Beyond the Bloodline-Chapter 347: Calculated Approach

Not a word was said, but the message couldn’t be any clearer.

Miranda’s grandfather had already defused the situation, and trying to reignite tension now would only make them appear unreasonable. She may have bruised their pride by saying they had cowered in fear, but any attempt to refute her now would do more harm than good.

It would no longer look like a defence of pride, but a petty attempt to provoke conflict after calm had been restored.

In the end, it would be their reputations that would suffer the most.

So, whether dragon or otherwise, all who had wanted to speak kept their mouths shut.

Because as blunt as Miranda’s words had been, it wasn’t like they were false.

The Destruction Supreme was feared throughout Zanerth and beyond not just for his overwhelming power, but for his ability to erase a person completely from existence, leaving no memory of them remaining in the minds of those who had once known them.

It was a true deletion from reality itself.

That kind of power was terrifying enough that even the Hybrids, unbound by death and capable of regenerating from a single remaining cell, were still at risk of total annihilation against him.

Even Jamie, the Perfect Hybrid had been at risk of being erased by the Destruction Supreme.

That was why none of them had dared to face him directly.

So they let Miranda’s words go, though their reasons went beyond just protecting their reputations.

The werewolves were her kin. The vampires were allied with her, partly for her sake, mostly for her lover’s. The angels and demons had received direct orders from the Hybrid who controlled their races: support Miranda, no matter what.

The spirits weren’t bound to her in any particular way, but they had no interest in letting the situation escalate or seeing the council descend into disorder. The elves shared that same stance.

As for the humans, they simply wanted to move on to the actual reason this meeting had been called.

Faced with her grandfather’s words, Miranda sighed and responded.

"I haven’t forgotten the reason I gathered you all here."

Of course, she hadn’t. It was impossible for her to forget that she alone was the reason everything had escalated to this point.

She was the one who had stormed into Zanerth O1 and stripped every single Main Entity, regardless of race, of their position.

The title of Main Entity of the Zanerth Universe held significant importance to these Supremes, even if they were not eligible to hold it themselves.

It directly impacted the power their race held within Zanerth’s multi-universal empire and even extended to their influence beyond it.

Having a representative from their race as one of the universe’s Main Entities came with various benefits. Expanded territory, elevated decision-making rights, greater access to resources, military power, and political sway, even across universes outside Zanerth’s jurisdiction.

So, when Miranda had, without warning, just days after the Pinecone incident, stripped every Main Entity of their role and revoked all associated privileges, it was no surprise that the backlash had built up to this very moment.

Every single Race Lord, Race King, and Race Emperor, each one connected to the Pantheon of the Universe, had sensed it the moment it happened, regardless of what corner of the universe they were in.

They had all felt all those Authorities concentrating into a single individual, and naturally, through their own Authorities, they immediately knew the name of the one who now held them.

Countless calls and messages had been sent, all demanding explanations. But Miranda had answered none of them. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

And so, they had been left with no choice but to gather here.

"We have many matters to address, and since the dragons decided to open the floor, their matters will be addressed first."

Right after Miranda spoke, the floor at the centre of the hall opened, and a small pulpit rose up. She walked over, set the tablets in her hand down on it, and then spoke again.

"Heilong... oh, Heilong. I swear, if it wasn’t for the fact that the Eternal of Casualty would come after me, I would’ve made every effort to go back in time and crush that bastard’s egg before he could hatch."

Miranda’s grandfather silently face-palmed the moment he heard her words.

But before he, or anyone else, could respond to the statement, multiple translucent, two-panel diaphanous boards appeared in front of every person present. One side displayed streams of text, the other played video feeds.

Miranda then slipped her hands into her pockets and began to speak.

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It was in such a manner that the meeting, despite having nearly devolved into an altercation, officially began.

Miranda didn’t waste any time and went straight to the point, immediately revealing Heilong’s collaboration with the Neo-Extinction Legion.

This was done partly because she didn’t want to drag things out and mostly because she wanted to assert control—more control—over the meeting she already dominated, by throwing everyone off balance with a sudden, high-impact revelation.

While the dragons were still reeling from the shock of her declaration, she moved straight into presenting evidence extracted from Heilong’s memories months ago, showing the infrastructures, supplies, and resources he had embezzled from the Zanerth’s Multi-Universal High Command and redirected to the Extinction Legion, as well as the additional assets he had been planning to siphon off after the Pinecone Galaxy incident.

Just to be clear, these assets were portions of the privileges originally meant for the other races with representatives among the Main Entities. Naturally, the Supremes of those races were not pleased to hear this.

She came in high, hit straight to the point, and had instant counters for virtually every question, statement, or objection raised. She presented the evidence casually, yet thoroughly, and it was more than enough to convict Heilong of treason.

But she didn’t stop there.

She made it clear that Heilong hadn’t acted alone, and that he was merely one among many. She then proceeded to expose Ikerth, the Dragon King, who had been monopolising Ruindeum on Planet Zotov, along with all the other Race Rulers tied to him.

In fact, Miranda had even more evidence on Ikerth than she had on Heilong, which she had compiled long before Jamie awoke from his slumber.

From there, she shifted the focus to the Rulers of other races who had also been colluding with the Neo-Extinction Legion behind the scenes.

In several cases, she even disclosed their motives, presenting solid evidence to support each revelation.

Naturally, there were attempts to deny the accusations, discredit her, and question the authenticity of the evidence. Some went as far as to claim it had been fabricated, which was expected, but Miranda was fully prepared, countering every argument thrown her way.

It quickly became clear to the Supremes that she had come exceptionally well-prepared to handle anything they might throw at her.

It felt as if she had taken time to study the personal history, temperament, and thought patterns of every single Supreme that would be present, whether physically or virtually, and crafted specific counters in advance for anything they might say.

And in truth, that was exactly what she had done.

These Supremes were coming from other universes, and universes themselves were unimaginably vast celestial bodies.

Even traversing within a universe took considerable time, and these ones had been in other universes trillions of parsecs away.

Sure, they had spatial techniques, cosmic artifacts, wormholes, and even multi-universal gates installed across key sectors to allow rapid traversal between universes, but even then, such travel was neither instant nor without regulation.

Those gates were monitored, and there were protocols in place to prevent misuse and maintain order.

So, when the Supremes began using those gates to make their way to Zanerth, Miranda’s informants relayed information to her in real time, allowing her to identify which Supreme was arriving from where and which race each one belonged to.

With that information, she gathered information and ran predictive simulations of how they might act or respond based on their long histories and known dispositions.

Miranda had no choice but to go this far if she truly intended to one-up them the way she currently was.