Mila
Mila only had 2% left until full mastery of her Devil's Contract skill. Previously it had been her most mastered, but there was no good way of training it without actually making contracts and she couldn't just make and break contracts like crazy. She had an image to maintain.
It did help, however, that the Territory of New Raphaiya was growing, as she made a new contract with every cultivator who came, but the growing nature of the Territory was also a problem.
Hira had two other native factions, the Rebels and the Imperial Generals, and both wanted Roland Raphaiya dead.
The week before, Roland and his party had been attacked by five members of the rebel forces while out hunting and, while they had managed to defend themselves, one of their assailants had gotten away.
