In the old patriarch's mind, only blindfolded dudes with narrow minds and thoughts would decline mating the two together.
If he had to even act as the matchmaker between the two, he already decided on doing this even if his son objected to such a thing.
Yet things turned out to not need his intervention at all to make the two get together and be closer to each other. Then how come he wouldn't get excited about such an unexpected twist in events?
As for the fourth elder, he knew even if the patriarch said it casually, he meant each word he uttered. He could also guess the source of trouble the old patriarch warned him against, Berry's father.
He planned to never tell that madman anything at all. He wasn't crazy to do it or else he might also get part of the heat of that man's fury.
So, he decided to keep his mouth shut about this secret, even if he had to take it to his grave.
By the joining of their elders and mighty figures, the morale of the clansmen fighting down below skyrocketed to a new level.
They started to fight fervently and seeing this, the elders couldn't think about retreat.
They kept fighting down there, yet they remained attentive to the patriarch's warning words.
They kept fighting, yet they saved most of their strength and strongest techniques for the mysterious later on battle.
In fact, there wasn't much for them to do. The magical twist that William directed made it easy for the fight to progress smoothly.
The number of monsters started to decrease, and cracks started to spread over the outer lining of the monster gate.
William was keeping a close eye over everything happening around him. He knew they were winning, but he never underestimated his enemy even at such moments.
Celebration of victory should be commenced when the enemies would end up being dead. Before this, it was risky to even think about something like this.
Just in less than one hour, flashes of many figures started to appear from two directions. William looked and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Old man, I know you are listening," he suddenly turned his attention towards the clan, "your moment is now. Start moving out and don't forget… Don't miss a single enemy of them or else you know the consequences."
The ones standing around William wore puzzled expressions over their faces. And such puzzlement got deepened when they saw the fast flashy movement of their patriarch, leading a large group of formidable spirit masters.
Seeing this, seeing their big shots from their side moving away from the battle, made everyone frown at first. Yet when they thought later about it, they all got one simple idea in their minds.
Something big was going to happen!
The patriarch wasn't any less attentive and cautious than William. Even if they were winning, it was still their clan homebase. It was dangerous to leave it without proper security.
So, he assigned a group of five dark gold spirit masters, led by the fourth elder, to stay behind and defend the clan.
Two of them came from the academy and allied clans. Then the patriarch moved with everyone else, leading them without saying anything towards the depth of the forest.
William told him one thing; whoever led this battle wasn't situated far away. He estimated them to be less than fifty miles away, and he gave him a hint as well.
Follow the trail left out by the bears!
This all started by the plot made by those monster leaders. And that plot started by waking up the bears from the depths of the forest and leading them here.
Before they'd start their all out onslaught, they had to secretly move the bears closer before letting them loose.
The bears must have come from fixed points. And these were the directions these leaders must be present at.
The old patriarch knew that with the destruction of the three monster gates, those despicable leaders would announce this as their loss and flee.
So, they had to act fast. But the sole problem remained in their lack of enough forces to give a proper chase.
And that was why William purposefully delayed the destruction of the third portal near the clan, leaving it standing the longest.
If he wanted, he could simply have crushed it in less than half an hour.
Working to ensure even such tiny details was something amazing that the old patriarch himself noticed and admired.
'Are you sure it's ok? Tons of these bears are still alive!'
Just when the old patriarch passed over William's head, he sent this message discreetly using spiritual telepathy.
William wasn't startled. After all this was an ability gained by the strong spirit masters.
"Watch then…" William decided to show him in actions and not mere words.
In the next instant, he took out the arrows he kept hidden all this time.
He knew that by the sudden move of all the terrifying figures, the enemy would be instantly alarmed.
So, it didn't matter to elongate this battle for any further.
If they were to expose everything, it was better to go all out then.
William pointed at the arrows before shouting:
"Those who can use bows, come and pick these up. Use them the same way you used the spears so far. And make sure to target the bears, nothing else."
His words made all the spirit masters around him quite puzzled, yet they followed his orders. The first bellow of arrows landed at the nearby bears. In the next few moments, they all turned around and started killing each other.
Seeing this shocking scene left another shock on the entire battlefield. Even the patriarch and strong spirit masters paused for a second from the horrifying scenes they were seeing.
What the heck was wrong with this kid? Was his brain normal or what?!!
"Keep firing!" The only one who remained calm and held his composure was none other than William.