"Trust? What gives you the illusion that I trust him?"

Zhang Chengyi shook his head with a deep smile.

"No, the word trust has long since been taken out of my dictionary.

It seems to me that all subordinates or allies, including you, are divided into only three types.

The first is that they have betrayed, the second is that they are planning to betray, and the third is that they have no thoughts of betrayal for the time being, but will choose to betray at some point in the future.

Trust and loyalty did not exist in the first place, and only a fool would believe that an intelligent creature with the ability to think independently would be willing to give everything for another intelligent being.

In fact, all actions that are considered loyal often have many little secrets behind them.

I never trusted anyone, and I didn't expect anything from loyalty, because that's what fools do, and really smart people choose to prevent betrayal through all sorts of methods. ”

"Why do you give him so much power when you don't trust him?" Raines asked curiously, rather than trying to refute his assessment of himself.

Because as a succubus, betrayal is as common to her as eating and drinking.

Not only succubi, but many demon races throughout the Burning Legion don't feel that betrayal is a bad thing.

On the contrary, they believe that betrayal is a way of competing with each other internally, that it is benign and can bring more capable and talented demons to the fore.

The Dreadlords, in particular, are simply experts in this area, and although they can't kill their own kind, they can do everything possible to overthrow their bosses and competitors and make themselves successful.

It can be said that the entire Nasrezm community society is made up of betrayal, lies, fraud and intimidation.

As the first force to be co-opted by the Dark Titan Sargeras, they naturally spread this idea to the entire Burning Legion, even after the more powerful Eredar joined.

Zhang Cheng undoubtedly knew very well what was going on in the minds of these guys who ostensibly surrendered to him, and explained casually: "Rights are not simple forces, they must be attached to a certain social group, otherwise rights cannot be called rights." If you think that Warrent has a lot of power, think about how he got it and how he used it for those groups. ”

Renes is not a fool, to be exact, if she were a fool, she would not have survived in the cruel and vicious kind, and quickly showed a sudden expression of realization: "Oh-I see! He is a human being, and the seemingly huge power in his hands is completely given by you, so if he dares to betray the slightest act, neither we nor those creatures who are also called demons will not hesitate to tear him to pieces." ”

"That's right! The art of rule and checks and balances is to never let your subordinates get unfettered rights, but to put those who seem to be the most threatening in the most hated positions. You have to understand that once you lose the soil, even the most lush trees will wither and die......"

"It's pathetic, I'm suddenly starting to feel a little sympathetic to him now. A gloating smile appeared on the succubi's delicate face.

"Well, that's the end of the discussion about Warrent, you just need to know that he's not a threat, at least not yet. Say, what I asked you to investigate, how is the investigation?" Zhang Cheng pushed away the two hands of the other party who were a little restless.

"Sorry master, I don't have a clue so far. After all, what you're investigating is too old, and most of the demons here are no more than five hundred years old, so it's hard to find any useful information. If you don't mind, I can send someone deep into the hinterland to find some useful news from the old Demon Lord's mouth. ”

As soon as he got down to business, Renes immediately put away his cynical appearance and reported his progress in the quickest and most concise language.

After getting along for such a long time, she obviously knew her master's character very well, and she didn't dare to make any outrageous moves at this moment, and it made no difference if she was looking for death.

"Not at all?" Zhang Cheng subconsciously frowned.

"Not really. The only thing that is certain is that the demons of Hell have always circulated a poem that I don't know if it is a story or a prophecy, and it bears a high resemblance to what you are looking for. The succubus replied quickly.

"Keep checking! Do whatever it takes! Inform Pollack and tell him to restrain all members of the Legion and make sure that they remain absolutely quiet during this time, and that they do not go out to provoke or cause trouble. With that, Zhang Cheng waved his hand and signaled that his subordinates could leave.

"As you wish, my great and wicked master. Renes put one hand on his chest and bowed deeply, completely unconcerned about the large spring light on his chest.

As the shadows and evil powers began to spread rapidly in this world, she was no longer the mere elite succubus, but a true succubus queen, whose power was no less powerful than that of the tyrannical Abyss Lord.

But I don't know why, she still prefers to use shady means to achieve her goals as before, and rarely exposes her true strength.

But these have nothing to do with Zhang Cheng, after seeing the succubus leave, he immediately took out a blood-red diamond-shaped mark from his pocket, and muttered in a voice that only he could hear: "The sleeping tomb of the demon king in ancient times, I hope you don't disappoint me too much......"

There was no doubt that what he had Raines looking for was nothing but the entrance to a tomb.

According to Warrent, this tomb hides the other side of the duality of the power of creation, the mystery of the power of destruction.

But the problem is that due to some unknown factor, it is impossible to accurately predict the corresponding position, and can only use the most primitive and inefficient methods to find it.

Of course, Zhang Cheng privately thinks this is more like a clumsy excuse.

You must know that the relationship between the two has been to use each other and watch out for each other from the beginning.

Although Warrent deliberately put himself in a vulnerable position, no one knew what was going on in his head, and not even his psychic abilities could penetrate the strange protection he had blessed around his body twenty-four hours a day.

Needless to say, this old guy is not as weak as he himself says. On the contrary, in the field of occultism, he is a truly difficult opponent, holding a vast amount of knowledge and energy that even Zhang Cheng does not know and cannot understand.

On top of that, every prediction of Warrent's expansion has been 100 percent successful so far.

The actions and choices of hundreds of demon lords were exactly the same as his predictions, and it was almost like playing a real-time strategy game and directly opening the cheating to cancel the fog of war on the entire map......