Archmage of the Myriad Worlds: From Harry Potter Onwards
Chapter 880

The Fanaticism of the Path of Balance

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Yrel's speech to the Draenei at this assembly had a profound impact on them.

The Grievance Assembly easily exposed the flaws of the "Path of Holy Light" before the Draenei commoners through empathy and herd mentality, causing widespread doubt toward the Path of Holy Light among the Draenei. As a result, the "Path of Balance" effortlessly replaced it, becoming the Draenei's new faith and choice.

The speech adapted from a certain German leader on Blue Star made these "Germans" of World of Warcraft—a joking nickname for the Draenei—feel deeply understood, their emotions surging. The brilliance of the speech lay in binding nationalism to the "Path of Balance," using nationalist fervor to make the Draenei abandon the Path of Holy Light, which represented internationalism.

It could be said that the Red side's Grievance Assembly and the little mustache's speech were both killer tools of communication from Blue Star. Either one alone, when used among the Draenei, whose spiritual civilization lagged behind Blue Star's, would have been a crushing blow from a higher dimension.

Now that both were used together, the result was greater than the sum of their parts.

According to Yrel's statistics, of the soldiers and civilians who attended the assembly that day, at least one-third abandoned the Path of Holy Light and converted to the Path of Balance on the spot. The results were immediate.

The remaining two-thirds gradually joined the ranks of the Path of Balance in the days that followed. Among those who did not believe in the Path of Balance, most were astrologers who studied magic and had never believed in the Holy Light in the first place—yet even they were somewhat inclined toward the Path of Balance.

Even Yrel herself was frightened by the effectiveness of Ye Ting's methods.

In truth, only Ye Ting knew

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