Section 307 Inhuman

With that, Ashruphat felt something else out of himself. Place the two metalworks together on the table.

Barranca's eyes widened and he looked incredulously at the two identical things on the table. There is no doubt that these two pieces of metal were definitely the work of one person.

"How is that possible...... ...... said," Barranca felt a mess in his mind, and he looked at Ashrufat with an incredulous gaze. This man named Ashrufat turned out to be ...... Actually a believer in Chaos?

It's really ridiculous to say, the Church Alliance, the supreme commander of the Chaos Legion, is actually a Chaos believer himself. How to fight this battle. This is almost the same as playing chess against oneself - ostensibly a two-color chess piece battle, but in reality the outcome is completely in the hands of one person without any suspense.

To put it mildly, you can play as much as you want.

Wait! Barranca quickly realized that he had made a mistake in his thinking. Ashrufat could not have been a Chaos cultist. How could he be? There were so many contacts between the church and the royal family, and since the church was silent (the church was silent, it was enough to show that Ashrufat was by no means a suspicious person, etc.), this was the best proof of Ashrufat's identity.

It doesn't make sense to say that he has taken refuge in Chaos in the near future. Obviously, Ashruphat didn't have any need to take refuge in Chaos, so what did he need? The Kingdom of Gruni had already given him what he needed. If Eshurufat wanted power, which to tell the truth might not be known to outsiders, Barranca knew very well that the little queen was completely obedient to Eshurufat, and that she had complete trust between lovers. Barranca would not have been surprised if in a few years he had heard that Ashruphat had married the little queen and proclaimed himself king.

Ashrufat wants wealth—well, the affairs of the Xianghai Chamber of Commerce have long been no secret. In Eagle City, everyone knows that Ashrufat is a real rich man, the kind that makes money every day. In addition, it is said everywhere that he is a man who is rich and rivals the country.

Ashrufat wants a woman...... To tell the truth, when a man has power, wealth, a healthy body and a passable appearance, will he lack women? Not to mention ordinary women, even if they have some special habits in this area, they are easily satisfied.

Since Ashrufat is not a Chaos believer, the answer is obvious.

"Your Excellency," said Barranca. "I didn't expect you to have one too. "After thinking about what happened before and after, Barranca relaxed. Ashorufat was not a Chaos believer in the first place, and secondly he was not arrested in the name of "colluding with Chaos", so it was clear what he was doing here.

Ashrufat laughed. He had just seen the whole process of Barranca's face changing, so even if he couldn't guess the detailed changes in Barranca's psychology, he had at least guessed a rough idea.

"Actually, I'm in the same situation as you. He said. "I guess the Chaos wizard who found you is the one named Marven?"

"Oh, looks like I'm underestimating Chaos. Barranca said lightly. "I didn't expect them to find you. ”

"So, I would like to know," said Ashrufat, "what conditions Marven has offered you, or what has he said to you?"

Barranca did not hide it, nor did he have the intention of hiding it. After a short while, he carefully repeated the situation of the negotiations between the two sides. Similar to what Ashrufat expected, Marven's conditions were actually the same old. When Marven first came into contact with Ashrufat, he also put forward such conditions. Of course, after all, the trading partner has changed, so the details of the conditions have changed. But in essence it was the same thing: on the condition of defeating the invading Chaos Legions, it demanded the right to freely preach (within the power of Barranca, of course).

"That's interesting...... Ashrufat thought carefully as he listened to Barranca. "Do you think this is a trap, or is it a genuinely sincere deal?"

"To be honest, I couldn't judge at the time. Barranca replied. Ashrufat's statement did not disturb him, because the group of mercenaries was arguably the weakest group of people in the world. Originally, the people who did the knife licking blood and trading were not pious people. Examples such as lowering the flag and surrendering at a critical moment and defecting on the verge of battle are not uncommon among mercenaries. If there was anyone who didn't have a particular aversion to Chaos Deals, mercenaries were undoubtedly among them. "Of course, there is a high possibility of a deception, General Beller mentioned to me, and Chaos is now dividing his forces to attack the city and conquer the city. Leaving aside whether they did it right or not, the action itself tells the truth: either their commander is a general with a lot of brains - but as a sadistic believer, this is not impossible. Either they have something to rely on, and they are not afraid that we will take the opportunity to raid the base camp under Gaohua City. I couldn't agree more...... And if they have something to rely on......"

"That's some kind of ...... A way to contain us. Ashrufat took over. "An old trick of chaos, a hoax. They have reason to be so confident, because they have succeeded many times because of the same trick. ”

"That's it. Barranca said. "But right now, I think it's more likely to be a scam than it is to be a real deal. ”

"Huh?"

