The revelations confirmed by Alicia lent unquestionable weight to the claims made by Aji and Gayatri. Initially, Alicia had harbored lingering doubts regarding Gayatri's premonition. Yet once Aji presented his reasoning regarding the Second World, the confidential records left behind by her grandfather, Saint Yonan, snapped into sharp focus.

"If this intelligence holds true, we must convene immediately with the leader of the martial alliance and the supreme commander of military defense," Barsha declared, recognizing the critical gravity of the situation. Though exhausted from their recent, high-intensity clashes in the Tulisma Forest, she understood that the fate of the realm was hanging in the balance.

The Sky Squad had been established for a single mandate: to shield the world from the darkness of the abyss. This was the exact hour for the vanguard to step into the spotlight and disrupt the dark army's strategy. No matter how arduous the coming campaign against Lord Demon Shura proved to be, they would fulfill their sacred oath on the battlefield.

The remaining Sky Squad members voiced their agreement with Barsha's directive. They needed to present this intelligence to the high council without delay.

The orthodox forces had to organize and coordinate their standing reserves immediately—mobilizing not only the central military defense divisions, but also the independent academies and royal guard regiments across all five continents.

Unveiling the threat of a dark army emerging from the Second World—as detailed by Aji and Alicia—would snap the martial world out of its complacency. For twenty years, hundreds of thousands of dark operatives had lain hidden behind an imperceptible spatial boundary, completely invisible to continental scouting parties. If a legion of that magnitude launched a surprise invasion, the resulting carnage would prove catastrophic for humanity.

"I need the three of you to accompany me to brief Commander Dasatama and Commander Yarko," Barsha said, turning to Aji, Gayatri, and Alicia. She reasoned that their combined testimony would carry far more credibility than her reporting alone.

Aji offered a calm smile. "Leader, you and Gayatri should go together. Simply inform them that I verified your assessment, and they will accept the report without hesitation. There is another matter I must attend to."

Barsha knew better than to question Aji's decisions. Accompanied by Gayatri, she set off to locate the God of War, Dasatama, and Commander Yarko. The two leaders had remained at the portal station, delaying their own departure to oversee the evacuation of the lower-ranking units.

While major troop movements were being conducted via naval transports across the inland seas, the central teleportation arrays processed groups of ten every five minutes, requiring hours of steady rotations.

Spotting Barsha and Gayatri approaching, Dasatama paused. Barsha requested a private briefing, prompting Dasatama to invite Commander Yarko to join them.

The four settled into a quiet conference room furnished with a central table.

"Aji... Aji instructed us to relay this intelligence directly to you both," Barsha began.

At the mention of Aji's name, Dasatama and Yarko immediately leaned forward, their expressions turning intensely attentive.

Barsha outlined their earlier tactical debriefing with the Sky Squad regarding the Demon Lord's forces, before yielding the floor to Gayatri to detail her sensory findings.

Facing the supreme leader of the martial alliance and the head of military defense command, Gayatri felt a fleeting moment of intimidation. Regaining her composure, she clearly described the alarming premonition that had gripped her senses—a sudden, massive surge of dark magic emerging from hidden pockets across all five continents, signaling the deployment of hundreds of thousands of dark operatives.

Gayatri emphasized the suddenness of the event. Previously, no such dense concentration of dark magic had registered on her sensory domain. Yet moments ago, these hidden legions had unsealed their sanctuaries, flooding the realm's atmospheric channels with staggering volumes of dark aura.

Though the sheer scale of the anomaly had initially sounded improbable even to her, her sensory perception left no room for doubt. When she shared her findings with the squad, skepticism had lingered—until Aji stepped forward to validate her report.

"Aji vouched for your assessment?" Dasatama asked, his interest visibly piqued by Aji's endorsement.

Barsha promptly stepped in to confirm. "Yes. Aji explained the mechanics of the Second World..."

"The Second World?!" Commander Yarko gasped, exchanging a grave look with Dasatama before nodding slowly. As a high-tier spellcaster, Yarko had encountered references to the Second World in archaic texts covering high-tier spatial magic. "Elaborate, please!"

Yarko urged them to continue. Barsha explained that the Second World referred to a spatial concealment field that existed parallel to the physical realm, separated by an imperceptible energetic boundary that blocked external sensory domains and physical entry.

Aji had identified the Second World as a signature spatial magic belonging directly to Lord Demon Shura. Though the dark army referred to their sovereign as the Demon Lord, his true name was Shura.

