Chapter 103: Silvercrest Clan
"There is one final detail you must know," Declan added, his expression turning grim. "The Ashvele Clan is currently pinning all their hopes on Orian. They intend to push him into the Stormveil Academy during the upcoming recruitment. If Orion manages to pass their brutal trials and secure a spot in Stormveil Academy... destroying Ashvele Clan will become fundamentally impossible."
Rhain's dark grey eyes narrowed.
City Lord Cassian Valdris had undoubtedly made his path harder now.
By enforcing a month-long city-wide martial law, Cassian was giving the Ashvele Clan the exact breathing room they needed to survive until the Stormveil Academy arrived.
He could simply sit back and wait for the out-of-town Core Formation Realm experts that Aldric was gathering.
But Rhain was never a man who liked to put all his eggs in one basket.
Relying solely on hired mercenaries and an old alchemist was a variable he couldn't completely control.
