In a certain world, if you specialize in civil disputes, the first thing a lawyer needs to learn is how to create traps in the contract and how to avoid the fraud of the other party, so as to earn more benefits for his employer.

And the devils of this world are experts and veterans of contract fraud, but if it is deception from beginning to end, the reputation will stink sooner or later, and no one will be stupid enough to sign a contract with you again.

Therefore, with the direct guarantee of the souls of both parties, as long as all the traps can be seen, the devil's contract is the fairest and most effective contract in the world, and it is very popular in all planes.

The lower plane text written on the contract has magical power, and even the main plane residents who don't know the lower plane devil script can understand it at a glance, but if you think that the contract is honest and fair because you can understand it, it is a big mistake.

Contract fraud, tens of thousands of years ago, the devil has studied it as an art, for example, if you take a magnifying glass to zoom in, you will find that it will be a circle of twisted small words to form a supplementary clause, if you do not find it before signing, you can only count you unlucky.

The long and complicated chapters that people don't want to read, and the Tibetan poem-style sentences composed of the first letters of each sentence are the real focus of the contract, and you think that the contract is read horizontally, and when it is really fulfilled, the devil will tell you that you should read it vertically and obliquely, and then the meaning is different.

As for the discord such as subject-verb-object inversion, typo, omission, and extra exemption, please don't treat it as accidental mistakes and clerical errors, which are mostly deliberate by the scammers, and there is definitely something wrong with it.

Therefore. For archmages who have been dealing with the lower plane world for a long time. The number one priority in making a deal with the devil. Just don't use the original contract they provided, but insist on re-drafting the text on the spot, even if it is destined to be a marathon battle.

And with the development of the times, between the hypocritical and cunning human aristocrats, they have gradually begun to use the devil's contract guaranteed by the soul, of course, the talent of human beings in deception is definitely not inferior to the devil, for thousands of years. Contract fraud has also played countless new tricks that surprised the Devil King, such as deliberately cultivating an orphan, and giving a name with the same name as the big man to sign on behalf of me, even I dare not use the original contract book provided by others, let alone let the contract book leave my face.

Sure enough, at the negotiating table, Dassos did not hesitate to reject the contract I proposed at that time, and invited the philologists and legal experts in the Hemet Mansion to redraft the text on the spot.

Thereupon. We fought one by one, but quickly. But the initiative to build the treaty slowly returned to me.

After all, the professional ability of those two writing experts and jurists is far inferior to me not to say, the devil writing in the lower plane is magical, and arousing negative feelings is the weakest side effect, corrosive and degenerate. Turning the soul into a soul is the most fatal, and the fight of the terms of the contract is to the end, in addition to knowledge, it is also the struggle of physique and will.

And I personally deliberately prolonged the dispute over the terms of the contract, and even deliberately dictated the devil's words to increase the pressure on the other side, and when the contract was finally signed, the three scholars who were lax fell directly to the ground and fell into a coma, and it seems that they will not be better without a year and a half of cultivation.

As a result, I am satisfied with the final contract, and the efforts of the experts are also seen by the other party, and Dassaults is also satisfied, well, at least until those vulnerabilities are discovered.

Among them, the victory that I am most satisfied with is the article that "the two countries are not allowed to launch military threats and acts of war in any name for ten years", which is undoubtedly a reassurance for the country of Arashi, and without this article, when we exchange chips, every few days Dathos threats, his weaker side still has to give in, and this contract is equivalent to signing in vain.

Ten years later? I don't think he will have the leisure to find trouble with the Donglan Principality at that time, and as long as the plan goes smoothly, I don't know who will find trouble with whom at that time.

At present, with this secret covenant, the Duchy of Donglan has truly gained freedom, so after going back to negotiate, Renee and the others did not hesitate to choose this time to recognize the God of Law as the state religion, and asked the Orlan Empire to hand over the three dwarves.

This is undoubtedly equivalent to raising the banner of challenging the authority of Dassos and Oran's empire, and it is even more like stabbing people in the back as soon as the treaty is reached, but under the treaty that has just been signed, Orlan can't make an excessive reaction.

"I'm going to kick you in the back, what, bite me?"

"Huh? It's all so provocative, the Duchy of Donglan is actually fine, it seems that the rumors of the Orlan Empire being strong on the outside and weak on the inside are true, and the young emperor can't mobilize the dukes and marquis under him at all. ”

And under the eyes of all enemies, there is a precedent for the first person to jump out and challenge the authority without slapping him to death, I am afraid that after that, people from all walks of life will follow closely without hesitation, and that authority will be in jeopardy.

This is not my speculation, the change of shape shì these days illustrates a qiē.

It was true that I passed the word, but I didn't do the composition, after all, I still have self-knowledge, although my personal musical cells are stronger than Golia's, but they have only evolved from the banshee's howl to the lich's howl, and the killing effect is the same, maybe the slow death is more of a torture.

