Chapter 716 – Rising Sun City
When he heard Lizzy's answer, Zhao Hai gave a satisfied nod and said, "Good, good. These defensive lines wouldn't only help in dealing with the Demons, it will also help with resisting the Divine Race as well. Also, we should consider a path of retreat. If we turtle up in the Buddha Empire for too long, the Demons and Divine Race might join up to deal with us. On the other hand, if we are able to give up some areas of the Empire, then it might become a battlefield between the Demons and the Divine Race. Make sure that there aren't too much supplies on those defensive lines. It wouldn't be easy to get those excess materials during a mass retreat."
Lizzy and the others nodded, then Zhao Hai looked at their faces and said, "Now that everything has been arranged, you should go and rest. I'll use this time to show my face to the masses, otherwise, my absence might cause some panic."
Lizzy and the others nodded, then Laura looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Brother Hai, you should be careful. You're very crucial to the survival of the continent. We'll definitely lose this war if you fall."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Rest assured, I won't die that easily. In fact, my disappearance has nothing to do with me being injured, I broke through. Since I needed a lot of energy, I decided to go inside Bubble and absorb the energy inside the Blood Pool. Moreover, Shiying gave me his Demonic Core, supplementing my energy. At the same time, the lotus has been placed in the Blood Pond as well. Now, the lotus has become my Life Treasure. At this point, even if the Demon Dragon King's group gangs up on me, I still wouldn't be in any danger. So you don't need to worry." When Laura and the others heard this, they let out a sigh of relief. They were afraid that Zhao Hai had encountered a heavy injury. If that were to happen, then the impact on the continent would be great.
Laura and the others' worries about Zhao Hai were without no reason. If Zhao Hai was really hurt, then his Space wouldn't he used. And if there was no Space, then the transfer of both troops and supplies would be very difficult. Most importantly, without the Space, the powerful undead wouldn't be used. This will leave the defense of the Ark Continent to the various native powers. For these people to go against the Demons and the Divine Race would be a disaster for the entire continent. Zhao Hai looked at their expression and said, "It's fine, there's no need to worry about me. Just go and take a rest. I'll go have a look outside, I'll take care of the unfinished work. Cai'er is still here as well. Cai'er, I'll have to trouble you."
Cai'er smiled and said, "Young Master is too polite. I also have some control over the Space. Moreover, I really don't need to take a rest. Young Master can rest assured that I shall arrange everything."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned to look at Laura and the others and said, "Well, you heard it. Go and take a good rest. Shue, Berry, you two go take a rest as well. The recent days have been too hard on you."
Berry smiled and said, "I'm fine, Brother Hai. I'll be coming along with you. I'm a God-rank expert as well, I don't need to rest."
Zhao Hai looked at Berry and then nodded, "Alright, then you and Shue go with me. You also need to undergo some fights before comprehending your own Domains." Then Zhao Hai's body disappeared along with Berry and Shue. Zhao Hai appeared in Demon City first, he wanted to see the situation there before heading towards Rising Sun city.
At this time, there weren't any people in Demon City, everyone has retreated, leaving an empty city behind. Zhao Hai looked at the state of the city and couldn't help but sigh. The present Demon City looked like a ghost town, not a single sound can be heard inside it. The ground was also filled with junk, making it look bleak. But on the bright side, there weren't any deaths here because of a fight.
Shue also looked at Demon City and felt quite awkward. Just yesterday, this place was filled with people. Now, there wasn't anyone in this place. The mercenaries and adventurers here had no choice but to give up their homes, it was a bit sad to think about.
Zhao Hai flew above Demon City and looked at the Demon camp in the distance. The Demons were still busy right now. It seems like they weren't planning to stop building their city. Zhao Hai can even feel ten God-ranked aura emanating from their camp.
Zhao Hai sighed and said, "It looks like the Demons are catching up. But this is also good. The stronger they look, the more attention they would attract from the Divine Race. Let's go and take a look at Rising Sun City. I'll leave some God-ranked undead there before heading towards the Radiant Empire to take a look why the Divine Race are still yet to take action . After all, they just made a huge move."
After saying that, Zhao Hai used the Space to immediately teleport to Rising Sun City. Rising Sun City was the closest place to Demon City. The distance between Rising Sun City and Demon City was only five small towns. Because of this, Rising Sun City was considered to be the second stronghold after Demon City.
