Chapter 359: Fighting against a rock with an egg

"Is it unrealistic? I really can't deny it."

Nodding slightly, Mondolo sighed.

"So what about you guys? Roach, Matt, what do you think?"

"We... don't know much about the Spark organization, Captain. Why do you ask?"

The two men who were halfway through digging turned around and looked at the captain in puzzlement.

Ever since the mysterious man who claimed to be from the Spark organization invited them to join Spark, he has never contacted them again.

This made the two of them confused, but they gradually put it behind their minds, thinking that the other party might not contact them again before they graduated.

Mondoro keenly noticed that when the knight girl talked about "resisting the rule of the empire's high-ranking nobles", Matt's expression suddenly became a little strange, and his eyes were deep.

Although the boy immediately concealed it, he would never mistake that look. Only the deepest hatred could make a person reveal that beast-like look.

“Nothing, as Miss Alyssa said, the Spark Organization is an organization founded by professionals of civilian origin with the goal of resisting the rule of the imperial aristocracy.

As far as I know, you two seem to be from the common people, just like me."

With a strange smile, Mondolo looked around, suddenly blinked his scarlet eyes, and spoke slowly.

"So, as a member of the Spark Organization, I sincerely hope that the three of you can join us—"

When Mondolo said this, both of them were shocked.

"Captain Mondoro, so you are also...!"

Matt immediately looked around vigilantly, fearing that their outrageous conversation would be heard by outsiders.

"also?"

Seeing the reactions of the two, Mondolo was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly reacted.

"I see. I should have guessed it earlier... Don't worry, Matt. I just saw the last person leaving the cave except us."

With that, he shook his head, allaying Matt's concerns.

"Captain, has the organization sent any instructions? What do we need to do next?"

Roche couldn't help but ask.

"No, there are no instructions. In fact, I'm afraid there won't be anything we need to do until we graduate. This is the organization's special protection for us.

The invitation I just gave you is entirely my personal act. "

Mondolo waved his hand, denying Roche's guess.

"Captain, you didn't even know our identities before. You just revealed your identity to us so easily. Aren't you afraid that one of us will report you to the higher-ups?"

After realizing this, Roche couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Of course I am afraid, but if I just worry about the risks and regretfully let three potential future backbones of the Starfire slip away in front of my eyes, wouldn't that be a shame?"

With a slight smile, Mondolo shook his head.

“What’s more, I have observed you for a long time on the way here. You are not the kind of people who put profit above all else, nor are you the kind of people who fanatically support the rule of the empire.

For the sake of the development of the resistance army, what's the harm in taking some risks? Could it be more dangerous than those companions who are being hunted by the lackeys of the empire? From ancient times to the present, where has the reform been without bloodshed?"

As Mondolo finished speaking, Roche and Matt couldn't help but feel a little in awe.

"Wait... So you are all... But why?"

At this time, Alyssa, who was left aside by the three people, was already a little confused, and hurriedly interrupted the three people.

After hearing so much that she should and shouldn't hear, she began to worry that if she didn't want to join in, she would be silenced.

"Why did you join the resistance?"

Mondolo glanced at Alyssa, who was a little nervous, and gently spread out his hands.

"I understand that in the eyes of most nobles and 'intelligent people', we are just a minority who cannot be understood by common sense.

Perhaps they don’t understand why we make such a choice, why we make a futile attempt to hit a bird’s egg against a stone, the result of which is obvious at a glance.”

Gently shaking his head, Mondolo showed a helpless look and smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly.

"This empire has oppressed us for too long. Emperor Gloria was indeed great, but she has been gone for more than two thousand years.

And how did those high and mighty nobles treat us during these two thousand years?"

"Ms. Alyssa, I understand. If you haven't seen it, it may be difficult to imagine those scenes. But as the son of a mercenary leader, I have seen too many injustices and tragedies before entering Pamir Academy."

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As he spoke, Mondolo took a deep breath, as if he couldn't bear to recall those memories.

“I come from a small city called Meir in the province of Frey in the northwest of the empire. The ruler there is Baron Meir.

When I was twelve years old, I passed by the city gate with my father and saw Uncle Ken from the caravan arguing with the city guards at the city gate.

Since my father was a famous mercenary leader nearby and had cooperated with Ken's caravan many times, I knew that Uncle Ken had a daughter named Bessie.

We used to play together and she was very pretty with big beautiful brown eyes.”

"But the dispute at the city gate eventually alarmed Baron Maier. Accompanied by his guards, he looked at Kane and his caravan from a distance and then left. From beginning to end, the baron did not say a word."

At this point, Mondolo sighed.

"After that, Uncle Ken's caravan never appeared again. But by chance, I saw Bessie again in the city's red-light district.

She wore heavy makeup, exposed clothes, and stood on the street corner with a dead and numb look in her eyes. Like most other women there, she only charged ten silver coins a night.

The master behind the red-light district is none other than Baron Meyer himself."

"This... But this is impossible. If we treat the caravans coming from afar like this, which caravans will dare to pass through this town in the future?"

After hearing this cruel story, Alyssa couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her mouth, her golden red eyes full of disbelief. This was completely contrary to the way she had learned in the academy to govern the territory.

"Oh, yes - so, there are fewer and fewer caravans there, and the city has become very poor. But Baron Maier is getting richer and richer. Not only has he paid the annual taxes to the upper rulers, but his own strength has also become stronger and stronger.

As business got worse and worse, my father eventually led the mercenary group away from there and formed a mobile mercenary group, accepting missions throughout the northwestern province of the empire.

But it is precisely because we have traveled through more cities that we have seen more such, even more tragic facts. "

With a sarcastic sneer, Mondolo leaned against the stone pillar with a mocking expression.

"The nobles who are high up in the sky cannot see all this because they are standing too far away. Just like a person who sees an ant trapped by fallen leaves, even if he notices it unintentionally, he will not take it to heart.

At most, when I am in a good mood, I will just move the fallen leaves away and release the ants.

But for many more ants that have never been seen, the fallen leaf in the eyes of humans is an unbearable mountain in their lives—"

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