Ever changing world

A few months had passed since her journey to the north and many things were beginning to come into line with her plans that she had set out to achieve.

The Snowflake Mercenary and Merchant group of the north were her people and they played the role as her way of communicating with the high ranking merchants of Slate city.

After taking control of and cooperating with the Northern Warlord Sect, she now had many Unrestrained realm martial artists under her control who also had control of the fortress that was in between the north and the central lands at the border.

This made passing messages, supplies and arranging deals or buying land much less complicated and without troubles.

She purchased many pieces of fertile land that could grow vegetables, wheat, rice and herbs depending on the season and environment, the lands that she chose were closer to the border and some other places suitable for raising livestock.

What she needed now was to increase her stock of food and other materials so that she could continue to keep up with the trade with the northerners while also keeping her own businesses in the central lands running without a shortage of materials.

Once the capital of the north learned of the ongoing trade and changes taking place there were a couple of options open to them.

If it was others then they would be looted all the time and be unable to get anything before the land was ruined completely but now that she had the Northern Warlord Sect nearby, she could make a deal with them so that those lands are protected well, the workers are kept safe and are working hard under their watch.

If the capital was also involved then some factions would be divided on what to do after learning of the change of the Northern Warlord Sect, some would still wish to cause trouble for Slate City, The Northern Warlord Sect but also the person behind them that had caused this change.

Either they would want to stop the rise of another power or they would want a piece of that power for themselves.

Of course not everyone would think that way but it would be some.

Many high ranking officials of the capital may even welcome the change but there was always going to be a divide of opinions and separate goals among them.

The royals and others had long sat in a position of power within the north but could not see any good changes for their people after a long time so they could only become cynical and only focus on the power struggles inside the capital rather than focus on their peoples suffering outside of their big walls.

Several stores were also purchased within Slate City to begin importing some of the Bombyx families specialties into the north to let them experience their goods and set a firm foothold within the city.

In between the mess that had been created by the Wraith family and those affiliated with them, information was brought forward by the Snowflake group which pointed out the branch family along with many of their past deeds, their connections but also their previous plans showing why they had integrated with the north over many years.

Many high officials and members of the northern merchants came together to capture the already weakened branch family members and their close associates.

Many crimes and underground deals were unearthed very quickly and then they were sentenced to death so that they no longer could cause problems for others.

The Wraith family heads business was quickly dealt with but there was a little suspicion who was behind it from those smart enough to come up with their own theories.

His wife inherited all of his fortune but soon followed was her family members coming to look for handouts and trying to drag her back to the family to be made use of again.

Although she had greed for her husbands wealth and status, she did not have the power to protect it so over time she lost some of her wealth to her family before cutting off relations and attempting to run away after privately selling all of the properties and valuables in her possession.

One night she disappeared with all of the wealth and was never seen again.

Some said she killed her husband and took his wealth starting a new life because of her grief and lost love over losing her sons and daughters many years ago but some speculated that she may have been dealt with one quiet night as she was trying to escape the clutches of her family.

What they did not know was that Nox had manipulated it so that rumours would reach her family very quickly and they would come to demand her wealth.

As she was getting more pressure from them, she wished to leave their sphere of influence and start anew so when she had sold everything and left she did not get far before she was killed and buried somewhere secluded and all alone.

Nox and the Reapers claimed everything that she had brought with her that she intended to use to start a whole new life but she did not know that she had been watched the whole time.

The Unorthadox sect and their leader soon found out about the series of events and began to discuss it.

Some were not too worried about the loss of the Wraith family head and his wife from the alliance but there were others who thought that this was a cover so that they could escape or it was a plot of their enemies.

Within the meeting the alliance leader coldly ordered them. "Find out everything that happened. I want no mistakes!"

Unfortunately there was no evidence to use and nothing that could point to a specific person.

Even their manhunt to find the family head and his wife turned out to be a waste of their time and enraged the alliance leader further.

Many things were beginning to change within the world and the alliance leader now felt a little uneasy.

Their failed plan many years ago made them gain a lot but those were long term gains and not immediate.

If they gained the real inheritance from the sect they would of grown much faster, now that the family head was dead they no longer had a connection to the daughter who was promised to return one day by the family head and that he would hand her over when she did.

Now they had no long term gains from a big movement many years ago but now they had no advantage to gain the rest later.

This was the least of his worries though…

Small ripples were beginning to appear in different parts of the world that made him uneasy and a missing Unrestrained realm martial artist was not a good sign..

The growing rumours of the cult in the south, the mess that remained within the central lands great families, the crowning of the next emperor, the newly appointed heir to the blood sect, the devil sects lack of movement over the years as if they are up to something big and bad and then finally a possible unknown force that was silently stepping into their territory without their knowledge.

Many powerhouses were on the rise within the central lands alone and that did not even include beyond the borders.

The Unorthodox Alliance leader could not possibly know what the world would become soon but like others that held a high position of power, he preferred to remain vigilant at all times so that he is not caught off guard and seem weak or as an easy target.