Chapter 1778 - Stomping Faces (1) (2/2)
Clans were now allowed to make changes to their own towers, communications and the code of their forums to encrypt information they only want their allies understanding. Before, the Sapientia had barred any changes to the system at all, which resulted in many never taking the network as a serious alternative to their previous means. But now these individuals were changing their minds.
Though the single time fee would increase to a monthly fee that grew proportionally to the number of individuals using a forum, no one blinked an eye at this. The intrigue of the Sapientia Network only grew.
The next change was an absolute bombshell. It was the release of the soul contract signed by Clara and the Sapientia!
According to its fine print, signed off by both parties, the Sapientia weren't allowed to act to harm Clara or her interests. If this occurred, Clara would be allowed to make one unilateral change to the Sapientia Network. Depending on the degree of profit increase this one change garnered, the shareholding percentages of the Sapientia Network would shift. Should it shift enough, even changing the name of the Network was allowed!
Why would the Sapientia agree to this clause, yet Aritzia act the way she did? It was simple. Aritzia, with all her intuition, had no idea that Clara and Dyon/Jaws were husband and wife! As a result, Dyon fell under the ”interests” clause of the contract, thus shattering the Sapientia Network to form the Mortal Network!
This wasn't all either. Aritzia, due to not being a key wielder, couldn't have her actions represent the Sapientia Clan. Theoretically, no matter what she did, it wouldn't breech the contract. So, just how was the contract breeched?!
One might ask at this point that wouldn't capturing Clara have been harming her interests anyway? And the answer to that would be no. If Clara had her own protections, how could the Sapientia not have their own as well? The Sapientia were well within their rights to ”call” Clara in for a meeting. One had to remember that it was Clara who attacked first and not them!
According to the contract, since Clara attacked first, the Sapientia were allowed to respond in kind. This was why Aritzia felt that she was in the clear to send in whomever she pleased. What she didn't know was that the moment she made an enemy out of Dyon, the Sapientia Network had already slipped through her fingers. The only reason she hadn't felt a change was because Clara had yet to implement Open Phase.
Not only had the Sapientia Network become completely open to the public, its name had become the Mortal Network and the change was so large that 95% of the shares were now under Clara's control.
This remaining 5% was the only leeway the Sapientia had left for themselves. This was the stake the actually deserved for building the infrastructure of Sapientia Network, now Mortal Network.
The world was absolutely shocked, but even more were happy. Many Clan and Sect Heads who knew the dirty dealings of the Sapientia erupted into laughter, filling their planets with a jovial, hearty happiness.
With phase three in effect, the Open Phase, not only would the profits of MN skyrocket, 95% of it would be owned by the Sacharro Clan!