Sylas hadn't been wrong. He had concluded that the First Race was doing things not out of some wild attempt at revival, but instead to help the people of Earth and their descendants. He had allowed a small chance that they could still try to backstab him, but he honestly didn't count this as that.
In the position the First Race were in, the entire world called them enemies and wanted them wiped out. Without any sort of structure or help, they were forced to battle against not only the troubles of the Summoning, but to somehow also deal with the forces that came from external factors.
Sylas had to deal with the Sylphs, a mere D-Grade Race. But who knew how powerful the real enemies of the First Race had been?
After dealing with such a thing, and knowing that they would lose, they were split. In the end, they chose to split their attention much the same way.
Just like Jala's Clan had abandoned Earth, a large portion of the First Race had also done so.
