Chapter 68: Two Schemes (9)
“Okay, let’s get rid of some more……before that, let me quench my throat a little.”
Dantalian took a sip of his wine. The thought of having overcome the first hurdle got Dantalian’s blood pumping. Barbatos stared at him with a discontent gaze.
“Your words sound reasonable, but there are still gaps. There are holes like the holes in swiss cheese. What if some bastard in the Mountain Faction had gone insane? What if they didn’t care about the benefits of their faction and carried out this grand scheme simply to mess with you, Dantalian?”
Dantalian nodded.
“Certainly, I’m thinking under the assumption that the culprits are rational to a certain degree.”
“Yeah, that’s impossible. Half of the Demon Lords are insane. To be painfully honest, there’s a chance that Belial had left the mark on Riff’s corpse himself because he’s either incredibly stupid or isn’t completely sane…….”
“So, in other words, you want to rely on ‘coincidence’, right?”
She shut her mouth.
Dantalian rotated his cup and the crimson wine contained inside of it swayed as he did so.