They had heard tales of what they were about to experience.
The Convergence was the sole Martial Master to have died in the previous battle. The rest had managed to make it out alive thanks to the Sage-level assault team stalling the Martial Sages, allowing them to escape without being hunted alive en route.
Thus, word of the monster that was Prince Rui had already spread around amongst Masters in the alliance.
They had even been briefed about it before this particular operation commenced.
On top of that, many of the Masters among their ranks were the same as the previous team that had gathered once more due to their prior experience with the special mind-empowering Metabody that the prince had displayed.
And yet, nothing could have prepared them to withstand its brunt once more.