An Unacceptable Offer

Core system of the Golden Peak Mountain sect, twenty minutes earlier.

The sudden appearance of the bulk of the sect's armies had brought a shift to the meeting between the leaders of the Armada and Elemental Army, and the Patriarch of the Golden Peak Mountain sect. What was before a meeting on equal ground had now turned into a hostage situation, as the armada's flotilla was now completely surrounded by an uncountable number of the sect's disciples. 

Despite this change being a commander's worst nightmare, the reactions of Der and Roley to it were hidden underneath the former's heavy helmet and latter's baggy hood. Their heads were tilted upwards and towards the sea of cultivators who, thanks to the planet's lack of atmosphere, could be clearly seen from the surface of the dry red earth the two were standing on.