Everything was moving too quickly for the representatives.
The dead Priest, the revelation about the Church's true goal, the punishment for those who learned about it, and Liam's dare had followed each other in quick succession, leaving the three branching experts at a loss for words.
It didn't help that the trio could read between the lines. The main problem was that the Dragon King had to have sanctioned whatever was unfolding in the area. Its size and the cultivators it planned to involve demanded that level of authority to authorize.
However, the alternative was to abandon everything the trio had built and become criminals, betraying their entire life's work, and doing so abruptly.
Calling Liam a liar and going through the Church's alleged investigation would be the easiest option, the path with the highest odds of success.