Rising Sun City was quite a big place. It's original population was about 1 million. At this time, it has become part of the defensive line. On the five towns between Demon City and Rising Sun City, other than mounted scouts, not a single person can be seen.
Besmir and the others had already used the spatial rift in order to fall back to Rising Sun City. When they obtained Zhao Hai's order to retreat but didn't see him, they became immediately worried.
It wasn't only Besmir's group who was worried. The people in Rising Sun City shared the same sentiment as well. Although Zhao Hai provided a spatial rift for transport, his absence made a lot of people very bothered.
Zhao Hai might have given the order for retreat, but the one who delivered it was actually an undead that was under his command. This wasn't Zhao Hai's usual actions, so it was not strange that people were quite anxious about the situation.
Everyone who retreated from Demon City were very worried. But fortunately, their hearts were still stable. In any case, Zhao Hai's spatial rift have proven that he was still around. Maybe the reason for his absence was him being tied up someplace else.
Zhao Hai didn't ride his Bone Dragon this time, instead, he just straight up appeared inside the city. When Zhao Hai came out, he was immediately spotted by some Elven Archers, who couldn't help but cheer out loud.
Although these Elves were arrogant, they weren't fools. When they saw Zhao Hai's fight with the Demons, they immediately became aware of how strong he was. They also understood that without Zhao Hai, defending against the Demons would be impossible. Zhao Hai glanced at the people inside Rising Sun City. There were nearly 500 thousand people in the city, most of them were from Demon City. This made Zhao Hai feel relief. Then he turned his gaze towards the defenders on the walls and nodded as he waved his hand and summoned his undead outside the city.
This produced another round of cheers. These people couldn't help but feel at ease upon seeing Zhao Hai. Normally, seeing undead would make them feel disgusted, but now, it seems like these undead had become much more lovable.
Zhao Hai flew down towards a nearby Dwarf and then smiled, "Brother, can you take me to the General's residence? I have some matters to discuss."
The Dwarf immediately replied, "Of course, Elder, come with me." Then the Dwarf's two small feet quickly led Zhao Hai towards the residence. Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile at this scene as he led Shue and Berry forward.
It didn't take too long before they arrived in Rising Sun City's City Lord Mansion. The City Lord's Mansion has now become the General's residence, Besmir and the others were here. The one with the highest authority in the City was now Besmir along with the Captains of the reinforcing armies. But since their numbers weren't much, Besmir still held a higher command.
When Zhao Hai arrived at the General's residence, the guards at the gates immediately gave him a salute. Then one of them ran into the mansion without even saying anything, telling the people inside that "Mister Zhao Hai has come". Zhao Hai was amused at the man, then he turned to the Dwarf that led him and then said, "Thank you brother. Here's take this as gratitude." Then he gave the Dwarf a bottle of his distilled milk wine.
The Dwarf was ecstatic at the gift, he immediately bowed to Zhao Hai and said, "Thank you very much, Elder Zhao Hai." Then he turned around and ran. From his expression, it seems like he was eager to show off to his companions. Zhao Hai didn't care much about it as he turned and walked into the General's residence.
Just as he entered the mansion's gate, he immediately saw Besmir, Julian, Gellar, and Barres along with several Human soldiers. The soldiers were all looking at Zhao Hai with curiosity.
Besmir led the others forward to greet Zhao Hai before giving a salute and said, "Mister, welcome back. Please follow us inside.'
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Alright, then I'll be impolite. By the way, how are things going on here?"
Besmir quickly replied, "Mister, everything has been completely prepared. Not only here, the others cities have settled down as well." Zhao Hai nodded. Then he followed the group into the mansion. The battle room was much larger than the one back in Demon City. Not only were there more maps present here, there were even some soldiers doing logistics as well as a sand table in the middle of the room.
Zhao Hai inspected the room and gave a satisfied nod and said, "This is a great room. This looks more like a battle room compared to the one in Demon City. Right, tell me the arrangements." Then he went towards the sand table.
