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The atmosphere in the lavishly and classically decorated conference hall was depressing, and the demons who had been kneeling on either side of the person sitting at the top had not been allowed to stand up until now, and it was evident that they would not receive this honor for the next hour.

And the patriarch of the family, who had soared from Sequence 7, which was not outstanding in the direct lineage, to a demigod in a year's time, stood respectfully in front of the figure above, as the only one who could stand temporarily, and reported in a calm but still trembling voice:

“…… As you can see, I wanted to seek an opportunity in the chaos to take the overall strength of the Demon Family to the next level, but I missed the opportunity to plan because of my miscalculation of the situation......"

"Now that the situation in the Northern Continent has been relatively stable, Fenerport has officially recognized the status of a vassal state to Rune, the degree of hostility between the various classes in Rune has also been greatly weakened, the religious atmosphere has been strengthened, the food from Fenerport is large and of high quality, and the demigods are involved in transportation, which has disintegrated the collapse of the social order we are waiting for in a very short time, and the Mother Earth God Church has successfully entered the golden age of missionary work with the help of this food, and they have implemented efficient and cheap free group therapy for priests, Pharmacists and doctors squeeze our living space......"

The further back he went, the more cold sweat broke out on Milan North's back.

He felt as if he was explaining from various angles that "the Norse family's decision-making mistakes are useless and completely live up to your expectations", and that what is useless has only one end in a demonic society.

Edward didn't think he expected anything from the Demon Family.

He casually flipped through the reports that had been compressed to the extreme but were still thick, and these contents were meticulously done according to the date, fully expressing the desire of the North family to continue to get the opportunity to get blue eyes in front of him, but Edward accidentally threw it aside, and the "Apostle of Desire" who was smashed did not say a word.

"I'll know these things at a glance when I'm walking on the road, but I'm sorry for you to say it again."

The Mother Earth God Church has opened a chain, and you are only in a hurry now, what's the use of writing that broken report, who taught you formalism...... Edward said with a pleasant face: "I'm more curious about you, what are your plans for the next direction of the family?" I mean, all the demons, not your family. ”

Does this mean to admit that I have become a demon family...... His nature is unshakable, and even in the face of the accountability of the gods of his own path, the greed for power in Milan's heart still makes him instinctively trance for a moment.

After this moment, he suppressed some excitement and said nervously:

"After we discussed it, we decided that we might have missed the best time to evacuate, and we have now received a knighthood due to the high cost we invested in Rune. And the hasty evacuation can only return to the Southern Continent, and there is the possibility of being sniped by the Thunder Church on the way......"

Milan was a little apprehensive - because of the "omniscience" of the god of thunder.

His eyes are on everything, His divinity is manifested in every drop of rain, and the waves and tides are His gifts, as well as His wrath and majesty...... In Beckland's social scene, Milan's belief is naturally that of the "God of Thunder", a devout believer who memorizes important passages from the Book of Thunder and is generous, and has no other Thundercult who has the same bad temper as other Thundercultists.

Naturally, the bishops were very close to him.

This status made him very popular in the social arena, and it also made him shiver every time he approached and entered the church, and took the initiative to hand over more money, taxes and land as indulgences.

At this time, he interrupted his fear of the Thunder God in time, after all, with his overall strength and that of the Demon Family, the fear of being killed by that god himself or by order was too much to think of himself.

The demon family pays attention to a bloody competition and the law of the jungle, maybe the extraordinary people in other organizations can have the luck of the sky falling and the tall man is on top, but as a demon, he definitely doesn't dare to have it, not only him, he believes that as long as he encounters a crisis beyond his ability, he, a demigod, will not only run faster than other demons, but also selectively break the legs of other demons to delay time.

“…… But the situation in the southern continent is not clear, and it may not be a good location. So, we've decided to have some of our staff look for items related to the Traveler and continue to venture out into the country of Rune in search of new opportunities. ”

Fleeing to the Southern Continent is actually not a good way to do it.

The Southern Continent is no longer the hotbed of disasters and crimes that are shrouded in extreme emotions, where ordinary people are worse than dead, where the extraordinary are all murderers, and where all the high sequences are neurotics. Not to mention Byron, who is becoming more and more quiet because of faith, and the angel in the heights, Richard Ernst of the "Rose School" is not a good object...... Although it has long been heard in the mysterious world that he has severed ties with the "Abyss" and has never been in contact with each other, Milan does not believe that a demon will save the life of a disciple who has been "cut off by grace".

