The necromancer just wants to plant trees

Chapter 521 The Duke of Steel

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Hear what Matthew said.

The Son of Purgatory was slightly startled. He subconsciously peered inside, only to find that the cabin was completely dark. He could only see the passenger at the door, and it was pitch black further down.

This is obviously the effect of magic.

Upon seeing this, the Son of Purgatory reminded:

"The recruiting officers under Duke Iron and Steel are very powerful, and there are even legendary experts sitting on their posts. I'm afraid it will be difficult for your spells to be effective..."

Matthew suddenly said:

"You will protect us, right?"

"In accordance with the ride and transportation agreement, the Son of Purgatory will do its best to ensure the safety of passengers and their cargo?"

The son of purgatory looked troubled:

"Of course we will do our best."

Then he whispered:

"But now we have encountered a special situation, don't you understand?"

"The captain is negotiating with them, but the strength of the two sides is very different. If their people want to force their way in, there is nothing we can do."

"Damn it, these iron recruiters have been so rampant recently!"

at last.

He took a deep breath:

"I still suggest that you run away quickly. The chance of staying on the ship without being captured by the recruiting officer is almost less than 10%..."

Matthew cooperated with his expression of silence.

Then he sighed and said:

"I understand, thank you for reminding me."

"We plan to pray in the cabin, hoping that the 10% probability can happen in reality..."

Said.

He was about to close the hatch.

The Son of Purgatory was slightly startled.

A strange color flashed in his eyes, and he suddenly asked:

"Can I know your name?"

Matthew said cheerfully:

"Of course, my name is Eli."

The Son of Purgatory nodded slightly:

"I'm Dallion, the boatswain of this ship."

"Now that you have made your decision, just hide away. If someone comes over later, don't say anything. May the river of blood protect you."

"If you survive this storm safely and if anything happens on the ship in the future, you can come to me directly."

Say it.

He smiled at Matthew, and then hurriedly walked in the direction of other cabins.

Matthew silently closed the hatch.

He casually arranged a small spell, then returned to his little bed and lay down peacefully.

Luo Lan's ears were still twitching slightly, but a strange smile appeared on his face:

"interesting."

"But you did the right thing. On this dangerous Silver River, there is no safer place than the merchant ship of the Son of Purgatory."

Matthew smiled softly:

"It doesn't look like everyone thinks that way."

The next moment.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from the cabin next door.

Immediately afterwards.

More and more footsteps came from the corridor.

As if to match this scene.

The black shadow outside the porthole window was also shaking violently, and the ship was shaking even more violently.

at this angle.

Matthew looked outside and found that in addition to the two spiders that intercepted the merchant ship on the river, there were also a large number of devils gathered on the river bank.

The armor on their bodies and the flags placed beside them are all the emblems of the Iron Duke.

"Chain demons, wind demons, cavalry demons... they all run fast."

Matthew hummed thoughtfully.

And opposite the bed.

Luo Lan once again raised the yellow book and looked at it carefully. Carmela fell into a deep sleep again at some point.

Matthew took a nap to rest while paying attention to what was going on outside.

The chaos in the cabin aisle lasted about half an hour.

Forty minutes later.

The Iron Duke's slave-hunting team outside the porthole window has already gone half way.

Another ten minutes passed.

The giant spider on the river was nowhere to be seen.

Under the watchful eyes of a small group of wind demons.

The merchant ship started slowly again.

It didn't take long.

The ship completely left the slave hunting team's devil and other scenery behind!

Crossing one waterfall after another.

The ship headed resolutely towards the land of the Blood Abyss.

It’s just that there are nearly two-thirds fewer passengers on the ship than before!

After ensuring safety.

Matthew went to the deck alone and walked around twice. Not long after, he met Dallion, who had knocked on the door earlier.

"It seems that we are very lucky. There is a 10% chance that it will actually happen in reality."

Matthew put one hand on the side of the ship and said to sailor Darien with a smile.

His current image is that of a very honest-looking tiefling businessman, and coupled with Matthew's superb performance, this sentence does not seem to be a yin and yang, but a heartfelt gratitude.

Dallion was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

He stared at Matthew for a long time. It wasn't until Matthew reminded him in pretended doubt that the boatswain smiled in relief:

"You are indeed lucky."

