The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 56: The Hidden Organization, Revenant. Part-2.

Just like Paul had expected, the carriage slowly made its way towards the noble district, and in doing so, it passed through the open area near the giant clocktower.

By the time they reached the clocktower, Paul’s hands had gone completely numb, and his nails were even starting to bleed!

But with sheer grit and determination, Paul managed to keep hanging below the carriage!

When the carriage reached the open area near the giant clocktower, it slowed down a bit to take a turn, and taking advantage of that slowed speed, Paul let go of his hands and let his body fall down!

*Thud!*

The moment he fell, his shoulder dislocated, and his body got various scratches as it rubbed against the cement road!

Immense pain assaulted Paul’s entire body, but he bit his lips till they started bleeding to prevent himself from screaming.

He knew that if he screamed, he would be noticed and caught!

The moment he fell, he lay down flat on the ground to let the carriage pass above him, but due to not being able to control his entire body while falling at that speed, his ankle got in the way of the carriage’s rear wheel!

*Crack!*

The rear wheel crushed and broke Paul’s ankle, causing his eyes to go bloodshot from sheer pain, but still Paul did not let out a scream.

"Ugh..."

He controlled himself and only let out a barely audible groan.

Thankfully the driver of the carriage didn’t have the time to notice that the rear wheel had gone through a bump, as he was in a hurry, and he led the carriage away without stopping.

Paul had no time to waste; he looked around and noticed that, for now, the entire plaza was empty, as it had only just recently stopped raining.

The ground was wet and a bit muddy because of the dirt that the wind and rain had brought.

Soon enough some cleaners will come, and if Paul doesn’t move fast enough, he will be noticed by them.

"Ugh...."

As his left ankle was broken and his right shoulder was dislocated, Paul could not even stand up properly, but he had no time left.

While groaning from pain, he started crawling his way towards the clocktower!

’I will not fail after coming so far! I must not fail!’

With determination and grit Paul crawled forward at a snail’s speed, but at least he was moving!

The more he forcefully moved his injured body, the more pain he felt, but he couldn’t stop after coming so far, so he had no other choice but to keep moving.

And after several minutes of hard work, Paul barely managed to make it to the base of the giant clocktower.

*Clink!* *Clink!*

Just when Paul was about to reach his destination, he heard the sound of a coin falling, loud and clear.

Hearing that sound, his face went pale as he thought of something and felt an ominous foreboding.

With sweat all over his face, Paul slowly lowered his uninjured left arm to look for the coin in his pocket.

And to his horror, the broken avanti coin was missing.

Paul’s fingers went right through his pockets, meaning that when he fell down from the carriage, his pocket got torn, and when he was crawling forward, the broken avanti coin fell out from the torn pocket.

If it had fallen somewhere else, it would still have been fine, but to Paul’s horror, the avanti coin bounced on the ground and fell directly into the sewers!

The manhole cover of the sewer near the clocktower had big circular holes in it, and the broken avanti coin passed right through them and fell down the sewer!

"Th-this!?... this can’t be..."

Paul was helpless and unable to stop that from happening; with his broken body, he could not even lift the manhole cover on the sewer and look inside to find the coin.

’Do you really have to do this to me!? Do you really want me to die a meaningless death!?’

’Are the gods in heavens hell-bent on making me suffer!? Why is it that only my luck and fate are so bad that I can’t do anything in life!!! Why!!!’

Many questions ran through Paul’s head.

He felt helpless, he felt broken, and he felt betrayed.

He was granted one final chance to achieve something; he was granted one final chance to change his life, but after coming so close to his destination, after coming so close to the final point, his hopes were crushed!

Having your hopes crushed right when you are about to reach your goal is crueler than never having hopes in the first place!

That blow was so devastating that Paul could not hold it anymore; tears appeared in his eyes as he looked at the manhole cover with resentment and hatred.

’I am pathetic... I couldn’t even do one single thing right! I deserve this d*mned fate!!’

’Ah! Just kill me already! Just kill me!!’

While lamenting his luck and fate, Paul cried in sheer despair; he had nothing left to live for, and he just wanted to die in that moment.

Soon enough some cleaning workers will come and notice him, then they will call the soldiers and knights, and he will be beaten and thrown away like garbage!

With such a broken body, he might not even be able to survive more than a day, and he would bleed to death in some dark alley.

His corpse will rot away, eaten by dogs and pests, and then eventually it will be cleaned off and disposed of!

Every trace of him will disappear from this world; there will be no justice for his dead family, and there will be no one who will know that a person like him ever existed.

There will be no one who will care that ’Paul,’ the farmer, once died helpless against fate!

"No! I will not die helpless!!"

"If I am going to die anyway! I will struggle until the last breath! I will not be known as Paul, who died helpless!"

"I would rather want to be remembered as Paul, who struggled against fate until his last breath!"

With determination flashing in his eyes, Paul crawled towards the manhole cover!

He wasn’t going to accept defeat until the very end!

And as if the ’World’ itself had become impressed by his unwavering struggle, it bestowed the reward that Paul had been wanting all this while!

*Click!*

The manhole cover rotated on its own and slid aside as a man wearing a dark black cape and a dark black mask climbed out of it.

In his hand he was holding the same broken Avanti coin that Paul had lost.

"Hoh? Another new revenant has made it here. Welcome, Untainted Soul. You are right on time~"

The unknown man’s voice was hoarse and very uncomfortable to hear, but that uncomfortable voice seemed like the sweet, gentle singing of an angel of heaven to the ears of Paul.

"Y-you are?"

Paul was confused but also a bit hopeful.

"We can’t stay here for long; let me bring you inside first..."

The unknown man grabbed Paul by one hand and jumped inside the sewer before placing the manhole cover back to its original place once again!