Although Stearns was commander of the Death Battle Group's Second Company, wielding real authority and considerable prestige within the Battle Group, all of that meant little when it came to personal strength, status in the Administrative Region, or reputation among the major Battle Groups.
Or even the magnificent achievements he had accomplished.
In his eyes, Reinhardt—the Empire's Vengeful Angel, the incarnation of Verne's fury, the Empire's Chosen Knight.
He was one of the titans of the Administrative Region, standing high above the clouds of the Iberian World shoulder-to-shoulder with Lord Sedon—a transcendent being whose true form Stearns was only worthy of glimpsing by craning his neck to look up.
If he hadn't been ordered by Kagaroos, vice-commander of the Death Battle Group, to lead his men into the Orbital Port and reinforce the defenders, he would never in his life have been qualified to even meet such a heroic figure.
