Lord of the Mysteries

Chapter 1240 The Tide

In the early morning, Earl Hall woke up at his usual time and took a stroll in his garden and lawn.

By the time he finished looking at his beloved thoroughbreds, he returned to the third floor of the villa and changed out of his outing clothes. His wife, Caitlyn, had already woken up and was instructing her lady’s maid to relay her thoughts to the rest of the servants.

“It’s time for breakfast.” Earl Hall stood beside the coat rack and smiled at his wife.

At that moment, he heard a commotion outside, one that was getting closer and closer, but it did not quell.

With a slight frown, Earl Hall turned his head to look at his valet.

Without needing the noble to speak, the valet immediately walked to the window and drew open the thin curtain.

With a swoosh, more light shone into the bedroom. It was clear.

The valet then cast his gaze out the window and scanned his surroundings. His expression suddenly became solemn.

He turned around and glanced at Lady Caitlyn, who was still talking to the lady’s maid. He walked quickly to Earl Hall’s side and said in a low voice, “A protest! Many people are protesting!”

A protest? Earl Hall was no stranger to this term. As a powerful Loen Kingdom noble, and the second largest shareholder of the Constant Coal and Steel Consortium, he had seen many workers protest in demonstrations, requesting for a rise in their weekly salaries, as well as stipulate for maximum working hours. During the past two months, Backlund had also undergone several protests due to various problems, but they were quickly suppressed without causing too much of an impact.

His gaze moved back and forth across his valet’s face for a few seconds. Eyes narrowed, he acutely sensed that the protest today might be different from what he had imagined.

Without batting an eyelid, he walked to the window.

Looking out, Earl Hall’s eyes suddenly froze.

With the advantage of being on the third floor, he saw that the roads were filled with dense hordes of people, extending far into the distance. They gathered together and surged in this direction, as if they were a dark, gigantic cloud that was about to envelop Backlund.

“Bread!”

“We want bread!”

The shouts of tens of thousands of people, and even more people, grew into a crescendo—one that was loud and clear. It made Earl Hall’s scalp tingle.

Having participated in the Mass at Festival Square, he was no stranger to seeing large masses of people or hearing people booming in one voice. But back then, he could barely be considered a part of the crowd. And today, he was one of the targets of the surging “tidal wave.”

Earl Hall couldn’t help but glance towards the end of the protesters, only to realize that there was no end to it. However, with his rich experience in handling matters, he could make a judgment based on the details he had observed.

He could see that there were very few police and soldiers on both sides of the protesters. Compared to the large number of people, they were like the eddies created by a tidal wave, a negligible detail.

force possible. It would be impossible for large numbers of

were too many people

such, the soldiers and police were

a riot and looting at any time… It might still seem orderly now… because there are many organizers and leaders? Damn it. Didn’t MI9 and the various Churches notice any signs? How could such a large-scale protest be organized overnight? Even if Backlund has become a gunpowder keg, it would still require quite a number of matchsticks to light it! Thoughts ran through Earl Hall’s mind

“Bread!”

“We want bread!”

louder and more uniform, as if there

sensed the commotion. All of them went to the windows and looked

as though they had encountered

“Bread!”

“We want bread!”

the dense masses exuded a

Hall snapped to his senses. He subconsciously wanted to get someone to send a telegram to the royal

after further observation, he realized that quite a number

“Bread!”

“We want bread!”

looked at the protesters with pity and

of people who simply desired the same right to live like them. They just didn’t want to starve to death. How could they not feel

a handful of soldiers and police, but it quickly spread

have accepted all orders

who dares to get me to fire shall

“Bread!”

“We want bread!”

impact of the huge crowd, the color

outside the house. He looked at the Beyonders of the Church of Evernight who were responsible for protecting his family, and he realized that the reactions

were filled with fear. The expressions of the secretly-hired Beyonders had already become rather solemn. As for the protectors from the Church of Evernight, their gazes were filled with

there are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even more… Earl Hall instantly came to a realization of the consequences of what

erupted, the Beyonders of the Church of Evernight couldn’t be counted on at

strength of the masses. He experienced the terror of the

a telegram to the Prime Minister and send a telegram to the other nobles. Say that I’m

to

nobles living in Empress Borough all learned of

silence, he exhaled and said to the male secretary beside him, “Protect the mansion and give

are hoarding

consensus and came up with a solution, Earl Hall’s heart finally settled back to its original position. He had the energy to head to the

passed through the dining hall’s

looking out the window with worry. His eldest son kept pacing back and forth, appearing very angry and anxious.

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Fog Sea, Future.