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Chapter 13 Black Clothes

"... Finally, there is the most important benefit of war! You must take practical actions to change the concept of "dwarfs are difficult to deal with, and magic stone resources are difficult to obtain". When these three are playing a role in the rat man society at the same time, gathering all the rat man under a banner, attacking Karak-Grom is not a dream! Of course, this last point is the most important. If you rely solely on the other two points, you may only be able to gather an army of the same size as the last time. It is absolutely not enough to conquer a fortress with strong defense."

"Yeah." Ash Rufate replied. "Can the last point... succeed?"

"Master, there is a famous saying from human beings about this: 'Facts are better than words'. When facts appear, all rebuttals in language are empty and powerless, and all originally recognized ideas will be shaken and reversed. When those rats see you win one after another and easily get countless magic stones, they will all be ready to move!"

"Well, then I will continue to prepare for this war. Next..." Ashu Rufat pondered for a moment, "I have to put some effort into reconnaissance of the enemy." He suddenly remembered Mimilu. When Mimilu was by his side, he rarely paid any attention to the enemy's situation. Then he thought of the castle in the distance, Mimilu, who was unknown to life and death. Although Carrie assured him that Mimilu must be in danger of life at this moment. Even so, everything about Sivania still made him worry.

He didn't know how much time had passed after the duel between Xuezhong and Yilan. In that mysterious void and in this underground world without stars or moons, Ashu Rufat could not feel the passage of time. Carrie could infer the time after coming to the rat man world, but she was powerless to the past.

Ashu Rufat didn't want to stay in this underground world at all. It would be better to end and leave early.

"Scout the enemy situation... Well, it's not possible to rely on your subordinates." Carrie said in his mind. Of course, in fact, Ash Rufate had no hope for these subordinates at all. "According to Shaka, the black-clad assassins of the Essin clan are the best spies and scouts in the Rat Man world. But they are also the most dangerous assassins and killers."

"It seems that we must... find a way to negotiate with the black assassins." Ashu Rufat thought about it. Shaka said that there is no concept of "who comes first gets" in the rat man world, but a complete "whoever gets the higher price" is completely "whoever gets the higher price". As long as a large sum of money (or magic stone) is smashed, it is normal to make the other party's mercenary defect on the battlefield. The same is true for the black assassin. It is common for those who have just reached a deal with the black assassin to turn around and be killed by the black assassin. Everything is just because the assassination target is willing to pay a higher price.

In fact, according to what Shaka said, it is very common to hire black-clad assassin to kill the enemy when the situation is chaotic. When negotiating with the black-clad assassin to kill a certain enemy, he said that it is definitely a rookie to assassinate who is definitely a rookie. Veterans will use another saying: "I will buy the life of the bastard who wants to kill me for X times the price!"

As he thought, Ash Rufate walked out the door. He had already made a door for his residence. This was not an ordinary door, but reinforced by the special magic of the rat man and accompanied by a special gate-guarding beast. Like all the war beasts from the Mod clan, this is a deformed and ferocious beast. Except for Shaka and Ash Rufate, it will attack everyone who dares to enter the door. Although Ash Rufate does not think that this move can cut off the thoughts of those who are interested, it is better to have defensive measures than not.

Ashu Rufate walked out of his room. Several black-skinned storm warriors who had been on standby outside immediately followed. Ashu Rufate led the team to start a routine patrol.

After this period, the ratmen town had become quite prosperous. Ashrufate kept buying a large amount of supplies and slaves from outside, which made the number of the Baku clan expand several times in a short period of time. He followed Shaka's advice and bought the black-skinned elite storm warriors who had become prisoners in the war at a high price. He allowed them to join the Baku clan. He and the Mod clan made several large transactions, buying a large number of war beasts. In addition, he also made some transactions with the Skuri clan and got many wonderful war machinery made by the rat men, including poison gas bombs and flamethrowers.

His business is becoming increasingly bigger and bigger without restraint. Although the Baku people are not large now, they have become the richest group in the rat clan. Now, as long as people with intentions, they will get such an obvious fact, that is, the Baku people do not have so much money at all.

While hiding in the Great Gray Prophet, the Baku people retained the savings accumulated for a long time. However, in order to carry out the war with the Sakalah clan, Ashrufate had already squandered all of these savings. Although he later seized a lot from the Sakalah clan, it was impossible to make such a large-scale purchase.

But an undeniable fact is that the Baku people have always paid their bills in cash, and the magic stones they take out are real, without any falsehood, and without any deception.

Many people think this is because the Baku tribe discovered a new small magic stone vein - the kind that extends beyond the control of the dwarves. However, the amazing purchasing power of the Baku tribe quickly proved that a small mineral vein could not support such an amazing squander. In addition, some people think that this is the material support of the Great Gray Prophet of the patriarch of the Baku tribe, the God-Selected One, and the Abyss Lord Ash Rufate, but this kind of thing is easy to prove. Not only did Ess Rufate not get anything from the gray prophets, but on the contrary, donated a lot of magic stones as worship of the rat god. In other words, this idea is purely speculation.

