This lich needs more money.

Chapter 453 Seeing him make money is more painful than me losing money
Amber gave the magic mirror away for free, and carefully reminded Zariel to be careful about the way he "negotiated" with Tiamat.

Zariel took the artifact of the god of alchemy and disappeared, as if he couldn't wait any longer.

As soon as he returned to Hell, Zariel immediately set out and found Tiamat, who was still sulking at home.

The astral gate is gone, all the astral red dragons are dead, only a few thousand Githyanki are left to survive, and all plans have failed.

"Damn lich!"

This is what Tiamat has been saying the most recently.

When Zariel appeared with a smile on her face, the five-headed dragon mother asked in confusion: "Your smile is full of malice and conspiracy. Have you found some mortal to play with?"

Most people are not worthy of the Duke of Hell showing this expression, and even Tiamat became a little interested.

"Yes, I just negotiated a deal and should be able to earn tens of millions of soul coins." Zariel said proudly.

Tiamat was shocked. Ten million! This was not a small amount.

The soul is not something worthless like gold. How many souls go to hell every year? How many devils are fighting for it in hell? Wouldn’t ten million be equal to the population of a small country?
"You are the one who has been deceived, right?" Tiamat said without hesitation.

Who can come up with 10 million soul coins? The people of Ryan no longer believe in the Lord of Dawn, and want to use the people for a collective blood sacrifice? This can't kill that many people.

Zariel said proudly, "Of course ordinary people can't take it out, but what if it's that lich?"

Tiamat's golden pupils suddenly glowed, and that was anger turned into substance. He could not bear to hear any news related to the lich, unless it was news of the lich's death.

Zariel tried to tempt Tiamat and said, "I know you have a bad relationship with him, so I came to you. Aren't you ready to take revenge? Just like last time, we can harvest millions of sinners at once and get a lot of soul coins."

Tiamat said, "I'm afraid you've been deceived by him. Do you really think we made a profit in the last transaction?"

The Unholy Hymn was originally in the pocket of the two Dukes of Hell. The fall of an entire kingdom would greatly enhance the reputation of the first layer of Hell, and the gains would be immeasurable.

As a result, the gains were greatly reduced due to the lich's small actions.

Tiamat suffered the most, because the content of the deal was that Ambersh helped open the astral gate, and for this, He had to give concessions to Zariel, so most of the benefits were taken by Zariel.

As a result, the astral invasion plan failed, and Tiamat suffered a huge loss.

"Anyway, I offered 10 million this time, and he agreed. Not only that, I also helped you negotiate the price. He is willing to compensate you with 60 red dragons and 6 million soul coins of high quality. How about that? I'm not bad for you, am I?"

"Six million?!"

Tiamat said angrily: "Do you know how much sixty red dragons are worth? How many years have I spent in the Astral Plane training them?!"

"But it's worthless when you're dead." Zariel taunted mercilessly: "At least you can earn some back now."

Tiamat was speechless after hearing this, but she was not so easily fooled.

"You would think of me for such a good thing?"

Although the two of them are allies for now, there is no true friendship between devils. Zariel not only hid such a good thing, but also specifically looked for himself. There must be something wrong.

"If I can handle it by myself, I wouldn't mind making the profit alone. But this time, the lich's request is too outrageous. It's far from enough for me alone, and even if you add me, it won't be enough."

Tiamat frowned. He really couldn't think of what other demands the lich could make that would embarrass Zariel.
"He wants to kidnap Bribodup and give him to Talos."

Tiamat was stunned, as if she had heard something incredible. After waiting for a long time, she finally managed to say, "Is this lich finally crazy? Does he know why the gods are gods?"

Zariel couldn't help but want to laugh. He thought so at that time, but there was nothing he could do. Amber gave him too much.

"I didn't ask for the specific reason, but this is the best deal. Because he promised that he would solve the problems of locating Bribodup and resolving Bribodup's chaotic area. We just need to capture Bribodup after he solves these problems. Doesn't it sound simple?"

The biggest problems when trying to deal with a god are these two.

The first is to lock the opponent's position and find a way to enter the gate of the Kingdom of God. The second is to find a way to resolve the impact of the Kingdom of God on oneself.

If both problems can be solved, it won't be difficult for Zariel and Tiamat to deal with Bribodup.

Tiamat asked, "Even if he can't do it, he will still pay the commission?"

Zariel said, "Of course, otherwise why would I say it's a sure win? But since I brought you such a good deal, you have to give me half of your six million."

Tiamat said quickly, "Impossible, and six million is too little! The lich can create souls, and the cost is much lower than killing people. Why are you only asking for ten million?! If I were to ask, it would be at least twenty million!"

"Then you can talk to him yourself." Zariel looked nonchalant.

"I just want to be safe and avoid any accidents. After all, Bribodup is also a goddess of medium power. If you don't want to, I can do it alone. Of course, you can also talk to the lich in person, but considering your friendship with the lich, how much do you think he will give you?" Zariel looked like he had Tiamat in his grasp, but Tiamat said, "Zariel, we have known each other for a long time, and I know your character very well. Those things just now were all taught to you by the lich, right? Next time before you lie, think about whether it is in line with your usual habits."

