Date- 29 Mar 2321
Ti- 22:09
Location- Sky Blossom City, Guild Association Mall, Warehouse no. 234
I had prepared to face the Circle but not the entire Sun Blossom City. By the looks of it, if I have to attack the Circle, I will have to prepare retaliation from the whole city. Facing an entire city was out of the question as it would make
the bad guy, the public enemy.
The public image of the Circle in Sun blossom city is very different from the one they had in Sky Blossom city. In Sky Blossom city, in people's eyes, the Circle was a mysterious and powerful organization that even the city lord feared. The citizens of the Sky Blossom city never knew the Circle's dirty laundry. But in Sun Blossom city, the Circle had a reputation of a righteous organization led by a heroic leader. This reputation of the Circle in Sun Blossom city was a far cry from the one in Sky Blossom city.
This new change in the way the Circle operated ca with the new branch leader. It seems he had a different image for the Circle in mind compared to the old branch leader. This image is what made it easier for the Circle to move the forces of the Sun Blossom city in their ti of need.
At such a period, if the TSR guild and Tiger Squadron led by
were to declare war on the Circle, we would literally beco the bad guys in public eyes and the families guilds, authorities mobilizing their forces to provide the Circle with reinforcent would be justified in itself. It would look like the city ca together to purge the outside enemy. That's not good for the mbers of the TSR guild and Tiger Squadron or .
Considering all this, it beca more challenging for
to think of a way to attack the Circle without facing the wrath of the entire Sun Blossom city. All my preparation until now was to fight the Circle, not a city. If I don't find a way around this, I might have to give up attacking the Circle in order not to beco the demon lord who massacred half of a city in the eyes of the entire world.
The Narrative. What cos after every war is the Winner's narrative, but in the present age, due to social dia controlling the narrative in the Winner's favor was very difficult. If it were ancient tis when the grimoire network was yet to be developed, then what Victor says goes in the pages of history, be it true or false. But now, what the majority of public beloved went into the pages of history, be it true or false.
Therefore controlling the public opinion was a big deal in modern warfare to control the final narrative on the conclusion of any conflict. This is what the new leader was doing by building a righteous image for the Circle and a heroic image for himself. In the people's eyes, the Circle and he were the good guys, so automatically marking every organization or person that went against them or they themselves targeted as the bad guys.
Every story had good guys and bad guys. The Circle had already filled in the role of good guys, and anyone that went against them would automatically be labeled as the bad guys. This ant that even if I were to sohow avoid facing the city after attacking the Circle, I would still lose as the other branches of the circle would ignite the public into labeling
as the demon lord that slaughtered an entire organization, whatever the reason I had to attack the Circle sun blossom branch would it matter to the people.
I could hide the identity of my troops and
when attacking the Circle, but the blood rule cards used by my troops would be very distinctive, and unless I planned not to use these cards in the future world would sooner or later figure out that it was I who attacked the Circle. And with a push from other branches of Circle, I believe the world would know a lot sooner.
Why did I care about the public opinion of ? The answer was straightforward. It is because I am weak. When soone is labeled as the bad guy, it becos easier for his enemies to co after him. Just take the example of the demigod Redfall. He had an intimate relationship with so many people, and most of them beca his devotees. In most cases, these people were husbands and wives of prominent figures in the world.
Yet the world could not prosecute Redfall because all the relationships he had with his various partners were consensual. His partners took all the bla upon themselves, therefore, giving no reason for the world to prosecute Demigod Redfall until the information that he grew humans as livestock to conduct blood sacrifice and blood ritual to make a breakthrough in his active soul control ca to light. Using this as a reason, those that lost their partners to Redfall's lifestyle band together under the one banner that they would exterminate an evil card apprentice when, in reality, all they cared about was taking revenge on the demigod Redfall for robbing their Husbands and Wives.
This is how the world works. If I were to strike the Circle without enough preparations immaturely, then even if I won the battle, I would be labeled as the bad guy, give the rest of the Circle Branches a chance to band together and prosecute
under a justifiable cause of eliminating evil. This is why it is essential that Victor control the narrative of the events, or else even if they had montarily won, they would lose in the pages of history by being labeled as the bad guys. No matter how strong one is, nobody can beat ti. Therefore, it was rudintary to control the narrative. In ancient tis the narrative of the events was Victor's right, but in modern warfare, the one with the most favorable public opinion controlled the narrative. Making it necessary for
to co out as a good guy in the battle against the Circle.
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