Blood Dragon

Chapter 230 Four Introspection

Belle stood in the bathroom, looking at his face in the mirror.

As I said before, Belle's face was of the most common type—you see at least a hundred people with this face on the road every day.No one would be impressed by this face.In fact, if Baylor had changed into a commoner's clothes, he would be able to blend in with the crowd without being found out by anyone.At least Robin knew that his general was always dozed off and playing tricks.Only at that moment of real crisis would Belleer's vulgar mask be suddenly taken off, revealing the demeanor of a seasoned No.1 general who has experienced many battles.

No one has ever been able to say that Baylor is handsome.In the past, there were many women—at least in Robin's memory, he couldn't count how many—approached Belle in various ways, either implicitly or directly expressing their love.But as Belle himself said, his appearance is too ordinary, and what he can attract those women is entirely due to factors such as his status, glory, merit or wealth.If there is a divine hand that strips these factors away from him, then Belle is like a rotten cabbage on the ground, and absolutely no one will pay him a second glance.

"Am I handsome?" Belle looked at the mirror, but said to Robin outside the washroom.

"Master General..." Robin didn't know how to answer this question at all.

"No, no, Robin, I know I can't be 'very' handsome, but is it considered 'a little bit' handsome?" Baylor asked again. "Of course, this may also be because of...because of...age? Or is my appearance in line with the tastes of some...small people?"

Hearing these words from Baylor, Robin just wanted to roll his eyes.In the end he decided it was better not to talk.

"Hey... Sure enough, he's not handsome at all." Belleur let out a clear sigh. "I think so, in the golden years of my life, no woman has ever looked at me, and it's even more impossible now that I'm old." Beler looked at his face in the mirror, as well as the gray hair on his temples.

It must be said that Baylor is a very open-minded person, or the kind of person who is very optimistic about his destiny.He quickly shook off those pessimistic emotions.Walking out of the bathroom, his expression has returned to calm, at least from Robin's eyes, he can't see anything unusual about peace.

"Master General, that woman..." Robin asked hesitantly. "I heard... the reputation is not very good?"

"Huh?" Baylor replied, but his train of thought was obviously not in the same direction as Robin's. "Indeed, the figure is very hot." Baylor recalled what he saw before. "This time wearing a long skirt, you probably can't tell. But her legs... are fair, slender but powerful."

It was the clearest hint Robin had ever heard.In this day and age, men rarely have the opportunity to see the thighs of strange women. If they do, then what happened is self-evident.Robin now understands why that woman can confidently come to her door to ask for debts, but the general is helpless.But... isn't the general injured in the lower body?

Is it a beauty trap?Or some other trick?I really didn't expect that the Gruni people would play such a trick on the general!But... I have to say that it seems to have an effect.What exactly is going on?

"Master General, let me remind you that you are here on business this time. And this woman... is from Gruni! She was born and raised in Falcon City."

"That's right, it's a pity." Belleil sighed again. "By the way, Robin, I'm a pauper now, aren't I?"

Of course Robin already knew about Belleel's previous actions.In his view, this time, Belleur made such an action in order to gain support from all sides in order to obtain the maximum freedom of action.In this regard, Robin is extremely opposed.Because this not only means that the money that Baylor has accumulated in the past has been squandered, but also means that he has taken on a staggering amount of debt.In the past, Beryl's simple life (relatively speaking) was a kind of self-discipline, habit or nature, but in the future, Beryl's simple life may become a forced choice.

"Yes, General, the annual interest payment..." Robin hesitated. "All your income has to be used to pay off debts! Unless you..." Robin actually said that Baylor might be able to use his status to get some money from other channels, but in the end he felt that it was a bit inappropriate to say such a thing.

"Pay the debt!" Belleer replied. "It's quite difficult."

He had known this for a long time.If he repays the debt according to his current income, it can basically be confirmed that he may not be able to pay off the debt when he dies.It is precisely for this reason that Baylor now has no credit for borrowing money.

"Well, Robin, don't think about it. It's getting late, and we should have dinner."

Now Robin is Beler's adjutant, but as early as when he was Beler's entourage, as long as there were no outsiders, they would eat at the same table.The dinner was provided by the Gruni official, and it was very sumptuous.The main content is meat porridge and roasted pork leg, as well as some fish, fruit and a few snacks.

"By the way, Robin, what do you think of Ashurfat?" Belleel asked while eating pork leg.

