This lich needs more money.

Chapter 539: You Are Worthy of Being That Adult
The Merit Exchange Plaza of the Blood River Fortress is extremely large, almost as big as a city with tens of thousands of people living in it. It is densely packed with a large number of registration booths, and the reserved space is theoretically enough to pile up the corpses of any demon.

But this little coward had worked as a registrar in the Blood River Fortress for more than two thousand years, and he had never seen so many demon corpses that they turned into a torrent and surged out.

The Balrog, the Six-Armed Snake, the Minotaur, the Lion-Tailed Scorpion... countless well-known classic demons appeared, as if they were collected after a grand battle, with all kinds of demons in large quantities.

No one was impressed by the huge space of the small mirror in Melina's hand. What shocked them more was where so many demon corpses came from.

It couldn't be that they were collected from the Blood River battlefield, right? How fierce a battle must have been to leave so many corpses of powerful demons, and how did this undead chick collect them? Didn't anyone snatch them from him?

The demons watching were talking a lot, but no one dared to step forward to steal some severed limbs or something.

"Who is this undead? Is she the daughter of some great duke of hell?"

"Is there any devil in hell that is kind to his own children? Not eating her directly is already good enough, but he even gave her materials worth millions of soul coins. Do you think she is the daughter of Grand Duke Zariel?!"

"Does Grand Duke Zariel's daughter still need to come here to calculate her merits?"

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The devils were talking about it. Kambien had already dug the little coward out of the pile of corpses. The guy was so scared that he would be melted by the devil's blood if he was buried in there any longer.

Monica's legs were shaking with excitement.

As expected of a legendary fraudster, this move was an operation that shocked hell.

Where did he get so many demon corpses? Did he rob the Blood River Fortress? Why were the criminals who should have been captured and tortured by Grand Duke Zariel able to move freely and make a fortune in Hell in such a short time?
Monica felt that she could no longer hold back. She really wanted to meet the fraudster right away. She was willing to kneel in front of him and kiss his toes.

The corpses of the demons piled up into a small hill, until the little coward covered in smoke reacted and started the calculation again.

Seeing the opportunity to make a fortune, the little coward didn't dare to cut back on it.

This is not money he can earn, and it is too hot to handle.

After careful counting and weighing, it took several hours to complete the count. Melina obtained a total of 5,478,823 soul coins.

There are both zeros and integers, which is really the ultimate calculation.

Such a huge sum of money made the devils exclaim when they heard the number.

In the entire first layer of hell, the number of soul coins that can be thrown out in the millions can be counted on the palm of one hand.

Zariel and Tiamat already have two of them.

Countless demons are speculating about Melina's identity, and Monica is not the only smart one.

That well-known name in hell began to be mentioned and quickly spread to everyone's ears.

The fraudster is the legendary fraudster who made the Duke of Hell lose most of his fortune. This undead girl is his daughter!

Melina's name was soon mentioned. Although this undead princess had few battle records, some people knew that Zariel particularly liked this undead princess and had invited her to join his legion more than once.

With such a prominent identity, it’s no wonder that he could easily kill that arrogant spider-like drow.

Melina didn't care about the discussions at all. She just said to the little coward: "I want to exchange for the lord's authority."

It would take time for the Blood River Fortress to mobilize. Fortunately, Melina didn't want cash. The little coward didn't dare to make the decision, so he quickly said, "Lady Melina, please wait a moment."

The little coward flapped its wings to report the news, and soon a sturdy devil came in front of Melina.

This devil looks like a wall and is very strong.

Although his height is about the same as that of Cambion, he appears to be several times stronger. He has sharp fangs and a huge nose, and looks like he has a wild boar's head.

But this is not a real wild boar but the famous Anzumo of Hell. Most of Zariel's personal guards are Anzumo.

Only the strongest and bravest warriors can be recognized by Zariel. When the souls of these warriors enter hell, Zariel will transform them into this kind of Anzu Demon. Anzu Demon is immune to all mental magic, has strong magic resistance and regeneration ability, and is a very powerful devil.

The little coward introduced carefully: "Lord Satuk, this lady needs to exchange for the lord's authority."

The Anzu demon named Satuk came in front of Melina, took a look, and then grinned and said, "Well, brave and fearless soul, I haven't seen such an outstanding warrior for a long time. These are the lord privileges you can exchange, choose for yourself!"

Satuk opened his palms, and the flames turned into lines of hellish words that appeared in front of Melina.

Melina felt her eyes burning with pain after just one look, and countless wailing and roaring seemed to ring in her ears, making Melina have the urge to destroy everything crazily. However, as a blue vine wrapped around her body, this feeling disappeared.

The hell text has a strong spiritual influence. If mortals read it too much, they will fall into hell. Melina is a straightforward person and is more easily affected by this kind of text.

The devil Satuk also had bad intentions, and he strengthened the hints in these hellish words, hoping to hypnotize Melina and make her join Zariel's guard. Grand Duke Zariel would definitely be very willing to grant such an outstanding warrior a seat in the guard.

It's a pity that Melina is not so easy to control. The Whispering Tree isolates her from this mental influence. Melina has already received guidance from Amber and knows what lord authority she should choose.

