"Both the Dead Range and the Fire Swamp are under new governance…"
All members of the Auric Cabal and Ichor legion shuddered where they stood in tense silence; their hearts pounded so loudly inside their chests that they were certain the others could hear. The weight of Kai's words settled over them like a death sentence.
Now that Barbara and Chester were gone, their groups' power had crumbled into nothing.
Every single arrangement that had once protected them and gave them benefits—the hunting, the territories, the influence—was now dust. The Dead Range and the Fire Swam no longer belonged to them.
Kai's group—the Ambrosia Pact would now claim everything.
Of course, they were still strong.
Still one of the most powerful freshman groups under the Ambrosia Pact, but number two as well as number three were nothing compared to number one. Not to mention, before this, they had treated Kai badly.
Riding their high horse, they looked down on Kai and his group.
