Volume 3: Artifacts Chapter 114: Powder Keg
The Black Castle Family Meeting Hall in Scorched Earth City.
The firelight on the wall flickered, and shadows that shouldn't have existed in some places swayed with the light.
Madobusa sat in the matron's seat, and Luke sat next to her, reading a hardcover book in his hand.
A succubus came in and reported that the Malvini family had bought all fourteen sets of succubus armor.
"Got it. You can go down now!" Madobusa asked her subordinate to go out, then she leaned on Luke's back with her hands around his waist. "Brother, I don't understand why you sold the succubus armor to that bitch Malvini? Those are all high-quality products. Wouldn't it strengthen our enemy's strength if she got them?"
Luke was flipping through a book, and remained unmoved by Madobusa's little moves on him.
"It's just fourteen sets of armor. Even if the Malvini family gets them, it won't improve their strength much. The succubi of our Madobusa family should all have a full set of armor, right?"
Madobusa leaned over to Luke's ear and said, "I have to thank my good brother for this. Not only do the succubi in the family have full sets of armor, but I have also prepared weapons and armor for the affiliated demon descendants. Once we launch an attack on the Malvini family, I will distribute all the armor and weapons.
At that time, that bitch Malvini must have looked very happy.
Brother, when are we going to take action against the Malvini family?"
Luke grabbed Madobusa's dishonest hand and replied, "Now is not the time. Keep selling armor and weapons to the Malvini family. Don't sell too much... just give them eleven or twelve sets at a time."
Hearing that they would continue to sell armor and weapons to the Malvini family, Madobusa stood up angrily and said, "You are still going to sell them! I don't agree unless you tell me why!
What are you going to do? It's driving me crazy!"
Madobusa is like a girl with a bad temper.
Luke closed the book, grabbed Madobusa's hand and asked her to sit down again.
"In the past, the Madman Lord would not care about the fights between the demon families in Scorched Earth City, and he was happy to watch you fight each other. But now the Madman is about to launch a territorial war. If the Madobusa family attacks the Malvini family, will the Madman sit idly by?"
“No!” Madobusa could see the situation clearly: “Maybe we can assassinate Malvini, just like she did to our mother.
I see!
Brother, you sold armor and weapons to the Malvini family little by little. Are you trying to paralyze that bitch Malvini? When she becomes careless and her guards are reduced, we will ambush her at the weapons trading point!"
Madobusa thought she had guessed Luke's intention and happily hugged his arm again.
Luke said, "Ambush Malvini will also attract the wrath of the maniacs. Now the demon descendants of Scorched Earth City cannot fight among themselves. Whoever strikes first will not end well."
Madobusa anxiously shook Luke's arm and said coquettishly, "Then what should we do? We can obviously defeat Malvini, but can we only watch her being arrogant outside?"
"If you want to defeat the Malvini family without attracting the wrath of the lunatics, you have to follow my method. First, sell the Malvini family armor and weapons, and whet their appetite little by little. Soon, they will become more and more impatient because these armor and weapons cannot meet their needs.
They will eagerly look for the source of goods, make wild guesses, and eventually make trouble for the lunatics. "
Madobusa asked in bewilderment, “And then?”
“Then the lunatics will look for Highland Ventures.”
"Ah?" Madobusa thought for a while and asked blankly, "What does this have to do with dealing with the Malvini family?"
Luke looked at Madobusa and said with a smile, "My goal is to deal with Highland Venture Capital Company. This is also the primary reason why I came to Scorched Earth City to recognize you as my sister. Dealing with the Malvini family is just a secondary task. We can't confuse the primary and the secondary."
ah?
Madobusa opened her mouth wide: "I, I thought you sold them armor and weapons in order to deal with the Malvini family."
"You must be overthinking it! But while I'm dealing with Highland Venture Capital, I'll also help you deal with the Malvinni family.
You can rest assured about this.”
