362 The Reveal (1/2)
The man being pushed at the front was in a sorry state, both his arms were severed, very recently at that as both cut ends were covered with wet red bandages, which was of course not their original color…
”Huh? Did you have an internal conflict within your sect, chil- Blade?”
The woman almost forgot herself when she saw the confusing sight and was going to call out the youth's appropriate name before revising her words quickly.
”Do not joke too much, Cult Master, Blade wouldn't have called us over a matter like this. It seems like the matter is truly serious for us to see this…”
The Supreme Sword's expression was grave as he retorted the woman's words and stared at three individuals before him. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of the Elemental Blade Sect could tell that the man and the ones who were pushing the crippled man were the division masters of the sect, Wind and Earth, but that wasn't the point, the problem was that the crippled man whose red beard was half burnt was likewise a division master!
All those who were attending the meeting were sect masters of top sects who had to watch out for the Elemental Blade Sect so they naturally knew of the members that constituted its top hierarchy, so they naturally understood that the matter was very grave for the sect master himself to show them this, it wouldn't be as simple as an internal conflict, not when the one that was crippled was the half-sworn brother of the one showing them this.
”Just as brother Sword has said, Fire, who you probably know as Crane, didn't simply fall out with the sect, he fell out with humanity as a whole!”
This time, as the young man's voice resounded with the hall, none of the individuals within spoke out to reply, even the cult master kept her mouth shut as her face finally turned serious as well.
It had to be known that within their old generation when they were truly in their youth, the Elemental Blade was known for his stern personality, he seldom let out any joke, let alone now when he was having a secret meeting the leaders of the top 10 powers within the sect…
Though no one knew what might be the danger that Crane had invoked to threaten the entirety of humanity, it was obviously something that can't be spoken about lightly.
”I regret to say that during the time I turned a blind eye to my surroundings, a very old threat had already surfaced back and was thriving due to the help from the likes of him, betrayers of humanity! Those who had literally sold their souls to the demons!”
”What…? You don't actually mean-” The Supreme Sword jumped out of his chair as he asked but was simply stopped by the reply itself.
”Exactly, the demons are back! According to what I managed to get from him, they are launching an all-out invasion against the whole domain within weeks!”
”Impossible! The demons have been all driven back and exterminated back then, how could they simply emerge out of nowhere with just the help of him?!”
”Agreed, this is simply inconvincible, that also still doesn't explain the locations on the plan…”
”Mhm…”
The reactions of all the attendees of the meeting aside from the two who were nagging earlier were all ones of denial, the records that they had read definitely denied such possibility…
”Shut up, you idiots! This is a serious matter, don't simply go into a denial crisis because your knowledge is too shallow!”