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Chapter 522 Nine Prisons Documents
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Blood Sand City.

After paying a hefty entrance fee.

Matthew and the other two quickly passed through the long and narrow gate under the impatient urging of the city gate guard.

After leaving the doorway.

Bright light instantly replaced the silent shadows.

What appeared before Matthew was a busy but orderly city scene.

A group of red-skinned, green-haired tiefling merchants were escorting a huge ox cart in the center of the main road.

The hideous-looking demon tied to the ox cart attracted a large number of onlookers.

There are all kinds of shops on both sides of the street.

The signs or flags of all the shops coincidentally occupy only a small area of ​​the space where their storefronts are located, which looks extremely restrained.

Two cavalry demons hurried past, their four feet stepping on the hardened mud slabs, raising clouds of dust. One of the mud slabs was even broken into several pieces.

A demon with an exaggeratedly inflated upper body immediately came forward.

He was wearing a uniform that was slightly higher quality than that of the city guards. As soon as they met, he scolded the two cavalry demons in a heavily accented Infernal language, and mercilessly demanded that the cavalry demons pay the fees for damaging public property.

While the cavalry demons and the city guards were arguing fiercely.

A cunning little devil flew past the cavalry demon's butt, stole a few gold coins from the cavalry demon's backpack, and threw a stone into it.

Somewhere further away.

A succubus wearing a gauze was standing on the second-floor balcony along the street, soliciting customers from below.

Her tactics and temptations are not just verbal.

After a simple trick.

The goat horn in her hand turned into a sturdy man. The man let out a strange cry and started a fierce battle with the demon on the spot.

The obscene cries and breath spread instantly.

This scene left the newcomers to the city stunned.

But more residents are accustomed to it.

There was even a well-dressed devil gentleman who came up to the city guard and politely offered his opinion:
"You won't get any richer by bothering these poor young men, sir."

"They are obviously poor and cannot pay the high fines you are asking for."

"But the lady across the street, as far as I know, has quite a bit of money. If I remember correctly, her current behavior has violated the Blood Sand City's public security regulations."

"I suggest you go find her..."

The devil gentleman's voice was soon drowned out by another sudden and angry roar.

In the alley next to it.

A human slave covered in blood was kicked into the middle of the road, even startling the Tiefling caravan.

After a few seconds.

A high-ranking devil holding a whip walked out of the alley gracefully, shouting as he walked:

"This is what happens when you steal from your master!"

The human slave was dying, but he was still trying to make a slight sound:

"I didn't, I didn't steal."

"That was a gift from my wife..."

Hear this.

A deep gloom flashed across the upper devil's eyes.

Without saying a word, he whipped the slave with the whip again and again. Within a few breaths, the man lost his life completely!

After doing all this.

The upper devil couldn't help but look back and glance deep into the alley.

there.

A small door was quietly closed.

A hint of pride and satisfaction appeared on the devil's face, but he soon became lonely again.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
Another convoy drove into the city.

The bodies of the human slaves were carried away, and the devil holding a whip disappeared into the crowd.

The main roads became more crowded.

Matthew walked along the side of the main road, taking in all the scenes happening along the street.

Luo Lan fully demonstrated his ability as a bard, completing all the gossip:
“Those two cavalry demons volunteered to join the army to fight against the demons in the south of Blood Sand City.

Although he is an evil devil, he still has a passionate heart.

Unfortunately, most of their money was used to pay taxes when entering the city.

Faced with a sky-high fine, you can either run away or do hard labor..."

"The devil gentleman who reported to the city guard is the owner of another devil brothel. The succubus lady originally worked under him, but later ran away to work on her own. Therefore, she holds a grudge against him and comes to trouble her from time to time."

"As for that poor human slave just now, he was just a little spice between the upper devil and his wife."

“That upper-rank devil looks like a prominent figure, but unfortunately he is powerless in bed, and his wife’s family is a first-class noble family in Blood Sand City.

To please his wife and the family behind her.

He could only take the initiative to find men of other races to be her personal slaves to satisfy her needs. "

"But after a while he inevitably became jealous, so as soon as his wife showed signs of getting tired of the male slaves, he would immediately find an excuse to whip them to death.

