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, Even though 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.

Dror was really curious and cautious at the same time.

He sent a spiritual message to Nympho who was still in her beauty sleep inside Dror's dantain.

"Nympho wake up, something urgent has come up…

"

The sleepy replay came.

" yawn… 100 low grade crystals..

"

Dror could only begrudgingly agree.

" Now come out as invisible and take my space ring, the ancient spirit beast hide in it is reacting to something… take the space ring into your personal space, I need to check out what It is reacting to … I think it will not react if it is inside your personal space…

"

with another yawn still lingering in Dror's mind the space ring disappeared from his finger.

The personal space was much more secure and private than any space ring and the limited personal space was completely under the control of the owner, no other powerful entity can even peek into it, unless someone was a saint or had similar powers.

As the space ring disappeared the reaction from the monster hide also disappeared.

Dror looked at the ancient looking building and studied what was written on the entrance.

" Welcome to the Ancient Treasure Trove

"

Dror asked Xeander who was nearby

" Xeander what is that building..

"

Xeander looked at the grand ancient looking building that had taken up a large area of the surrounding area, he was surprised a little but replied after pondering a little

" Ha… The Ancient Treasure Trove… I have heard that it's an organization that is spread throughout the star system and beyond… They mainly deal with antiquities, selling , buying and auctioning… no one dares to mess with them, I have heard that even the empire treats them with respect and does not interfere in their usual business, as long as they keep to the rules…. But it is clearly a place for the rich and powerful, ordinary warrior's like us can only watch from outside… Even the entry to the place requires a special token that is only spread in very few numbers every year.. I have heard that even a temporary entry token goes for 10000 high level crystals… I know that you are interested in ancient language and cultures, but trust me even if you manage to get one of those entry level tickets it will be impossible to buy anything from the inside, even the cheapest thing might cost hundreds of thousands of high level crystals... it won't be worthwhile to take 10000 high level crystals to take a look at those antiquities...

"

Dror could only sigh, while both Somachi and Chaow almost had their eyes popped out after listening to the numbers.. even 100 mid grade crystals would be enough for them to live a happy life for 1 or 2 years without any care.

To spend 10, 000 high level crystals for just an entry pass was too extravagant.

They unconsciously took two steps to the side as if maintaining further distance from the ancient building.