It was expected that after all this killing, lots of monsters were still alive. So the battles kept going on, while the pinnacle masters urged the weaker and wounded ones to rush up to the stairs.
As for the masters surviving all this were about to get closer from the stairs, they abruptly stopped. They were shocked to see an army standing at the upper plateau, waiting for them.
They didn't get a choice in the first place. The army Lara gathered here was led by elder Stark. He made sure to gather all the pinnacle grade masters in the family, in addition to lots more dark gold masters as well.
Seeing such a grand gathering of strong masters, a fresh army who had the advantage of higher ground, the surviving masters knew their fate was set in stone.
It went without the need to ask that if they refused, then they'd be pincered from both sides. The formations here were under the control of William, and the latter looked as if he was truly working under the Vancouf family's banner.
[They all surrendered and joined my family, hahahaha!] As expected, those masters had no other choice but to lower their heads and let the storm pass, [Are you sure you don't want anyone from them? We got lots of nice people here]
"No thanks, just start preparing for the upcoming hard clean up."
[I know. By the way, when are you going to come back? I heard the entire city is under siege from endless monsters! Do you need help?]
"Just take care of things on your part. I'll stay here for a couple of days then come out."
[You just want to escape the upcoming heat! What a coward, hahahaha!] he knew she meant no bad things by what she just said. But she also nailed it right. He didn't want to show up his face to let all the heat fall over the Vancouf family.
He also didn't have anyone by his side at this moment. His Black Tails team was out there, gathering fresh blood for his guild branch here. So he got really had nothing to do but to remain here. Besides, there was another reason.
"I didn't imagine I'll be here when the space cracks will appear," he looked around, and inside this building he was hiding in, lots of materials were on the ground.
It happened just when he activated the formations. It seemed like what he did stirred something up, or he was just lucky to be here when the spatial cracks happened.
He knew these cracks were now filling the entire city. He already asked Lara to provide materials for him. But right now, he knew she'd be too busy dealing with this messy situation.
Instead of waiting, why wouldn't he go around and gather everything here? He planned to stay behind, gather up the materials from all over the city, before trying to make one weapon as a test.
It'd be great to come out while having such a scary weapon by his side. Like this, he'd not be afraid of anything or anyone.
So, he remained inside that ruined building, hiding from the senses of the berserk monsters filling the entire city. During which, a grand storm was happening at the city on the surface.
As William expected, the various families and forces who imagined they'd get their justified revenge ended up getting a severe blow. They didn't just lose almost all of their high-end forces, but a decent part of them joined the Vancouf family.
In a blink of an eye, the Vancouf family turned to be the real behemoth in the entire city. No other force was enough to challenge them, not even if all the forces combined together.
But when the other forces felt they already hit their backs against a tough wall full of deadly thorns, an unbelievable piece of news spread all over the city in the next hours.
An internal conflict happened inside the Vancouf family! The news came as the lifesaving raft in the middle of such a raging storm to all the forces in the city.
Soon enough, they got the details of what happened. It seemed like the current leader, Lara, and her substitute, Richard, went into an all-out war against each other.
The different forces couldn't believe how lucky they were! Just when the Vancouf family got the chance to rise up, control the entire city, be the overall lord ruling everyone and everything here, they ended up fighting among themselves.
The different forces knew this was their chance, their only chance, if they wanted to survive any of this. So, they started to organise their forces, speak among each other, before finally placing their full support over Richard.
It was clear during the past day intel that Richard was losing this war. It wasn't a surprise. After all, Lara did lots of big deeds in the recent days. She secured half of the Lost City, more than what her family ever controlled throughout their long history. At the same time, she just added lots of high-end masters to the family, all were now serving her faction.
On the other hand, Richard got nothing. He was seen as a useless master in the eyes of many in the family. The support he got before was thanks to the elder who was now marked as a traitor, Larry.
The entire family was too busy fighting among themselves, while Richard was struggling to keep up with Lara. The latter didn't hesitate to crush many of Richard's big shots supporting him, either by bribing, threatening, or even killing them.
Rick was watching all this from the shadows. He never cared about Richard nor the entire Vancouf family, or even this city. His sole focus was only over William. And the latter was nowhere to be found in the city.
It was clear that William was now inside the Lost City, the only place that Rick couldn't reach yet. He didn't care about such ancient ruins, but he wanted to hit William when he least expected it.
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