Once they had settled on their goal, Matthew looked at the others. "We can take our future into our own hands."
"Instead of following orders from our decrepit fathers or grandfathers."
"Or accepting assignments from those councilors sitting high above us."
"We can sit in those seats ourselves!"
Everyone's eyes immediately lit up at his words.
Everyone had ambitions, especially as they climbed higher and higher.
Often, refusing to climb simply wasn't an option.
They had so many people under them and so many enemies around them.
If they didn't climb, others certainly would.
When that happened, they wouldn't even know how they had died.
Vincent grinned. "Now I'm certain that everything happening right now has something to do with this Gheros."
"But chaos is a ladder! Anything is possible!"
At that thought, the wealthy merchants grew eager to make their move.
Matthew smiled. "If no one objects, it's time we considered our pledge of allegiance."
Inside the aircraft.
Su Yi looked comfortable and satisfied.
Emma had timed her intervention perfectly, and the eerie power and overwhelming pressure she had displayed throughout had been more than sufficient.
For so long, Su Yi had relied almost entirely on himself when facing enemies.
Apart from the Players, he hadn't had a personal bodyguard with powerful special abilities who was impressive enough to show off.
Emma and Dora's combat abilities hadn't been poor before, but their methods hadn't been particularly uncanny or powerful.
When they attacked an enemy, they couldn't produce the shock of an utterly crushing victory.
But Emma was different now.
The Pure Spirit Goddess's powerful psychic energy, combined with the control over desire granted by the Self-Guarding Veil.
It allowed Emma to control everything while also manifesting her enemies' twisted desires as weapons.
Only such an omnipresent, comprehensive power,