'This young man… he wouldn't joke about something like this… Could he really have fought gods and defeated them?' Emperor Rhex thought as he looked at Yuan with a sharp, penetrating gaze.
"Yuan, although you may have brought down the Holy Church, killing gods is an entirely different matter. You should not joke about something like this," Duke Hexryn said seriously as she placed her empty cup down on the table.
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. However, I did not lie to you about killing a few gods," Yuan replied with the same calm expression as before. "In my eyes, they are worth less than dogs—and I slaughtered them without showing a shred of mercy."
"T-This is… Doesn't that mean you have declared war against the Gods?!" Rhex exclaimed, sweat forming on his brow as the implications hit him, a chill running down his spine.
