Lucius sat there, listening carefully. When she said 'no,' he got a bit surprised, not expecting it, and started worrying. The others didn't know the full range of what might happen in the future, but he had an idea.
The protection mechanism will most likely stop working, making the city dangerous. Being part of a group would make more sense.
At the goblin city, he saw firsthand how it was in ruins, with factions holding a sense of balance, but that was only the surface picture.
What was happening behind the scenes, he didn't know. The goblin prisoners and the states they were in said a lot: the weak would be treated as lower class and have no rights.
Kevin, Charlotte, and Talon could be considered elites at the top of the ranking, especially when compared to Mano and Elena.
However, to go against many people and make them feel safe, they would need to reach Lily's power, and they were still miles away from that.
