Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

Zuo Jian leaned back on the sofa and took a deep breath.

"Don't be so reserved, Mr. Ducaret."

He raised his hand and made a gesture for you to sit down.

The latter was stunned and slowly sat down.

The other party just thought for a long time.

Was he lost in thought after hearing his own name?

Although Dukare didn't think that the title of Blood Demon Lord would have any effect in front of the existence before him.

No, the most important thing right now is...the other party's request.

He gave his name only to let Him know that he had the ability to fulfill His request.

otherwise.....

"Don't be nervous, Xiao Du. To be honest, it's just a window. If you really feel that your money is tight—"

"You'll write it off?"

"You can make up the payment in installments."

Zuo Jian gave a kind smile.

Laurentina on the side even shook her head helplessly after hearing this.

As expected, Zuo Jian would never give in on such a matter.

However, in Ducare's eyes, it meant something completely different.

At this moment, his forehead began to

Breaking out in a cold sweat, he began to ponder the meaning of that sentence.

Does He...still feel that He is not capable enough?

But, does He not care? Or does He have to use Himself? So His own inadequacies are acceptable?

It’s just that...Is it necessary to pay the installment payment...Does it mean that I have to be under his control for the rest of my life?

But... if that's the case, then it means he's still useful, right? So even though He thought he was incapable, He still didn't kill him.

Because he still has this "value"

However, as if he had guessed what Dukare was thinking, Zuo Jian spoke slowly again.

"Let's put the window aside for now. I'm actually very curious about who this Blood Demon Lord you call yourself is?"

Although he already had a guess in his mind, Zuo Jian still planned to start from the beginning.

However, this question seemed to irritate Ducare, and he froze in place, with the cold sweat on his forehead becoming more intense.

what's the situation?

The other party doesn’t know anything about the Blood Demon Court?

Damn it, why do you say that...?

Dukare's pupils widened.

Can He hear the self-righteous thoughts in his own mind?

So he directly said that he didn't know anything about the Blood Demon Court, which meant that his identity didn't matter at all, and he didn't think Dukare was valuable because of his identity...

In an instant, Dukare seemed to understand something.

All previous guesses were wrong.

He doesn't care what His own worth is.

He is only interested in Himself.

Interested in Kazdel.

The fact that he could stand here at this moment and not disappear from this world in the next second had nothing to do with Ducare's various speculations.

He lives... simply because He wants to.

There is no reason.

Just because—He thought.

'Well, I say, this title isn't a bad one, is it?'

Laurentina came up to Zuo Jian and asked.

"You see, your question has caused people to be silent."

[I don’t know either, but I really don’t know what the Blood Demon Lord and the Blood Demon Court are. At least I should ask first, right? Didn’t he say this himself? Why did he remain silent when I asked? !]

'Hmm....could it be that he thinks his reputation is pretty impressive, but you gave him a reaction and attitude of "Who are you *Agor swearing*?" and he started to doubt himself?'

[Not really?]

Zuo Jian tilted his head in confusion and looked at Dukare.

"Ahem, if you don't want to talk about it, forget it. I just want to ask, why did you come to Victoria? After all, you came all the way here, so you must have something important to do, right?"

Looking at the silent Dukare, Zuo Jian waved his hand with some regret.

The former shuddered and looked at the other.

Sure enough, He was just interested...interested in what Kazdel would do next.

"I came to Victoria to reach an agreement with the Duke that would be beneficial to Kazdel's next move..."

"For...the future operation to capture Londinium."

Dukare lowered his head. At this moment, he had no choice but to tell the truth.

But.... Zuo Jian was stunned for a moment, and then he put on an even colder expression.

'What’s wrong with you?'

[I heard something... something incredible. To prevent myself from losing control, I cut off the link controlling my facial expressions... What the hell did he just say?]

"Maybe Kazdel is planning to do something to Victoria."

'What do you think?'

[....How likely do you think it is that he is a psychopath talking nonsense?]

'Not big, looks normal.'

[Would a normal person casually reveal this kind of information? Or is he actually a psycho Victorian who is eager for someone to stop Kazdel? !]

Chapter 99, Dukare: Regent? I'm really unfamiliar with him.

