Chapter 16: Transaction

"Respected Lord Ren, how do you feel about my rule?"

"It is very shocking."

"I have a transaction here, I think you will be interested."

"Tell me about it."

"You want to develop your power here, but there is not an inch of land in the Red Moon plane that is ownerless. Do you understand what I mean?"

"What do you want me to do?"

"Work for me."

"What can you give?"

"The Giant Stone Fortress in the south of my territory can belong to you, and half of the tax revenue will be given to you."

It turns out this old guy doesn't want to pay a penny and even wants him to guard the gate for him. If he agreed to this, wouldn't he become a sucker? Besides, he ran all the way here to be someone's lackey?

"I have been busy with official business recently. When I have time, I will have a few drinks with the Grand Duke. Goodbye!"

"Lord Ren, don't be in a hurry. Since you are unwilling, I have another transaction here. It won't be too late to leave after listening to it."

"Is that so? The Grand Duke is really interesting."

"I need you to kill a Legendary Rank devil. This guy killed the Third Prince. Currently, the Church of War and the Nine Hells of Baator are jointly clearing the 357th layer of the Abyss. The Luo Sen Empire is not convenient to take action directly, so they need your help."

Speaking of the Abyss, it is a magical existence. Simply put, all demons come from the Abyss, but no one can clearly say what the Abyss is. The Pantheon calls the existence behind the Abyss the 'Abyssal Lord'. As for how many lords there are, no one knows, and whether they exist is even less clear.

No one knows how many layers the Abyss has. Powerful planes, the Pantheon, the Nine Hells of Baator, and other forces are all committed to colonizing the Abyss, clearing demons, and expanding their influence. Demons in the Abyss also often infiltrate to devour planes, slaughtering and polluting the ten thousand races.

It is said that the Nine Hells of Baator was created by a powerful demon who broke free from the control of the Abyssal Lord and led the entire plane to start anew. As for whether it is true or a smear by the Pantheon, no one cared after a long time.

However, it is well known that the Nine Hells of Baator has been expanding. Currently, there are already twenty-five layers of hell. Except for the original nine layers of the homeland, the rest are colonies responsible for providing resources for the Nine Hells of Baator.

"You ask me to kill someone you don't want to kill yourselves. Do you think I will go?"

"I thought how powerful Ren, with a bounty of ten million gold coins, was. It turns out he has already been scared out of his wits by those lunatics from the Chiguang Sect of the Church of Light. It was a waste of my breath to invite you."

"That's still better than an entire plane full of cowards. You are timid yourself, yet you have the nerve to talk about others."

"Hmph, I once followed His Majesty the Emperor to conquer the Abyss several times, experienced hundreds of battles, large and small, and killed five Legendary Rank Abyssal demons. When have I ever been afraid of anyone?"

"If you are so powerful, why didn't you continue fighting? Why did you come back?"

"If you can complete the mission this time, I guarantee you at least a Count title, with a territory."

"I need to break through to Legendary here, and then I can go to complete the mission."

"It's the same if you break through after arriving at the Abyss. Time waits for no one. You must kill him while he is still in the 634th layer of the Abyss, otherwise, we might lose his trail."

It turns out this is treating him like a 'little day' (a derogatory term). Go fight a Legendary devil; if he dies on the spot, that's that. He works himself to death for a blank check, and they don't even give him a chance to break through to Legendary Rank. If he really agreed to this, he would probably have no face to be a Black Dragon in the future.

"If I finish fighting and you don't give me the title and fief, who can I go to for justice?"

"I have a justice contract from the Church of Justice here. You can sign it before you go."

"Don't try to fool me with this. Who doesn't know that your Luo Sen Empire has borrowed a lot from the Church of Justice? If they could really preside over justice for me, I would eat this contract on the spot."

"I have a reason here that you cannot refuse. You should be clear that once you reach the Legendary Rank, if you want to go further, you can only take up a profession."

The transcendent professions in this world are divided into: Mage, Warrior, Priest, Druid, Ranger, Thief, Assassin. Among them, Mages are sometimes called Warlocks, and Priests are also called Shamans. Once you reach the Legendary Rank, you have to further subdivide. For example, Warriors can be divided into Sword Saints and Berserkers.

This is similar to the principle of choosing a major when going to university and then subdividing within the major when studying for a master's degree. However, it is very difficult to get a second chance to take up a profession.

For the first time, many natural magical creatures can rely on biological instinct to rise to the Legendary Rank. For the second time, they can only rely on professional books left by predecessors. Of course, there are also legends of heaven's proud sons who explore new professions themselves. But that is ultimately just a legend.

"What can you provide?"

"I have a book called 'The Withering Messenger' here. If you want it, you can consider it."

"Give it to me first, then I'll go do the work."

"What if you run away with the book?"

"Then you only have a contract paper?"

"Happy cooperation! Mr. Ren."

