Although Bell was reluctant to admit it, Siefer's unconventional style disrupted his layout.

"It's weird. Vika and Lessers have no reason to be demoted at all, they are obviously still in charge of the operation to create war in the Red Bay World, providing an opportunity for the next military intervention of the Devil Legion.

"They're on such an important mission now, and if they're deposed at this juncture, Siefel must have discovered that they were my pawns.

"Both of them have never shown their loyalty to me only in private. On the surface, they should be very supportive of the new lord.

"How the hell did Sifer find out!"

The more Bell thought about it, the more strange it became, bewildered by the iron wrist of the new Grand Duke.

He had heard that Sifer was a new generation of devils around 100 years old. Before becoming the Grand Duke of the War Wilderness, Sifer was just a Devil Count on the edge of the Nine Layers of Hell.

Therefore, when Seefer first ascended to the throne, both Bell himself and other high-ranking devils believed that the new lord would not have any special talents.

But when he really played against Siefer, the new Archduke of the Devil, Bell could feel,

On the other side of the chessboard, Siefer's action rules are unpredictable!

Far ago, Bell was just a mortal soul converted into a quivering, squirming, mindless lowly demon. With ambition and talent, and perhaps a lot of luck, he rose all the way to where he is today.

Countless experiences of surpassing his boss, countless times trampling under the feet of the powerful devil who once looked down on him, so that Bell will not despise any competitor who seems to be easy to bully.

"Sifer, I seem to know a little bit about why the Lord of the Nine Prisons promoted you to the rank of Grand Duke." Bell seemed to understand something, sneered, and a few wisps of sulfur-smelling smoke wafted out of his mouth.

"But, at best, maybe Siefer didn't really spot my arranged eyeliner, but was just overly cautious."

Bell felt that this possibility could not be ruled out.

However, just out of prudence, the devil who holds important positions and has talents is deposed and demoted······

This motivation strength is not enough!

What other motives could there be?

There is enough motivation for Sifer to rather sacrifice the long-term interests of the territory than to demote so many demons.

Could it be ······

Bell was suddenly shocked, and a flash of inspiration came to mind, and a possibility came to mind.

"Sifer needs a lot of soul energy!"

There is a loss of soul energy released during the demon's degradation, which is not as much as it is consumed during promotion, so experienced lords will avoid doing this frequently. To use a corporate finance strategy as an example, this approach is akin to "selling the fixed assets of the business in exchange for liquidity", and it is indeed a viable strategy to avoid cash flow disruption.

And Bell knew that in the recent past, the "cash flow" of the first layer of the Nine Prisons, that is, the output of the flow dynamic soul energy that can be directly controlled by the lord, is indeed not optimistic. Recently, many torture rooms that extract soul energy have been vacant.

"What does Siffel need these soul energies for? It must be something tempting enough to make him rather depose a good subordinate, and he must do it. ”

Bell thought to himself.

After a few seconds, he remembered a message from earlier.

Not long ago, Siphael mobilized a large amount of soul energy and cast a large magic spell to connect other planes!

Thinking about it, Bell felt that the beads with broken threads seemed to be connected, and everything became logical. Behind all of Siefer's unreasonable actions, there is an inherent logic.

"Siphael is planning something of great importance, and probably his entire lord's career. The plan would require connecting to an alien plane, perhaps recruiting mercenaries from some physical world.

"In order to accomplish this plan, he had to expend an extremely large amount of soul energy. And there is not much soul energy at the disposal of the territory in the territory.

"In order to fill the gap in the expenditure of soul energy, Siphael took the risk and demoted all the devils who might be secretly loyal to me, no matter how important the task they were tucked with!"

Figuring out Sifel's plan, Bell decides to take action.

"If Siefel wants to recruit helpers from other worlds, I can find someone to test it."

He looked into the shadows in the corner of the great fortress and said in a commanding tone:

"Deliver my message to the Wandering Mall, and tell the Lord of the Mall that maybe after some time, a group of uninvited guests will come to the first level of Hell······"

After completing the layout and giving the order,

Bell flew off the massive throne and landed beside the lava river.

The meandering, bubbling lava river reflected the terrifying shadow of Bell as he spread his wings.

"The tide of demons is coming in a year, how will you deal with it······"

···········

3 hours before the start of the closed beta.

Inside the castle of the lords.

In the empty, dark, lonely hall, the candlelight on the walls flickered.

Siphiel mentally adjusted the to-do list in the document.

[Completed Mission: Forming a New Court]

[Task 1: Recruit Blue Star players, find suitable tasks to apply for a budget, and distribute rewards]

[Mission 2: Find out the secrets between Lulu and Bluestar.] Which devil or demons knew about Bluestar's existence and made a pact with Lulu? 】

He sits on a bench with his hands on the quaint and mottled bronze table, inspecting Lulu's work.

"Well done, Lulu, just wait a few hours for the player to arrive." Siefel smiled.

Lulu's face flashed crimson because of the lord's appreciation.

Siefel sat up straight:

"Fortunately, everything went according to plan, and if "Dawn" was postponed, it would collide with the next-generation virtual reality game "Doom Twilight". I remember that Doomsday Twilight was also a fantasy game. ”

"But, my lord, ······" Lulu seemed to have discovered something particularly terrible, and hesitated.

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