"Because you...... To tell you the truth, at the beginning, I had doubts about why he would come to me? After all, I am not the supreme commander of the army. They are allowed to preach within the scope of my power...... That's a nice thing to say, but how do they know that I have the power to sit on the side? I don't believe they have that power. On the contrary, the price they pay...... Let's defeat the Legions of Chaos, it's the real thing. ”

"That's right," Ashruphat said, but in his heart he remembered the Chaos Wizard named Luo Jin before. There is no doubt that on that occasion, Luo Jin almost destroyed the 100,000 army with the strength of one person!, but Marven didn't mind betraying such a key Chaos wizard.

Even if you want to kill someone with a knife because of internal struggle, at least you kill a donkey after unloading. From this point of view, Ashrufat has reason to believe that what Marven wants is far from being as simple as winning on the battlefield. If he was skeptical about Marven's "help defeat the Chaos Legion" before, then after that incident, he no longer doubted it.

"On top of that, he came to me, and the matter was suspicious. If he comes to you to make a deal, that's normal, because you have the command of the whole army, but come to me...... Does he think I have more power?"

"That makes sense, how do you understand his move?"

"Probably...... Throw a bait like a pie first, and wait until I'm fooled, and then find a way to keep me in the handle. Finally threatened me with this handle. Barranca smiled and pointed to the metalwork that Ashrufat had in hand. "A very nasty and despicable but undeniably quite ingenious and cunning strategy. ”

"How did you get this?" said Ashrufat, noncommittal, changing the subject.

"It's kind of strange to say...... It was as if I was in the castle and met a beautiful woman...... "Barranca recalled, "and the beautiful woman gave it to me." ”

"Beauty?"

"Yes, I vaguely remember being a beautiful woman, a very beautiful woman. Barranca's face was still a little confused. "But I don't know why, it's not like magic...... In short, this memory is a bit vague. By the time I came to my senses, I had gone back to my room and found this thing on me. Then, that Chaos wizard named Marven suddenly appeared?"

"Woman, are you sure you met in the city?" Ashruphat immediately realized that something was not right. "You can't remember?"

"I remember coming across it suddenly after leaving your room...... Wait a minute...... Damn, it must have been some kind of chaotic sorcery, I just remember it was a very beautiful woman, but I can't remember what she looked like. ”

Barranca recalled, but couldn't tell what the woman was like, where she came from, or where she was going. However, he emphasized that the woman was beautiful, the kind of beauty that instantly seduced a man's soul. Barranca felt that he had some self-control in this regard, but it did not work at all.

A woman? Ashrufat was a little more puzzled. He had thought that Barranca had obtained it in a similar way to him - he had somehow received a gift from a stranger. But the situation looks different.

No, it should be said that this is normal. The soldier from before actually came to the general's room to deliver a gift...... This in itself was an extremely risky operation, relying on nothing more than the fact that Ashrufat had just arrived, and all kinds of security measures were not yet complete (in addition, because of the attack of chaos and evil arts, the whole army was shaken), and he was very unfamiliar with the personnel aspects of the army, so he could do this. If someone suddenly brought a certain box or something to Eshurufat, not to mention how the delivery man could get through the guards on the periphery, at least Ashrufat would have left him behind to ask him about it.

That's the end of the conversation. All that's left is the question of how to deal with the Chaos Wizard's hoax. After much deliberation, Ashrufat finally decided that it was best for Bayral to know about it, but not for the church. Because Bayer is a calm man, he will never do anything stupid because of religious fanaticism. On the other hand, he was praised by the Church as a saint of his time, with a noble character.

Of course, after actual contact, both Eshurufat and Barranca understood that these words were a poetic exaggeration for Beller. But in any case, it is an indisputable fact that Belle has excellent relations with the Church. With him coming forward, it is equivalent to guaranteeing this matter, at least there is a way out.

After this conversation, Ashruphat didn't even take the magically located gadget with him. He walked out of the room and returned to the hallway to slowly recall the conversation he had had with Barranca.

There's no doubt that the Wizard of Chaos wants to do something unrelated to war, and there's no doubt about that. But why did he suddenly choose Barranca? In any case, it seems that Eshurufat is more suitable to be traded?

Ashrufat remembered the last time he and Marven had met, just after Login blew himself up and turned into flesh and blood all over the ground. It suddenly dawned on him that Marven had no reason to go out of his way to Barranca. Ashrufat hadn't even had time to turn his face with Marven.

Unless...... He thinks that for some reason, Ashrufat is no longer suitable to trade with him. Because of this, Marven had to find Barranca.

However, at least when Ashrufat and Marven met for the last time, Ashrufat felt that nothing had changed. The only thing he did was kill Rogin...... Well, this matter should have been calculated by Marven a long time ago.

A flash of inspiration flashed through his mind, and suddenly he realized something. Why would Marven do this, unless he thinks Ashrufat is dead...... Or, Ashrufat was soon to die and was no longer capable of honoring the deal.

By the way, Rogin's self-destructing ...... Was it because of this? He had only been suspicious before, but now he confirmed it.

"Because I ......," he said, standing in the aisle, in a voice that he could only hear. "Aren't they ordinary humans?"