BXBX NOVEL Chapter 174 - One Seven Four
The small 3D projection of Xeander had a little agitated and unhappy look on his face.
" It was you, wasn\'t it… This was the other part of your plan all the time...This is a wildfire you have started, nobody knows how this will end up… what do you intend to do now, do you have a plan to deal with repercussions…"
Dror replied with a smile " calm down Xeander, if this is a wild fire then we will make sure that it burns the alliance government to ashes… and Of Course I have a plan… just focus on the things at hand for now, I will explain things more detailedly when I return.."
Xeander, who still had many things to ask, could only nod along and cancel the call.
The alliance government and the common people were not the only people that were surprised with this unusual development.
The rebel base was also completely shaken, The King was having a council meeting with his council members.
But unlike the Alliance president the king had a happy expression on his face, even though he was also not well informed about the truth behind this whole event that had shaken the whole planet.
But one thing was sure this was bad news for the alliance government and good news for the rebels.
It was not everyday that one could see everyone pointing their finger at the alliance government and their atrocities.
Even though not every council member was present at the quickly summoned meeting, Almost all who were present had a happy expression, other than the three people who were still pondering over the matter.
The king looked at his prime minister who was still in his thoughts. Then he looked at Lady Raven\'s 3D projection who was also still pondering over the whole incident and asked.
" Lady raven has your department yet figured out the details of this incident… Do you have any information on how this happened."
Lady Raven had a calm expression as she looked towards the king before replaying.
" My king, the alliance government is really angry at this incident and has dispatched too many of their different agencies and departments to work on this matter, due to this we were unable to get our hands on anything concrete.."
After a pause she continued " but the alliance government considered this more or less our doing.
The only information one of our spies could gather was that this 3D projection of the so-called ancient sage came from a certain unused ancient machinery that has been laying there useless for a very long time.. The alliance government seems to be keeping a tight lid on this matter and has completely prevented the leak of any information related to this matter. They have also collected all the related machinery and brought it back to their R&D department for further research… The intelligence service of the alliance government is pulling every string they can to find even the tiniest intel regarding the whole event..
While the commoners seem to have gone into a different mode altogether, even with the alliance government trying every method , all kinds of rumors are spreading and people are discussing the matter very seriously .... I believe that the alliance government can feel the resentment and agitation that the commoners have been suppressing, slowly showing its fangs "
King pondered a little with a slight smile.
" Keep looking into this matter, I want to have a complete analysis done on this whole incident, without missing the slightest details…"
Then the king looked at the wise prime minister who still seemed to be in his thoughts.
" What do you think of this whole incident, Prime minister."
The prime minister didn\'t answer immediately but after a pause with a sigh he answered
" My king, this incident might look like something in favor of our rebel forces, but this is not the complete truth.
As there is a positive side there is also a negative side.
This prophecy or whatever it is, also represents our incompetence as the rebel forces to alleviate the suffering of the common man.
If I might be blunt, this shows the failure of the king and his council to bring out any real change …"
As the prime minister reached until here the other people in the hall had ugly expressions on their face, but there was two people who retained their calm and one of them was an old man who was dressed in military uniform, with a muscular build and fiery aura, his dark green eyes were like that of a hawk and his green hair was crop cutted in military style.
He had a big red saber on his back, unlike others who carried their weapon in their space rings. This man liked to keep his weapon close to his body at all times.
He snorted coldly, this was the same person other than the prime minister and Lady Raven who was pondering about this whole incident rather than being happy instantly after hearing about it.
The old man in the military uniform was the commander of the fire base known as Raiz Khan and one of the main pillars of the pro war faction, he spoke with a little anger towards the prime minister.
" Watch what you are saying, prime minister… These are all your conjectures, that you came up with in your head, not actual facts and don\'t bad mouth the king and demoralize others with your imaginary theories... Everyone knows that this so-called prophecy was cut off due to some unknown reason without completing the later parts.
So we can\'t be sure what the so-called Ancient sage Karl Marx had to convey at the end.. hmph.."
The prime minister was not the least bit angry about the sudden interruption of what he was saying or the angry expression on the person\'s face, he continued.
"Then commander Raiz, why did you yourself have a sour face when everyone was happy about this whole incident… was it because you ate something bad and had a stomach ache or something.."
Commander Raiz had a more fierce expression and before he could retort again the king interrupted.
"Hmph.. both of you stop it, you are not children to bicker like this .. Prime minister, it would be better if you could put what you want to say in a little positive manner.."
The prime minister had a bewildered expression and with a sigh after bowing to the king he continued.
" My king, what I wanted to say was our failures.. hmm.What I mean is our efforts that did not bear the desired results can be considered to be the reason due to which the common people will have to stand together and fight for their justice themselves.
The so-called prophecy might not have meant it explicitly but this can also be inferred from it.
But what makes me more worried is what was not said in the prophecy. It talks about justice winning and being free, but what happens after that ?
There is nothing mentioned regarding this, It could be a harmonious king\'s rule that might reign a long time or…"
The prime minister paused here, but every eye inside the hall was urging him to continue.
The Old prime minister took another long sigh before continuing.
" If the people can fight and bring their own freedom, then why can\'t they form their own government.
Why do they need a king and his council who didn\'t meet their expectations ...."
The old commander Raiz snorted again unhappily before speaking.
" My king, I think this is a great opportunity for us no matter if it is a prophecy or a scam.
We can use this event to recruit more commoners into our forces and expand our military to make it our own… Then there would be no difference between the common people standing up themselves or standing under the king\'s flag.."
The rest of the council members nodded in agreement.
But Lady moment stood up and poured water on their dreams "
My king, this is not possible. We will have to do a thorough check on every person that joins our forces.
We already have spy\'s that are leaking information, we can\'t just start a mass recruitment without a proper method or plan of action.
If our bases are discovered due to some negligence , it would be a disaster.
We can\'t either recruit too many people as members of our outer temporary bases as this where most of the spy\'s from the Alliance government linger.
It would be just like exposing all those who has sympathy towards us and is opposed to the alliance government… of course we can still use our normal mode of recruitment more efficiently"
There was a silence in the hall as the king and other council members pondered over the situation more. In the end they could only come up with only half baked solutions.
In the end the king ordered the Prime minister to form a team and study this matter more thoroughly before coming up with a solution.