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Chapter 1676, Page 309: Lady Lilith's actions must have a deeper meaning.

"Don't worry, there will be a reward if you succeed, and we won't blame you if you fail."

Annan was not surprised that the demon rat agreed. His purpose in doing so was to test the six-armed serpent demon: whether he wanted to maintain the relationship and reveal some information, or whether he wanted to lie to him.

“I don’t want to send you back either, but only you can do this…” Anan kept saying that it was free.

The demon rat remained unmoved. After leaving absentmindedly, Maria emerged from the shadows.

Are you sure it will help us?

After Della was kidnapped by the demon, the position of bodyguard in Annan's life remained vacant for a whole year. He needed a bodyguard, but he wasn't comfortable with outsiders. After discovering that Maria was interested, Annan simply decided to have her become his bodyguard.

“Its name is Ruth, right?” Annan said.

"What's wrong? It might be a fake name."

“Ruth, Ruth, isn’t it obvious?” Annan chuckled. “It has taken on the shape of Free City. After leaving Free City, it will only remember the beauty of this place and miss it more and more as time goes by.”

The demon rat had long since fallen under its own charm, and was being manipulated by itself.

"Isn't that a bit much...?"

Annan gave an example: "You leave your hometown and come to a strange place. Here, someone gives you money to spend, so you don't need to earn money or worry about survival. You don't need to work hard or bother maintaining relationships. You can do whatever you want, and naturally, all of these are wonderful memories."

"When you return to that 'bound' state, how can you accept the contrast?"

After thinking for a while, Maria finally found a second reason, besides Annan, for her to stay in Free City.

“But it’s a demonic person… a rat… a demon.” Maria couldn’t find the right adjective for a moment.

“So letting it go is the most effective approach,” Annan explained. “That six-armed serpent demon and the rodent clan must have discussed something. By sending the demon rat back, we are essentially telling her…”

"I can talk, I can cooperate."

Maria nodded: "It seems you really want the Six-Armed Serpent Demon."

……

Annan gave the demon rats a day and a half to rest—mainly because the fourth batch of rats had just been delivered.

The lustful demon retreated to his room in the embassy and contacted Lady Biros.

"It's not the scheduled time yet."

"But it's too outrageous, I have to tell you!"

In the demon camp, the six-armed serpent demon who was writing a letter paused: "Speak."

"I don't know what those Annamese were thinking, sending me to the Rodent Clan!"

What is this? Lady Biros sent him to Free City to gather intelligence, and those Annamese bastards sent him to the Rodent Clan to gather intelligence. A double agent?
What tormented her most was... how could she have agreed?!

The lust demon only remembered that Annan walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and then he vaguely agreed to his arrangement.

Did that human thing use a charm spell on me?
Compared to the succubus's regret, Biros quickly thought it over.

If Annan is on the human side, the meaning of sending ratmen, who are known to be demons in disguise, to the Gnawing Clan is unclear. Are they expecting it to betray them? It can't be that the humans are trying to curry favor with them, right?
But if we consider him as Lady Lilith's puppet... then everything becomes clear!
Liberty City is a separate, clandestine operation, known only to Lady Lilith and a handful of others.

Even the Stoan ratmen didn't know.

Sending the Succubus to the Rodent Clan was ostensibly because Free City wanted intelligence from them, but in reality, it was because Lady Lilith discovered a flaw in her plan—the lack of an eye watching the Rodent Clan from within.

Once the lustful demon has passed, they will be able to gather information and quickly relay it. However, there is a prerequisite: Annan Reeves is indeed Lady Lilith's puppet.

Do you think Annan Reeves is a candidate?

The succubus wanted to say, "Boss, wake up! Even a terrifying being like the Spider Queen, Lothar, has fallen for you. Aren't you, a six-armed serpent demon, just a dessert delivered to our doorstep?"

The problem is, she can't even be a wife! She has to be ranked after the Spider Queen, Blue Dragon, Succubus, Skaven, Succubus...!
"Yes, it should be okay, he seems to treat me quite well..."

The six-armed serpent demon suddenly remembered what the lust demon had said earlier: the Church of the Spider Queen was being established in Free City.

Spider Queen...

The six-armed serpent demon realized something, and his chest heaved rapidly.

So that's how it is, Lady Lilith! You actually devised such a profound plan in secret!?

The six-armed serpent demon had no more doubts about Annan's identity. He told the succubus rodent clan what had really happened and instructed them, "When you arrive at the rodent clan, keep an eye on what they are doing and whether they are digging tunnels in secret. Lady Lilith and I suspect that the ratman high priest's goal is related to the anti-magic field."

Upon learning that it was actually the Ratman High Priest who had infiltrated the Rodent Clan, the Lust Demon clicked his tongue in amazement: "Then, what about Free City?"

"You don't need to tell me what to do. Just follow Lady Lilith's orders."

"You mean, Lady Lilith sent me?"

“That’s right, you are already in Lady Lilith’s sights.”

He should have felt honored, but for no reason, the lustful demon remembered Annan's words, "I don't want to send you back either, but only you can do this"... Was he telling the truth?
It turns out that it wasn't Annan who made me leave Liberty City... How could Lady Lilith be so wicked!

In a daze, Biros continued, "When does Lady Lilith want you to depart?"

"Tomorrow...the day after tomorrow."

"Alright, hurry up and find some historical documents from the North, especially the far North."

"what?"

"Hurry up and find some historical documents from the North, especially the far North."

The lustful demon, too embarrassed to admit he'd overheard, asked, "What do you need this for?"

Biros always liked her subordinates to ask "why." The reasons why the demons haven't been able to subdue the weaker devils, besides their inherent lack of unity and constant infighting; their susceptibility to being bought off and turning against each other at the slightest benefit; and the fact that a few words of provocation from the devils can cause them to fight amongst themselves, are...

Another point is to avoid thinking altogether if possible.

Asking questions is a virtue for the devil.

However, she disliked her subordinates asking stupid questions. Clearly, this was a stupid question.

"Why do you think the High Priest of the Skaven would personally come to the far north to negotiate with me?"

knock knock --

"Russ, are you in there?"

Not long after, the succubus opened the door and saw Evelyn, who was holding a magic stone and had come to visit.

She has been coming for several days in a row.

After her previous story, "The Ratman Who Wanders at the Theater Gate," became a hot topic and she received many replies from readers all over Middle-earth, Evelyn decided to expand on Ruth's story and write a longer story from the perspective of the ratmen living in the Free City.

(End of this chapter)