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Chapter 1289 - 1289 230 The Wind Rises

1289: Chapter 230: The Wind Rises 1289: Chapter 230: The Wind Rises “Lord Longxi, what should we do now?

Should we cooperate with the Church of Ghosts?”

After leaving the ancient castle, Mahat asked with concern.

“Cooperate?

With what shall we cooperate?

Sun Envoy, you should understand that all members of the July Club are in the Alpha Kingdom, and so are our interests.

Do you think it’s possible for everyone to abandon their families and venture to the Black Forest Duchy?

Since the disappearance of our leader, the July Club is no longer what it used to be!

The current July Club is on the verge of splitting.

Simply the common belief of taking revenge on the five major families in the north is no longer enough to maintain the operation of the organization.

Especially those guys who operate territories in the Near East Region; they are now all out to develop their own lands.

As for revenge, they have already found better partners.

Compared to a half-dead organization, following Marshal Hudson is far stronger than following us!”

During his speech, Longxi deeply sighed.

If he had known that the situation would evolve like this, he would not have recklessly recruited members.

Originally, when he forcibly recruited Baron Katelai into the club, he had never expected that a casual act would turn into inviting a wolf into the house.

It’s unavoidable, Katelai was too cunning.

After joining, he climbed up the ranks and made significant contributions to the club.

To gain trust from everyone, he even personally killed a direct family member of the five major families in the north.

Thinking that he had leverage and could be trusted greatly, only for him to turn around and sell out a group of elites in the club to Hudson.

What’s more tragic, without prior knowledge, they had used the club’s resources to support these people, pushing them into noble lord positions.

They thought they could use this opportunity to establish a foothold in the Near East, legally control military power, and enhance the strength of the July Club.

The plan was progressing very smoothly, but in the later stage, these noble lords did not heed the instructions from the headquarters.

Realizing something was wrong, these guys formed a group and became the strongest faction within the July Club.

The club leader personally went to handle them, but upon arriving in the Near East, he simply vanished into thin air.

At this point, everyone realized something was amiss.

However, the headquarters lacked the strength to suppress these powerful factions, resulting in a stalemate.

It’s impossible to even overturn this situation.

The July Club members in the Near East Region, under the manipulation of Katelai, have already defected to Hudson, and even if their identities were exposed, it would not matter much.

The news of Katelai killing a member of the five major families was leaked by them, causing outrage among the five grand dukes.

And that was merely outrage.

The official documents seeking accountability reached the Near East Region and became useless.

Hudson personally intervened in the case, declared the evidence forged, and overturned the investigation results.

Consequently, both sides took the matter to the Capital, and ultimately, under the King’s mediation, it was brushed under the carpet.

Those with backing are not afraid of having their identities exposed, but it doesn’t mean these people from the July Club are also unafraid.

If they start revealing each other’s secrets, it’s not certain that the powerful faction in the Near East will get into trouble, but none of these July Club big shots could escape.

“Lord Longxi, if we are not participating, why did you sign the contract?”

Pharaoh asked with concern from the side.

Signing a contract is not trivial; if not fulfilled, the backlash could make one wish they were dead.

“At that time, if we hadn’t signed the contract, none of us would have survived leaving there.

If such matters were exposed, the involved cult organizations would face catastrophic disasters.”

We are able to remain active in the underworld because the Noble Consortium needs cult organizations.

If we reach out for royal power, challenging their bottom line, those major nobles wouldn’t mind replacing us with more obedient people.

Just the five major families in the north can force us to hide everywhere.

If all the major nobles act together, do you think they really can’t dig out our identities?”

After Longxi finished speaking, the expressions of the Dual Envoys of Yin and Yang dramatically changed.

The truth is indeed too heartbreaking.

They thought being uncaught meant they were hidden deep enough.

Little did they realize, the truth was that those people simply didn’t bother digging.

Upon carefully recalling past events, the two soon realized something was amiss.

Many cases that could have been deeply investigated were all dropped without conclusion.

Previously thought to be luck, now it seems clear that those major nobles were deliberately letting them off the hook.

After all, the July Club is an anomaly among cult organizations.

Apart from shouting slogans, their usual operations target only the five major families in the north, completely harmless to other kingdom nobles.

By not endangering everyone’s interests, and with the five major families being prone to attracting hatred, others are happy to leave them be to trouble the northern families.

In comparison, other cult organizations are much more miserable.

Organizations like the Skeleton Society are often chased all over the world.

More than 90% of cult organizations don’t last more than three years.

Many are eradicated by the nobles just a few months after being established.

“Lord Longxi, if we don’t participate in the operation, what will you do?”

The Dual Envoys of Yin and Yang asked in unison.

Both are trusted subordinates trained by Longxi.

Although they now hold high positions within the July Club, their relationship has not changed.

“What’s there to worry about?

The contract only mandates secrecy and participation; how we participate is still up to us.

Besides, such big news can also be quite valuable.”