Chapter 46: Money Makes Demons Grind
Those who survived were satisfied.
Quest was given full command of the heterogeneous mercenary camp. Not only that, but after the Batzu demons on the other end of the communication circle used prophecy spells to repeatedly confirm that they indeed had the "fruitful" results of killing the two Barlow Flame Demons, the soldiers and materials damaged in the battle were guaranteed to be replenished immediately. Not only that, but the Batzu demons promised Quest that they would send messengers to confer a medal on Quest.
Blue was appointed to be in charge of logistics and munitions, and with the replenishment of mercenaries from various planes, there would be a lot of food supplies from different worlds waiting for him to taste, and as for the insufficient share of those mercenaries, it was naturally supplemented by Barto's "special supply" of a large amount of canned military meat. With the convenience of this position, as a gourmet, it is foreseeable that his cooking recipes will be greatly enriched.
Naru finally got his wish, although after being killed by the Barlow Flame Demon, most of the chain demon's talisman chains were corroded with the collapse of his body, but there was still a small part of the activation chains left. Obtaining these precious materials from the Intermediate Devil himself, the ogre blacksmith spent his days in the camp forge sweating and raining, and he had more than a dozen ideas for using this material that he needed to try one by one.
Seeing that his two brothers had found jobs they liked, the witch doctor Palu also took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as Quest's experimental assistant - after the demon siege of the city, he left behind a large number of hard-to-find materials in the material plane, including some flesh and blood tissue contributed by the Barlow Flame Demon! Through a large number of experiments, Quest's knowledge of demon anatomy and Palu's new voodoo technology will make great progress every day.
As for the fact that Mechanic 21 and Goblin Ricknaz experienced this battle, they had more design ideas for the "First Machine" they developed together, and the two of them worked intensively to make temporary adjustments to the First Machine, and during this time, they had the most contact with the Ogre Naru who was also soaked in the camp forge workshop. The ogre, who aspires to be the best weapon craftsman, was invited to try out the precision machine tools that the goblin Ricknaz had brought to process parts for the first machine, and he got into a heated fight with the "goblin-machine" duo, and even gave some of the chain demons' activated chains to the Robot Twenty-One, who was also interested in him.
Of course, it's not true that everyone is not a little dissatisfied. As the only high-level spellcaster in the camp at present, the Sawa Fishman Ocean Priest has always had a lot of resentment about the fact that she was captured and became the "power bank" of the Organist No. 21, but she spends energy every day preparing a large number of electric shock spells to recharge and strengthen the half-golem guards, and she rarely has the opportunity - and there is no one to complain.
This peaceful day was only temporary, looking at the war materials that were delivered every day and the heterotopic mercenaries who were constantly sent in by the blood-armored demon escort team, Quest knew that the real test could begin at any time, and the attack they encountered by the demonic advance army was only the tip of the iceberg of the entire bloody battle.
Perhaps after Aphnanas has full contact with the warring Abyss Plane in the near future, it is possible that his own camp will suddenly appear somewhere in the Abyss, just like the demon army that suddenly appeared before. At that time, this place will become a real island, alone to face the impact of the demon tide of Tanari, which is as many as the waves in the sea.
Perhaps to confirm Quest's speculation that the Great War was coming, since the defeat and killing of the two Barlow Flame Demons, not only the devil patrols that provided supplies or the devil escort teams that transported mercenaries from other worlds have come to the camp more frequently, and even some caravans have come to this remote camp to sell goods.
The caravan that dared to take advantage of the outbreak of the bloody war and came to the front line of the war to make a lot of war profits was naturally not composed of creatures from the material plane. The members of the caravan are a team of old ghost women, and perhaps some from the Scorching Hell, belonging to the neutral evil camp, and the Yugros Demon who was born to Qin Dusk Chu is the boss behind the scenes.
In order to grab "blood money", these guys roam the various strongholds where the Abyss and Hell are at war. The old ghost woman, who is proficient in shapeshifting, always transforms into all kinds of beautiful female creatures - especially beautiful elves, so that they can provide some useful help when discussing the price of goods with customers.
"Oh, dear little boy, I guess you must be participating in the bloody battle for the first time, maybe the big sister can help you a little," the old ghost woman transformed into a bronzed wood elf with a hint of green, and she was blinking a pair of bright brown eyes, and she was smiling and enthusiastically selling her various treasures to the customers in front of her:"
Maybe you need an indestructible sword, much better than the one you have pinned to your waist, and how about this sword that once belonged to a high-ranking paladin?
Or, maybe you don't want to run in front of those cruel Tanari barbarians to smell their body odor, I have to say it's a wise idea, you might need this equipment, an arcane staff stolen by a legendary thief from the famous archmage Ilminster, with which you can stand in the distance and shoot all kinds of spells at will, biubiubiu, how interesting
Or...... She's a fussy guest, but luckily Big Sister has plenty of stock here, such as this amulet that can help you resist a death, which I took a lot of effort to get back from the Grim Reaper Naraku, who slammed the door.
If you like it, I'll sell it to you at cost price......"
"It's true that there are pre-orders everywhere, as long as 998, as long as 998," Quiz thought, and without looking closely, he knew that this ugly creature with a good-looking skin was peddling fakes.
The aura of the spells that were forged with spells would disappear after a few days, but most of the guys who went to the battlefield at that time would never have a chance to come back and trouble them.
The reason why he took the time to come into contact with these counterfeit dealers was because in addition to making and selling counterfeits, they sometimes played the role of intelligence dealers. Thanks to their business network that spans the hells and the bottomless abyss of Batogar, they can occasionally obtain valuable information that is more time-sensitive than the spies sent out by Baato.
Not wanting to continue listening to the old devil's sales pitch like "TV shopping", Quest learned the tone of the devil and said bluntly: "Stop your tricks, don't delay my time with these foolish...... I want to meet someone in your caravan who can talk, and maybe I can find something worth spending money on from her. ”
The old ghost woman was not angry when her speech was interrupted, because her eyes were attracted by a soul prism of excellent color that kept rising and falling from the hand of the young man in front of her. The crystal pillar, which glows vividly because it imprisons the soul of the victim, catches the eye of this ugly creature at once.
Demons above, it's the best currency in the lower realms! That thing is the hard currency of the purchasing power clan in the bottomless abyss of chaos.
Even the worst soul prism is worth more than ten "Calamity Coins" minted in gold or more than 100 hexahedral "Steel Coins" circulating in Scorching Hell.
Whether this high-level currency is used for fun or directly absorbing the imprisoned souls inside to strengthen itself, it is very attractive to the demons of the lower realm.
"Seeing that you are a knowledgeable person, I am naturally honored to serve you with 120,000 points," although he was flattering the gold lord in front of him in an extremely flattering tone, the old ghost woman's gaze did not take his eyes off the soul prism that kept rising and falling: "I just think you also know that the person in charge of the caravan is generally very busy and difficult to speak." If you rush to bother, there are still some small difficulties......"