The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing-Chapter 648 - 343 "I’ll Take Care of You"_2
From beneath the table, she kicked An Su's foot with her little leather boots, "Take care of me for a lifetime because I'm so adorable."
As the Little Witch spoke these words, her snow-white eyes gently blinked, like a small animal seeking adoption.
"Fine, I'll take care of you."
An Su replied, firmly bearing in mind the principle: to destroy someone, first let them run rampant.
"I'll take care of you for a lifetime."
The more he yielded and indulged her now, the more humiliated and regretful the serious Little Saintess with her thin-skinned pride would be once the effects ended. Any mistakes in the early game were just temporary; he, An Su, was a late-game hero, determined to trample this woman before him!
All the groundwork was for the final counterattack.
"That promise sounds really nice."
The Little Witch leaned back in her chair, satisfied, and with a good mood, she coughed lightly, "So tell me, what's the plan now?"
It was time to get down to business.
[Farol's Chaos Level: 96%]
Despite the current atmosphere being amicable and relaxed, both Luojia and An Su knew this was just the calm before the storm. In a day's time, it would be Avad's centennial Councilor-Saintess dual election, which lasted three days; and if, after three days, they still hadn't completely fixed the 'Era of Chaos' star, then Farol's level of chaos would break through the critical point, and chaos would fall from reality.
And with the fall of Nether, the beginning of the Radiant Era would emerge from Farol's ruin.
To perfectly define this era, they had to complete one main quest and one hidden main quest.
[Red Moon Fall] and [Fate's Staircase].
The former was about uncovering the truth behind the Era of Chaos's downfall.
The latter, the more difficult, required two conditions: climbing to Avad's highest point, 'a place that touches the stars,' and causing enough of a world-changing impact.
The top of Avad, this mission description wasn't very specific; was it referring merely to the highest point of power or the highest point in a physical sense... or perhaps both?
And how significant an impact would be enough?
An Su had already destroyed the Chaotic City; that was considerable impact, yet when he checked the quest progress, he found it had barely made waves, with Fate's Staircase only reaching a mere [3%].
A single Chaotic City was trivial; to fully complete the main quest... at the very least, the entire Avad would have to be destroyed.
However, this was a difficulty An Su currently did not have the strength to accomplish.
An insurmountable gulf between ranks.
The Awad Holy City, from the primordial times as the peak of the Kingdom of Chaos, ruled over the Seven Great Esoteric Sects, its heritage far beyond imagination.
Even thirty thousand years later, though the faith in chaos was in decline and far from its zenith, the Church Nation rebuilt by the Esoteric Sect Followers still carried the name 'Avad,' which speaks of the value held by Awad Holy City. Just as the relation between the Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, the two are not directly connected, but the latter seeks to ride on the former's popularity.
The difficulty of this world far exceeded all others An Su had faced.
Despite that, he wore a smile, for greater difficulty meant greater significance in the challenge. An Su now possessed the qualifications to run for election; the priority was to win the election in order to deal with subsequent matters.
But having emerged from the Holy City, not knowing anyone and originating from the Outer City—where birth implied allegiance—An Su represented the Chaotic outer city faction, and the citizens of the Holy City would never vote for An Su; the Holy City Lord wouldn't allow a yokel from the Outer City to rule over them.
All the nobles were united against outsiders.
Anyone could take the Councilor's seat, but it must never go to someone from the Outer City!
That was the attitude of the Inner City faction, and as for the Outer City nobles who supported them, as well as the citizens who would vote for them...
Like the vampire families with profound heritage, the much-favored Rainbow Faction, and the foreign dignitaries of the Deep Sea Demon Clan, etc... all had been cleared out by An Su. Rather, it was because he had cleared them out that An Su now possessed the qualifications to compete for a Councilor's seat...
So, unfortunately, An Su was completely isolated in Avad. Aside from the cold, hard eight hundred thousand in his account, he didn't have a single political ally: taking part in the election this way was a sure route to defeat.
"So your campaign strategy is 'massive money dumping,' right?" Luojia sighed.
"Nonsense; that's called progressive capital." An Su immediately objected, "What massive money dumping? I just want to be friends with everyone; I just want to serve the citizens enthusiastically."
"To run for Councilor, there are three steps: one is publicity, two is policy, three is having a catchy and explosive start."
An Su explained patiently,
"Regarding publicity: spending ten thousand Gold Coins to hire Demon Seed cicadas as the astroturfing army; ten thousand Gold Coins to monopolize all the screens in Avad's squares; twenty thousand Gold Coins for advertising campaigns; and a hundred thousand Gold Coins as progressive capital, donated unconditionally for the benefit of various Councilors' charitable initiatives."
"Let's scatter some around for a day to test the waters. If that's not enough, we'll double it the next day."
"Within two days, spend all eight hundred thousand."
"Then use the status of Councilor to take out a loan from the bank, another eight hundred thousand."
An Su announced his grand money-dumping scheme with sheer ruthlessness; A gold coin from thirty thousand years ago was even more valuable, eight hundred thousand gold coins were equivalent to five million gold coins—several years of the GDP of the Chaotic City!
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Even setting the record for Councilor elections spanning hundreds of years. An Su was not the wealthiest among those running for Councilor, but he was absolutely the most willing to spend money.
