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Elsewhere, while Julius was going through great suffering, inside a dark room with torchers providing the only light from the walls, around a black rectangular table sat seven figures, all clad in dark robes, concealing their identities. Unfortunately for The Commander seated at the head of this table, he was at his wit's end; after losing Viper and Killer over two years ago, the conspiracy lost a lot of ground toward their goal of returning the Kingdom of Romanium to greatness as they saw it.
This caused some people to become discontented with his leadership, and if he weren't the strongest being in the conspiracy, he would have already lost his position, maybe even his life. Exasperated, he now had to listen to his fellow conspirator's ideas and could not threaten them for fear they could combine and end his rule and life.