LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 69 - 69 The Weakest Opponent
Chapter 69: Chapter 69 The Weakest Opponent
“Kachar City Lord, I am Raymond, the cousin of Recker, the logistics captain under your command,”
Lide had just returned to Dawn City when he received a request for an audience from a commoner who claimed to have important matters to discuss with him.
Despite now having a population of over two thousand, Lide was still somewhat surprised by how efficient Ivy and Audis had been on the border, swiftly increasing the city’s population in such short order.
However, based on what Harrison had said, there were some discordant notes due to the small number of the Bloodline and the fact they could only be active at night. A mysterious rumor had begun spreading within the more than two thousand inhabitants of Dawn City.
The rumor claimed that the Holy Light Bloodline were frauds, deceiving everyone. Despite appearing kind at the moment, eventually, they would drain everyone’s blood and kill them.
Furthermore, the rumors were becoming increasingly widespread.
The Bloodline, few in number and lacking experience in dealing with such issues, found themselves in a predicament. Although they had arrested many who took advantage of the chaos to cause trouble, they had yet to apprehend the mastermind behind it all.
Hearing the words of this cousin who slightly resembled Recker, Lide nodded faintly.
“Raymond, are you saying that you know who is orchestrating all of this behind the scenes?”
Raymond looked at the City Lord before him, his high status accentuated by the magnificent Mage’s robe he wore, causing a sense of weakness to ripple through his legs.
This was the City Lord, the sole ruler of the city, and it was his first time facing such a high-ranking dignitary.
“Yes, City Lord, the person even tried to recruit me into their gang a couple of days ago, but I refused,”
Lide smiled.
“Why refuse? Aren’t they claiming that the Holy Light Bloodline aren’t evil demons and that all this deceit is just to trick you all? Don’t you believe them?”
Raymond shook his head resolutely.
“City Lord, I believe in the Holy Light Bloodline. Big brother Recker has already told me about everything that’s happened recently.
I trust you.”
Finding some consolation in those words, Lide was actually prepared for some humans to rebel or even violently oppose the Bloodline.
It wasn’t easy to integrate humans smoothly into their society; there were bound to be many issues along the way.
Raymond’s statement undoubtedly indicated that many people had already accepted the Holy Light Bloodline.
That was what mattered most. How long had these people been in Dawn City? Ten days? Half a month?
Given more time, he was confident that he could fully integrate these people. He could envision that after the Frost Month passed, there would only be one voice within Dawn City.
Once this batch of humans was fully integrated into Dawn City, it would be significantly less troublesome for subsequent humans entering the city.
Those integrated would voluntarily help indoctrinate the newcomers for the Bloodline.
As for the current discordant voices in the city, they were just a swarm of flies, hardly worth the effort to swat.
However, it seemed that the troublemakers who had leaped into action shouldn’t be let off so easily.
Lide stroked his chin, slowly formulating a plan.
He had returned to introduce a new strategy, also his ultimate strategy—the Point System.
The Point System was a splendid thing; in the future, all aspects of life in Dawn City could be measured by points.
Now was the perfect time to launch this powerful tool, using those troublemakers as the catalyst.
Still, the details of how to implement it merited careful consideration.
“Tell me the details about the person behind all this,”
Raymond nodded and began to elaborate in great detail.
He had joined Dawn City as part of its second wave of residents and was quickly captivated by the city’s strange and magical systems.
He never imagined he could live so safely and comfortably in a vampire-ruled city.
What surprised him the most was unexpectedly running into his cousin—Recker—in Dawn City.
This gave him a sense of belonging in this strange city.
A few days after getting acquainted, had the logistics and security teams not been at full capacity, Raymond would definitely have joined them.
At that moment, someone approached him, claiming to be a civilian who had arrived with him and invited him to join their gang, boasting a large group of five hundred members—the Wild Wolf Gang.
Moreover, they offered him ten silver pukes a month as salary for his Level 4 warrior status, and all they requested in return was for him to help gather information about the logistics and security teams under Recker’s control.
Raymond held complete disdain for their proposal—how could a small, unknown gang dare to dream of bribing him?
But instead of outright refusing, he decided to play along, saying he wished to speak directly with their boss.
When Raymond met their Level 3 Thief boss, he almost burst out laughing.
Sometimes he truly wondered why the world was filled with such fools.
“Goddess above,” he thought, “life really never makes sense.”
He couldn’t help but think back to many years ago in Green City, where he saw a civilian attempting to rob a nobles’ carriage with a kitchen knife.
Maybe fools really lacked brains.
What made them think they could oppose the Holy Light Bloodline?
Although he ultimately didn’t manage to learn their specific plans, Raymond didn’t bother entangling himself further and went back to inform Recker.
Recker took the matter seriously and quickly took Raymond to find Harrison. Coincidentally, Lide had just rushed back, leading to the scene they had just witnessed.
After hearing the story, Lide was somewhat speechless. He had expected the person spreading rumors to disrupt the Bloodline to be some hidden figure of importance, not merely a Level 3 nobody.
His interest plummeted.
He couldn’t really blame the Bloodline; they paid special attention to anyone above Level 5, but a Level 3 was simply too insignificant—just any Bloodline member could decimate twenty or thirty of them, just like monkeys rule in the mountains where there are no tigers.
The Bloodline’s recent momentary chaos stemmed from Lide’s preoccupation with his magic research and delayed orders.
With some of them out and others guarding the sacred grounds and the city walls, there were only a handful of Bloodline members truly managing the humans, so issues were understandable.
“What do you think their next step is, in your opinion?”
“Sunlight is a natural enemy of the Bloodline, and they will do everything to minimize their power.
I speculate that they plan to incite trouble among the people when the Bloodline is weakened during the day,
and then launch a surprise attack when the Holy Light Bloodline is forced to come out to maintain order.
Furthermore, it’s said that the Bloodline fears silver weapons, and these people likely have plenty prepared.”
Finally, Lide’s expression eased a bit. If these people were really that foolish, it would be quite uninteresting.
But knowing that the main instigator was just a Level 3 thief, he lost interest in them.
He waved his hand dismissively.
“Harrison, take the security team and twenty Bloodline members, and arrest these fools. What a waste of effort,” Lide said with a look of contempt.
As an advanced mage, the Blood Clan Ancestor, the City Lord of Dawn City, having a Level 3 thief as an enemy was almost embarrassing to admit.