The wind atop the mountain had turned somewhat cold.
Long Xingyu stood frozen in place, unable to come back to his senses for a long while.
The scene of Long Haoyu mercilessly slaughtering the Demon Wolfmen in the Mountain Hollow resurfaced before his eyes at that moment.
He savored the four words, "a clear conscience," and the few messages someone had asked Long Haoyu to deliver.
Only after a long while did he slowly utter four words. "I understand."
He brought Long Haoyu back to Mount Odin, then left behind a letter before departing with Bai Yue for the Holy Temple Alliance.
Though he was one of the three great Divine Seal Knights, though he was the second-strongest Retribution Knight in the world, his departing figure carried a touch of desolation at that moment.
Long Haoyu and Long Haochen stood atop the mountain, watching the golden light at the edge of the sky shrink into a tiny speck before finally vanishing.
The two brothers remained silent for a long time.
Long Haochen's eyes were somewhat red as he watched his father and mother leave.
The hands that could steadily grip a heavy sword and firmly hold a knight's shield trembled no matter how many times he tried to steady them.
"Brother, Father should know that even if we returned to the Holy Temple Alliance with them, we wouldn't slack off in our training."
"Why? Why wasn't Father willing to take us back with them? We won't stop working hard!"
Long Haochen spoke in a trembling voice, his emotions on the verge of erupting. No matter how hard he tried, he could not understand it.
They had only just begun living a good life with both their father and mother by their side. He truly did not want such days to