"The slave-hunting team broke into the passage at one point, and several guests were immediately captured by them as soon as they came out of the cabin."

"Then the captain got angry and started fighting with the recruiting officer. They probably didn't want to completely anger us, so they grabbed a few more people and left..."

"Anyway, all this is over. The next section of the road will be much safer. Enjoy your life on the ship. This may be the most stable life you can live in purgatory."

Seeing the other party, he never mentioned the merchants who took the boats and left with their goods.

Matthew's suspicions were basically confirmed.

After chatting with Dallion for a few more words.

The latter left on the pretext that he was busy with work.

Matthew sent him away with a smile, but his eyes gradually became sharper:

"It seems that Son of Purgatory also has a very good reputation."

"It may be that those who discovered the truth have become slaves of the devil lords. Naturally, no one will expose the little tricks between the Son of Purgatory and the major devil lords along the way."

Passengers from the slave hunting team intimidated the passengers to disembark voluntarily.

Once the boat leaves the merchant ship of the Sons of Purgatory, it is no longer the Sons of Purgatory's responsibility if those people are captured by devil lords such as Iron Duke.

But those who actually stayed on the ship would not encounter the miserable reality of becoming slaves.

This is the devil.

On the surface, they value the contract and respect the spirit of the contract, but secretly they are even better at formulating rules and playing with loopholes.

"But Iron Duke Byrne is quite an interesting guy..."

Matthew didn't know much about this one of the Big Three of Baator Purgatory.

The main reason is that the Alliance has done too little homework on the outer planes.

When Matthew was looking through the information, he found that a large part of it actually came from Margaret's summary, which was extremely timely.

According to the information collected by Margaret.

Iron Duke Byrne is the devil lord who is most eager to prepare for war in the Nine Purgatory.

Byrne's territory is said to be full of underground passages extending in all directions and steel factories emitting large amounts of steam and electricity.

Every cave within its territory is an arsenal for making armor, weapons or strategic weapons.

Millions of devils work for Byrne.

They worked day and night to build armor after armor and blade after blade.

This phenomenon is said to have begun since the Age of Enlightenment——

At that time, the gods of Tianlun Palace were still sitting in the heaven.

It can be said that Tianlun Palace has done a good job in suppressing the forces in the abyss, purgatory and other outer planes. The demons and devils were beaten until they could hardly breathe.

But from then on.

The Iron Duke began long-term preparations for war.

He took advantage of the particularity of the field he mastered to open an arsenal on a large scale, constantly inventing and updating equipment for the heavenly realm.

At that time, many people believed that there would be a battle between heaven and Baator Purgatory.

The protagonists of the two warring parties may be the Sun God Gerald and Iron Archduke Byrne, who were unparalleled at the time.

But the surprising thing is.

Until the death of the Sun God, the two sides failed to start fighting.

A long time passed after that.

Due to the shrinkage of Tianlun Palace's power, Byrne's war preparation targets gradually shifted from the heaven to other purgatory lords.

This change of direction made the other devil lords very uneasy.

They also attempted to invade the Iron Duke's territory.

As a result, they encountered a powerful sniper attack from their army, and not long after, the coalition forces sent by other devil lords came back defeated.

While all the devil lords involved in this matter were waiting in fear for Byrne's revenge.

Byrne is still preparing frantically at his own pace.

The most exaggerated time.

Some intelligence officers have discovered that Byrne's war-ready weapons are enough to fill an entire plane and a half.

In this turbulent atmosphere.

Byrne's arsenal is still forging day and night.

The revenge expected by the devil lords did not appear.

Subsequently.

Stuluk Industries has its hands in many territories in Purgatory.

Byrne shifted his preparations for war to the Necron troops.

He did not know where he had stolen a lot of industrial technology that belonged to Stuluk, and the equipment forged in his arsenal had also changed from ordinary metal armor and steel weapons to advanced weapons with psychic properties or enchanted properties. and super armor with higher levels of metal forging.

But at this stage.

People in purgatory have long been numb.

Just as they expected.

The Iron Duke is always preparing for war, but he has never started a war with anyone.

