As for attacking the orc city, once Suli decided to do it, he would not hesitate at all.

During this period, no matter what the mermaid thought, Suli no longer considered it too much.

In the next three days, the frequency of fighting was as constant as eating and drinking.

On the way to attack the orc city, we encountered many orcs that were mediocre.

What is meant by "neither good nor bad" is that they are a little weaker than mermaids, but far from being able to defeat the beastmen like mermaids.

As monsters of the same level above ten, they had already tested each other's corresponding monsters in the wars that had occurred in the past.

Before long, humans and aquatic creatures united to capture the first city other than Ergoniki.

The water creatures that Leia brought out suffered less than one-tenth of the losses, while in the captured cities, a large number of beastmen died.

At the post-war summary meeting, the human side raised the issues they felt were wrong.

"Although I know that when going to war, most kings take the initiative to attack. But when there is no reason to defend the city, there are no powerful monsters to help." Egbert always felt that something was wrong.

You know, when Ophelia attacked the city of mercenaries, Euphia and her father were almost ready for battle at the first moment.

It is true that for the president of the Mercenary Alliance, it is necessary to prepare for battle when his base is attacked, but for the manager of a tribe, a city within the tribe is essentially his territory.

Theoretically, Clemens would also be ready to fight immediately instead of continuing to waste time on the Feathered Tribe that had already been defeated.

"It's like, these cities that have taken more than hundreds of years to perfect their rules are not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Beast King." Suli stated the facts in a cold voice.

"Just as the young master said. Even though we felt some resistance during the battle, that was only the maximum combat power that the defenders inside the city could provide. We couldn't feel the support from other cities or even the Beast King that should have come." Roy also had an obvious sense of strangeness.

Matilda was puzzled: "Why do you care about these things? Isn't it the fruits of victory that should be the most important thing after the battle? How sweet and wonderful they are? Thinking about those irrelevant things will only make you hesitate about the next offensive battle."

"That's not the way to say it." Lan Zhe pointed out the fact, "If the beasts themselves are unimportant to the king of the beasts, then what do you think is the most important thing to Clemens?"

"As of now, apart from making sure that Suli can effectively damage Tiger, we have no way to find any weaknesses of Clemens from other angles."

"Don't tell me in this case that you really put all the pressure of the final battle on Sully." Lan Zhe was obviously wary of these monsters. He stared at Matilda, making the queen, who had no ministers by her side, feel sincerely cold. "People, no, not just people, even monsters, monsters can't be so useless, right?"

"But your attitude and intention are already very clear. You need us to make a corresponding attack on Clemens. In fact, we are united together for this purpose." Leia also joined the topic.

The mermaid's attitude is: "This has become a tacit premise. So I can't understand why after the battle, you didn't think about how to attack the next city, but instead thought about why Clemens didn't come to defend it."

"If the Tiger comes, we need to think about how to attack the city, not just how to defeat the monster Tiger."

There was a brief silence in the air, but just when everyone was trying to accept the idea, Suli said: "What if the death of the beastmen is not insignificant to Clemens, but every dead beastman can become a source of enhancing his strength?"

These words stunned all the people and monsters who tried to accept Leia's ideas.

"Impossible? What does the death of the beast monster have to do with the increase in the strength of the beast king?" Matilda opened her mouth wide.

"But you can't say there is no connection between the two." Egbert quickly entered a state where he was no longer disturbed by the outside world. "The fact that it cannot be proven means that it is a possibility."

"Also, can you please recall what Lord Suli once said about Clemens? No one has ever been able to give an accurate conclusion as to how the light bands on the tigers were formed."

"But this is impossible, isn't it?" Leia denied this statement, "If it is true that the death of the beast monster can make Clemens' power stronger, then he has no need to make the beast tribe the strongest among the three tribes."

"Is there a possibility? I mean, for Clemens, he didn't subjectively want to be the strongest, but he became the strongest just because you are too weak." Roy raised his eyebrows.

This is what the saying goes, it all depends on the support of peers.

