In a certain world, if you specialize in civil disputes, the first thing a lawyer needs to learn is how to create traps in the contract and how to avoid the other party's fraud, so as to earn more benefits for his employer.
And the devils in this world are experts in contract fraud, but if they are deceived from the beginning to the end, their reputation will be bad sooner or later, and no one will be stupid enough to sign a contract with you.
Therefore, directly guaranteed by the souls of both parties, as long as all the traps can be seen clearly, the devil contract is the most fair and effective contract in the world, and it is very popular in all planes.
The lower plane text written on the contract has magical power. Even the residents of the main plane who do not know the devil language of the lower plane can understand it at a glance, but if you think that the contract is honest and fair because you can understand it, then it is a big mistake. Wrong.
Contract fraud, tens of thousands of years ago, the devils have regarded it as an art to study, such as the gorgeous pattern on the contract, if you look at it with a magnifying glass, you will find that it will be a circle of distorted small characters. If you don't find out before signing the supplementary terms, you can only count yourself out of luck.
Those long and complicated chapters that people don't want to read. Maybe the hidden poem-like sentence formed by the initial letters of each sentence is the real focus of the contract. You think the contract is read sideways, and when it is really fulfilled, the devil will It will tell you that you should look upright and look diagonally, which means something is different.
As for inconsistencies such as subject-verb-object inversion, typos, omissions, and additional exemptions, please don't regard them as accidental mistakes and clerical errors. Most of them are deliberately done by liars, and there are definitely problems in them.
Therefore, for the archmage who have dealt with the lower plane world for a long time, the first priority in making a deal with the devil is not to use the original contract provided by them, but to insist on rewriting the text on the spot, even if it is destined to be a marathon. contest.
With the development of the times, the hypocritical and cunning human nobles have gradually begun to use the devil's contract guaranteed by the soul. Of course, the human talent in deception is definitely not inferior to the devil. For thousands of years, contract fraud has also been played. There are countless new tricks that surprised the devil king, such as deliberately nurturing an orphan, giving a name exactly the same as the big man and signing it with the same name, even myself, I dare not use the original contract provided by others, let alone Dare to let the contract leave in front of me.
Sure enough, at the negotiating table at the time, Dasos denied the contract I proposed at the time without hesitation. He also invited literary scholars and legal experts from Hemet’s house and asked to re-write the text on the spot.
So, we fought on the spot one by one, but soon, the initiative in the construction of the agreement slowly returned to my hands.
After all, the professional ability of those two literati and jurists is far inferior to that of me. The devil words in the lower planes have magic power. Arousing negative emotions is the weakest side effect. Corrupting and degenerating the soul is the most terrible thing. In the end, in addition to knowledge, it is also a struggle of physique and will.
Personally, I deliberately prolonged the dispute over the terms of the contract, and even more deliberately dictated the devil's words to increase the pressure on the other side. When the contract was finally signed, the three scholars who were slack fell to the ground and fell into a coma. The self-cultivation of the load is not good.
In the end, I was very satisfied with the final contract, and the experts’ efforts were also seen by the other party. Dasos and the others were also very satisfied. Well, at least they should be very satisfied before those loopholes were discovered.
Among them, the victory that I am most satisfied with is that "the two countries are not allowed to initiate military threats and acts of war in any name within ten years." This is undoubtedly a reassurance for the country of Lan. A few days later, when Dasos threatened, his weaker party still had to submit, and this contract was tantamount to signing it in vain.
ten years later? I don't think he will have time to trouble the Principality of Donglan, and, as long as the plan goes well, who will trouble whom will not know.
Right now, the Principality of Donglan with this secret covenant is truly free, so after going back to negotiate, Renee and the others did not hesitate to choose this time to recognize the God of Law as the state religion, and ask the Oran Empire to hand over. out the three dwarfs.
This is undoubtedly equivalent to raising the banner of challenging the authority of Dasos and the Oran Empire, and even more so, just after the agreement was reached, he stabbed someone in the back fiercely, but under the contract just signed, Oran could not overreacting.
"I kicked you in the back, why, bite me?"
"Huh? It's all so provocative, and the Principality of Donglan is actually fine. It seems that the rumors that the Oran Empire is strong outside and inside are true. Maybe the young emperor can't mobilize the dukes and marquis under him."
Under the gaze of all the enemies, there was the first precedent to challenge the authority without a slap in the face. I am afraid that after that, people from all walks of life will follow without hesitation, and that authority will be in jeopardy.
This is not my speculation, the changes in the situation these days speak for themselves.
That word was indeed passed down by me, but I did not write the music. After all, I still have self-knowledge. Although my personal musical cell is stronger than Gloria, it has only evolved from a banshee's howl to a lich's howl. The effect of killing is the same, and perhaps the slow death is more torture.