Gayatri corroborated the explanation, citing the secret records left behind by her grandfather's peer, Saint Yonan. The Second World was an absolute spatial cloak—anything hidden behind its boundary emitted no readable aura, remained invisible to the eye, and resisted external penetration.

Now, those concealed dark legions were breaking through the boundary, flooding the five continents under Shura's direct command to launch a global war of subjugation.

Dasatama fell into deep thought. Barsha watched him closely, wondering if the alliance leader would accept a report that sounded almost fantastical. If he accepted the intelligence, the high council would immediately move to mobilize every standing army across the globe.

Beside him, Commander Yarko stroked his beard, cross-referencing the report with obscure references to spatial manipulation documented in high-tier spellcasting archives. While generating a spatial boundary of that magnitude seemed impossible, an entity commanding supreme parameters could theoretically pull it off.

"Aji is a youth shrouded in mystery, yet he carries the spirit of the Three Legends and received direct instruction from all three," Commander Yarko offered thoughtfully. "Under normal circumstances, such a report would sound absurd, Leader Dasatama. Yet I trust that young man implicitly—I have witnessed his capabilities with my own eyes."

Yarko recalled how Aji's supreme swordplay had opened his eyes to a higher realm of martial refinement, allowing him to elevate his own techniques.

If Commander Yarko vouched for the youth, Dasatama required no further convincing. He was the sole witness who had seen Aji deploy the Thunder Striker's absolute freezing domain on the coastal plain. Aji had intentionally shielded Dasatama from the full brunt of the paralyzing shockwave, trusting him with the truth.

"Very well!" Dasatama declared, striking the table with his palm. "We shall immediately mobilize all standing forces across the five continents! The martial alliance, independent academies, continental kingdoms, and military defense divisions—every single unit will be called to the front line to defend our realm against Shura's dark army!"

Barsha marveled at how the mere mention of Aji's name had commanded instant credibility from the two most powerful men on the continent. Aji's advice had been dead accurate: simply citing his endorsement was enough. Barsha had long suspected that despite his youthful appearance, Aji commanded an authority and presence far beyond his years.

Dasatama and Yarko accepted the report on the Second World without reservation simply because Aji had verified it.

Gayatri shared a similar sentiment. Ever since her initial encounter with Aji during the Sky Squad's first initiation trial, she had recognized him as an extraordinary individual. His vast, unmeasurable aura, coupled with his absolute composure, reflected an inner stability that only centuries of discipline could forge.

Aji had been tempered by profound hardship and experience. He was a figure destined to reshape history. Gayatri had respected his absolute calm ever since he single-handedly purified the Heart Dragon inside Dompai.

"We must issue an immediate call to arms and broadcast a global alert," Dasatama instructed. "We cannot predict where Shura's legions will strike first, so this intelligence must be shared with the Sky Squad immediately. Gayatri, I am appointing you to lead a specialized intelligence division; your sensory domain will be vital in tracking the dark army's troop movements."

Commander Yarko nodded in agreement. Assigning Gayatri to monitor the dark army's deployment vectors was a masterstroke.

Gayatri bowed her head respectfully. "I accept the assignment, Leader Dasatama." So long as it served to preserve global peace, she would execute her duties without hesitation. Barsha similarly reaffirmed the Sky Squad's resolve: they would stand as the vanguard against Shura's forces until the final breath.

With their strategy aligned, the four concluded their meeting, agreeing to maintain continuous communication via specialized artifacts to monitor emerging threats.

Analyzing the sequence of events, they realized the tragedy in the Tulisma Forest and the chaotic brawl over the Moon Flower had been orchestrated by the dark army to mask their global mobilization. The Four Gates had been deployed as sacrificial lures to induce a false sense of victory among the righteous sects.

Shura had intended to strike while the martial alliance was relaxed and unprepared.

Yet thanks to the Sky Squad, that strategy had failed. The righteous alliance would not be caught off guard; humanity would stand fully prepared to meet the dark army on the battlefield.

Dasatama immediately summoned his twenty-five elite commanders—the Rank 8 grandmasters who had fought beside him in the forest. He instructed them to establish contact with diplomatic representatives from every continent, declaring a Global Emergency Alert. Issued exclusively by the alliance leader, the alert signaled that the Demon Lord's invasion was imminent.

Concurrently, Commander Yarko dispatched a high-priority directive through military channels to every regional defense division across the five continents, issuing the order for Full War. The mandate signaled that global conflict was at hand, ordering all defense divisions to prepare for absolute mobilization.

Watching the directives go out, Barsha and Gayatri felt the atmosphere shift instantly. Urgency gripped the station as officers moved frantically to relay the orders. The war drums had been sounded.

A global war had officially begun.