Besmir and the others arrived by the table as well. Besmir beckoned to the sand table and said, "Because of the short time, I can only make this simple sand table. Along with Rising Sun City, the other cities already has troops stationed inside as well as some mobile cavalry and scouts. In order to make the battle and retreat more convenient, we asked our Dwarf brothers to dig tunnels between the cities. However, since the workload is too much, there aren’t much results yet. I believe that after Rising Sun City gets connected to the other cities, then we can act more united compared to now. Retreat and reinforcements would be carried out through those tunnels, making transport a lot less troublesome."
Chapter 717 – Divine Artifact
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "That's a good method. But it's extremely time consuming. How about this, I'll try to discuss with the Emperors of the continent and see if they can lend some Earth Mages to help with the operation. However, since the Dwarves are still the experts in digging, Earth Mages would be placed under their command. Julian, you must link the cities as soon as possible. After that, start to link them to the other small towns as well. This will make our battles more diverse. Remember to make as much interconnected tunnels as possible. The Demons have their methods, they may cause some collapse on the tunnels."
Julian nodded and said, "Rest assured, I've already made plans about that. I had the tunnels dug very deep so that general spells wouldn't be able to destroy it. Tunnels are our expertise, so you don't need to worry about this matter."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Alright, then I'll place my trust on the ability of the Dwarves. I'll be heading towards the Radiant Empire later to see the situation there. I'll leave some undead here in the meantime. Don't worry, even if they send God-ranks, they won't be able to deal with me. Moreover, I've also taken a look at the Demon camp. They have focused on building their city, so they won't be attacking anytime soon. I'm just worried about what plans the Divine Race are having, so I decided to take a look."
Julian nodded, "Would you like to have the Patriarch bring the Divine Artifact here, increasing the security?"
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "There's no need for that right now. We need to have Patriarch Billy and the others to keep the defense in Accra Mountain. If things go bad, then we can just give up on the Buddha Empire, handing it over to the Divine Race and the Demons. That way, those two can just contend for the land, fighting with each other in the process."
The people in the room froze when they heard Zhao Hai, their complexions weren't exactly beautiful. Most of the people here are from the Buddha Empire, this was where they grew up, where their family thrived. Hearing that they must give up their hometown was something very unpleasant to hear. Zhao Hai looked at them and said, "Don't think about it too much. You're just giving up your homes, your land. In the end, your families are still there. Wherever your family is, then that place is your home. You don't need to worry too much here, the Demon's wouldn't be coming for quite some time. They have a certain understanding about the Divine Race, so they should be conserving their strength ,not leaving their camp."
The people relaxed, then Zhao Hai looked at them one by one before waving his hand, making Shiying appear. Then Zhao Hai looked at the people inside the room and said, "This is Shiying, the Demon God-rank expert. He is now my undead, he will be my representative here. Even if the Demons or the Divine Race attacks, you don't have anything to worry about since I shall be returning at the quickest time. Well, then I'll be leaving. Besmir, I'll leave everything here to you." Besmir nodded, then Zhao Hai vanished from the room along with Berry and Shue.
Everyone present were already aware of Zhao Hai's space divergent ability. Because of this, they weren't very surprised with Zhao Hai's performance.
Zhao Hai's group of three appeared on the Radiant Empire's border. There weren't any changes compared to their past visit. The dead people and beasts at that time were still present. However, Zhao Hai didn't feel extreme anger this time. He needed to wait in order to take revenge so he decided to bury that feeling deep inside.
Zhao Hai came this time in order to see the new land that had descended. He wanted to see what's currently happening there and know why the Divine Race had yet to make an action.
He moved and flew towards the new land. Zhao Hai was a God-rank expert so he naturally wasn't slow. When he arrived at the place, Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare. It was because he saw a group of people. All of them were wearing the standard gown of the Radiant Church, it seems like they were people from the church.
When he saw these people, Zhao Hai's killing intent couldn't help but flare up. At this time, the people from the Radiant Church had also discovered Zhao Hai. Currently, the Church didn't have a lot of members remaining, only the core people were left. Altogether, these people number around a thousand. The worst of them were 8th rank Warrior or Mage. Unexpectedly, their 9th ranks had actually reached a hundred people, this number wasn't small.
