Chapter 351 Capricious (2/2)

Eventually, the string of events led to another new viewpoint which appeared out of nowhere: ”What an honorable way to end the tournament. How could the winner be under such abusive accusations?”

The answer was simple because most of the people within the audience were supporters of Liberty Wings!

This new viewpoint ignited like a bushfire in summer, and the masses were immediately in an uproar.

As mentioned previously, the guilds represent the benefits and reputations of the various regions. There had been conflicts due to certain reasons within these regions. Thus, those who supported the guilds were mainly people from that respective region, and Liberty Wings was situated in a somewhat prosperous area in the Southern Port, second only to Golden City.

Because of their standing, they've always treated civilians of other regions as beggars and country bumpkins, so they weren't well-liked anywhere else. As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Starlight helped them wipe out this bunch of arrogant Southern scum, and many were delighted. From their perspective, those who criticized and insulted Starlight were the sore losers.

It was no surprise why these people were exasperated. They heard that Royal Highness Lydia was there to observe the tournament personally and if things had grown ugly, would that beautiful woman who adored beautiful things not care at all?

These people couldn't tolerate it any longer as they felt that they were the conscience of this country which represented fairness and justice. Yet, their rightful accusations had been treated as a sore loser's harassment?

How can we permit this?

What do this bunch of uneducated Northern poor bastards even know!!

”This is getting bad…”

”It's starting… The chaos is starting…”

Standing by the edge on the second floor, Old Walker gazed over the railing at the chaotic pub with a cup of wine in his hand. Many patrons were exchanging insults and even began throwing punches. Frankly, Old Walker had never expected such a scene.

He thought Starlight was done and dusted. After experiencing the storm in the arena, Old Walker began to worry about Starlight's future. Even though he understood Rhode's plans, but deep in his heart, he couldn't help but feel dubious. Could a few words really change the people's perspective on Starlight? Could his men of utterly inadequate measures be able to spread the words and create the effects that Rhode wanted?

Now, he was absolutely convinced.

The crowd who had insulted Starlight had been divided. Many even threw their fists in the air, screaming Starlight's name for support while struggling against those who were anti-Starlight. They seemed more loyal than the craziest supporters. Some even announced that they would start supporting Starlight in getting rid of those Southerners!

As Starlight continuously defeated the Southern representative guilds, Sky Sword Guild and Liberty Wings Guild, many Northerners had accepted Starlight as their companions. Not to mention that Starlight even showed respect in their fight with the Purple Lily Guild.

Since that was the case, they didn't care if Starlight was shameless and despicable. As long as Starlight could get rid of those pretentious and arrogant bastards of the South, then it doesn't matter if they were more shameless!

Such happenings didn't only occur in the pub that Old Walker was in. According to his intel, there were similar uproars in other areas, and what surprised him even further was that the people who went against Starlight had become the minority! Furthermore, various Northern nobles and influential mercenary group leaders announced their support for Starlight and labeled those that avoided supporting them as heresy!!

Various rumors mingled and grew so twisted that it made people unable to differentiate this from that.

However, even so, many had the tacit understanding of not mentioning Waltz's transformation and the actions taken by the battle angels. Anyone could tell that Waltz's transformation was definitely something odd and after the troop of battle angels surrounded the Liberty Wings Guild, no one wanted in on the matter. If anyone revealed any pitiful thoughts towards Liberty Wings, they would probably have a hard time in future — which was why they focused their energy towards insulting Starlight's schemes.

However, no matter how Old Walker thought about it, he couldn't understand — How did Rhode manage to think of all these consequences?