In order to clear the Grand Quest, the Sylphs and the Cat Sídhes hold a top-secret meeting between leaders, only to be attacked by a massive force of Salamanders, led there by a mole.
They are in hopeless danger when Kirito arrives on the scene, and tries to get the Salamanders to withdraw by announcing himself as an emissary of the Spriggan-Undine Alliance.
In answer to Kirito's tremendous bluff, the Salamander general, Eugene, tells him that he'll trust Kirito's words as long as a certain condition is met.