Bato Hell, a place where mercy withers and resentment flourishes, is home to the devil of Batzu .

It is the plane that interprets the nature of evil with the rules of order, which best satisfies the imagination of the traveler, the greed of the treasure hunter, and the wrath of the paladin. It is the ultimate plane of order and evil, embodying the cruelty of premeditation and cunning.

There are more than twenty kingdoms of evil gods in the most famous order of the multiverse, but even those as noble as them dare not act recklessly there. With the exception of the one who never failed to live at the bottom of Batosh, Nessers,[1] the cunning, cruel and astonishing Devil of Batzu dared to use a conspiracy to subvert and seize all kinds of power and power in the multiverse.

It is not surprising that the Blue Dragon Quest has discovered the creation of the Batzu Devil in this plane, a race that habitually uses intrigue and subterfuge to obtain the fallen souls they need from all planes, and these souls are to be used to pay for the ongoing eternal bloody war against the demons of Natali in the Abyss.

I have to say that the "moon candy" thing is depraved enough, which is indeed devilish.

"The devil's creation, hehe..."

The blue dragon itself belongs to the evil camp of order, and the god of the five-colored dragon race, the mother of evil dragons, the eldest daughter of the ancient creation dragon king Io, and the queen of the five dragons, Tiamat resides in the Bato Hell, and is a powerful ally of the existence of Nessas. Because of this, the blue dragon is well aware of the habits and characteristics of the Batzu Devil.

Even if Quis thinks on his toes, he knows that this "Moon Candy" scroll must be part of a conspiracy to tempt people to fall into hell, but he doesn't know how many humans have been corrupted by this plane, and what kind of demon has planned this plot, so he only has some rough guesses about this.

The use of this trick to lure people into depravity should not be the high-ranking Batzu of the Deep Hell Purgatory or the Burnt Sacrifice Demon who stands at the top of the pyramid of Bato's infernal power. If the high-level devils understand this plane so deeply, they can create and create avatars or directly open the gates of hell.

Even if it exists for one night and is blown up or forced to retreat, it is estimated that it can harvest the souls of several city-states, and the efficiency is much higher than this kind of trickery.

Foresighted, slowly infiltrating, and at the same time being able to study such a thing, it is either a contract demon who plays with words or a black-hearted merchant harvesting demon, the latter is more likely......

"Mortal, where did you get this scroll?"

The blue dragon Quis's huge apricot yellow vertical pupils stared at the merchant tightly, and he also made up a "detection lie" with his hand.

"Coptic City! is the city of sin. ”

"I was originally the owner of the sand rhino caravan, but the last time I went to the caravan, a caravan was caught in a sandstorm, and the goods and the caravan were buried under the dunes, and I need to pay a sum of money to the big man of Nome City. A sum of money that emptied every gold cole, silver kate, and even copper Deben that was hidden in all the pockets of the upright Santos. ”

"I just ventured out of Coptic City to sell the contraband Skuma and this Moon Candy Scroll, which someone in Norm City would buy at a high price..."

It took a quarter of an hourglass for Santos to explain his journey from an "upright" merchant to an alchemy toxin dealer, and the magic aura of the Lie Detection spell did not turn the red of a lie in arcane vision.

"Merchant, for the sake of your service to Salotta, I can spare your life for the time being. ”

"I can also give you back this depraved enchanted scroll and let you keep your ridiculous decency in Nome. ”

The fat merchant's face lit up, and a look of excitement flashed. As long as this scroll can be retrieved, it will be able to make up for the loss of the caravan's goods and even pay off some of the debts owed to the First Archon family.

But if the blue dragon is really so generous, then the camp has deviated from the evil five-colored dragon. Of course, the metal dragon of the good camp found that he dared to transport contraband scrolls, and it was estimated that the possibility of directly killing an evil merchant like himself was the greatest.

"However, my leniency is not to condone your offense, you must provide yourself with a bail. ”

"Duke of Thunder, noble clansman, I am willing to pay bail, but now I don't have a copper deben on me," when the business transactions that he was good at eased, the merchant seemed to be less afraid, and his eyes rolled: "Maybe I can use the equivalent service as bail." ”

"Yes, but we need to draw up a valid contract. ”

The guess just now made the blue dragon have a certain association.

Since the Batzu clan, who are also in the evil camp of order, will use contracts and conspiracies to achieve their goals, then he can too.

This merchant seems to be capable, and it is only a moment of misfortune that will put him in danger.

And Quest himself has the duty of patrolling the territory of the dragon's nest, if he can take advantage of this convenience.

Allowing merchants to lead more caravans through their territory can greatly shorten the distance of some of the original trade routes and save more time.

Time is life, time is money.

Naturally, the contract was not drawn up on ordinary papyrus, bound by secular laws.

Quest chose to follow the example of the Batzu Devil and communicate directly with the flowing Styx, and have the merchant sign a Styx contract with him, which is witnessed by the Styx. The validity of this contract is overseen by the will of the River Styx, and even the gods will pay a great price if they want to break it.

The contract is naturally an unequal contract, and there are no hard and fast obligations for the drafters of Ques Fitanfettan.

Santos, the performer who signed the contract, had to abide by a series of terms such as keeping the contents of the contract and the circumstances of signing the contract, completing the development of trade routes through the Dragon's Lair territory with the support of Quis, leviing the eleven tax (i.e., the commercial tax on extracting one-tenth of the value of the goods) when crossing the Dragon's Lair territory, and providing help no more than his entire net worth when the blue dragon Quis found him in the future.

However, the situation is stronger than people, and in order to survive, the fat merchant had to agree to the entire agreement.

When the contract was made, the Styx corpse that flowed through everyone's faces appeared in front of both parties.

The calm, reddish river branched off into a finger-thick tributary that ran through the papyrus scroll that carried the agreement, and the soul level of both men received a hint of the contract.

"Mortals, once you break the contract of the River Styx, death is the most extravagant salvation, you are a knowledgeable person, you should know how to do it. ”

After saying this, Quis did not forget to add a "suggestion technique" to Santos, this kind of enchantment spell can be used to transform a person's subconscious.

The effect that the Blue Dragon implants on the Merchant Leader allows him to ignore the process of signing a contract with the Dragon today, and at the same time, he will not forget the agreement to fulfill the contract.

After doing this, looking at Santos who was walking in the direction of the oasis on the outskirts of the Dragon's Nest Desert, Blue Dragon Quest secretly showed an imperceptible smile.

"The boss of the previous generation of subsidiaries has to go around begging grandpa to sue grandma and turn fate to attract investment;

"It's funny..."

After confirming that Santos was already under the influence of suggestion, he made his way to the desert oasis on the outskirts of the Dragon's Lair. Keeping true of his plan, Quest spread his wings and created a strong air current, sweeping up a vast expanse of yellow sand to cover the last traces of the lizardfolk raiders, or the sand bandits that had been reduced to charcoal.

PS: [1] The being of Nesses: Asmodes, the highest Devil Lord, the undisputed ruler of the Nine Levels of Hell, resides in the Fortress of Malshem in the Nineth-Layer of Bathor Hell. Even the gods who call Bato's hell home should give him three points. Asmodeus is the oldest living devil, although some claim that he was not the first ruler of Bato's Hell.