In a certain world, if a lawyer specializes in civil dispute cases, the first thing a lawyer must learn is how to create traps in contracts and how to avoid the other party's fraud, so as to earn more benefits for his employer.
The devils in this world are experts in contract fraud, but if you are cheating from beginning to end, your reputation will be ruined sooner or later, and no one will be stupid enough to sign a contract with you again.
Therefore, directly guaranteed by the souls of both parties, as long as all traps can be seen clearly, the devil's contract is the fairest and most effective contract in the world, and it is very popular in all planes.
The lower plane words written on the contract are magical. Even residents of the main plane who do not know the demonic writing of the lower plane can understand it at a glance. However, if you think that the contract is honest and fair just because you can understand it, that would be a big mistake.
Very wrong.
Contract fraud, tens of thousands of years ago, the devils have studied it as an art. For example, the gorgeous pattern on the contract, if you take a magnifying glass and look at it, you will find that it is composed of a circle of twisted small letters.
If you don't discover the supplementary clauses before signing, you will be unlucky.
That long and complicated chapter makes people don’t want to read it. Maybe the acrostic sentences formed by the initial letters of each sentence are the real focus of the contract. You think the contract is read sideways, but when it is actually fulfilled, the devil
They will tell you that you should look vertically or diagonally, but the meaning is different.
As for inconsistencies such as inversion of subject, predicate and object, typos, omissions, and additional disclaimers, please do not treat them as accidental mistakes and clerical errors. They are mostly made intentionally by scammers, and there is definitely something wrong in them.
Therefore, for magicians who have been dealing with the lower world for a long time, the first priority when making a deal with the devil is not to use the original contract they provide, but insist on re-drafting it on the spot, even if it is destined to be a marathon
style contest.
With the development of the times, hypocritical and cunning human nobles gradually began to use soul-guaranteed devil contracts. Of course, humans are definitely not inferior to devils in their talent for deception. Contract fraud has also been practiced for thousands of years.
There are countless new tricks that surprised the devil king, such as deliberately cultivating an orphan, giving him the same name as the big shot, and signing it with the same name. Even I don't dare to use the original contract provided by others, let alone
Dare you let the contract leave my face.
And sure enough, at the negotiation table, Dasos rejected the contract I proposed at that time without hesitation. He also invited the literary scholars and legal experts from Hemet's house and requested that the contract be re-drafted on the spot.
So we fought on the spot one by one, but soon the initiative in establishing the agreement slowly returned to my hands.
After all, the professional abilities of the two writing experts and the jurist are far inferior to mine. I will not tell you that the devil’s writing in the lower plane is magical. Stimulating negative emotions is the weakest side effect. Corroding and corrupting the soul is the most fatal. Contract
The battle of terms comes to the end. In addition to knowledge, it is also a battle of physical fitness and will.
And I personally deliberately prolonged the dispute over the terms of the contract, and even deliberately dictated the devil's words to increase the pressure on the other party. When the contract was finally signed, the three slack-jawed scholars fell to the ground and fell into a coma. It seemed that they had not been there for more than a year and a half.
Zai's cultivation cannot be improved.
As a result, I am very satisfied with the final contract, and the efforts of the experts are also seen by the other party, and Dasos is also very satisfied. Well, at least they will be very satisfied before those loopholes are discovered.
Among them, the victory that I am most satisfied with is the article that "the two countries are not allowed to launch military threats and war actions in any name for ten years." This is undoubtedly a reassurance for the country of Lan. Without this article, after we exchanged chips, we will be separated from each other.
After Dasos threatened for a few days, he, the weaker party, still had to give in. This contract was equivalent to signing in vain.
Ten years from now? I don’t think he will still have time to cause trouble for the Donglan Principality by then. Moreover, as long as the plan goes smoothly, we won’t know who will cause trouble for whom by then.
Now, with this secret agreement, the Donglan Principality has truly gained freedom. Therefore, 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
Get out those three dwarves.
This is undoubtedly equivalent to raising a banner to challenge the authority of Dasos and the Oran Empire. It stabbed people in the back as soon as the agreement was reached. However, under the newly signed treaty, Oran could not
Make an overreaction.
"I just kicked you in the back. Why, bite me?"
"Huh? After being so provocative, the Donglan Principality is actually fine. It seems that the rumors that the Oran Empire is strong on the outside and weak on the inside are true. Maybe the young emperor will not be able to mobilize the dukes and marquises under him."
And under the gaze of all enemies, if there is a precedent of being the first to challenge authority without being slapped to death, I am afraid that people from all walks of life will follow suit without hesitation, and that authority will be in jeopardy.
This is not my conjecture, the changes in the situation these days explain everything.
The words were indeed spread by me, but I did not compose the music. After all, I still have self-awareness. Although my personal musical ability is stronger than that of Gloria, it only evolved from the howl of the banshee to the howl of the lich.
