The Paladin in the Abyss

Chapter 76 Big Business

"Damn it!!!" Molo let out an angry roar, his figure flashed, and he rushed towards Lancelot like lightning.

"Enough!" Tijana intervened, her wings suddenly shooting up, her eyes emitting a strong magic light.

She employed her ability to cast spells instantaneously, and a large, thick, and sticky white spider web appeared out of nowhere, into which the furiously charging male succubus slammed head-first, becoming entangled and unable to move.

"Tijana! Let me go!" Molo yelled from within the web, "Are you planning to lay a hand on me?"

"Perhaps, but not now. You'd better calm down and look at yourself," Tijana answered in a threatening tone, "Do I need to remind you whose territory this is? You are just a customer who wanted to see the performance of the weapons you intend to buy in actual combat, and I have obliged you. If you have any complaints, it's best not to vent your anger on my subordinates."

"Hmph!" The male succubus, reminded thus, realized his own impropriety. He looked around only to see the Minotaur, the Arachne Elf, and the six-fingered Prince all watching him with a particularly peculiar gaze.

It was a gaze he was all too familiar with, one that contained mockery, contempt, and schadenfreude—it was the same look he had faced almost incessantly when he was a low-rank lieutenant under the Queen of the Succubus, Mekanshut.

When he could no longer endure and killed a Zoel Elf who enjoyed tormenting him and was also a plaything of the Queen of the Succubus, nobody looked at him with that gaze anymore.

His act of murder was witnessed by the Queen of the Succubus herself; perhaps she construed it as a lover's quarrel between two male pets, which exceedingly excited her lascivious nature. As Molo plunged the dagger into the heart of that Zoel Elf, the Queen of the Succubus appeared beside him, between her legs as wet as a beer barrel stabbed with a blade.

For the following three hours, he used all his craft, even burning away most of his Demon Essence, to successfully sate the Queen of the Succubus's insatiable desire, if only slightly.

Although Mekanshut quickly lost interest in him, Molo had succeeded in earning the appreciation of the Queen of the Succubus. He gained a low-level noble title, was appointed as an Official on Special Assignment to the Plains of the Abyss, responsible for establishing an outpost, collecting gold, treasures, and any valuable information for the Queen of the Succubus.

Due to its proximity to Twin Bridges Town, this small outpost quickly flourished into a very wealthy town, and his status rose with its fortunes.

He had nearly forgotten his humble origins and sordid past until he saw that gaze again—after all, it seemed to penetrate through his pathetic adornments, reminding him of exactly what kind of creature he was.

"That's not a small amount either, and there are also ordinary iron weapons. What about their prices?"

"As before, Twin Bridges Town's production capacity is 3000 military melee weapons per month, uniformly priced at 300 Gold Coins each."

"That means, I now owe you..." Kailon paused, wincing at the number he was about to reveal, "1.5 million Gold Coins."

Tijana said nothing, just watching him with her bright, sparkling eyes. Lancelot silently cursed to himself on the side; it really was a huge business deal.

"Can I get a discount?" the Prince with six fingers could not control the twitching of his facial muscles.

Tijana answered him with silence.

Kailon helplessly exchanged glances with his Fireburn Demon attendants, who gave him a slight nod.

"So be it, then. As for the payment method..."

"Same as before, grain or minerals are fine, and the exchange rate hasn't changed; we'll trade money for goods on the spot," Tijana sat up straight, "Let's talk about something useful. How's the front line looking?"

"I am not the one suited to answer this question." Kailon turned his body to the side, pointing to a Fireburn Demon attendant, "Surely, you are already quite familiar with Felbank, Supreme Commander Visuvius's chief of staff."

"I've heard much about you," Tijana nodded her head, "It's said that Destruction Flame trusts you greatly."

"An honor to meet you, the Pearl of Twin Bridges Town," the Fireburn Demon's flames seemed to burn even more vigorously in Tijana's presence, "The situation is not optimistic. Ever since the Fallen Angel Zariel became the Demons' Supreme Commander again, their tactics have become increasingly aggressive..."

Felbank then spent fifteen minutes briefly explaining the state of the battle. Lancelot, standing by, hardly understood anything and only vaguely grasped that the Demon army's offensive was extremely fierce and, despite the great sacrifice by the Demons, they were still being driven back.