492 Top sects true colours (2/2)

'Why are they taking so long?'

Occasionally, he glanced at the pitch-black portal and silently thought in his head and wondered about the third batch.

....

As Ajax was flying towards the cursed abyss and Edmond and other mercenaries were busy fighting the demon army, something similar to the meeting was going on in three top sects and five great families.

Inside the inner grounds of the assassin sect,

”So, no one is supposed to go out of the sect, until I order you to move,” An old man in a black robe ordered the kneeling disciples and the bowing elders of the assassin sect in front of him.

”Yes, sect leader,” All the disciples and elders replied in a unanimous tone making the old man in black robes nod his head with a satisfied smile on his face.

”Good. Now everyone, go back to your works and forget what is going on in the outside of the sect,”

After saying that the old man, who was called as the sect leader disappeared into thin air.

At the Fire sword sect,

”Everyone, since I am the temporary sect leader, I have the qualifications to order you, right?” A middle-aged man in his late thirties looked at the group of elders and disciples in front of him and asked with a small smile on his face.

”Yes, First elder,”

Everyone nodded their heads and agreed to the middle-aged man's words.

The middle-aged man was none other than the first elder of the fire sword sect and because the sect leader was inside his cultivation chamber, the first elder became the temporary sect master and had the qualifications to give orders in the fire sword sect.

”Good. So, I am ordering everyone not to help the mercenaries against the demon army. Do you understand?”

At the end of his sentence, the first elder's face was very serious that no disciple dared to look straight into his eyes and looked down before nodding their heads.

”Now, go back to your works,” After looking at the feared looks on their faces, the first elder became satisfied with himself and asked them to disperse.

”Brother, are you doing this because of Edmond?” After everyone dispersed, the second elder asked the first elder in a low voice.

”Haha...he is just a coward, who is still living because of his son's last wish and Why do I care about that Coward,” Although the first elder said that; however, his face said something different.

”I understand, brother,” The second elder, Oldins, who came along with the fire sword disciples to the Summoner king's inheritance ground nodded his head as though he understood it.

”Okay fine...Yes, I want him to die in the hands of those demons,” The first elder finally gave his true answer when he saw the look on the second elder's face.

”And do you think he will die against a small scale demon invasion?” The second elder shook his head at the thinking of the first elder.

”Absolutely not. How can he die against a small scale demon invasion? You must be dreaming. I want him to injure himself against the demons and with that, his progression in the cultivation will be delayed,” the first elder revealed a smile as he continued, ”I got informed that no other sects were sending the reinforcements to assist those lowly mercenaries.”

After the second elder returned from the summoner king's inheritance ground, he informed everything that happened to the first elder which made the first elder very angry.

”He is getting more and more powerful and what's more we can kill him because of that damn sect leader of ours,” the first elder became angry as he clenched his fists.