"Can you deny such evidence?" the Legion Commander asked angrily, tossing the ashes in his hand to the ground.

Although Severed Finger is the supreme commander here, in terms of actual status, the legion leader of the high-level warlock is on the same level as him. The Legion Commander himself holds the title and is not known to be an alternate to the Archons. Maybe the ranking is not very high, and the reputation is not obvious, but among the default class of the warlocks, both sides are equal.

In other words, although he has supreme command, this command is only theoretical. As long as the other party does not have any major loopholes and flaws that are caught by him, he has no right to deal with this corps commander who can challenge his command at any time.

"What do you know about Kecha Goat?" asked Severed Finger.

"Humph!" the Legion Commander sneered. "We did as you requested, and spent enough time training to deal with the Destroyer, but in fact, we didn't see a single Destroyer along the way. ”

"It was just an accident, or maybe Kecha Goyat had noticed our movements, so he took special measures. Severed Finger replied unhurriedly. "He didn't send the Destroyer - though from what I know about Kechagoat, it's not surprising. ”

"It's the effect of magic. The Legion Commander returned to the ashes, "Supernatural powers!"

"Or maybe Kecha Goyat made us think so. Severed Finger said. "There are many ways to do this, other than magic. Perhaps Kecha Goyat wielded some other power. You know, Kecha Goats can build such an underground passage," he said, gesturing at the half-creature walls around him. "Such an underground city, to say that he does not have the ability to dispose of corpses, it is incredible. ”

"There is no entity in Kecha Goat," the Legion Leader's anger already filled his face. "He doesn't have the ability to fight directly......"

"This is just our speculation, and I have reason to believe that this speculation is not true. Severed Finger said. "Initially, we thought that the exotic technology that Kecha Goyat had mastered was not valid in our world, so his value was limited, and it turned out to be wrong. Going forward, we think that Kecha Goyat has limited power and that he can't pose any danger without our support. It turns out that this is also wrong. Now again we believe that he is not capable of direct combat...... Why do you still have so much self-confidence?"

"If he has the ability to cause direct damage," the Legion Commander said. "Then why would he be willingly imprisoned in the institute? In the face of this power," she blew away the last shred of ashes from her hand, "he could have escaped with this power long ago, didn't he? He stayed there long enough that he might have had such a chance a hundred times. ”

"You know too little about Kecha Goat. Severed Finger shook his head. He looked at the woman in front of him with a condescending, foolish expression on his face. He knew that this woman smelled danger - things in the world are always like this, there are gains and losses. The more inflexible the brain, the stronger the instincts. This woman may not have a sane and logical mind, but she has a keen instinct. She already felt it, so she wanted to quit now.

But how is this possible?

"And I," Severed Finger smiled, not waiting for anything to retort, "I know everything about Kecha Goat! Maybe I don't have as much scientific and technological knowledge as he does, but in terms of thinking, I know his thinking patterns and every detail of his thinking. I can guess what he will think, what he will do. A smile appeared on his face. "That's why I was able to lie to him for twenty years. ”

In twenty years, he has grown from a lowly warlock who could not even apply for a regenerative operation on his finger to a veritable and indisputable top with a title and the third place in the consul candidates.

This is a past he is proud of, a result that is enough to impress everyone. He stepped on Kecha Goyat to get to where he is today. Even every time I think about it, even I think it's too dreamy. At that time, he was just a poor worm who was in charge of sanitation and cleaning, had no status, and suffered all the ridicule and insults from above. He was considered an outcast, a cannon fodder, because some of the "assistants" in that institute were replaced quite frequently.

Then one day, in the middle of the night, when he was forced to carry out the dangerous and troublesome cleaning (for that institute, the danger of cleaning alone, it was obvious), an accident broke out of its cage with a beast from the Aether Sea. He wept out of fear and despair as the terrible alien creature stared at him with those bloodthirsty eyes. At that time, terrible despair enveloped him, and it was the darkest time of his life. It was that time that he met Kecha Goat.

He had never come into contact with a creature like Kecha Goat, who, though imprisoned by the Warlock and not free, still had the leisure to care for the helpless and weak. Even to this day—and now he's the one who has undergone life-extension surgery—he can still remember the first words Kecha Koyat used his mind to respond to.

"Don't cry, that thing in front of you just looks horrible, it doesn't mean to attack you. ”

Then, they became friends. Maybe it's the proximity of identity that allows them to get along better. After all, one is a low-level assistant who is seen to die at any time from various accidents, and the other is an exotic intelligent creature who has been imprisoned and lost his freedom. Kecha Koat not only comforted him, but also guided him. He can't forget the first time he helped the legitimate researcher (aka his immediate boss, a guy who gambled and thought that a severed finger would "die unexpectedly" in a short period of time. To this day, Severed Finger still suspects that it was not an accident at all, but a conspiracy) The moment when the relevant key research was completed, the other party's surprised eyes. Then he saw the same expression on that face again—but this time, he had pulled the other person's heart straight out of his body.

