Chapter 988: Battle for the Gao Ta (23)

"Hello, I am Shiler, Shiler Rodriguez. I believe you have already seen the high tower that landed in the center of the battlefield, haven't you?"

"Hello, I am Shiler Rodriguez. Have you seen the high tower that fell earlier? Have you felt the soul power upon it?"

"Hello, I am Shiler..."

"Hello..."

Many identical voices rang out within the palaces of various Demon Lords. One Shiler after another appeared before the Demon Lords, becoming their guests of honor.

Of course, every soul fragment of Shiler was extremely tempting, but all the Demon Lords could also imagine that if one soul fragment was already this tempting, then if they could obtain them all...

The Underworld is vast, with many Demon Lords, but there are few famous ones. To become a famous Demon Lord, one must either possess an extremely vast territory or possess extremely powerful personal strength; often, both are required.

To obtain both, one must either be like the demon Belial, old enough, having occupied territory early, and having developed for a long time, naturally making him more powerful; or be like Azazel, whose own abilities are powerful enough, having never tasted defeat in the Underworld, naturally enjoying great fame.

These famous Demon Lords all had ideas about the position of Satan, but the reason they did not act immediately was because they did not want to be the first to stick their necks out, fearing they would be attacked by the others in unison.

This time, Astro acted, and many Demon Lords began to contact each other, wanting to unite to defeat Astro.

Because they knew that if Lucifer did not appear, they would almost not be regulated and could freely develop their own strength, but if Astro ascended, they would inevitably face suppression and might even be eliminated.

On the issue of survival, demons are relatively united. Many quasi-first-rate Demon Lords united, intending to form a coalition army to crusade against Astro and stop him from launching a war to seize the position of Satan.

However, the high tower falling from the sky broke their state of unity. All the Demon Lords naturally wanted to obtain this high tower. The already famous Demon Lords wanted to use it to increase their strength, while the Demon Lords who had not yet ascended to the first rate wanted to seize the high tower and become famous in one fell swoop.

And at this time, a person calling himself Shiler Rodriguez approached them. Of course, the Demon Lords had not forgotten that it was this person named Shiler who claimed he could pay off all of Constantine's debts.

From Shiler's mouth, they learned that the reason Shiler dared to speak so wildly was precisely because he had the ability to divide himself. Besides the fragments carrying a portion of energy, the high tower itself was equivalent to a soul with extremely abundant activity; in other words, the entire high tower was equivalent to a big gift package.

According to the news brought by Shiler, the soul characteristics within the high tower would, over the course of about a month, successively rush to the palaces of Constantine's creditors to repay Constantine's debts, but he, this Shiler who ran out early, was unwilling to accept such a fate.

He hoped more that the entire high tower and this power could serve a wise monarch. Thus, he ran out early, wanting to find a wise monarch, and after searching for him thousands of times in the crowd, Your Majesty, you must be the Son of Destiny I am looking for.

All the Shilers had the same set of rhetoric, and these famous Demon Lords all had high intelligence and matching greed. They indeed wanted to recover the money lent to Constantine, but they wanted even more to recover the rewards of others as well.

When an investment fails, everyone thinks about breaking even, but when there is no pressure to break even, everyone thinks about making a profit, and if there is a slight profit, they think about making a huge profit. All intelligent creatures are the same; greed is their nature.

In the eyes of the Demon Lords, the high tower had already arrived in the Underworld, falling from the cliff, so it certainly could not run away. In other words, Shiler had actually already fulfilled the contract, paying off all of Constantine's debts.

Then, the next step should be a time for each to rely on their own abilities. How much money was lent out does not mean one must rigidly recover that much money. If I can recover ten times the cost, that means I have the ability; if you failed to recover the money you lent out, that is also because you are weak. Survival of the fittest and the law of the jungle are the unchanging laws of the Underworld.

Thus, all the Demon Lords approached by Shiler were somewhat restless.

Of course, Shiler also reached a deal with all the Demon Lords. Shiler would provide the Demon Lords with all intelligence regarding the high tower and try his best to help them win in this war, while the Demon Lords, after obtaining the souls in the high tower or the high tower itself, would ensure the safety of this Shiler who reached the deal with him.

In the eyes of the Demon Lords, this deal was very cost-effective, because a soul fragment did not contain much power, and after devouring it, it could only satisfy a temporary craving. It was better to endure it; even if they could not get the complete high tower, grabbing back more fragments was better than a small fragment.

And Shiler's subsequent performance did not disappoint them. Whether it was spying for intelligence, sending out reconnaissance troops, analyzing terrain, or battlefield penetration, they were all handled with ease.

Besides this, the Shilers each had their own strengths. Some were good at internal finance, and after a few nights, they calculated the contracts and bad debts that the demons had piled up there for thousands of years clearly. Some were good at cashiering, and in a few words, they explained clearly how to balance the future thousand-year revenue estimates and military expenditures.

Some Shilers were good at negotiation, not only able to participate in the negotiation process between demons and humans to strive for maximum benefits, but also able to analyze allies and enemies, conduct vertical and horizontal alliances, and come forward to negotiate with other Demon Lords to reach a strategic alliance.

Some Shilers were good at internal affairs, able to solve the problem of checks and balances between various factions under the Demon Lords, regulate internal conflicts, and make all demons think in one place and exert strength in one place.

But what was the same was that all the Shilers had high enthusiasm for war, even exceeding these chaotic and warlike demons.

