The Real and Fake King Hassan

She swayed her body, but the chains of light binding her remained motionless, and she couldn't exert any power at all.

Lowering his head slightly, Zealot saw the several light chains tightly wrapped around his body and was extremely shocked, so he couldn't help but shout.

"What... what is going on?!"

"Oh, you're awake."

When he saw her wake up, Rovey Wei, who was sitting under a big tree in the Mountain Village and drinking water, greeted her.

At that moment, upon seeing that heretic face, which was as terrifying as a nightmare, Zealot finally remembered everything.

Her perfect disguise was exposed, and then he knocked her unconscious with a stick, and then...

Looking at the familiar faces around her, all bound hand and foot, Zealot felt like crying but had no tears left.

She remembered that the other party used the fabric of her own body as a guide to find her, and then they were all caught!

Waaaaah...

I am a sinner, a sinner of the Mountain Village.

"Um... what is this?"

Besides the Zealot, also bound was Cursed-Arm Hassan, who was back-to-back with her and had also been knocked unconscious by Rovey's cane.

He opened his eyes and looked at the remaining Mountain People who were all tied up. Suddenly, he remembered what had just happened.

Cursed-Arm Hassan, roared angrily, "Zealot, you traitor!!"

"I thought that although we came from different eras, even if you are not Hassan, we were all Mountain People, and as compatriots, we could unite and cooperate. But you betrayed the organization and your compatriots!"

"Zealot, you traitor!!"

Upon opening his eyes and realizing he had been captured, Cursed-Arm Hassan roared angrily, wanting to summon the Zealot who betrayed her people for personal gain and question her about her honor. Did she do right by the First Hassan and the Mountain People?

However, with the Cursed Arm pressed tightly against her back, Zealot, who was being ignored, let out a wronged sound.

"Waaaaah... I'm so sorry, Senior Cursed Arm. I'm not a traitor. I was captured by them too... It's my fault. I really didn't mean to..."

Zealot felt she had failed miserably. Not only had the assassination attempt failed, but the enemy had also used her clothes to find their headquarters and wiped them out. She was so incompetent that even the Cursed Arm senior considered her a traitor.

Waaah...

She was an immature and useless assassin.

However, she didn't know that the traitor Cursed Arm spoke of didn't mean that.

"Zealot! How could you have been captured? You're not..."

Upon hearing Zealot's voice, this time it was Cursed Arm's turn to be dumbfounded.

"You've misunderstood her. That Zealot is actually me."

However, at this moment, Rovey stepped forward and gave the answer. In front of the Cursed Arm, he transformed back into the Zealot, greeted them, and then transformed back again.

At this moment, Cursed Arm realized that the opponent possessed Noble Phantasm similar to the ability of Serenity Hassan [Transformation].

In other words...

Was I such a useless piece of trash that I didn't even notice the Zealot had been switched?!

This is such a failure...

Now, in addition to Zealot, there is another person who looks completely lost at the scene.

Serenity, Baimao, Intoxicated Smoke are working hard for everyone in the Mountain Village, while he can't even understand his own home. He truly has no face to live on.

"Prophet, what do we do now? Aren't we supposed to negotiate with them?"

Kai, who had finished drawing the defense map of the entire village as instructed by Rovey, returned carrying his sword.

Taking the defense map from Kai, Rovey nodded slightly. "We need to negotiate, but I've learned that Hassan's situation isn't much better. Luckily, they've all woken up, so we can start communicating now."

"Come with me. Let Percival continue to keep watch outside."

"I see."

Kai nodded.

In the villages of the Mountain People.

One is a completely deceived and defeated Zealot, who is in a state of utter despair.

Another one is Cursed-Arm Hassan is also in a state of self-blame because he failed to see through the enemy's disguise.

It's ironic, really. As Assassins, they always pride themselves on their infiltration skills. Who would have thought that today someone would sneak in unnoticed and take over their home?

Both of them now considered themselves sinners, ashamed to face the First Generation and the Mountain People, so they remained silent, simply bowing their heads quietly.

Da da da...

Footsteps approached, and Rovey walked over with Kai, who was leaning on a cane.

