The Religious Leader stared at him, his voice squeezed through clenched teeth. "You think threats can make the Church bow its head?"
"It's not a threat. It's a fact!" Wu Heng continued, addressing the other two. "I know the two Leaders came to resolve the conflict, but things have reached this point. There's basically no way to settle it anymore. If I let him go back, I'll only be waiting for the next retaliation."
The Association had sent the two Leaders here to mediate between the two sides.
But a second Pope had died at his hands, and if things had gone smoothly on Philippa's end, the fleets around the Emerald Sea should have sunk as well.
Letting the Religious Leader return was like releasing a tiger back into the mountains.
He would come again next time.
"Seydou, can you guarantee that after you return, you won't hold a grudge over this and seek revenge against Treasure Island and Wu Heng?" the Elf Leader asked directly.
The Religious Leader's chest heaved violently. They wanted him to make such a guarantee.
It was like a defeated man begging his opponent to spare him.
He was a Leader, a Religious Leader revered by countless people, yet he had to make a promise to a heretic...
He was unwilling.
But if the two Leaders across from him stayed out of this, he still could not defeat Wu Heng.
After taking several deep breaths, he said in a low voice, "I can prom—"
"I don't believe you!" Wu Heng cut him off.
The Religious Leader's eyes widened, and his face instantly flushed red.
The semi-transparent "host" beside them spoke again in a deep voice. The lowly Poisoned Wine Trick could not fool the battle-hardened Adventurer Team. A fierce battle broke out with the villains