"But he couldn't have been that strong." Jason stated.
"Julian has an ability that is absolute in any place. Any person with a lower status ranking than him will have to kneel in front of him and obey his command. Its a duel ex machina that can't be fought with.
Fortunately, it has loopholes. For example, there is a chance that you don't count in the social hierarchy. Something similar happened for me and Issac since we had long since distanced ourselves."
Jason wanted to ask something but decided not to after seeing the expression on Risa's face. She looked regretful and sad yet their was a dangerous look in her eyes.
The look belonged to someone who still had a tiny spark of rage burning inside them. Jason was quite familiar with this.
"We reached out some of our friends who were facing similar problems. All of us decided to band together and fight Julian. In other words, we were rebelling.
