Catherine had told him about them before.
Right now, the two high-rank species were extremely secretive.
While they did own Fortified Cities on the surface, most of their true population had long since been relocated to separate dimensions controlled by their race. Those dimensions were self-contained worlds, hidden from the Sector.
The high-rank species were completely closed off.
Their members never appeared in public, except for Trials or Quests. They never interfered in the politics of the Sector, at least not openly.
For the general population, it was as if only twelve powers ruled the Sector.
So it was correct to say that the actual leaders of the Sector were the twelve mid-rank species.
The Florathi race was one of those twelve leaders.
Their job, along with the others, was to coordinate responses against large-scale threats—Raids, powerful monster tides, Catastrophes, or special events that could endanger multiple Lords or entire regions.
