This turmoil, like a wildfire sweeping through an autumn mountain forest, burned ever brighter, spreading with terrifying speed.
It was not that no one thought of stopping it, but all efforts proved futile.
For while the instigators of the chaos were few in numbers, far too many people chose to remain silent. Countless noble clans opted to seal themselves away simply to preserve their own skins, while righteous heroes who dared to speak out were blasted into pools of blood by overwhelming force.
Chapter 138