His wife understood this, of course, and she was happy to try something new, so she turned a blind eye to it.

Poor male slaves, they may still believe that the Devil Lady and they are in true love until they die..."

Hear this.

Matthew sighed softly.

Walking in the blood sand city.

What surprised him most was that the number of other races here was so huge!
He had thought that in the frontline cities where demons and devils were fighting, the majority of the residents would be devils.

But that's not the case.

Along the way, Matthew estimated that demons of all kinds only accounted for 20% of the total population!
The rest are various other humanoid races.

Among them, humans from purgatory or the outer planes account for more than half!
Most of them are slaves, and the better ones are civilians. When facing the devils, they usually act uneasy.

As for the hybrids of humans and demons——

Tiefling.

Their situation doesn't seem to be any better.

At least after Matthew and the others dressed up as tieflings, when they encountered the gazes of the demons in the city, kindness was always in the minority.

It seemed that he had noticed Matthew's thoughts.

Luo Lan said softly:

"In fact, not long after the bloody battle began, both the demons and the devils realized that this was a protracted war of attrition."

"They learned how to preserve their manpower to the greatest extent possible during the long war."

"The simplest and most brutal method is to recruit civilians or slaves from other races and have them build fortifications and go to the battlefield on their behalf."

"Most of the humans you see in the city are cannon fodder captured by the demons who invaded the secondary plane."

"The odd-numbered celestial changes exacerbated this phenomenon. As you know, after the Great Rip, the outer sub-planes collapsed one after another, and a large number of humans were forced to rely on powerful astral races in order to survive."

"Purgatory is like this, and the Abyss is actually not much different..."

Matthew nodded slightly.

The main road ahead came to an end and a fork in the road appeared.

Follow the Infernal signs.

They knew that the roads ahead led to the trade market, the military administration area and the city hall.

After entering the Blood Sand City, their journey through purgatory was considered halfway completed.

The key to the remaining half lies in obtaining the "Nine Hells Documents".

The so-called "Nine Prisons Documents".

In fact, it is a manifestation of the will of the Purgatory Blood River.

The River of Blood grants the demon lords absolute jurisdiction over their own territories.

This means that unless their permission is obtained.

Once outsiders enter their territory, they may be targeted by the will of Purgatory, and in serious cases they may even attract the attention of the Devil Lord himself - this is why Purgatory is difficult to penetrate.

The will of the Blood River is highly orderly.

The rules here are extremely strict, and it is difficult for outsiders to find loopholes and exploit them.

The Nine Prisons Documents are the only exception.

It is a pass issued by the Will of Purgatory himself, allowing the holder to enter and exit the Nine Hells freely.

But obtaining the Nine Hells documents is a very difficult task.

Matthew did a lot of homework in the early stages.

It is said that Blood Sand City is the easiest place to obtain Nine Hells Documents.

This is also the reason why they set this place as the transit point for this trip.

After a brief discussion, the three of them split into three groups and took action separately.

They planned to start from different areas and study how to obtain the documents from the Nine Prisons.

Matthew went to the market.

Half an hour later.

In a small dimly lit shop.

A short-statured goat-horned demon merchant wearing a thick pince-nez eagerly examined the goods Matthew brought from the material world, and spoke in a very low voice:

"You want the Nine Hells' documents?"

"That is not an easy item to obtain. There are only two or three families in the city that are qualified to issue the Nine Prisons Document. Every businessman wants to get it, but there are still very few caravans that have actually obtained the document."

"By the way, this thing is of really good quality. Are you really from the material world?"

Matthew calmly pushed back the other party's temptation:

"I can guarantee that our goods come from the material world."

"So how do we get the Nine Prisons' documents? And get the approval of those two families?"

The goat-horned demon took off his glasses and wiped them with the white rag:
"Sell this batch of goods to me at 30% below the market price, and I will tell you how to obtain the Nine Prisons' Documents."

Matthew grabbed the sample back:

"See you next time."

The goat-horned demon grabbed him instantly:
"and many more."

