12 Factions form

Draig reformed with a smirk, he really only targeted the pile with with the Alchemical items before snatching up as many skillbooks as he could. He wasn't even sure what he grabbed but he picked up anything that looked like a book and hoped for the best, it was part of his strategy as the need and want for Skillbooks during this period would skyrocket but felt he had to at least have a majority as compared to the rest.

He could see the Guilders struggling against each other as well as Zarra and his lackeys, he didn't know if he would be able to pull off a grand escape a second time and was heavily debating trying to take more, but he didn't want to bite off more than he could chew. The longer he stared the more he wanted to return, emptying his system storage into the second bag he grabbed and putting the bags themselves into his system storage he was going to charge back into the fray but stopped when he realized he would be wasting valuable time.

Zarra and the rest were distracted by the battle for the resources giving him ample time to setup a safe haven that would go unnoticed.

Draig decided to use his time wisely and headed east, he had actually never taken the time to fully explore the farm so this was his first time realizing just how large this piece of land was.

Meanwhile Zarra was smirking along with the rest of his group as they held a couple Bottomless bags, off in the distance groups were scattering into different parts of the farm trying to make their claim to a territory before it was too late.

"Alright you guys know the next part of the plan, Rodolfo take these things and scatter them into the rifts that I make and stock them up with your helpers. Jared relentlessly hunt these brats and rest as you feel the need, Sin once these kids set up their little encampments sabotage and sow discord among them" ordered Zarra before opening Rifts at random locations, he would force them to change locations as he saw fit so everything would be left to chance.

'I wonder what the kid is doing right now' thought Zarra looking into the distance as he remembered better times.

While Zarra was setting up his rifts Draig had been busy trying to find a decent location where he could practice and still have his basic necessities.

He settled on a overgrown hill that had what looked like the remnants of a building, going closer for an inspection he was pleased to learn that it had a root cellar which would serve his purpose nicely.

'The question is how do I set up a defense that will be a clear mark of the territory being occupied but still obscure not to give away my identity' thought Draig worrying about Zarra and his lackeys discovering his location.

Thinking carefully he decided on Illusions since it wasn't a dead giveaway, and was a very subtle way of defending his area but he would need to level the skill first.

In other areas groups had joined forces under different banners with the intent of standing above the others and attaining a stranglehold on resources, Zarra stared at the many different Factions and noticed coincidentally that there were four main factions and a several smaller factions that had formed.

'This should prove interesting in the future' he looked to a far off area where several minor factions were forming their territories and smiled as he stared a lone person hashing out his area of domicile.

"The kid is interesting isn't he" came the sudden voice of Sin

"Indeed" was the simple response