"There's no way I can just throw them straight into a fight with the Dungeon or Inferno factions, right?"
Ethan muttered to himself, clearly torn.
It wasn't that those factions were completely off-limits…
But right now, the enemies from both Dungeon and Inferno were just too damn strong.
Sending Oakenmaw, Orryn, and Kaiin in alone?
That'd be a suicide mission.
They'd be walking corpses—no question.
But if he sent Seraphina to lead them?
That risked drawing out the enemy's King-tier powerhouses.
And if that happened…
things could spiral out of control real fast.
Plus, he wasn't ready to reveal Kaiin or Orryn to the world just yet.
Part of it was strategic—he needed to keep some cards close to the chest.
But more importantly, Kaiin was an Ebonite Colossus. That alone made him a walking red flag.
If the Tower faction caught wind of that?
Yeah… that would open up a whole new can of worms.
So now he was stuck in a frustrating loop—
