Lord of the Truth

The steep hill... That spot on Planet Greenland that has recently become extremely famous as the Devil's Head, after all, it is from where the invaders emerge.

But most of the locals did not know that that hill was randomly chosen to build the space portal on, and thus Robin and the rest were forced to make it a permanent foothold for the Empire on Planet Greenland. The steep hill was not the best choice for building the space portal, and certainly not the best choice for building a city!

The hill is divided into two halves by a huge metal wall, the upper half of which is protected by a large number of arrays that cover the ground and sky, it also contains the Space Gate, so it was decided that the upper half of the steep hill would be the unofficial foothold of the Empire temporarily, and thus a huge headquarters tower was built there to be under the protection of the arrays and the metal wall, several other important structures were built, such as mortuaries for the buds, blacksmiths' factories, and rune engraving workshops, as well as some residential buildings, including a small imperial palace.

Other than that, there was nothing significant on the steep hill. It was not large enough to support an entire city, and no one simply had the time or intention to build an integrated city here!

On top of the steep hill - Inside a small room in a residential building

This building was not specifically large or had fancy details. This particular room was small and its windows were closed, but at this moment it was housing a large number of people.

For some reason, each one of them was either tapping on something nervously or moving back and forth quickly with their hands behind their backs.

*Step... Step...*

*tak* *tak* *tak*

"Would you please calm down a little?!" Fugon slammed the table in front of him and shouted in a low voice

"How? How do we calm down in a situation like this? Literally, any word will determine our fate and the fate of our whole tribes!!" The person who was walking back and forth stood up and looked at Fugon angrily. It was Hadyar, the leader of the Nightbird tribe.

"Fear and hesitation will not help you either!" Fugon furrowed his eyebrows, then began to look at the rest, "Just tell me what you think about what I said, let us discuss the situation together..."

"You are the one who brought us this hideous news that resembles your face, so tell us your opinion first!" The leader of the Plains Tribe, Debas, spoke as he slowly rubbed his eyes, but his voice was clearly panicked as well.

 "…It is true that the Human Alliance decided to conclude a peace treaty with the Tree Fathers and coordinate with them to eliminate the invaders, but this is not necessarily a bad thing for us." After a few seconds, Fugon spoke

"How could it not be bad? How could it not be bad... They have declared us traitors if we do not join them immediately and attack the Empire. This is a disaster by all standards!" Debas grabbed his head with both hands, "If we decide to join the Empire, will we have to fight our brothers, our fellow humans until one of us perishes? And if we decide to join them then we will become sworn enemies with the Empire that we four have borders with, and there will be no escape from being annihilated first if a war began. How do we choose in a situation like this?!"

"Why the hell did they decide to fight the Empire in the first place? Who was the son of a bitch that convinced them of this? Ugh, if I put my hands on him, I would eat that motherfucker alive!! With the help of the Empire, we were able to kill Tree Father Hoffenheim, the one who came up with the idea of humanoid buds, which exhausted the entire human alliance for 200 thousand years. Even their Emperor, Robin, subjugated Tree Father Descartes with no war to speak of!" Hadyar shouted again, "If we support the Empire a little more, it won't be long before we overthrow the rest of the Five Tree Fathers and take back our world. Who cares if they come from another world? Did the Human Alliance love living at the mercy of the Tree Fathers and couldn't do without them?!"

"Your view is respected, Hadyar, but will we really get the world back after the Tree Fathers are dead? We have been waiting for about a month to receive our share of the spoils, but every day they tell us that their Emperor Robin is in seclusion and that we must wait. I am telling you that this is a lie and that they have already distributed everything and they are playing with us! This is our world and we are waiting for them to give us breadcrumbs, doesn't this infuriate you? Doesn't this give you a glimpse of what will happen to us if the Tree Fathers are eliminated? Against the Tree Fathers, we are indeed in danger of death, but we have managed to hold out for too long and we know of all their games, but against the invaders, we will be turned into slaves forever!" Fugon said with sarcasm mixed with anger

Then he continued, "Secondly, do not overestimate the enemy and underestimate your value. It is true that Hoffenheim was killed, but would this have happened without the help of our three tribes? Even on Descartes' war front, the Grazing Rat Tribe was strongly involved and shed blood more than the Fifth Legion. Plus, Descartes only surrendered because he was a coward and did not want what happened to Hoffenheim to happen to him, don't give Emperor Robin too much credit for it."

