Faced with the High Priest's fury, Priest Enkai hurriedly blurted out the story he had prepared.
There was no way he was taking the blame for this!
"High Priest! I've been wronged! This really wasn't our fault!"
Priest Enkai coughed violently twice, black blood seeping from the corner of his mouth. Trembling, he slid off his chair onto his knees, his voice so anguished that he sounded as though he had suffered the greatest injustice imaginable:
"I wouldn't dare lay a finger on Kairils, even if I had ten times the courage!"
"When we encountered them in the wilderness, I immediately ordered everyone to make way. To soothe his anger, I even humbled myself as much as I could, apologizing over and over. The only thing I didn't do was kneel and kowtow!"
"Kairils had already put away his weapon and agreed to let us go!"
"Then what happened?!"
The High Priest roared, "If he was going to let you go, how did you end up in such a miserable state? Did you stab yourself?"
"It was all because of those lunatics from Blood-Weeping Ridge who ruin everything they touch!!"
Enkai jerked his head up, his eyes brimming with overwhelming grief and fury as he gritted his teeth:
"Just when I'd finally managed to get the situation under control, two survivors from the Bloodweeping Ridge Branch suddenly burst out of the woods!"
"Survivors from Blood-Weeping Ridge?" The High Priest's eyelid twitched.
"That's right! Remnants of the force that lost contact while attacking Fog Town!"
"High Priest, can you believe it? Those two had each absorbed a Calamity Token! They were both fucking genuine second-tier fighters!"
"One controlled over a dozen tentacles of flesh, and the other could unleash a terrifying shriek that shook the soul!"
"They leaped out and immediately