Led by a butler wearing a tuxedo and white gloves, Merlin walked quietly among the black mountain castle.
This is a very ancient castle, which can be seen from the green plants crawling all over the walls and the alienation and loneliness that lingers in this castle that does not belong to this era.
The castle is built on the highest mountain in Latvinia, a small Eastern European country. From the walls of this castle, you can almost overlook the entire view of this miniature country.
Perhaps the kings of the medieval era would like this sport very much, which would allow them to see the land ruled by themselves more intuitively.
Although in Merlin's view, ruling such a tiny country is not just a sense of accomplishment.
"Your Majesty is waiting for you in the restaurant, a distinguished guest."
The very graceful old housekeeper saluted Meilin slightly and made a "please" gesture. Meilin nodded to him.
Under the silent gaze of the guards in etiquette armor around him, Merlin stretched out his black gloves' hand and pushed open the door of the castle restaurant in front of him.
Accompanied by the sound of the heavy wooden door, what caught his eye was an ancient hall.
An oval table was placed in the middle of the hall, with ornate tablecloths, filled with delicious foods, and a submissive maid holding wine, ready to fill his glasses for his Majesty and the ruler of this country.
This is a king's dinner, and there is only one person attending the banquet.
The owner of the place sat on the main seat of the hall, wearing strange iron armor, green hood and battle robe, the wizard King Victor von Dum was cutting a steak that was cooked with elegant movements.
He said to Merlin, who walked into the restaurant without raising his head:
"It's important that you visit me at this time, right? Friend."
"Yes."
Merlin looked at the luxurious dinner in front of Dum. He leaned on the "Dracula's Grave" in his hand. He did not directly explain his purpose, but commented softly:
"You are rumored to be a strict and great monarch, a kind ruler, but this luxurious and excessive dinner reminds me of the kings in history who are not very good."
"I love my people, there is no doubt that, but they are also my subjects."
Dum didn't care about the other meanings in Merlin's words. He put the steak into his mouth, which was opened and closed by the iron mask, and said calmly:
"I keep them safe and I give them a better life."
"So every night, regardless of personal belief, they should thank me before going to bed. So I always enjoy the food first and eat the best, which is the king's power."
The Latvinian wizard king raised his head and made an invitation gesture to Merlin, saying:
"What's more, there are distinguished guests here tonight. Although my country is small, a decent meal can still be provided. Let's go to the table, my friend, the food is always pleasant, so let's have a chat while eating."
Merlin was not polite either. One maid opened the chair for him, another maid brought him tableware and poured him fine wine.
Merlin picked up the wine glass, and Dum also raised the glass. The two of them drank the first glass of wine in silence. Merlin coughed lightly, and he said:
"The construction of the Intelligent Machinery Center has entered the construction stage. The engineers of the Onika Group have a very good sense of the people of Latvinia. He likes your country very much."
"Of course, this is just a small matter, Your Majesty, I'm doing it for something more important. Do you remember the last time we separated?"
Dum's steak cut stopped, and he raised his finger and seemed to have a silent order. The others in the restaurant immediately stepped down quietly.
After everyone left, Dum looked at Merlin, his eyes under the iron mask staring at him, and he said:
"Do you have a plan?"
"Yes, we're preparing a plan for the big devil."
Merlin put a piece of cake into his mouth with a dining fork, and the wonderful sweetness made him squint his eyes happily, he said to Dum:
"In the process of our plan implementation, maybe you can also get involved. I mean, if you plan to give your mother another try, then we can prepare from now on."
"But before that we were missing some information, and I believe that with your help, I can get that information and improve plans that are beneficial to us."
Merlin took out a piece of wrinkled parchment from his pocket and placed it in the air. With a light wave, the parchment was held by an invisible hand and sent to Dume.
"This is?"
Dum looked at the parchment in his hand, and he felt a strange force from it, which showed that this parchment was not an extraordinary thing.
“This is one of my 'old friends'.”
Merlin said:
"Ask it a question, it will tell you everything you need, and of course it will also come with a request that may be a bit weird, but if you want to get it, you have to pay. I believe that a good wizard like you will not understand this principle."
