Estel, known as the Thunder Emperor, was ranked fifty-ninth in the Deep Realm. Among the remaining Usurpers, he was currently the strongest. Originally ranked around third among the Usurpers, he had naturally taken on the role of leader after the deaths of the Flame King and Ephirix, the Guardian of Light. Though there wasn’t a formal hierarchy or assigned positions, there was an unspoken rule that the strongest among them had to take the lead when important tasks arose.0

The Usurpers were seated around a round table with the Usurper’s Hourglass at its center. As students in Kiriel’s Korean class, they had recently received a reply from the King of Earth—more accurately, it was a message relayed by Kiriel, who had visited Earth.0

These bastards… Estel clenched his fists in frustration.0

The other Usurpers didn’t say a word; they simply gauged each other’s reactions in silence. The agenda for today’s meeting was the investigation of Earth. It had been well over a year since the hourglass had halted. Someone needed to take responsibility and investigate the cause. However, Earth was notoriously dangerous, and no one wanted...0