The soul fragment of the Ancestor stabilized, the raging pressure settling as he glared at his granddaughter. "Why did you burn that parchment? Do you have any idea how difficult it is to forge one of these?"
"I know, and that is exactly why I used it," Annie replied, unbothered by his glare. "This is an absolute emergency."
Without wasting words, she laid out the entire tactical situation, presenting the facts so he could make the ultimate decision on whether the Heavenly Sword Pavilion should mobilize its entire martial force for a full-scale war against the subterranean undead.
