Chapter 549: What did you understand?
The owner of that gaze was, naturally, Sword Saint Degoni, the man Archbishop Sha Duoman had ignored all along-the "figurehead" the Holy Mountain's leadership generally believed Neil Luo and the others had put forward.
Clearly, however, this man was anything but ordinary.
The Divine Officials and Bishops present stated their positions one after another, attacking every flaw they could find in Neil Luo and the others' proposal.
By the end, they even implied that the group was trying to exploit the god's authority in the mortal world for personal gain. No one said it outright, but the sentiment seeped through their words.
The Holy Mountain stood united against a common enemy, but that enemy was not the crisis threatening the world. It was Neil Luo, Leit, and their companions, and that left them deeply distressed.
Sha Duoman composed himself, quieted the discussion in the hall, then stood and looked at Neil Luo and Leit.
"Do you have anything to say for yourselves? As the God of Light's Archbishop, I must ensure that every member of the clergy has a fair chance to speak!"
Sha Duoman's expression was solemn, but inwardly, he was already smiling in triumph. This had been an effortless display of overwhelming authority.
Neil Luo and Leit exchanged a glance, then looked toward Sword Saint Degoni, seated between them.
"Lord Sword Saint..."
Neil Luo hesitated.
"Yes, let me speak!"
Without exchanging any glances with either man, Sword Saint Degoni slowly rose from his seat.
Everyone present, including the Archbishop, resented an outsider intervening so directly. Yet as the strangely dressed man stood, a peculiar power spread through the hall, and the clergy who had been about to speak instinctively fell silent in unease.
Rather than saying something to explain or prove their