Lily and Issei were about to descend to the Heavenly Domain when David reached out to grab their arms.
"Wait," David said. "Don't go."
"Shut up, Old Coot!" Lily protested. "I don't care if Lugh is your friend. I'll beat the crap out of him!"
"David, let me go," Issei said without turning his head to look at his friend. He had already decided to battle it out with Lugh and make him pay for his arrogance.
"I understand that the two of you are angry, but if you go, this will only escalate into a brawl between Gods," David replied firmly. "If one of you goes down there right now, the rest of the Righteous Faction will follow. It will not just be a two-on-one, a quarter of the Gods in the Temple will become involved as well.
"So?" Issei asked back. This time he turned around to face David. "So what if this becomes a full-blown brawl? If they send a hundred, I'll stab a hundred. If they send a thousand, I'll stab a thousand."