Since composing music is not something I can do, and there are now several variations such as bar tunes and operas, which have evolved too quickly from nature, there is no doubt that someone has seized this opportunity to act in secret, intending to deal a severe blow to Dassos's prestige.

The prestige of Dassault's enthronement over the 46 countries is so majestic, but this is undoubtedly a big gamble, and while the benefits after success are huge, it also brings a huge rebound, which includes both internal and external parts.

Judging from the fact that the music was composed and spread so quickly, and judging from the high quality of the finished product, eighty percent of it was still the work of the great nobles of Oran's own country, and it was difficult for other forces to find so many musicians and dramatists in the local area to adapt it so quickly, and then use a large number of bards to spread the stigma of "the foolish king who is jealous of the true God".

In the feudal royal state, a strong centralized king is undoubtedly something that all the great nobles do not want to see, and the two grand dukes, four dukes, and thirty-seven marquis of the Orlan Empire, more than seventy percent of them have their own territories and subjects. And the long-term lord of the soil emperor in his own territory.

And in the "history" of the future. Dassault in power. Finding a reason to take back a third of these titles and confiscate their domains and wealth, creating a powerful centralized state.

This is also the inevitability of history, when the royal power rises, the local nobility will inevitably be suppressed, in a sense, the great nobles of the Orlan Empire have not done wrong, they have long seen the ambition of the new king. has also been looking for opportunities and flaws to break the game.

On the other hand, two hours after the Duchy of Donglan had just made a request to keep those three people, the Thirteen Kingdoms made exactly the same demand, and three of them were even a century-old vassal state of the Orlan Empire.

Now the three of them don't matter anymore, the envoys of various countries don't even know what the names of those three people are, but it does not prevent them from protesting, these "innocent" unlucky eggs have become a breakthrough for many small countries to challenge the authority of Orlan, and as the envoys of various countries obtain the authorization of the royal family, I am afraid that the camp participating in the challenge will become bigger and bigger.

This was undoubtedly the retribution of the Orlan Empire for oppressing the subordination of small countries. No one wants to be subordinate to other countries, that is, to pay tribute and to serve as cannon fodder in times of great war. Anyway, the shape shì can't be worse, it's better to take advantage of the new king's ascendancy.

Undoubtedly, during this period, Dassos's royal power and dignity were challenged by internal and external attacks, but his way of dealing with it is very evocative.

In the face of provocation, he kept silent strangely, and did not mean to accuse the Duchy of Donglan, but silently fulfilled the requirements of the contract, and handed over a large amount of resources and technology to the envoys.

"Is that a softening?"

Renee and Kelly were surprised, this was not the style of the powerful emperor at all, but in my eyes, in fact, the man had not changed at all, he was a typical gambler, and now he was silent, just throwing more chips into this gamble, intending to gamble bigger.

If he was going to compromise, he would release those three people at this time, but he maintained an eerie silence about those three people, he just silently endured the pressure, and then waited for the opportunity to break out and turn the tables.

According to our contract, if the Orlan Empire fulfills the resources and technology that should be paid for in the contract, then it will be my turn to hand over the key to the underwater base to Dassos.

"Is there a chance to succeed to the throne? When the time comes, as long as the floating fleet is pulled out, no, there is no need for the whole fleet, as long as there is one ship, this unprecedented epoch-making weapon will be enough to make it loud and suppress all opposition. ”

I can guess how he will change the program of the succession ceremony, the military parade is always a good opportunity to promote military strength, at the climax of the military strength of all parties, once the new warship appears, it can suppress the big nobles and subordinate states who are about to move, but let his authority go to the next level.

I only say that the Emperor is a gambler, because the plan sounds good, but it is a dangerous gamble full of uncertainty.

"If the desperate engineers completely destroy their hard-working creations, they will be in ruins: if even if the gates are opened, if there is not a single ship that can be completed in three months to catch up with the ceremony, it will be a loss."

But his early fulfillment of the contract is a good thing for the Duchy of Donglan, which is in urgent need of various resource subsidies, but for me, I have to hurry, after all, I am also very interested in the treasure of the underwater base, at least the technology of the floating fleet, it can be said that it is a priceless treasure that all countries want.

It stands to reason that there is only one entrance to the underwater base, which is around the piers of the abandoned bridge, but it has long been the station of the Orlan Royal Guard, where is the emperor's most trusted elite troops, and where is the demigod-level "dragon hunting archer" Damus, let alone entering, even if you get close, it will cause big trouble.

But at this time, diving under the river is to find something else.

"Yes, it's here."

Even though I am constantly complaining, the multi-purpose cats can glow slightly underwater, making it easier for me to find my target.

After two nights of futility, I finally found my goal, which was a white wolf insignia on a rock wall, which was covered with aquatic weeds and corroded by the current, but the hideous head of the wolf was still vivid.

