The moment Arkaal disappeared, the other commanders of the royal faction would immediately grow suspicious.
And if the royal faction mistakenly believed that the Big Five Sects or the Three Major Demonic Sects were responsible—
Then the war that had been slowly brewing for years could erupt far earlier than planned. That would create chaos across the entire Dadangar Subcontinent.
Aksai slowly rubbed his forehead. Time was limited. He needed to leave soon. Looting a well-hidden gu insect farm wasn't in his initial calculations at all. Especially when the process of looting took so long.
Originally, if Aksai had failed to kill Arkaal and Qishan properly, he would have escaped immediately without caring about the consequences.
Once the full-fledged war broke out, the royal faction would have targeted all the known Lords of Dadangar with everything they had in order to establish a new world order.
