The ones who are hardest on you are often your own people.
Moreover, Chu Yi had employed dishonorable tactics to compel these nobles to join. He demanded an entrance fee, stipulating that all their fiefs, resources, and properties were to be transferred to the Queen.
Just as the nobles were panicking over the loss of their fiefs and preparing to contact the Duke to serve as undercover traitors, the great Queen, in an act of apparent goodwill, launched a "referral program."
Anyone who recruited another noble would earn a portion of their fief's resources. Furthermore, if those new recruits brought in others, the original recruiter would receive an additional small commission.
These perpetually arrogant Blood Race lords, having never encountered such cunning human tactics, quickly recognized this as a massive opportunity.
In this shattered Dark World, Blood Race titles were closely linked to fiefdoms.