"Besides, you are not a beastman, so how do you know what the rules mean? In my opinion, as long as the rules are followed, these beastmen who believe in the rules and have faith in the Tiger may actually become the strength of Clemens once they die." When Roy wanted to lie and make excuses, both humans and beasts would be stunned.

"That's a tiger whose original form is over a hundred meters tall." Roy made a grinning expression.

After a while, he regained his serious look: "I can't figure out the elemental light bands on Clemens' body, and I can't figure out how strong his power is. I tried to attack the territory he controls, but found that he didn't care about the territory he controls at all...

It has already come to this, but you still don't choose to think about this problem. Do you really have to wait until you collide with Clemens head-on, causing a large number of casualties, and use your life to prove the strength of his power and the source and function of the elemental light band?"

"…but we have no source of intelligence." The hypothesis proposed by Suli was too bizarre, and no matter how much Leia disagreed, he could not refute it.

"Bartholomew Christian, that unicorn, have you really interrogated him properly?" Lan Zhe gave the mermaid a questioning look.

He really couldn't believe that these monsters could have any correct fighting concepts.

His actions and thinking are all straightforward. He doesn't care about life or death and will do whatever he wants if he is not convinced.

But unlike other people who take life and death lightly, Leia takes his life extremely seriously. However, this importance is always due to factual reasons, making people feel that he doesn't seem to care that much about his own life.

Otherwise, how could it be so simple?

Sully did not conduct an interrogation because he had his own ideas. The mermaid had captured the unicorn, and if he wanted to interrogate the unicorn, Sully would not stop him.

But he didn't...

Not only that, the unicorn spends time with the dragon every day.

Whether it is during the period when others are attacking the orc city, or before others are discussing attacking the city.

As long as Leia could become the brains of the Merman Governor, did she really never doubt that the unicorn that specifically targeted him might represent some conspiracy just by its existence?

Later, in response to this, humans overwhelmed mermaids in terms of intelligence.

The unicorn, who had been calm and composed, and seemed to be just trying to sit in his position and not cause any trouble, was suddenly taken away by the mermaid for interrogation.

Sully chose to watch.

When Bartholomew saw Sully, he obviously looked away. This action also exposed the possibility that he might be lying. The mermaid made such a decisive judgment and immediately gave Sully a confident look.

Suli: ???

"Do you know what those light strips on Tiger's body are? And why Clemens didn't return to defend when we led our troops to attack the orc city." The mermaid asked directly.

"...I don't know any of this." The unicorn didn't expect that by such a coincidence, he would be asked a question that he couldn't answer.

However, Leia, who thought she had seen through the unicorn, found this to be irrational.

"As one of Clemens' closest subordinates, it's impossible for you to know nothing."

"If you were asking what the king did every day, I might be able to answer that."

Barsalom's expression was slightly mocking: "But this question... If I ask you, in the eyes of the true king of the water, were you a pet or a monster in your early days, I don't think you would be able to answer it. Not only would you not be able to answer it, you might even want to beat me up."

Leia: "...You better be."

"If you don't know anything, what's the point of having you?"

"I hope Suli can remove the control over me, and then I promise to break your neck as soon as possible." The unicorn showed a fake smile.

"Although I don't want to communicate with a brainless merman like you, there is one thing I am willing to tell Sully."

Barsalom wasn't sure if he had figured it out.

When he had no self, obeyed orders, and lived according to the rules, all he thought about was living.

Just like people don’t necessarily live for some lofty dreams or goals, they just live for the sake of living.

This idea kept him alive for many years.

Only now, he was sure he couldn't go on living like this.

Ido's face was still vivid in his mind. The seemingly fair but actually bloody and cruel rules of the elimination system were constantly provoking the Water Tribe and the Feather Tribe.

Every beast tribe that tried to perish together with the other two beast tribes did not end up with glory, but was killed without a complete body...

In addition, future beastmen will regard this as the inevitable consequence that will occur if their strength is not increased enough. Everyone will be like this, and this cognition will become common sense.

Are there not enough resources to feed those monsters?