When the people from the Church discovered Zhao Hai's group, their 9th ranks immediately flew over, headed by three people. The forefront of the three was an old person, he seemed to look over a hundred years old. His beard was snowy white as he wore a golden Radiant Church robe. In his hand was a sparkling golden book. This book made him appear like deity.
There were two red-robed people on each of the old person's side. Zhao Hai didn't recognize these two people, but their strengths were 9th rank. One of them held a while staff, while the other held a sword.
Zhao Hai didn't care about who these people were. From his deduction, the old man should be the church's Pope while the other two should be red-robed archbishops. Zhao Hai didn't pay attention on these three. However, what took his attention were the items on their hands.
These three items looked very uncommon. Most importantly, Zhao Hai can feel that these three items emanated an aura similar to Iron Hammer and Bloody War. It seems like these three items were Divine Artifacts.
When the Pope saw Zhao Hai staring at the book on his hand, he couldn't help but stare as well. Then when Zhao Hai paid attention to it, the Pope immediately knew that Zhao Hai had discovered what his book was. This book wasn't a normal one, it was actually sacred scripture that was given to him by the Divine Race, a Divine Artifact. The same was true for the items held by the two red-robed Archbishops, the Radiant Staff and the Sword of Judgement.
For Zhao Hai to notice these items in such a short time explains that Zhao Hai was a really powerful man.
The Pope looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Zhao Hai, I didn't think that you would arrive today. Submit to me right now, and when the Gods descend, I shall put a good word out for you. You have created huge troubles for the Church, and since we cannot change our plans, we had no choice but to do a Blood Sacrifice. This action made the Gods very angry, the people in the Radiant Empire were their most pious servants, and all of them died because of you."
Zhao Hai coldly looked at the Pope and then laughed, "What a joke, they died because of me? Who killed them? Weren't they killed by you hypocrites? And now you have the guts to pin the deed to me? You're truly shameless."
The Pope calmly stared at Zhao Hai, "They are the Church's most faithful servants, naturally they are prepared to be sacrifices for our God. If not for your disturbance, we wouldn't have used them. Instead, we would have used heathens for the sacrifice. Because of you, all of them died, so isn't that your mistake?" Zhao Hai sneered at the Pope's statement, "Heathens? And what qualifies being a heathen? Is it just because they don't believe in your Radiant God? In this world, there isn't only one God, so why would they need to believe in yours? Hahaha, now that I'm thinking about it, all of them were killed because of their belief in the Radiant God, isn't that quite ironic?"
The Pope coldly replied, "Everyone who believes in the Radiant God aren't heathens. The Radiant God is omnipotent, the Radiant God is indescribably formidable. For them to be sacrificed to his cause is their fortune. Their souls would be purified."
Zhao Hai sneered and said, "Purification, the soul just flows out of the body and perishers, nothing else. Sigh. Its useless to keep talking to brainwashed people. Shue, Berry, kill them all. But be careful, these people are carrying Divine Artifacts. Their capabilities aren't small."
The two nodded, then Shue wielded his big axe and rushed straight into the enemies. Berry, on the other hand, slowly vanished into thin air. Zhao Hai just stood there without moving, observing the actions of the two. He wanted to give them more chances to fight. As soon as they comprehend a Domain, then they would become full-fledged Gods. In this chaotic situation, only then would they be free from constant peril.
When the Pope saw Shue rushing over, he immediately retreated while having the other 9th ranks go forward. They spread out as they attacked Shue.
Shue didn't have time to waste with them. His figure suddenly shook as large quantities of Doppelgangers appeared by his side, proceeding to kill these 9th ranks.
These 9th ranks didn't expect Shue to have this ability, causing them to be caught off-guard. In an instant, their numbers immediately fell by a large margin.
Shue didn't care about the remaining 9th ranks as he continued to charge towards the Pope. The Pope wasn't expecting Shue to be this formidable as well. However, when he saw that the enemy was still approaching, he lifted his sacred scripture up and said, "God decrees that all enemies shall be punished!"
Then as he said that, a bunch of white light went out of the sacred scripture. This white light quickly coalesced to become a light sword as it went towards Shue's direction.
Shue made a low grunt as he lifted his axe and greeted the light with the axe's projection. When the axe hit the sword, it didn't manage to block it. The axe projection was destroyed while the light sword continued on towards Shue.
