Chapter 44: Ascension of Demons

When Ash Rufate's mind was a little clearer, he found that he was already lying on the ground. It was strange that the surrounding scenery had somehow become messy and distorted.

This is... this is... his mind is in chaos and his thinking ability is affected. No, it is not only his thinking ability, but also his control over his body. At this moment, he struggled to stand up, but in fact he was just lying on the ground and dancing around.

Fortunately, there are quite a few people like him around here. Others, including the strong man selling wine, seem to be commonplace, and they are not even too lazy to even look at it.

In the eyes of others, things are just so ordinary: this is the open space in the center of the camp - according to the customary tribe of the Chaos Tribe, the altar in the tribe is always placed in the central location, and there is a clearing space around the altar. At this moment, it is broad daylight, and it is not a time for sacrifice. Tsengqi's altar stands alone here, and there are many drunks lying in a mess around the altar. Anyway, there are not many drunks, and those who want to pass by here can easily bypass them, so no one cares about this kind of thing.

Wake up... Wake up..." A floating voice circled in his ears, slowly pulling his will back from nothingness. Ashu Rufate slowly opened his eyes. He found himself in a strange place. He was white in all directions, like a fog. But as long as it was the heavy fog in nature, it would never be so thick that it could not even be visible to the ground under his feet.

In fact, although he "sees" himself standing in a vast white area at this moment, he does not feel down to earth, as if his body is floating in the void at this moment.

Just now I was... by the way, I drank the honey wine called Drunk Blood. Then...

After calming down, Ashu Rufat immediately realized what was going on. The wine worked for him... He drank too much in one breath and got drunk. His last memory was that he was lying on the ground and couldn't afford to struggle.

But what's going on? Where is this? Ashu Rufate tried to move his body, but he couldn't feel any touch on his whole body, as if nothing was around him.

In short, this is obviously not a normal material world. Human magic theory has long pointed out that there are multiple worlds. However, this is only limited to theory.

"Who is calling me?" said Ashu Rufate. The feeling of speaking was also strange, as if the sound did not come from his throat, but from somewhere else.

"It's me." A voice sounded. No, not a voice. Ashu Rufate quickly judged that the voice was not "heard" by him, but was directly heard in his mind.

"Who are you?" Ashu Rufat asked. This time he was asking in his mind. Sure enough, in this world, the thinking and actual speaking are the same.

"You can call me the 'Messenger of Hope, if you will." The voice replied.

"Messenger of Hope?" Ash Rufate now has a certain understanding of the evil god of Chaos. "Tsengqi?" he asked. The gods of Chaos have multiple names, and "Messenger of Hope" is one of the alias of Tsengqi.

If it were another Chaos believer, he would have spoken frankly at this time. However, although Ash Rufate was granted the status of Chaos Lord by Saranes, in fact, he never considered himself a Chaos believer. His attitude towards the four evil gods was the same: be careful, beware, but not really afraid.

"It's me." The voice replied.

"What's the matter for me?" Ashu Rufat asked. "Is it because I ruined your business and want to take revenge? Marvin asked you to come?"

This sentence is very rude, but the so-called "compassionate" may be useful to people but is meaningless to God.

"That apostle failed my expectations." Tsengchi's tone of speaking did not change at all. "He has disappeared from this world forever."

Well, this is good news. After defeating the Chaos Legion, Ashu Rufate discovered that Marvin had escaped. For these Tsengqi wizards who stood on the magic plate and could fly freely in the sky, even if the army was defeated, it would not affect their escape. So when he came to Chaos Territory, he was more or less worried about Marvin's revenge. Of course, the Chaos Territory is so large that even if Marvin was a very powerful wizard, it would be almost impossible for him to discover Ashu Rufate's activities.

"You are much better than him." Tsengchi's voice continued. "Ashurufate, all the sins you have done in the past have been eliminated at this moment. Now, I need your strength to serve me."

"Haha...well, it seems you want a deal... So, what can you give me?"

