Just What I Was Waiting For

"This is not our problem," Augustus Gale, the Emperor of the Qilin Empire said calmly. 

He had the same thoughts as the old men, only, in the scenario he planned out in his mind, he didn't add the part where he would be sacrificed if Chris decided to pursue the matter. And he didn't think Chris would since all he said was that they should let go of kids, if not for the old men from the other empires wanting to see if they could defeat him, then he would've let them go. 

"Hmph! Do you think he can defeat us? Hehe, you don't know what's good for you." The old men snorted before looking at the other two empires, "You all saw the reaction of the Qilin Empire, once we're done with this fool, then we can team up once again to deal with them,"