His territory remained at the stage of his initial inheritance, swallowing up a few secondary planes or demi-planes at most. However, compared to other expanding devil lords, Byrne's territory could only be ranked at the bottom.

But even so.

No one dares to underestimate this devil lord with unique hobbies.

The area of his territory is less than one-tenth of the Demon Queen or the Viper Lord, but his influence is enough to be on par with them.

Margaret’s evaluation of the Iron Duke is——

"The devil is the best at preparing for war, but he has never initiated a war.

In Purgatory, not waging war is often considered an act of mercy.

And kindness means weakness and deception in the eyes of the devil.

There has never been a rebellion under the Iron Duke since he inherited the territory, and very few people are willing to attack Byrne's territory, which shows that in the eyes of the devils who are relatively familiar with him, Byrne is neither weak nor merciful.

The reason for all the bizarre behavior on his part may just be looking further.

Or maybe it's just personality. "

After reading this information, Matthew.

There is actually only one strong thought in my mind:

"What if we could find Byrne's arsenal?"

But three seconds later he shook his head.

Everyone knows that Byrne has countless weapons, but so far there is no news about who has obtained those weapons, which shows that this is not an easy task.

even.

If he were a bit more conspiracy-minded, Matthew would suspect that Byrne's crazy preparations for the war might also be part of his deliberate creation of a persona.

Is the purpose to seduce greedy people looking for his arsenal?

Or other reasons.

all in all.

While Matthew was flipping through the information and thinking about it.

The big ship flying the flag of the Sons of Purgatory sailed slowly but surely towards the lower reaches of the Silver River.

The ship left Byrne's territory within a few days.

The journey that followed was just as sailor Dallion said it would be a smooth sailing.

Nine days later.

The ship arrived at Baisha Pier smoothly.

After taking away some goods that were only available in the material world from the cargo hold, Matthew and his group hurriedly got off the ship.

Flags of the Sons of Purgatory floated on the shore.

There are many Sons of Purgatory near the dock to maintain order.

At least on the surface.

This is a fairly safe location.

There is a gathering place next to Baisha Pier. Walking along the road south of the gathering place for more than ten kilometers, you will arrive at the "Blood Sand City", the major purgatory city in the land of Blood Abyss.

That's the second line of the bloody battle.

From time to time, some terrifying demonic troops would break through the defense lines and invade the plains near Blood Sand City. As time went by, there were almost no small gathering places south of Blood Sand City.

Devils also move in groups here to avoid encountering fish from the abyss.

Matthew and the other three pretended to walk around the Baisha camp twice, asking about the acquisition channels and related prices of goods in the material world.

And just when they were about to leave.

Matthew accidentally bumped into sailor Darien.

He pulled Matthew aside and whispered:

"Tieflings like you who have no background can easily be spotted when you first come here and become the target of hunting."

"This is near a chaotic battlefield, and no one will speak up for a few people who died unjustly."

"If you want to go to Blood Sand City to do business, it's best to find a time to leave the camp secretly when no one is paying attention. You have to note that the early morning may be a good time, but smart people will do this. People who are stalking tend to be more aggressive in the early morning. Full of vigilance.”

"In addition, there are many tireless high-level devils here, so it's best to make sure you get rid of all the spies before leaving."

Matthew was slightly surprised.

He first expressed his gratitude to Dallion, and then asked:

"Is your caravan also going to Blood Sand City?"

He knew that the Sons of Purgatory also had an official caravan.

Dallion thought for a while:

"I want to go, but it will be a little later, and I can't tell when I will leave."

"I suggest you keep an eye on our caravan manager. He may make a sudden move. Then as long as you follow the caravan, no one will dare to take action."

"But you still have to be careful when entering the city..."

After saying this, he nodded to Matthew.

Then he left in a hurry.

"It seems that our boatswain is also quite warm-hearted..."

Next to him, Luo Lan chuckled and said:

"Matthew, you are indeed somewhat charming. You have charmed the boatswain in just a few days."

Matthew didn't bother to pay attention to him.

The three of them then ignored Dallion's advice and left the camp directly.

Go out for a kilometer or two.

Matthew suddenly stopped:

"There are three groups of people targeting us."

"One person on each side?"