Chapter 1790 The Beasts' Choice

Chapter 1790 The Beasts' Choice

After learning about how his mother and father had died at the hands of the Dragon Emperor, Pearl had thought that his hatred for the man could not go any higher.

It was only now that Pearl was realizing just how incredibly wrong he had been.Read latest chapters at novelhall.com Only

"My grandparents were killed by the Dragon Emperor too?" Pearl asked in a stunned voice.

The Deer, who had told him that, nodded.

Pearl looked toward the rest of the group and most could only look away in shame.

"What is the meaning of this?" the Lion stood up from his seat, walking to the middle of the gathering. "What do you mean that my uncle and aunt were killed by that human emperor?"

"That is the truth, Leader Zhu," the Lizard spoke. "That is unfortunately the truth."

"Why am I only just hearing about this?" the Lion demanded. "If my uncle and aunt were murdered then I should've been made aware. Why would you not tell me?"

"To protect you," the Swan said. "As we said, if we told you the truth, you would rush to attack the Emperor. That would only add one more dead beast to the list, nothing more. And we know how hot-headed you are. You would absolutely attack them."

"It doesn't matter what I would do or wouldn't do," the Lion said. "It is my right not only as a nephew to the previous leader but also as his successor to know how he had died. Hell, it is my right the Leader of the Lion Colony to know the truth that all the leaders already know about. So I ask you all this again, why was I not made aware?"

Pearl was still stunned by the information he had just learned about his grandparents. A million thoughts went past his head, morphing each time he thought he had a grasp on one, leaving him speechless.

It was only a while later that he realized he had stood still without talking. Somehow, no one had noticed this behavior from him. They all seemed focused on something else.

"It was on that day when the massive lightning strikes filled the southern skies near His Majesty's secret realm," the Eagle started speaking. "Everyone was concerned what those lightning strikes were, but no one knew enough to make any logical conclusions."

"Later that night, we sensed some faint but strong and violent aura in the distance. We weren't very concerned at the moment as the aura was very vague and hard to tell where it had come from."

"Simple demands, ones that went into effect the very next day," the Deer said. "We were to close our land to the humans. And we were to never talk about the Azure Dragon or the Lion Leader's death to anyone else."

"And that was it?" the Lion asked. "You said yes and you forgot all about my uncle and aunt, his Grandparents."

The leaders looked toward Pearl whose eyes had grown teary by this point. He was close to weeping after hearing about his grandparents.

The last time he came, he had learned about his grandparent's death. But he was led to believe that they had died due to some cultivation problems.

The eagle floated next to Pearl and put her wings around Pearl, slowly rubbing his back. "I'm sorry you had to learn it this way, my child," she said.

Pearl quickly wiped his tears and looked up. He looked at all the leaders, including the Eagle next to him, and said, "You were afraid that you would be wiped out if you fought back because you don't have the numbers. But you do have one now. My brother is in a battle with the Dragon Emperor right now. You can feel the battle from here, I'm sure you can."

The leaders all looked in a certain direction. They had long since sensed the turbulent aura that could only be Saints fighting each other.

"He has a lot of soldiers fighting alongside him, but he needs more. If we add your numbers to him, then we can win. We can defeat the Emperor for all the crimes he has committed until now."

The leaders looked around for a moment or two and then slowly shook their heads. "The other continents are not strong. Your brother will lose, even if we join. It is better if we protect ourselves," the Lizard said.

The others gave a hesitant nod.

"How... how can you be like this?" Pearl asked.

"If this is all, we would like to return," the Ox stood up to leave.

"No, this is not all," Pearl said. "If a request won't work with you all, then I will make commands."

"I, Pearl, son of Shi Meiyoung and Qing Tianchui, command you all to rally your beasts to join my brother in the war."