This Isn’t a Request

As DeathLingers continued to have his head lowered, he heard zero response.

Despite the awkward silence, DeathLingers knew he had messed up terribly with that threat of his. It would have been fine had he not spoken those words, but he even doubled down on it later on.

If Xu Feng was willing to offend the Reaver Guild without any hesitation, then DeathLingers didn't doubt it was willing to have another enemy. 

This was especially true with them having a monopolization of the Elemental Warrior Set. It was only when the mistakes were made already that one came to realize just how wrong they were. 

Such a scenario could be related to a chess game in which the players blundered so hard. They pondered long and hard, believing it was the correct move, but once it was done, they would then realize they screwed up.