It was the old general Raphel who spoke up first with a sneer and mocking tone

" So this is the new batch of sacrificial lamb sent by the rebel forces… hmph.. what a waste..

"

Dror didn't care much and took the empty seat after giving a casual bow to the three people.

The other two people other than General Raphel replied by slightly bowing and showing their respect.

The old general just kept his sneer and was focused on scrutinizing the masked Xeander standing behind Dror.

Then he continued with a sneer…

" Does the Rebel force want to put on their disguises even before us, their allies…. Hmph...

"

The other two leaders also had a little doubtful look on their eyes as the most powerful person in Dror's group Xeander was not the leader.

And all the three leaders could clearly feel Xeanders aura, even though he had controlled and hidden it very well.

Before Dror could speak, Xeander spoke in an entirely different voice than his usual one .

" Major Dror will be the commanding officer for this operation and I am here to assist him… I am sorry if we have caused any misunderstanding…

"

The three leaders understood immediately, It was common practice among the weaker kingdoms to arrange outside help during the challenge, Even though the empire had not put in any ban on this matter.

Every kingdom would always show restraint while hiring outside help, at most even the weakest kingdom or governments or factions would hire only 10 people from outside, not one more. This was a sort of unspoken rule.

The Three leaders clearly considered Xeander as a hired help, a mercenary or an assassin.

Raphel continued his mocking

" seems like the rebels have hit some kind of lottery … even in their condition they are able hire powerful True warriors…. Tell us young man how much did they pay you…

"

Chaow and Somachi standing beside Dror were starting to get a little angry and Xeander was going to speak up, when Dror stopped him by waving his hand and spoke with a composed smile.

" The price for hiring him is much more than you think, if your mocking and sneering are over can we get to real business… old fart.

"

Everyone still had a pleasant face when they were listening to the first part but when the sentence reached its end … There was silence in the entire room.

Shing… shing..

There was the sound of two swords being drawn from their sheath.

The two people behind General Raphael had already drawn out their swords, with killing intent.

" hahaha…

"

The old general waved his hands at his man to retreat back, while laughing.

" It has been a long time since someone called me something like that.. you are an interesting young man, The young people nowadays are so disciplined and well behaved that I mistake them for little girls… What was your name again… hmm… Dror right… I will remember this name

"

The Old general seemed to have his interest sparked, he re focused his gaze on the young man sitting right in front of him rather than the strong man standing behind.

Xeander gave a sigh inside his mind and after a pause sent a spiritual message to Dror.

" It's good that you showed your stand, but please don't agitate them too much… After all they are our allies and can be helpful in the future..

"

Even though Dror didn't show any change in expression on his face, he sighed inside

" I hate dealing with this kind of crooked old people… whatever..

"

It was Lady Aleria who intervened and mediated .

" Gentleman, we have all been allies for a very long time… why bicker among us on small things.. Let's discuss the urgent matters..

"

Everyone focused back on their real agenda.

It was Micky from planet Elane who started the discussion with a gentlemans smile.

" Major Dror, I hope that your people have already informed you about how our alliance works… Even though the three of us won't be able to directly aide you in the battles we will provide you with intel on movements of the enemies as much as we can, In return our governments and your rebel force has their on dealings and you will also be providing us with intel on the enemy forces in your surrounding….

When we are sent to the planet where the war challenge takes place, the participants will appear in places… very similar to the real life situation of the present galaxy.

That means the closest challenger to you when you appear inside the War challenge will be your dreaded enemy the Alliance government… even if we wish to provide any aid, it would be impossible in the initial stage…. In almost every challenge Us from the Elane had always been positioned to your south west, Generay Raphel to your North and Lady Aleria to your east.

The position of the alliance forces can be anywhere nearby to you and then there are the allies of the Alliance forces, Kingdom of Nathur and Kingdom of Red desert.

Nathur would appear to your south and Red desert to your North west, and then there are also the unknown enemies that your rebel forces are dealing with… We have never been able to track their movements even once , they appear like wind and also disappear like one.

We will inform you if we find traces of any new forces, but I would say don't be too optimistic regarding this.

Your best shot is to run and try to survive till the first stage ends…

I guess your beast tamers are still from the Jainver clan , They will know how to contact us and transfer messages.

"

Dror listened to Micky without interrupting him and nodded with everything that he was saying.

This was very similar to what Xeander and the Earth base commander had previously informed him about.

General Raphel and Lady Aleria also nodded in agreement.

Xeander had already briefed Dror about the current situation and politics of the area around planet Ayangdad.

The kingdom of Nathur has been in enmity with Elane for a very long time while the Red desert was at loggerhead with Arvida and Midier.

Arvida had a very long standing good relationship with the rebel forces and the rest of the two also formed an alliance as Nathur and Red desert were in collaboration with the Alliance government and the power house behind them.

The meeting between the allies continued for 2 more hours before everyone took their leave.

They discussed different plans and strategies along with sharing different information that they have obtained about the upcoming challenge.

Dror was surprised after listening to some very interesting information shared by micky.

According to Micky this time's challenge was not an ordinary one and its importance was far more than any war challenges that have been happening for the past millennium.

Micky didn't have much information himself as much of the information had been sealed by the Empire, this had something to do with some kind of rivalries inside the Royal family.

But one thing was known publicly that the prices for the winners of the war challenge and Dual challenge were much more generous than anything that had been offered in the previous millennium.

The Rebel forces and their allies were from a distant corner of the Taraveda star system which were nothing when considering the other regions, So information related to the Empire and the Royal family only spread very sparsely.

It wasn't long before Dror and the rest left the small lodge after concluding their meeting.

The whole meeting got Dror to think and ponder on all kinds of things that were discussed during the meeting.

But what was worrying him most was the messy haired man and his companion that had joined the Lomba family forces.

Even his allies had no knowledge regarding this messy haired man that had appeared out of nowhere.

While returning back Dror and the rest also went for a sightseeing, Eventhough Dror was pondering over all kinds of problems, he didn't want to miss the chance of exploring this very advanced and modern planet along with its culture , technology and all other wonders.

The streets and the buildings in each and every place were clean and merged perfectly with the surroundings, as if the whole city was a one big architecture of its own.

One thing that Dror did notice was that there were very few robots and androids used here, most of the work was taken on by humans unlike in Ayangdad, where one would find small cleaning robots or other task specific robots in every nook and corner.

Xeander acted as the guide while leading Dror , Somachi and Chaow through different streets and markets of the planet.

But as they were passing through an ancient looking building there was a reaction from Dror's space ring. It was very faint but Dror could detect it.

It was coming from the hide that he had found inside the space ring while still being inside the Red and Black smoke.