"I have to say, Shiler, you are crazier than the most chaotic demons I have ever seen. I never thought that humans could be so warlike." Beelzebub, sitting on the throne, looked at Shiler standing before him and said.

"Humans who come to the Underworld are always very timid, either screaming non-stop, unable to even speak, or cursing, saying they should go to heaven, saying we devils are just sent by God to test them."

Beelzebub shook his head, but then asked, "Actually, I have always been curious, why do you want to help Constantine pay off his debts? As far as I know, he cannot be considered good to his friends..."

Beelzebub gently twisted his fingers and said, "Just the souls harmed to death by Constantine that I received here are at least several hundred, but you are the only one who actively wants to pay off his debts."

Shiler smiled, then shook his head and said, "Because he is my friend, and I really don't want to see him continue to feel pain for so many debts. I want to save him completely."

"You humans are really strange. When you hate someone, you want to curse him to hell; when you love someone, you want to go to hell for him..." Beelzebub sighed.

"Your Majesty, if you have nothing else, I will go check the border defenses again, and by the way, reorganize the functional structure of the previous guard army. The reconnaissance squad sent out to investigate the weaknesses of Astro's army should be back soon..."

Beelzebub waved his hand, letting Shiler go down, and sitting on the throne, he sighed again, "Humans are not necessarily smarter than demons, but on the path of destruction, they are even more diligent than demons."

Just as Beelzebub said, it is not that there are no strategists among demons, nor are there no smart people. The Underworld has operated steadily for so many years, not entirely by relying on heaven's grace. Among demons, there is no lack of individuals with higher intelligence or extraordinary foresight, and most of them serve famous Demon Lords.

But just as Beelzebub sighed, Shiler is not necessarily smarter than them, nor does he know how to manage the Demon Lords' territories better than them, but Shiler is much more diligent than them.

When Shiler came to the Underworld and became a staff member for the major Demon Lords of the Underworld, the staff circle of the Demon Lords began a crazy involution.

Demons are also creatures with emotions. As long as there are emotions, they definitely need rest, relaxation, and entertainment, but Shiler does not need them.

Because he is in a soul state, he does not need to eat, drink, or rest. Shiler can work from morning to night, and then from night to morning. He also does not need any entertainment to relax his spirit. He can involute from internal affairs to external affairs, from logistics to the front line, taking on everything, down to the smallest detail.

If it were normal times, the Demon Lords might worry about the other party monopolizing power and threatening their own status.

But on one hand, Shiler is just a weak human. Even if his soul fragment energy is more abundant than other humans, he still cannot compare with demons. Humans are unwilling and impossible to become lords in the Underworld. The highest appeal of humans is just resurrection.

On the other hand, under Shiler's instigation, smoke of war rose everywhere, and the major Underworld Lords all began tentative attacks. Almost in an instant, thousands of large and small wars broke out in the Underworld.

In wartime, absolute power means absolute efficiency. A butler who takes on everything is more efficient than a manager with multi-party checks and balances, and thus easier to achieve results. With reports of victory coming one after another, the Demon Lords naturally like this way of handling things by Shiler.

Thus, Shiler can be said to be rising step by step in the staff office of the Demon Lords, and at the same time, he drove the involution of the demon strategists.

Annual leave? Non-existent. Entertainment? It is a complete waste of time. Relaxation and rest? If you propose rest at this time, you are completely disregarding His Majesty's great cause. If you cannot give your all, work yourself to the bone, and sacrifice your life in an emergency, how dare you call yourself a Pope?!

The higher the efficiency, the more confident the Demon Lords are. The more confident they are, the smoother the fighting goes. And the more they win, the more they want to fight, and the more chaotic the fighting becomes.

Originally, it was just some friction in border areas, later it escalated into a confrontation of cities in border areas, and later, the army pressed on the border, and accidental discharge of weapons was inevitable.

Within just three days, the largest, most chaotic, and most intense war in the history of the Underworld broke out.

And because the cause of the war was to seize the high tower located in the center of the Underworld, it is known in history as—the Battle for the Gao Ta.

Shiler was like a fish in water under the Demon Lords, but to Batman, who fell into the Underworld at the same time, it was not the case.

Because he fell into the Underworld at the same time as Shiler, the place where he landed was not far from the high tower, but fortunately, he did not land in the center of the battlefield, but on a more desolate hillside.

But he happened to witness the scene of countless Shilers pouring out from the high tower, and then being caught by the demon army and taken in different directions.

In Batman's view, this was Shiler fulfilling his contract with the demons, using his soul fragments to pay off Constantine's debts.

In other words, those soul fragments that were taken away would likely be devoured completely, and after most of the soul power dissipated, the high tower would fall, and Shiler's soul would be completely divided and eaten.

Batman, standing on the high point of the hillside, slowly clenched his fists. Looking at the brutal and bloodthirsty demon army, only endless fighting spirit surged in his heart.

But thinking of his situation of being alone, Batman slowly calmed down. He knew that he must formulate a plan to save all of Shiler's soul fragments from these fierce Demon Lords. This was destined to be a difficult and long task.

But soon, he discovered that this task was more difficult than he imagined.

Because, when he was walking down the hillside, in the rubble pile at the bottom of the hillside, he saw the arrogant Shiler lying on the ground, that is, the Professor Shiler he was most familiar with.

And at this time, his face was pale and extremely weak. ===== CHAPTER 989 =====