"etc."
Dummy tapped his fingers on the table twice, and he looked at Merlin with a weird look, and he said:
"You want me to exchange with this unknown existence in exchange for the important information you need, but I have to bear the price."
"Yes, there is no mistake in your understanding."
Merlin seemed to be focusing on dealing with the big lobster in front of him, he said:
"It sounds a bit harsh, but Lord Doom, believe me, in this world you will never find a better partner than us."
"Click"
Merlin broke the lobster's front ash, and he blinked at Dum, saying:
"And, this is good for us, we each take what we take."
"Through what you have in your hands, you can not only know Mephist's weaknesses, but you can also gain a group of true 'friends'. Even if our plan fails, it will not harm you who are hiding in the dark."
“It’s really worth it.”—
A few months later, a bustling place.
Satan's daughter Satan, disguised as she was walking in this weird building. She was wearing a red hood and wrapped herself tightly. She was looking for her goal in this lively place.
This is the tavern of Hell, which is located at the intersection of all the dimensions of hell, and it is a "neutral zone" recognized by all the hell kings.
Looking out from the windows of this tavern, you can see the Dusk Tower standing in the center of Hell, where the Lords of Hell discuss things, and the most famous Throne of Satan is also there.
When Satana was young, she followed her father there once. At that time, she was still a innocent little girl. She thought that the throne of Satan was the most gorgeous throne in hell, after all, it symbolizes the authority of all hell.
However, not!
In hell, few demons or demons know the true appearance of Satan's throne. It is just a broken, crooked, even asymmetrical left and right, and a seat piled up with a pile of rotten wood.
It is located in the purest fire of hell, burned by flames from all dimensions and still remains intact, which shows that it is indeed magical.
But apart from that, Satana, who was still young at that time, could not understand that the throne of the King of Hell would be so simple.
What still remembered her at that time was that the hell kings were discussing things in the flaming dome of the throne.
Each hell lord stands where each of them stands. According to her father, the closer a hell lord is to the throne of Satan, the more noble it is in hell.
So every demon or devil who is qualified to attend the meeting is trying to get himself closer to the broken seat.
But even the most arrogant and powerful one among them dare not put their claws on the throne. If it does that, then the next moment, others will rush over and tear them apart on the spot.
But Satana's father Marduke is an exception. After all, he is the only guy who has been driven from the throne and can escape unscathed. He always enjoys some privileges.
For example, other Maharajas call themselves "Satan" only when necessary, most of them are used for fraud.
Marduke can call himself "Satan" anytime, anywhere, because it did enjoy that name at the beginning.
Well, anyway, because of the unpleasant things that happened some time ago at the border of Hell and Satan Hell, Satana must now be in a low-key manner.
Her father has been looking for her and her brother. Once her father discovers whereabouts, the fate will be very miserable.
But today Satana was lucky. When she entered the third hall of the tavern in the hell, she soon discovered her goal among all kinds of hell creatures.
“Is there anything interesting happening today?”
Satana swayed, walked to her target, and casually pawed her eyes in the chair and felt hysterical. She probably slapped the drunk snake demon on the ground, and then sat in the seat.
The snake demon who was photographed stood up drunk and planned to get up and do something.
But when it got up, it saw Satana reaching out her finger and calling out a ball of hell fire that was so high that it was so heartbroken that it burned the table in front of her, probably sterilizing it.
This scene made the snake demon decisively coward. It turned around quietly and left here.
The person who grabbed the seat was undoubtedly unable to afford it. Although it seemed a bit cowardly when he left without saying anything, it was not those brainless war demons.
If you encounter this unlucky thing, don’t you hurry up and stay here to wait for love?
“Nothing interesting.”
The purple-skinned demon sitting next to Satana didn't care about this inexplicable catcher. He drank the demon wine in his cup with great flavour, and said:
"It's no different from an ordinary day in purgatory. What about you? Stranger, are there anything interesting about you today?"
"Yes, I have."
Satana gestured to the demon bartender, and soon a skull wine glass was served, and a colorful cocktail was delivered. This was obviously a treatment that only regular bar guests could receive.