"I..." Madobusa's enthusiasm was immediately dampened. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she said aggrievedly, "Am I so unattractive? Or are you worried that I'm your sister and don't want to accept me? I have plenty of succubi here, and I can give you any one or more you want!
You can’t bully me like this!”
Luke reached out to wipe Madobusa's tears and said, "I am immune to mental influences, so don't think you can loosen my mental barriers by changing your tricks.
Go and prepare for the next batch of goods. I want to read a book quietly for a while to gain a deeper understanding of hell. "
Madobusa didn't expect that pretending to be pitiful could not shake her brother's mental barriers. In the blink of an eye, she became charming again.
"Brother, the more you act like this, the more I feel like you're going to capture my heart. I understand why my mother is so in love with a human. A human with a strong spirit can arouse the desire to win in a succubus.
I...will not let you go."
Madobusa quickly kissed Luke on the cheek, then quickly ran away, turned around and disappeared into the shadows, leaving behind a series of laughter.
Luke rubbed the place where he was kissed and continued reading.
Stedmore lived in hell for decades, and recorded the conditions of hell from the perspective of an outsider. It can be said that Stedmore's notes are an encyclopedia of hell... Its value is to show it to Madobusa, but she can't see it.
At this stage, we need to keep adding "gunpowder" into the scorched earth city.
If the quantity is enough, there will always be a moment of accidental explosion.
The arms trade in the underground black market in Scorched Earth City is becoming more and more rampant, just like a fire wrapped in paper that can no longer be hidden.
After several transactions, Mistress Malvini was not happy about buying the fine armor, but became more and more impatient.
The interval between two transactions is five to ten days, and only eleven or twelve sets of armor can be purchased at a time. Other enchantment blocks and expansion equipment are even more constipated, with only a little bit available at a time.
This amount of equipment is not enough for the huge Malvini family.
During this period, the Berserker Lord distributed more than 500 sets of armor and weapons, but no succubus was willing to wear them.
They all stared at the Succubus Armor.
There are many factions within the Demonic Family, and the main forces and leaders all want to get more sets of succubus armor from the limited number of them.
Malvina is a big shot these days.
After making another transaction and only buying ten sets of succubus armor, Malvini completely exploded.
She summoned Darikova to her and said, "Is there no other way to get them to provide us with more armor? It's not like I don't have silver diamonds. I can buy hundreds or even thousands of sets!"
Darikova was helpless: "Madam, it's no use for you to lose your temper with me. It's not that I haven't tried to communicate with that slave demon, but it didn't work. It seems that it is only responsible for small transactions like this.
There should be other channels for large transactions.”
Malvini had been investigating the sellers behind the Succubus Armor these days and knew that there were indeed large-scale transactions in Jiaotu City. However, those large demon families refused to disclose detailed information, fearing that the sellers would know and cut off their supply of goods.
The succubus of the Malvini family is also constantly looking for the slave demon responsible for the bulk transactions, but has no clue at all.
And during the investigation, a discovery made Madam Malvini uneasy.
The Madobusa family seems to have bought a lot of succubus armor. They must have channels for bulk transactions.
The Malvini family has risen to power by stepping on the Madobusa family. Now the Madobusa family is secretly expanding its power. How can Mistress Malvini not be nervous?
We can't just sit there and wait for death!
Madam Malvini said to Darikova, "Come with me to meet the Fanatic Lord and tell him in detail about your discovery of an unknown force selling armor and weapons ."
"Great! I didn't expect that I would be able to meet the great ancient demon maniac so soon. Do I need to dress up?"
Darikova showed off her figure.
The charm of the young succubus made Madam Malvini a little jealous: "No need, demons will not pamper succubi unless they are used as snacks."
Madam Malvini took Darikova to the lord's castle and walked onto the hanging bridge under the guidance of the lamp demon.
The devil maniac is on top.
"Malvini! The armor you are wearing does not seem to be given to you by me. It seems that you... and some demon families have found a weapons supplier that I don't know about. I can consider stopping the supply of weapons to you."
The madman's tone was filled with extreme displeasure.