Since composing music is not something I can do, there are several variants including bar minors and operas, and the evolution from nature is too fast. There is no doubt that someone seized this opportunity and acted in secret, intending to hit hard. Dasos' reputation.
Dasos and the power of ascending the throne are so powerful that they overwhelm the Forty-six Kingdoms, but this is undoubtedly a big gamble. While the success is huge, it also brings a huge rebound. This rebound includes both internal and external parts.
Judging from the composition and dissemination of the music so quickly, 80% of the finished products are the work of the great nobles in Oran. It is difficult for other forces to find so many musicians and dramas in the local area so quickly. It is adapted from home, and then a large number of bards are used to spread the stigma of "the foolish king who is jealous of the true god".
In a royal country with enfeoffment system, a powerful centralized monarch is undoubtedly something that all the great nobles do not want to see. There are two grand dukes, four dukes, and thirty-seven marquis in the Oran Empire, of which more than 70% have their own territory. and the territorial emperor, who has long been in his own territory.
In the future "history", Dasos, who is in power, finds a reason to take back one-third of the titles and confiscate their territories and wealth, creating a powerful centralized state.
This is also the inevitability of history. When the kingship rises, the local nobles will inevitably be suppressed. In a sense, the big nobles of the Oran Empire have done nothing wrong. They have long seen the new king's ambition and have been looking for it. Opportunities and flaws to break the game.
On the other hand, just two hours after the Principality of Donglan requested to keep the three people, the Thirteen Kingdoms made the exact same request. Among them, the Three Kingdoms have even been vassals of the Oran Empire for a century.
Now the three people themselves don't matter. The envoys of various countries don't even know the names of the three people, but they do not prevent them from protesting. These "innocent" unfortunate bastards have become a breakthrough for the small countries to challenge the authority of Oran. As the envoys of various countries obtain the authorization of the royal family, I am afraid that the camp participating in the challenge will become larger and larger.
This is undoubtedly the retribution of the Oran Empire for oppressing the subordinates of small countries. No one wants to be subordinate to other countries, that is, to pay tribute and act as cannon fodder during the war. Anyway, the situation can no longer be worse, it is better to take advantage of the new king. The last one.
Undoubtedly, during this period of time, Dasos' kingship and dignity were challenged by internal and external attacks, but the way he responded was very memorable.
In the face of the provocation, he kept silent in a strange way, and did not mean to criticize the Principality of Donglan. Instead, he silently fulfilled the requirements of the contract and handed over a large amount of resources and technology to the envoy.
"Is this soft?"
Renee and Kelly are surprised, this is not the style of the strong emperor at all, but in my eyes, the man has not changed at all, he is a typical gambler character, and now he is silent, just throwing it into this game Into more chips, intends to bet bigger.
If he was going to compromise, he would release those three people at this time, but he kept a strange silence about those three people. He just silently endured the pressure and waited for the chance to break out.
And fulfilling the contract is only part of it. According to our contract, if the Oran Empire fulfills the resources and technologies that should be paid for in the contract, then it will be my turn to hand over the key to the underwater base to Dasos.
"A chance to overturn... the succession ceremony? At that time, as long as the floating fleet is pulled out, no, it does not need the entire fleet, as long as there is one ship, this unprecedented epoch-making weapon is enough to make its momentum and suppress all opposition."
I can guess how he will modify the program at the succession ceremony. The military parade is always a good opportunity to promote military strength. At the climax of the military strength of all parties, once the new type of warship appears, it can suppress the eagerness to move. The great nobles and subordinate countries of his, but made his authority to a higher level.
I only say that the emperor is a gambler because the plan sounds good, but it is a dangerous gamble full of uncertainty.
"If the despairing engineers completely destroy their toiled creation, it is in ruins: if even if the gates are opened, if there is not a ship among them that can be completed in three months to catch up with the ceremony , is also the end of the blood.”
But his early fulfillment of the contract is a good thing for the Principality of Donglan, which is in urgent need of various resource subsidies, but for me, I have to hurry up. After all, I am also very interested in the treasures of the underwater base, at least The technology of the floating fleet can be said to be a priceless treasure that all countries want.
It stands to reason that there is only one entrance to the underwater base, which is around the pier of the abandoned bridge, but it has long been the seat of the Oran Royal Guard, where the emperor's most trusted elite troops are stationed, and the demigod-level "dragon-hunting shooter". "Where is Damus, let alone entering, even if he gets close, it will cause big trouble.
But at this time, diving under the river is to find something else.
"Yes, it is indeed here."
Even though I'm constantly complaining, the multifunctional cat can emit a slight fluorescent light underwater, which is convenient for me to find my target.
After two nights of unsuccessful efforts, I finally found my target, which is the white wolf emblem on a rock wall. Although it is covered with water plants and corroded by the water, the wolf head is hideous. Still lifelike.