Even in the eyes of those senior officials who know the source of the "life-extending potion", it is an incomprehensible thing for the Baku tribe to become rich and powerful in such a short time. In particular, the Baku tribe's crazy purchase of military equipment is even more incredible. The crazy purchase of Abyss Lord Ash Rufate even caused the price of war beasts to soar by 30%. Unless he is fighting a war, he will never need so many war beasts, but the question is, who is he fighting with? Why does he have to fight a war?

In the society of rat people, there is never a lack of greed and covetness.

...

Ashurufate came to the edge of the town. Here, it was originally planned to build a warehouse and hoard all kinds of supplies. The progress of each place was quite smooth, but the speed of this warehouse was not satisfactory. Even the prototype has not been completed so far.

"Well, master, it seems that the geological structure here is different than we expected," Carrie said as Ashu Rufate observed the surroundings. "The rock formation is complex, with very little soil, a lot of stone, and all of hard granite."

This is absolutely true. Ashrufate looked around carefully and thought about how to solve this small problem in his mind. If this place cannot be used as a warehouse, it means he must find another place to be a warehouse.

The supervisor who was responsible for the excavation work here was standing not far from Ash Rufate. He lowered his head and eyebrows, and his whole body was trembling slightly. He knew very well that the project was not progressing well, and in the world of rat man, this was equivalent to a death penalty. No one would help him. Although the position of a supervisor was inconspicuous, at least one hundred rat man was waiting for him to be unlucky and then take his position.

"It's too slow to dig like this." As soon as I'm willing to work hard, even the granite can be dug out, but he doesn't have that much time to waste. He turned his head and looked at the foreman responsible for the progress of the project here. The latter had no longer shown his might to show off his power to the slaves, but he looked miserable and ruthless.

This expression surprised Ashu Rufate.

"Master, it seems that the world of rat people is really a paradise for the strong." Carrie said in his mind. "Execute this guy."

"Why?"

"Because he didn't complete the project mission," Carrie said. "This reason is enough to kill him."

"But this is because of geological structure, isn't it? This area is completely rock formation." Even rats who are good at excavation cannot dig according to the plan under such conditions.

"Master, this is what you don't understand." Carrie said in his mind. "The so-called rule is ultimately about implementing the will of the dominant. But the problem is that there are always many middle-level people who try to change and distort the will of the ruler into a way that suits one's own profit. So one of the greatest tasks of the ruler is to prevent these cunning guys from doing this."

"you mean……"

"Any order you give must be completed, and no reason is a reason. Failure to complete the order means resolute punishment. Although this matter itself may not be his fault, if you do not take the most ruthless means in this matter, it means releasing a message to those who have little hearts - they can take various methods to distort your orders, as long as they can find a reason."

"But this..."

"Kill him, master. It is the only thing you can do if your clan is efficient." Carrie said, but she seemed to realize that it was difficult for Ash Rufate to accept this, so she changed her tone. "Of course, you can also use another method. Give him three days to catch up with the progress, and make it clear that unfinished tasks is a death penalty! In this way, he should be able to die without complaints."

"The project is progressing too slowly!" Ashurufat said to the supervisor, his voice calm. "I'm afraid you and your position are not suitable."

A black-skinned storm warrior following Ash Rufate heard the murderous intent in his voice. He drew out his serrated sword and waited for Ash Rufate to execute the unqualified supervisor at the spot. You know, although there is also a saying among the rat people, such a small supervisor is not qualified to enjoy the treatment of being dismissed from office. The supervisor fell to the ground in extreme fear.

"Three days," said Ashu Rufate. "In three days, I will see that the project progress meets the original plan. Otherwise, you will have to dig it yourself."

The storm warrior took the sword back. The supervisor nodded desperately.

"In this way, you should get the reputation of 'kindness'." Carrie smiled in her mind. "Of course, in the rat-man society, this is not a good name, but a weak nickname."

Ashrufate visited several construction sites. In addition to the warehouse, other locations were progressing very quickly. This was mainly because a large number of slaves were obtained through trade and was very abundant in terms of manpower. If everything was not wrong, in another ten days, this underground hole should be transformed into a rat-man cave city.

It should be said that it is really a bit of luck to be able to discover this hole. It is not easy to find a place with water, space, and a general structure in the underground world.

"Master, there seems to be something following us." On the way back, Carrie whispered in her mind.

Ashrufate stopped suddenly and looked to the side. There, a shadow suddenly separated into two pieces. One of them flashed silently into a rock, fleeting in a flash.
Chapter completed!