Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 220 Allies

As Howard and Charandi battled at the gambling table, it seemed like Howard had the upper hand.

In the end, they are the banker.

Gamblers may make money, but the dealer never loses.

After the negotiation content was relayed to these humans simultaneously, Howard had already been defeated. Chalandi said these things to Howard later purely to get more information out of him.

Now Howard is being roasted on the fire. He has been secretly dealing with the Eldar and has connections with unclear Warp gods. No matter which of these things he did, according to the laws of the Empire, he should be burned to death by white phosphorus flames.

Even if humans and the Eldar cooperated at a special moment and could survive with Howard's identity, Howard would still completely lose the trust of the Empire.

If these humans were released, the content of their conversations with the Eldar would inevitably be known to the Empire. The purpose of the Eldar's broadcast was to isolate Howard on the human side.

unless……

Unless all these humans can be killed before the news gets out.

It wouldn't be difficult to kill them all, just leave these humans here and leave them alone. But the Eldar were being polite to him because they thought Howard was an important figure on the human side and were wary of their power. Killing these humans would be like destroying the wall, which would just suit the Eldar's wishes...

Wait! Am I seriously considering the feasibility of silencing someone?!

When Howard was torturing himself in his mind, he suddenly remembered that there was a sister in front of him who was staring at him!

"Uh...uh...I...I can explain..."

Howard came back to his senses and stammered, trying to continue explaining. Although his mind was a mess and he couldn't think of anything, he at least had to calm the girl in front of him and not let her tell the truth.

This might be the biggest setback he has ever had since coming to this world, but fortunately the situation did not get any worse. Currently, only Gloria knew that the explanation he gave to the Eldar prophet about the death of the orcs was different from the explanation he gave to her. If all the human soldiers realized this, he would probably be shot on the spot as soon as those Eldar left.

"Oh? Can you explain it? Tell me." Gloria seemed quite interested in what Howard was going to say next.

Making up stories seemed to have become a necessary skill for Howard, but this time, when Howard was about to start making up stories, he finally realized that he had completely lost the trust of the battle nun in front of him. She would not believe it even if he told the truth. She said she wanted to hear his explanation, but in fact, she might just want to see what other nonsense he could say.

So Howard shut up and chose another solution, which was to stand at attention and get beaten.

"You're such a smartass, full of lies, and so indecisive! I really should have killed you the first time I saw you." Gloria gave the mortal a disdainful look. "I won't tell anyone else about your lies for now, because I want to see what more you and those aliens can come up with. Don't think that this is over. From now on, think clearly before you say anything. There's always someone watching you. Okay, get lost!"

After ordering them to leave, the nun sat back on the ground and continued to tinker with her equipment.

Howard turned to leave, but stopped after taking a step and walked back to the Battle Sister.

"Why don't you just tell this to other people?" Howard asked.

Gloria impatiently put down the tools in her hands and was about to refute, but her words were choked in her mouth.

Because Howard bent down and put his face in front of her, when she raised her head, the tips of their noses almost touched.

Due to the principle of perspective, Howard in the eyes of the Battle Sister looked like he was wearing a fish-eye filter. His eyes were closer together, so they appeared larger, while his chin and mouth were covered by his nose.

For the sake of concealment, the temporary base found by the Eldar was already dimly lit, and the place where Gloria was hiding was a corner of the corner, so the light was pitifully scarce.

In this light, Howard's entire face was hidden in darkness, with only his two pairs of eyes reflecting a faint light, as if a devil would jump out of them at any time.

For the first time, Gloria felt threatened by this human. Her breathing rhythm stopped instantly, and her body immediately tensed up, accumulating strength like a drawn bow, ready to explode at any time.

"Sister, your threats don't work on me. Yes, I lie all the time and act smart, but I'm not wavering. I lied, but have my lies ever hurt even a single human being? From the beginning to the end, everything I did was for humanity. It's just that people like you can judge everything I do at will without knowing the full picture. I just think it's ridiculous." After saying that, Howard straightened up and sat down next to Gloria.

"Go, tell the truth to those who I have deceived, and then push me completely into the alien camp, just as these aliens want to see."

After saying this, Howard leaned back against the clutter, his entire body enveloped in darkness, so that the guilty expression on his face wouldn't be easily visible.

His tactic is called bluffing by advancing to retreat, which is a risky move after all other tactics have failed.

He couldn't just leave like that after being scolded by Gloria. Once he left, he would never be able to gain the trust of humans again.

The elves were openly trying to sow discord, so he pointed that out.

The premise of alienation is that the object of alienation is valuable to both sides. The elves want to provoke the already fragile relationship between him and humans, which is tantamount to implicitly admitting that he is also valuable to humans.

Even if he really has no value to humans, the act of alienation at least shows that he is valuable to the Eldar.

This is very interesting. Humans have always had a disgusted attitude towards the elves. Even if it means suffering a loss themselves, they will not let the elves succeed.

After sitting down, Howard seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, but in fact, he kept his eyes slightly open, paying attention to Gloria's every move.

After sitting down, Gloria was silent for a long time. Then, instead of chasing him away, she resumed her unfinished work.

Howard breathed a sigh of relief. If Gloria drove him away, he'd have nowhere else to go. The other Imperial soldiers might be skilled at fighting, but they lacked culture and intelligence, harboring only hatred. Howard couldn't explain things to them, and even if he explained things clearly, they would still think he deserved death. So if Gloria drove him away, he'd probably have no choice but to join the Eldar again, but that would undoubtedly worsen his situation.

But now it seems that he still has at least one ally on the human side.