationed on Itogami Island. In addition, prominent figures had their own connections and channels, and even ordinary citizens couldn't help but spread this shocking story. As a result, the event made headlines in international news overnight.

The destruction of Itogami Island's port and the colossal, towering figure that blotted out the sky have already spread widely internationally. Even the scene of a large group of mythical beasts and serpentine creatures fighting at sea has been filmed and circulated among various powerful forces.

And so, on this day, Aize became famous.

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This is a dimly lit space.

Like a twilight world nestled between day and night, a space enveloped in dazzling golden mist unfolded, presenting a dreamlike scene.

The marble-white passageway stretches endlessly, surrounded by walls of roses, and the branches of an unidentified giant tree loom overhead like a roof, forming a garden-like structure that is both sacred and mysterious.

This is not a space located in the real world.

This is a barrier constructed in another world, named Whispering Garden.

Whispering Garden is not only the name of this space, but also the external name of the Supreme Council of the Sanctuary Treaty Organization.

The so-called Sanctuary Treaty Organization refers to an international organization jointly operated by the member states of the Sanctuary Treaty, including the three great Night Empires.

Once upon a time, humans and demons went through a long war due to racial incompatibility, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides. As a result, the demons, led by the First True Ancestor Forgotten War King, reached a peace agreement with humans, which is known as the Holy Domain Treaty.

The treaty is upheld by the three great Night Empires and numerous member states, who together form the Holy Land Treaty Agency to monitor the implementation of the peace agreement.

The Whispering Garden is where the highest council of the Sanctuary Treaty Organization is located.

The Supreme Council of the Sanctuary Treaty Organization not only monitors the implementation of the peace agreement with each other, but also has the power to take countermeasures against major magical threats, and possesses the military force established for this purpose—a multinational coalition army based on the Sanctuary Treaty.

This strongest army, assembled from countries around the world, possesses military strength comparable to that of the world itself. It can destroy a small country overnight. Even the three great Night Empires could not assemble such a large-scale military force on their own.

In other words, this is not only the location of the world's strongest military force, but also a place where countries from all over the world unite.

At this moment, in the center of the Whispering Garden, a crimson round table was surrounded by twelve seats, all of which were occupied.

The faces of all twelve people in the seats were covered by silver masks, making it impossible to see their features.

However, these twelve people are actually the twelve directors of the Holy Land Treaty Organization.

In other words, the twelve people present were the heads of state, or... emperors, of the twelve countries that had signed the Holy Domain Treaty.

The twelve individuals, each wearing a silver mask and possessing supreme power and status in their respective countries, were engaged in a heated discussion, their voices altered by magic and uttered in murmurs.

"I never imagined that the vessel of that monster would be such a dangerous entity."

"The monster sealed within him is not just a single Leviathan."

“Those magical beasts must be creatures from the mythical era, like Leviathan, existing on the earth's surface before the appearance of the heavens, and they may even be biological weapons.”

"A single Leviathan is already the strongest magical beast in the world, with a danger level of X, and the magical beasts summoned by the vessel..."

Unlike demons, monsters are not a race distinct from humans, but rather beasts possessing magical power and demonic nature, and having special abilities.

Like the demons, there are many magical beasts in this world.

Capricorn fish, water frogs, bee snakes, Tarasque, Seymourne, horse-headed fish-tailed beasts, and even flying dragons and legendary dragons—these creatures all belong to the category of magical beasts.

Monsters have existed since ancient times, and some of them were even bred artificially.

Among these many magical beasts, some are extremely dangerous and pose a threat to human survival and even the environment.

Therefore, after international organizations categorized and recorded the monsters that exist in this world, they assigned them corresponding danger levels.

The danger levels are indicated by Roman numerals and are divided into ten levels: I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X.

Among them, the lowest danger level for Warcraft is I, and the highest is X.

Generally speaking, once a monster reaches level VI in danger, it can rival a vampire's familiar, sinking giant ships and destroying towns.

The IX-rank indicates that this monster's threat surpasses that of all current human weapons, and even the True Ancestor's familiars have difficulty threatening it.

As for the X-level, there is only one monster in the entire world that has been given this level of danger.

That's Leviathan, the world's strongest monster.

Therefore, for tens of thousands of years, people have been unwilling to provoke it, letting it sleep quietly on the seabed, even the true ancestors did so.

In the original story, Kojou Akatsuki briefly fought against the out-of-control Leviathan. He used several of his own familiars but still couldn't defeat it. In the end, it was a succubus that calmed its anger by singing, causing Leviathan to retreat on its own.

If Leviathan does not retreat voluntarily, it remains to be seen whether the Fourth Progenitor, who has not yet fully awakened and has not mastered all of his familiars, can be defeated.

This shows just how powerful and awe-inspiring Leviathan, the strongest monster of the mythical era, truly was.

For this reason, when it was discovered that Leviathan actually had a container, there was some commotion in countries around the world.

The fact that the Lion King Organization was able to contain Azer is, frankly, the result of countless power struggles; otherwise, many countries around the world would have had designs on him.

The vessel of the world's strongest magical beast, codenamed "Chaos Dragon," is considered by many, and even the international community, to be a special existence second only to, or even on par with, the three True Ancestors.

If Azer could freely control Leviathan, the world's strongest magical beast, then it wouldn't be unbelievable that he could rival the True Ancestor.

Therefore, when he made contact with the twelfth Matrix of the Fourth Progenitor and appeared on Itogami Island, countries around the world have been paying close attention to him.

After the twelfth base became the fourth progenitor and was absorbed into Akatsuki Nagisa's body, these two containers were always at the top of the list of countries around the world paying close attention to them, and no one dared to look away for a moment.