His words are specific.After discussing the battle situation today, Baylor took the initiative to invite Aishuruffat to play a few games of war chess deduction.If Robin remembers correctly, the picture drawn by Baylor this time is the same as the last time they played war chess deduction (that is, the one in Mill City).

However, the ending was a little different.The last time he played this game in Mill City, Baylor won three games and three games, but this time, Baylor had one win, one loss and one draw.

Baylor had played wargames with a lot of people—in fact, there were too many that Robin could remember.But to be honest, Baylor has lost very few times.And Robin remembers very clearly that every time Baylor loses, it's not because he really lost, but because the other party insists on strong words, and Baylor is too lazy to fight.This is because war chess deduction is a game that lacks strict rules, and many details of the battle depend on the players to negotiate with each other. great advantage.

But this time, even Robin admitted that Baylor did lose.Ashurfat occupied the crossing point, thus concentrating his forces on one side, and within a few short rounds of Beler's hesitation, he broke out and defeated Beler's wing in one fell swoop.Then shrink the troops back to help the other wing.The tactics were simple and fast, and he seized the opportunity in the short moment when Belle was hesitant to regain the crossing point, thus taking the lead every step of the way, and finally defeated Belle.And the game he lost was also relatively reluctant-in fact, even Robin himself admitted that there was a bit of luck involved.An ordinary detour by Belleur's cavalry happened to hit the gap in Ashrufat's defense, thus gaining an absolute advantage with one blow.

The draw was a well-regulated frontal battle, each had its own advantages, and no one could do anything to the other.In the end, the referee, Robin, proposed a draw.

"Very well," Robin replied. "As far as playing war chess deduction games are concerned." He added the last half of the sentence softly.

"That's right, it's very powerful," Belleer said. "He reminds me of Garunas, the sage of the wilderness."

"Is that an exaggeration? General!"

"It's just a feeling. It is recorded in the history books that Garunas appeared suddenly... No one knows where Garunas learned his skills. Who is his mentor? ?Why is the tutor who taught such an outstanding student unknown and never appeared in the history books? Not only Garunas, but also those and more people. Not to mention, there is one in front of me, such as Thomas. I am now I don't know how his... ability came about."

"My lord," Robin had to make an opinion. "And what about yourself?"

"Me? Ah...hahaha...it seems to be true." Belleur laughed.Baylor himself had only studied in an ordinary military academy—like most nobles in this world.However, through countless practices, self-study, comprehension and tempering, he finally became the current Baylor.And his former classmates have either become unknown ordinary people, or have died on the battlefield.

"Okay, Robin, speaking of it, you seem to be a bit disapproving of Ashurfat." Belleur said. "Let's put it this way, Robin, if Ashurfat and I each lead an army to fight on the battlefield, what do you think the odds of the two sides will win?"

"My lord, although he is Thomas' disciple, he is not Thomas after all." Robin replied.The implication is that he is not optimistic about Ashrufat.

"Robin, you underestimated him." Baylor said. "From my point of view, I believe it's a [-]-[-] split. If that happens, the outcome can depend on... some external conditions or something."

"My lord, the last time we met, he still..." Robin said. "Besides, he lost his memory."

Now, with the increase in the number of meetings, both Beler and Robin have confirmed Ashrufat's amnesia.Robin's initial suspicion—namely, that Ashurfat is a vampire—has been largely dispelled.Of course, theoretically speaking, there is still the possibility that the vampire deliberately let himself lose his memory and enter Gruny in disguise, but this possibility is too low, even Robin thinks it only exists in theory.

"Some things have nothing to do with amnesia. You have also heard that even if a carpenter loses his memory, his carpentry work will not disappear. Of course, the soldier is the same in this regard," Baylor said. "The last time we met, he was still inexperienced...Although he accepted Thomas' teaching and inheritance, he still didn't have enough experience. He could only be regarded as a deputy general. But now, for some reason, he has made up for this shortcoming...We The last time we met was probably nearly ten years ago. What has he experienced in these ten years?"

"It must have been involved in Ryan's civil war." Robin replied matter-of-factly.

After the purple stone was defeated by the Scarlet Duke, Ryan set off a wave of civil war.In fact, this civil turmoil has not been completely subsided until today.It is said in the book that war is a major event related to the life and death of a country, and this is very thoroughly reflected in Ryan.In the Battle of the Purple Stone, the vampires did not make any moves to pursue the victory, but it still plunged a powerful country into turmoil, and it was on the verge of collapse.