Chapter 814 45. Multi-win
The second week after Annan returned, he promulgated his third decree: the Ministry of Interior established a devil's notary department, where all trade contracts can be signed for free.
But before it was promulgated, Annan ran into a wall with Olmedo.
“I object,” Olmedo said.
Annan replied: "I agree."
"I firmly oppose it," Olmedo said seriously.
Annan said loudly: "I firmly agree!"
Itilia sat aside and looked at the two tit-for-tat people with a smile.
Olmedo asked persistently: "Give me a reason."
"The devils are all rich."
Olmedo was speechless.
“It’s your turn to give me a reason.”
“My reason is simple. The devil is not the same as us. We can cooperate with them secretly, but we should not openly cooperate with them. Let everyone know." Olmedo expressed her thoughts, "Many big people hate the devil, and if we are too involved with them, we will be labeled."
Olmedo wants to create for Annan. I have no opinion on the future, but there are a lot of evil factions in Liberty City... Let’s not talk about the sparse ones like the Skaven. Goblins, orcs, vampires...these types between chaos and evil account for the majority.
Annan calmed down: "You mean, we need 'good races' to hedge?"
"That's not what I meant... but if you can do it, you can."
Annan immediately thought of elves - is there anything that can represent truth, goodness and beauty better than elves?
“Who is leading the elf royal court’s envoy this time?”
“A high elf sage.”
“They have visited so many Hui...can you let some news out?”
Annan was thoughtful and used the leaves of the World Tree to contact Tedder.
"It's just a propaganda mission." Tedder did not refuse Annan's request, "Those moderates need a pair of hands to push them."
Annan asked her again about her views on herself and the devil. Regarding cooperation, Tedder was unexpectedly open: "Annan, why do you think the Elf Royal Court has taken a fancy to Liberty City?"
"Because it has taken a fancy to me?" Annan was embarrassed to say this to the elf elders. , thought: "Because of the potential of Liberty City?"
"And your attitude towards other races."
"I understand."
In this way, "Voice of Freedom" will publish the news of the Elf Messenger Group and the cooperation of the devil at the same time in the new issue, finally helping Belludonna win the position.
Annan asked Claire to follow Belludonna again, and he would create opportunities to help her become a regular employee.
As for her brother... From the beginning to the end, Annan didn't pay much attention to Mad Dog Archduke.
The first case at the Devil’s Notary’s Office was that two residents broke a flower pot in one of their houses because of a quarrel over trivial matters. This kind of thing could have been handled by the guards, but Annan took it as an opportunity and dragged him to the city lord's palace, asking Belludona to sign a devil's contract with "limited compensation for the flowerpot".
"There shouldn't be a custom in your hell of 'being laughed at because the value of the contract you signed is too small'..."
"Usually there is no such thing..." Belludonna was worried. Once this kind of thing is known to other devils... will he become the most embarrassing devil in the past ten thousand years?
Annan explained: "This is setting an example. As the news spreads, your performance will continue to flow."
...Chinese people are eagerly looking forward to it. A new issue of "The Voice of Freedom" has begun to be released, and the news that the Elf Court sent a delegation to visit Free City is like a forbidden spell falling on Middle-earth, causing an uproar.
The forces in Middle-earth inquired around and learned that this was not even the first elf mission - they had visited Free City four times before.
This is almost certain that the Elf Royal Court is seriously considering their first ally in ten thousand years.
The last time the elves formed an alliance dates back to the World Disaster and the Ancient War... What is it for this time? Has the Elf Royal Court noticed a new world disaster?
You can’t go for the champion warlock, right?
On that day, the empire even sent a team of envoys to ask Annan if there was any resistance and that they would help solve it.
However, only the people of Liberty City noticed the "Establishment of Devil's Notary Office" hidden in an inconspicuous page.
This is exactly the effect Annan needs: after all, people from other places cannot come to Liberty City to sign contracts...at least not now.
This is a win-win situation:
The devil's contract has always been criticized for its professionalism: as an evil race with treachery flowing through their bodies, they also have "deception" engraved on their souls. Deep down, even a great mage will accidentally fall into the contract trap.
How to describe the devil’s professionalism?
We can't talk about things that don't exist.
Olmedo’s worries stem from this. If Belludonna had evil intentions and hid traps such as "the souls of both parties to the contract belong to her" in all contracts, people would only scold Annan after the incident.
Olmedo's confidence comes from the fact that so far, Annan has not made any mistakes in judgment... Even the rat people he believed in have lived up to his trust.
Berudona was a guest in Liberty City for a day, took a few images to be published in "The Voice of Liberty", and then returned to Hell. She asked Claire, Rias and Gehrman to take turns acting as agents. Responsible for the business of the Devil's Notary Office.
Let the trainee devils divide the small contracts she doesn't like among themselves, and when encountering larger contracts, she will take out her devil contract.
Liberty City provides stable and effective magic contracts to the people in the city, the trainee devils get achievements, and big business goes to Belludonna.
Annan's gain is undoubtedly the greatest: in addition to the devil's contract itself, Belludonna still has time to continue working on the magic image for him in hell.
Leaving all the turmoil arising from the Elf Mission to Olmedo and Itilia, Annan's attention returned to the situation in the north.
If you have the opportunity to overlook the continent of Allen, you will see the rat tide in the north like balls of cotton wool slowly but unswervingly approaching the Middle-earth...
So much has passed. For a long time, I don’t know if Jerry, who brought the gray rat priest with him, stayed away from the battlefield.
...
If the rat tide in the north is gathering from all directions and rushing to the downstream tributaries, then one of the streams is flowing upstream.
The tens of thousands of slave rats received on the road are clustered on the outermost edge. Near the center of the team are hundreds of elite rats guarding the craftsman rats. At the core of the team, a champion rat wearing a red cloak walks in front. , a gray-furred rat priest wearing a gray robe, behind him were thousands of slave rats carrying a huge rat mother and shouting slogans.
“Lord Gray Rat, we are not far from the nest that the high priest said.”
“Get back.”
The gray-haired rat priest said indifferently to the elite rats around him.
After they were far away, the tone of the gray-haired rat priest softened: "Jerry, I need you to go to the nest..."
"But I want to protect you, Philos... ..." Jerry said softly.
There was a flash of struggle in the eyes of the gray-haired rat priest, but he still made a decision and said distantly: "I order you as a priest..."
"You must go. ”
(End of this chapter)