A strange world

Chapter 814 Section 45. Win more

In the second week after Annan's return, he promulgated his third decree: the Ministry of the Interior established a devil's notary department, where all trades could sign contracts for free.

But before it was promulgated, Annan hit 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 people who were facing each other with a smile.

Olmedo asked persistently: "Give me a reason."

"Devils are rich."

Olmedo was speechless.

"It's your turn to give me a reason."

"My reason is very simple. The devil is not the same as us. We can cooperate with them secretly, but we should not let everyone know it openly." Olmedo expressed her thoughts, "Many big people hate it. Devils, get involved too much with them and we will be labeled.”

Olmedo had no problem with the future that Annan wanted to build, but there were a lot of evil factions in Liberty City...not to mention 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 - what could represent truth, goodness and beauty more than elves?

“Who is leading the elf royal court’s envoy team this time?”

"A high elf sage."

"They have visited so many times...can we let some news out?"

Annan was thoughtful and used the leaves of the World Tree to contact Tedder.

"It's just a propaganda mission." Tadel did not reject Annan's request. "Those moderates need a pair of hands to push them."

Annan asked her again what she thought about her cooperation with the devil. Tedder was surprisingly open-minded: "Annan, why do you think the Elf King's Court has chosen Liberty City?"

"Because you fancy me?" Annan was embarrassed to say this to the elf elders, and thought, "Because of the potential of Liberty City?"

"And your attitude towards other races."

"I see."

In this way, "Voice of Freedom" will publish the news of the Elf Envoys 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 beginning to 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 homes due to a quarrel over a trivial matter. 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".

"You shouldn't have the custom in 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."

…

The new issue of "The Voice of Freedom" that the people of Middle-earth have been eagerly awaiting has been released. The news that the Elven Court sent an envoy to visit Free City was 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 King's 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:

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 deep in their souls. Even great mages will accidentally fall into the trap of the contract. .

How to describe the devil’s professionalism?

We can't talk about things that don't exist.

Olmedo’s concerns 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 stems from the fact that so far, Annan has not made any misjudgments in his knowledge of people...even the rat people he believed in have lived up to his trust.

Belludonna 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 taking charge of the business of the Devil's Notary Office. .

Those small contracts that she didn't like were divided among the trainee devils, and when they encountered larger contracts, she took 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 benefit 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 surrounding the Elf Mission to Olmedo and Itilia, Annan's attention returned to the situation in the north.

If you have the opportunity to look down from the sky above Allen Continent, you will see the rat tide in the north like balls of cotton wool slowly but unswervingly approaching Middle-earth...

After so long, I wonder if Jerry, who was leading the gray rat priest, was far away from the battlefield.

…

If the rat tide in the north converges from all directions and flows into 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, wearing a gray robe. The gray-haired rat sacrifice was followed by thousands of slave rats carrying a huge rat mother and shouting slogans.

"Lord Gray Mouse, we are not far from the nest that the high priest said."

"Back off."

The gray-haired rat priest said indifferently to the elite rats around him.

After they were far away, the gray-haired rat priest softened his tone: "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."