As he grew angrier at the thought, Joel mumbled, "My Skies Pavilion wouldn’t have been afflicted greatly if it weren't for you."
Lily, however, heard it all as her head whipped toward Joel furiously. "Joel Collins, what are you talking about?" she hissed. "How can you blame this on me? Who could’ve known that a few indomitable monster beasts would appear when you sent six masters to ambush those three from the Woods family, killing all six in the process? Can I be blamed for that? I’m not those monster beasts!"
Lily's eyes turned red from anger as she continued, "Also, I'm not the one who forced you to go to Bright Snow Mountain this time. How can you blame me when
you guys were the ones who went by yourself? I only asked you to help me kill Fane and the others..."
The sight of a teary Lily softened Joel's heart as he coaxed, "Alright, alright... Everything is my fault, alright? I won't blame it on you next time."
Joel paused momentarily before he continued lamenting, "Still, we've suffered a devastating loss, and three masters in the peak stage of the true god-level had died there. We're only left with seven people, so we’re not able to avenge you and wipe out the Woods family right now. We can only consider this at length."
Lily's anger subsided little by little at his words, thus she walked toward him and wrapped her arms around his neck, coquettishly saying, "Honey, we aren't in a hurry—we can take it slow. The most important thing right now is to see if the Woods family had obtained the stone ball upon entering the dangerous area. Apart from that, we need to see the situation of their losses. What if they have suffered even greater losses? Won't we have an opportunity then?"
Joel sneakily grabbed Lily by her beguiling waist before he smiled. "Don't worry, I’m no fool. I've already sent people to inspect and ask around, and I believe we’ll have results soon. I'll surely take action if there's an opportunity, but if there's none, we'll have to bear with it for now. The Woods family dare not attack us right now, after all. We’ll think of a way to take a stone ball for ourselves. It’ll be in our best interest if I manage to break through to the ultimate god-level." "Yes, honey, work hard! I believe in you, and you'll surely be the first to break through to the ultimate god-level!" spoke Lily encouragingly as she pumped her fists.
At that moment, two disciples of their ancient clan rushed in.
Joel instantly glowered in the interruption, and with Lily still in his arms, he eyed the two in disbelief. "Why did you both rush in so hastily? You're both awfully rude! Speak up, what happened?!”
Those two knelt down on one knee and said, "Pavilion master, we've made the investigation. This time, the people who went to Bright Snow Mountain are mainly people from the Hunt family, and almost half the families went with them. The Hunts didn't obtain the stone ball, but nobody knows who has the stone ball right now." "Impossible! Nobody knows who got the stone ball?" Joel frowned. "If the Hunts didn't get the stone ball, could it be people from the other first-class aristocratic families? As long as it’s in the hands of some first-class aristocratic family, it’ll be difficult to take the stone ball from them. We’ve suffered too much and we can't afford to go head-to-head with first-class aristocratic families. They surely won’t go out alone after obtaining the stone ball, either. They'd stay in their house to study the ball together!"
"It looks like the other first-class aristocratic family didn’t get it, too," said one of the kneeling disciples. "We don't know if the third-class or second-class aristocratic families got it!”
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