"This is not the proper form of hospitality," said a shriveled and withered palm stretched out from the bright red robe, and gently flicked the silver cutlery on the table in front of him twice with his fingernails, "I thought that through cooperation, you and I would have established a closer bond." ”

Faced with the questioning of a devil earl, Davishur looked calm, "Didn't I pay the bill?" he tapped his chin to the burlap bag on the table, "What can be bought with soul prisms can never be friendship." ”

Kunini, the Devil's Count, only laughed slightly, and immediately managed his expressions, "Friendship is friendship, business is business." Out of fear of the powerful mortal spellcaster in front of him, "Of course, you have special treatment in terms of discounts. ”

"Leave immediately," Davidsher ordered the eviction, and before he could finish speaking, the air in the whole room was instantly filled with fine silver dust, and a lilac rainbow flashed in his eyes, "Or stay here forever." ”

A thick smoke with a sulfur smell rose, and Kunini did not say anything else, but directly activated the advanced teleportation technique, and left from this place.

The Devil Count knew well and admired the wisdom and sanity of the Great Vishur - he did not want to, and could not, enter into any written or verbal pact with himself.

Because all the Alan dynasties are equivalent to the reincarnation of Schurek, their true souls are actually still confined to that North Tower. In other words, their souls are well protected by the Tower of Soul Binding, even if they are as strong as the Devil Earl.

But what does it matter?

As long as he still needs the special resources of Bato's Nine Prisons, and as long as he still has a deeper hostility towards the Demon Order that appeared in the Ashes World, then he must use each other with himself, the Devil Count, to seek common ground while reserving differences.

Sorting out his thoughts, the powerful devil, known for his prudence, once again had a harmless smile on his face. He didn't really want to spend any more time in Davishur's museum just now - there were other meetings to be arranged today, and Davishur's "eviction order" had just gotten his way.

"But there's no need to tell him," Kunini thought to himself, "no matter how powerful he is, he's just a mortal." "The next thing he's going to visit is not a mortal. And from a certain point of view, the other party is in the same camp as him.

It's just that the positions are different, and the relationship is not very harmonious.

At night, the city of Beit is still lively, but it lacks the almost noisy energy of the day. Some of the city's residents, who are old or too young, have returned to their homes, leaving only the young people who love the carnival atmosphere of the Opat Festival to stay on the streets.

"First of all, find your own position," said Cuunini, calmly thinking as he navigated the dark alleys, using the analytical skills he had learned from the famous Bato Academy, trying to find his strengths, "and then ...... to his liking"

The night owl cried in satisfaction, it had just been lucky enough to capture a city rat that had eaten its belly on the occasion of Opat's feast, but it did not expect that when it was "complacent", the cry affected others.

After a few soft beeps, the unlucky bird and the rat in its claws turned into ashes.

"There must be no more complacency," the Devil Count reminded himself of the misfortunes of other creatures, "otherwise, the ashes will be the foregone conclusion." ”

The almost aria tone made the Cuunini seem a little too sensual – his disguise, of course – and to relieve the lingering anxieties of the extremely rational thinking characteristic of the Batzu race.

He is a devil's earl, and a unique devil, but he is in a relatively awkward position in Bato's Nine Prisons.

As he said in his independent book "On the Importance of Class" when he graduated from college: "Rank is to Batzu what food, air, and water are to everything...... And just as Fǔ Bài's food, poisonous air, and unclean water can harm the health of mortals, so too does the wrong rank bring all sorts of risks to the devil......"

Since both parents were the only devil, Kunini was born with a single devil. This is a privilege in Hell, and his background is undoubtedly much more "noble" than those of his kind who have been promoted all the way up from the inferior demons.

The so-called "one devil" means "a devil with a unique form and uniqueness".

Most of them evolved from the Deep Hell Purgatory who wanted to go further, and used their power to serve the lords of the Nine Hells, and were named "Devil Dukes" by the lords because of their abilities and strength.

The birth of Kunini stems from the deep alliance between the two "devil dukes". As the only devil of the "second generation", although he will inherit some of the advantages of his parents, he is still unable to match him in strength.

Therefore, a "second generation of demons" like Kunini can only become a devil's count at most. In terms of rank, they have a natural "ceiling" unless one of their parents dies, and the probability of this happening is rounded to about none.

In addition to their embarrassing position, every Devil's Earl faces endless dangers from the very beginning.

Not only the Devil's Duke, but also their parents, will always be jealous of him, and since they cannot be promoted, they will continue to endure all kinds of intrigues, tricks, and even temptations of force from the devils of their subordinates.

