Isaballea, and the Cleric went inside, yet seeing as the armored vehicles probably couldn’t fit, she ordered the crews to disembark. They would set up a perimeter around the palace entrance, ensuring that if this was a trap, then they would have a quick get away. Shlaereen could feel Astrids annoyance, and swiftly reconnected the mental link. “Astrid, were not a full army, were a strike force. We don’t have the numbers to take on such a massive force.” Shlaereen spoke to Astrid.
Astrid didn’t seem to reply to that statement. Whether that was out of an unwillingness to admit that Shlaereen had a point or simply frustration was not clear yet. Eventually, the group reached Adam’s Throne Room. Adam was sitting on his throne, head rested on his fist. “Ah, you’ve finally made it,” Adam declared. “I was wondering how long it’d take you to get here.”
Adam shifted slightly in his throne, before declaring, “I presume you have questions before you are sent off on your way to deal with my enemies. Speak, and I will tell you what you need to know.”
Nora glared at the image of Adam she was presented with,”You do nothing to secure our arrival, give us no co-ordinates to your location, and then act surprised when it takes time to find you? Are you intentionally hindering this mission, or are you truly that stupid?” She asks snappily, having no patience for pleasantries
“And you know what we want, so do not bother playing games with us, and tell us where your enemies are, and how to kill them”
Joe was facepalming. They were already off to a great start diplomatically. “Right, Nora, just let me to do the talking here, alright?” he replied. “I’d rather that things not get too heated, and it’s clear both you and Astrid are too angry to resort to proper diplomacy.”
Then, to Adam, he asked, “So, first question: On our way here we picked up a pretty massive army of demons on our sensors, one that’s getting bigger as we speak. I’m assuming that we have to fight them? One of those Demon Lords we’re after, I take it?”
Red had decloaked the moment they met with Adam, the Fleet Admiral now standing beside Ruler as she gripped her standard a little tighter.
Neither of them liked Adam very much, but nonetheless the pair did their best to remain calm.
With Joe handling the main query of importance, Red remained silent, Ruler doing the same. Still, the mention of that demonic army they’d detected earlier left them tense.
His thoughts to Jeanne said it all.
“If we really do have to engage that horde…I hope we can handle it.”









