.One Hundred and Thirty-three, a new reshuffle is about to begin

Although the devil and the demon are evil people with vicious hearts, there is a fundamental value opposition between them: the devil pays attention to hierarchy, order and contract, and everything is orderly in their society. However, in the devil's life, it is full of chaos, violence and barbaric killing at all times. Hell represents order, while the abyss is the manifestation of chaos. This chapter was uploaded by netizens, and the net hereby declares

If the demons are nomads who rely on the heavens to make a living, then the demons are settled by their own means. Although they are equally evil, they at least know how to obtain souls from mortals through contracts and transactions, rather than waiting for the wind of the Styx to deliver goods to their doorsteps. This positive and self-reliant approach is obviously more in line with the trend of the world's progress------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Feren continent moved from the dark medieval era to the relatively civilized modern era. Although justice could not be said to have defeated evil - tyranny, plunder and massacre were still common. But it can definitely be called order defeated chaos - the state machine is a concentrated expression of order. The emergence of a series of superpowers represents the gradually moving from chaos to stability and order.

This change in the main material plane is a blessing for hell and a nightmare for the abyss.

Especially after Baier, the lord of the first floor of the hell, signed trade agreements with many countries, the devil's actions to acquire souls on earth were basically no different from ordinary international trade. The crazy Naserel Empire government simply opened the commercial agency directly to hell, and every year it used death row prisoners and unsold prisoners of war to exchange for foreign exchange.

As for those "soul pawn shops" for retail investors, large-scale chain enterprises have been formed, each with a legal government license. Ironically, a considerable number of these shops run by devil agents are directly opened opposite the temple, so that the families of poor and destitute patients can pawn their souls in a timely manner, raise enough money to pay high treatment costs, and save the lives of their relatives... In recent years, under the pressure of the black-hearted pastor, more and more poor people have sold their souls to the devil.

Although the gods often offer the divine metaphor for reducing fees, the church always has policies and countermeasures. For example, the treatment fee can be reduced by 50%, but if you want to get sick smoothly, you have to pay the entrance fee, registration fee, consultation fee, testing fee, red envelope to the pastor... and contribute a sum of money for sesame oil to the gods. Otherwise, you will wait for a broken hand and foot or a sequelae, and you will have to be hung with a big fish in the temple for a long line. Sprinkle some blood from time to time.

In fact, in the eyes of those unlucky ghosts who were slaughtered, the priests were much more cruel than the devil. At least the devil knew to strictly abide by the contract, but the priests often collected huge sums of money and killed people alive, or resurrected the dead into monsters, and they absolutely did not bear any responsibility---a normal medical accident!

In this way, through clever publicity packaging and commercial operations, the devils have successfully achieved a partial image transformation in human society, at least reducing people's perception of themselves to the level of black-hearted usury merchants - although it is hateful, it is barely acceptable.

By contrast, demons who act as they please have much worse reputation in the main material plane. They are never bound by any order. They are always burned and destroyed unscrupulously. Even if they offer generous sacrifices to the demons, they cannot protect their own safety, let alone gain any benefits.

For mortals, the devil's temptation is dangerous. But as long as they are determined to refuse, or make some counter-demands. The devil who fails to promote usually will not turn against each other immediately. But if they encounter a demon... they should hurry up and run away. This thing is like a locust. They only know how to kill everything and snatch it all. Turn everything into ruins. It will be useless to talk to them.

Although some people have worshipped demons, and because of the chaotic nature of the demons, they can occasionally obtain great benefits at a very small price. But it is also because of the damn chaotic nature. The demons only receive sacrifices but not doing things. If they encounter the most unfortunate time, those powerful demons will inexplicably massacre their believers-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In short, dealing with the devil in the main material plane is to negotiate transactions with smart and insane businessmen. Although you have to be careful that they set traps in the agreement, at least they will not be careless in terms of performance. Dealing with the devil is simply playing roulette. Although it is possible to win a grand prize, it is more likely to be shot in the head and the corpse is gone.

In the ignorant dark age, people are more likely to be deceived. However, with the popularity of education and targeted publicity of certain forces, everyone understands the difference between demons and devils. They also know that demons like to be stolen and cannot pursue them. The probability of getting benefits from them is smaller than buying lottery tickets. And if they are not done well, there will be inexplicable bad luck. Except for a few gamblers who like to take risks, generally fallen people usually choose to negotiate with the devil and no longer worship the devil.

During this process, the gods on Paradise Mountain also basically kept a turn-eyed attitude. In their opinion, as long as the devil does not reach out to his believers, it is better for those fallen souls to go to hell.

After all, for the gods who are above and who strive to rule safely, hell is an evil country. But in the abyss, there are countless groups of terrorists. Although they hate it before, they can at least find the object of negotiation and intimidation. Then they even want to negotiate but don’t know who to negotiate. Apart from killing them with big sticks, there is really no better solution.

As a result, as the devils plundered their souls on the main material plane, the bottomless abyss gradually fell into famine, a shortage of human resources and an economic crisis--the demon lords began to lack food, reserve troops and funds, and were unable to support their huge army. In order to compete for scarce resources, the internal struggle between the lords became increasingly fierce, and the strength of the entire abyss was slowly declining.