As a lord, he certainly knew that there were a batch of armor and weapons of unknown origin in his city. What was infuriating was that those demon families were secretly purchasing armor and weapons on a large scale, while asking him for more weapons, and none of them told him about the unknown weapons dealer in Jiaotu City.
He has such a damnable heart!
But the law does not punish everyone, and in the scorched earth city where private armor and weapons are rampant, the lord maniac can only hold back his anger and secretly investigate the source of the unknown weapons.
But I have no clue.
Madam Malvini felt the rage of the madman, and she took Darikova to kneel on one knee in a gesture of submission.
"Great Lord Madman, as your servant, I have unparalleled loyalty to you. I came to see you this time to report that an unknown weapons dealer is selling armor and weapons in Scorched Earth City.
Many demon families are secretly trading with this weapons dealer.
Among them is the Madobusa family."
When Madam Malvini exposed the unknown arms dealer, she did not forget to involve the Madobusa family.
The demon fanatic’s expression softened a lot: “Malvini, I know you are loyal, more loyal than most demon families.
Now tell me what you found.
Who is secretly providing weapons to my demon descendants?"
Matron Malvini asked Darikova to step forward and introduced her, “This is Darikova, a wandering succubus that the Malvini family has just recruited. She was the one who brought me the news about the unknown weapons dealer.
Let Darikova tell you her discovery."
Darikova secretly cursed Malvini for being cunning.
If the lunatic is upset, Malvini can easily blame the newly surrendered wandering succubus on himself. If the lunatic is happy, all the credit goes to the mistress.
However, Darikova can still handle this kind of situation easily.
After recounting the process of her encounter with the slave demon and buying the succubus armor, Darikova finally said: "After Mistress Malvini learned about this, she immediately pretended to buy the succubus armor to investigate who was selling armor and weapons of unknown origin in Scorched Earth City without your permission.
But the other side was very cunning, and all those who showed up were lowly slave demons, so we gained nothing.
That is why the mistress brought me to the lord's castle to report this vicious incident to you."
Malvini was very happy to see that Darikova was so tactful. She then said to the demon fanatic, "My Lord, although we have not found out who is secretly selling armor and weapons, we have tested the succubus armor we bought.
This type of armor is very well made, much better than the armor provided by human merchants. The material is basically the same as the armor provided by human merchants, all of which are made using what humans call industrial alchemy, making the metal materials resistant to high temperatures and corrosion. "
Malvini drew his dagger and removed a piece of armor from his body and presented it to him.
The lamp demon presented two things to the devil maniac.
The madman looked at it carefully with the dagger and the armor.
The material seems to be similar to the armor and weapons sold by Highland Ventures, but the details are better. In fact, it can be seen from the succubus armor worn by the two succubi that it fits better than the half-body armor issued to them.
Malvini timely introduced the expandability and comfort of the Succubus Armor to the Maniac.
Finally, he said, "I think... if Highland Venture Capital Company wants to do it, it should be able to make such excellent armor and weapons."
The madman asked the lamp demon to return the two items to Madam Malvini and asked, "Do you think these unknown armors are sold by those human merchants in Scorched Earth City?"
Madam Malvini replied: "Although there is no evidence to prove that they did it, they are the most likely suspects. These armors are very expensive. If they sell them publicly, they will have to pay high taxes."
The madman pondered.
The origin of these unknown armors must be the human world in the secular world, and in the Scorched Earth City, only the Highland Venture Capital Company is human. They happen to sell weapons to Hell, and the resources they exchange are mainly silver diamonds.
"It seems that these humans are very dishonest and have even less sense of contract than the devil!" The madman said to Madam Malvini, "You stay here. I will ask the people from Highland Venture Capital Company to come here to explain and see whether they plead guilty or make excuses."
"I will obey your orders, my lord."
Madam Malvini and Darikova stood on one side of the suspension bridge. A lamp demon, under the order of the madman, went to the headquarters of Highland Venture Capital Company and asked the person in charge, Milia, to come to the lord's castle.
