Quartz explained the situation with a trembling voice, "The invaders arrived in the world and began doing something that angered the world. The whole world began to attack them in order to eliminate them."
"The Sun King approached Spike and Crage, and they spoke for a short while. We don't know what they spoke about with the Sun King, but we know that they went to the North Pole, where the foreign invaders landed."
"According to eye witness accounts, the two of them went to the North Pole and began to fight immediately. There didn't appear to be any attempts at diplomacy."
"It was also seen that Crage and Spike fought a single enemy together, but the enemy was still able to defeat them and destroy their bodies. It has been confirmed that the enemy wields the power of lightning."
"In summary, we lost Spike and Crage and haven't been able to retrieve their heart core, so we are currently out of manpower at the limit of the fourth step."
The person on the other side had been listening attentively to the details all along. After Quartz was done speaking, they spent a few seconds deliberating on what they heard.
Then they asked Quartz, "Do you think the Sun King has betrayed us? If he has, it will explain how a new force was able to invade the world. It will also explain why Spike and Crage went to their deaths just after speaking with him."
Quartz replied, "I know it is reasonable to think that the Sun King was the one who contacted the foreigners and opened a channel for them to enter Aries, but I don't think that's what happened here."
"For one, it is said that the foreigners came in a vessel that tore the sky. So I believe that the vessel can transverse the sea of darkness beyond worlds."
"If that is true, then the Sun King didn't open a channel for them to enter Aries. In fact, no one opened any channel for them. They must have come on their own."
"Secondly, after Crage and Spike were killed, the Sun King didn't take advantage of the situation to kill us. And when we were activating the Leystone, the foreigner came to stop us, but the Sun King fought and repelled the foreigner."
"If he had betrayed us, none of these things would have happened. He would have killed us and tried to cut off contact with the home world instead of letting us activate the Leystone to call for reinforcement."
The person on the other side nodded in understanding and sighed in relief. Then they said, "This is both good and bad. It is good because the Sovereign of Aries is still on our side. If he had betrayed us, it would be much more difficult to reclaim Aries now that he has the help of a foreign force."
"As for why this situation is bad, it is all because the foreigners are too strong. Not only was one of them able to kill two of our peak gem kings in a direct fight without any trickery, they were also able to wield the power of damned lightning."
"Then there is the matter of the vessel that brought them to Aries. If your conjecture is right, and this vessel can sail the sea of darkness, then it is likely that the foreigners have a more advanced space-faring technology than we."
"With that level of advanced technology, it should be expected that behind the foreigners is an advanced civilization like ours. And from their individual combat, their civilization might be as strong as ours."
"All in all, this matter is above my level to make a decision about. This matter is too important to our civilization as a whole. I can't decide anything because a lot of things can go wrong, and if something goes wrong, it can affect the entire gem civilization. So I will inform the Ivory gem emperor."
Quartz nodded in understanding and said, "Please do so. And please hurry. The situation we are in is dire and urgent."
The person on the other side rushed away to inform the gem emperor. They didn't waste time saying anything else.
A few seconds later, a great white being appeared in the transparent Leystone. This great being was too big for the Leystone to show completely, so only its head and upper chest were shown.
When they saw this face, Quartz and the gem kings with him all knelt on the ground in respect and bowed. They stayed bowing and didn't rise.
The great stone being didn't speak to them. What they did was to project their mind through the Leystone and secretly communicate with every gem king.
The Ivory gem emperor chatted separately with each gem king in order to ascertain the situation. He got an account from all of them in order to make sure that no detail is missed and that they are not mistaken about the situation.
The Ivory gem emperor didn't suspect the quartz gem person was lying. Gem people don't lie, so he wasn't suspecting any deceit. He just wanted to get a more complete picture of the situation.
The matter was too serious and important to allow any mistake or misunderstanding. Since things look differently to different people from different perspectives, he wanted to get all of their perspectives about the situation.
After acquiring the description of the situation from various points of view, the gem emperor said, "We have to continue fighting. We can't quit now."
"But the goal of this expedition has been shifted from harvesting resources to the acquisition of space-faring technology. I want that black ship that you saw tear open the sky. If we can acquire this ship, it will benefit the entire gem civilization far more than some resources can."
"I am sure that the black ship is important, so it must be closely guarded by the foreigners. So, in order to improve your chances of acquiring the black ship, I will send 5 peak gem kings to aid you. If there are not enough, I will ask other gem emperors for help."