"I will give you the most generous gift," Tsengchi continued. "Ashurufat, you will find that I am a hundred times more generous than Sluangyan. You will not suffer any loss when you serve me."

"First talk about what you can give me, and then talk about how you hope I can serve you." Ash Rufat unexpectedly discovered that the evil god was far easier to speak than he expected. Not to mention anything else, his arrogant attitude did not make Tsengqi unhappy... It was also strange to say. Is this really Tsengqi, one of the evil gods?

"First of all, I'll give you a warning." Tsengchi said. "Do you think you came here and met a small tribe...is this accident? No, it was carefully arranged by Slaanes. On the surface, you have nothing to do with here, and you even deliberately avoided the sacrificial activities. But in fact, he is always trying to corrupt your will and make you his slave."

"Ah...how do I know what you are telling the truth?" You know, Tsengqi has an alias for "Lord of Deceit", and lies and deception are common to it.

"You can judge the truth by yourself." Tsengqi's words were really clear. "I'll just give you a warning."

"Well, then you always know if I'm corrupted by the power of Slaanesia."

"No." Tsengchi said. "Ashurufate, your will is as firm as iron, and Slaanes has never found a chance."

"Well, what else can you give me besides this warning?"

"I'll give you a gift to prove my sincerity." With this sentence, Ashu Rufate saw countless light spots appearing in the white surroundings, and then these light spots float towards him. He wanted to avoid it, but his body had no place to rely on his power, so he could only let these light spots rush into his body. "This is the gift I give you, accept it well," Tsengchi continued. "This gift is immortality."

All the light spots around rushed into Ashrufate's body. He couldn't help but look down at himself, but he couldn't feel any difference between himself and his usual ones. However, this should be a world constructed by hallucinations, and it should be normal if he couldn't feel it.

"From now on, unless someone takes away life with violence, your body will never grow old."

Even Ashu Rufate was shocked by Tsengchi's declaration.

"Is this counting... ascension?" He remembered the reward of Chaos that he knew in between. For the believers of Chaos, the highest reward of the gods is the so-called "ascension", which means immortality and incredible authority and power - naturally, belonging to the legendary thing.

"Yes, this is the ascension of demons..." Tsengchi said. "But I know you don't want to change your body, don't want to add extra limbs and organs, so I keep your original flesh and blood body unchanged, just giving you the immortal essence."

"Thank you so much..." Ashu Rufate was completely confused. He was not sure whether Tsengchi was telling the truth or the lie, but the possibility of telling the truth is greater than that of lies. But is this really Tsengchi? Among all the statements (including the church's statement and the Asowen tribe's statement), Tsengchi is synonymous with cunning and cunning. But this time, he paid before getting the goods?

Well, even an honest businessman like Ajin can't do this, right? Or is this a warm offensive? Sell yourself face so that you can work hard... Well, giving a big gift to meet like this doesn't sound like something Tsengchi would do.

"Are you questioning me?" Tsengchi's voice did not seem angry, but seemed to be a little funny. "Haha... Why should I deceive you like a little mortal? This gift is just my intention. I have something better to give you, for example, I know what news you want, and probably know... Terror will capture your fiancée."

"Okay, such a generous gift... isn't a priceless gift." Even if it's not Ash Rufate who speaks here, but Ajin, I'll feel embarrassed. People will give you a big gift when they meet, and you can't give you everything... This is not love at first sight. "What do you want me to do?"

...

Ashu Rufate suddenly opened his eyes.

Then he found himself sitting on the edge of Tsengchi's altar—with his back on the altar, maintaining a half-lying posture.

Dream? This was his first reaction. But a few seconds later, he immediately realized that this was not a dream. There was an extra ring in his hand.

The ring looked familiar. Then he immediately remembered that it was the ring he saw on the battlefield last time...even if it was not the same one, it was made with the same craftsmanship.

Like that ring, the center of the ring was clearly engraved with Tsengchi's symbol, and a faint magical wind lingered on it.
Chapter completed!