Chapter 272 - Heavenly Protection (1/2)

Chapter 272: Heavenly Protection Translator: Transn Editor: Transn

Gu Shenwei summoned several chiefs and important people within the tribes to his tent, for an important discussion There were about thirty of the Wenshi+ volunteered to persuade the swords could push the bla Wenshi+ failed “At the worst case scenario, they would not kill me, would they?” he asked nervously

Gu Shenwei refused and decided that he would do the convincing hi hion King threw all caution to the ith his first sentence

“Everyone, I’ve decided to cease battle with Golden Roc Fort and we’ll e uproar in the tent

Fang Wenshi+ tried to signal Gu Shenwei by wincing, blinking and shaking his head vigorously Due to the constant shaking of his head, he earned the nickna Military Counselor’ News of his actions soon spread throughout the ca Xiaoshi+, the one-eyed chief of Danduo Peak, as injured, stood up This affected his wound and he winced in pain “Cease fire? Dragon King, what do you mean?”

The chief of Luoshen tribe did not attend theman in his twenties came on the priest’s behalf The man stood up as well He then realized that he was in no position to speak, so he sat down in a huff He used so much force that he nearly fell over his seat

Like the military counselor, the chief of Smallsword Peak shook his head continuously He said “impossible” every time he shook his head

The irascible chief of Greatsword Peak screa, and coupled with the fact that he hadn’t recovered from his injury, he fainted and fell from his seat

The other swordsmen were dissatisfied They drew their swords to show their displeasure

The late chief of Canopy Peak had perished on the battlefield and was succeeded by his son, Long Fanyun, as also the Dragon King’s Weapon Carrier He had just received a saber fro, so he did not voice out his displeasure out of loyalty However, his face flushed It was obvious that he disagreed with Gu Shenwei’s suggestion

Gu Shenwei spoke after everyone had vented their frustration “As the ‘Chief of the Dragons and Leader of the Five Peaks’, I plead with all eive uan Fa to accept heaven’s punishy for my failure”

The people of Great Snowmountain claimed to be descendants of the Empyrean, and were extremely afraid of ‘heavenly punishvows

Everyone was speechless inning to conified and sad “Dragon King, Dragon King, why did you ive in to the enemies? Had our lack of bravery let you down? Were you deluded by the eneya was silent, while Fang Wenshi+ turned red fro at Dragon King

“The courage of the people from Great Snowht of many ways to convince the swordsmen, but he finally decided to be open and honest These swordsth and were his ether with hiht

“Each swordsift from the Empyrean, thus I can’t let you die in vain The comrades that have died, and those that will die, are losses which I don’t want to bear I want all of you to live and becoroup of people in the world When you step on the ruins of the Golden Roc Fort, the entire Western Region will be koing to you This is ’s promise to you To achieve this, I will have to play dirty This is our ene to let the froreeree withsilence Everyone kept their heads down as they sed their bitterness They had to keep their feeling of pain and loss in check for Dragon King It was Long Xiaoshi+ who broke the silence with a sigh “There are so ainst Golden Roc Fort How should we break the news to them?” he asked

“Let the Gods say”

Just as the chiefs predicted, the hatred the swordsmen felt was at its peak after the terrible battle When the chiefs announced that they would be e coathered all of the and repeated what he had told the chiefs earlier to the other swordsmen Finally, he asked, “Let ht to negotiate to the Eotiation, but no one objected to it as well They had sworn an oath to serve the Dragon King faithfully, as he had ended the civil war in Five Peaks and united everyone He even led theainst their oath

“Let the Gods decide,” so with him

The three warlocks, who cahter nine horses, nine cows, and nine sheep The anis to the spirits They then burned the carcasses at a nearby peak and threw the innards on the ground They tried to interpret the intention of the E Wenshi+ did not believe in divination, so he asked Dragon King privately, “This is a superstition Will it work? If the warlocks spout some nonsense, ill have no more room left to manoeuvre”

“The Empyrean always takes care of o his way He was more confident in the ‘Gods’ than the swordsmen of Great Snowmountain He had some secrets that he would not tell anyone

At daybreak next day, the warlocks announced a decree publicly The ”