I carefully put the wolf tooth necklace close to the emblem on the rock wall, but there was no response.
"Sure enough, the blood from Dasos is not enough. Fortunately, I was prepared."
There was a bottle of fresh blood in the pouch at the waist. (Dassos' father: Unfilial son, there are blood-sucking mice in the dungeon, get out of the way! Stinky mice! Could it be that the old man's fame is going to die!)
And as the blood and the river water were mixed together, and as the wolf tooth necklace was all dyed red, finally, the eyes of the sculptured wolf head radiated white light, and then as a black hole on the side of the rock wall was opened, the water level of the entire river was There was a slight change.
"Sure enough, there is an underwater exit."
Finally, I was relieved. This underwater base that hollowed out the rock wall should have an underwater emergency exit. Although it is my personal guess, the opening of the opening after the mechanism was activated undoubtedly proved this guess. correct.
But this passage is not wide, and it should not be the expected passage for ships, but an exit for the flow of water or the migration of people.
I carefully dived into the hole, followed the underwater channel all the way up, and after a few minutes, I reached the surface.
And as soon as I stuck my head out, before I could even take a look, I hurriedly dived with my head down.
"After all the calculations, I still didn't expect such a result."
Neither I nor Dasos has any hope that there are still survivors in the base. After all, it has been more than a year since the water and food have been cut off. Even if the river water can be used to make do with water, if there is no food for a year, no matter what you think, you will be dead. Empty.
But I just glanced at it and found that we all guessed wrong. Not only are there survivors here, but the survivors are still working hard to build ships, and at the pier on the side, two medium-sized floating boats have already docked at the port. .
"It's still a peer. Judging from the number of low-level undead, there should be an undead monarch-level existence."
Yes, although there are survivors, there are no living ones. Most of the busy laborers on the dock are skeletons and zombies, but judging from the uncorrupted flesh on the zombies, they have just been converted into undead.
"Prince Caroxin? Maybe there is a lich of the least holy rank in it, which is really difficult to deal with."
But even if you don't look at those undead creatures, the small and medium-sized golems that are busy on the dock are not easy to deal with. As the most important military base of the Oran Empire, it is unimaginable that there is no defense force armed to the teeth.
Judging from the future information, there is also a ghost fleet in the future armada. The fleet admiral is a high-level lich named Kaloxin, who is said to be the younger brother of the late king and the uncle of Dasos.
At that time, some people speculated that he would become a lich with a dignified prince of a big country, and it was outrageous that the king of winter wolves actually gave nearly half of the undead to this undead, but now it seems that this prince should have handed over the fleet to the undead. The emperor is right.
I am afraid that being separated from the outside world this time is the opportunity for this archmage to transform into a lich. After all, when he finds that there is not enough food, he will never sit still and transform into an undead creature that does not need food. Maybe he survived the best choice.
I sneaked under the water silently, taking the surrounding situation in my heart, and then turned away without hesitation.
"Since the combat power is insufficient this time, then next time, bring more people."
But as soon as I returned to the church, my plan was hit in the head. My current number one thug, Diana, the Knight of the Moon, was destined to be unable to participate in this plan.
"That... I grew up in a dungeon. Water is a very important resource. It would be a waste to use it for bathing. If it is used for swimming."
Well, needless to say the rest, the excuse that the inhabitants of the underworld can't swim is too convincing.
And considering that heavy armored units such as Paladins rely heavily on equipment for food, and diving with armor is an impossible challenge, I even gave up the idea of letting her try diving.
Looking around, Beifeng and Casio both looked up at the sky and tried to pretend that they didn't hear our discussion. Green remained silent, but he knew that he couldn't go into the water because of his heavy armor. Momo raised his hand quite enthusiastically. speak.
"I have the best water in the city management. I used to practice in the old Molek's fish pond. I can hold it underwater for a minute! I can also swim for more than 30 meters in one breath."
Well, what does this ten-year-old's record mean? Sure enough, I was too happy to be happy, and I finally turned my eyes to Coros for help, but it was still an apologetic answer.
"My lord, wild elves have never liked water. Because I have been in the underground world for a long time, I haven't even learned about shape-shifting seals, so..."
"Won't."
"The underground world doesn't even rain very often."
Looking at a group of landlubbers in front of me, when my head was big, the black cat on my shoulders smiled triumphantly.
"Idiot, it's not enough to find a Kraken. Their racial talent, Sea God's Blessing, can make people who can't swim swim and breathe underwater in a short period of time. It's definitely enough."
"There is only a river here, no sea, where can I go to find the Kraken?"
"this."
It was a battered poster with a funny clown, a two-headed ogre acrobat, a trapeze rippling on a swing, or a siren trainer who trained seals in a big pool.
"Fire Dragon Circus? I seem to have heard of it somewhere."