The effect of killing is the same, perhaps dying slowly is more of a torture.
Since composing music is not something I can do, there have been several variations including bar tunes, operas, etc. It has evolved too quickly from nature. Undoubtedly, someone has seized this opportunity and acted in secret, intending to crack down hard.
Reputation on Daxos.
The power of Dasos ascending to the throne, overwhelming the forty-six countries, is so majestic, but this is undoubtedly a big gamble. While the benefits after success are huge, it also brings a huge rebound, which includes both internal and external parts.
Judging from how quickly the music was composed and disseminated, and judging from the high quality of the finished product, 80% of it was done by the great nobles of Oran. It would be difficult for other forces to find so many local musicians and dramas so quickly.
Adapt it at home, and then use a large number of bards to spread the stigma of "the foolish king who is jealous of the true God".
In a feudal monarchy country, a powerful centralized king is undoubtedly what all the nobles do not want to see. There are two grand dukes, four dukes, and thirty-seven marquises in the Oran Empire, and more than 70% of them have their own territories.
and the people of the territory. The local emperor who has been in his territory for a long time.
In the future "history", Dasos, who holds great power, will find reasons to take back one-third of the titles, confiscate their territory and wealth, and create a powerful centralized state.
This is also a historical necessity. When the royal power rises, local nobles will inevitably be suppressed. In a sense, the great nobles of the Oran Empire did not do anything wrong. They have long seen the ambition of the new king and have been looking for it.
Opportunities and flaws to break the situation.
On the other hand, two hours after the Donglan Principality made a request to keep the three people, the thirteen countries made the exact same request, and three of them had even been vassals of the Oran Empire for hundreds of years.
Now the three of them don't matter anymore. The envoys from various countries don't even know the names of those three people, but that doesn't stop them from protesting. These "innocent" hapless guys have become a breakthrough point for small countries to challenge Oran's authority, and then
As envoys from various countries obtain authorization from their respective royal families, I am afraid that the number of groups 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 become the subordinates of other countries, that is, they have to pay tribute and serve as cannon fodder during the war. Anyway, the situation cannot get worse, so it is better to take advantage of the new king's ascendance.
Last one.
Undoubtedly, during this period, Dasos's royal power and dignity were challenged by internal and external attacks, but his response method was very memorable.
In the face of provocation, he strangely remained silent, and had no intention of blaming the Donglan Principality. Instead, he silently fulfilled the requirements of the contract and handed over a large amount of resources and technology to the envoy.
"Are you giving in now?"
Renee and Kelly were surprised. This was not the style of the powerful emperor at all, but in my eyes, the man actually had not changed at all. He was a typical gambler. Now he remained silent and just threw himself into the gambling game.
I bought more chips and planned to bet on a bigger game.
If he was going to compromise, he would have released those three people at this time, but he kept an eerie silence about those three people. He just endured the pressure silently, and then waited for the opportunity to make a comeback.
Fulfilling the contract is only part of it. According to our contract, if the Oran Empire fulfills the resources and technology it should pay in the contract, then it will be my turn to hand over the keys to the underwater base to Dasos.
"A chance for a comeback...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 will be enough to boost its momentum.
, suppress all objections.”
I can already guess how he will modify the program at the succession ceremony. Military parades are always a good opportunity to promote military strength. At the peak of the military strength of all parties, once the new warship appears, it can suppress
The big nobles and subordinate countries who were ready to move made his authority even higher.
I only say that the emperor is a gambler because this plan sounds good, but it is a dangerous gamble full of uncertainty.
"If the engineers in despair completely destroyed their hard-earned creation, it was already in ruins; if even if the door was opened, if there was not a ship among them that could be completed in three months to catch up with the ceremony
, which is also the end of losing all your money.”
But his early fulfillment of the contract is a good thing for the Donglan Principality, 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.
Supposedly, there is only one entrance to the underwater base, which is around the piers of the abandoned bridge, but it has long been the residence of the Oran Royal Guard. The emperor's most trusted elite troops are stationed there, as well as the semi-god-level "dragon-hunting archers"
"Wherever Damus is, let alone entering, even getting close will cause big trouble.
But at this time, diving under the river was to find something else.
"Yes, it is indeed here."
Even if I keep complaining, the multifunctional cat can still emit slight fluorescence underwater, making it easier for me to find my target.
After two nights of futile efforts, I finally found my target, which was the white wolf emblem on a rock wall. Although it was covered with water plants and corroded a lot by the water flow, the ferociousness of the wolf's head was still there.
Still lifelike.
I carefully brought the wolf tooth necklace close to the emblem on the rock wall, but there was no reaction.
"Sure enough, the blood obtained from Dasos is not enough. Fortunately, I was prepared."
