The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 37: The First Spark of a Revolution Ignites. Part-3.

Chapter 37: The First Spark of a Revolution Ignites. Part-3.

But of course, Alex was not an idiot; he wasn’t going to truly and fully trust Zeil either.

Currently he was just creating a foundation for his future revolution and for his future ability to control the entire city of Ilma from the shadows.

It was not an easy task by any means, but Alex couldn’t bear to suppress his ambitions just because the ’Path’ he needed to walk was too thorny.

To reach his goals, to make his ambitions a reality, it was inevitable that he would have to walk on this thorny ’Path’ whether he wanted to or not.

"Lord Saint, Lord Zeil, the tea table has been set; let us escort you..."

By the time Alex and Zeil finished up establishing their secret cooperation, the knights returned.

They were all swift and efficient people, so it didn’t take them a lot of time, but even that small time frame was enough for cunning people like Alex and Zeil to set up their plans.

If they had carried out their meeting in some secret locations using some secret methods, they would have garnered more attention and vigilance from the subordinates of the count.

But as they carried out their meeting wide open in the middle of a training area in broad daylight, it became easier to have others let their guard down.

Alex nodded his head at the knight and stepped forward with Zeil while talking.

"So the county of Ilma is mostly barren, then what do you guys survive on usually?"

Now that the deal was done and they had people around them, Alex immediately changed the topic to something random and casual instantly.

Zeil rolled his eyes at Alex’s ability to change topic so suddenly and replied in a rather uninterested voice,

"Well... it’s just barren lands and poor starving villages everywhere; only the area around the city is good for farming. The rest of the area is quite rocky and bad for plant growth..."

"If only we had the ability to turn barren land into a green forest like those arrogant elves..."

Zeil shook his head helplessly.

He himself didn’t want to fight his father and brothers in a bloody battle for power and money.

But he had no other choice.

He only had the option of either leaving and dying in poverty or usurping power with force and cunningness. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

If there was some way to turn the barren lands of the Ilma County into a vast forest rich in resources, he could have just left to build his own new territory and lived a life of peace.

But that wasn’t an option for him.

Elves are famous all over the world, as they are considered the favored children of the ’World Tree’ and are able to borrow its power to make even barren land into a resource-filled forest.

Moreover, their amazing beauty and physical strength make them one of the strongest and most arrogant creatures in this world.

"Talking about resources... the county of Ilma is rich in underground caves and hidden dungeons filled with monsters and beasts all over..."

"I won’t be surprised if there are some abhorrent class monsters hidden in those deep underground dungeons somewhere..."

Zeil felt quite sure while saying those words, even though he himself seemed quite fearful of the existence of such powerful monstrosities in this region.

"Haha, well, if such powerful monsters attacked our city, we would be dead in just a few hours anyway, so why worry? Live free and happy like me!"

"I got kicked outta the royal palace only to be thrown in this backwater region, you know!"

The strongest Pathwalkers in the city of Ilma were barely just intermediate-level warriors, including Ethan.

Obviously, they all stood no chance against monsters that could shatter cities and bring disasters on major scales.

"By the way, how strong are these knights of yours? Will they be able to stand if I give them my Jake treatment, or are they stronger?"

The knights escorting Alex and Zeil gulped their saliva, and some of them even shivered a bit at Alex’s words; none of them wanted to end up like Jake.

Jake was a talented, exceptional warrior; he could handle all that abuse from Alex. They surely can’t do such a thing and might just collapse after a few tricks from Alex.

But Alex wasn’t talking to them; Alex was using double-meaning words and Zeil understood his words as he replied,

"Err... the knights of our county are mostly trained by Phase 1 Pathwalkers, and most of them are experienced people who had earned their title of knighthood by slaying a ’Beast’ Class monster alone."

"We don’t have many of them, only a few dozen, but they are all strong and experienced people. I wouldn’t be surprised if they manage to join the ranks of the dozen Pathwalkers working directly for my father..."

Zeil even spoke those words with an arrogant and confident tone to make it seem like he was proud of them.

But in actuality he was answering Alex’s hidden question in a roundabout way.

Alex had actually asked him what the strength of Lord Foley’s private army actually was, and Zeil replied to it in such a way that the knights wouldn’t suspect them.

Even if they found something, they will only think that the newly arrived prince was only curious about the forces protecting the city; they won’t be able to guess that a new revolution was being planned right under their noses.

"Hoh... well, I did hear from Ethan that there are nearly five thousand soldiers protecting the city; it’s quite reassuring after knowing that the city is safe with these people around..."

At Alex’s words, Zeil replied while performing perfect acting of an arrogant noble,

"Hah! Not five thousand! That’s just the number on the surface! We actually keep a lot of reserve force!"

"After all, many young people do military training before going back to their family work, like farming and stuff; they can all be recruited to defend the city in cases of emergency!"

To others it might sound like Zeil was boasting about his father’s amazing city and his amazing control over it, but to Alex it sounded completely different.

Zeil mentioned the people who were considered reserve forces, and Alex immediately understood that Zeil was trying to say that these people were possible good targets for their secret organization.

Revenant currently only has them two as its earliest members and its founders; it needed the support of more people to actually make it into a real mighty force.

They needed talented and intelligent people to create this secret force, and when the time and opportunity arrived, they would use them to finally carry out the revolution.

Alex and Zeil were currently only igniting the first few sparks of the revolution; there was still a long way to go.

’Man... I am such a benevolent and good saint; I am saving those poor people from hard farm work and labour...’

’I am giving them a new purpose in life; there’s no way anyone is kinder and more benevolent than me in this world, right?’

’Oh, dear God Of Wisdom, give your precious child strength and wisdom to help all the poor lambs in this world...’