Is it that the area where the monster society is located is not large enough for those monsters to live?

Neither.

It's just...

"Tiger never needs too many beastmen."

reason?

Barcelona has shown it clearly.

Clemens doesn't care about the life and death of people under the rules he made.

Rules are created to satisfy a need.

The monster's death doesn't matter.

If there are too many monsters, hundreds or thousands of years will pass, and the top controllers will still be the same group.

You can refer to the Feather Tribe for this point.

Where does the power come from? What is the light band?

There is no need to answer these questions.

Just like Sully asked: "Can you tell me how many years Clemens lived?"

"I don't know," Bartholomew replied. "When I was strong enough to get close to the king, those light bands appeared on his body, and his size had reached the size you have seen."

"This kind of thing...no one has ever talked about it before." Leia froze in place.

"It doesn't matter whether you've heard it or not. As long as you've heard it, the beasts know the king but not the tiger, and the beasts know Bartholomew but not Clemens. That's clear enough."

Suli looked at the mermaid standing there stupidly. Moby felt a little sorry for her and explained, "Barsalom meant that the beast king you knew in the past might just be one of Clemens' former subordinates."

"As far as I know, Matilda has been queen for about 500 years, and you, Leia, have only been queen for 700 to 800 years." Bartholomew said with a bitter smile, "And I... have lived for more than a thousand years."

"I have speculated that the king has lived for more than ten thousand years, but every time I think about it, I can't help but feel scared. My brain keeps telling me that this is impossible, but reality tells me that it is the most likely possibility."

It is well known that transformed monsters were once humans. Since monsters are monsters, it means that they were not humans at the beginning. So when was it that the natural monsters who were in charge of monster society were successfully replaced by transformed monsters?

Bartholomew didn't know.

But his intuition and conjecture told him that Clemens was likely involved in that period.

After a while, Barsalom did not reveal any more information. He even made an expression that he would not say anything even if Leia really attacked him and interrogated him with bloody means.

He just said, "Sorry, that's all I know."

Sully and the mermaid had to leave.

On the way back to the meeting room.

Leia pressed her lips into a straight line, and her expression remained unsightly.

Suli had no interest in comforting Leia. The message revealed by Barsalom was very obvious, so Suli began to think, if Clemens really participated in the power struggle between transformed monsters and natural monsters, then why did he regard humans as tools?

Transformed monsters cannot empathize with natural monsters.

When natural destruction that conforms to the rules of the world does not befall us, even if humans feel heartbroken when they are strong, when they are weak, they can only be thankful that they are not the ones who suffer from it.

…

After gathering all the thoughts, they met in the conference room for the second time and began to discuss how to attack the next few cities.

After deciding on the attack strategy, before the meeting was disbanded, Leia asked Suli: "If you let me know in advance that Clemens has been alive for at least several thousand years, you won't worry that I will never dare to attack the orcs again?"

Suli knew what the mermaid meant. Leia, who was always good at hiding, knew that the enemy was abnormally powerful and was likely to act as an ostrich as in the past.

But the mermaid has already asked this question, which means that the mermaid has not chosen to escape this time.

"The purpose of anticipating the future is to have a plan for dealing with it when it actually happens, rather than just worrying about it."

"And if you are sure that the enemy is strong, but still insist on taking action, it is also because knowing that it is impossible to do it and still doing it is foolish; but knowing that it is possible to do it and not doing it is cowardly."

Courage and strength are what you need when you still decide to execute your ideas.

After expressing his thoughts, Suli told Leia: "Even if you choose to retreat, that is your choice. I may point my finger at you and scold you for not abiding by the contractual relationship, but fear of death is, after all, an instinct engraved in the bones and blood of life."

"Those who can overcome their instincts are strong, and those who lose to their instincts are not necessarily weak."

No matter how much he spoke in a mysterious way, Suli felt that his attitude was very obvious.

He doesn't care.

The power of mermaids and the help that aquatic creatures can provide are not within his consideration.

When he has no power, Suli would try his best to borrow power from others. But when he has power, which adult would choose to trouble others?

