Edward absentmindedly examined the scroll in his hand—the blood-drawn emblem shone with an aura of evil, indistinguishable from Glessia. Although the terms of appointment were simple, there were no major flaws, similar to the structure of the contract that the Psychic Warlock had signed with the Lord of the Nine Hells. The subtle echoes of his soul are effective enough.

It seems that at least there is no deception in this matter, and the princess of hell really handed over this team to herself.

So, what can a strong-willed, capable, but not part of the regular sequence be used for?

Meritorious service on the battlefield?

Or maybe it's a good idea, but it's obviously not suitable for the situation at hand.

Edward knew very well that Asmodeus would not send too many subordinates in this Celestial Offensive - he would either send the most elite troops or attack on a large scale, but the Lord of the Nine Prisons had always been a qualified strategist. He will not think that he can fight to the heavenly realm, which is equivalent to victory in sight, as long as he increases investment and presses the old bottom, he can attack the heavenly mountain in one go, and let the whole world enter the control of hell.

On the contrary, he has a clear understanding, he must know that although Heavenly Mountain is facing an unprecedented dilemma, it will also unite because of this, and with the help of the defense facilities that have been built for tens of thousands of years, it is still very advantageous to deal with those devils who are fighting away. What's more, it is impossible for all the gods in other planes to sit idly by and watch the fall of Heavenly Mountain and do nothing—what Edward himself and Asmodeus should have done in the near future. It is to consolidate the forward position, corrupt enough for the devil's army to attack, and also guard against demons or other opponents. Sneak attack in the back at this time.

And in such a situation, what can be more trustworthy than a henchman who is his own daughter?

Therefore, Her Royal Highness the princess will never be allowed to set foot on the battlefield.

Well, it is not ruled out that she will let one of her subordinates lead the team and go to the battlefield to get a certain amount of capital. But this is obviously not going to be true to Edward.

Edward was a human being, and he had no real interests entangled in hell, let alone charm. Naturally, it was impossible to be loyal to her, and even if she wanted to win over Edward, she would not give this opportunity to weaken herself - although Edward was fooled into learning to be cute. But this princess has never been a cute thing, on the contrary, she has been immersed in intrigue and intrigues, and God knows what strange plans will be in her head.

Thankfully, Edward didn't know the other. But the confidant is okay in this regard...... At least he's sure of it. Her Royal Highness the princess's plan was to make him the 'Ruby Scepter Bearer'.

However, there is no good way to counteract it for the time being.

"So, how are we going to get there?"

Edward sighed, and the crystal melted like ice from the wound of the fallen angel Augustus. The remaining broken wounds were not a problem at all for a fallen angel, and soon, the giant was able to put his leg together, and some wolf stood up and handed him a ruby: "Please hold this." The destination of the teleportation has been set. We will go straight to the camp's central tent...... Huh, wait, Legion Commander. This is not in accordance with the regulations, the barracks are heavy, and the irrelevant ones are ......"

He stared at Edward's movement of holding Elena's waist, and reminded him urgently, but the reminder was blocked back indifferently: "I appoint her as my counselor. Immediately, now!"

"This ...... All right. ”

The additional teleportation energy above the ruby was huge, extremely fast, and there was hardly any sense of spatial vibration.

However, the moment the teleportation ended, Edward noticed that he was already bathed in dozens of intersecting sharp sights......

The end of the teleportation was a large space, closer to the hall than a tent, and around it, there were already about thirty celestial creatures with different postures, men and women, most of them were Astral Apostles who were similar to ordinary people, but there were also four or five Otherworldly Divine Servants with emerald green skin and a height of more than ten feet, as well as Divine Servants who mixed animals and humans. The similarity was that the wings behind them were all pitch black, and a misty mist swirled around them, making the light of the dozen or so magic chandeliers around them dim a little.

Edward frowned, and the tentacles of thought silently spread throughout the space.

"Fellow citizens, this is our new Commander of the Corps, His Excellency Count Edward Vincent, and from this day onwards our entire army group will be under his command for combat operations, and by the mercy of His Majesty the Great Gracy, I will be transferred to the post of Deputy Commander of the Corps, I hope you will ......"

"Forget it, I'm not interested in these, I'm just a nominal person, since you were originally in charge, then now it's up to you to take care of it. One qiē as usual. ”

Edward snorted and interrupted Augustus' introduction.

He has no interest in getting acquainted with the goods in front of him, and he does not intend to leave any suitable impression on them - as long as the goal is achieved, he will withdraw and reorganize the personnel composition, which can only be regarded as a waste of time. So as soon as the conversation changed, he began to ask his own questions straightforwardly:

"Do you have any orders for our mission?"

