He needed to strip authority from the entrenched nobility that had convinced him to sign away one of the most potentially valuable assets the kingdom possessed.
He needed to consolidate power in his own hands and rebuild a political structure that wasn't constantly subject to the manipulations of creatures like Sariel.
And there was only one way to do that.
He needed the support of the one entity in his kingdom who possessed the power to enforce his authority. He needed the emissary from Elysium.
He needed someone or something that existed at a level where the political games of the elven nobility simply couldn't touch it.
The key to having Jack on his side would be to sway powerful people to back the King in his push for change in the laws. It would make it significantly easier, but it would not be a small feat.
But first, he needed to understand the full scope of what was happening.
On the scrying mirrors, the sky erupted with catastrophic detonations.