The division between others and oneself itself reveals a barrier.

After that, Sully didn't give the mermaid a chance to continue speaking. After estimating the approximate time, he decided to take a rest.

It's always good to fight at your best.

The second city, the third city...

In just ten days, it seemed that the entire beast tribe was under his control.

Suli, who felt like he was participating in a faction battle in a game, blinked and looked at the last city that was taken down, which was also a logistics city like Ergonkin.

In the center of this city, there is a pure black statue.

The statue has no distinct facial features, but overall it is still recognizable as a human figure.

An orc explained to the human boy fearfully: "That statue is the king in human form."

"The city's daily morning meeting is to worship this statue."

"But this statue doesn't have the distinct facial features of your king." Suli's green eyes behind the glasses looked at the dark elements on the statue that were obviously thicker than the surroundings...

He had a bad suspicion in his mind.

"Those who are weak are not qualified to meet the king." The beast monster said this with a very natural attitude.

"We are not qualified, but this does not prevent us from respecting and admiring the king. Whether it is a statue built by imagination or something else, as long as we believe from the bottom of our hearts that the king can bring us a better future, it doesn't matter whether the statue is concrete or not."

No lies.

Sully could tell at a glance that the beastmen who were fearful and humble toward him were telling the truth.

But it's all true, and yet it's the most incredible thing.

Belief……

Honestly, what is the first thing that comes to mind when a normal person sees the word faith?

Apart from the beliefs about love that we often see in online videos, the easiest thing that comes to people's mind is probably praying to gods and Buddhas.

Suli didn't find much of the Buddha in this world, but God...

But it has always existed.

Whether it is the Church of Light or the Church of Darkness, these two human forces have clear beliefs.

When it has been confirmed that gods are equivalent to monsters, what kind of person would a beast king who is widely worshipped by beasts be?

Sully suddenly felt annoyed that he hadn't found a mermaid to borrow some historical books about monster society.

His current conjecture is even more outrageous than his previous one, which he made up in order to make Leia pay attention to the alien senses shared by humans. It said that the more monsters died, the stronger Clemens would become.

Suli felt his scalp tingling at the thought of Clemens being equivalent to the Dark God.

He desperately needed other humans to help him disprove this speculation.

Otherwise, the consequences of this speculation would be too horrible.

The darkness spreads.

On the black statue whose figure could not be seen clearly, the concentration of dark elements had increased a little more visible to the naked eye.

Suli originally just wanted to see this monster city alone.

After ten consecutive days of fighting, all the orc cities were captured. Even though Sully didn't have to do much action most of the time because everyone was targeting Clemens, the mental pressure still made him feel a little breathless.

Add to this the fear caused by this cognition...

Suli's face turned pale in an instant.

But the next second, the light element that came from nowhere was like a needle, piercing Suli's fingertips with a gentle yet severe attitude.

The ten fingers are connected to the heart, and red blood drops spread out from the fingertips. Suli realized that he had also been affected just now.

Mind control, this previously confirmed ability, even affected Suli at this time.

After silently thanking the sudden light element in his heart, Suli ignored the joy that came from deep in his heart and did not belong to him.

The last time the mermaid felt the [spirit] was when she suddenly went crazy.

After feeling it again this time, Suli indirectly confirmed that his guess was correct.

Fear?

That's not the case.

Without being influenced by his thinking, even if the enemy he faced was a god, once Suli decided to become an enemy, he would not choose to retreat just because the enemy was a god.

Clemens is equivalent to the Dark God, and this equal relationship has been confirmed.

The value of faith and the meaning of rules are now completely clear.

Suli walked at a steady pace, ignoring the disappointment in the eyes of the beastman, and turned to look for Egbert.

Mr. Right-Hand is very busy.

Egbert is busy improving his strength.

No one knew what the unicorn was thinking. After confirming that all the beast territories had been conquered by Suli and others, Bartholomu directly proposed to train Egbert to make him stronger.

At first no one believed what he said was true, until Bartholomew told his story.

Ido.

