Blood Dragon

Section 180 VII Estimates

Ashurfat sighed softly. “Knowing the truth is not necessarily happier.”

"Even so, I want to know the truth."

"Can't you take everything as my willfulness? In this way, you will have a lot less burden in your heart."

"I'm not a child anymore! Why can't you see me as a real queen?"

"Because a real queen shouldn't come here at this time." Ashuruffat said. "You should understand, let me do whatever I want, wait until all the dust settles, and then come out as a queen to judge right from wrong, merit and punishment... This is the correct choice. This is the true meaning of the kingly way." He sighed again. "However, only you who do this are like the real you."

"Why exactly?"

"It may be that I was ignorant in the past. I recently...in fact, in the past two days, I just learned about one thing. About the evil god. According to the rumors in other people's mouth...even according to the church's classics, this is four An existence capable of performing miracles, perhaps the word 'miracle' is more appropriate."

"Of course." The little girl was a little surprised.

"Although from an objective point of view, these four evil gods of chaos are all lunatics, and the teachings, theories, etc. they promote are basically impossible to be supported by normal humans. Or it can be said that believing in such teachings is almost like sending to death Those dogmas don't care about the believers' life or death at all. This has nothing to do with the gods of the star field, and some other beliefs... Among other things, even the gods of the green-skinned orcs, Goge and Maoge, are better than these four evil gods. Be more reliable. But such an abnormal god can get a large number of believers to follow, can organize a large army, and can repeatedly pose a huge threat to our country... There is only one answer behind it."

"Uh……"

"Those gods are real. Although their teachings are absurd, their power is real. They can give believers anything... Although I think this 'anything' is debatable, there is no doubt , they can perform those powers we call 'miracles', and they can do so at will."

Ashurfat spit out these words softly.

"But... but... the gods of the star field... can also use miracles." The little girl said.

"Yes, it seems that many gods can perform miracles. The holy knight with extraordinary power, the archbishop who was once immortal... These are all miracles performed by the gods. The god of nature in Stygia also has many miracles, such as Talk about those holy grail knights who suddenly regained their youth... There are many such things. But for most believers, God is just a kind of spiritual sustenance. God will pay attention to you, but he will not casually put his The power is before you."

"But doesn't the church have many... ceremonies?"

"Those are magic, not miracles. They are realized with the help of the wind of magic. In this regard... At least within the scope of the Central Seven Kingdoms, the church has completely controlled the learning, development and use of magic. They can use magic Pretending to be a miracle to influence the people... But anyway, the evil god has one biggest difference, do you know what it is?"

The tone of his speech was a bit frightening, which made the little girl feel stiff for a moment.

"That is, they will... respond to any believer." Ashuruffat seemed to be understating his words. "Using their miracles, they gave mortals a step-by-step, real and visible ladder until they lead to immortality."

"But this..." After all, the little girl has also received an orthodox education, and of course she knows what the ultimate reward the evil god gives to believers is.Although that matter is still a legend.If there is a mortal disciple who received such an ultimate reward from the Chaos God, at least he is not known so far.

"You may not understand the meaning behind it. Do you know that human society, everything around us, its 'improvement' is unpredictable. For example, you are an employee of the chamber of commerce, and every employee hopes to become a member of the chamber of commerce. President or vice president, this is a gradual promotion process. But your promotion is completely unpredictable. Although you may be smart, honest, and hardworking, you don't know how much you have done to get promoted. .This promotion is a completely random...unpredictable process. You have worked hard for many years and got nothing, and then another partner, maybe just pouring a glass of water or showing your face, will be noticed by the higher-ups, and then be Improvement. The staff of the Chamber of Commerce is just a metaphor, and there are more. For example, a swordsman, who exercises swordsmanship all day long, wants to gain stronger strength. But he may practice for many years and find that he is not much different from the past. This is what it means, in the human world, except for a very few things that can get stable and predictable returns, most of the various promotions can only be obtained by relying on something called "luck". A lot of people are impatient and simply can't wait too long."

"And the evil god gave mortals a chance. Those 'chances', 'luck' or things like that, in the promotion channels provided by the evil god, everything is clear. Everything can be simply understood as a one-by-one transaction. I've been told that as long as I keep winning, and keep winning in the name of God, then anything... can be obtained. That's true for people...especially for people who lack good birth, lack natural conditions An irresistible temptation."