Cursed-Arm Hassan, kept his head down, and the Zealot, who had previously been so arrogant as to call everyone a heretic, remained silent.

Seeing this, knowing that they must hate him to the core, Rovey shook his head helplessly and then spoke.

"Zealot, Cursed Arm, and many other Mountain People, we are actually friends, not enemies."

Upon hearing this, Cursed Arm sneered without saying a word. After all, if they weren't enemies, why would he use the face of Zealot to wipe them out in one fell swoop?

"I know you're probably wondering why I would target you, Cursed Arm. Well, you'll have to ask that silly girl next to you who keeps calling people heretics and can't even understand her own family's scriptures."

"Rovey continued."

"What does this have to do with Zealot?"

Cursed Arm frowned.

Upon hearing this, Zealot angrily retorted, "You heretic posing as a Prophet! Don't think I don't know! I've seen you using heretical forces outside! And now you're even using my appearance to attack Senior Cursed Arm!!"

"Is it possible that certain parts of your religious texts are actually interconnected with those of Christianity? Perhaps Christianity uses the terms 'Son' or 'Saint,' while you uniformly refer to them as 'Prophet'?"

Rovey explained to the clamoring fool.

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Kai, on the other side, couldn't stand it anymore. He had seen people who were single-minded before, but he had never seen anyone like this.

He criticized bluntly. "How could your Hassan Order produce such an illiterate person? Has he never read the Bible? It means that the Saint is both a saint and your Prophet, it's just that the two sects have different scriptures and translations."

At that moment, Zealot was stunned for a moment, and she hurriedly asked, "Then your power must be from heretics..."

"That's because Christianity has a higher reach and a larger market share. And this is the Jerusalem area, so what else could it be but Christianity? Can the power of the Prophet really save the world?"

"Ah?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wan, who had been silent and Cursed Arm with grief, seemed to understand something. He quickly raised his head, and even his sorrowful tone suddenly became respectful as he looked at Rovey and asked, "May I ask... what is your real name?"

"Finally getting to the point? As expected, there are smart people in Hassan compared to this little fool."

"Then listen carefully, especially you, you fool."

Rovey stroked his chin, then summoned the staff that had an inextricable connection with the head of the Zealot, and tapped it lightly on the ground, the light of Saint shimmering on his body.

"I have come to save this Singularity, to find the chosen one, a Christianity saint, and if you acknowledge me, I can also be your Prophet."

He spoke loudly, "You may call me..."

" —Moses (Musa)."

As his voice slowly faded, the entire scene fell silent.

Chapter 176 The True and False King Hassan

Silence, silence, silence...

As Rovey's real name was revealed, the entire environment immediately fell silent.

With the holy light effects he added to himself, and the rustling of green leaves falling around him, the previously somber scene suddenly became sacred, causing Cursed-Arm Hassan to gasp in shock. Meanwhile, Kai, having somehow produced a pile of green leaves, began scattering them behind Rovey, further enhancing the sense of ritual. Of the people present, only Zealot remained visibly angry, leaving Rovey even more speechless.

Even in this situation, this silly girl who hasn't read the Old the Bible still regards Rovey as a heretic who insulted their Prophet.

"..."

After a brief silence, she continued her futile struggles, prompting Rovey to snap his fingers and tighten the chains binding them, forcibly restraining the still-thrashing Zealot. However, the result was that although she couldn't move her body, she still mustered all her strength and unleashed a flurry of kicks at Rovey with her bare foot, which was only covered by a black veil.

However, it's a pity that they can't reach it because their legs aren't long enough.

"Are you really a fool? I've made it so clear just now: I am Saint of the Christianity, and I can also be called your Prophet."

After glancing at the stubborn Zealot, Rovey decided not to continue playing with this fool and instead looked at Cursed-Arm Hassan, who was standing to the side with his head down, deep in thought.

"Also, stop scattering them, Kai. Even if you're trying to create atmosphere, you should at least pick some flowers, right? What does it symbolize for green leaves to appear?"

"Cough cough, I wanted to too, but there aren't any around here. After searching for a long time, all I could find were these dry leaves."

Kai reluctantly withdrew his hand; this was a method Merlin had taught him.