And those Devil Count's subordinates, all of whom are ambitious and powerful Hellpurgators, are constantly under threat from them, and no one can be confident that they will not be subverted.

Anxiety is the norm for every Devil Count. In order to alleviate this anxiety, they tend to indulge in all kinds of material comforts, and they get drunk and die every day to numb their tense nerves.

However, unlike the average "second generation of demons", Kunini has shown his vision since he was a child. Not only did he take the risk of completing all of Bato's ninth level horror academy, but he even got the first place in their class.

Knowledge is power, but more importantly, knowledge is often the key to solving difficult problems.

In the Academy's vast and treacherous library, Kunini stumbles upon a piece of information hidden in the spine of a book—a "reward statute" that the Lord of the Nine Prisons had listed tens of thousands of years ago to regulate "Bato's gift."

The regulations, written by Astimores himself, clearly delineate the different rewards that can be received for acts of service to Bato's Nine Prisons, and one of them surprised Kunini:

"It is hereby declared that all beings in the multiverse who are able to drag an entire plane into Bato (in the spirit of encouragement, it is possible to make Bato a subordinate, but the reward will be reduced by one level). Non-Batzu races will receive rewards including, but not limited to, becoming a high-level Devil, obtaining Bato's reinvention opportunities, rewarding Legends, and even artifacts (the final interpretation is reserved by Bato's Nineth-Layer Nessus Council...... If the Devil of Batzu accomplished this task, it would have been his rightful duty, but out of the spirit of encouragement, he was rewarded with the title of 'Earl of Nessers' on the exception of the Lord......"

In the allegiance system of the Nine Prisons of Bartow, becoming the "Earl of the Court of Nessers" will naturally deviate from the original promotion route. In other words, if Kunini is able to accomplish this task, he will be able to free himself from the shackles of his parents once and for all.

After repeated, careful, word-for-word, and even staring at the strokes of each character, Counini finally confirmed the validity of this "reward rule" – as for the "authenticity", any mention of Astimors in Barto Nine's prison, whether it was oral, written, or even a memory image, would have been known to the adult - and the fact that the "reward rule" existed in the spine of the book was itself proof of its authenticity.

However, the cautious Kunini still made the final confirmation. He spent nearly one-third of his fortune on the Soul Prism to obtain a legitimate inquiry into the Nexus Plane Administration's bulletin.

After spending half a day, he found out the initial information about the "Reward Regulations" issued 30,000 years ago, and the list of the first "Counts of Nessers" who were awarded the title of "Counts of Nessers" due to the "Reward Regulations" 2,000 years ago.

Flipping through the announcements stored on the spell screen, and confirming that there was no other information about the additions or suspensions of the "Reward Regulations", Kunini was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

After nearly 20,000 years of hard work, Kunini, the "second generation of magic", finally found a suitable path for his promotion.

So, after graduating from the college "smoothly", he suffered a series of "failures" one after another:

First he was despised by the Devil Duke for his "dull" use of tactics in a bloody battle, which led to the annihilation of the entire army, then he was deprived of half of his property for smuggling a certain Barto liquor for "greed for the sake of his stomach", and finally he was accused by one of his subordinates, the Deep Purgator, for deducting the soul prism that should have been paid to the Devil Duke in the territory, and was degraded and exiled to a remote plane where birds don't with their flogged bodies.

Just when this original "Bato's proud son" gradually became a typical example of some parents who believed in the "uselessness of reading" Batzu devil parents to educate their children, Kunini's heart became more and more excited.

You must know that when he was studying at the college, he received perfect marks in his "strategy game" course. Concealing strategic success with tactical failures has become the devil's instinct and is in his bones.

In order to reduce his attention again, after arriving in the Ash Plane for the first time, Kunini once again directed and acted in a good play.

He established the Bato Outpost in the Ash Plane, and then made a "relapse" attempt to forcibly conquer the plane by force that violated the "aesthetic standards" of most high-ranking demons.

In the end, it naturally ended in "failure" again, and he himself had to choose to lie dormant on the spot.

Of course, there is some truth in this scene - due to the denunciation, he is "forced" to descend to this plane in his own form, and if he is killed, it is real death.

When facing the previous Great Vishur, he was indeed hit hard, and could only disguise himself as an ordinary mortal to integrate into the aristocratic system of Medici, and slowly recuperate.

It was only recently that the devil count gradually recovered, and he devised an "obsidian council", but he did not expect to encounter unexpected resistance, and was repeatedly pressed to the ground by a certain young blue dragon that was too strong to speak.

"Alas," said Kunini, taking a deep breath, as he walked to the door of an apartment, "it's all about living." ”