"Nope. We are still recuperating and training at the moment, and there are no further tasks. ”

"Then Glesia, well, Your Majesty, what is the task given to you?

"No, Your Excellency Legion, our main mission is to guard against Levistus. ”

"Who's that?"

There was a strange silence in the room, and almost everyone's consciousness was almost identical...... Doubts, surprises, and...... 鄙shì.

"Levistus, the overlord of Stygia, the lord of the fifth layer of Hell. The silence passed for a few seconds before it was broken by a whisper in her ear, and Elena frowned slightly, and whispered in his ear, "Legend has it that Glesia had a great vendetta against him for killing his mother. ”

"So exaggerated?" Edward couldn't help but frown, "But the devil is not...... Is it really dead, not resurrected?"

Asmodeus had a daughter, and Edward knew that he seemed to have the only wife...... But his wife died. It was the first time Edward had heard of it, and he thought that the Queen of Hell must be in charge of the harem for Asmodeurs - so the Lord of the Nine Hells, though famous, had little to do with lovers or anything like that. But now someone is suing him. The wife of the Lord of the Nine Prisons is dead, and he didn't kill it himself?

"Lord Edward, don't you know about the 'Great Reckoning'? well, or maybe it has a name you're familiar with......"

The awkward silence lasted for a few more moments before Augustus was barely broken.

Scattered in the surrounding space, the tiny hostility was as sharp as countless tiny needles...... A human who had never even heard his name became the new commander of the Legion. This abruptness was already shocking, and if he was a stupid master who seemed to be worthy of the name, it was obviously unacceptable to these celestial beings who had to be subservient to humans.

Between a few lines of dialogue. The relationship between superiors and subordinates in the legion, which had no trust to speak of, has completely collapsed, and what will happen to a commander who lacks authority in the army of hell?

Edward, of course, knew it, though. He wasn't interested in bothering with it.

"There's no rush. Don't worry, I've just arrived, so you can tell me slowly, in the short term, I don't think I will make any instructions, you can rest assured, ahahaha......

"The Great Reckoning was a great rebellion within Hell that took place tens of thousands of years ago. Several lords banded together to launch a conspiracy against the Lord of the Nine Hells, and eventually. All the lords of Hell were involved in this conflict at that time, but these evil guys have always been in their own interests, so it was natural that this operation did not succeed, but ......"

Augustus' face twitched slightly, but he did his duty as a subordinate: the explanation was brief but precise: "They attacked Nessers and killed Asmodeus' wife, Thyss. ”

"It's not that it didn't succeed, but it's all under Asmodeus's control, otherwise, this operation wouldn't be called a great reckoning in the end. ”

"No, the Lord of the Nine Prisons was at a very disadvantage at that time, but there was a huge turning point in the middle, Baier, who was only a general under the First Lord at the time, found the Purgatory Horn and blew it on the battlefield, so all the Deep Hell Purgatory demons on the entire battlefield were all charged by him, and became a decisive force to submit to the Lord of the Nine Prisons, so the whole operation ended. ”

"And then, the Lord of the Nine Hells didn't kill them all?"

"Several lords have been punished for opposing the Lord of the Nine Layers of Hell, the original lord of the first layer, although he was not punished on the surface, was in fact quickly replaced by Baier, and Balzebu, the Grand Duke of the Flying Worm, was affected by a strong curse and was transformed into the ugly appearance of a slug. And Levistus, the lord of the fifth layer of hell, was frozen forever in the sea of the fifth hell of Steguia, inside a black iceberg. The iceberg was condensed by the powerful power of the Lord of the Nine Hells, and it was indestructible and resistant to any magic, not even wishing and miracle magic. And even if it is dug up, it can be frozen again immediately. He could never get out of here. ”

"Oh, this guy killed the old ...... of the Lord of the Nine Prisons The Lord of the Nine Prisons didn't kill him to take revenge, right?"

The human fuss caused almost all of the fallen angels' faces to twist and twitch strangely.

Almost everyone wonders if this is a trick to test their loyalty and reflexes.

There are all kinds of zài in hell, but except for those bad demons who have no brains, there are no so-called real fools. The survival of the fittest has always been an extremely thorough mindset in this plane, and there is no wisdom or sufficient strength to deal with those who are conspiratorial, although it will not be eliminated immediately, but at least it will not appear in the upper echelons of the devils. And although the guy in front of him is only a human, it is rumored that he has been rewarded by the Lord of the Nine Prisons and given the Ruby Scepter Projection, which is an honor that even those great devils may not be able to get.

Could such a guy be an idiot who doesn't know anything?

Even if he's a prime materialist. But would the Lord of the Nine Hells bestow such a superficial creature with the Ruby Scepter?