Now, the world's strongest magical beast and the vessel for the world's strongest vampire have met and are living together on Itogami Island, attracting far more attention than Aize had imagined.

Vatra was just one of the few.

Now, due to Vatra's reckless actions, and unwittingly, the creature codenamed "Chaos Dragon" has revealed terrifying hidden power...

This angered and alarmed many of the council members of Whispering Garden.

"Those magical beasts must be at least Rank VI, comparable to vampire familiars!"

"Even if it's not as good as Leviathan, it's still at least a Class IX weapon, surpassing all current human weapons!"

"Especially the last one that appeared..."

At this point, all the directors fell silent.

Recalling the towering, hundred-headed giant they had seen in the images, a chill ran down their spines.

That's definitely more than just Rank IX, or even Rank X. It's a terrifying existence that surpasses Leviathan, and whose very existence is debatable—whether it's even a magical beast is still up for debate.

Typhon, the King of Monsters, is the strongest monster Azer can summon, whose power rivals that of Godslayers and Disobedient Gods.

With the blessing of the Eye of Horus, this magical beast, whose power has increased several times over, could probably hold its own against multiple god-slayers or disobedient gods, and might even have the upper hand.

Let alone Vatra, the vampire closest to the True Ancestor, even if the real True Ancestor were to intervene, the outcome would probably not be much better than Vatra's.

All the council members then realized that this was an existence surpassing the True Ancestor, the strongest individual and the strongest creature in the world.

These people were unaware that Leviathan had also been strengthened after being recognized by Azer and becoming his exclusive weapon.

If, like Typhon, it is empowered by the Eye of Horus, then it would definitely be stronger than Typhon.

Typhon was only strengthened by the Eye of Horus, while Leviathan could be strengthened not only by the Eye of Horus but also by Azer's own authority, becoming stronger as he grew stronger.

The Leviathan of today is not the same as the Leviathan of the past, so what Azer ultimately summoned was Typhon, not Leviathan.

However, in the eyes of the world, Typhon is undoubtedly a more terrifying existence than Leviathan.

And this being is now sealed within Azer along with other monsters whose danger level is second only to Leviathan, or even on par with Leviathan…

Everyone understands what this means.

"Did Japan already know about this and deliberately hide it from him?"

"If so, then we need to carefully consider whether you have some kind of conspiracy."

“You must share information with us about the Chaos Dragon… no, the Warlord of Beasts.”

"Yes, a formal request to you in the name of the Sanctuary Treaty Organization."

The council members then began to target one of the individuals in the seat.

That man is the Prime Minister of Japan.

Japan is also a member state of the Sanctuary Treaty Organization and one of the countries that support the Sanctuary Treaty.

Otherwise, demon-controlled special zones like Itogami Island would not be nominally under their jurisdiction.

"Gentlemen, I have already consulted with the three saints of the Lion King Organization on this matter." Under the gaze of the council members, the man seemed to be under immense pressure, and hurriedly said, "They have assured me that they had no idea about the true situation of the code name [Chaos Dragon]... no, [King of Beasts] before this."

"The Lion King Organization observed and investigated him for four years, collecting and analyzing his hair, blood, skin tissue, etc., but found no trace of the demonic beast sealed within him."

"These are the research materials from the past four years. You can take a look."

A detailed research report was immediately distributed to the board members, who quickly reviewed it.

Later, they had to admit that this was indeed not a one-sided, intentional cover-up by Japan.

Prior to this, the codenamed "King of Beasts" had not shown even the slightest sign of his ability to freely summon monsters. As a result, the Lion King Organization did not even know if he could control Leviathan, let alone summon so many extremely dangerous monsters.

Only now has this unique and dangerous nature been revealed by the other party.

"Was it deliberately hidden? Or did the change occur after contact with the Fourth Progenitor's vessel?"

"It's unclear; we need to continue observing."

"Is just observing enough? Don't we need to take control of the codename 'King of Beasts'?"

"That's not advisable. The other party has already shown a threat that surpasses even the True Ancestor. We cannot rashly attack him."

"But if such a dangerous entity is allowed to continue growing, won't it threaten us?"

"I suggest that we send in the military to enforce control over it."

"I second the motion."

"No, that's not appropriate, that's too dangerous."

I disagree.

The council members immediately split into two factions and began arguing.

Radicals believe that such a dangerous factor must be controlled, otherwise they will not feel at ease.

Conservatives strongly opposed this, unwilling to risk offending the authorities.

Finally, it was the three leaders who spoke up.

"The situation is not very clear at the moment, and it is necessary to observe for a period of time before making a decision."

"That's right, there's no need to rush."

Let's leave it for a while and see.

As soon as the three of them spoke, the others immediately fell silent.

Because these three people also hold a special position in the Whispering Garden.

They represent the War King's Domain, the Extinction Dynasty, and the Chaos Realm, respectively.

Yes, it is the three great Night Empires.

In the Whispering Garden, the representatives of the three great Night Empires—the True Ancestors—possess veto power.

The decision was made jointly by the three of them, and no one could go against it.

Soon, the heads of state of the other nine countries left one after another, leaving only the three leaders.

"The King of Warcraft...?"

"It's amazing that such an interesting thing still exists in this world."

"Special individuals who surpass us, or even those who existed before us..."

The three of them showed not a sense of crisis, but rather a great deal of interest.

"I really want to see him."

"It's necessary to get in touch with him."

"This is absolutely fascinating."

The three of them spoke with great enthusiasm, as if they had found a rare pleasure, and were very happy and joyful.

(End of this chapter)