Chapter 66: Ch 66 Foresight
To cleanse the inner rot.
To ensure that, if these individuals dared take another step in the wrong direction—if they even tried to ignite rebellion—they would be crushed without mercy.
Though the Goddesses could not see every path the future held, they were no strangers to strategic foresight.
They had chosen to wait. To allow things to stabilize. And now, it was becoming clear they had made the right decision.
These traitors were not the focus yet. But the moment they acted... They would be. And when that time came, nothing would save them.
...
And then there were one or two individuals—not just thinking about it, but fully prepared to act. Despite the looming warnings from the Goddess of Judgment, they would go through with it. They would reveal what had transpired in that classified Federation Council meeting. Outsiders weren’t supposed to know, but that didn’t matter. They had made up their minds.
Why? Because they were convinced—absolutely certain—that their business empires would be threatened now that William had been granted such a powerful position.
Even though William Velhart had only just been declared a citizen of the Federation—a fact he himself wasn’t even aware of yet—he had been awarded an honorary title for gifting them such advanced technology. It wasn’t a position with real authority or power, but the gesture alone was enough to unsettle them.
They believed that if William already had such technology to offer, he must possess even more—and that he would undoubtedly use it to build his own empire.
They were sure of it. After all, he had asked to join the Warlord Program, and his request had been approved. They knew exactly what Warlords were entitled to, and that meant William would gain access to resources and legitimacy capable of reshaping the already shifting balance of power.
His influence would only continue to grow, especially since he possessed enough strength to earn battle merits—granting him further access to those very resources and privileges