The Hell Lord's powers are divided into many categories. These densely packed texts represent millions of different effects. Some of them act on the lord himself. For example, within the territory, the lord can obtain magic immunity, damage sharing, magic enhancement and other incredible effects. These powers are all worth a starting price of one million.

Or you could strengthen all the demons in the territory, which is a magical enhancement effect of the legion nature, and it is also ridiculously expensive.

In addition to this direct improvement in combat power, there is also a special strengthening effect for the territory itself. Melina spent most of the soul coins she exchanged and selected three types of lord authority.

The first one is Soul Abundance, the highest level of soul fragment buff effect. In the territory controlled by Melina, the probability of soul fragments appearing is the highest, enough to feed a large number of demons.

Normally, Hell Lords would not choose this, because the output of soul fragments in the basic territory is already much stronger than that in the wilderness, so why spend money to purchase this permission?

Want to store food? Are you afraid that your neighbors won't come to steal it? And no matter how many soul fragments there are, it's troublesome to collect them. Most of them will be quietly stuffed into the mouths of the devils under your command, and there is no way to use them as taxes.

The second lord privilege is territory weaving, which is similar to a weakened version of world weaving. It cannot transform the weather and environment, but can create the main body of the fortress at will. It can be performed once a month, which is very useful for building fortresses and can greatly reduce the work of repair.

But this is also a permission that no one would choose.

Build the fortress yourself? What about the slaves? Spend so much money to help the slaves reduce their workload. Is this something the devil can do?

The devils couldn't understand why Melina chose these two extremely expensive and useless lordships. With the fraudster as her backer, no one would be so blind as to dare to compete with this young lady for territory, right?
The third permission is much more normal, the magic circle of imprisonment, covering the entire territory, with the effects of magic prohibition, silence, time stop, etc., a very comprehensive defensive magic circle, with little lethality, but very comprehensive functions. However, this magic circle is not only expensive to exchange, but also consumes a lot of soul coins to use.

The three permissions reduced the soul coins that Melina had just exchanged to a small amount, but none of them had anything to do with her.

Is this young lady so confident that she doesn't need to strengthen herself at all?
The devils couldn't understand, and even Satuk couldn't help but remind her that she should exchange some permissions to enhance her combat effectiveness. He was afraid that such a rich territory would be coveted by others. What if Melina was killed? Grand Duke Zariel would definitely be very regretful.

But Melina was so willful that she directly integrated the badge representing the laws of hell into herself. A touch of fiery red appeared on her palm. This was the mark of the lord. As long as Melina used this mark to scan the ownerless area, she could bring the corresponding territory under her control.

After finishing all these, Melina didn't want to stay in the Blood River Fortress anymore. She wanted to go back quickly and build the territory according to Amber's requirements.

But before leaving, Melina seemed to have thought of something, and turned to the demons who were still watching and said, "As you can see, my territory is rich in resources and newly built, but I'm in need of manpower. My name is Melina, and these are the coordinates. I'll be waiting for you in the territory."

The map coordinates were projected over the square for a long time, and all the devils saw the location marked on it. Although the area was insignificant compared to the entire Blood River battlefield, those who knew the business could see that this was already a huge territory that was out of reach for ordinary devils.

Moreover, this is a territory of the highest level of fertility, with soul fragments almost everywhere, and you can eat your fill just by lying down.

In a short time, Melina's reputation spread.

Not only is she the daughter of the deceiver, but she is also the richest lord along the Blood River.

Many demons are ready to make a move. Such a lord is worth serving. He is a potential stock at first glance. If you follow him earlier, maybe you can rise to prominence with him.
Although all demons have ulterior motives, they can maintain basic loyalty by signing a contract. No one wants to spend their entire life competing with hellhounds for food in the wilderness.

After her high-profile appearance, Melina quickly returned to the territory. While Melina was busy integrating the territory, Monica couldn't help but ask, "Master, has your father regained his freedom?"

Melina glanced at Monica and asked in confusion, "Why are you asking that?"

Monica's huge body quickly knelt on the ground and said devoutly: "Master, can you let me meet the fraudster? I am willing to do anything!"

Melina frowned. Why did this demon suddenly want to see her father? Melina wanted to refuse outright, but after thinking about it, she changed her words and said, "Wait, there will be a chance."

After going through so much, Melina also began to learn how to paint a big pie.

Monica quickly said, "Thank you, Master. I will definitely work hard for you!"

Melina nodded and said, "Go get ready. A large number of demons will be pouring in soon."

Monica asked in confusion: "Master, I would like to ask, why do we have to feed so many devils? Shouldn't we only select the elite? The extra population is just a waste of resources."

Melina said, "I don't know. This is my father's order. By the way, there are many magic mirrors in the warehouse. Each devil in the territory has one. This is also my father's order."

Monica became excited when she heard this.

Is this the fraudster's plan? I can actually be involved in it. What an honor!

But what exactly was this plan? Monica found that she couldn't understand it at all. The fraudster's conspiracy was so fantastic that she couldn't find any clues at all. Was this a crushing IQ?
He really is worthy of being that adult!
(End of this chapter)