Either the relationship was not severed at all, or the other party was alive as he wanted, a bright bait.

Therefore, the demon family did not dare to guarantee that if they and the others had a conflict with the "Angel of Temperance", the "Abyss" would comment on who - in this case, or the "Abyss" would sit idly by and watch them kill each other.

"The sunk cost is too high, but now it's inconvenient for you to do things, you want to run and are afraid of being flooded by lightning in the middle of the run, and finally plan to stay in Beckland and live a mess, waiting for a chance to fall from the sky for you to return to your capital?"

Edward's face was full of "You can't teach a child":

"It's really disappointing, it seems that demons shouldn't be in groups, I can do whatever I want when I'm alone, you should use money to manipulate people's hearts, but now you're worried that without money and status, you can no longer do what you want."

"It's cool to buy human lives with money, and it's fun to kill people invisibly with machines and public opinion, right? Don't dare to take risks now? ”

The demons in the conference hall were all startled, and Milan, the only one standing, also trembled violently, and his voice still tried his best to maintain stability:

"It's my responsibility, I misjudged the intensity and subsequent effects of the war between the gods, it's my fault, I dare not ask for your forgiveness......"

Edward sighed again, and his tone suddenly turned cold:

"Get on your knees."

The blood of the demons was all cold, and Milan threw himself on the ground without even thinking about it, and he didn't dare to breathe, and the sound of the dignified "devil" hitting his knees sounded no different from a bag of potatoes falling to the ground. There were a few heads of the family who were shocked that they were considered "dependents" to be punished so harshly, but as soon as they raised their heads slightly, they lowered their heads even deeper, and the faces of the demons seemed to grow together with the gorgeous dark red carpet.

"Don't be so nervous, I also know how you as a demigod could predict the change in the situation of the God War."

His tone and voice changed back, as if the indifference just now was just an illusion:

"But, Milan, I still remember when you took the Norse family to pledge allegiance to me, when the fire of desire in your eyes was burning, and you even dared to go to the 'capital of all capitals' with some of your family cronies like this, and Beckland under the noses of the gods to buy an estate, why, now that there are more estates, you have become a 'devil', but you are more cautious and timid?"

Edward looked left and right, and the "Apostle of Desire" who had just been hit by the report he threw out was kneeling not far away, but he was doing a veneration with the marble floor tiles, obviously unaware of the needs of the gods who were two meters away.

Edward gave up on the idea of taking another look at the beautifully handwritten reports.

"Your responsibility? Such a general answer is not convincing, I don't mean to criticize you, I even feel sorry for you, after all, I am not the one who has lost a chance to become a 'whisperer', and maybe even become an angel in the future. ”

Before the words fell, the back of the "devil" kneeling at the front trembled.

Falling back, Edward said casually in a tone of regret by the way, not caring at all how much psychological pressure it would bring to the demons.

The sun hadn't risen yet, and the Demon Family's window could see the distant Holy Wind Cathedral directly.

Edward closed his eyes after a glance, but he wasn't here anyway, he was just an emotional clone, mainly to investigate Backerland's current situation.

Anyway...... It's really alive, but it's still not related to "harmony".

No one in the parlor dared to speak for a while, and Edward did not speak, increasing their psychological pressure until they came up with a solution.

The location of the Demon Family's mansion is indeed good, it can be seen that it has cost a lot of money, and the interior furnishings and decorations are all working hard to obtain the noble title of Rune one day - what is it now? It seems that after contributing a lot of land and money to the church, he managed to inherit the position of a dead viscount?

Well, in the early stage, the Thunder Church turned a blind eye to the demon family, and regarded them as a tool to balance with other gods, and then when the assets of the demon family began to expand, began to recruit a large number of workers frequently and used money to buy lives, and used their own methods to "stabilize the middle and lower classes", the Thunder Church saw the value they could play in terms of social order and the money they could give themselves, and continued to turn a blind eye and occasionally hit them, they began to worry about their lives and kept giving the church a little relationship.

After that, you need a title, first find a way to find a relationship with the nobles who are related to the royal family, and find the powerful Thunder Church in the end, and in order to find the relationship with the royal family, it is best to choose to believe in the God of Thunder, and the relationship is closer little by little.

Now it has been "given" the position of a viscount by the church through relationships, and there is indeed no new blood in the noble class of Rune now, and the demon is trying to gain a certain influence and status in the upper echelons, so he can't let go of the sinking cost at all.

