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"What kind of essence?"

"The essence is the balance of power, checks and balances between each other. Master, I ask you, what is the main force of the Baku people now? Or, what is the core force?"

“…Magic Stone?”

"Yes, Magic Stone can hire mercenaries, but the employed army is unreliable. So the main force you buy with Magic Stone is not soldiers, but war beasts. It only takes one or two soldiers to drive a large group of war beasts to the battlefield. The Mode clan must regret selling you so many war beasts now, but the problem is that it is too late for them to regret it now. Of course, in addition to war beasts, there are other things, but those are much more secondary than war beasts."

"Can you make the words straightforward?" Ashu Rufate couldn't help it. Carrie seemed very accustomed to beating around the bush and striking the side, but refused to make the words clear.

"Let me say that, they hope that the Baku people will fight with the Saiji people, and through this war, they will consume a large number of war beasts accumulated by the Baku people. Only in this way can they rest assured. Because if the Baku people do not use military strength as the basis, it will be difficult for small and medium-sized clans to form a new force through the potion of life extension. Of course, you will not be able to buy a large number of war beasts in the future, and the Mod clan will not be able to fatten the Baku people's power."

"So I deliberately provoked the Saiji tribe?"

"It's not intentional, it's just going with the flow. I guess they must have given some false promises and some lies, which gave the Saiji clan some extra confidence. Anyway, in the current situation, you must use the Baku clan as the main force and defeat the Saiji clan. Otherwise, there will be such a rebellious example, and the second and third small clans that follow the trend will soon appear. Your plan to mobilize the entire Ratman army is equivalent to being ruined. In short, this battle must be fought. Now, your mobilization order has just been issued, and all clans are preparing for war. At this time, the only one who can lead the siege is the Baku clan."

Carrie is telling the truth. In this case, it is obvious that other clans are forced to attack the Saiji clan. This is also the price that Ashu Rufate must pay to attack Karak Grom. He must eliminate the suspicion of other rat leaders in order to command the army without being bound in the future war.

Ashrufate did not advance very quickly. One of the reasons was the joining of troops along the way. All clans along the way, including neighbors of the Saiji tribe, had heard about the details of the siege. However, in the world of rat people, it is incredible to provide timely help, and it is normal to take advantage of the situation. These clans sent troops to follow the siege army. In name, they were jointly seeking rebellion, but in fact they planned to gain enough benefits from the bodies of losers like vultures.

"Master...Master..." In the gap where the army stopped and took a break, Shaka reported a new situation to Ashurufat. "The patriarch of the Danian clan... wants... to see you."

Ashu Rufate was actually tired of meeting these rat leaders. Every rat leader tried to try to play tricks when they met, but their conspiracy and knowledge were far worse than Carrie, and in the end, Carrie easily resolved it without exception.

But the problem is that he had to go. He couldn't find a "clip" to pretend to be like many rats. This is mainly because the appearance given to him by the Rat God is so outstanding. Ash Rufate now has a rat man, a rat man with fiery red fur all over his body, and a much taller figure than ordinary rat man. Of course, this was disguised by the deformation ability of the red blood armor, but Carrie said that the Rat God "gives sufficient data", so he didn't need to recover every day like when the Blood Flag boss was the boss.

"How many troops did that patriarch bring?" Ashu Rufate asked simply. If the troops joined were too few, then he would not plan to see him at all. Shaka stammered and reported a number, and Ashu Rufate immediately decided not to waste this time. However, he was a little surprised to find that Shaka didn't leave.

"Is there anything else?"

"Your scout is back..." Shaka seemed to be afraid of this matter. "The scout of the Essin clan..."

...

"So they concentrated all their troops to build a line of defense?"

"Yes, Lord Lord, that's it." Landa lowered her head with a submissive attitude. He had seen many leaders of rats, but none of them were as powerful as Ash Rufate. There was a heterogeneous power in the voice of this fire-red fur that even made the black-clad assassin feel awkward.

"Where are their troops?" asked the Lord of the Abyss.

Landa immediately reported the answer taken out of the prisoner's mouth.

"It's done well. Masha dares to disobey the will of the Rat God. We must give him the most severe punishment!" said Ashu Rufate. "Your mission is over."

"It's over?" The black-clad assassin found himself a little confused for the first time. The Essin clan sent him to serve Ash Rufat, but his mission ended here?