This monster that had a great influence on Barsalom is now only remembered by Barsalom as time goes by.

After the unicorn finished talking about its past, it said calmly, "If I die one day, I hope you humans can help me remember this name. It doesn't have to be a long time, just until the day your life ends."

This is what Bartholomew said.

When the other humans were still unsure and Leia even scoffed, Suli said, "You can believe it."

Leia shut up immediately, and Egbert also pulled Lan Zhe along.

The Dark Son has too many strange and bizarre items stored in his pocket.

Of course the most important thing is that Lan Zhe is a therapy!

Egbert knew full well that he was going to be beaten again.

After all, the monsters all have the same attitude towards improving their strength: if you fight more, you will know how to avoid being hit. If you dodge more, you will know how to fight back.

Lan Zhe welcomes this attitude.

At the time, he even said, "Just seeing Iger get beaten makes me feel good."

Roy whispered secretly: "Actually, me too."

At this moment.

When Sully went over, Egbert was wearing tattered clothes. There seemed to be nothing wrong with him physically, but the clothes...

"Is this some new fashion that I can't understand?" Sully blinked.

When Egbert discovered Sully, he froze.

And then the next second, Barsalom kicked him away.

Lan Zhe, who was watching, put his left hand on his eyelids, looked in the direction where Egbert flew, and made a strange sound: "Oh wow."

Then he showed a mysterious smile on his face: "I bet that when Egg comes back here again, he will change into a clean outfit, and the first thing he will say is, 'It is my fault that Lord Sully saw me in such a wolfish state. I am so ashamed that I wish I could die.'"

Roy didn't say whether he agreed or not, but he stroked his chin and said, "I think the most likely answer is, 'It's not good for Lord Suli to see my body in such an ugly state. If Lord Suli really wants to see it, please let me wash my body before coming.'"

Suli: “…………”

Seeing the speechless expression of the boy next to him, Lan Zhe coughed, as if he was not the one who had just learned to read Egbert's inner thoughts.

"What's the matter with Sully coming here suddenly?"

When the human boy said he wanted to tour the city, everyone else thought he would spend at least a day there.

"Nothing particularly urgent, just suddenly confirming that a new discovery is not a conjecture, but a fact."

Mind control is indeed terrifying, but as long as there is no harm to life, the [Spirit] will not take the initiative to help Suli.

After all, Sully himself would soon realize that something was wrong with this fear-like cognition.

What are modern people afraid of?

Whether Suli thinks for three days and three nights or for three seconds, he comes to the same conclusion.

——Fear of poverty.

Apart from that, I am fearless.

As long as this is the case, the [Spirit] will take the initiative to let Suli get out of that state, which means that if he is afraid for a little longer, an irreversible accident will occur.

Previously, Suli had no clear goal when he visited the city.

But the monster came up on its own initiative.

All the people in the city were captives, but the mermaids did not forcibly interfere with the lives of the beastmen.

After killing a few troublemakers, the monsters in Tasah City, the second orc backup city, have spontaneously become obedient.

"If we think back to the past after knowing the conclusion now, we will be surprised to find that there were already traces of everything." Suli's attitude was so gentle that it seemed like he was talking about some fairy tales.

"So what is it?" Roy asked proactively, wanting to prevent the boy from having the impression that he was imagining Egbert's inner drama.

"Let's talk about it when Egbert comes back." Suli said, and the boy turned his gaze to the unicorn again, "As for Barsalom..."

"Personally, I think you can listen to what I'm going to say next, because it's not something particularly confidential." Su Li added hesitantly, "Maybe...?"

Barsalom was helpless: "You can't even confirm whether it is critical information. Shouldn't you all choose to avoid me as a captive?"

"Maybe it's because I still need you to help me find Matilda and Leia. If possible, I hope you can bring Elvi with you." Suli looked at Barsalom calmly.

The unicorn couldn't refuse.

All I could say was, "I know. I'll go."

As he turned to leave, Egbert, dressed neatly and cleanly, just passed by him.