I cautiously placed the wolf tooth necklace close to the emblem on the rock wall, but there was no response.

"Sure enough, there wasn't enough blood from Dassault. Luckily, I was prepared. ”

Waist pouch. But it was a vial of freshly taken blood. (Dathos's father: unfilial son.) There are blood-sucking rats in the dungeon, get out of here! Stinky rats! Could it be that the old man's reputation is going to die! ）

And as the blood and the river water mixed together, as the wolf tooth necklace was all dyed red, finally, the double pupils of the sculpture wolf head emitted white light, and then as the opening of a black hole on the rock wall next to it was opened, the water level of the entire river changed slightly.

"Sure enough, there is an underwater exit."

Finally, I was relieved. It was my personal guess that there should be an underwater emergency exit for the underwater base that had hollowed out the rock wall, but the hole that opened after the mechanism was activated proved to be correct.

But the passage is not wide, and it should not be the expected passage for ships, but an outlet for the flow of water or the movement of people.

I cautiously dived into the cave and went up the underwater passage, and in a few minutes, I was at the surface.

And just poked his head out, and he hadn't looked at it twice. I hurriedly buried my head in the dive.

"After all the calculations, I still didn't expect this to be the result."

It doesn't matter if it's me or Dassos. I didn't expect that there would be survivors in the base, after all, it had been more than a year since the water and food were cut off, and even if I could use the river water to make up for the water, but if there was no food for a year, I would have died no matter how I thought about it.

But just a glance, we found that we all guessed wrong, not only are there survivors here, the survivors are still trying to build ships, and at the dock on the side, there are already two medium-sized float boats that have docked at the port.

"It's still a peer, looking at the number of low-level undead, there should be an undead monarch-level being."

Yes, although there are survivors, there are no survivors, and most of the busy laborers on the docks are skeletons and zombies, but judging by the uncorrupted pieces of flesh on the zombies, they have just been transformed into undead.

"Prince Kalokhin? If you don't have a lich with the least Holy rank in it, it's really hard to deal with. ”

And even if you don't look at those undead creatures, those small and medium-sized golems busy on the docks are not easy to deal with, as the most important military base of the Orlan Empire, it is simply unimaginable that there is no defense force armed to the teeth.

Judging from the future intelligence, there is also a ghost fleet detachment in that future armada, and the fleet admiral is a high-ranking lich named Kalokhin, who is said to be the younger brother of the former king and the uncle of Dassos.

At that time, there was still speculation that he would become a lich with a dignified prince of a great country, and it was outrageous that the king of the winter wolf actually handed over nearly half of it to this immortal, but now it seems that this prince should have handed over the fleet to the emperor.

I'm afraid that being isolated from the outside world this time is the opportunity for this archmage to turn into a lich, after all, when he finds that he is short of food, he will definitely not sit still, and transforming into an undead creature that does not need food may be the best choice for survival.

I silently sneaked underwater, keeping in mind what was going on around me, and then turned away without hesitation.

"Since the combat power is insufficient this time, then, let's bring more people next time."

But as soon as I returned to the Church, my plan was hit in the face, and my current number one thug, Diana the Moon Knight, was destined not to participate in it.

"I grew up in a dungeon, and water is a very important resource, and it's a waste to use it for bathing, if it's used for swimming."

Well, needless to say, the excuses that the inhabitants of the underworld can't swim are too convincing.

And considering that a heavily armored unit like a paladin relies heavily on equipment for food, and diving with armor is an impossible challenge, I even dismissed the idea of letting her try to go into the water.

And looking around, Sad Wind and Casio both raised their heads to the sky and tried to pretend that they didn't hear what we were talking about, Green remained silent, but the heavy armor alone knew that he couldn't get into the water, and Momo raised his hand quite enthusiastically to speak.

"I'm the best in the city management, I've practiced in Old Molek's fish pond before, and I can hold it underwater for a minute! You can also swim more than 30 meters in one go. ”

Well, what does this ten-year-old child's record mean, sure enough, I was too early to be happy, and finally turned to Coros for help, but still replied apologetically.

"Lord God's envoy, wild elves have never liked water, and because I have been in the underground world for a long time, I haven't even learned how to transform seals, so"

"No, it won't."

"The underworld doesn't even rain a lot."

Looking at the group of landlubbers in front of me, the black cat on my shoulder smiled triumphantly when my head was big.

"Stupid, it's not enough to find a kraken, their racial talent Seagod blessing can make people who can't swim swim and breathe underwater in a short time, it's definitely enough."

"There is only a river here, no sea, where can I go to find the Kraken?"

"This."

It was a shabby poster with funny clowns, two-headed ogre acrobats, trapeze artists rippling with swings, or siren trainers performing in a large pool to train seals.

"Fire Dragon Circus? I think I've heard of it somewhere. (To be continued......)