Chapter 330: Plans (1/2)

“You may rise.”

Seeing that this fire had been stoked enough, I called out to No.6. His legs were trembling as he slowly stood up, head still lowered as if he was kneeling. His body most likely understood the meaning of the phrase ‘to serve a king is like serving a tiger’.

In truth, I was a lot scarier than that so-called king since I had a fragment of his soul. With just a single thought, I could make him wish that he was dead. No matter where he was, I could locate him through this fragment. In fact, I didn’t even have to go through all that trouble at all —I could just shatter that fragment thereby shattering his whole soul.

That was the true power and terror of a slave contract!

The following journey was decidedly solemn, barring the horsing around noises of Mo Na and Cinderel.

A short while later, we came upon the main gate of the palace. The moment No.6 laid eyes on the blackish-red Arc de Triomphe-esque gate, his face paled like he had just seen a ghost… Clearly, something about that gothic style severely stirred up his psyche.

“This is…” No.6 asked in an unsure voice. Yet even without me answering, he already had his answer. That’s right, this was the entrance of Sable Radiance’s palace, a massive gate that could fit even three Nolas!

What followed was like a journey through a dream for No.6. Despite being over 80 000 years old, there were no signs of decay as if time itself had been stopped.

I didn’t bring him down to the underground weapons factory, instead I had him wait in the garden alone. In the meantime, I brought Mo Na and Cinderel down to the factory where I had five hundred Abyssal Golems moved up to the garden.

“Master…”

Even though No.6 knew that they were allies, he could not help but retreat a couple of steps.

“Don’t worry. These are all the helpers I found for you, they will be in charge of constructing the safety zone. You can also have a portion of them handle your safety, since new devils will pop out every so often.” Having said that, I handed over two Authority Gems to him. “Here are two Authority Gems, tools you can use to control the golems with. You can also use these to gain control over the golems, one of them is for you, the other is for No.3, got it?”

“Understood, Master.”

As a matter of convenience and also a matter of precaution, I had Mo Na create a bone chain to secure the gems. That way even No.6, with no pockets whatsoever, could store the gems easily.

Naturally, I hadmy little baby create a bone necklace chain for my own gem as well. Just like that, I had a lovely red gemstone hung around my chest.

No.6’s hands shook with excitement as he received the chained gems. Being the intelligent imp that he was, he knew that this was the moment that he became one of my important subordinates. Truthfully, the reason why he managed to climb the ladder so quickly, other than the fact that he offered up his soul fragment willingly, was that I was lacking manpower right now. I really lacked manpower.

I had a mountain of matters that had to be settled urgently and those were matters that I couldn’t leave to a pair of muscles-for-brains like Big 4 and No.3. Based on the intelligence they displayed, I just couldn’t picture that ending well.

It was in such a situation that No.6 appeared, No.6 with his ability to handle such tasks independently. It could be said that he was my only choice right now…

After giving No.6 a brief rundown of the safety zone and the recruitment zone, I hastily sent him off, the faster the better.

The whole process of constructing the safety zone was epic in scale. From here to the lava lake, there was a straight line distance of three hundred li. Just hiking that distance was terrifying enough, let alone digging out a canal that was larger than normal and with a depth of at least twenty metres… Yet that was considered simple when compared to creating a recruitment zone. After all, digging that canal only required brute force. Once the start and end points were designated, it was just a matter of digging. There was no skill required at all, what required actual management was the recruitment zone.

It had toinspire awe and terror in the newcomer devils with just one glance, it had to portray an image of immense strength. Without a doubt, such a task wasn’t simple. Yet, with my lack of experience in building, all I could do was leave it to No.6, an imp who claims to have expertise in such matters.

Either way, everything was handed off now. All No.6 had to do was follow the guidelines I gave him and nothing major should go wrong.

Five hundred Abyssal Golems and another Eight Winged Abyssal Golems was a massive task force that should allow him to accomplish much on his own. As for how he went about it, that didn’t concern me at all, what I really cared about was the results.

According to my plan, the first step was to have No.3 stay behind to supervise the digging of the safety zone. Even though it was a boring task for him, it wasn’t particularly complex. All he had to do was be a little vigilant and guard against any Flame Devouring Fish incursion.

The devils who managed to escape previously could handled by Sinmosa and Sasani, along with some Abyssal Golems.

Because there were still damaged Abyssal Golems patrolling the vicinity of the royal capital, there were barely any lifeforms nearby. Anyone brainless enough to wander in was basically doomed to a fate of being squished by the Abyssal Golems for being an intruder. Based on that, it could be concluded that those escaped devils would have no way to procure food. Starved, they would have no choice but to kill each other…

‘I should find a chance to recall those golems…’