chapter 691: leave the rest to the adults

norman and claude, who were busy dealing with the warlord pangolin, weren't aware of zion's banditry.
they were also not aware of the fact that two more rank 7 sovereigns and their bodyguards were already on their way to their location.
right now, they were at a stalemate against the warlord pangolin, who was being protected by four rank 5 pangolin sovereigns and two rank 6 alpha pangolins.
there were also the rank 3 and rank 4 monsters that served as mobs, which made things harder for them.
norman tried to bulldoze his way and annihilated all the small fries in his path.
however, when he faced the combined assault of the rank 7 and rank 6 monsters, even he had to be cautious. in this kind of large-scale battle, being isolated from his allies would be a bad thing.
thirteen, who was paying attention to this battle, had tasked athena to record the battle from start to end.
he would then ask her to dissect norman's and claude's fighting style so that he would be able to counter them in the future.
thirteen was also gathering the data of all the elite forces of the ashford clan to have a better grasp of their fighting strength.
his only regret was that aaron ashford wasn't around.
he was the subject of thirteen's and erasmus' vengeance.
the two of them wished nothing more than to chop him to pieces and feed him to the fish. however, both of them decided to hold back for the time being for the bigger picture.
currently, pangea only had six monarchs, including the grand marshal of the central
government.
even with them taking the lead, the human race had suffered losses time and time again. just like how the other monarchs were waiting to see the outcome of the invasion in the cygni continent, thirteen and erasmus were also waiting.
after the battle in the cygni continent was over, it was time for all the forces in the continent to once again set their sights on each other.
old alliances might get broken, but new alliances would be made.
the monarch clans might start to target the aspiring families who wished to become part of the prestigious families.
there was also a possibility that monarchs would fight against monarchs, and the thrones would fight against thrones.
only the upcoming invasion of the cygni continent prevented them from targeting each other because the first one to do such a thing would become public enemy number one.
no matter how many eggs you throw, the one that was going to break would always be the
eggs.
thirteen asked athena for the possible routes that the monsters would take and made his plan according to her calculations.
"it's almost time," thirteen muttered before making a hand gesture for his bandits to return to the leventis property to dump their hard-earned loot.
now that the stallard and ashford clans had left the scene, it was now time for him to take
-center stage.
the teenage boy then used his communicator to order roland to take the wanderers to the south of the city, where it was still relatively safe, and protect the second shelter from
wandering monsters.
he shared that three rank 7 sovereigns had appeared, accompanied by their lackeys and that the place they were headed to was east, not south.
if it were only a rank 7 sovereign, he was certain that roland would try to challenge it with his
hero party.
with the divine martial techniques that zion had imparted to them and the months of training they received in the rigel continent, the possibility of them pulling it off was high. however, this was on the condition that it was a one versus the entire hero party scenario. if the rank 7 monsters have bodyguards, then it would be harder for them to win. "you guys have already done your best," thirteen said. "now, leave the rest to the adults. focus on protecting the civilians in the shelter located in the south. i will send my people
there as well."
after saying those words, thirteen cut off his connection and ordered his bandits to head to the south, where another shelter for the civilians was located, and to regroup with the hero
party.
he ordered them to protect the place for the time being because the low-ranking monsters were starting to expand outward of the city.
with their strength, he was confident that they would be able to handle the small fries of the
monster army.
lastly, he wanted these wanderers to gain merits so that the ashford clan would reward them for protecting the civilians.
at the end of the day, thirteen couldn't abandon the helpless people who were currently hiding in the shelters, unaware that the monster outbreak that they thought would be easily dealt with had already evolved into something that was already outside of the ashford clan's
control.