Chapter 1360: The Fallen Guest Empire (17)
"Keep your distance and contain him. He can't keep expending energy like this forever."
The successive upheavals had undoubtedly shaken everyone. After a brief silence, Lady Raven's tone turned completely cold, and she issued her orders without hiding her intent.
In Fu Qian's view, her reaction was only natural.
Their earlier, relatively normal exchange had been partly about maintaining appearances and minimizing the influence of his false preaching as much as possible.
More importantly, it had been cover for two consecutive killing moves.
Now that even their last resort had failed, pinning the blame on him and taking a firm stance were their only options.
As for simply ordering everyone to cut their losses and run?
That was impossible.
If they did, it wouldn't matter whether the force behind them was the Dark Moon or the Nightmare.
Neither an uncertain faith nor an opponent they couldn't defeat was something this organization could afford to face.
At least they were a group of ambitious young people. They might not make a suicide squad, but they could still be counted on to form a perimeter.
Lady Raven had made the most reasonable choice.
The only problem was that the scene had now become a lecture, with an audience listening to a speaker.
And the audience had to pay close attention. No one dared let their mind wander.
That was the art of guidance.
Satisfied with how things were developing, Fu Qian answered by slashing three arcs of moonlight at Lady Raven, helping her rally the crowd.
She didn't let him down, either. Her raven-feather mantle whipped in the wind and rain, yet she endured all three heavy blows without taking a single step back.
Though the momentary delay after the first hit meant she