The Pathway Of Wisdom-Chapter 73: Spreading Anti-Count Propaganda. Part-1.

Hidden Organization ’Revenant,’ Headquarters.

Paul wiped the sweat from his forehead as he swept the floor in this dark and dim underground place.

Although torches and lamps were everywhere, due to being deep underground, the place was still dark and dim.

While sweeping the floor, Paul looked around and noticed many others helping clean this gigantic underground city-like structure together.

Quite a few members of the organization had been given missions yesterday, and they haven’t returned as of yet.

And the people who haven’t been given their missions yet are all helping in keeping this place clean and liveable.

It’s been just two days since Paul joined the organization, and to his surprise, newbies were being recruited every single day, one by one.

A proper hierarchy was also established inside the organization, but this hierarchy was unlike any other that Paul had ever seen or heard about.

Usually, the strongest or most wealthy people are at the top of hierarchies in the world, but for the first time Paul saw a hierarchy that was completely based on merit and mission completion rate alone!

Members who completed missions successfully and earned merit for the organization were respected by everyone!

It was already clear that the people with the most merit in the organization would be the ones who would be granted the divine healing potions and would receive the most support of the leaders of the organization!

The rankings of the members of the revenant organization were also arranged according to merit.

The rankings were Bronze, Silver, and Gold rank Revenants.

Paul was currently at Bronze rank, as he hadn’t completed any mission yet.

Ron was at Silver rank, and recently he heard a rumor from Ron that a member of the organization, ’Antonio,’ seemed to have ascended to Gold rank!

He’s been given a crucial mission and is currently receiving full support from all members of the organization and its leaders!

Currently he’s the only person who might be the most qualified to receive a divine healing potion first!

’I want to become a Gold Rank Revenant too... I want to become strong and punish the corrupt regime of this city...’

Just a few days ago, Paul was completely lost, as he had lost his everything and had nowhere to go and no reason to keep living for.

But after joining the organization, not only has Paul found a place where he belongs now, but he also has a reason to live and keep moving forward!

Paul hasn’t forgotten the Lord Saint’s kindness, and even now he wants to help him do missions that will increase his rank and will be useful for the saint.

’I wonder when I will be able to meet Lord Saint again... staying by his side is such a calming experience that I just keep yearning for it more and more...’

Paul didn’t know, but Alex was carrying Divine Healing Potions with him at all times, and the divine power seeping from them radiates around Alex, causing the illusion that Alex is the one with a calming presence!

This is actually Alex’s trick to make people feel relaxed and cause them to be less guarded when around him.

He already knew that the Divine Healing Potions were extraordinary things, and just by holding a flask of it, you could feel calm and refreshed.

Alex, who needed to keep his mind in a calm and refreshed mode at all times, found these potions very useful.

He carried them around with him to keep himself coolheaded at all times.

Moreover, having a divine healing potion around was not just about being cool and good-looking; the divine power that leaked and seeped out of the potion at a slow but steady rate would get absorbed by Alex’s body at all times.

Ethan had told Alex about the ’Rapid Growth’ method of using healing potions to do extreme continuous training, but that was a very expensive thing.

Although Alex could not afford such expenses as of yet, he came up with a less costly and more efficient method.

By carrying the divine healing potions in a cheaper quality flask, Alex would cause the divine power to constantly leak outside.

This will slowly deplete the potion but will also help Alex absorb a lot of that seeping power at a very efficient rate!

That same divine power lingering around Alex gave him that iconic ’holy and calming halo’ that all the members of the hidden organization seemed to find very fascinating!

Paul was just one of the few who was being tricked by Alex’s endless pile of deceits.

"It sure is hot today though... It was raining like crazy a few days ago and now it’s so hot..."

"The weather in the Ilma county is really so weird..."

Just when Paul was wiping his sweat and starting to sweep again, a familiar person walked over to his side, causing him to stop sweeping the floor.

Paul immediately stood up straight and saluted the person respectfully.

"It’s a pleasure to meet you, Dame Freya!"

Freya, the second disciple of Ethan, was also a trainee knight not too weaker than Jake, and she was the person in charge of handing missions to the members of the Revenant organization!

Paul knew that whenever she approaches a member of the organization, it is usually only for sending them on missions!

As Paul had been waiting for his own first mission for a long time now, he was very happy that Freya finally came to him to assign him his first mission.

Despite trying his best, Paul couldn’t hide his excitement from showing on his face, and his eyes shone brightly with the flames of determination!

He was ready to do anything he was ordered!

"It’s a pleasure to meet you too, Mr. Paul... You have been very diligent at work in the last two days and even Lord Saint himself granted you with his blessing..."

"So, you have been chosen for a critical mission today!"

Freya always had a sweet smile on her face, and her voice was very pleasant to hear, but she was always covering her entire body with heavy armor, so it was impossible to see her face.

But from her voice it was clear that she was quite serious when assigning the mission to Paul.

"Mr. Paul, Lord Saint has personally bestowed you with this mission, and as I am not allowed to read the contents of this letter, you must go to Old Man James to get it interpreted for you..."

Paul nodded his head and took the sealed letter with an excited look on his face.

"Thank you for delivering it to me, Dame Freya! I am honored to receive this!"

Freya waved her hand and said,

"I am still a trainee knight; ’Dame’ is used for women who have already been granted a ’Knighthood.’ I still have a long way to go before I can receive that title..."

"Just call me Miss Freya for now..."

Paul nodded his head and replied,

"Understood, Miss Freya!"

Once her work here was done, Freya immediately left, as she had to go back for her usual training and also had to see if Jake was doing all right.

Paul, on the other hand, hurriedly placed the broom away and rushed straight to Old Man James’s house!

Old James was a direct subordinate of Zeil, and he was placed in the organization by Zeil to deal with all the matters that needed his help.

Alex was dealing with all the planning, mission assignment, and recruitment of the people of the organization; Zeil, on the other hand, was preparing and dealing with things that were related to the outside world.

*Knock* *Knock!*

Paul knocked on Old James’s room’s door, and an old but calm voice rang out from inside.

"Come in..."

Paul slowly opened the door and went inside; this was his first time entering the room of a fellow member of the organization, so he was a bit nervous, but after entering, he was hit by a relaxing fragrance, causing him to calm down.

"Oh, it’s you! The kiddo who got blessed by Lord Saint himself! What brings you here today?"

Old James room was very clean and organized; there were a lot of herbs and medicinal ingredients placed in all kinds of containers, and he seemed to be working on some kind of medicine at the moment too.

His old wrinkled face lit up with smiles when he saw Paul, and he offered Paul a place to sit down comfortably.

"Uh... I was given my first mission today... but as used to be an uneducated farmer before, I can’t read it..."

"Miss Freya told me to go to you with the letter and ask you for help... If you are busy at the moment, I can come back some other time-"

Ignoring Paul’s hesitation, Old James took the letter from his hand and spoke in his usual calm tone.

"No need, I was just working on some random stuff... I am always free for most of the time..."

"I may seem like this now, but when I was young, I was the fastest man in this city, you know!"

Shaking his head, the old man opened the letter and started reading it.

The contents of the letter seemed so intriguing that he went silent for a few minutes, causing Paul to get nervous.

But before Paul could ask anything, Old James got up from his seat and started rummaging through his pile of herbs and medicines placed all over the room.

"Aha! Here it is!"

After a full ten minutes, the old man found a small flask that was filled with some weird-looking medicinal herbs.

"Here, take this... your task is simple: deliver this medicine to a fellow member of the organization..."

"His name is Antonio!"