"The feeling is mutual." Austin Sage laughed heartily. "I have also received His Majesty the Emperor's sincerity, in the form of a Divine Servant's head as a return gift."
Through their conversation, the two beings standing at the pinnacle of the world had already defined the earth-shattering battle just now as a proof of commitment, a mutual display of resolve.
Mage City drawing a Star to bombard the Light Holy See's expeditionary fleet was their way of telling the Red Dragon Empire that they had completely severed all ties with the Light Deity and had no turning back.
Meanwhile, the Red Dragon Emperor's brazen strike, slaying the intervening Divine Messenger in front of the entire world, was a declaration to Mage City that he, and the Red Dragon Empire behind him, shared the same fight-to-the-death determination.
Both sides used their actions to tell the other that they were now standing at the edge of a cliff. They had no choice but to join forces against a formidable enemy.
