But at the same time, he had to remind Aurora not to be too "clever."
"Going with the flow" was indeed a good decision, but if the target was [God King] Zeus, she could not carry it out too perfectly.
After all, "too much is as bad as too little."
Dark's advice was to build only the [Waystations], but not the roads.
It was to leave Zeus room to "give orders."
If you did half of something in advance, he would think that you had done exactly what he wanted.
But if you did everything ahead of time, he might think that you were trying to fathom his thoughts, thus offending a god.
This kind of mindset was quite common among monarchs in feudal societies.
And Zeus was a textbook monarch.
Of course, Dark merely offered the suggestion. He did not insist that Aurora follow his advice.
Besides, as one [Waystation] after another was built, the adventurers and merchants traveling between them would naturally tread out a path.
That path could also be used for travel.
Therefore, it would not affect the flow of resources between the [Waystations].
After that, Dark also suggested that as adventurers gradually ventured deeper into the black earth, marketplaces should be set up at suitable intervals to facilitate trade between adventurers and merchants.
Dark offered many such small suggestions, and Aurora recorded every one of them.
In short, she would use what could be used and keep what could not for future reference.
The two of them had not been holding any formal meeting to begin with, and the atmosphere remained more like a casual chat.
After roughly two hours of conversation, Dark had gained a fairly clear understanding of the current situation in the [Free City].
After this, he would obtain more detailed intelligence