The Great World Tree's question was like a thunderclap, making the atmosphere in the entire meeting room tremble.
Although everyone had guessed that this meeting would be related to the Gloomhaven Tribe, none of them had expected the Great World Tree to come out swinging from the very start.
The Dominator of Netherworld wore a blank expression, but he quickly realized the severity of the matter.
He knew the Great World Tree's nature to be exceptionally honest and simple. He would never fabricate something out of thin air just to force him into doing something.
In other words, the Great World Tree must have found sufficient evidence before choosing to question him at this meeting.
"This is slander, pure slander!" the Dominator of Netherworld flatly denied. "Our Gloomhaven Tribe is spotless. This is absolutely slander."
As he spoke, his gaze shifted toward the Dominator of Xi Ling and the Mechanical Dominator, his eyes blazing with fury.
"You two bastards actually joined forces with an outsider to frame me, all to avoid war!"
In his view, for Richard to produce evidence convincing enough for the Great World Tree, the two peace factions—Mechanical and Xi Ling—must have had a hand in it.
"Frame you!?"
The Dominator of Xi Ling seemed to have heard something utterly absurd and could not help roaring in anger. "You actually say that I'm framing you! Netherworld, Netherworld, has the stench of corpses smoked your brain stupid? You actually say we're framing you! Do you know that nearly a hundred Xi Ling from Federal Worlds were swallowed by that monster? Mech Head's people lost several million in an instant because of that corruption! Netherworld, Netherworld, how could you possibly say such bastardly words!"
Richard's purge of the Civilization Devourer Minions naturally could not be concealed from the Dominator