Zariel's face froze, as if Tiamat had hit the nail on the head. He gritted his teeth and said, "Well, since you've discovered it, I won't hide it from you. It was the lich who thought that my power alone was not enough, so he had to drag you along. Maybe he wanted to trick you again."

"What is the real offer?" Tiamat asked.

Zariel said coldly, "Eight million each, and I'll count your two million as mine."

“That’s all?” Tiamat was a little skeptical. “Isn’t it possible to create a simulated soul at random? He should be more generous.”

Zariel was helpless and explained, "This is his monopoly business. He refused to give in. He said he was worried that the soul currency in Hell would depreciate, and we would lose more money. I don't understand these things, so I can't argue with him."

Tiamat said angrily, "This damned lich! He is nothing more than a counterfeiter!"

"Yes, a counterfeiter is really arrogant, but we don't have a choice, right?"

"Can he really solve the impact of the Kingdom of God on us?" Tiamat asked. "If he can't do this, everything is meaningless."

"If we can't do better, we can just collect the money directly. We don't have to do any work at all, and we can even watch him make a fool of himself. I am looking forward to seeing what punishment this lich will receive for breaking his promise with Talos. Velsharoon was talked about by the gods for many years."

"Then why should I refuse?"

Tiamat looked at Zariel's waist and found that his sword was gone. She thought it was given to the lich as a contract object.

Tiamat reached out and took a dragon scale from between her brows.

"Give this to him and tell him that I agree to the deal. However, it's not eight million but ten million soul coins. Not a single less."

Zariel took the dragon scale, but couldn't help saying, "What if he doesn't agree to the bargaining?"

Tiamat said firmly, "Then consider it as a loss of profit. I would rather we all lose together than let him have his way. Seeing the lich take advantage is more painful than losing money! At this price, I will not give in."

Zariel nodded and said, "That's right, I'll raise it too! Ten million each for us!"

Zariel took the dragon scale of Tiamat and left. He didn't laugh until he was sure that he had completely left Tiamat's territory and had carefully put the dragon scale away!

“Hahahaha! The lich offered me 20 million and Tiamat 60 million, so now I have made a net profit of 70 million! This is so cool, it turns out that it is so cool to cheat others out of their money! No wonder the lich likes doing business so much, this is simply a hearty battle!”

This might be the first time in his life that Zariel had done business so successfully that he couldn't help but contact Amber directly to show off his achievements.

When the dragon scale was delivered to Amberhu, he said to Zariel with a look of deep sorrow: "You bargained too hard. If Tiamat knew, she would definitely hate you."

Zariel said nonchalantly, "We are all living in hell, does it matter who hates who?"

"It still has an impact, right? After all, Tiamat is your neighbor. If He finds out, it will definitely cause trouble for you."

Zariel felt something was wrong with Amber's words, and asked in confusion: "What do you mean? Are you going to tell Tiamat about this? Don't forget, this is the method you taught me."

Amber Xiu shook his head and said, "How could that be? I never do such boring double-agent business. This is not just a one-time deal. We can cooperate in many areas in the future. I'm the one paying anyway. What's the difference between giving it to you and giving it to Tiamat?"

Zariel frowned. He vaguely felt that something was wrong. Could it be that this lich had dug a trap and was waiting for him?

Amber continued to smile politely, but said to Zariel in a very serious tone: "Don't worry, I will pay the full amount of soul coins, but I don't know if you have ever thought about whether Tiamat will find out once a large amount of soul coins begin to circulate. After all, the difference between 70 million and 10 million is not ordinary."

"What do you mean?" Zariel asked.

"What I mean is that you should not spend all these soul coins at once. That will definitely cause serious inflation. Not only will it depreciate your original assets and cause dissatisfaction from other dukes of hell, it will also directly expose that you have deceived Tiamat."

"If you have money but don't use it, what's the difference between that and having no money at all?!"

Zariel absolutely could not accept this. He was not a miser and could not hide so much money. He had already planned how to spend this huge sum of money. It was impossible for him to hide it now.

"No, no, no, what I want to say is that 70 million soul coins is a huge sum of money that is enough to shake the economy of the entire hell, so why don't you be a little bolder. Zariel, have you ever thought about taking control of the soul coin transactions of the entire hell? It is not difficult to quietly let this huge amount of money enter hell, but the difficulty lies in how to increase the influence of this money without letting other dukes of hell know."

"What exactly do you want to say?"

Zariel was already feeling a little dizzy. After all this time, would he be able to spend the money?

"What I want to say is that you, the Grand Dukes of Hell, usually keep your own land, so your use of soul coins is in a very primitive state. Of course, the main reason is that the number of soul coins is too scarce, and they are consumables, not substitute equivalents. But this situation will not last long. I will continue to produce soul coins, which will definitely cause an impact on the economy of your hell.

“Zariel, have you ever thought that under this wave, you can do many great things.

"Like, establishing Hell's first soul coin bank?"

(End of this chapter)