Chapter 428: Done? (2/2)

Matteus smiled.

”I will give you proof then. Are you aware of the Dimensions?”

King Arthur frowned. This was a concept that had been foreign to him until the envoy of the Ascension Empire had come. It was only after that he learned about these ranking systems.

Seeing Arthur's reaction, Matteus' smile deepened.

”The Ascension Empire is the ruler of a Pseudo Fourth Dimensional world. Even after Earth breaks through once again, their power will still ultimately be considered to be within the Third Dimension. In fact, the truth is that their strength will diminish by several factors after the Descent of the Fourth Dimension is complete.”

King Arthur and the court ministers frowned. How could that be so?

”You all may not believe me, but the true backbone of The Ascension Empire is their technology. However, upon ascending Dimensions, the physics by which their technology is built upon is distorted, changed and flipped. This means that staples of their understanding will be overturned, thus making their technology useless.

”In fact, even in this Pseudo Fourth Dimensional world, they are already holding on by a thin thread. They only manage to use some of their prowess with a stopgap measure like their 'Force Disruption Towers', but these towers have no chance of working against true Fourth Dimensional Force.

”That being the case, what do you think will happen once the Fourth Dimension descends? They'll essentially be a crippled power having lost their main source of strength.”

Matteus' smile only seemed to widen the more he spoke.

”And, do you know what the best part about all of this is? Normally, it would take another decade or two for the first stage Metamorphosis to complete. However, due to the appearance of your world, the timeline has been accelerated. By now, there's already less than a year left.”

Arthur's gaze sharpened, his eyes narrowing. If this was true…

”Our proposal is simple.” Matteus began to hammer in the final nails. ”We will protect you all until the Metamorphosis concludes. Unlike The Empire, we hidden families aren't restricted to Third Dimensional entities and we aren't fools who place our hope in garbage like 'technology'.

”Once the Fourth Dimension Descends, that bottleneck that has been keeping you and your warriors and mages from advancing all these years will break. Then, not only will you grow stronger, but The Empire will grow weaker. By then, you'll be on the same playing field as the rest of us.”

”And the catch?” Arthur asked with a raised eyebrow.

”It couldn't be simpler.” Matteus said slowly. ”All we ask for is an exchange of knowledge. Your world's magic system, we would like to learn it.”

Arthur and the other ministers fell into silence. These conditions… They were very good.

Mordred clenched her jaw, her gaze icy. She didn't spare a glance toward her father in the slightest. She wasn't surprised by the fact he would make a decision before even hearing her speak. It wasn't as though he had never disregarded her before.

”… Are you done now?”

A sudden voice cut through the silence. Unexpectedly, it was the very same Leonel that had been the center of attention previously.