The four sovereigns were still in discussion.

"Well, that sums our hierarchy."

Serra said with a laugh.

"True. But there's a difference in power regarding our followers..."

Elric spoke.

"Difference?"

Meileen asked.

"Indeed. As each of us have specialized techniques and abilities, we each have various factions serving us. However, Serra's faction is the largest with branches in every major city in the Higher Planes as well as thousands of mundane planes in their service."

"What?"

This surprised them.

Serra, the weakest of the four, has the most followers?

"But... Usually, they'd rather follow the strongest right?"

Lucas stated a valid point.

"That's true... However, the three of us... We all have bad pasts..."

Kruez spoke with chagrin.

"Indeed. The three of us are rather violent with our reputations as mass murderers. And we did indeed commit a lot of misdeeds..."

The three spoke with a laugh.

"Misdeeds?"

Serra gave an explanation.

"Well... The three of them mostly solved everything with force."

"That's too blunt!"

Kruez cried out.

"...Kruez... Guilty of destroying 43 major cities and exterminating around 483 factions."

"Ack!"

Kruez groaned.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Well, as you see... Serra dealt with things much better than we did. He also spared some factions who had malicious intentions by not completely exterminating them... As for us... We cut them by the root."

Elric spoke calmly.

"Furthermore, Serra is the best healer and strongest defender. He's healed a lot of otherwise irreversible wounds. It's rumored that half the strongest practicioners are indebted towards him one way or the other."

"Ancestor..."

Lucas and the rest looked at Serra in awe and reverance.

"It's said that only Serra has the right to determine whether or not an injury is incurable or not. The top authority in the field of medicine."

With such a reputation, not even the most malicious cultivators would dare harm him.

Given the number of factions who he saved and the reason that Serra healed everyone regardless of whether they're good or bad, they would never harm him since if they're injured, he can save them.

And of the numerous cultivators who approached him, none had been denied.

"After Serra, there's Aura's faction, then mine with Kruez as the last."

The power of each faction was determined by their deeds and reputations.

In this, Serra has the absolute advantage.