The Ashura Queen had originally planned to send an Asura King, but... there simply hadn't been a suitable candidate!
The Asura Kings all declared that the Human Race cultivators were mortal enemies. Leading their clans into a fight to the death against the humans would be no problem at all.
But going alone to negotiate was hard to accept. Not only was it humiliating, but they might die for no reason at all.
Hook, the strongest Asura King, openly stated, "The plague is the biggest problem. Before it's resolved, I don't want to throw my life away."
Even he had backed down. Though the other Asura Kings said nothing, they could not help looking down on him inwardly.
Whenever there was trouble to stir up, you were always the most overbearing and unreasonable. Now that something serious had happened, where had all that swagger gone?
Three Hands did explain that they were going there to communicate, so they would not necessarily be sending themselves to their deaths.
But Hook retorted, "If you think you won't die, why aren't you going?"
The Queen did not want Three Hands to go. He was one of the rare wise ones among the Asura, and she needed his advice.
After they argued back and forth for a while, Blood Frenzy lost his temper. "Forget it. None of you dare go... so I'll go!"
However, even if most Asura were all brawn and no brains, everyone knew they could not let that fellow go!
So they chose the seasoned and steady Gale instead—Gale was also from the pro-war faction, but he was still more suitable than the extremist Blood Frenzy.
The decision had already been made, but Hook had always been overbearing and felt that Blood Frenzy had slapped him in the face. That sort