"We can negotiate the price."

Matthew said calmly:

"I only like people who are happy when doing business."

"Tell me how to obtain the Nine Hells' documents, and I will sell all of them to you at the original market price - or I will go find someone else?"

"Don't think I don't know that goods from the material world sell well here."

Matthew was not lying.

He had done some research in this regard before coming, so the goods he brought were indeed the most sought-after supplies in Purgatory.

The goat-horned demon was silent for three seconds. Seeing that Matthew was about to leave again, he immediately shouted:
"make a deal!"

"But I need to see more samples."

Matthew looked at the other person calmly:

"Why don't we talk about the Nine Prisons Documents first?"

The goat-horned demon glared at him helplessly.

Twenty minutes later.

Matthew walked out of the store quickly, and after easily shaking off a shadow demon that was following him, he went to another store in the market area again, and showed the demons in the store his high-quality goods from the material world in the same way.

The goods he sold to the first small shop accounted for less than one-tenth of the total.

There will naturally be more room for operation in the future.

This was repeated twice.

Before night falls.

Matthew left the market area and returned to the inn run by the Son of Purgatory where the three of them had agreed to stay.

night.

The three met successfully.

After some exchanges.

They summed up several ways to obtain the Nine Hells documents in Blood Sand City.

The first method is to get the approval of the three major families——

It could also be two major families.

It is said that the three devil families that originally ruled this city were all qualified to make the Nine Hells Documents.

But then one of the families declined.

Suspected of having lost the ability to produce Nine Hells documents.

Although the devils of this family still claim to have the ability to issue the Writ of the Nine Hells, many devils in the city are skeptical about this.

Correspondingly, it is easier to gain recognition from this weakened family than from the other two families.

But whatever.

Matthew and his two companions had just arrived, and the tiefling merchants they disguised themselves as had no status in Purgatory. It would be extremely difficult for them to gain recognition from the local devils in a short period of time.

The second way is to join the devil's army and establish merit.

The military merit system of Blood Sand City is very complete. No matter what your identity is, you can join as a mercenary, and then begin to calculate merit based on large and small battles.

Nature.

The requirements for merit in the Nine Prisons documents are also very huge.

Matthew estimated that he would have to lead the devils to win a large-scale battle involving more than a million people.

Let’s not talk about whether this condition is harsh or not.

A lot of time is wasted.

This road is also difficult for them to take.

The third method is to rent the Nine Prisons documents to a caravan or individual who already has them.

This method is the most feasible.

But the problem is that the Nine Prisons Documents themselves mean unlimited business opportunities. It is very easy for people with the documents to do business. Instead of renting, it is better to do it by themselves.

Based on the information Roland obtained from the City Hall.

There are currently about seven or eight Nine Prisons documents in the city, of which only two or three are idle. Their owners are all big shots in the city, so it is not easy to negotiate business with them.

"You don't know how exhausted I am this afternoon..."

"Here, this is a list of families or individuals in the city who have the Nine Hells' documents. This is a confidential document. Only the devils who work in the city hall to keep secrets are qualified to access it."

"Listen, we have to make a quick decision. The devils are very strict about this stuff. The news that the three of us are in the city at the same time to find out the documents of the Nine Hells will probably spread soon. The longer it takes, the higher the possibility of the news leaking out."

Loran said with a tired look on his face.

Matthew looked at the bright red lipstick marks on his neck, chest and cheek, and resisted the urge to ask him what the scars on his butt were.

"I can ensure that the news will not leak out."

Carmela, who was in charge of the military management area, was very calm.

She took a sip of tea and said:
"Everyone I asked has been brainwashed by me. There won't be any major problems in the short term."

"But I also agree that we need to act quickly, and no matter which way we go, we need a plan."

talking.

The two of them looked at Matthew at the same time.

Matthew looked at the organized information on the table, pondered for a moment and said:

"Let's rent one."

Luo Lan shook his head and said:
"What if someone doesn't want to?"

Matthew blinked:

“Sometimes, when you borrow something, you don’t necessarily need the other person’s willingness.”

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(End of this chapter)