Netherworld Gate

"I will be taking charge from now on," Van said loudly, "If there is anyone here not from the Zephyr Sect who opposes this then speak now!"

The battling figures below were already unhappy with the Zephyr Sect's twins when they had neglected the Silver Cutter Eagle and now this matter of the Midnight Oil Scorpion had cemented their dissatisfaction. They were afraid that – since the twins gave no thought to the defence of the crystal and only pursued points for themselves – that the crystal would fall sooner or later and they would all lose out.

No one spoke up.

Cordelia and Daphne looked at him with angry gazes but they felt that their mouths were stuffed with cotton; they could not refute his words.

Van did not pay them any more attention. He gathered his battalions and gave them firm instructions. They assembled neatly around the crystal.

From then on, the flow of the battlefield was completely controlled by Van.