Chapter 1229: Great!
Qin Ran lightly tapped the armrest with the index finger of his right hand, his thoughts wholly focused on the Ape Faction and the Snake School.
According to On Schools, the Ape Faction was also a special faction unlike the others.
First, the Ape Faction had no fixed gathering place.
Second, members of the Ape Faction could be commoners or merchants, or Noble knights.
Simply put, unless summoned by a Water Ape, Fire Ape, Sword Ape, or a higher-ranking "White Ape," members of the Ape Faction were people who wandered as they pleased.
Logically, such an Ape Faction should have been harmless.
But was that actually the case?
Rulers everywhere were no less wary and vigilant of the Ape Faction than any other faction. Some even singled them out as targets.
Because the Ape Faction was too free.
Free enough to threaten the status of rulers everywhere.
A group of people unrestrained by rules yet immensely powerful could cause far more destruction than ordinary criminals.
And the Snake School?
They were simply a band of assassins!
From their conduct to their fighting methods, everything about them leaned infinitely toward that of assassins.
Therefore, those of the Snake School were also among the least constrained by rules.
Moreover, to a certain extent, the very existence of assassins constantly challenged authority, often making those in authority lose face.
From that perspective, the Snake School and the Ape Faction were somewhat alike.
But that similarity could never make the two factions friends or allies.
Especially...
After the Snake School had shed its shell like a golden cicada and concealed its tracks.
What Water Ape had just said was enough to prove that.
Of course, Qin Ran had not expected help from such people.
The reason was simple: he did not