"The mission here is over," Ashrufate added. "Go and rest. When the matter here is over, go to the ground and ask me about the situation of the Green Skin Tribes."

Landa agreed almost without hesitation. He had lost too many subordinates in this reconnaissance, which made him almost impossible to do anything in future battles - if Ashu Rufate had originally planned to let him do something.

"Carrie, do we have to eliminate the suspicion of the abyss lords?" Ashu Rufate asked in his mind after the black-clad assassin left.

"If you want to get the greatest freedom to command the troops in the future, then this is the price that must be made." In my mind, Carrie replied with great affirmation. "Those rats hope that you will lose most of the war beasts in this war... In fact, master, this is what they want, and those shoddy things are not of special value. If you really want, I can design a better and more efficient way to create war beasts to ensure that the Maud clan is eye-opening. How can their low-level genetic engineering be compared with the knowledge I have mastered? By the way, there is something that can be done at the same time." Carrie suddenly said.

"What's the matter?"

"Do you still remember the promise God of Rat gave us?"

"Promise?" Ashu Rufate remembered clearly that the agreement with the Rat God was to use Ashu Rufate to leave the "crack of time and space" and help him awaken Carrie who was already asleep. In exchange, Ashu Rufate had to help the Ratman clan capture Carac Grom.

"That's right, the Rat God said at the beginning to give us a gift, a gift that was infused with his strength." Carrie said.

Ashrufat knew what the "gift" the rat god said was, but it was actually the abyss magic stone that symbolized the identity of the abyss lord. There were thirteen of these abyss magic stones, which were made by the rat god himself, representing the will of the rat god. Only rat people who touched the magic stones and could not die could be qualified to become the abyss lord and become one of the highest rulers of the rat man society. However, apart from this, it seems that they had never heard of any other functions of these special magic stones.

"It's this, master, we can take this opportunity to test its function." Carrie said. "I've been interpreting it for a while."

“What are the results…”

"The principle is too complicated. Master, you have not received a standard education and don't even have the basics, so it's hard to explain it to you clearly. But I can say that it has two functions. I think both seem valuable on the battlefield."

“What kind of function?”

"First, you seem to be able to summon a strange creature...a magical sub-creature created through special methods... in this world, it should be called a 'demon'. The second, you can use its power to create a large-scale illusion... Well, I think the effect should be similar to the appearance of a mouse god illusion in the sky. However, except for visual effects, there should be no other effect. Both powers are limited. I estimate that after you use it once, the power of the Abyss Magic Stone should take several days to slowly recover. In fact, the first one I am interested in."

"A demon..." Ashu Rufate had heard of the demon. Demon is a general term, which refers to both the illusory conception in myths and a truly strange and intelligent creature.

Of course, there is no demon in the human world. Because from top to bottom, all humans agree that demons are a twisted evil creature. However, there are indeed demons on the wild land in the north.

For humans, the general view is that demons are created by evil gods. Because there are clear records, some humans serving evil gods can drive demons to serve them. Of course, since demons are objective existences, although they also have powerful evil powers, they are not indestructible. Weapons and magic can still cause damage to demons, and even defeat their physical existences. The real problem is - at least in legend - some demons are immortal. After being killed and crushed in one place, these demons will soon appear in another place, and there is no difference in appearance, and even the wounds will disappear. But the demons remember the last death and will even try to revenge the warrior who gave their last blow.

Of course, Ashu Rufate had never seen a demon, so he was just skeptical about this legend. Carrie had never mentioned this in the past. In fact, Ashu Rufate himself did not think he would have a chance to meet a demon.

"It seems to be achieved through specific spatial links... But in terms of details, it is impossible to understand with such an abyss magic stone alone. There are too many possibilities." Carrie continued. "No matter what, since this thing is in our hands, we can try how much power this demon has."

...

The Saiji clan has built a defensive position near the old nest.

The leaders of this clan have undoubtedly heard that Ashrufate has been expanding his army. Although the Saiji clan is the most powerful and most populous among the many nearby clans, in this case, they have no determination to take the initiative to fight. They adopt a more common combat method - building fortifications and relying on a favorable defense system to conduct defensive operations. This is also a very practical idea in the rat-man society - as long as it is a coalition of multiple clans, when attacking a solid position, they will definitely have disputes due to their selfish nature, thereby reducing their combat effectiveness or even directly disintegrating.

But this time, the situation seems to be different.
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