"It was a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding. Everyone, calm down. Let's resolve this crisis peacefully, resolve it peacefully..."
Flender wore an ingratiating smile, chuckling awkwardly as he tried to soothe them.
There was no shame in saving his own skin!
The moment he saw the Sword and Bone Douluo arrive together, he knew there was no peaceful way out of this today.
If he begged for mercy quickly enough, he might still keep his life.
As for counting on Tang Hao to protect them, he would have better luck hoping the Sword and Bone Douluo showed mercy.
"A misunderstanding?"
Sword Douluo Chen Xin narrowed his eyes, holding the Seven Kill Sword in his palm and pointing it diagonally at Flender.
"Why didn't you call it a misunderstanding when you were humiliating our Rongrong?"
"If that counts as a misunderstanding, I'll give you a misunderstanding too. Let's see whether it really is one!"
"Wait, wait, wait! Let's talk this over, let's talk this over! It wasn't a misunderstanding, it wasn't..."
Seeing Chen Xin summon the Seven Kill Sword outright, Flender nearly wet himself and immediately scrambled to explain.
Fuck, if I don't clear this up now, the next sword strike might land on my neck.
"This was all Zhao Wuji's fault! Shrek admittedly wronged Ning Rongrong, but we did train her for a while, after all. Even if we deserve no credit, surely we deserve no blame?"
In his desperation, Flender's thoughts raced like lightning. In the end, he decided to dump all the blame on Zhao Wuji to appease the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's anger.
He had given making Zhao Wuji take the fall serious consideration. If the Sword and Bone Douluo ran amok at Shrek, Shrek would be utterly ruined.
But if all of this were pinned on