Then he slowly looked at Debas, "Do you think that the Empire defeated Hoffenheim easily? Do not be fooled by the intervention of their Emperor named Robin, I admit that he has irrational power but wars don't depend on a single person. They themselves are not that strong! The Empire lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers during the war even though they had the help of our four tribes! Would they have done any of this without us? I am putting my life on the line to bet that if the Empire used its entire army against Tree Father Descartes or any other Tree Father without our help, they would be defeated badly, or at their very best they would be able to defeat one Tree Father after several decades! What do you think would happen to the invaders if they fought the five Tree Fathers at the same time? And above them is the entire human alliance?! They will be expelled in the blink of an eye!"

"I also don't want to antagonize the human alliance for the sake of a bunch of invaders, even if they are victorious against the alliance of the Tree Father and humans. What then? They will either take all the resources of our world and leave us starving, or they will stay here and be the masters and we are the slaves. That's if they leave us alive at all, we have to do something while we still can..." Another person spoke, from his clothes it was clear that he was from the Plains tribe.

"Idiots!!" A person wearing Nightbird Clan armor slammed the cup he was holding onto the ground, "Even if we cooperate with the Tree Fathers and the Human Alliance and casually assume that they have enough power to actually crush the invaders, have you forgotten where we are? We are all on the border of the lands of Descartes and Hoffenheim, the lands of the Empire! If we betray them, be sure that they will at least eliminate us before they leave to return to where they came from. Are you prepared to be a stepping stone for that damn alliance?"

"....." Silence descended upon everyone again, of course, they didn't forget, that this was the only thing that was keeping most of them from joining the alliance right away!

After several minutes, Fugon looked at a corner of the room angrily. In that corner was a fat person sitting comfortably, placing his feet on a small table in front of him and looking at the ceiling as if he did not care about everything that was going on, "Charvier, don't you intend to participate in something important like this? Or did the fat on your stomach found its way to your brain?"

"Hehe, you say this, but I see myself as the wisest one among you." The leader of the Grazing Rat Tribe laughed, "Do as you wish, the Grassland Rat Tribe will swear allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor today and we will join the Empire, no matter what you say."

"WHAT?!" Almost everyone stood up at the same time and shouted

"You... Do you realize who you will antagonize when you make this decision? Don't you see that this is a betrayal? Do you think that the Outsiders have a chance against the Tree Fathers' pact with the Human Alliance? The outsiders can escape from their own Devil's Gate, but what will happen to the Grassland Rat Tribe?" Fugon took a step forward and threatened

"Hehe, let both sides go to hell, Betrayal to whom? The Tree Fathers have been our enemies since ancient times, and the human alliance has not done me any good, This is the first time I have met you guys physically! Am I supposed to consider you my family or something?" Charvier laughed and opened his eyes, then he began to pass it to everyone seriously, "It seems that this may be the last time we meet. Let me give you a piece of advice... Don't underestimate Emperor Robin Burton and his army."

"...Do you know something we don't know, Charvier?" Hadyar asked seriously, a bad feeling starting to rise inside his heart

"What I heard and saw inside that tent, that hellish creature... Forget it, I promised not to speak." Charvier raised his shoulder and looked back at the ceiling, "If you want to die, go ahead. Don't worry, I won't expose your plan as I haven't sworn allegiance to him yet. Just try not to pressure Emperor Robin too much, otherwise, the crimson color will surely fill our world."

"..." The room that contained more than ten people fell into silence again

"D-- Dad... I share Uncle Charvier's opinion. Let's not provoke the Empire again."

*poof*

Fugon sat down again and looked at his daughter in shock, "Elise... even you?!"

"..."

"..."

*knock* *knock*

At this moment, a voice came from outside the building, "His Excellency the Emperor of the True Beginning Empire has emerged from his seclusion and requests your immediate presence in the palace hall."