Free Web NovelChapter 643: Chapter 392: Return of the Live-in Son-in-Law
"I was wrong, I was wrong, ah!"
The seven wolves still carried a certain kind of sound when swung, a sonic boom.
From afar, Faust watched this scene of chaos, unable to associate this person with the Apostle who had calmly waited for the enemy’s bodies to float down the river just by agreeing to an alliance marriage.
"Alright, the kids over there got a thrashing. There shouldn’t be any more random drama from them," Xue Dili said.
Faust: "..."
"Actually, she’s done quite well; at the very least, her performance is adequate now," Faust remarked, noting how in just two days, she’d gone from a local native with nothing to dominating an entire Alben branch family—a start one couldn’t even imagine.
Could this level alarm Mephisto?
Hardly so; it’s merely a noble war erupted in a medium-sized city due to power and strength. Even when the City Lord sent troops to attack the Alben Family, the Xiao Organization almost completely detached itself from the war, quietly lurking in the shadows.
Compared to the war between the two top noble families, the Xiao Organization’s gang wars seemed like child’s play. Let alone Mephisto, who wouldn’t pay attention to such petty fights; even the people from the main Alben Family arriving tomorrow wouldn’t care.
This is the effect they desired.
In this situation, nobody even cares that the Xiao Organization has become the ultimate beneficiary. During the noble war, they continued to develop swiftly. The bread and water Xue Dili had stored previously were still sufficient, and now in Roland City, the Xiao Organization had grown to 300,000 people.
Anyone resenting the gangs would become subordinates of the Xiao Organization.
Faust no longer dared to belittle this development model. Given enough time, he’d develop most people into the Xiao Organization’s subordinates. Though these people might not contribute to killing Mephisto, their existence would help Xue Dili plot against Mephisto.
This is sufficient here.
Mephisto, you will be killed by those you least respect, Faust thought.
After exchanging information with Faust, Xue Dili went to find Susu again. This meeting with the main family was crucial; they needed to learn about the Alben family’s festival rituals and whether the legendary Harley Alben would return to the main family to attend.
Perhaps the main family members who came to investigate the situation planned to bring others back to the main family for the festival.
...
The next day, the main family members had crossed hundreds of kilometers to arrive at Roland City.
Towards this town not far from the main family, the two members from the main family did not hold any condescending attitudes.
Though they were from the main family, there wasn’t much disdain between branches in the entire Alben Family. In terms of relationships, the direct line only included Harley Alben, and the patriarch still had no offspring.
The members of the Alben branch in other cities were at least first-tier below elder status when returning to the main family.
Despite the Alben Family becoming bloated and population booming over centuries, these mid-level members from the main family couldn’t target the branch family patriarchs.
"Is this Roland City? What’s the current situation in the city?" One of them inquired. As Tier Four combat power, they came not only to quickly understand the situation but also to ensure the safety of the branch’s main members.
But now, the entire city was quiet, without any signs of war. There were barely any people visible, just a few piles of corpses piled like cairns on the street, causing disgust.
"Let’s go directly to the City Lord’s Mansion; I want to see where this City Lord is from," the other said.
Thus the two headed towards the City Lord’s Mansion, only to find it abandoned, with all the City Lord’s people seemingly dead, bodies piled in the courtyard forming a distorted corpse party.
Besides this, the mansion was empty.
They hurried to investigate, finding only a woman in a black robe with red clouds stationed there, seemingly waiting for them for a long time.
"Honored masters, the City Lord led an assault of 800 onto the family, resulting in the patriarch’s death. The young mistress assumed the position as the new patriarch under emergency, and now, we’re clearing out all the nobility in Roland City..."
She briefly explained the current situation in Roland City to these two members of the main family.
Gang fights, noble deaths, with the Alben Family using the patriarch’s death as an excuse to wipe out all the other nobility in Roland City, leaving none.
Sometimes, a dead person’s value exceeds that of the living. If Patriarch Alben hadn’t died, such clearing of other nobles would certainly cause massive issues.
After all, at the end of the day, nobles remain nobles. In this distinct class-based world, as long as noble members aren’t affected, even if all the servants die, it’s yet to reach a point of no return.
But if core noble members are affected, especially the patriarch’s death, then it’s a serious matter. At this time, the Alben Family has unlimited self-defense rights and can use this excuse to eliminate the City Lord’s family entirely.
