Chapter 509: THE BET
The best they could do right now was to defend their territory, because the situation in the capital city was still unclear and the war for the throne was still in full swing. Cane planned to use this situation to strengthen the seven pack’s territories under him.
He was the only alpha in the southern part of the kingdom and right now, including all the seven territories, he had the largest area with hundreds of thousands of people under him.
Before, the Golden Light pack held the record, that was why, all the royal guards and most of the warriors in the capital city came from this pack.
On the surface, it was good to have such a large territory with unlimited resources, but then, the complexity of the problems from each area would be another internal trouble that they needed to tackle, especially when summer was just around the corner and some areas would suffer from drought. That was just one of the many troubles that would resurface later on.
Iris understood the complexity of the problems that they would face, and sooner or later, once the problems in the capital city had settled down, no matter who sat on the throne, they would finally realize how much of a threat Cane became being able to hold such power.
But, they could think about that later, since they needed to take everything one step at a time.
"Some of the packs are not worth fighting for," Ethan said. He liked the idea of having more territory, but some packs were simply too poor and would only hold them back. They would give them more headache than benefits.
"Blue Moon pack, Riverside pack and Chrystal Moon pack are the packs with the highest benefits. Bloody Wolf pack... does not hold much, especially when some of the former warriors of the packs are very adamant not to be ruled by you. Meanwhile the Silver River pack and the Diandem pack will only be a burden," Jace said calculatively. "I think we need to let go of the other two packs."
"And let the pack members suffer?" Iris frowned. She had read about those two packs and she had to admit there were not many things that they could offer, just like what Jace said.
"We can’t save all the people, Luna. We need to think about the best options we have," Jace said. He didn’t seem to be happy with his own decision, but he needed to think rationally, since he couldn’t allow the extra territory to become an added burden to them. It was not worth it.
"And what would happen to the two packs that will not be claimed?" Iris asked again.