It had been a year since Guso had witnessed the culminating showdown between Binomas of the Titan Hand Clan and Shoton of the Sparking Light Clan.
A grand battle that ended in Binomas Victory having survived an all-out attack by Shoton, in consequence, dealing the Sparking Light clan a deadly blow upon their leader's death.
Despite the outcome of that battle securing the Titan Hands and allies' victory in the clan war, it was at a high cost for Binomas, yet he didn’t stop there, he ruthlessly sacked Sparking Light Clans' home base and mercilessly hunted down any member of the clan throughout Volunterra Scattering its surviving members throughout the world.
He continued this scorched earth policy for half a year while simultaneously consolidating his power and fighting off all attempts to weaken, control, or retaliate against his clan from Government, Private, and Ranker institutions.
At the end of the half-year campaign, he did something nobody could have imagined.
Seizing advantage of his allied clans' weakened state of power after their Clan heads died in the great battle; he usurped their leadership positions, tied them to his clan through marriage, and ultimately took over their clans through force unifying them to form a new entity.
He declared himself the Patron of a newly formed Evolved Clan, the Titan Sons Clan.
By doing so he eliminated many of his problems, he supplemented his manpower increasing it by twofold overnight, eliminated having to share his spoils with the other clans, eliminated any possible treason or double-crossing by the former clans, technically being a new clan entity also helped him bypass some of the pressure the government was putting on the Titan Hand Clan, and best of all vastly increased his resources in anticipation of the coming wars.
Many in the Ranker world were impressed and wary of Binomas' acumen as a strategist.
Such a power move made it harder for other ranker groups to take advantage of a potentially battle-weary Titan Hand Clan.
After the great battle it had come to light and word quickly traveled that the Titan Hand Clan had a world-defying treasure.
Many organizations who thought they were stronger than the Titan Hand Clan were ready to use the extermination of the Sparking Light Clan as an excuse to attack the Titan Hand Clan and steal their Treasure.
But now they were more hesitant to act on such a scheme as in a matter of days the Evolved Clan had grown in might.
The Titan Sons Clan being made up of three Evolved Families generational Legacys combined with their confirmed acquisition of a powerful mysterious treasure made them a force that could not be easily trifled with.
However the value of the treasure was too great, so they changed their tactics and waited to make their move.
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During the span of the war, the three Evolved clans had offended too many people and entities, the most important of which was the Government.
Volunterra’s government ever since the Neohuman rebellion had a deep mistrust of Evolved clans and institutions.
In light of the Evolved Clans' recent actions, they started to put increased pressure on all Evolved clans in the country.
Rumors that another insurgency was afoot started to spread.
And they weren’t wrong.
Binomas hated the Volunterra Government; he always blamed them for keeping the potential of humans in such a weak and pathetic state.
In his mind, he thought the only way humans could fully come out on top in Potestera was through the strengthening of the bloodline through any means necessary.
Yet Volunterra fundamentally disagreed with his philosophy and actively thwarted many of their attempts to gain more power.
But now by his hand, his Clan had made a breakthrough, despite his deep sorrow for his son's loss, his tragedy had allowed the Clan to be bold and domineering and show the world the power of the Evolved.
And he wasn’t done, he had full intent to free himself and his clan members from the oppressiveness of Volunterra’s government.
In dark halls and underground rooms, Binomas and many mysterious visitors met.
“Binomas although your accomplishments are impressive your clan alone will get crushed in minutes before the might of the Volunterra Defense Force.”
“ That's right, Binomas the number of SSS Rankers they have on call is not small and we could only provide you with a small amount in case we do go through with this.”
“ Friends I understand the situation clearly, once I garner enough support amongst all evolved clans and find a good number of allies sympathetic with our cause then will I seek you out with more confidence. Now I only ask for your support in our Clans growth as there are many things against us.”
“A promise of a half-baked revolt isn’t good enough, if you seriously want us to invest our resources in you we’re going to need a bigger down payment.”
“I understand soon my Clan sleuth is on the verge of discovering even more relics of the ancient titan bloodline, please feel welcome to join him on his expedition.”
“Binomas you're one cunning man, you sure drive a good bargain and know how to play the game, but you’re not the only cunning man in this world nor the wisest. I won't lie, Neohuman head brass is very interested in you; they just want to see what your ceiling and true capabilities really are before we fully commit. Fix your current problems and put yourself in a better position and when the time comes you’ll have your War.”
Deep in the underground malevolent experts plotted and schemed for the arrival of a new age in Volunterra.