Chapter 209: No Contradictions
Ambrose hadn't expected that this was what Catherine thought of him.
Ariel had truly been an accident. At the beginning, he hadn't even planned to trick her into joining him. He had only wanted to bluff her into leaving. Who would have guessed that Ariel would cling to him like glue?
As for the paladins, that had been pure coincidence as well. Who could possibly predict that the Silvermoon Knight would come looking for a lich to help train his troops? That had simply been an unlikely stroke of luck.
But Ambrose knew there was no point explaining. The elven queen already had a fixed impression of him. Prejudice was like a mountain, one that even a legendary lich couldn't move.
He sighed. "If only you used that much imagination under ordinary circumstances."
After muttering that complaint, Ambrose transformed back into the green splaad he had previously encountered. Then he cast another illusion over Catherine, rendering her invisible.
The two of them walked boldly toward the depths of the swamp.
Sure enough, the green splaad held relatively high status. This time, no one tried to stop them.
The so-called "depths of the swamp" turned out to be a wooden settlement built above the water. Though the splaad were amphibious, they didn't spend their entire lives submerged. A small palace had been constructed atop the swamp, and the splaad lord lived there.