"No, the conditions you gave are not enough. I also need to send my daughter to the Luo Sen Empire Magic Academy."

"That is a place only nobles can go to!"

"That is something you should consider."

"Alright! If you can complete the mission, I will do as you say."

After finishing the serious business, the next day Sakavi was to attend the 300th anniversary of the founding of Weilincheng. Everything had been negotiated in advance, and the rest was just going through the motions. Sakavi didn't believe it before, but today he believed it.

"Great warrior, conqueror, supreme ruler of the Luo Sen Empire, His Majesty Gruen, Black Dragon Ren greets you! May Feron's blessing always be with you."

"Hahaha, Lord Ren, thank you very much for your blessing. May Tiamat be with you."

"Thank you!"

"King of the beast world, demon slayer, close comrade-in-arms of His Majesty Loka, the most loyal subject of His Majesty Gruen, Grand Duke of Weilincheng, the highly respected Lord Laste, Ren sends you the most sincere congratulations."

"My friend, thank you very much for coming to attend this celebration."

"My lord, I have brought a heavy sword crafted by a Gray Dwarf master craftsman. It is engraved with inscriptions that can communicate with the wind element. I hope you like it."

According to Elna's suggestion, giving gifts in such situations is all about being impractical. The more the other party cannot use something, the more you should give it. Things that cannot be used are good things; you can't use them, you can't throw them away, you can only let them rot in the warehouse and then deal with them like garbage.

Then, under Laste's leadership, Sakavi greeted the Luo Sen Empire high-level officials who were present one by one, and then Sakavi was left to do as he pleased, and Laste walked away. He originally wanted to get close to them, but they were unwilling to pay attention to him. In desperation, Sakavi could only find a place where no one was around and eat and drink to his heart's content.

"Stop eating, if you keep eating, the Grand Duke's territory will be eaten empty by you."

"I paid money, why can't I eat?"

"Just you? You paid money? I think you just snuck in to cheat food and drink."

"We are both Black Dragons, you can come in, why can't I?"

"I grew up in the Grand Duke's mansion, of course I can come in. You, who popped out from who knows where, how can you come in?"

"Tell you a secret, actually I also grew up in the Grand Duke's mansion, it's just that I'm too black, so you can't see me."

"Hahahahaha, you are really interesting. Your clothes look like they are worth a lot of money. Tell me where your home is? I'll go steal the money and we'll split it half and half."

"No money, just my life. How about I offer myself to you?"

"Mom, you didn't give me money, and you dare to let me spend money to raise you? You scared me to death."

"You already said you are my mom, isn't it only natural for you to spend money to raise me?"

"Your face is really thick beyond measure."

"Hahahaha, if your face isn't thick, how can you chase after a little sister?"

"You're young, and you've already learned to be a hooligan?"

"Not young anymore, I'll be nineteen next year. How about you?"

"Seventeen this year."

"Little sister! Actually, I am your long-lost brother from a different father and mother."

"Go to hell with your brother."

After saying this, she kicked Sakavi off the building and jumped down after him.

"You dare to beat a guest? If you don't give me tens of thousands of gold coins today, don't think this matter will pass."

"Why don't you go rob someone?"

"That's because I can't beat the Grand Duke!"

"Hahahahaha!"

"How come I've never heard that there are dragons in the Grand Duke's house? Where did you pop out from?"

"Not a dragon, a Dragon-kin. Usually, I'm just responsible for scaring those disobedient commoners. When it comes to fighting, I'm no good."

"Do you want to go back with me? I have many magic books there, I guarantee you'll learn them as soon as you study."

"I'll believe your ghost stories after you defeat the Grand Duke."

"If I had that ability, wouldn't it be better to just snatch you away? Why talk about reason?"

"No need to snatch. As a cunning Black Dragon, I like being a fence-sitter the most."

"Does the Grand Duke know?"

"Hahahahahaha!"

"Hahahaha, I'm going home!"

The first thing after returning was to dispatch Gopu to investigate the 634th layer of the Abyss. Logically, it would be more appropriate to dispatch the more experienced Elna, but Sakavi did not trust her. It is more reassuring to have one's own people do such things.

According to Laste, the Church of War would be responsible for drawing away the members of the Church of Light at the plane crack. As for how to come back, they are not responsible. Alright, wealth is sought in danger! He can only go and fight for it, to see if the bicycle turns into a motorcycle or if he ends up headless.

Unlike plane creatures, devils, like demons, cannot reveal their true names. They generally like to use nicknames or aliases. Because once their true name is known, one can write a slave contract, and writing the true name on it will make it effective. It doesn't even need the person to be present to sign it.

The target to be hunted this time, nicknamed 'Froz', presumably he took it himself. If this title is called for a long time and only refers to him alone, then signing a contract with this name will also be effective. Of course, this does not refer to the kind that does not require the person to be present to sign.

After checking that his puppet had no problems, Sakavi set off and left the Red Moon plane. ===== CHAPTER 17 =====