The parade was enormous. From the flag-bearers at the front passing Xu Nan to the followers behind them chanting slogans as they marched past, it stretched for several hundred meters.
This was an exceptionally rare sight in Stephenson.
After all, most wizards were relatively clear-headed and not easily stirred up.
A gathering and parade on this scale either had to be organized by someone immensely charismatic and respected, or something had crossed these people's bottom line.
"Open Halse Palace!"
"Unseal the Pen of Judgment!"
"We demand a just and fair debate!"
Similar slogans and banners swayed fervently through the streets outside Halse Palace. Xu Nan noticed that quite a few passersby who had merely been watching joined in of their own accord after learning the purpose of the parade.
The parade was slowly growing larger.
"No wonder there are so many people. They're recruiting as they go."
Xu Nan clicked his tongue in amazement. "How long are they planning to march?"
A Kai's expression had returned to normal, though he only said coolly:
"Who knows."
"But they're too naive if they think they can pressure the higher-ups this way."
"Hm?" Xu Nan looked at A Kai with some surprise, but he did not press further.
A Kai seemed to know quite a few inside details about this parade.
Xu Nan narrowed his eyes. Propelled by True Insight, countless fragmented clues began assembling themselves automatically, almost beyond his control—
This was a parade spontaneously organized by alchemists. Apparently, they had first applied for a parade permit, and the original scale had been limited to around one hundred people.
Yet the number of alchemists now before Xu Nan had already far exceeded a thousand!
It could be said that if the Law Enforcement Team wanted to take action, they had justification for