The Shepherds Are Dense – Chapter 1118

Chapter 1117
The Corrupted Eagle Eye
Wuqun naturally understood what Xiaolu meant.
— The Eagle Eye organization today has basically completely split.
Rather than splitting, it is more like corruption.
They were all disciples of Honey Badger, belonging to the fanatically pro-Church faction. And the current proportion of this emerging faction within the Eagle Eye organization is not even one-tenth.
And a few months ago, at least one-third of the assassins were willing to follow them. At that time, Eivass was the Pope… The value of a human Pope, can only be said that those who know, know. Eivass’s reputation in Iris owes a large part to the hype from these assassins.
But Eivass stepped down soon.
Although he still had his own glory as the first human Pope, this glory could hardly bring them influence—he stepped down too quickly. Although the Church’s election method is completely different from Iris, most common people can only recognize what they perceive… If the Prime Minister of Iris stepped down so quickly, it could only be due to some unexplainable scandal. And many people’s perception of Eivass was the same.
Honey Badger was striving to gain authorization from the Church, but after Eivass resigned, the progress of this matter was also slow… Of course, the Honey Badger faction knew that this was because Elves were inherently slow in doing things. But this further exacerbated the impression of the Iris people that “Eivass has lost the protection of the Church,” and thus they became more convinced that he had done something wrong.
Whether this was true was not important.
What was important was whether people perceived it that way—this directly determined whether the assassins could wash away their sins and be redeemed in the hearts of the public by relying on Eivass’s reputation. This was also why the assassins were willing to follow Honey Badger.
And now, all of it was in vain.
Their influence within the organization was rapidly shrinking… and now they encountered new changes.
The Blood Heavenly Envoy had descended.
That was almost a disaster… but the assassins never expected that the disaster would be the end of the Children of the Moon.
Now, the voices of the “power-seizing faction” within the Eagle Eye organization drowned out everything else.
— They had craved power for too, too long.
And with the entire upper echelon of Iris collapsing, the immense power vacuum left behind was like an extremely delicious honey cake, making these gutter rats, who had been poor and were afraid of poverty, red-eyed.
Now, they were the strongest organization in Iris. The Extraordinary of the Path of Beauty, under the suppression of the Path of Love, had shrunk to their limit… The former Kingdom of Love and Beauty had been completely eroded into the Kingdom of Love. And now, the Eagle Eye organization became the first—overwhelmingly the first.
Since they were the strongest, it was normal to have power, right?
They should be the ones to make the rules!
They should be the ones to seize power!
They should be the ones to rebuild their own country!
A country truly for the Iris people!
Drive out all foreigners! Drive out Dwarves and Goblins! Kill all Children of the Moon, kill all Werewolves! Eradicate all remnants of the Path of Love!
— These arguments went on every day, and a fanatical atmosphere spread throughout the organization.
The outposts that were usually not used much were packed every day, and the arguments even reached the streets.
They no longer cared about stealth.
After all, the Children of the Moon were completely dead, who could do anything to them?
— Even if everyone knew this was an Eagle Eye organization outpost, would anyone dare to suppress them?
Did they want to die?
The Blood Heavenly Envoy did not strike brutally, so many Blood Slaves were still alive… They were also rounded up by the assassins as “accomplices of the Children of the Moon.” Rather than a trial, it was more like venting their anger… and lust.
— Exuding fear.
Although the Eagle Eye organization was born to fight the Children of the Moon, most people actually lacked the determination and ability to fight them. They were all on tenterhooks, fearing their own death one day. And the organization did not allow betrayal… The accumulated psychological pressure had long made people abnormal. Few assassins were normal; they all had their quirks to varying degrees.
And when the Children of the Moon were still around, they did not dare to make too much noise.
For fear of being discovered.
Even if it was not by the Children of the Moon.
For example, if they killed someone on the street and exposed their ability as an Extraordinary of the Path of Adaptation, it might expose their assassin identity. This could lead to them being captured by the Children of the Moon for interrogation or execution—to prevent them from leaking information, the organization would often eliminate them first.
— But after they had that level of ability, they were asked to hide their identities?
On what basis?
Before, I was a wretch with no money and no ability. Now I have money and have become an Extraordinary, but I still have to pretend to be a wretch… I can’t let people discover I have money, I can’t be suspected of being an Extraordinary—then what’s the point of me killing people for money and cultivation?
But before, with the Children of the Moon suppressing them from above, all of this was reasonable.
Now that the Children of the Moon are gone… Eagle Eye has fallen into a frenzy.
Under these circumstances, Eagle Eye’s business has almost completely ground to a halt—some local outposts are not even accepting orders much anymore. The assassins are holed up in their outposts, discussing how to build the country and how to allocate power. They even argue about it, making promises, boasting, and attacking each other like politicians.
And some “pragmatic” assassins have begun to “communicate” with those surviving councilors—originally, they had to worry if such actions would cause the neutral factions to completely turn to the Children of the Moon, so they had to maintain their service attitude. Their posture was almost humble.
But now they have all changed their tune—there is no need to pretend anymore.
Disobey, and you die, it’s that simple.
When 70% of the Extraordinary of the Third Tier and above in a country are concentrated in one organization, it is equivalent to that organization controlling the country.
Originally, missions like tracking the Blood Heavenly Envoy’s whereabouts could be considered very simple.
After all, the Blood Heavenly Envoy had no ability to hide his identity. For these all-pervasive assassins, it might take only one day to find out.
But now… the Eagle Eye organization has almost ground to a halt.
Most of the organization’s members cannot be mobilized to undertake missions.
Most assassins believe that “the organization’s mission is over,” and “they have won”—although this victory has nothing to do with them directly. But some assassins feel that it was precisely because of their continuous pressure that the Children of the Moon chose an extreme and uncontrollable way to bring about their own destruction, and this was also their victory.
Since they had already won, they could enjoy themselves.
Since the mission was completed, who would bother to toil and drudge through sewers and slums anymore?
Thus, Eagle Eye began to corrupt at an astonishing speed.
Now, perhaps only those assassins who have decided to follow the Church are still executing missions normally.
Of course… when they come out to perform missions, they are too lazy to argue with those red-faced fanatics in the outposts.
The organization… how did it become like this?
Wuqun was a bit lost.
Was it not the Children of the Moon who were insane, but this country… this land?
(End of this chapter)