Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 385: Chapter 356: Domino Effect

Atted had sent Cyril to seek out Athena because, although he was unaware that Lexington and Kelly had already colluded with the Kafka Empire, he sensed something was amiss. In this matter, Athena clearly had a deeper understanding, and she subsequently elucidated the whole situation to Cyril in clear detail.

However, Athena got one thing wrong.@@novelbin@@

That was, the collusion between Lexington and Kelly with the Kafka Empire didn’t happen after the decision to subdue Rocky, but before!

In other words, before the family meeting had decided to subdue Rocky, Lexington and Kelly had already established secret contacts with the Kafka Empire, having decided to strike at the Sky Alliance together.

It was because of this prior arrangement that Lexington and Kelly were so adamant about subduing Rocky—their actions were all in preparation for a bigger plan.

Some might wonder why such a significant affair was arranged with Lexington and Kelly instead of going through Atted, the Clan Leader.

It’s simple—the matter was too significant. As the head of a clan, how could Atted easily agree to it?

Moreover, the Mairente Family was a well-known large family, and the Empire was well aware of this. It was evident from Atted’s actions that he was of the conservative dove faction and would never lightly allow his family to engage in such dangerous affairs. Thus, the Empire simply bypassed him and directly sought the more radical Lexington and Kelly.

Some might again wonder, could the Mairente Family alone shake the Sky Alliance by fully mobilizing?

Of course not. The Mairente Family was significant, but it was still too small compared to the Sky Alliance. However, the Kafka Empire hadn’t just sought out the Mairente Family for collaboration; in fact, the Empire had secretly contacted several families and forces and had devised a vast and comprehensive plan.

The first step of this plan was to be executed by the Mairente Family, which was the subjugation of Rocky.

But what no one expected was that this first move would go seriously awry, a deviation caused by Cyril.

Because Cyril had left the family and gone to meet Rocky, the aggressively advancing family came up empty-handed. Although they reached Backhill Village, they didn’t find Rocky; instead, they encountered the Alliance Army stationed in the village head-on.

This might seem like a minor accident, seemingly insignificant, since Rocky was merely a decoy, and the real target was actually the Sky Alliance behind him.

But if anyone truly thought that way, they would be gravely mistaken!

In many people’s eyes, Rocky might seem insignificant, but he was the fuse of the whole plan. Although a fuse is ultimately consumed by the fire it starts and seems unimportant, let’s not forget that without this fuse, no matter how powerful the explosives, they can’t be detonated!

It can be said that no one expected a mistake to occur right at the first step, and this put Abraham, who was leading the troops at Backhill Village in a standoff with the Alliance Army, in a very difficult position.

As the son of Lexington, Abraham’s abilities could be said to be on par with Cyril’s, yet in this matter, he dared not make a decision lightly, so he quickly reported the situation to Lexington. However, Lexington faced the same predicament as Abraham; such a significant issue was beyond his authority to decide alone, so he in turn reported it to the Kafka Empire.

This back and forth took up a day or two, and the eventual result was that reinforcements from the Alliance had already arrived!

Indeed, while Atted and others were holding this family meeting discussing Cyril’s matter, the Sky Alliance’s reinforcements had already reached Backhill Village and officially started a standoff against the army led by Abraham, a scenario the Kafka Empire least wanted to see!

Who could have imagined that a minor deviation would eventually lead to a consequence that affected the entire plan of the Kafka Empire? Probably no one could have thought of it, and even if someone did, they certainly wouldn’t believe it.

But if Rocky knew all this, he would understand that in a series of interconnected events, a tiny initial change would generate a series of chain reactions, ultimately altering the entire event—this is the classic domino effect, isn’t it?

In this incident, Cyril’s departure from the family was that tiny initial change, and the domino effect it triggered eventually affected the entire plan of the Kafka Empire. Moreover, the impact was even greater than that, as the chain reactions this incident generated were much larger than imagined.

For instance, a series of changes within the Mairente Family.

The final decision of the family meeting defined Cyril’s departure as an act of defection, and internally, Cyril was labeled a fugitive just like Rocky, wanted by all members within the family.

That wasn’t all. As Cyril’s father, Atted was to bear full responsibility and thus was stripped of his dual roles as Clan Leader and Elder, becoming just an ordinary member of the family thereafter.

During this process, there were even proposals to strip Atted of his Machine City and expel him from the family!

However, this proposal was quickly rejected because both Lexington and Kelly knew that exploiting Cyril’s situation to remove Atted from his position as Clan Leader was already pushing the limits. If they dared to target his Machine City as well, the incident would ultimately lead to a split within the entire family.

But even so, Atted ultimately lost his dual status as Clan Leader and Elder. If anything remained, it was only Machine City. As he was deposed from his role as Clan Leader, the faction he represented also completely lost power within the Mairente Family, causing a major shift in the family’s power structure.

The consequences of this shift were not limited to the Mairente Family alone; they extended to many outsiders. After all, the Mairente Family was a large family with intricately complex relationships with many other forces and families within Sky City and beyond. Thus, this internal power shift would undoubtedly bring profound changes to these relationships.

Logically speaking, such significant changes in the top-level authority of a prominent family like the Mairente Family should have become the focus of everybody’s attention, and without doubt, it would be reported by the Shadow Alliance. However, in April of the year 118, this incident nearly went unnoticed because at the same time, a much bigger and more serious event occurred that not only affected a handful of people but the entire sky—

Numerous forces and families simultaneously challenged the Sky Alliance, sparking off a great war that engulfed the entire sky!

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