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Chapter 1492: Chapter 194: Aiwass: Let’s Run So Ads First

“Rock Cellar City’s original spring collapsed, the new Benevolent Lord ‘Hope of Aiwass’ moved in, Dawn City was established—”

The call echoed accompanied by the cries of eagles, gracefully reaching across the desert.

Once Dawn City restored its water supply and subsequently resud normal life… those neighboring city-states finally confird that Dawn City indeed had its new Benevolent Lord.

Thus, they temporarily laid down their flags and ceased sending or hiring Slave Knights for raiding parties.

The Benevolent Lords of these city-states were in contact with one another. Although they might not have good relationships… whenever sothing happened to one of them, the neighboring Benevolent Lords would definitely respond—like “taking care” of the city’s people.

These spies, on one hand, transmitted information outward, and on the other hand, catalyzed rebellions against the Benevolent Lords at the appropriate ti. Because every city had such spies, if any Benevolent Lord started purging spies on a large scale, it was generally believed sothing was wrong on their side, prompting others to intensify efforts, even joining forces to counteract.

Trekking through the desert required significant supplies. As city-states had limited water and supplies, sending soldiers necessitated restricting civilian water beforehand, which would be relayed by spies. Hence, warfare had “ons” that allowed for tily responses and precautions.

Add to that the tribal warfare model that couldn’t establish supply lines. Just defending a couple of attacks would lead the opposition to withdraw due to insufficient supplies. Therefore, regular armies mainly focused on harassnt and raids. Truly conquering a city-state was difficult without inside help.

But if a Benevolent Lord’s lineage ended anywhere, Slave Knights could imdiately be dispatched to capture people.

With the Benevolent Lord dead, naturally, no one would guard the vacant city. If no one ca to capture them, reaching nearby city-states was difficult, almost certainly leading to death — under such circumstances, capturing them as slaves ironically gave them a way to survive, eliminating danger.

Slave Knights weren’t necessarily part of the Benevolent Lord’s property, sotis they likely weren’t.

They functioned like the “construction company” at Avalon or Star Antimony, mainly contracting out those official projects.

Because Benevolent Lords needed to maintain their reputation — although laughable, Desert People truly cared about this — they wouldn’t directly send subordinates to capture people but would buy people from Slave Knights. Thus, these Slave Knights had a stable inco… while Benevolent Lords cultivated a Transcendent rcenary force this way.

For tasks like siege, sending their own n, accidentally losing a few was heartbreaking. It’s better to stand outside the city supervising, letting Slave Knights storm in. If they retreated, they could help with rear-guard actions or force them back into the fray.

With a little money, water, and useless status, they could exchange for a permanent Transcendent army, entirely without managent, not responsible for their reputation — for Benevolent Lords, this was an absolutely profitable deal.

It’s ironic to say.

In this desert where people were casually enslaved, the most precious wealth instead was humans themselves.

— For example, these ssengers transmitting information across the desert.

Aside from sending letters, they also conveyed various intelligence and news across the desert — sotis paid, sotis free. For example, Heaven City’s news spread throughout the desert this way. Solely relying on caravan word-of-mouth couldn’t update tily or cover all city-states.

A female Avianfolk, naked from the waist up, feathers all over, her face painted with red oil paint, proclaid on the street: “The Benevolent Lord of Dawn City has established new rules, slaves can beco free people! Enrol free people now!

“Anyone signing a twenty-year free work contract and a ten-year one for offspring can enjoy free people treatnt! Each family has three free education slots, contract period includes room and board and drinks!

“Transcendents only need a ten-year contract five years for descendants, Third Level Transcendents only need a five-year work contract, no more water tax, work can be renewed for profit after contract ends! ‘Hope of Aiwass’ promises all work treatnts not below 80% of city-states!”

These statents sounding like advertisents lecturing welfare policies…

Were actually ads placed by Aiwass himself.

These ssengers ca from the sa organization, called “Desert Sound.”

Most of them were Avianfolk, being best adapted to the desert environnt, with so Lizardfolk mutated for dust resistance. Humans couldn’t manage this work.

Avianfolk could fly over the desert, circumventing Phantom Demons and banditry hidden in the sand, directly avoiding invisible quicksand traps, swiftly traversing the desert.

Moreover, they could glide on the wind, barely exhausting energy to cross the Desert’s Dead River barrier, smoothly reaching another Oasis. Lizardfolk could also swim in quicksand and dive below the sand, moving quickly.

The only drawback was their effortless movent depended on their special body structure. Hence, they couldn’t transport others, only so important but inexpensive small goods or letters.

Desert Sound’s main clients were city Benevolent Lords, only they could afford these prices. Due to their special mission, even Slave Knights wouldn’t easily capture them… to avoid hindering powerful Benevolent Lords’ affairs, thus causing unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, even in the desert’s depths, letters could still be sent outside the desert.

But aside from Heaven City, other city-state Benevolent Lords rarely cared about “propaganda” matters. The desert lacked education; Benevolent Lords’ family legacies depended on dostic slave tutors, whose quality and scope were necessarily limited. Hence, “Dawn City” imdiately beca a topic focus.

People discussed Aiwass’s terms.

Working for free for twenty years to escape slavery — not harsh, rather it’s generous. Not to ntion during work, they’d have board, lodging, water, and could arrange education and work for three descendants… Doesn’t this an reducing three portions of food and water, while ensuring work for at least two generations?

Compared to Heaven City’s “Once entering Heaven City, gaining permanent free food and water without work” illusionary promises, Dawn City’s terms felt more realistic albeit slightly strict!

— This was Aiwass’s strategy.

He ultimately wished to transform everyone into free people, abolishing slavery… but this couldn’t happen overnight.

If Aiwass imdiately granted them free people status, benefits arriving too quickly and easily, they wouldn’t cherish it. Moreover, if all beca free suddenly, freshly liberated Desert People themselves wouldn’t like it.

And If Aiwass’s future promises were too beautiful, too unrealistic, they’d suspect — not a conspiracy theory, because Parthia truly had such scenarios. Everything promised beautifully; once people arrived, they were captured for sacrifice to the Abyssal Celestial Envoy or enslaved and sold.

This continued to now, many city-states doing similar things, Parthians didn’t trust such words due to self-protection instincts, not suspicion. Without this level of defense consciousness, their fate would’ve been unknown.

Therefore, if Aiwass really publicized this way, it’d be drowned by noise, causing no waves. Even his residents would tremble in resistance.

Aiwass’s approach was simple.

If things were too good and they couldn’t accept or believe, give them sothing slightly lesser.

Heaven City’s Benevolent Lord dominated in Parthia due to exploring feudal society managent systems within a slave society.

In Parthia’s shambles, feudalism was already advanced and civilized.

Aiwass advanced half a step further — he began engaging in capitalism!

Though capitalism wasn’t good either, within a slave society, it was like heaven-sent greatness!