The daughter of Satan raised the skull wine cup, and in the noisy sounds around her, she said:
"I had a great time today. On the way here I came, I killed many brainless demon assassins and fought with a fallen angel, so let me think about it, oh, by the way, I also snatched the seat of an unlucky guy, and now I plan to seduce a prince of hell to overthrow its father's throne."
"How is it? A wonderful day, right? Lord Hei Xin."
"Well, it's really exciting."
Black heart, the son of the great devil Mephisto, the red-headed prince of Hell nodded expressionlessly, it said:
"But I'm in a bad mood today, so I don't plan to be silly with you. Before I plan to do it, let's go, little girl."
"Hey man, are you angry because I'm going to seduce you?"
Satana put her hand on the shoulder of the black-hearted prince in a very frivolous position, and she said angrily:
"Don't be so boring, you know, this is hell. If you don't plan to drink with every guy who wants to use you, then you can only drink alone now."
"Besides, the ambitions of the Lord Hei Xin have spread throughout hell. When you were young and frivolous, you said you would usurp your father's throne, but you still achieved nothing."
"Are you sure you want to use me? Instead of trying to irritate me?"
Hei Xin slammed the wine glass in his hand on the table. The devil with a black hair that was covered with scales and a cool head, reaching his heels said in a deep voice:
"Who sent you as a lobbyist? You are really incompetent."
"I just omitted those meaningless polite conspiracies. I am just a more frank and straightforward person."
Satana took a sip of wine without caring, she said:
"If I tell the truth, I can't do anything about you."
"I just have a chance to offer you, if you operate well enough, maybe you can seize a chance to overthrow your father who has the most gorgeous bearded in the dimension of hell."
"whispering sound."
The black-hearted prince smiled disdainfully:
"No matter what you are looking for, I am definitely not staying away from me. This is the last warning."
"Oh, I thought you still had some ambitions when you were young. Lord Blackheart, for a while, the children in hell regarded you as a role model."
"Because you are the only guy who says something that everyone wants to do but no one dares to do, so everyone regards you as a hero."
Satana snorted, she didn't care about the warning from the black heart, and she sipped a cocktail, she said:
"But what now? Ah, the life of purgatory, endless failures, and repeated resistance, makes you fear your father, and fear weakens your ability, because of fear, you are now willing to be Mephisto's pet."
"Click"
Black-hearted fists clenched, and sharp and poisonous black bone spurs popped out of its arm. The low-level demons and devils near the seat turned around and ran away in fear.
But Satana was not afraid.
She turned her head and looked at Hei Xin, and she said:
"The old men are fighting for the throne of the king of hell in their own way. Every great king has their own ideas. Before they come on stage, they will instigate their representatives to warm up on the stage first."
"No matter whether you want it or not, you will be sent to the arena as cannon fodder, and I know that you can't win!"
The Satan girl stretched out a finger and she whispered:
"Because the strongest one among us sons of hell stands aside with me! He can eat you like a sandwich bread."
"This is your last chance. I'll give you the last 10 seconds. If you don't want to listen to me,"
Satana raised her wine glass and said to Black Heart:
"Then let's go our own way, but when you meet my boss in the arena of the Hell Lords, don't say I didn't remind you in advance."
The fatal bone spur on the black-hearted arm was less than an inch away from Satana's neck, but the prince of hell did not stab it.
Not only because of Satana's extraordinary courage and her eloquent tongue, but more importantly, as one of the oldest princes in hell, Hei Xin knew that Satana was right
Those damn old men are simply bad.
"Who are you? Who are your boss?"
Black heart asked.
“These questions are not important.”
Satanna stuck out her tongue and licked her lips. The princess of Hell frivolously reached out and pinched the strong muscles on her black-hearted arm, and she whispered:
"The important thing is that we formed a small group to give the old guys a little color, and in fact, we were going to slap them hard."
"Do you want to be a part of it?"
Facing Satana's question, Hei Xin did not answer immediately, until several minutes later, he turned around, took back the spurs, sat back, raised his glass, and said to the bartender:
Chapter completed!