Chapter 298
Author: Life_Of_Mid
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The entire city of Barracuda was in a state of unrest as the common folk couldn't help but worry about the battle happening in the Lopez manor.

The fact that the Lopez had remained overlords for many years ensured that the people were familiar with what they were capable of.

But with these new attackers?... What if they were worse?... Would they have to experience even more hardship because of this?

For most, they had to hope that the Lopez family would emerge victorious else the coming weeks would end up being a trying time for all those involved.

Of course that only applied to the middle and lower class in the city.

For the upper class, they were eagerly eyeing the battle to find out who would come out on top.

For those that were directly linked to the Lopez family, they didn't hesitate to sever those links while those that weren't, kept a neutral stance, not willing to support anyone just yet.

It was a means to get ahead as long as they could quickly gain the favor of whoever would
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