"What does this mean?" The little girl still didn't understand.

"This shows...the power and temptation of the evil god are far stronger than we expected. Do you still remember the guy I killed in a duel in Falcon City before? That guy turned out to be a follower of the blood god...the church Although after digging three feet after the investigation, nothing new was found. In the end, the conclusion of "a case" hastily ended. But this matter... is related to the fall of White Castle and the defeat of the former king...Byron What happened here in Fonoros City... and many other things..."

"What exactly do you want to explain?"

"I'm afraid Gruni will be overthrown this time!" Ashuruffat replied.

"Overthrow...you mean..."

"That's right, perish." Ashuruffat put it in a more popular way of saying it.

"For...why?"

"Based on my estimate, everything is the plot of the evil god." Ashuruffat replied. "An indescribable conspiracy. They are gods—in fact, no matter what they are, in short, they have abilities far beyond human beings. I'm afraid we have fallen into a well-set trap. This kind of long-planned, suddenly launched conspiracy It's extremely difficult to fight..."

"But... the evil gods have invaded our country for hundreds of years. If you count the previous ones, it will take longer." The little girl replied. "There's never been such a danger."

What she said was true.Barbarian invasions had been the order of the day in the days before Gruene's founding monarch, Overlord Mark Remiz.This is why Garunas built the White Castle.Although the barbarian invasions have become more frequent and stronger since then, except for the last time, they have been blocked at the White Castle every time.These are indisputable historical facts.

"Yes. There are four of them. Nurgle and Tzeentch are hostile to each other, and Slaanesh and Khorne are hostile to each other. But now... if I'm not mistaken, they have temporarily agreed. Maybe a little There are still situations where the means are stumbling each other, but the whole has been formed into one. Everything... maybe even Byron's betrayal itself is part of the overall plan."

"We beat Byron... too?"

"Maybe not, but it is definitely a possibility in the plan. If we lose, then there are countermeasures for us to lose. If we win, then there are countermeasures for us to win." Ashuruffat said.

"Are you thinking too much?"

"I really hope so. But since they are existences beyond human beings... they are things worthy of being called 'gods', then any overestimation is not a mistake. Here in Fonoros City, someone has already Induced, set a trap. If everything goes according to the normal path, then this place... will become the source of our failure, at least one of them."

"What is your reason for making this... estimate?"

"First, Byron didn't commit suicide. Second, Byron's two grandsons suddenly disappeared." Ashuruffat replied. "Of course there is a third point. I found in Byron's castle... an altar dedicated to evil gods. Well, this one can only be used as an auxiliary."

"Not suicide?" The little girl opened her eyes wide. "Did not you say……"

"On the surface, it looks like suicide by drinking a bullet, but in fact it is not suicide. The pistol bullet entered his mouth and exited from the back of his head. When shooting at the enemy, the recoil of the bullet will be caused by the person's arm and The shoulder bears it. But the situation is different when committing suicide. The gun is pinched in reverse, so the impact of the bullet is completely borne by the hand itself. When swallowing a gun to commit suicide, the action of holding the gun is actually a bit awkward. The force will bounce his hand away, in other words, his hand should be spread out, or at least not able to hold the gun tightly. But Byron's hand is holding the gun tightly...finger is still on the trigger On. I can only surmise that someone helped him when he tried to kill himself."

"Who is it?"

"He committed suicide by shutting himself in the meeting hall. There was only one servant with him...a servant who was worthless in this war and would not even be noticed by others. But why is a servant How to do this? It is not uncommon for a servant to kill his master, but the kind of thing that kills the master for no good... is stupid. It is true that a person may do stupid things when he is desperate. But at that time But it's not the last moment. And after he did this, he didn't tell anyone and concealed the truth. What is his purpose? It must not be purely to kill Byron!"

"Then there is the second thing. Byron's two grandsons are missing...Indeed, they are just two children, seemingly harmless on the surface." Ashuruffat said. "Remember when we rushed out of Falcon City together? Those two children were just like you at that time. They are harmless for the time being, but that's just the surface. As long as they are in the right position, they will play a very powerful role, Powerful enough to change a lot of things."

"These two direct and obvious evidences... together with some other details... especially the various news from the northern front, make me feel that everything seems to be part of a bigger picture."