Chapter 173: Suppression.
"Now then. Let’s talk!" After Victoria sat down, Mo Qingsha said, and filled his and another glass, "What happened?"
"You see ..." Elder Wang began, but his voice not loud enough or Elder Su never intended to let him speak.
She said, "I’m Sect Affairs Hall’s Elder Su Zixuan. Last year our sect master was poisoned twice and afterwards lie in coma until he was killed several days ago during an all-out open attack that our sect suffered."
She stated her status, presenting herself as the representative of the sect which actually aligned with her duties. The problem was how she voiced the report, indicating that everything that happened was kind of the Nethermoon sect’s fault.
Mo Qingshan might be under a slight buzz from all the drinking, but he wasn’t an idiot. He picked up on the nuance and asked, "Twice? And an all-out attack on the sect? How could that happen?"
"I’m ashamed to report, that it was a joint operation of three sects – Blackwater, Shattered Sigil and Iron Maw, who, with the help of two of our elders and a couple of thousands of hired mercenaries, poisoned our sect master first and then attacked." Elder Su said.
"So your elders worked together with the enemy ... where are they now? Did you attack the sect that they are hiding in?" Mo Qingsha asked.
It was baffling how the earlier embarrassment of the disciples turned into a sarcastic humiliation of the whole sect. No one was prepared for such turn of events, except for Elder Su, who continued to pile on.
"Reporting to Junior Sect Master Mo!" She said, "One of the elders was killed during the attack, but the other captured. Unfortunately she committed a suicide right after thus we couldn’t get any information from her. The captured mercenaries also weren’t helpful – from what we gathered, the attack was prepared in a rush."