Chapter 102 The Coup in the Swamp (Ⅱ)

"According to this, Bassoon's proposal is a waste of effort. Even if the hobgoblin diplomats say something, there will be no suspense in the final vote." Roger frowned, and asked in confusion: "Bassoon wants to come to this If he already knew that, why would he propose such a proposal that is destined to be rejected?"

"I was also puzzled by this, and I realized afterwards that Bassoon was stalling for time—he was waiting for someone to come back." Weiss seemed to recall the scene in a nightmare, and his face became ugly.

"Who is it?" Joan asked.

"His name is Cottard... I really don't want to mention this hateful name. This is a very evil and cruel guy. Rather than saying that he is a lizard man, I would rather regard him as a real demon." Weiss couldn't help shaking Shiver.

Joan noticed that he was afraid, and poured a cup of hot water and handed it over. Weiss gratefully took the water glass and drank it in one gulp, his complexion looked much better.

"Mr. Vader, and the two Mr. Tyndale, please allow me to introduce the beliefs of my family before telling what Cottal did. This will help you understand what happened later." Weiss put down The water cup continued: "As we all know, my lord Samuany is the common ancestor of all lizardmen in the world and the true god we worship for generations. However, in extremely rare cases, some lizardmen will betray the orthodox belief In the embrace of other gods, we are generally tolerant towards such pagans, but we cannot tolerate those fallen people who are tempted by demons! That's right, there is a "Seth Inek" in the bottomless abyss The demon lord, this terrifying and huge reptile seems to have a deep malice towards us lizardmen, always trying to lure our people into the abyss of depravity, occasionally picking a favorite from this small group of demon worshipers, Grant him powerful magical powers and order him to corrupt Samuany's descendants by any means."

"Unfortunately, in our tribe, there is such a small group of cultists who respect Samuany on the surface, but actually serve Seth Inek behind the scenes. This group of people hides deeply, and my father spent a lot of time It took all the strength to grab one of them by the fox's tail, and he was Cottard—the former number one warrior of our clan, a young nobleman who had gone astray." Weiss sighed regretfully, and continued: "Four years ago , my father had conclusive evidence that Cottard secretly worshiped the demon lord Seth Inek, and initiated a public trial at the Council of Elders. Cottard faced irrefutable evidence and could only publicly admit his crime. According to my family According to the law, demon believers should be sentenced to death. However, considering that Cottard was born as a nobleman and served as a senior general for a long time, he has made great achievements in several wars and has a great influence in the army. In addition, Cottard His uncle Elder Basong came forward to intercede, my father made an exception and exempted him from the death penalty, and instead deprived him of his surname and sentenced him to exile for life."

"I'm afraid this Mister Cottard will not be willing to accept the punishment, and he will hold a grudge against your father." Dick guessed.

Weiss nodded heavily: "If I were given a chance to start over, I would definitely persuade my father to kill that villain. Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world. Just four years after Cottal was expelled from the tribe, at our When he was almost forgotten, the man came back."

"The morning before yesterday, just as we were having a meeting, the door suddenly opened and a person who was both familiar and unfamiliar broke in."

"Familiar and unfamiliar?" Joan asked in surprise, "Has Cottard changed a lot?"

"We don't know where Cottard has been and what he has experienced in the past four years. When this man returned to us again, except for Bassoon who opened the door for him, almost no one could immediately recognize him as the former Cottard." Weiss couldn't help trembling again, "That man has completely changed his appearance, the original dark green scales turned black red, like solidified blood clots, what's even more unbelievable is that there is an extra pair of bat-like black membrane wings on his back, plus The black horns growing on both sides of the upper forehead look like a monster that is half lizard and half demon!"

Joan remembered a book he had read, which had a special title for this kind of half-human, half-demon monster - "half-purgatory creature".

"Most of the semi-purgatory creatures are the offspring of the combination of demons and mortals. Cottal is obviously not included, so he belongs to another situation-some demon believers can obtain grace from their idols, and the flesh and blood Souls are polluted by evil forces from the bottomless abyss, and eventually mutate into half-human, half-demon monsters."

Weiss nodded to confirm Joan's speculation, and said with mixed emotions of fear and hatred: "Cottal has not repented and rehabilitated during these years of exile, but has moved closer to the demon king he admired, so that he completely degenerated into a Cypriot." Sinak's 'Apostle' returned to the tribe with this devilish face, and he also boldly asked my father to hand over the 'cold-blooded trident' that symbolizes the power of the patriarch, and made him the new leader of the cold-blooded tribe."

"Of course my father would not hand over power to this corrupt cultist, and immediately ordered Cottard to get out of the conference hall. But Cottard attacked without waiting for my father to finish speaking. I don't know what kind of magic was used, the cloak It disappeared out of thin air with a flick, and appeared in the seat next to my father in the next moment, while the hobgoblin diplomat McKinney who was originally sitting on that chair appeared inexplicably at the door of the hall, as if the two had suddenly exchanged positions. "

"Sounds like a level 2 spell 'Transposition'." Joan secretly guessed.

"Due to the sudden incident, my father failed to respond in time, and it was too late when he grabbed the 'Cold-Blooded Trident' and tried to fight back..." Weiss' voice was trembling, and tears welled up in his eyes, "Cottal Using the extremely evil spell bestowed by his master, the demon king, he opened his mouth and spewed out countless runes. The color of these strange runes was like Cottard's scales, with black and red luster. Killing, even my father was affected by this 'blasphemy', and fell weakly on the chair, moaning in pain with his head in his hands, and seemed to have fallen into a dizziness."

"'Son of the Devil' Cottard's cruelty and cruelty are beyond our imagination. He snatched the cold-blooded trident from my father, with a grin on his face, raised the trident high...and pierced my father's chest..." Weiss He lowered his head to wipe away his tears, took a deep breath, choked and said: "At that time, my blood seemed to rush to the top of my head, and I rushed towards Cottard like crazy, vowing to kill this demon with my own hands to avenge my father, but Bassoon—— The old poisonous snake lurking in the dark suddenly appeared behind me and stabbed me hard!"

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