The three factions combined numbered around sixty to seventy people.
These three factions usually kept to themselves, each minding their own business and focusing on recruiting new members.
But this time, the emergence of Caeluna disrupted the balance between them, drawing their ire.
They had made up their minds to force Caeluna out.
They figured that even if Caeluna had powerful backers, they would first make a show of force to teach the newcomers to keep their heads down.
The people signing up to join Stella Sterling and her group today were all young, the youngest in their teens and the oldest around thirty.
The older ones were relatively level-headed.
But the teenagers were at that hot-blooded age. Although the hardships of the past two years had tempered them significantly, the fire in their bellies remained.
Once they made a decision, they would go all out.
