Helios had been watching all along. While Xu Fu, Sun Bin, and the others had been at daggers drawn with the people from the Church, he had not said a word.
It was not until Cro stepped forward to smooth things over and asked him to continue that he glanced at Cro before looking toward the Pope. His gaze was somewhat cold, but when it shifted to me, he smiled.
That smile made the Pope feel quite pleased, and the killing intent in his gaze toward me grew stronger.
The people from the Church wanted me dead, and they had long since acted on it. Why would I fear a mere look from him?
Our gazes met, and I even let a mocking expression show on my face.
Were disciples of Ghost Valley really so easy to bully? So what if it was the Church? If they truly wanted to clash with us, I guaranteed they would never make it back to the Vatican.
I still had that much confidence. I believed my Senior Brothers had that ability, and I also believed that if it truly came to that, none of them would show mercy.
They were not the merciful sort to begin with. Otherwise, they would not have lived for hundreds or thousands of years.
"We will let what happened just now slide. But Pope Yale, such a thing must not happen twice. I hope you can restrain your subordinates and not disrupt our ceremony. Otherwise, please leave now!" Helios's tone was extremely forceful as well.
Pope Yale's expression turned even uglier. He wanted to lash out, but Cro whispered something else beside him, and he finally swallowed his anger.
Helios ignored the Church's reaction and continued, "Everyone present is a distinguished guest of Mount Olympus. We have always