In Twilight Echo's Guild Leader's office, the sudden intelligence from All Things Hall left the dozen or so Twilight Echo executives standing in the hall silent for a long while.
"All Things Hall actually gave up? How is that possible?"
"What on earth did Zero Wing do?"
The guild executives present had yet to recover from this sudden turn of events.
All Things Hall had intended to make an example of Twilight Echo to solidify its rule over the Storm Empire and further expand outward. There was no way it should have let Twilight Echo off the hook.
They had originally been discussing how to safely withdraw from the Storm Empire and defend against All Things Hall's future attacks. Yet after discussing it for half the day, all they felt was despair. The gap between the two sides was simply far too great. All Things Hall only needed to deploy a small fraction of its strength to erase Twilight Echo from God's Domain.
Even with Zero Wing's help, they had not believed they could stand against All Things Hall. After all, Zero Wing was still only a first-rate guild.
Yet now, because of Zero Wing, All Things Hall had actually given up on dealing with Twilight Echo.
They simply could not understand how Zero Wing had accomplished this.
Connections?
A deal?
They considered every possibility, but none of them seemed credible or even possible. Yet Zero Wing had done it.
Cang Ming, the Guild Leader, also stared at Water Rose beside him with an incredulous expression. His gaze held both surprise and reflection.
Previously, when Zi Yan Liu Yun had declared before Owl Fate that Zero Wing would protect Twilight Echo, he had merely taken it as Zero Wing's stance toward All Things Hall—a warning to make Owl Fate take