"Hmm...... Bato Hell is, after all, a country governed by the rule of law, and Levistus is the lord of the Fifth Hell...... His charges have been set and his punishment has been carried out. And since he is already bearing the punishment of eternal ice, according to the rules of Bato, he cannot directly sentence this monarch for his crimes, after all, according to the code, a king of hell has immunity, as long as he has not committed a great crime to subvert Bato, even the lord of the nine prisons cannot violate the rules of the rule of law. If it is to be abolished or stripped of the title of Grand Duke, it must be proved by overwhelming evidence. His plot to subvert Hell. And it intends to challenge Bato's bottom line, such as colluding with the demon lord in order to get out of trouble, and intends to disturb the basic order of hell......"

"What a legal system. Bullshit, it's just a trade-off between forces. As long as no evidence can be found, even a big conspiracy will be praised...... Only conspiracies that are exposed before they succeed will be punished with thunder, without evidence. No one can do it directly. Moreover, the strength of Hell at that time had been greatly damaged, in case these rebels refused to sit idly by, they would unite with Heavenly Mountain or the Abyss to fight against the Lord of the Nine Hells, and in the end, it would be the foundation of Hell that would be damaged...... Therefore, this kind of 'magnanimity' is really helpless. ”

The human sneered and commented unscrupulously:

"Oh, yes, maybe it's a thank you. After all, men, there are always times when they can't stand their yellow-faced mother-in-law. It was with the opportunity of Levistus to start. So I showed him a little more leniency as a reward for killing him......"

"Bold!"

"How dare you ......!"

Some of the feelings that have been suppressed finally broke out at this moment. Almost all the fallen angels roared at the same moment, the air in the entire space was pushed and twisted by the force, turning into a fierce wind, the sound of sneering friction was endless, the flat rocky ground was carved out of countless messy textures, and in the dust, dozens of weapons bursting with black flames had occupied the space around the human body in an instant!

But whether it was a long sword, a spear blade, a scimitar or a double-headed sword, all the blades were still in the space six feet away from the human.

All the angels' eyes flickered, and they saw a deep consternation in the eyes of their companions—they naturally couldn't have killed that human in a single offense, even if his words were disrespectful to the Lord of the Nine Hells and his deceased queen, but he was the commander of the legion after all, a superior, and only the higher echelons could punish him.

Their actions are just to show their 'due' loyalty...... But why is it that everyone's movements are so neat, as if they have been rehearsed beforehand?

"Well, the table is not bad......"

The telemancer's gaze wandered, sweeping over the soldiers around him: "Well, it seems that your loyalty to the great Asmodeus and Glathia is beyond doubt, well, then, let's see how you plan and seek to fulfill your wishes for Glacya." ”

Is it just such a fluffy excuse to offset the disrespect you just made? Everyone here can prove that you have slandered the Lord of the Nine Hells! That is enough to burn your soul in the fire of hell for a thousand years!

However, this simple questioning did not appear in the end - the human beings inadvertently glanced past their gaze, which made the hearts of more than thirty high-level fallen angels cold at the same time, and they seemed to have lost something in a daze, but it was suddenly just an illusion.

As the dozens of people slowly retreated, Elena suddenly snorted softly in Edward's ear.

"If one day I become a ...... Yellow-faced woman, will you kill me too?"

The Psychic Warlock quietly grabbed the soft stalk that was holding his waist with his backhand, stroked it carefully, and responded with a playful smile in the words of the heart: "Yes, I'll do you scream...... By the way, let you rejuvenate yourself. But I'm worried that if one day I become a bald, big-bellied old man, will you throw me away as a bulky piece of garbage?"

"That's bad!" the paladin blushed and snorted lowly, but didn't break away from his hand.

Edward laughed.

With a wave of his hand in laughter, the huge map that had been hanging on the side of the big tent flew over and spread out in front of him, and then, a little red flame formed arrows, drawing layers of trajectories on them.

"Mobilize your entire army, cross directly across the border between Malboji and Stygia, and build a large portal there to teleport the vanguard to ...... Well, it's good here. ”

The telemancer clicked casually, and the flaming arrows on the military map closed with it, but the route pointed out by the dark red flames was enough to surprise all the generals!

"If anyone will protest, tell him that we are conducting an exercise to simulate the attack on Heaven Mountain, and to conduct some special battles in the future, and ask for the full cooperation of the relevant parties, of course. Although the exercise is realistic, it still needs to be carried out in a safe and prudent way in some aspects, so we will hand over the route of the march to their side and ask them to cooperate in some aspects.

"But Your Excellency Legion, there's Tanterin, the largest city in Stygia!"

Augustus's voice, almost close to howling...... (To be continued......)