1080 Shameless 3 (1/2)
The two first ranked disciples looked at each other with complicated expressions, each with their two juniors in their arms.
Vale looked up, averting his gaze to see his little brother Gale still fighting in the skies against Arios. He could see that it was only a matter of time before he lost, in fact, it was fairly clear by now that Arios was just stalling for time. Although he wasn't powerful enough to defeat Gale outright, he definitely had the upper hand.
Rina Vermillion followed Vale's gaze to see yet another one of her juniors of the verge of losing.
At this point, what other choice did they have but to fight?
Their eyes reddened with rage. In all likelihood, the four geniuses that fought Madeleine would die, and even if they didn't, their talent would definitely be crippled.
”You've gone too far!” They roared into the skies.
Madeleine didn't bother to respond. How many of her fellow apprentice sisters had died because their three sects so shamelessly colluded to wipe them out? Did they deserve to talk about what was too far? Did they deserve to survive simply because they were the geniuses of their sects? These same two couldn't be bothered to care about the normal disciples dying for them even as they spoke, but somehow their third and fourth ranked disciples were worth more? How disgusting.
Seeing that Madeleine disdained to answer them only drew their anger to new heights. As first ranked disciples, even if their sects were below that of Madeleine's, they were still much more powerful than their 3rd and 4th ranked disciples. In fact, they had already stepped into the 12th saint stage, just like Madeleine!
Rina Vermillion brandished a sword that looked to be forged of red gems and pointed it toward Madeleine.
”Do you think that just because you're the first ranked inner disciple of the Flaming Lily Sect that you can look down on us?!”
”No.” Madeleine suddenly spoke. ”I look down on you because you're shameless.”
”YOU –!” Rina roared.
”Do you think that your Flame Rebirth Sect is very clever? That I don't know that you've only joined this war to steal my faith seed and blood essence? And you want to speak of what's too far?”
Rina froze, her words becoming stuck in her throat.
Her body trembled violently, unwilling to accept that she had been seen through so easily. ”First disdain… Then slander! What a good Flaming Lily Sect disciple you are. And you wonder why three sects have decided to end your cruel reign?!”
From his perspective, Madeleine revealing this now was quite stupid of her. Now that the Flame Rebirth Sect knew that she was aware of their plans, they couldn't back out no matter what. As for the matter of the Fiery Lotus Sect, they'd have to join out of necessity, because they were already inextricably tied to his Golden Crow Sect!