"Isaac, this is your golden opportunity. Your interaction with them will decide whether you will be able to complete your mission of becoming the ruler of this city within 5 days." Not understanding what Lusha meant, Isaac was about to ask her to explain more but then she disappeared from his sight.
"Master." Zeno and Sasha stopped fighting zombies and stood behind Isaac.
"Do you know them?" Isaac asked since both Zeno and Sasha have been living in this city for years now.
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Looking at the group that had 5 men and 4 women, both Zeno and Sasha shook their heads in denial. Before the apocalypse, every day more than ten thousand visited the city. The population of the city was so large that it is impossible to even for someone like Zeno and Sasha to remember everyone's faces.
"Keep your guards up. If they show any hostility, we kill them." The trio with Isaac on the lead walked towards the group that was also coming in their direction.
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For a while, the whole place strangely turned silent. As if this was the calm before the storm. Both parties stopped 20 meters away from each other.
"Who are you? What is your faction's name?" The other party leader who was a woman with long black hair that she tied in a ponytail asked loudly.
"Faction's name....I never any thought on our faction's name." Isaac and Zeno awkwardly looked at each other. Meanwhile, Sasha was trying her best to stop herself from laughing. She knew if she laughed, Isaac wouldn't hesitate to punish her.
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Isaac couldn't really afford to make his team look like clowns by wasting time on such a simple question.
"We're at The White Ashes." Zeno and Sasha stared at Isaac in surprise. Isaac just said any cool name that came to his mind.
"White Ashes never heard of it. Is this another new faction or what?" Isaac didn't bother to answer that question.
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"Who are you? I assume you all belong from a different faction as well." Isaac asked back.
[Sofia Wells: - Level 30 | Class: - Samurai (Rare Class)]
"We belong to the Principality of the People faction." Isaac noticed the white star-shaped symbol on the girl's left shoulder. Before coming here, Sasha has told Isaac about the Principality of the People faction.
This faction came forward when the Apocalypse started. They saved people and gave shelter. It was said that at the beginning their number was only 500. But due to the huge number of people that they saved and due to their unique ideal the faction grew in number and power in just 3 days.
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The main reason why so many commoners joined this faction was that this faction was formed on the idea of a democracy. Meaning, that, unlike other factions, this faction wouldn't have a single leader or king. The people of the faction get to vote and choose their own faction leader.
The idea of democracy was still foreign to the people of this world. This new system worked on the idea of equality. At least this is what the Principality of the People faction said to the outsiders. But according to Sasha, once someone joined the faction, that person would be brainwashed and would become the puppet of the real mastermind without the person even realizing it.
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Aleesia's father didn't make any moves on the faction as he wanted to find the real leader who never showed himself and was still hiding in the dark.
The estimated number of people who have joined the Principality of the People faction was said to be around 35,000. This number is huge considering the fact the mastermind was able to gather thirty-five thousand people in less than 72 hours. This also proved how much this fake ideal of democracy influenced the commoners who were sick and tired of being under the nobles.
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These kinds of people are the real problems of society. They would control everything from the shadows without the people realizing it. They are the snakes that hide among the people in disguise.
'Although Democracy did manage to bring peace back in my world. It also came with a number of disadvantages. Leaders keep changing in a democracy leading to instability. Democracy is all about political competition and power play, leaving no scope for morality. Although people say that democracy helps in promoting equality among all the citizens of the country, the same concept will never work in a world where people can gain power by killing others. The concept of equality doesn't exist in front of the law of the jungle. The weak always will be hunted by the strong.'
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"From the looks of it, you three look very strong. Why don't you join the Principality of the People faction? Our faction works on the concept of democracy. I assure you that you three will never feel discriminated." The girl named Sofia wells looked really proud of what she was saying.
'Although the idea of Democracy won't work in this world, I can't ignore the force that the Principality of the People faction has. Having 35,000 members, there must be at least 5,000 to 15,000 evolvers constantly working for the faction.' It was not a Principality of the People faction that was attracting Isaac, it was the huge force that is comparable to the Greadsorn family forces. Having such a huge force was going to give Isaac tremendous help in the long run.
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'The question is how do I get this force under me? With his big force, dealing with the monster outbreak will be an easy thing.' Even if Isaac just directly kills the false leader of the faction, the people will surely rebel against him thinking that Isaac's policies are taking away their freedom and their ideal of democracy. Having this big force would definitely make the process of eliminating all the zombies from Eastfox city a lot faster.
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"Thank you for your invitation but we will need more time to think. I will also have to discuss the matter with my subordinates. I hope you can understand." No one knew what was going on in Isaac's mind. He was acting completely different. He had a fake smile on his face.
The woman named Sofia frowned hearing Isaac's words. No one had ever rejected their offer. Although Isaac was asking for time, to Sofia it was the same as rejecting their offer. Sofia's eyes turned cold as she grabbed the hilt of her katana.
"Whatever decision, you have to make do it now otherwise don't blame me if I attacked you."
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"Miss, I think you misunderstood. We're a small faction that was formed just one day ago. We don't want to offend you. But as the leader, I have to respect the decision of my people as well." Asking the people's opinion, there was no need to do that. The members of his factions were very loyal. By giving them food, shelter, and warmth, Isaac had become their savior. In their minds, the thought of betraying Isaac would never come.
Even after doing all that, if some people did decide to betray Isaac, then he wouldn't hesitate to kill them. Isaac was not taking away anyone's freedom. But to make a strong faction, proper orders were necessary and the people were required to follow the order.
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"Or are you implying that even though your faction works on the principle of freedom and equality, we can't even express our free will on whether to join your faction or not?" Isaac purposely said those words to expose the hypocrisy of their faction. There was a hidden sly smile on Isaac's face. What he was doing was trying to provoke them to attack Isaac.
"Are you insulting our faction?" Sofia now looked even angrier. Sofia was ordered by the faction leader to eliminate humans from other factions. Although Sofia didn't understand why their leader ordered them to do that, they couldn't disobey their leader.
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By saying these words, Isaac hit their soft spot. Isaac's words caused some members of Sofia's group to feel hesitant. A moment ago, Sofia was telling Isaac how their faction respected equality and freedom. But now, just because Isaac asked for time, Sofia was showing hostility.
"Don't get distracted by this man's words. We only need to listen to our leader's orders. We were ordered to eliminate any humans from other factions. Since they decided to not join us, we shall eliminate them." Seeing everyone preparing to fight, Isaac smiled
"Too bad them. Sasha, please take care of them"
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[_Name: - Isaac Adalbert
_Race: - Vampire
_Current Class: - Spearman
_Current class Level: - 25
_Number of classes: - [Moon Marshal(Lv25)], [Spearman(Lv25)], [Rune King(Lv25)]
_Innate Skill: - Moon Constitution (Lv1), Night Vision (Lv2), Rune Apprentice (Lv1)
_Passive skill: - Heart of Ice, Moon Steps (Lv1), Gift of Health (Lv1), Runic Enchantment (Lv1), Victory Rune (Lv1), Gravity Manipulation (Lv1), Shadow Rush (Level 1), Flare of Demon Fire (Level 1)
_Artifacts: - Bracelet of Elf Emperor
_Strength: - 101
_Speed: - 306
_Stamina: -226
_Health: - 141
_Mana: - 181+[20]
_Free stats: - 35
_Inventory: - 10 cubic meter]