Shue's eyes twinkled brightly, then his figure moved as he dodged the attack while charging towards the Pope. But then, the sword of light actually went around and attacked Shue's back.
When Zhao Hai saw the sword of light's movements, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. He didn't think the techniques of the Radiant Church would actually be this formidable. Not only did it break Shue's attack, it could even trace its enemy's position. This Divine Artifact surely was quite unique.
Chapter 718 – Comprehending A Domain
At this time, the red-robed Archbishop bearing the radiant staff began to move. He held his staff up high and muttered an incantation. A ray of light started to cover the Pope, protecting him. Then as the Archbishop bearing the sword of judgement started to attack, he suddenly felt something beside him, this made him immediately dodge to the side.
However, he wasn't able to completely dodge the attack. On his left arm were four claw marks. The wound was quite deep, the flesh was gouged out as blood continued to flow.
At this time, Berry's form appeared ten meters away from the injured Archbishop. Berry was no longer the gentle woman who was right beside Zhao Hai. Both of her hands were now equipped with foot long nails, sharp to the point of showing cold light. Four of her nails, besides the thumb, in her right hand was now dripping with blood.
Berry chuckled tenderly, sounding out as a delightful laughter. However, those who heard it felt their will collapse a little. Then Berry smiled as she held her bloodied hand out and licked it with her long tongue. Her movements completely enticing while at the same time quite dangerous.
Zhao Hai discovered that Berry's attack didn't only involve his nails. Her laughter and her movements were actually a type of mental attack. Since mental attacks of the Succubi were formidable, and their control fantastic, this made it hard for their moves to be discovered. If Zhao Hai didn't have stronger spiritual force, then it might be impossible for him to notice it.
Zhao Hai was surprised at Berry. He didn't expect her to have this wild side, this astonished him very much.
On the other hand, the people from the Radiant Church were very startled. They hadn't felt Berry approach at all. In their opinion, this feat was completely impossible.
These people were the strongest experts of the Radiant Church. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been bestowed Divine Artifacts. Because of this, they were very confident in their own strength. They simply couldn't believe that someone was able to bypass their detection and arrive by their side.
But how could they know about the powers of the Succubus race, or the fact that Zhao Hai had reached God-rank. After all, they were just 9th rank experts.
The little lady Succubus continued to chuckle, then her figure disappeared once more. This made the people from the Radiant Church unconsciously take a step back. The Archbishop with the radiant staff couldn't help but increase his protection. At the same time, the Pope also opened his sacred scripture.
When Berry attacked the red-robed Archbishop, Shue's clones had already eliminated the other 9th ranks of the Radiant Church. Shue's clones held absolute superiority when it came to strength and numbers. The 9th ranks had no chance to retaliate at all.
Zhao Hai waved his hand, wrapping the dead 9th ranks and made them into undead. Then Zhao Hai pointed his fingers towards the 8th rank experts before the new undead proceeded to slaughter them.
Zhao Hai didn't change the appearances of these undead into skeletons. Instead, he made them into zombies, in other words, he maintained their original faces. This was to make the Radiant Church witness helplessly as their own allies were killing them. This would be a huge impact for these people. These were their allies, friends, and superiors. Having them turn around and kill them caused panic and fear to the victims.
In this situation, how could it be possible for the people from the Radiant Church to keep their morale. Additionally, Zhao Hai's 9th rank undead were very strong, it didn't take long before flesh and blood began to splatter around the place.
However, Shue had actually met with some trouble. He was now faced against the sword of light. The sword was very strong, able to defeat a thousand axe projections from Shue's clones.
After the Pope released another the sword of light, he didn't close his sacred scripture. Instead, he closed muttered an incantation once more, "God decrees that everything is just an illusion. One needs to open his eyes to see the truth!"
Just after he muttered those words, a white light appeared on his side, then it slowly transformed into a huge white eye. The eye turned and projected a beam towards the area right behind the Archbishop with the staff.
A grunt came as Berry's hand clashed with the light, shattering it. However, this also revealed Berry's form.
Then the Archbishop with the sword of judgement immediately moved and swung his sword towards Berry's direction. Berry wanted to turn invisible once more, however, the white eye ejected a beam once more, forcing her to reveal her form.
