Michael couldn't help but feel as if he was blind. How could he have not seen this before? This was what the Ersatz had been planning this entire time!
He immediately looked towards his Mini Drones. Thousands of them, flying in the air of New Sparta like invisible eyes, looking down at the festivities below.
The Upper Echelons had draped everything with happiness. With celebrations and food. Yet, that was only the surface of the truth.
If one were to look, really look at the people in New Sparta, one would see the anxiety and worry in their eyes. The trauma from the attack before had completely made them think that at any second, another horde of Monsters were going to attack them and finish the job they failed before.
And this was only exacerbated by the fact that magic was gone. The only power accessible even to the likes of normal, ordinary people, was suddenly gone from reality as if it never even existed in the first place.
How would they feel then? The answer was obvious. They'd feel fear. Paranoid. There were only two ways to deal with this kind of emotion.
One was to completely consign themselves to the protection of others. Despite not feeling in the mood for festivities, most people in New Sparta turned to the Upper Echelon companies and catered to their whims. They were the only one who could protect them.
However, there was another way to deal with this emotion. And that was through anger. Through revenge. They would want to make themselves strong enough so that they wouldn't have to worry about the Monsters attacking them again.
And with magic gone, one would think that they would have no other avenue to find strength.
That was where the Ersatz came in. They would approach these angry, lost people and offer them strength. Offer them the blade to kill their fears.
The Ersatz would give them the Artifice. Give them Aubility Powers that could change reality itself.
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