Chapter 78: Phantom Thief Dauphin (22) - Dahlia's Ideal

#78화 Phantom Thief Dauphin (22) - Dahlia's Ideal

The city was in an uproar.

As a member of the guard force responsible for maintaining public order, the deputy of the 8th Platoon could feel that fact keenly.

“…It isn't all that strange.”

At present, Lebruk was politically little more than a no-man's-land.

With everyone who could be called the leadership either left crippled or having fled the city, there was no one left who could govern and lead it.

Some argued that the city's leadership had only ever exploited the citizens and done nothing for them anyway, so it didn't matter if they were gone; in fact, the citizens were managing to live on without much trouble—but that, too, would only last a little while longer.

A city with a population of over one hundred thousand had voices as numerous as its people, and if no one mediated and led them, it was obvious that before long the city itself would come apart.

Even setting aside such a distant future, what were they supposed to do about taxes and diplomatic issues with the surrounding territories right now?

Inside the city, groups had begun to appear, quietly moving to seize the power left lying in the dirt, and all of them were trying to bring Dahlia over to their side...