Chapter 802 – The Divine Edict Descends Like Thunder (2/2)

Chen Chou finally woke from his daze, just in time to hear An Hua's last few statements.

”His Holiness believes that only a soldier like General Chen Chou can bear the heavy responsibility of defeating the demons.”

An Hua looked around at the important figures within the hall.

Divine Generals Cheng Tao and Jian Xi both had very nasty expressions while Tianhai Chenwen's expression was one of utter shock, all of them thinking, it can't be?

They prepared to stop An Hua, but they were too late.

An Hua lastly stated, ”His Holiness the Pope believes that General Chen Chou should be promoted to Divine General. He is the ideal candidate to oversee the Mount Song Army headquarters.”

With these words, the entire room fell silent.

It was even more quiet than when it had been confirmed that Chen Changsheng was the maker of the Cinnabar Pill.

The truth behind that night's bloody incident was not actually that important to these great personages, and the Pope's whereabouts or his life were not something that they could touch.

Was not their goal in coming to the Mount Song Army headquarters precisely the position of Divine General?

Just what were the Pope's intentions? Did he want to use these words to seize it?

The Prince of Zhongshan's expression turned uglier and uglier.

It was still that deep and low voice that chose the perfect time to speak.

At the crucial moment, it was still that old fox Tianhai Chenwen that spoke.

”Those who should be punished will be punished, but… even His Holiness the Pope cannot involve himself in matters of the court, especially not in military affairs.”

An Hua was very calm, not reacting in any way.

She had finished everything that the Pope had requested of her.

She did not know what would happen later on, but she believed that the Pope had made plans, and that these plans would appropriately settle things.

Just as she thought, a clamor erupted from outside the headquarters, followed by a voice.

”The Li Palace has never involved itself in matters of the court, but since there are people in the Imperial Court that dare to scheme against His Holiness the Pope, they must give an explanation.

”All the officers and soldiers of the Mount Song Army headquarters involved in this case must be arrested and given over to me so that I can bring them back to the capital for interrogation.

”Starting from today, Hanqiu City must be sealed. No one from the Zhu clan or the Emotion-Severing Sect is allowed to escape.

”As for the Tianhai clan, when I return to the capital, I will naturally call upon them to demand some people.”

This was an incredibly gloomy voice, suffused with a boundless ruthlessness, and the words it spoke were even more unyielding.

After making these four demands, that person walked from the gate of the headquarters into the hall.

This person was dressed in a blue Daoist robe and carried a chilling aura.

The Mount Song Army headquarters was heavily guarded, but nobody dared to stop him.

Because he was Linghai Zhiwang, the cruelest and most violent of the Sacred Hall archbishops of the Li Palace.

Because Archbishop An Lin and Daoist Baishi were at his side.

Because Mount Han seemed to rage, the stamping of hooves like thunder.

Three Prefects of the Orthodoxy had come to the Mount Song Army headquarters.

Two thousand escorting cavalry were right outside the town of Mount Song!

A crow alighted on a roof of a building deep within the army headquarters and cawed.

In the mountains, the white mantle of snow seemed particularly stark against the black cliffs.

A biting winter wind, speckled with bits of snow, ruffled the crow's black feathers.

Compared to the howling of the wind, it was so quiet beneath the roof that it could be described as a deathly stillness.