Section 46 Agreements

After dinner, the others rested. Ashrufat was in charge of the night - although it was under the control of the Silent Panic Tribe, there was no place of absolute safety in the Chaos Wilderness. However, this night duty was not arranged for him by others, but he took the initiative to propose it.

As the night wore on, Ashrufat sat alone in front of the campfire, watching thoughtfully at the dancing light of the fire. Before he set out, or years earlier, when he was a squire in Brassian, he had heard about Chaos' infighting. But at the time, he was just looking at it as an anecdote - but now, he seems to be involved in it.

Well, although his original plan for this trip was to come quietly and go quietly, but ...... It doesn't seem that this simple thing anymore.

The chaotic infighting, in the final analysis, is the internal struggle for power and profit among the four evil gods. Of course, sometimes, especially externally, the four evil gods can still be counted as a whole and stand together. For example, this is the case with the Chaos Legion defeated by Ashrufat before, and the followers of various evil gods have it, and together they form a huge Chaos Legion and invade Gruni. However, this is only one side of the story, the other side is that Aerufat took advantage of the chaos infighting to kill the most threatening wizard of Nurgle, and then defeated the originally difficult Bloodfang Lord.

However, these methods are still the so-called "killing by the sword" (Ashrufat is the knife). Now when I come to the Chaos Territory, I am facing a civil war with real swords and guns.

Tzeentch's request was simple: it wanted to keep the Silent Panic Tribe. If Ashrufat can help it with this, then he will tell Ashrufat everything about why Starmark was taken and where he is now. Of course, if Eshurufat was going to rescue her, Tzeentch would be willing to help with the next step.

However, like all smart businessmen, Tzeentch deliberately obscures whether the "next step of help" comes at an additional cost. However, Ashrufat didn't really care about this, anyway, Tzeentch was really blue-eyed to him this time.

Although Ashrufat was actually a dark mage, he didn't really care about immortality. However, the effect of dark magic is to prolong life, not to make people truly immortal. In that alone, Tzeentch is generous enough.

However, this incident still reveals some weirdness, or rather, there are some things that are beyond logic and incomprehensible.

First of all, Ashruphat knew a long time ago that the evil gods didn't care about their own followers - what this meant was that the evil gods would be happy to see weak Chaos believers (even their own) eliminated in battle by the principle of "survival of the fittest". Chaos doesn't need the weak. Although the Silent Panic Tribe is one of the stronger tribes in the vicinity, in the end, it is just a tribe that does not even have a Chaos Lord. This kind of tribe of Cheng dù could not have the capital to make Tzeentch deign to think about it specifically for them.

Then, in order to enable Eshurufat to accomplish this task, Tzeentch generously gave him the status of a Chaos Lord - in fact, similar to Slaanesh, giving him a sign but not a weapon armor.

The second is that Tzeentch showed extraordinary generosity - as mentioned earlier, the highest reward of Chaos, the ascension of demons, was just three coins that were not worth two dollars, and it was given as a meeting gift to Ashrufat, who met for the first time.

The third is even more troublesome. Ashruphat had thought that his arrival in the Chaos Realm was a secret, but now it seemed that the eyes of the gods were already fixed on him. Although Tzeentch was very generous to him, he also knew that if the two sides broke down, Tzeentch would probably not be so easy to dismiss. It may be a bit of a hassle to take out Eshurufat, but it would be easier to make it impossible for Aerufat to find the Starmark again.

In short, after careful consideration, Ashrufat felt that the whole thing was full of something wrong. Tzeentch and Slaanesh (if Tzeentch hadn't lied) were already watching Aeshurufat's every move. Although Ashrufaat himself felt that he did not seem to have this value.

He used his hand to reach out of the woman's ornament. Although he hadn't intended to do it at all, it looked ...... Maybe he should make a new choice.

He put the charm on his forehead.

A seductive voice popped into my head...... In a way, it's very similar to Tzeentch's approach. But Tzeentch's voice was as calm as a machine, while Slaanesh's voice was always full of strange attraction. In fact, even Ashrufat couldn't help but have a sense of anticipation and longing for this voice.

“...... My knight...... You've finally called me......"

