When they saw Dannington return, the Four Divine Beasts Clan had felt a glimmer of hope. But when they realized he had only gotten his answer and was now standing quietly to the side, their hopes sank again. They could only turn their pleading eyes toward Bluefire.
Bluefire was still loyal to his friends, after all. He had become a Sovereign using one of the Four Divine Beasts' Sovereign Sparks, even if Beirut had given it to him.
"Hodan, is there really no way to spare the Four Divine Beasts Clan? We guarantee they'll keep their distance from the Eight Great Clans from now on." Bluefire did everything he could to win the clan a sliver of hope.
With Dannington having withdrawn and Beirut forced to swear a Supreme Oath, this was all Bluefire could do. There was no way he could change the tide of events by himself.
"Absolutely not. The Four Divine Beasts Clan must pay for the blood feud that has lasted for countless millennia." Hodan's reply was unequivocal.
"If you really insist on stopping us, then leave your Earth Element God Clone and original body here," Hodan threatened.
Bluefire's Divine Clone could wield Paragon-level strength because his original body and Earth Element God Clone combined their powers. Otherwise, with only four fused Mysteries in his Earth Element God Clone, even with Willpower, he would at most be a peak Asura.
It was his original body's Fire Laws, combined with the Highgod Power and Highgod domain of his Earth Element God Clone, as well as Willpower, that let him just barely match a Paragon. Hadn't he used the Fire Laws when fighting Hodan?
If he lost his original body and Earth Element God Clone, Bluefire would truly be finished. His life would be even worse than it