Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 451 - 224: Sitting Quietly and Banner_2

Chapter 451: Chapter 224: Sitting Quietly and Banner_2

Only now did Li Hongche pay attention to, staring at the unfamiliar-looking token laid out on the ground, his eyes widening in surprise. Upon closer inspection, his face turned ashen. Raising his head to look at the dragon hunting teams, his expression suddenly changed.

Small fries? You call yourselves small fries?

He finally understood why such young demon hunting teams are already at the General Class, and why their strength was potent enough to kill an 8th Rank undead.

What small fries? What are those seven tokens? Reserve Sacred Legate?

One should know that there are only thirty-six Sacred Legates in all the six Great Sacred Temples! Although Reserve Sacred Legates may not necessarily become true Sacred Legates, it is undeniable that they are cultivated as one.

This meant that the actions of Zisang Liuying and Ling Menglu in destroying the departed heroes’ skeletal remains during the mission represented the ideas of the seven Reserve Sacred Legates. They clearly stood on the side favoring cremation of the departed heroes.

The will of two General Class demon hunting teams can be somewhat overlooked, but what about the seven Reserve Sacred Legates? In the future, if they truly become Sacred Legates, this is equivalent to the influence of a Temple!

With a complex mood, Li Hongche and his teammates walked to the side and sat down.

He had originally come with the intention of persuasion. If he failed to persuade, as the chief of the same mission, what else could he do? He could only stand on the side of his fellow soldiers who shared life and death. There was no other choice. Otherwise, he would not even consider himself eligible to be the temporary captain.

Less than a minute later, Li Yuqing and his teammates also rushed here. They didn’t even say a word, directly sitting down behind Zisang Liuying. Long Dangdang had already explained the situation in the Urgent Mission group before their arrival, so they naturally knew about it.

Not to mention the unfair treatment this time, the more important thing is that the young generation of demon hunters actually all support the second ignition of the departed heroes’ skeletal remains. They have all carried out protection funeral missions and deeply understand the impact of these skeletal remains.

Four demon hunting teams, one at the Commander Class and three at the General Class, all twenty-five people sat silently.

The massive banner in front of them, each word seemed to admit the mistake, yet it was glaring.

"Alright, stop messing around." A voice rang out, sounding somewhat lazy and helpless. A person came out from the mission’s office.

Upon seeing this person, Long Dangdang quickly stood up, and the others also stood up, offering their salutes according to their respective Temple’s protocols.

"Glad to meet you, Troop Leader Jiu." Long Dangdang clenched his right fist over his chest and slightly bowed.

Ah Jiu glanced at the banner before him, then at the four demon hunting teams, "Collect your Divine Skills and follow me inside."

"Yes, sir." Long Dangdang agreed cheerfully, and quickly rolled up the banner. Behind him, Zisang Liuying looked a bit perplexed but saw Long Dangdang making a backhand gesture.

Everyone followed Ah Jiu into the mission’s office and saw the middle-aged man from before again; his face was unsightly.

Ah Jiu led them past the mission hall and along a corridor toward the inner part of the building.

After about a minute, they were led into a spacious room. It appeared to be a conference room, with chairs lining both sides of a long table.

"Please, take a seat." Ah Jiu waved his hand.

Everyone sat down, their gaze focused on the deputy director.

With a light smile on his face, Ah Jiu asked, "Whose great idea was this? Seven Reserve Sacred Legates?"

Before anyone could react, Long Dangdang stood up with a big grin on his face and said, "It was mine, mine. Troop Leader Jiu, I regretted causing trouble for Headquarters, so I promptly came over to apologize."

The smile on Ah Jiu’s face grew slightly strained as he retorted, "Are you here to apologize? Or to usurp power?"

With a look of surprise, Long Dangdang responded, "Of course not! Why don’t you take another look at our banner? We genuinely apologizing."

Ah Jiu retorted irritably, "Enough with the antics, you sly kid. Do you feel that the Headquarters treated you unfairly this time? Do you even know what kind of mess was created in the Acropolis because of your actions?"

Long Dangdang pleaded, "Troop Leader Jiu, we really had no other option in that situation! Consider this, when we discovered that we were up against four 8th Rank undead, what was our reaction? We, the four demon hunting teams, didn’t even have one 8th rank among us. Team Leader Li and his team were prepared to sacrifice themselves to buy time for the other three General Class demon hunting teams to retreat. At that time, we couldn’t protect the departed heroes’ skeletal remains at all. So, to prevent their desecration by the undead, we had no choice but to destroy them!"

Ah Jiu was momentarily stunned before turning to look at Li Hongche, "According to your report, didn’t the skeletal remains get destroyed before you discovered the four 8th rank undead and the ambush?"

"Huh? Did I, did I say that?" Li Hongche was a bit confused now and looked at Long Dangdang.

Long Dangdang said, "Team Leader Li’s report was correct. He really hadn’t noticed the ambush at that time. But we detected it early. After all, we have special spirit furnaces. We might not have the ability to detect them, but they do."

He was clearly lying with his eyes wide open. The Wisdom Spirit Furnace would only warn them of danger in a life and death situation, not otherwise—a mutual understanding shared by Small Tree, Vast Ocean, and Xiao Ming. But outsiders wouldn’t know this!

The higher-ups undoubtedly knew that they possessed the Wisdom Spirit Furnace, so his explanation was irrefutable.

As Ah Jiu gazed at Long Dangdang, he felt a strange sensation. He knew this kid was spouting nonsense and twisting facts, yet theoretically, he couldn’t uncover the lie.

Long Dangdang continued, "However, we recognize our mistake. Even though we did it to prevent the departed heroes from being desecrated by the undead, we ended up destroying many skeletal remains, which greatly distressed our seniors in the Acropolis. That’s why we came to apologize. We’re willing to make a public self-criticism for a month to express our sincere apologies. This also makes it easier for our headquarters to explain the situation to the 6 Great Sacred Temples and the Federation."

"You scoundrel!" Unable to restrain himself any longer, Ah Jiu blurted out. A month? Sitting outside the Mission Assignment area for a month to show their unfair treatment and let all the demon hunting teams know? Was this an apology?

Facing this shrewd and pesky youngster, Ah Jiu couldn’t help but feel a headache.

"Speak up," Ah Jiu said irritably, "What do you want?"

Long Dangdang shook his head firmly, "We don’t want anything! We’re here to apologize and help the Headquarters smooth things over. If you have no further instructions for us, shall we proceed?"

At this moment, Li Hongche was not only flabbergasted but also full of admiration. This was the deputy director of the Demon Hunters Headquarters, and Troop Leader Jiu - a former member of a Title Class demon hunting team! An actual powerful individual. Facing the director, Long Dangdang seemed completely unruffled, not the least bit affected by the other’s position as he eloquently explained his perspective while leaving no loopholes.

The smile on Ah Jiu’s face vanished, his nose twisted in anger. But he had to admit that Long Dangdang had put the Headquarters in a difficult position. Both Long Dangdang’s and Zisang Liuying’s teams had been given a lot of attention upon their formation, the seven Reserve Sacred Legates weren’t just for show. Their participation in the demon hunting team was actually part of the 6 Great Sacred Temples’ plan to train future successors. Now, they had demonstrated considerable strength when ambushed. That’s really a challenge to deal with!