Chapter 547: The First Need of Civilization is survival
As Levi had a hunch, at the beginning of the year after he fell into a deep slumber, the long-standing peace of the Northland was shattered, bringing an inevitable gloom to people's lives that were gradually getting better.
In the port area of Jishui City, Kelburn's black staff, who had already retired from the masked leader's chair, looked at the several corpses in front of him that were obviously infected with the plague of natural disasters and a group of wounded people who had been healed and saved in time, and his face was still extremely ugly.
He couldn't imagine that if they hadn't copied Minastilis's decree to prevent natural disasters ten years ago, and found the source of the infection in the first place and purified it, they would have become the next Baldur's Gate.
Kellburn looked at the undead wandering on the other side of the Delinsha River, and resolutely issued this order, which was destined to cause heavy losses to the commercial economy of Drawing Water City and even the entire Northland:
"Starting today, all treaty ports except our Northland Cities, Moonshadow Isle, and Karinsan Jean-Nisar will be closed.
"Also, tell the greedy guys that you're ready to expand your army.
"Also, we should pay some money to repair this broken wall in Jishui City. ”
"But... The Masked Lords will be on the side of the Noble Chamber of Commerce..."
The assistant of the Black Rogue Chamber of Commerce immediately looked incredulous, he thought that as the situation became more serious, the president would probably take some extreme measures, but he definitely did not expect that he would be so decisive.
"Do so, those idiots leave it to me if... They don't want to be dealt with by me. Kelburn gritted his teeth as if he were cutting his own flesh.
Doing so was also a terrible blow to the business of his Aurosan family.
But he couldn't agree with Levi's words:
If we want to make money, we first have to find a way... Survive!
Maybe... They have stood for thousands of years, and now it is time to find a way to survive.
It was only at this time that he suddenly became a little envious of Xia Lanviosi, who had already gone to Bato's hell to develop.
Maybe at this time, Bato's side of Hell will be much more comfortable. ’
Kyleburne thought.
......
The first level of Bato's Hell, Aphnanas.
If Xia Lanwei Luosi, who was a guest in the Bronze Fortress at the moment, heard the voice of this old licking dog, she would probably roll her eyes speechlessly, and then say as she sighed to the devil lord in front of her at this moment:
"If every devil is as stingy as Your Excellency, I will regret coming to Bato Hell to do business. ”
"Hahaha, Ms. Qianfa is still so fond of laughing, if the conditions I give are the best, you won't choose to sign a transaction contract with me, right?"
Sitting at the top of the bronze fortress is none other than the titular ruler of Aphnanas, the Deep Hell Purgatory - Bair!
And if Levi saw Miss Steel Dragon talking and laughing with this Hell Lord at this moment, he would definitely be stunned.
Because at this time, Xia Lanwei Luosi not only disguised her appearance was very different from when she was in the main plane, but even her identity did not want to be the dangerous profession she would have chosen in the past.
After thirty years in business, Charanvilos has taken on a completely new identity in this premeditated, cunning, evil and cruel Bato hell, which is full of absolute order:
That is, the plane merchants who travel between Hell and the main material world, the Queen of Arms who wanders in Aphnernath, the Silver Serpent of Hell——— Jörmungad!
This was originally a giant sea serpent that could surround the world in a story of Blue Star Norse mythology that Levi once told her, synonymous with ambition and strength, and also a kind of ultimate embodiment of evil.
According to Levi's words, if you want to live in the lower plane town, you must first have a domineering title.
In the first few years after coming to Barto, she did not rush to act, but initially investigated the market, combined her own advantages with the positioning of the hell market, and finally chose this dangerous but promising industry.
Arms dealer!
In Bato's Hell, if a demon who doesn't have a strong background or has a good boss wants to get out of the devil's place, then he has almost no choice left:
Respond to the Hell Lord's call to take part in a bloody battle against the demons of the Abyss!
Use the heads of countless demons to please Shangfeng, and use endless military exploits to gain form and status promotions!
In the past, these demons would have had few options.
