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Half an hour later, the meeting concluded.
The content was fairly straightforward—the disaster was imminent, and if you wanted to survive, you needed to pay up.
Under normal circumstances, these individuals would consider packing up their valuables and fleeing, thinking they could always find another place where they could make a stand.
But times had changed, and with Strange Beasts and rifts outside, there was simply no possibility of escape.
Dariel's reliance wasn't just on two level six enforcers, but also on the harsh realities of survival in this environment.
The reason the discussion of such a simple conclusion took half an hour was entirely because the nobles could not accept the so-called "reasoning" that the Velitasians had set everything up three years ago.
They would rather believe it was a Nissian conspiracy.
After all, they were closer to the Luku People, and the Shadow was irreconcilable with the Holy Light.
