What came from the Asura Grand Scholar carried a completely different weight, and it would be enforced with equal force.
Very soon, every guest in the Myriad Phenomena Grand Inn heard the announcement from Titan Academy.
Anyone who had crossed the cordon earlier was to come out and accept punishment immediately. Those who came out now could still be spared. Once the Academy Guards entered the rooms one by one to arrest people, they would kill without mercy!
Simply put, those who came forward to confess could be spared. Anyone who resisted, no matter how powerful their faction was, had violated Titan Academy's laws. No one could save them. Their deaths were certain!
By now, anyone who wasn't a fool could see Titan Academy's resolve.
Nearly thirty members of the Titan City-state's official forces had been killed in four separate incidents. Titan Academy's fury was entirely reasonable.
At a time like this, no one wanted to provoke them. Even the representatives of the few Golden Clans who had shouted the loudest earlier had lost their initial bravado.
Before, they had relied on their status and assumed Titan Academy wouldn't dare touch them. After all, they were honored guests and representatives sent to negotiate with the Titan City-state.
But after the bloody killings began, the nature of the whole affair had changed. Even if Titan Academy used force to suppress everyone, it would still be justified.
Titan Academy took a hard line and gave them just ten minutes to decide.
It also announced that once the ten minutes were up, the Academy Guards would take control of the Myriad Phenomena Grand Inn and search for everyone who had crossed the cordon and caused trouble. They would all be treated as accomplices of the rebels and executed.
Now everyone in the Myriad