"I'm not yours. Ashruphat gritted his teeth and used his will to fight the temptation of Slaanesh. He didn't know what would happen to the other Chaos cultists, but he had to concentrate himself to resist the craving that unconsciously arose in his heart. Slaanesh's voice—just the sound—has an indescribable appeal that makes one want to keep listening. And Ashrufat knew that this evil god had more than just this voice of temptation. It also had more things, such as the weird aromas he'd seen before, the food and drinks (since Tzeentch could make something like drunken blood, there's no reason why Slaanesh couldn't make something like that), and so on. If everything was concentrated to attack him, then Ashrufat was not sure if he would be able to resist the temptation of Cheng dù.

He didn't even know what would happen if he couldn't withstand the temptation one day.

Slaanesh responded with a heart-wrenching chuckle at the answer.

"Do you know about Tzeentch?" Ashruphat decided to bring up Tzeentch to increase the cost of negotiations. "He didn't say 'mine,' but he was much more generous. ”

Slaanesh continued to laugh and did not answer.

"Tzeentch lied to me, didn't he?" Ashrufat finally couldn't hold back. "What ascension is a lie?"

"No, he's lying, but it's also true. Slaanesh finally stopped laughing. "My knight...... Tzeentch's truth and lies are always mixed up. But this time, you can try to help it out. ”

"You're going to let me help it?"

"Yes, that's it. Slaanesh replied. "He has given you the right authority......"

"What the hell is it for?"

Tzeentch still doesn't give up...... It also wants to attack the southern kingdom once again. Slaanesh replied. "So, the Silent Panic Tribe has become a valuable pawn. If it does, then many of Tzeentch's plans will fail before they have even begun. But...... It's good for us, too. We need its help too. ”

A flash of inspiration flashed through Ashrufat's mind. Suddenly, he understood why Tzeentch was waiting for him in this tribe with drunken blood. Well, the two evil gods have long had an agreement on this. Although from a rational point of view, this is not surprising (the chaos gods will always be like this, sometimes fighting and sometimes cooperating), but he can't help but feel that he is actually a pawn on the chessboard that has been moved around. And it's the kind that doesn't realize.

Well, at least they're gods, and he's just a mortal, at most just a mortal with a special physique. If you think about it this way, it's not unacceptable. When he was the queen's personal bodyguard, wasn't he also a chess piece in the eyes of those big people? At most, he was just a disobedient chess piece.

"Why do you need me?" asked Ashrufat. "As long as you give the oracle, won't this matter be settled immediately?"

"My knight, this is not an option. Because it violates the law of chaos. ”

"Aren't you the laws of chaos?"

"The law is created by us, but what is the point of it if we all break it?" said Slaanesh. "To break the law is to upset the balance...... Others won't allow it. The power of the backlash will be strong, and even Tzeentch is reluctant to try the consequences...... That's why Tzeentch turned to me for help in an attempt to circumvent the law...... Hee-hee...... Then I recommended you......"

“...... Don't underestimate yourself, you are more important than you think...... Tzeentch needs your strength, and so do I...... Work for me and you will get what you want...... I'm going to give you happiness that I haven't ever dreamed of......"

"I want to know where the star is!" Ashrufat gripped the metal jewelry tightly, the edges and corners of the thing piercing deep into his palm, and through this pain, he could restrain those abnormal desires in his heart. Maybe it was because he had been talking to Slaanesh for too long, maybe the other party had strengthened that seductive ability, but now he had to rely on the stimulation of pain to keep his mind and not be immersed in Slaanesh's words. Legend has it that Chaos demons can shatter the minds of great heroes with just a few words, and it seems that this is not unfounded. "And I'm going to take her back to Gruni safely. This is my condition! as a reward for your service. ”

Slaanesh was still laughing, but eventually, it answered.

"Raise such conditions...... It's a pity...... But, my knight, your mind at this moment is not the same as eternity...... As long as your heart does not change, I am happy to accept this agreement. ”

......

Ashruphat removed the ornament from his forehead. I don't know how much time this conversation took, but at this moment, he found that his sweat had wet his hair. And this ornament has also been twisted and deformed under the strength of his huge wrist.

But that doesn't matter anymore. Ashruphat casually threw the deformed and ineffective thing aside. Then he raised his hand and looked at the ring on his finger.

At this moment, the symbol of Slaanesh had appeared on the ring, opposite the symbol of Tzeentch.

He looked at the ring carefully, and then, as he had done the last time, turned the ring half a circle, so that the part of the ring that carved the symbol was just enough to be hidden by the finger. Unless someone else takes his hand over and looks at it closely, it will only think that it is a very ordinary gold ring. Such ornaments are very common.

After doing this, Ashrufat was shocked to find that there was a large item around him at some point.

It was a suit of armor.