Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 370

Chapter 370: Chapter 370: A Starved Camel is Still Bigger Than a Horse

Austin Hale knew what Mr. Caelus meant.

Mr. Caelus had first made his name in the neighboring province. The local leadership there was incompetent, and after the cataclysm, law and order collapsed. Supplies were not properly distributed, food was scarce, and the people lived in misery.

The more people struggled to survive, the more lost and fearful they became about the future, and the more easily they turned to gods and ghosts.

And Mr. Caelus seized this opportunity to begin preaching his doctrines.

He told people that a "New God" was about to descend upon the world. The current cataclysms were merely a test for humanity from this New God. Only by following the New God could they find salvation. This message attracted many who were struggling in despair, and they became his followers.

Later, as his followers grew in number, Mr. Caelus’s power expanded, and he founded The Advent Sect.

After that, Mr. Caelus used the members of The Advent Sect to carry out terrorist attacks and raid government supply caches, doing everything he could to sow more chaos.

As the situation grew more chaotic, even more people joined The Advent Sect.

In this vicious cycle, The Advent Sect rapidly swelled to an astonishing size.

With this came Mr. Caelus’s ever-growing ambition. He went so far as to organize his followers to attack and burn down a government building.

This suicidal act was met with an immediate response. The state swiftly intervened, dispatching troops that easily wiped out The Advent Sect’s main base.

Most members of The Advent Sect were captured, but Mr. Caelus used the chaos to escape to Anworth with a few followers, hoping to start over.

However, public order in Anworth was good. The supply chain was reasonably well-managed, and social order was relatively stable. The people weren’t on the brink of starvation, so they couldn’t be bothered with any new or old gods.

Mr. Caelus tried his old tricks, collaborating with Anworth’s underworld power, the Hayes Family, to stage a terrorist attack.

Unfortunately for him, the attack was quickly neutralized by the Anworth police and armed forces. The government also promptly treated the victims, providing ample resources to help them rebuild their homes and replace their belongings. This made the public trust the government even more, causing Mr. Caelus’s follow-up plans to fall completely flat.

Despite trying every trick in the book, Mr. Caelus only managed to recruit a small number of believers.

Most of them were poor, so there wasn’t much money to squeeze out of them, which was nowhere near enough to satisfy Mr. Caelus’s ambition.

Mr. Caelus wanted to recruit followers from the upper class and tried every way he could to get in with Anworth’s wealthy elite.

But Anworth’s rich were busy participating in government-backed projects like indoor farming and new energy development. They looked down on people like Mr. Caelus and had no interest in associating with him.

The only wealthy family that didn’t shut the door on Mr. Caelus was the Sutton Family...

Thinking of this, Mr. Caelus gently toyed with the Buddha Beads in his hand and said to Austin Hale, "There’s not much left to squeeze from those poor folk... Remind Joanne again that she must secure the Sutton Family..."

Austin Hale nodded and replied respectfully, "Father, rest assured. Joanne is reliable. She will definitely complete her mission."

Mr. Caelus gave a noncommittal response and raised his hand to take a drag from his cigar.

After a moment, he mused, "The Sutton Family may be bankrupt, but before that, they were one of the top families in Anworth... A starved camel is still bigger than a horse. As long as we can dig up their hidden assets, it’ll probably be worth a year’s worth of donations from these poor believers..."

That was precisely why he had schemed to take on a goddaughter, having her get close to the Sutton Family to try and get her hands on all their assets.

When Austin Hale learned of Mr. Caelus’s plan to devour the Sutton Family, he recommended Joanne White to him.

Mr. Caelus was also very satisfied after meeting Joanne White. She was beautiful and delicate, excellent at stirring a man’s possessiveness and protective instincts—the perfect choice to drive a wedge between the Sutton couple.

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