"Don't ask me. I don't know anything. I am simply following my orders. Besides, I don't think we should be wasting our time thinking about things like this. What God says, we follow. It's better that way."
"Hmmm…" The first person shrugged. He also couldn't help but agree.
"You are right. Only because we followed his words were we able to establish ourselves in the world so soon and so easily."
"After this ison thing, we will basically become the Kings of this world. Can you imagine? That much power! I am getting goosebumps!"
Meanwhile... in Crimson Abyss guild headquarters...
"Slaves?" Alex silently fumed. Standing next to her, Rey was pretty sure that his sister did not look any different than a demon at the moment, and the guild chat wasn't helping at all.
The idiots seemed to have completely forgotten about the huge war that was going to happen in a matter of few hours and instead focused on trash-talking Crimson Abyss? What the hell was this?
Did these people completely lack any kind of common sense?
Surely, they couldn't be that confident. After all, the isons were a threat that was above anything they had seen both in the real world and back inside the game. So how could anyone be confident when fighting against these insects?
Even the most foolish idiots would know this much. This was why Rey was left speechless. He could understand all the other instances when Crimson Abyss was constantly bashed, but he couldn't understand this.
There was a fucking war coming, for god's sake! Can't you talk about that?
"Somebody is pulling strings." Hao Yuze suddenly said.
"Oh?"
Alex turned sharply to look at the guy. "You are right! This is just not natural. Why would someone be constantly bashing our guild at this crucial time? It just doesn't add up. It is almost as if they want to provoke us."
The other guild members gathered in the magic shop also nodded in agreement. Now that they thought about it, only this particular explanation seemed to make sense. They were definitely provoking them into joining the war.
"These guys are surely planning something." Alex punched the desk in front of her, making the fairy sigh and shake her head. By now, even that fairy was used to Alex's hot-headedness.
"They must be planning some sort of underhanded strategy to sabotage us and attack us in the name of this war."
Several others also chimed in, agreeing with her.
"We should not get lured in just because these idiots are bad-mouthing us."
"We should play it safe and stay away from this."
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However, amidst this, Rey alone pointed out something else. "Should we go and take a look at the magic shop in India where bro has gone? I think there might be something going on there."
"Huh?"
"I feel like these people are trying to divert our attention too much. What if they planned something with bro? What if they are waiting to ambush him or something? We are only thinking about the war, but the real target might be Liam!"
Rey's words rang loudly amidst an uncomfortable silence. At this point, no one knew for sure if Liam was injured or not, so no one also knew how to react to this.
However, his point was also valid. There was a strong possibility for this to happen. In the end, this left the group only even more confused. This was because now they had three options.
Should they participate in the war?
Should they sit it out?
Or should they sit it out and make a move as a guild to India in order to help Liam?
The entire group became silent as no one seemed to be able to come to any decision logically. At this point, it simply felt like a coin toss. Even experienced old experts like Lan Ganjie and Granny Ning were at a loss for words.
Moreover, there were now only a couple more hours left to make a decision. After that, everything would be out of their hands.
At this tense moment, all of a sudden, Alex spoke up.
"He He. It looks like we will be participating in this war after all."
Her eyes brimmed with a sort of raging, fierce evil glee that made everyone in the room gulp silently, and in front of her, a new message was flashing in their guild interface.