After settling things with Maxwell, Ethan collected every Winged Clan corpse and stowed them away. Then he left Chris behind and departed Atlas City Compound with the two crippled Winged Clan prisoners.
He needed to create them into thralls as soon as possible—before anything unexpected happened.
One was Tier 29. The other was Tier 28.
Ethan planned to personally control the Tier 29.
The Tier 28, he'd give to Miles.
Back in Fallen Star City, nobody really dared challenge Miles's authority anyway. A Tier 28 thrall as a hidden trump card was more than enough.
Once Ethan returned to Fallen Star City, he took Miles straight down into the basement and began creating the thralls.
Rus Federation — Moskva City Compound…
When the Winged Clan experts returned and reported what they'd found to Aeralon, the already foul-tempered Aeralon exploded.
"Oh, good," he snarled, fury flaring. "So someone really is opposing the Winged Clan. Fine. Then I'll wipe every last one of you out!"
