Chapter 709 Ashroth's Suspicions [Bonus]

Chapter 709 Ashroth's Suspicions [Bonus]

Ashroth nodded at Vigil as he continued, "At first I was just angry at everything and everyone, but then slowly my thought process changed and I started thinking why. Everything that had happened to me or around me, why did it happen?"

"And this changed my perspective. I was no longer as angry at everyone. Then, I was released, and from that day, I have been hearing about the war our demon race was going to wage on the human continent and reclaim our land."

"I might have been overthinking things, but I started questioning everything. I got some answers, but most of my questions remained unanswered."

"Then I joined the army and came here to the human continent, and I watched how everything progressed; I found it all... strange." Saying this, he paused for a moment before continuing, "While we all, the lower-ranking tribes, want nothing but to conquer the territory and win the war, those above us don't seem to share the same thought; otherwise, we would've captured all the kingdoms, including Green Leaf, several days ago." n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

While Yshoy and others frowned, Vigil's eyes flickered, and he asked, "What makes you think that?" "First, we attacked several months before the humans expected us to, saying we wanted to catch them off guard and not let them set up the war temple and make other preparations, but instead of focusing on rapidly conquering the kingdoms, what we did was we started massacring the people, be they ordinary people or mages, and destroying the cities."

"Of course, some might think it was all part of the process, but I disagree. If we really wanted to conquer the kingdoms, we would've attacked their most powerful cities, their capitals, first, which we did not."

"Second, the war rules. I find them very odd. They seemed to be created in a way that makes sure the war extends as much as possible."

"Third, your decisions. I understand you failed to stop the human emperors from establishing the war temple, but there was no need to order a retreat. Our side was way more powerful than the humans' side. If you hadn't ordered retreat, all human mages would've been killed."

As he listed out the reasons, Yshoy's and others' expressions started shifting. If he had found these things odd, they also had, but never paid them much heed because... they were doing everything according to their orders. If they hadn't, it was true they would've been successful on several fronts, but they would have disobeyed their superiors.

Ashroth wasn't done yet.

Taking a small pause, he said, "The fourth and most strange thing that made me come to you is the fact that the human alliance hadn't set up war temples in the kingdoms that fell."

"What the fuck are you saying, Vigil? Flee?! You are telling them to flee like cowards?!" Yshoy shouted. "We are the proud demons, not those pitiful beings that need to resort to such tactics just to survive."

Vigil looked at him and then at other emperors, including the ones from his tribe; and saw that all wore the same expressions as Yshoy.

Seeing this, he could only sigh helplessly, 'How amazing! They knew even if someone found everything suspicious, it wouldn't change much because of our stupid pride and impulsive behaviors.'

Coughing lightly, he said, "I meant to say retreat, not flee. Retreat if need be."

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In the war temple, Wyomin was standing in front of Verana, a stern expression on her face. "Lady Verana, did you know this was going to happen?"

Verana sighed and nodded.

"And you allowed it?" Wyomin questioned, her tone carrying a hint of disappointment.

"What could I have done? Although I hold a slightly elevated status in the alliance than you all, I am not the one who makes decisions." Verana said before adding,

"Moreover, no matter how cruel it seems, I believe it was a necessary sacrifice. After all, just to save a few small kingdoms, we can't risk losing the entire continent."

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