The Grand Reveal.

"...It's all because of the Alliance Leader!" Ember blamed Hestian while pointing at his face.

The Alliance Leader wanted to speak, but the Celestial Phoenix was still putting unimaginable pressure on the three Sages. He felt that he wouldn't live to see the next day if he displeased the creature even once more.

"Explain." The Phoenix replied, releasing even more pressure than before.

It was at this point that Hestian finally realized there was no way out of this mess. He had gotten nervous in the presence of this creature; it only now started to set in how much of a blunder he had gotten himself caught in.

"Your Majesty, the incident is nearly a century old when that man from the 'Land Above Realms' destroyed my Mind's Eye. Even though I was under your protection, evidently, you couldn't do anything since it would have left the whole Realm in ruins had you intervened."