During their travels, they would use this method to reclaim a village after saving it; Artoria would take the lead, while he and Merlin would scatter flowers. The scene that had just appeared was so similar to their past travels that he couldn't resist scattering flowers—no, more like scattering green leaves.

Of course, Kai's attempt to join in the fun had no effect on Rovey except for causing him some annoyance.

Then, Kai stood beside Rovey with feigned seriousness, playing the role of a guard. Then, as rehearsed beforehand, he spoke in a deep voice to Cursed-Arm Hassan, who was bowing his head and remaining silent, and asked, "Don't hesitate, Mountain People. We are also knights who have received the apocalypse and are determined to rebel against the Lion King in order to save this world. So we are all on the same side."

"Besides... even if we deceive you, it won't do us any good, right? After all, you two have been captured by the Saint. If we really wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago."

After much deliberation, Kai asked the question he often used in negotiations to help Rovey break down the psychological defenses of Cursed-Arm Hassan and Zealot.

"Snort!"

But Zealot remained silent, continuing to kick at Rovey.

Cursed-Arm Hassan gave an utterly astonishing answer.

Faced with Kai's question, he calmly analyzed the situation and then said, "The advantage of not killing us is that it can keep the Mountain People stable. The advantage of deceiving us is that it gains the trust and cooperation of the Mountain People. If you are the Lion King's people and want to carry out the so-called Holy Selection, it would be much faster to gain their trust and cooperate. On the contrary, if the Mountain People insist on resisting and hide in the deep forests, you will face great obstacles."

"Not only that, after gaining our trust, you can also use our power, namely the Mountain People's intelligence network, to cover a wide area. If you do that, it will be advantageous to you no matter what."

"Senior Cursed Arm is right! We will not give in easily!!" Although she didn't understand, Zealot, who was greatly shocked, immediately echoed.

Kai: "???"

Is this really true?

He was completely stunned when he suddenly heard Cursed Arm say so many political issues and other influencing factors that he had never thought of before.

Kai never expected that an Assassin would be so knowledgeable about politics and the Knights.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that he had indeed oversimplified things.

He thought that simply revealing his identity and stance would gain the other party's trust, and that becoming an ally was unrealistic. Rovey's Zealot twice wasn't just to preserve a valuable fighting force, but more importantly, to maintain trust.

They still harbored suspicions about each other.

Even though the Saint's identity is related to them, the different relationships between the two sects still make Hassan suspicious and wary.

Although the three of them are now top-notch fighters, they would be unable to make any progress without Hassan's help in terms of numbers and influence. While they still have the Pharaoh as an alternative, crossing the desert round trip would be far too long and time-consuming.

With each day of delay, Artoria's sins would increase, and he wasn't sure if the Pharaoh would really help them.

Because when that time really comes, there will probably still be trust issues.

Moreover, even if they capture all these Hassan now, they still won't be able to use the simplest and most direct method of killing them and then ruling them.

As Rovey said, Hassan has a First Hassan is no less powerful than the Lion King, and the other party's attitude is unclear, so we cannot act rashly.

Although King Hassan allows the Hassan to be killed by the enemy in battle, he will also stand up for them. Because in the original storyline, the Pharaoh bullied the Hassan so badly that he was beheaded by King Hassan, which is why his Sixth Singularity has never left the Great Pyramid.

Rovey had a premonition that if they went too far today, a "Grand Rank Manifestation" might actually occur, so they still needed to talk things out calmly.

Even though he had revealed his identity as a "Prophet," his status as a holy son and saint still belonged to the Christianity. So even though Cursed-Arm Hassan had almost tacitly accepted his identity, the other party still dared not take the gamble and could only keep his head down, unable to make a decision.

Although Singularity disappear after being repaired, and those who survive within them continue to be resurrected in the correct timeline, those who die in Singularity also die inexplicably in the correct timeline.

As the Order of the Hashshashin, as Old Man of the Mountain, as guardians of this land, how could they possibly risk the safety of the Mountain People?

If Bai Mao, Serenity, Intoxicated Smoke were still in place, Cursed Arm could discuss the matter with them, but now that he's alone, he can't make a decision at all.

As for the Zealot beside him?