Either they will trade their pitiful savings and soul prisms from the Plane Merchants for the best weapons and equipment they can get their hands on to fight the demons with bayonets.
Or through the devil contract scattered to other planes, through the completion of the contract, lure some excellent intelligent creatures to sell their souls, come to their own command to report, and form their own bloody battle mercenary team to become their own team.
There's an unwritten unspoken rule in Batow's Hell:
Bringing in enough men may not necessarily get you promoted in the devil's army immediately, but if your 'demons' are exhausted and you can't get good military feats, then I'm sorry, the probability of you being removed from the military and becoming cannon fodder again is very high...
But just more than 20 years ago, a devil captain who had just experienced defeat and retreated and reorganized his formation met Xia Lanwei Luosi, who had just purchased a batch of scrapped alchemy munitions from the 1246 Valley Calendar from the Beidi Ticheng Arsenal and was in urgent need of a single business to make a name for himself.
She made a bet on this devil.
The devil pledged all his belongings to Charanvi Roth in exchange for a hundred 160 mm alchemy mortars and three shipborne alchemy cannons removed from the decommissioned Dreadnought.
Anyway, if you are defeated and die, most of you will have already lost your soul, and no matter how you look at it, you will only make money and not lose money.
Half a month later, the devil officer rushed to the battlefield with a group of subordinates who he had fooled and the obsolete arms that he had bought in exchange for bankruptcy.
I don't know if it's luck, they are on the edge of the battlefield, so the strength of the demon army encountered is generally not high, under the fire of a hundred cannons, the demons on the edge of the battlefield face this continuous explosion and think that they have encountered the devil's legal regiment...
The already chaotic battlefield turned the tide in an instant.
At least three high-level demon legions immediately turned their targets and swooped straight towards the 'artillery army' position.
This freed the main force of the devil in an instant, and finally won another victory with far less losses than estimated.
And after the war, the demon officer who became the commander of the light pole again but did not die, but he became famous in the war.
Along with... As a plane arms dealer, the 'Hell Silver Serpent Jörmungadri' Charan Vilosi has also become famous, and if all the orders and appointments that come to her to ask for cooperation are not all rejected, they will be lined up for thirty years later...
Xia Lanweiluosi, who has made a reputation, naturally disdains to do this kind of small business again.
A few years later, as more and more devils signed the 'devil's contract' with them, their rank became higher and higher, and their influence on the bloody battlefield became more and more great, and finally attracted the attention of Lord Aphernas.
Then, the devil lord in front of her found her.
And that's what she's set to do.
At this moment, the dragon of a thousand laws is no longer the delicate appearance in a black evening dress, but a white suit produced by Minastiris in the Northland, and the blue eyes will not show the slightest weakness even in the face of a devil lord like Bayer, and can even speak and laugh with ease:
"No, believe me, Your Majesty, compared to the other lords, the conditions you gave may not be the worst, but they are definitely not as strong as you think. ”
Byer's eyes like a sea of lava immediately narrowed slightly, but before he could refute, Xia Lanwei Luosi laughed again:
"But you are the most trustworthy of all the devils I have ever met. ”
Bair laughed a little hideously and weirdly, tilted his head and said:
"Trust is not a word of praise in our hell, Lady Jörmungad. ”
Xia Lanwei Luosi spread her hands:
"I'm just stating a fact, because I'm also an absolute supporter of order.
"I also believe that in order to protect the order of Bato's Hell, you will promise and do something that no other Devil Lord would ever dare not do. ”
Bayer was immediately interested:
"Oh, like?"
Xia Lanwei Luosi also narrowed her eyes slightly, as if depicting a crazy possibility:
"For example... Dare to show the blade of the sword to some beings who openly disrupt the order and rules of the plane. ”
As if he had heard the biggest joke of the century, Bair slapped his equally huge belly and let out a loud laugh that made the entire Bronze Fortress tremble:
"It's funny, it's so funny, you're even crazier than I thought.
"No, maybe I'm crazy enough in your eyes, but that's not enough to give me the courage and qualifications to dare to the gods... Raise the butcher knife.