“So, I can roughly understand that Kazdel does intend to interfere with Victoria’s current situation, and has even reached an agreement with some dukes in private to exchange interests—”

"If nothing goes wrong, when the time is right, you are even confident that you can take over Victoria in one fell swoop?"

Zuo Jian narrowed his eyes and thought about the information he had just heard from Dukare.

"What do you think the success rate is?"

He looked up and asked.

When Dukare heard this, some emotion seemed to flash in his eyes, and then he tried to remain calm and spoke.

"Ninety percent, if nothing unexpected happens, it is almost inevitable that we will take over this city and the Victoria it represents."

"Oh, are you so confident?" Laurentina looked at Ducare's expression and asked unconsciously.

“…Of course, but to be honest, it’s not all dependent on Kazdel’s strength. There are also various problems with Victoria itself.”

"It's easy to take down Victoria, or rather, to take down Victoria in this state."

Dukalei spoke up and combined what he had seen and heard since arriving in this city.

Made a basic judgment.

....The premise is.

"Not surprisingly."

Then, he raised his head nervously, looking with some fear at the person in front of him who had been thinking silently.

In fact, Ducare was quite restrained in what he said.

Just based on what he saw of Victoria, it would be so easy to take her down that it would not be difficult to describe it as a piece of cake.

Even the probability of success is 99 percent in his eyes, which is infinitely close to the absolute percent.

But the problem is, what a coincidence...

Being infinitely close to the absolute means that it is not absolute.

And that almost negligible 1% possibility...is sitting right in front of him.

Just as the Blood Demon Lord was thinking, Zuo Jian finally spoke.

Seeing him slowly put his hands on the table and tap them lightly, as if to draw everyone's attention here, he spoke.

"Phew...I think you misunderstood me, Mr. Ducare."

Zuo Jian's eyes gradually turned cold, he stared at the latter and asked.

"What I want to ask is, when Kazdel successfully occupied Victoria, it meant that he would become the enemy of all the Terran nations that reacted, whether they were originally hostile to Kazdel or those who tried to kick you out and take over Victoria instead."

"How confident are you by then?"

"At least in my eyes, Kazdel is like a train that is accelerating madly, and in front of it is a broken bridge built on a bottomless abyss."

"At this moment, the train conductor proposed a solution: add as much fuel as possible and step on the accelerator to the bottom."

"In this way, either you successfully cross the broken bridge and reach the other side, or... fail and crash into the bottomless abyss."

Zuo Jian's voice was flat, like that of a robot. He was looking at Dukare at the moment, just wanting to see his reaction.

The latter was slightly stunned, but then showed a relieved expression and said

"You are really perceptive in this regard. I thought someone like you would regard the actions of us as mere ants."

"Child's Play wouldn't take a risk with a carload of people."

Zuo Jian looked up, and finally there was some emotion in his eyes.

"Why didn't you stop this dangerous train? No reasonable conductor would take such a risky move, either for his train or for the passengers on board."

Hearing this, Ducare smiled helplessly.

“Because I can’t stop.”

"In other words, from the moment it started, it couldn't stop. Once it stopped, the passengers on the bus would be no different from being dead if they stayed where they were."

........

...

At this moment, the two parties in the conversation fell into a long silence.

Finally, after thinking for a while, Zuo Jian sighed as if he had a headache, and he turned around and asked.

"I want to know, compared to the Tara people and infected people in Victoria, are those poor people in Kazdel more difficult over there?"

Hearing this, Dukare was stunned for a moment, but then he replied with a helpless smile.

"Sir, your question is too difficult for me. I really don't know how to measure it."

"After all... Kazdel doesn't have the concept of 'poor people'."

"No....?"

Zuo Jian was stunned for a moment, then he immediately understood something.

"You have to know that in a place where even children of a few years old have to learn how to hold a knife, there is no such concept as paupers. There are only living mercenaries and dead mercenaries."

"If you must say it." Dukare shrugged.

"The mercenaries in Kazdel should be living better. After all, living a bad life is basically equivalent to death."

“Really…Really…”

Zuo Jian murmured to himself, and Dukare couldn't tell what the other person was thinking under his cold face.