Chapter 244: The Guardian
Sam held the letter in his hands and closed his eyes. Right now, he is back in the lake in which the divine dimension was held.
Philip looked at the letter and the contents in it surprised him too.
He didn't expect that they would be labeled as a terrorist. He was thinking if Sam is sad, or angry or depressed, but he wasn't able to guess his emotion.
After some time, he braced himself and asked.
"How are you? What should we do next?"
Sam opened his eyes and an evil smile appeared on his face.
He stood up and said.
"I have had many titles in my like and I earned every one of them and to be honest I don't like anything that comes free without my efforts and qualifications. So, now that I am awarded a title I never possessed or worked hard for, how about I make it real?
They have seen me as an artisan, they have seen me being a fighter, they have seen me being a formation expert, they have seen me being a military trainer and they have seen being a businessman. They have seen me in all these forms, so they gave me those titles.
Now, they haven't seen me being a terrorist, but now they are giving this to me.
So, I will let them see me being a terrorist."
He looked at Philip who was surprised by Sam's words and said in a cold voice.
"And what does a terrorist do? Create terror.
Emperor was too long in that place that he felt, the vanity, greed, luxury, respect, reverence. He felt them for too long that they went into his head and made him think he can do whatever he wants, but now, I will make him feel terror.
Everything I have being, I was always unique and now I will become a terrorist who is one of a kind and will show how the terror feels.
The whole world shall tremble and think once, twice, thrice… tens of times and hundreds of times, before labeling me with something.
I will make the Emperor, quiver in his boots. I will make him regret being born. By the time I am done with him, he should feel like asking my permission to breathe."
Sam yelled at the end of the sentence as he looked upwards.
He looked at Watt and said.
"Get ready, we are going to be really busy."
After that, he came out and took out the Harbinger as he moved towards his next location.
He is traveling towards the South-western star Dukedom.
The next target of his plans.
But this time, he is not going to use the same methods as before.
Everything comes with a price. Even though he doesn't care what other people think, he doesn't care how people curse at him. The Emperor still doesn't have enough right to label him a terrorist.
His pride and arrogance are not allowing that to happen, at least not without paying a certain price and for every title he earned, Sam paid a price. And for being the terrorist they called him; they have to pay the price.
All this while, he didn't cause much harm to the natural resources because he didn't think that nature is the one that has to suffer due to man's mistakes and every natural resource is a gift.
And after this empire is dissolved, the neighboring empire will take the lead to merge this one.
At that time, the people will not have any problems as the places he had messed with can be repaired back to normal, but now, since he is a terrorist and people chose to believe so, they have to suffer a bit.
Since the Emperor wants to use people against him, two can play this game.
At the city which is the border of the south-western star Dukedom and the southern star. Sam stopped a bit and visited the local Blackwater branch.
He has a token in his hand which will give access to all branches in the empire and he can collect info and give tasks from any black water branch.
But how does he know that Blackwater won't betray him? Because, in most cases, shady organizations have more integrity than the government.
That is true in both of his lives.
The government due to its dominance and their face of 'righteousness' always feels superior and conceited. They slowly forget the fact that they are in a symbiotic relationship with the people, but the shady organization who do organized crimes stays in the dark enjoying the little freedom they have to know that their existence depends on their payers who are essentially people.
And a big client like Sam is not something they want to lose. So, they finished their tasks sincerely.
Right now, Sam is here to look for information and to pass on some information.
"Pass on the info that I entered the Southern Star and add a statement, Any man who has balls can try and catch me and give them info on which places I am going to attack. And this time, I wouldn't care about any person that is on guard. I am not responsible for their lives.
Tell the citizens that Sam who is now a terrorist is going to be one for real since authorities painted him to be. Tell them that their lives are just now sold away that since the empire doesn't care about him, he doesn't care about the citizens of the empire if they want to live, tell them to stay away from me.
Then do some publicity in Southern Star…"
Sam gave all the information left and right and moved away.
He went into the divine dimension in the woods and said to Philip and Jack.
"I think this is the last chance you will get if you want to leave. This time, the shit is real. It wouldn't be as smooth sailing and this time a lot of other people other than authorities will also become our enemies, the history will write me down as the villain who tore down the empire into pieces and if you don't want to bear the guilt or weight on your shoulder, it is better to leave now.
I will drop you at the border of the empire, and you would be able to leave and escape, you can even join the thunder god temple."
All he got in reply was silence. If you want to prepare, then go and train yourself. We are having tough days ahead and go train for sneaking and assassinations and escaping techniques."
For these words though, both of them ran towards the second floor of the tower. Sam looked at Watt and said.
"Go and train. I have to go hardware mode."
Meanwhile, in the imperial capital and the imperial palace.
A man whom Sam is familiar with just walked in. He is the person that Sam was warier the most in this life and a man who Sam didn't understand at all.
He entered the imperial palace as if it was his own home. He entered the imperial court and yelled.
"Emperor Orion, come out here."
Emperor came out and looked at the man angrily.
"Vickers, how many times did I tell you? Don't call me like I am your servant. I am the emperor."
Yes, this man is Vickers who is also the person who Sam met before.
The creepy middle-aged man who deduced that Sam has two elements with a glance. This man is the one whom Sam couldn't deduce.
"You can blabber about your fragile ego later. I am here to take about something else." Vickers was pretty serious, unlike the time when he talked to Sam.
"What is it?"
"What is my promise for the empire?"
"Why are you asking that now?"
Vickers just stayed silent and the emperor continued.
"You will guard and save the empire in case of invasion to save the empire."
"What is my role then?"
"Guardian of the Empire."
"You do remember that I won't bother about the internal conflicts that your government and you create right?"
Emperor frowned at this and said.
"What do you mean by this?"
"Sam."
"You know that guy?"
"Better than you think? Do you know what kind of person he is? Are you tired of your authority?"
"Do you think a little wimp can threaten my authority?"
"Authority? Your head will roll in a few months. Do you think he is some kind of little kid that you can throw your weight around? Now branding him as a terrorist? Are you out of your mind? If he really does defect to the enemy empire, the armies of yours wouldn't be much use at all.
Do you know, how he can train a battalion and won a city that your big ass armies couldn't even get?
If he trains their armies, what do you think happens?
And he killed a General a Nascent stage cultivator like a dog which died of rabies. Just because you are stronger than a Nascent, you think you can escape fate?
You might be stronger than a Nascent, for him, a Nascent or a Transcendent doesn't differ much since the power difference is too vast.
He can think of a way to kill a Nascent, he can think of a way to kill a transcendent. It doesn't matter. If you don't try to make a truce with him, you don't come running towards me. I wouldn't care and by the way. The indigo sea and all the coastline is compromised.
There is a transcendent level Porpoise along with more than ten Pre-transcendent level Porpoises occupying the whole coastline. Good luck dealing with that."