Zhao Hai saw all of these happen but still didn't go forward to help. He knew that he had underestimated these Divine Artifacts. Its possible that these artifacts were no worse than God-rank experts, they might even be stronger than average God-ranks. No wonder the Dwarves and the other races were able to defeat a God-ranked expert using only their three artifacts, these items were truly strong.
However, Zhao Hai didn't regret sending Shue and Berry to this fight. Only through battles would these two grow, and will soon develop their own Domain.
Shue was now being assaulted by two swords of light. This made him very angry, he didn't think that he would have problems in dealing with some 9th ranks with divine artifacts. This was too shameful, he was losing face for his Young Master.
Shue couldn't help but be enraged at this point. He roared and this time, he didn't use a projection of the axe for attack. Instead, he injected his energy into the axe in order to attack. The whole axe turned blood red, shoots of light continued to dance wildly around the axe. With Shue in the center, red light was whistling about in a ten meter surrounding. These weren't projections, all of these was just the aura that was given off by the axe.
The two swords of light stabbed into Shue's axe aura. Then an intense clash sounded out. After some time, Shue's figure backed up, his clothes were ripped into two, his skin was wounded in some areas. At the same time, the axe on his hand now had two grain sized holes. But fortunately, the overall damage to the axe was not too serious.
However, Zhao Hai noticed the damage. He knew that Shue's axe was built with quality. It shouldn't be too far from a Divine Artifact. It seems like Shue needed a better weapon than this one.
When Shue finally disperse the two swords of light, he made a furious roar as he went towards the Pope. The Pope flipped the page on his sacred scripture and said, "God decrees that all enemies shall fall into Hell. Unable to be reincarnated!!" Just as his words fell, two big white hands suddenly appeared in the sky, one above Shue and one below. Then the two hands went closer to each other, intending to flatten Shue in between.
Shue wanted to move to the side, but discovered that it was impossible for him to move, he seemed to be imprisoned. Shue panicked, he couldn't help but turn his head to Zhao Hai. He hoped to obtain help from his Young Master. However, Zhao Hai stayed put, showing Shue a face full of hope.
When Shue saw Zhao Hai's expression, he knew that Zhao Hai didn't want to help him right now. He was hoping that Shue would break through.
When he understood Zhao Hai's purpose, Shue's heart couldn't help but shake. Then he screamed violently as the axe in his hand swung around wildly. However, the two big hands seem to be unaffected. More pressure came as Shue's space inside became smaller and smaller.
Zhao Hai was now starting to worriedly look at Shue. Although he hoped that Shue would break through, he was still afraid that Shue would get heavily injured. Zhao Hai was thinking that he may have been too impatient. Berry and Shue just became Demigods, so it may be impossible for them to become a God in such a short time. It seems like he had gone too far.
After thinking up to this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but sigh and prepared to make his move. However, Shue's axe aura suddenly vanished. Shue was just stood there, calmly holding his axe. This made Zhao Hai stare, confused. And at this time, Shue started to swing.
The speed of this attack wasn’t' fast, it can even be described as relatively slow. Every single movement can be seen by the naked eye. However, such a move actually manage to crack the enclosure made by those two big white hands.
As the axe chopped, a blood red gas started to wrap Shue's body. Then this gas expanded, getting bigger and bigger, and even bigger as it stopped when it became as large as the Demon Herd's Domain. Then the gas formed into a red sphere, surrounding Shue who was in the center.
But this wasn’t' the end, the red sphere slowly started to take shape. In the end, it turned into the shape of an axe. This was a greataxe, a two bladed axe. Its body was completely blood red, but the edge of the axe was actually golden. This made the greataxe appear even more sharp.
When Zhao Hai saw this axe, he couldn't help but laugh. He knew that Shue had finally succeeded, he had finally comprehended his own Domain. Although it was still in its first stage, it was still a very great achievement.
At the same time, seeing Shue's process of comprehending a Domain also gave benefits to Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai's Domain was directly made by the Space, there were some parts of it that he was still yet to understand. However, Shue's Domain was self-made. In fact, the only difference between a God and a Demigod was their understanding of a Domain. But this understanding was more difficult than once can imagine.
Demigods and gods, if purely based on strength, then they were similar. Their only difference was that one had a formidable Domain while the other didn't.