In the small pouch on the waist is a bottle of blood that was just taken. (Dasos's father: Unfilial son. There are blood-sucking rats in the dungeon, get out of here! Stinky rats! Will my reputation be ruined by rats!)
And as the blood and river water mixed together, and as the wolf fang necklace was completely dyed red, finally, the eyes of the sculptured wolf head emitted white light, and then as a black hole was opened on the rock wall next to it, the water level of the entire river dropped.
There was a slight change.
"Sure enough, there is an underwater exit."
Finally, I felt relieved. This kind of underwater base hollowed out of the rock wall should have an underwater emergency exit. Although it was my personal guess, the hole that opened after the mechanism was activated undoubtedly proved this guess.
correct.
But the passage is not wide. It should not be an expected passage for ships, but an exit to allow water to flow or for people to migrate.
I carefully dived into the cave entrance and followed the underwater passage all the way up. After a few minutes, I reached the surface.
But as soon as I poked my head out, before even taking a second look, I hurriedly dived in.
“After all the calculations, I still didn’t expect this result.”
Neither I nor Daxos have any hope that there will be survivors in the base. After all, there has been no water and no food for more than a year. Even if we can use river water to make do with water, if we don't have food for a year, we will be dead no matter what.
Gone.
But just after taking a glance, we found that we all guessed wrong. Not only are there survivors here, but the survivors are actually still working hard to build ships. At the dock nearby, two medium-sized aerostats have already docked at the port.
.
"We are actually traveling together. Looking at the number of low-level undead, there should be an undead monarch-level existence."
Yes, although there are survivors, there are no living people. Most of the busy workers on the dock are skeletons and zombies, but judging from the unfinished flesh on the zombies, they have just been transformed into undead.
.
"Prince Carlo Xin? Maybe there is a lich with at least a holy level inside, which will be really difficult to deal with."
And even if you don't look at those undead creatures, the small and medium-sized golems busy on the dock are also difficult to deal with. As the most important military base of the Oran Empire, it is simply unimaginable to not have a defense force armed to the teeth.
Judging from future intelligence, there is also a ghost fleet detachment in the future Armada. The admiral of the fleet is a high-level lich named Kalo Xin. It is said that he is the younger brother of the late king and the uncle of Dasos.
At that time, some people speculated that he would turn into a lich because of being with a dignified prince of a great country. What was outrageous was that the Winter Wolf King actually handed over nearly half of his fleet to this undead. But now it seems that it was this prince who should have handed over the fleet to the undead.
The emperor is right.
I am afraid that being isolated from the outside world this time is the opportunity for this magician to transform into a lich. After all, when he finds that there is not enough food, he will never sit back and wait for death. He will transform into an undead creature that does not need food, or perhaps a living creature.
Best choice down the road.
I silently sneaked under the water, keeping the surrounding situation in mind, and then turned around and left without hesitation.
"Since we don't have enough combat power this time, let's bring more people next time."
But as soon as I returned to the church, my plan suffered a blow. My current top thug, Moon Knight Diana, was destined to be unable to participate in this plan.
"Well... I grew up in a dungeon. Water is a very important resource. It's a waste if it's used for bathing. If it's used for swimming."
Well, needless to say the rest, the excuse that the inhabitants of the underground world cannot swim is too convincing.
Considering that a heavily armored unit like the Paladin relies heavily on equipment to survive, and diving with armor is simply an impossible challenge, I gave up the idea of letting her try the water.
Looking around, Beifeng and Casio both raised their heads and looked up at the sky, trying hard to pretend they didn't hear our discussion. Green remained silent, but it was clear from his heavy armor that he couldn't get into the water. Momo raised his hands enthusiastically.
speak.
"I have the best water skills among the urban management. I used to practice in the old Molek's fish pond. I can hold myself underwater for one minute! I can also swim more than thirty meters in one breath."
Well, what does this ten-year-old's record mean? Sure enough, I was too happy too early, and in the end I turned to Kelos for help, but she still gave me an apologetic answer.
"Master Divine Envoy, wild elves have never liked water. Since I have been in the underground world for a long time, I have never learned how to transform into seals, so..."
"Won't."
"It doesn't even rain often in the underground world."
Looking at a group of landlubbers in front of me, even though my head was big, the black cat on my shoulder smiled triumphantly.
"Idiot, it's not enough to find a sea monster. Their racial talent, Poseidon Blessing, can allow people who can't swim to swim and breathe underwater in a short period of time. It must be enough."
"There is only a river here and no sea. Where can I find the sea monster?"
"this."
It was a shabby poster, with a funny clown, a two-headed ogre acrobat, a trapeze artist swinging on a swing, and a siren trainer training seals in a large pool.
"Fire Dragon Circus? I seem to have heard of it somewhere." (To be continued...)
