Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 511 - 284: Meeting the Grand Chief, Abyssal Church’s Conspiracy?_2
The smile on the Duke’s face gradually disappeared, "Historically, very few who gamble the national fate have come to a good end."
"Prime Minister, you did say ’very few,’ not ’none.’ Moreover, how many people on this continent truly consider our Giant Demon Tribe a nation?"
The Grand Chief slowly stood up. His small frame appeared particularly hunched, but the solemnity on his face made him look like a giant:
"We have waited too long and have no desire to continue waiting. The countries of the continent do not see us as a whole, which is fine. After this battle, the Giant Demons will establish their nation."
Listening to the tense confrontation between the two, Louis felt the situation had become rather tricky.
Clearly, the Grand Chief had no intention of compromising whatsoever; he even wanted to seize this opportunity to establish a new nation directly.
However, when the Prime Minister heard this, he did not retreat at all and even burst into laughter:
"It seems you never understood why the current nations refuse to recognize you from the beginning."
"Do you really think it’s merely because of the lingering curse of the Demon King?"
The Duke Prime Minister said coldly:
"Don’t tell me your Giant Demon Tribe doesn’t know that one of the Abyssal Church’s several parishes includes the Giant Plain."
The Giant Plain is actually vast.
Merely this expansive plain alone is about sixty percent of Tunisia’s area.
This isn’t land that a mere unformed nation could occupy.
With the size of giants, only such vast land as the Giant Plain could become their main battlefield.
The Grand Chief coldly looked at him and said, "What are you trying to say?"
Just then, Louis, standing by, spoke up, "Grand Chief, haven’t you heard the specifics from the previous Grand Chiefs?"
The giant demons in the tent looked at each other, momentarily not knowing what this human was talking about.
Louis calmly said, "Star Continent has long been eroded by otherworldly invasions. Beneath our feet lies a land filled with astral channels leading elsewhere."
"Rights and obligations are equal. Whether it’s the ancient demigod covenant from years ago or the several countries that have taken over the demigods’ burden to guard the channels, it all represents one thing."
"If you want to be recognized by various countries, you must root yourselves in this land and combat the threats hidden on the other side of the channels."
The Grand Chief’s expression changed slightly.
A nearby Legendary Giant Demon also showed a puzzled expression.
Louis looked at the Duke Prime Minister. His expression was also very grave as he said in a deep voice:
"This is an agreement any force attempting to establish a nation knows. When did you giant demons forget this?"
The Duke was not joking.
This is almost an open secret known to the higher-ups of countries that reach a certain level.
It can even be said that most countries, even churches, have more than half, or even most, of their military forces stationed around major channels.
Those have become independent cities.
For example, when Louis went to Tunisia previously to assist Fox in closing the channels, the surrounding towns looked no different from ordinary small towns, but they were all military towns.
A large number of Knight Orders stationed there, with the knights’ families migrating to these towns as well.
Those places are the frontline against invasions.
Indeed, even as tensions between Tunisia and the Giant Demon Tribe increased, they did not recall those stationed forces.
It was assumed that the Giant Demon Tribe was aware of this, but judging from their reaction now, it seems they weren’t.
Then, someone’s gaze turned toward a giant demon in the tribe of obviously high status.
Louis did not sense any threat from that giant demon.
But precisely because of this, it indicated one thing: that giant demon was a demigod.
That Demigod Giant Demon furrowed his brow and said, "I vaguely heard of this from the previous Grand Chief."
A Legendary Giant Demon whispered, "But Milord, didn’t you already join the United Chiefs when the previous Grand Chief was still around?"
The Demigod Giant Demon sighed and said, "You know the state of our tribe back then. We were rivals with the old chief."
"Do you think he would have told us anything with his character?"
Louis, not quite understanding the situation, leaned in to quietly inquire with the Duke Prime Minister.
With a particularly grim face, the Prime Minister explained, "The previous Grand Chief belonged to 200 years ago. He had ideas about strengthening tribal centralization."
"He would severely attack any tribe that wanted to stand in opposition."
"The current Grand Chief came to power by overthrowing the old chief, and the events back then seemed to have escalated greatly."
Louis found it quite speechless that these giant demons, akin to elves, still had a former chief tracing back 200 years.
Such a distant sense of time!
Louis’s expression shifted, suddenly recalling the latest edition of the future diary. Although the future situation didn’t change much, it did mention something.
It said that several countries were experiencing large-scale demonic tides, containing many previously unseen creatures.
The diary recorded the names of those countries.
Upon checking, it seemed to be all circumscribing the Giant Plain and even further outlying countries.
He said gravely, "Right now, the major military forces of various countries are placed to guard the channels. If it’s merely about territorial expansion, everyone can double the current external combat forces."
"Everyone tacitly follows this rule, conducting external combat strategies with guarding the channels as the premise."
"... Your Giant Demon Tribe has long been nomadic, without a fixed residence. Have you not experienced much invasion from other-dimensional creatures?"
It’s a simple logic—failing to root yourselves in the land makes it difficult to seal the channels.
But over the years, it seemed not to be much of an issue, so countries assumed they cheated but still stationed elite forces to guard the channels well.
The Duke Prime Minister coldly said, "Regardless of whether you know about this, there’s a more serious problem before us now."
"We might really have to use the Wrath of Ninos to thoroughly clean the Giant Plain this time."
A flash of anger passed through the Grand Chief’s eyes but was quickly suppressed. He looked meaningfully at the Demigod Giant Demon and sighed:
"We need some time to investigate the situation."
"Wait a moment," Louis suddenly said, "Ense wants to send someone to the Giant Plain to investigate the situation, and I hope the Grand Chief agrees."
The Demigod Giant Demon furrowed his brows and said, "Are you Enses trying to declare war on our tribe?"
Louis sneered, "Why are you jumping out before the Grand Chief speaks?"
"The problem isn’t on our side. Ensemble will contact various churches to come here for investigation."
"I don’t know how many channels you are stationed at now, but surely you don’t want to lure the enemies from the channels onto the plains to slowly exterminate them, do you?"
A Legendary Giant Demon next to the Grand Chief noticed something wrong and said gravely, "What’s wrong with that?"
Louis laughed in anger and cursed, "If you don’t choose to station at the channels, you won’t even know how many other-dimensional creatures have emerged from the channels."
"Can you be sure these alien creatures don’t have means to evade your observation and leave this land?"
"If there are multiple channels nearby, these mixed creatures—can you tell which channel they came from?"
"If you could, you wouldn’t have that expression now."
"If you can’t, it means the number of channel omissions is more than you imagine."
"All these years without major disturbances on the Giant Plain suggest that most other-dimensional creatures have been eradicated, which doesn’t fit the characteristics of the channels."
Louis said sternly, "If it’s order-side forces, it might not be that troublesome. But if the Abyssal Church is eradicating the creatures, who knows what consequences could ensue once they relax control over the channels."
Those words changed everyone’s expressions.
The Abyssal Church’s notoriety stems from never considering the consequences, only fulfilling the commands of the four Gods of the Abyss.
They wouldn’t be kind enough to help the giants guard the abyss.
Instead, they’d use this point to release all channels at crucial moments, letting invaders from other worlds sweep across the land.
