Chapter 622

With the meeting concluded, the banquet had achieved its purpose: to let the Metahuman Alliance and Skull and Bones take the lead and stand at the front lines. It was virtually impossible for the American families and factions to replace them. While banding together to form a third faction and creating a tripartite balance of power was theoretically possible, their numbers were vast, and they likely lacked unity. Each harbored their own hidden agendas, making their alliance a fragile facade that would shatter at a single blow. Any betrayal would undoubtedly bring swift liquidation by the Metahuman Alliance and Skull and Bones, and besides, the other side might not even accept their surrender. Therefore, after much deliberation, the family factions led by Ryne decided instead to share the fortunes of the two indigenous American powers—the Metahuman Alliance and Skull and Bones—provided, of course, that the two giants stopped engaging in internal friction. Thus, this banquet was born. Ryne and the others had anticipated numerous possibilities, but they never expected the Metahuman Alliance to suddenly turn on Skull and Bones and blindside them. The moment the Ice Emperor spoke, the First Elder felt the danger, only he hadn't expected the blow to be so heavy, forcing Skull and Bones to either follow suit or be left isolated. Once the Ice Emperor finished speaking on behalf of the Metahuman Alliance, he had unquestionably pulled all the present factions into the Alliance's camp…