"I think you should go to the bottom of my fortress to meet Zariel.
"Maybe only a guy as crazy as her would have more interest in talking about this crazy topic with you, who is also crazy. ”
Xia Lanwei Luosi stared at his eyes and said meaningfully:
"You don't have to take it seriously, the future is unpredictable and unpredictable.
"If there is a day when those unchallengeable beings become crazy enough... And when you're weak enough...
"I am confident that even without my invitation, His Majesty and His Excellency Zarrell will make that choice.
"Because if this choice does work... You're sure to get that adult's appreciation and approval...
"And isn't this exactly what you are praying for a thousand years of struggle for... And as a result, isn't it?"
With that, Charanviros smiled and bowed slightly to the titular master of Avernas, and withdrew.
And the winged refining demon on the bronze throne stared at the back of the other party's departure, falling into wordless contemplation.
For a long time, the corner of the devil lord's mouth showed a hideous and playful smile:
"I really want to know which being behind you is so bold and ambitious that he dares to calculate the gods.
"That's crazy.
"But if there is a day.
"I... Looking forward to it..."
Boom!
The bronze gate slammed shut.
And after moving away from the different eyes of those devils, in front of Yubayer has always maintained the image of a strong woman who speaks wild words for the sake of ambition and madness in her heart, and her forehead and back are immediately wet with sweat.
"Miss!" the old devil's servant, Senas, helped Charanvilos.
"I'm fine..."
Xia Lanwei Luosi smiled, and then patted her cheeks, which were a little stiff because she had been holding a straight face, and her originally pale complexion finally had a hint of ruddy.
She still remembers how stunned, frightened and shocked she was when she received Levi's letter from the Chamber of Commerce more than half a year ago.
At that moment, she only felt that the world in front of her was suddenly a little incomprehensible.
Is it true that from time to time, the main material world has become so precarious?
And the gods, who originally looked like corpses and vegetarian meals, actually have such a barbaric past and such crazy ideas!
The reason why she had such a seemingly absurd conversation with Bayer today was all due to the plan option that she saw in Levi's letter, which was in reserve and had to be in reserve.
She could read between the lines of the other party's words how helpless, tormented, and determined he felt when he wrote this letter...
And the indescribable behind that will...
Crazy!
Thinking of this, this steel dragon lady finally showed a weak side that she had not been in the thirty years since she came to Bato's Hell.
She bit her lip and slowly raised her right hand, looked at the blessing mark on the back of her hand in a daze, raised it to her lips and kissed it gently, then held her hand to her chest and prayed silently.
If it's possible...
She sincerely hoped that she would never see...
The day came.
......
And at this moment, Li Moulong, who was prayed by Miss Ganglong in his heart...
I was stunned to find that I had made so many preparations, but I was still dreaming unconsciously!
It's just that this time when he 'opened his eyes', he was no longer the star god who gave him incomparably desperate and had no power to resist.
It's a piece of ribs...
Levi jerked up and pulled his eyes away, and a man appeared in front of him, also sitting on a throne that looked like a tomb.
And to his left and right, there are two empty positions.
Levi realized for the first time that the person in front of him was another tragic protagonist in that nightmare thirty years ago:
The great leader of the Feared and the gravedigger of the Fearless civilization.
The Silent King——— Sazarek!
But even so, Levi still kept his alert at the first time, holding his right hand rigidly, ready to wake himself up at any time.
Reason told him that the Silent King in front of him could never be real.
At best, it's just a soul devoured by fraudsters... Get some pieces.
It is even quite possible that it is the fraudsters themselves!
But even so, Levi still understands that an opportunity is also in front of him.
So he asked:
"The Great King of Silence, Sazarek, if you were given another chance, what choice would you make?"
After a brief silence, the king's voice echoed through the tomb-like silence:
"I thought maybe I'd still make the same choice.
"Because... The first demand of civilization...
"It's survival.
"So, actually, sometimes.
"We don't have a choice. ”