Chapter 298
We’re all getting ready to leave for the Divine Plane when I hear a fight break out in the Lycans camp and the smell of human blood fills the air. Beta John rushes out behind me, just as curious as I am to find out what in the world is going on, and the crowd opens up to let us through.
There are a dozen Divine Realm human cultivators here, in the uniform of the Divine Transfer Cult. They’ve clearly had a run in with the guards, and an open portal is visible behind them. Don’t tell me that idiot oracle thought that it was a good opportunity to attack again because I wasn’t with Karl.
Their leader is shouting at the Lycans with a level of confidence only possible for a man who doesn’t know he’s an idiot. "We have no quarrel with you Lycan. We have come for the War Criminal Katrina. On the authority of the Divine Council of the Perseus Alliance, turn her over and nobody needs to get hurt."
"Did you commit war crimes?" John asks, more amused than upset.
"I mean, probably? It depends how you look at it. Recently we annihilated a couple of their command centers, a cultivation Sect and flooded a world with angry Beast Clan warriors. I’m not sure which one they’re taking offense to."
"We have word from a city called Arcana in the Mortal Realm that the Four Horsemen have been conducting prohibited experiments on living cultivators." Oh, that’s why they’re mad? Even the subjects weren’t mad about that. After all, it helped them become proficient mages in a day.
"Do you have anything other than rumors and hearsay?" I ask, stepping into their line of sight.
"The evidence is overwhelming. Humans were modified into Elemental Hybrids within the city. We have recordings of city workers discussing the experiments that name you personally as the criminal."
"So, you have recorded gossip? That’s hardly impressive. I could just as easily start a rumor about the Divine Transfer being a nihilist Cult committing genocide against Mortal Realm planets and accuse you of crimes against humanity. Unlike your case, I’ve even got proof of destroyed planets where you were operating." That one definitely touched a nerve. He’s so mad he’s starting to froth at the mouth.