Chapter 876: Crisis at the House of Han (1/2)

GDK 876: Crisis at the House of Han

While Han Shuo was achieving his great ambitions in the Fringe, the House of Han ran into a major crisis in the City of Shadows.

Ever since Han Shuo left the City of Shadows, the members of the House of Han had retreated to Fort Lasberg. They had been quietly expanding their influence and business in the Fort, not meddling with any business related to the City of Shadows.

Wallace, the City Lord of the City of Shadows, had tacitly approved the members of the House of Han leaving the city center. He had not notified the House of Han to participate in all big and small affairs related to the City. He had excluded the House of Han from taking any part in running the City.

As the Fringe was just too far away from the City of Shadows, it was very difficult for news to reach the City of Shadows from the Fringe. This was worsened by the unique migration pattern.

The criminals and outlaws from all Twelve Dominions would usually head to the Fringe out of desperation. They would bring the latest tidings from every corner of Elysium with them to the Fringe.

However, very few of those ferocious gods who had stepped into the Fringe would ever get the chance to return to their respective Dominions. This created a phenomenon where there were countless experts migrating into the Fringe while few migrated out. Therefore, it was also slow for news in the Fringe to make it to the rest of the Elysium.

The most recent news about Han Shuo that Phoebe, Emily, and the others learned was he had left Ethereal City for the Fringe. They had no idea what happened in the Fringe or how he was doing.

Even City Lord Wallace had no clue about how well Han Shuo was doing in the Fringe. Han Shuo had ceased all contact and seemed to have disappeared forever. Nobody knew when or if he’d ever return to the City of Shadows.

Having seen the countless miraculous deeds Han Shuo accomplished while he was in the city, for the future of the House of Sainte in the City of Shadows, Wallace had started to quell the strength of the House of Han. But as Wallace knew that the House of Han was close friends with Andre, Carmelita, Aobashi, Erebus, and others, he did not do anything too excessive.

Wallace seemed to have tacitly approved of Han Shuo’s decision to relocate all of the House of Han’s manpower and resources to Fort Lasberg. He even showed absolutely no interest or reaction when the divine guards of the Fifth Corps left the city and moved to Fort Lasberg.

Fort Lasberg was located at the border of the city’s sphere of influence. From Wallace’s point of view, the House of Han could not cause him trouble from that region. As long as the House of Han didn’t expand their influence inside the city, Wallace would be happy and leave the family clan to themselves.

However, back when Han Shuo lived in the City of Shadows, he had offended just too many people, for instance Hofs of Hushveil City who was located uncomfortably close to Fort Lasberg. After a few years of extensive investigation, Hofs learned the perpetrators who attacked Hushveil City were Han Shuo and Rose.

And after further investigation, he found Wallace seemingly deliberately alienating the House of Han. Hofs had been searching for Han Shuo to take revenge. But after failing to do so, he turned his eyes to the House of Han at Fort Lasberg.

Besides Hofs, there was a second person eying Fort Lasberg vengefully. He came from the most powerful family clan in the Darkness Dominion, the House of Broadhurst. Not only had he lost a good number of his highgods to Han Shuo, but his son was murdered before his arranged marriage with Donna.

After many years of thorough investigation, Larikson managed to determine that Han Shuo was the person who had murdered his son. It was easy to see why he would want to kill Han Shuo and every member of his family clan. The House of Broadhurst had control over the City of Gorging Clouds, the most powerful city in the Darkness Dominion. Larikson posed a greater threat to Fort Lasberg than Hofs.

Larikson and Hofs had an identical objective and they reached a pact soon after their first meeting. They intended to join forces and destroy Fort Lasberg’s House of Han. The two were confident that they could wreck Fort Lasberg using the formidable experts at their behest.

***Inside Hushveil City, Hofs and Larikson were having a conversation in the City Lord’s mansion.

Hofs and Larikson had been scheming an assault on Fort Lasberg for a long time. The two were confident of flattening Fort Lasberg with the forces they commanded. But there was still one thing keeping them from taking vengeance.

“Lord Larikson, I have no doubt that by working together, we would be successful in reaching our objective. My only concern is Wallace. When all is said and done, Fort Lasberg is a territory of the City of Shadows. If we are to invade the fort, Wallace might retaliate and we could start a civil war.”