[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-divine-path-system":3,"chapter-divine-path-system-divine-path-system-chapter-1433":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Divine Path System",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1564855,2028,"Chapter 1433 Equality","divine-path-system-chapter-1433",1433,"\u003Cp>A secret meeting occured just an hour before the 'Ritual'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither the king nor archduke Micheal were aware of it. Because the attendees weren't some wannabe terrorists or crony businessmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the four most influential people of the entire kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duchess Serenthia of 'Sonya' faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dukes Kriad and Corinthian of 'Rudolph' faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duchess Seraphina of 'Merov' faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the beginning of the crown prince candidacy, they were competing against each other in open and dark, using every dirty trick in the book to gain an edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their grudges, as old as a millennia and as new as a decade were common knowledge to any Spirited Palarian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The popular perception was that unless the king himself ordered, the four wouldn't gather in a single place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By sheer coincidence, if they did, it would end in a dispute. It usually would not get physical but even a verbal conflict between pillars of the kingdom had far reaching affects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the words of a retired diplomat:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The kingdom would go extinct before they make up.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The extinction seemed to have arrive today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only was it was a clandestine meeting arranged with prior agreement but it's one made with the intention to cooperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll be taking care of the King's side.\" The old woman with extremely heavy wrinkles, Duchess Seraphina said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leave Miss Calamity to me.\" Duke Kriad raised his chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gazes turned to Duchess Serenthia. A part of her mind was raging against her rationality, telling her to not take this step. But she exhaled lightly and said with killing intent. \"I'll manage Micheal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excellent!\" Duke Corinthian clapped. \"We'll be giving them proper concealment treasures. Let's compete fairly, hahaha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sarcastic words caused a chuckle in the usually solemn group. It was perhaps the only thing they all agreed upon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*** *** *** *** ***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trixy, a region under Archduke Micheal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On paper, it's the most prosperous area with virtually negligible crime rate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, any crimes toward the 'spiritless' weren't counted as a crime. The entire non-working spiritless—children, elderly and patients—weren't even added into the population, thus pushing the wealth per capita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's a heaven for a spirited and hell for spiritless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biggest city of the region, Geulg, was the whole region put together into a single city and cranked up 10x.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called 'successful' spiritless lived fine lives. Working hard in childhood to prepare themselves for a career, working hard in their adulthood to earn a livelihood until their death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mediocre ones? They were the labor that powered the system. Those who survived month to month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones below, the spiritless who couldn't pay back the debts, recieved the worst treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the entrenched notion that 'Spiritless are failures', a failed spiritless was seen as the worst of the worst, a shame for the entire community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they couldn't pay back the debts or committed crimes, they'd become 'public' workers, a fancy term for?slaves, starting a hellish life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ironically, most of the ones who used these public workers and treated them harshly weren't the elite spirited, but their fellow spiritless who were more successful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an unawkened civilization, a situation like this would've sparked a revolution, ending in the toppling of the entire system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the power in numbers got easily negated by few powerful individuals, Geulg continued on its trajectory without any instability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The city promised to remain the simultaneous mix of hell and heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was just one problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Baaam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dum! Daaam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An elite township within the super city Geulg, spanning tens of thousands of homes, exploded into pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of the spirited palarians living in the area, amounting to at least 100,000, died on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the flames, ash and smoke, a few silhouttees shot out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Equality!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three people team sought out the survivors at lightning speed and massacred them without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the knife dug into the soft skin of young and wrinkled skin of the old, blood splurged into the air and splashed on the murderer's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Equality!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slogan of the group reverberated across hundreds of miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop there!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You damn bugs!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll kill you all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The security forces that reached the site within minutes activated their powers to hit out at the terrorists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three team members gathered together and looked at the security forces with a smile. The group members wore only red skinsuit and a red, crying face mask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why…the security forces didn't notice it until they stepped in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-What is this? The land…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Retreat! Retreat right away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a bit too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bam! Bang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosions engulfed the security officers, severely injuring the stronger ones and directly killing or crippling the rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprising the few daring people who quickly reached the site and were watching since a few minutes, even the attackers were also engulfed in the explosion and died an instant death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten figures in red emerged out of nowhere, deliberately left a few survivors and headed closer into the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the next thirty minutes, more than 300,000 lives were lost, all of them being Spirited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every terrorist spotted so far was dead but like ants of their nest, more and more just kept cropping up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the army moved to core areas of Geulg, the attacks shifted to the distant areas, taking out vulnerable spirited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When this news reached Archduke Micheal, the old man felt his lungs explode in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those sewer rats! How dare they?! Do they think they can get away because today is a special day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Archduke's long beard swayed violently, caught up in the aura storm eminating from the old man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rasal enclave was also attacked? Academy students died? The most talented geniuses of this century?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he progressed, the quieter his voice got. Near the end, his jaw was clenched tight and he was shaking violently, as if he's about to explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those lowlives will pay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Archduke smashed the communicator and bowed to the king. \"Your Majesty, please forgive my impudence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without even waiting for a reply, the old man vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>",1018,"2026-06-06T07:58:51.477Z",1,"novelbin.me","7833502bb3b96b4aa50fdcb6113258b4096ebe5f7c91e55a8953d33e618b7b7e","divine-path-system-chapter-1434","divine-path-system-chapter-1432",1773,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdivine-path-system-cover.jpg"]