Chapter 922 - A Flaring Omen (1/2)

Chapter 922: A Flaring Omen

The murderer who killed the merchants was discovered during his act of crime. Then, he got into a violent clash with the soldiers and eventually committed suicide upon defeat!

This piece of news shook the entire Highland City. It wasn’t because the murderer was captured so soon that caused an uproar. Instead, it was due to his identity. After investigations, the murderer was in fact the most prestigious elder in the city—Morey Heather!

Morey was a popular figure among the people of Highland City. He was once an official in law and order. He was upright, plainspoken, and often sided with the people against the unfair treatments and exploitations from the Country of Light. Although the Alanic Financial Group had always disliked him, they didn’t have any justifiable reasons to get rid of him. On the other hand, Morey’s actions also didn’t threaten the Alanic Financial Group. Apart from fighting for the people’s benefits, he always kept a low profile and had never thought of using his huge influence to bring forth changes. This was the reason why the Alanic Financial Group spared his life. If Morey attempted to turn himself into a revolutionary leader, he would have been in a certain grave by now.

The fact that the Alanic Family was able to secretly manage a city proved that they weren’t the sort of people who would slaughter the entire family of a threatening person. Merchants were all about profits, so it didn’t matter even if they let someone like Morey stay alive. After all, he was an honest person and wouldn’t stir trouble. To the Alanic Family, Morey was also doing them a favor by leading the people who were obedient to his every word. Those people often complained to him first hand whenever they faced unfair treatments.

But who knew which idiot would take his place and gather the people against them if they were to kill Morey? The Alanic Family’s most important goal was to earn money and they weren’t willing to do anything that went against making money.

But it was meaningless to say these things now.

Morey’s death caused a huge uproar in Highland City. Although it seemed like everything returned to peace after his death, Shane was aware that the city was like a volcano waiting to erupt anytime. Everything appeared calm now but once the explosion happened, there would be a massive, unprecedented disaster! His intelligence network indicated that many people were furious over Morey’s death. They thought that Morey wasn’t wrong and it was the greedy merchants who came here with ill intentions. Some people even believed that the merchants were the ones who forced an honest and upright man like Morey bonkers. This just proved that those greedy bastards must be chased out of the city! This is our responsibility! We must inherit and carry forward Morey’s will!

Some other people strongly believed that Morey wasn’t the murderer and was just a scapegoat for the murder cases! They are using this chance to wipe out those who oppose them while allowing the greedy merchants to pave their way in Highland City!

Although there were many different opinions, they weren’t great news for Shane because all of the anger and confusion was targeted at the top management of Highland City: the Alanic Financial Group. If Shane didn’t resolve this problem, Highland City would break out in a crisis!

Frankly speaking, Shane didn’t believe that Morey was the murderer. Shane had been secretly managing the city for more than a decade and when he first arrived, Morey was the official of law and order. After Shane took control over Highland City entirely, Morey left the job. From what he remembered, Morey was quite powerful in strength but was merely an official in this border city, so how powerful could he be? How was it possible that he sneaked past hundreds of Viper Gang’s soldiers and hanged the corpses on the stelae? Although Morey displayed strength that exceeded Shane’s expectations during the battle, Shane thought that the strength was still within acceptable range. It was due to this reason that he felt that the situation wasn’t this simple…

Flawless… Everything is just too flawless.

Such nasty incidents happened during the past three days and yet they were easily resolved on the fourth. Although Shane could comfort himself by saying it was due to him enhancing security around the city which forced Morey out of his concealment and got discovered, based on Shane’s understanding of Morey, the latter wasn’t a rash and stubborn person. If Morey were the murderer, he would have waited for a while after realizing the strengthened defenses. After all, Highland City couldn’t possibly be on high alert everyday and as an ex-official in law and order, it wasn’t difficult for him to gather intelligence on the security levels in the city. He could have chosen to lay low and strike again after the security levels dropped. Shane believed that he would be in a huge headache if Morey did that. But Morey didn’t seem to be aware of this crucial issue. He simply murdered the merchants in broad daylight and was discovered by others… Was he that confident in his skills? Or were there other reasons?

Up until this moment, Shane felt that there was some kind of conspiracy behind everything that happened. He realized that he was like a clown of a character who was forced to be involved in a drama. Apart from mechanically following the script and speaking the lines, he couldn’t do anything else. If he did, he would be chased off the stage by the crowd. But if he continued to follow the script, he might possibly end up in the fathomless abyss. Shane didn’t feel great because he realized that the situation wasn’t in his grasp. Instead, he was being controlled by it.

He had a hunch that this was only the start.

Not only Shane felt this way, but Clive also felt a huge headache.

“We can’t remain silent anymore!”

Clive knitted his brows and snarled at the group of men.

“I’ve said it before that this is the critical period. We have to remain calm! Do you think that we can go up against the Alanic Financial Group with our strength?”

“Yes!”

The man smacked his hand on the table. He glared with bloodshot, furious eyes at Clive.

“We can’t tolerate it anymore. Sir Morey was willing to go this far for us, but what have we done for him? Nothing! We were protected by him and left everything for him to handle. This isn’t what Sir Morey can resolve alone! This is the problem of Highland City. That’s right. Our strength isn’t enough, but we have the entire Highland City behind us! As long as we gather the people and rebel, we will be the victors!”

“Are you out of your mind?”

Clive widened his eyes at his companion.

“You want to drag the entire Highland City into our conflict? Do you know how many weak and innocent people are there? Do you want their families to die in war? Is this what you want?!”

“So what?! We’re no different from being dead, isn’t it? Do we have a choice to choose if we’re like slaves who struggle on whilst at death’s door or heroes who die honorably? I’ve had enough. I’ve had enough of hiding behind others. We have to fight for our rights. I won’t give up even if it turns into a river of blood. You can back off if you’re afraid! You coward!”

“I’m not a coward!”

Clive gnashed his teeth and retorted.

“This situation is disadvantageous for us and we’re like mantises trying to stop a chariot. We should be cautious under such circumstances…”