To make matters worse, hell has started a bloody battle again during this period, and the demons can't even save their lairs.

The so-called bloody battle, on the surface, is an endless fierce battle between the devils of the Nine Hells and the demons of the bottomless abyss. The demons are not accustomed to the devil's false order and strictness. The devil also looks down on the chaotic nature of the demons' barbaric and impulsiveness. In order to prove who is the master of the true meaning of evil, the two sides fought in the lower realm and tried their best to win over all the forces they could win over, and almost all species were involved in the bloody battle.

In a deep sense, bloody war also represents a conflict between the two major universe powers, "order" and "chaos". The devil hopes to include everything in the rules, but the devil wants to break all rules and not be bound by any rules. This conflict in the most primitive concept makes the contradiction between the two sides irreconcilable, so bloody war will continue endlessly. Perhaps it will take until the day when the multiverse is destroyed before the bloody war will be completely over.

Therefore, in the multiverse, no war can be compared with a bloody battle--whether the scale, duration, influence or intensity of the battle. The winning and losing situation of the bloody battle also represents the order and chaos of the entire world.

Centuries ago, the gods of Paradise Mountain joined forces to attack the lower realm. At the same time, they invaded the abyss and hell, and the fierce bloody battle was suspended for a while. When the bloody battle exploded again, the battle situation that had been stalemate for tens of thousands of years finally had an overwhelming change. The demons were beaten to retreat... Before this, they had always had the upper hand.

As we all know, there are only nine levels of hell, but there are countless levels of the abyss. Some statements believe that the abyss has 666 layers, but others believe that the abyss has more layers. Therefore, in terms of quantity, demons are far better than the devil, and the combat power of individual soldiers is slightly higher.

The weakness of the demon is mainly in tactical command. In a super-large-scale battle such as bloody war, which has invested more than one million troops, the strength of individual strength is nothing. What is really important is the ability to judge and plan, as well as the smoothness of military orders. However, the demon is born with chaotic and rebellious, and has never been organized or disciplined, and has no complete logistics supply system. Compared with the devil's strict discipline and clear division of labor, it is the gap between the mob and the professional army.

Even with a huge military advantage and a wise leader like Glazt, the confused demon will distort all tactics in execution, and then make all kinds of incredible mistakes on the battlefield. In the end, it will be out of control.

This is the innate defect of the demon. No matter how diligent and smart the commander is, it cannot be compensated. For tens of thousands of years, it has been relying on the extremely lack of technical content to fill cannon fodder and consume. Only by the demon side can the demon not lose in the bloody battle, and even suppress the devil for most of the time.

Therefore, once the demons have shortages in human resources and funds, the situation of bloody battle will be reversed.

"...In recent centuries, the main fronts of the Blood Battlefield have been retreated from bronze fortresses, gray wilderness, and blood rifts. They retreated all the way to the Wanyuan Plain. We have been defeated again and again in almost all field battles. Now we can only rely on fortresses to defend. However, since the past few years, those devil fleets used the well-connected River Styx to perform maneuvering infiltration. Not only did they cut off most of the supply lines, but they also made the entire abyss uneasy!"

Glazt tiredly supported his forehead and introduced the recent situation to Okai, who had just returned from a long journey. "Just a few days ago, devilish scouts appeared outside the outskirts of Zelatar (zelatar, the largest city in Glazt's territory). But I couldn't even get the counterattack troops, so I had to go on the battlefield and drove them away in person."

"...The economic crisis in Azgrat is getting worse and worse. I have no way to make up for the consumption of troops caused by the war, nor can I get enough money to continue to hire the main material plane to work hard for me. The remaining legions not only lack more than half of the organization, but also have their salaries for more than half a year. My sect in the continent of Feren was also unbearable because I asked for too many sacrifices. In recent years, I have been rebelling and have all gone to surrender to Asmotiels!"

He shook his head in frustration, "Watching the situation of bloody battles deteriorated day by day, Okas and Demogorgen were still sending small troops to attack my rear, trying to seize Azgrat. If this continues, I, the Lord of the Dark, will soon become a commander-in-law... so now I am all counting on you, my dear."

"Your Majesty, the financial and human resources issues are just about increasing revenue and reducing expenditure." Ou Kai interrupted, "The current situation is not good, and reducing expenditure is absolutely not feasible. I worked hard on the Mazka continent. Although I have gained a lot, it is really difficult to fill such a big hole in one go... I wonder if Your Majesty has sent more people to try their luck elsewhere?"

"Why didn't there! Yongju Island, Naseriel, Harua, Sel... I've tried almost every place except Paradise Mountain and the Nine-Story Hell!"

Glazt twelve fingers of his hands and smiled helplessly, "But how easy is it to open source? Those buckets do not have your ability or your good luck!"

ps: Sorry, I wrote such long explanatory texts. But in order to take care of the reading of dnd that I don’t know much about, I had to write more verbosely.
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