The old alliance leader personally visited Tongdu, kindly advising against family monopolies and suppression, urging unity to resist the Evil God, but many families continued with their clandestine activities. Consequently, the old leader divided the areas outside the Tongdu center into twenty-eight special administrative districts, allowing the families to manage them.
To see who manages well and who poorly.
Out of the twenty-eight districts, only ten families heeded the old leader's advice, while the rest either oppressed the civilians or disregarded their humanity.
The old leader's wrath was like a thunderstorm; in one night, eighteen families were wiped out.
Among these eighteen families, seven were thousand-year-old families with legendary bloodline talents, but they perished all the same.
Now, the ten families managing the districts are on edge, taking their responsibilities seriously, fearing they might anger the old leader.
