By sacrificing the strength of unstable elements within the Alliance to gain control over the entire Alliance, this trade-off was obviously beneficial.
According to the principle of whoever benefits is the prime suspect, Katelai had enough reason to suspect that it was the work of West.
However, despite his suspicions, there was nothing he could do at this moment.
He didn't know what the eventual outcome would be, but he was certain that the northern nobles in the two regions would have to acknowledge Baron West as their leader moving forward.
Resistance was futile. The opposing forces had been heavily damaged and were no longer capable of challenging West's authority within the Alliance.
Even to survive, many would have to reluctantly align themselves with the past.
...
In the Mountain Domain, Hudson, an observer of the situation, had shifted his focus away from the debilitated offspring of the northern nobles.
