Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons novel Chapter 588

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Chapter 588 -588 – Taming the Swarm – 3

Purple banners began rising from each tower of the city, visible from kilometers away like beacons of desperation cutting through the smoky air. They were followed by flashes of light.

The visual display was a formal acknowledgment.

Almost immediately, Selphira could feel changes in the political dynamics of the city. She knew that in mansions and castles throughout the territory, noble families were rapidly evaluating what resources they could mobilize and what achievements they could claim.

The general crisis declaration had opened doors that would be impossible to close once the immediate threat passed.

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A new messenger arrived from the castle’s direction, his mount breathing heavily from the urgent flight across the city’s chaotic landscape.

“Matriarch! Report from the main castle! Several minor families have begun mobilizing forces! There are also reports that some groups are requesting permission for direct actions outside the wall and in Yino!”

Selphira felt a mixture of hope and concern while observing the tactical movements beginning to deploy, though she noticed something that disturbed her deeply.

The Starweaver zone wasn’t being defended by the Starweavers themselves.

Selphira had assumed they would do something like this, but seeing it happen affected her mood more than she had anticipated. The political maneuvering was beginning even as civilians on the Yino side died, and the cynicism of it left a bitter taste that had nothing to do with the smoke-filled air.

Instead of protecting their own territory, they were directing themselves to Yino that was closer to the Goldcrest side making the march longer just to “cross-support” with other families. Meanwhile, forces from Goldcrest territory were heading far too, to the abandoned Starweaver territory.

Selphira realised fast why this was the case. It was a calculated movement that exploited legal loopholes in antiquated rules…

The regulations allowed families to claim achievements for defending territories that had been “abandoned” in crisis, regardless of whether the abandonment had been strategic.

In this case, they sought to further damage Sirius’s low standing as their leader, since he, who had left to seek a solution and whose territory could be considered “abandoned” in a certain bureaucratic sense, couldn’t react to it.

Selphira immediately realized what they were doing in collusion with the ex-Goldcrest territory families to gain more weight in their future recognition claims…

By not defending a territory that bore their “same surname”, even though it was part of another faction’s territory within their family, it wouldn’t be easy to argue it had been their “obligation” from the beginning.

These types of loopholes she could see now during a crisis showed her these were rules that should definitely be corrected, but now that she saw how they would be used, it was too late to do anything about it.

It was always like this in her experience… humans tended to react after accidents happened, not before.

But there was nothing to do now, since Dragarion wasn’t present to enforce fairer protocols, so she would have to let these political maneuvers pass.

The important thing was the military support they would provide and that it arrives quickly, regardless of the political motivations behind it.

Even within her own family, some parts more distant from her direct control and family branches that had disagreed with her policies, with various stubborn elders leading factions, were going to want to make similar moves to maximize their own benefits.

So this time Selphira didn’t blame the individual players, but the “game”, the complete system. Rules designed to be manipulated by those with sufficient legal knowledge and resources to exploit their weaknesses.

It was a bitter reflection to have in the middle of a genuine crisis, but the crisis itself was revealing just how old and broken their political structure had become.

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In the castle, Luna, Liora, and Larissa had finally managed to gather all the necessary documents. An hour of meticulous work with legal codes and historical precedents had produced a complete set of paperwork that would, technically, legitimize Luna’s actions during the crisis.