Safilos never expected the battle to have ended like that. He was ready to die in battle when he came, but Saleen actually managed to raid the headquarters and destroyed the Elemental Hand's core. Without a core to rally around, the mages below were all scattered and all of them surrendered.
"Saleen, mages like that are difficult to control instead!" Safilos quipped exasperatedly.
"You're right, and that's why I intend to reset the rules of the Elemental Hand."
"So you're not going to disband the Elemental Hand then?"
"Of course. I'd keep the Elemental Hand around to manage Alchemy City, while setting up the All-seeing Eye in Metatrin City. Mages of both sides have their own distinct ways to live."
"The art of kings and emperors!"
"I'm unable to come up with better ways of going about things."