Oh my God, it's really not the same, isn't this completely trapped by the Thunder Church?

His name is Leodro, right? Or maybe these are all done by some demigod or angel below, and they are really intelligent...... Edward snorted again, scaring the little demons below.

"Respectful, respectful 'abyss', I have a remedy."

After a full minute of silence, Milan mustered up the courage to speak.

Don't get me wrong, I've never had much to expect from you guys, so what does it matter to me if you become an angel? Edward ignored him and did not speak to him, but looked into the corner of the drawing-room, and suddenly said to a man:

"You're from the Southern Continent?"

A person in the corner immediately made a "want to look up" movement, but his head only slightly moved away from the carpet ten centimeters before lowering, and only a muffled voice came from the corner:

"Yes, yes. I'm from the Southern Continent and I'm from the Rose School. ”

Just when he was longing for the gods to ask more questions, Edward turned his gaze to another person in boredom: "The imp of the Belial family? Did you join North, or did you come as a partner? ”

The member of the Belial family also nodded with the ecstasy in his heart, and Edward asked casually, "Is the Belial family still cultivating extraordinary animals to be their partners?" It seems that yes, compared to Andrerade, who can only delve into all kinds of ritual magic, it is indeed you who have more appetite for me. By the way, your current high-level executives shouldn't still hold a grudge against me, right? ”

The member of the Beria family who was questioned was Sequence 6.

"How, how." He stumbled in reply, feeling a burning gaze fixed on his back and the top of his head, and his cold sweat was dripping, "Him...... The previous patriarch was defeated by you, and it stands to reason that we will only follow the strong. ”

Edward nodded, but did not answer, and left Milan to dry for a while, and it was a full five minutes before he looked at the trembling, sweaty, and somewhat suspicious head of the Norse family in front of him, and felt that his patience was a little insufficient:

"Do you feel confident that the remedy you came up with in a hurry to ensure that your remedy is effective?"

"Do you think you have what it takes right now? How much living force does Bakerlandri have? Is there a plan? Is there a staffing arrangement? Is there a remedy for finding a way to remedy this after failure? Don't just because I gave you a few words and you want to do something out of your head, take it easy, your 'cold-blooded' shouldn't need to be re-digested, right? ”

"Don't think I'm too strict, how can I find a good god who guides believers so carefully now?"

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his idea just now came out of a pat on the head, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was full of loopholes and vulnerable, and he wanted to strangle himself to death a few minutes ago. But just then, he heard Edward speak.

"Tell me about it." Edward said, "Do what you want, I'm very open-minded, it's not me who dies anyway." ”

Milan took a few deep breaths.

“…… The man who induces Fenerport to have a conflict with Rune. He said in a low voice, as if coming from a crack in the ground, "the merchants of Fenerport, I have seen several, a flour merchant who despised the quality of Rune's wheat, but had to sell me his fine flour at half the market price of Fenerport, a makeshift grain merchant, his parents were real merchants, but they had been struck by lightning, he did not want to do business with the Rune, he hated to death every time, but he had to take my money, for the sake of his stomach. ”

"There are also civilians, people who have been forced, or who have lost their land and their families, and want to come and terror in retaliation."

Edward began to work on his own cufflinks.

"They are all the epitome of Fenerpoter's current situation, and they will explode at the slightest instigation, but the power of mortals is not enough to shake the covenant between the gods, if so, the demon family needs to contribute a lot of force to it, and finally attract the attention of the church......"

"What's more, it's the honeymoon period of the alliance between the Earth Mother God Church and the Thunder God Church, and anyone can see that there is a problem in sowing discord during this time period - that's why I haven't dared to do it."

The reason is sufficient, the logic is normal, as long as the person with a normal brain knows that at this time, he will be attacked by the two major churches.

After Milan finished speaking, he couldn't help but lick his lips and waited anxiously for the hair to fall.

"It's good." Edward didn't think so, if people could shake the church on their own, what was the use of these demons? "You go ahead and do it."

"But ......"

Bite. One thing fell in front of him, a solid gold cufflink on Edward's left sleeve.

"Whether it's desire manipulation or amplification of evil thoughts, you are already a mature 'devil', don't forget your job because you have been a factory owner for a long time, I believe you will have a way." Edward said softly, "Either die now and someone else will do it." ”

TBC

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Good night!

(End of chapter)