Egbert's quiet voice quickly rang out: "It was my fault for letting Lord Sully see me in such a vicious state."

"Rewards will be given according to merit, and punishments will be imposed. I hope that you, Lord Suli, will choose to do it yourself."

Roy and Lanzhe suddenly felt that they were still too young.

Barsalom staggered uncontrollably as he moved forward and almost fell to the ground.

Another party involved, Suli: "..."

Just pretend you didn't hear it.

Sully gave a smile without any change in the curve of his eyes, commonly known as a professional fake smile.

Until the mermaid, the Queen of Feathers, and the dragon arrived together...

Sully finally got rid of Egbert's nagging.

This person really recounted all the inner thoughts of the Dark Saint and the two-star mercenary.

Of course, the key point is that if you don't want to punish him, you must make sure he cleans himself up and voluntarily present himself to Sully for review.

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In order to avoid actually attacking Egbert uncontrollably, Sully pretended to be deaf and dumb for a full three minutes with great difficulty.

After everyone arrived, Sully got straight to the point in his first sentence.

"I suspect Clemens is the dark god in human concept."

These words made Roy and Lanzhe, who were about to lose control of their complaints, stop thinking and frowned.

The first to break the silence was Bartholomew.

"Suspicion is not a reason for everyone to gather together and listen to you." Bartholomew was not targeting Sully. He was giving the boy space to speak actively to prevent some unfriendly mermaids.

Barthalom refused to believe that the mermaids were only unfriendly to him and were actually very friendly to Suli.

"You're right." Sully nodded in agreement.

"The spirit, or the collective human consciousness that Leia mentioned earlier, appeared when I was walking around the city center."

While the others were shocked, Suli continued with a steady breath and a natural attitude, "There is a statue of Clemens in the center of the city. The concentration of dark elements around the statue is much higher than other places in the air."

"When I was shopping before, I met a monster on the road who took the initiative to bring me there."

"When I first thought about the statue, I didn't realize anything was wrong until I thought of the possibility that Clemens was the Dark God. Suddenly, fear arose in my heart."

"The fear came from nowhere, like a layer of fog that obscured the connection between my brain and heart. I am sure that my thoughts were not under my control at that moment. In other words, I was affected."

After saying this, Sully gave everyone enough time to react.

Suli felt a little happy until he was sure that no one else had any doubts.

Because if it were in the past, when Egbert's rationality was not enough to overcome his sensibility, Egg, who did not seem to be sicker than he is now, would most likely interrupt Sully directly.

Then he will start asking about Sully's physical condition.

He didn't say anything now because Egbert was sure that Sully was not affected at all.

It is a waste of time to repeat useless nonsense that requires Suli's explanation.

Egbert had already realized that some concerns would be unnecessary.

Suli continued, "The appearance of the [Spirit] freed me from the disturbance caused by the dark elements. I concluded that the idea that suddenly popped up in my mind was the truth because, after I got rid of my fear, I saw the dark elements that actively gathered towards the statue before my fear completely disappeared from my rationality."

"If the concentration of an element in a certain area exceeds that in other areas, then that can be considered an environmental influence. However, if the dark elements actively gather in one place without any force pulling them, there are many more reasons to consider."

"I am convinced that it is fear that causes the dark elements to gather. Fear is not what drives the dark elements. Fear is the cognition of the statue, which makes the statue have the force to drive the dark elements and makes the statue absorb the dark elements."

"Castor's element absorption device is similar to this."

"That's only a small part of the reason," Sully said. "The other part is the orc city."

"The beasts of the orcs cannot show any obvious fear of Clemens."

"All monsters obey Clemens' orders within the constraints of the rules, but they are not afraid of him. The reason is very simple. No subject would only feel fear towards his king."

"It's not pure fear that can make the statue have any attraction to the dark elements." After regaining his rationality, Sully discovered that the statue soon lost the attraction to the dark elements around it that was suddenly generated by his fear.

"Third, after the orc city is destroyed, the orcs who followed Clemens will regain their fear. This emotional change only needs a little guidance and it will turn into fear of Clemens..."

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