Chapter 20: Communing with the Divine_2

"Heavenly King!"

Before his words were finished, another was seen weeping and kneeling on the ground. To their astonishment, it was that strapping fellow.

He knelt down and cried out, "It was our muddled brains, slicked with lard, that believed the lies of that Bald Kongjian. We colluded with the Hundred Broken Mountains to disrupt the Heavenly King's centenary feast, a crime deserving death a thousand times over. To atone, the entire Giant Whale Gang wishes to serve under the Heavenly King, from now on, at your beck and call, ready to go through fire and water, without hesitation!"

"Heavenly King, both the government and the Demon Sect harbor ill intentions. With Your Highness' nobility, why demean yourself by associating with them? We are willing to serve Your Highness as our lord, to rush to the fore in war, to conquer the Martial World and the great affairs of the land!"