"The Lord has bestowed the Longevity Elixir upon the Double Pupils Faction, and the ancient sacred relic has resurfaced. This heralds the arrival of a new era."
"Those willing to purge the rebels for the Lord shall receive eternal life!"
Seeing the crowd begin to waver, Carmen brought out his trump card: the Longevity Elixir.
All that earlier talk of faith and light had been empty rhetoric.
Carmen knew perfectly well that the Double Pupils Faction posed an enormous threat to the current rulers not because it was righteous, but because of the Longevity Elixir! Rebellion was driven by tangible benefits. Were there people who fought purely for faith? Yes! Quite a few people present were already fired up.
But as a leader, he could not offer only empty promises. He needed something concrete, too.
He was being generous with someone else's resources anyway. Did the Double Pupils Faction actually have the Longevity Elixir? How much longer would it take to develop? How much could they produce once they succeeded? Carmen knew none of these answers, but that did not stop him from using it to win people over.
How much he could deliver later was a problem for later. At the outset, he had to promise the moon. Carmen naturally understood that principle.
Saiyid shrewdly took the lead, shouting, "For wealth, strength, power, and even eternal life!"
"Yeah!"
His shout instantly set the crowd ablaze.
Was it crass? Extremely so, downright vulgar. That was precisely why Carmen could not say it himself, but his trusted subordinate Saiyid could.
Many of Carmen's subordinates present were already close to him. Now they immediately rallied behind him, becoming diehard supporters of the rebellion.
Carmen had considerable influence, especially since everyone knew he was the leading candidate for Sword-Keeper. That practically made him