Chapter 98: Answers [3]
Clayton took a deep breath.
"You didn’t tell me what the Verdant Armistice Network is yet, but you can just answer it with my other questions".
"I just want to clarify what I think I know in my head".
"After the end of the world, and Behemorphs ravaged across the world, destroying entire cities and nations, the first Awakened returned from Trial 1 and led the first resistance against the rampaging Genesis corruption".
"Against Luminous Seed Behemorphs though, and the endless tide of Initiate Ember Behemorphs, the limited number of human Awakened stood no chance".
"So the world fractured, the old order broken".
"Nations stopped being nations, entire governments fragmented in a single day. Civilization turned to military rule to survive".
"A year later, the planet became divided into Nexal Zones, each ruled by different Awakened Verdant Lords and mutated ecosystems".
"Just to clarify, Verdant Lords are Awakened who survived the Genesis Trials and have claimed territories of their own, enjoying the favor and boost of the Genesis Protocols, making them far stronger than regular Awakened warriors, right?"
"Right". Torren nodded.
"Also, just to clarify, the leader of major clans like the Rootbound Clans, the Verdant Apostates, the Ironblood Remnants, and the Scorched Clans are all Verdant Lords right?"