But his family, those big families in the Capital, not a single one spoke out; instead, they hid the news and rapidly expanded their territories over the past two years.
He knew exactly why they did it—the fear being that, once the word gets out, even more territories would compete for resources.
After all, if you really count it up, the resources around every territory barely supply the normal needs of one territory.
If everyone fights for it, the resources for building territories, equipment, and weapons will definitely go up; even grain and other food prices will rise...
So the families' thinking was obvious.
They wanted to use this crisis as an opportunity to grow their own power.
Perhaps, in their eyes, they believe they'll be the ones to survive the crisis.
But if it's destruction on a massive scale, what reason would they have?
No! He still had to go back and get a clear answer about this crisis, otherwise he really couldn't rest easy.
