Nox, always the strategist, speaks up. "We should use the confusion to our advantage. Let the other factions wonder and speculate. It will buy us time to consolidate our strength."
As the guild members leave the meeting, they feel a mix of pride and trepidation. Their victory at the mysterious palace has brought them unimaginable power, but it has also painted a target on their backs.
Meanwhile, back in Elemental City, an expensive restaurant's grand VIP room houses a tense meeting between the new elders dispatched by the Radiant Sun Sect, Stormcloud Sect, Crimson Moon Clan, and Azure Sky Clan. These powerful sects and clans, typically rivals, now find themselves united by a common cause: locating and eliminating the Phoenix Blade Guild.
Elder Tyrus of the Stormcloud Sect, a stern man with a thick, gray beard and stormy eyes, slams his fist on the table. "How dare these country bumpkins from a small continent kill our people?"