It was that surprised gaze that made him instantly understand what he was going to do. Kecha Goat helped him get out of that bad identity, but Kecha Goat could help him so much more than that. He must fully exploit the true value of this resource.

Kecha Goyat wanted to be free, he wanted to leave—not just from the Institute, but from this world. So he took advantage of that and made a promise. As long as Kecha Koyat helps him become the head of the institute, then he helps Kecha Koyat to be free—as the head of the institute, he can suppress a small accident, isn't he?

With the help of Kecha Goat, his research was unstoppable. To this day, he continues to marvel at Kecha Koat's astonishing intelligence, vision, and judgment. One tangible achievement after another has become a step-by-step ladder for him to move upward. He got rid of the most tragic fate, he became a new researcher, he became the backbone of the institute, even the person in charge had to be polite to him. And then, finally, with indisputable merit, he took the position of head, that is, director.

But what is the head of a research institute? Maybe he did see this position as the peak he wanted to climb at first, but when he actually climbed to the top (maybe not yet, just when the peak was in sight), his ambition was no longer limited to that. In the Stygian camp, the purely academic achievements are the kind that are discriminated against—this is not an explicit rule, but an unspoken rule that everyone tacitly acquiesces to. If you want to really get ahead, everyone bows down, and strength is the right way.

So he used various ways to deceive Kecha Goat, on the one hand, he shirked responsibility, saying that he was not powerful enough, and on the other hand, he made a promise that he would have the ability to release Kecha Goat if he went further. Perhaps Kecha Goat had noticed it at that time, but in the form of a gamble, he still developed the magic called "Devouring" for him. Of course, this magic is not uncommon these days. But at that time, it was something that had never been seen or heard of. Yes, thanks to this magic, his power gradually increased - and it is not surprising that the death of the Warlock in the Stygian camp is not news. It doesn't take much effort to go straight to the warlocks' hospitals, or to the wounded barracks on the front line (the war with Katsuki never stopped).

He was quick to take advantage of his new strength.

All the people who could be his obstacles quietly disappeared. At first, no one even doubted him - because everyone knew that he was just a warlock with very weak strength, and even if he was academically talented, how could he pose a threat to those who were strong? Little by little, he waited silently, until one day, when he had accumulated enough strength, he finally showed his true strength. In the selection ring to evaluate the strength of the warlock, in the eyes of countless people, in the opponent's playful smile turned into deep despair.

He would always remember the splendor of that moment, and everyone present was silent, no one believed that a warlock who had long been identified as weak in strength and had no potential to even be an ordinary soldier could show such strength. The seeded player was knocked to the ground by him and killed directly in the ring, and even the warlocks in charge of the ring security (there were more than a dozen of them) could not stop him. His power seemed so powerful that all opponents were instantly silenced.

All the shackles of the past were broken in an instant. After all, the Moon Warlocks worshipped power, and everyone rushed to flatter him, one after the other. And those at the top, those consuls from above, showed extraordinary attention.

He did it. At the same time, Kecha Goyat also failed completely. On the eve of that moment of glory, when he was about to leave the institute and climb to a higher peak, he came to Kecha Goyat again. When Kecha Koyat excitedly accused him of his lies and betrayal, he laughed and then briefed his successor on the situation of Kecha Koat, while emphasizing the need to strengthen the custody of Kecha Koat.

For him, Kecha Goyat is over. He's got everything from it. It's like a chewed sugar cane that has been squeezed out of all the sugar, leaving only a tiny residue. They'll never see each other again, will they?

It's a pity that he forgot one thing - success is emulated. Many years after he left, another guy approached Kecha Goat. This time Kecha Goyat won't be as stupid as the first time. Warlocks have taught it what cunning and deception are. Eventually, they began to recklessly plan to exploit the scientific research capabilities of Kecha Goat. As it is now known, Kecha Goat, after gaining the trust of the idiots, started this plan to attack the Banshee's Gate, and then—led to today's ending.

If there is any regret, it is that he should not just say goodbye to Kecha Goat, but should say that it destroyed without hesitation. This may indicate that his heart is not as hard as he expected.

Yes, Kecha Goat misread him. As a warlock, he was both disgusted by the dark and cruel class order, and longed for a higher class. His affection for going up is more of a love than a desire. He wondered if he could have such soft feelings otherwise. For he has no desire for women, for food, or for all the other innate human instincts. He knew that it was an irrational and sick feeling, but it was this desire that had allowed him to climb to the position he is today.

"Now that you know, what will Kecha Goat do?" the woman was angry, but the anger did not make her lose her most basic reason. The other party is the commander.

"Do you think the purpose of Kecha Goat is the Legion?" Severed Finger smiled. "You're wrong, Kecha Goyat target, it's just me. ”