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After Anna made her declaration of freedom, her entire consciousness turned into a super strong wind and rushed towards Chris. Chris frowned slightly. Anna's attack did not pose any threat to her, but just a little trouble.
This attack is different from Vichy's. Vichy's is a normal attack, while Anna's is a life attack that adds her consciousness to the attack. It is comparable to a magic trick of sacrifice, and she puts her life into the attack and gives it a try. If the attack fails and is broken, the consciousness of Super Hurricane Queen Anna will be destroyed along with it.
Chris wanted to subdue Anna and keep her alive, so she couldn't attack her because that would break Anna's consciousness. However, the huge gap in strength between the two sides was there. After a brief thought, Chris quickly found a way to deal with it.
As Anna approached, Chris made a decisive move. The Dragon Sword in her hand instantly changed its form, turning into nine snake-sized dragons, which entangled Anna who was attacking. These energy-shaped mini dragons, like dragon-binding ropes, directly sealed Anna's ability to move. When Anna tried to struggle, her whole body trembled violently as if she was electrocuted, and she was attacked by energy.
"Don't move! This move is used to seal. With your strength, if you struggle, the energy will backfire and destroy you."
"My strongest attack was..."
Before Super Hurricane Queen Anna could use her self-destruction skills, Chris pulled her over, hugged her, and tapped her back with her fingers. The energy Anna had gathered with great difficulty was instantly dispelled by the slender jade finger, and like Vichy, she was also controlled.
After the consciousness of the two super hurricanes, Queen Anna and Princess Vichy, was controlled, the super hurricane did not dissipate, but continued to wreak havoc in Fitzgerald's territory and carry out destructive activities. After all, unlike the naturally formed hurricanes and typhoons on Earth, the super hurricanes and other strong winds in this other world will continue to exist as long as the consciousness is not destroyed.
"Lord Osta, we have caught these two naughty girls."
"Chris, you guys are still respectfully addressing me as your master like this. I'm a little uncomfortable with that!"
"Lord Aosta, the title has nothing to do with appearance, please don't mind it."
"Well...well, these two are both conscious beings, and their appearance cannot be seen."
"Don't worry, we will find a way to make them show up when we get back."
After the ambush, Chris and the others flew over to join Osta. Looking at the three dedicated battle maids accompanying him in the goddess form, Osta was a little uncomfortable at first and felt that he could not bear their respectful titles.
Under Chris's insistence, Osta finally accepted the honorific. He had seen the women in sexy bikinis before, and now seeing them in their goddess poses, it seemed nothing wrong. The contrast was huge, and with a little imagination, Osta could feel an indescribable excitement.
Super Hurricane Queen Anna and Princess Vichy, in the arms of Chris and Yulia respectively, had fallen into a deep sleep because their energy was sealed, and fell into a temporary coma, similar to hibernation.
The consciousness bodies of these two were almost transparent, and only a rough outline of a human figure could be vaguely seen. If they were not held by Chris and Yulia, Osta would not be able to see the specific location of Anna and Vichy.
After hearing that there was a way to make Anna and Vichy transform into real human entities, Osta finally breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to talk to a completely transparent person and not be able to see the other person's expression. Osta couldn't judge the other person's emotional changes based on their expressions, which had a great impact on the conversation.
As for the two super hurricanes that had lost their consciousness and were wreaking havoc in Fitzgerald's territory, Osta temporarily ignored them and let them continue to wreak havoc for a while. After all, there were no living people in the area, and they could also clean up the remaining infected people.
By using the power of natural disasters to clean up the troublesome products brought about by the super plague outbreak, Aosta will save a lot of manpower and material resources. When the time comes, when investigating the cause, most people will not think of it as related to Aosta, and will think it is a normal natural disaster, a natural disaster rather than a man-made disaster.
When Osta and his party flew all the way back to his territory, the coastal area of Bloomfield Territory, the port city of St. Louis. Although there was no such strong wind at the dock, the super heavy rain continued. The sky was still gloomy and covered with dark clouds, as if it had been pierced with a big hole, and it was leaking water all the time.
What was quite strange was that while it was raining heavily, there were bursts of deafening thunder in the dark cloud-covered sky. You could see thick and long lightning moving in the air, occasionally striking down buildings in the town.
The apocalyptic scene showed no signs of abating, and the Port of St. Louis was still affected by the natural disaster. Fortunately, almost all of Aosta's female leaders were gathered here in the Port of St. Louis. With them in charge, the safety of the city would be safe for the time being.
Before the ambush ended, the "holy fairy" Tifana, who was responsible for luring the enemy, had already returned from Fitzgerald's territory. Now, Tifana was flying in the sky in the pouring rain, turning on the magic shield while observing the lightning in the black clouds.
Tifana would predict where the lightning would fall in advance, and send signals to the female leaders in charge of defense in the town, informing them of the approximate attack location of the lightning. Every time the lightning struck, it just happened to hit the magic defense barrier and did not cause any substantial damage to the town buildings.
Before Osta and his team returned, the town of St. Louis had endured at least hundreds of lightning strikes. All of these were withstood by the magic defense barrier and shields. Not a single building in the town caught fire due to lightning strikes. It must be said to be a miracle.
The contest between the attackers and the defenders was a tug-of-war and a war of attrition, with the opponent's energy running out before their own. With the return of Chris and the others, the overall defensive strength of the defenders has been rapidly improved. With these three powerful combat maids joining the battlefield as powerful foreign aid, there is no need to worry about the safety of St. Louis Pier, and they can even consider the specific steps of the counterattack in advance.
"Strange, haven't we already controlled Super Hurricane Queen Anna and Princess Vichy? Why hasn't the rain stopped yet? The lightning is also wrong. It's too powerful."
"Lord Osta, you don't know that the atmospheric god system is not limited to strong winds. Although Anna and Vichy are under our control, their accomplices are not under our control. The rainstorm and lightning storm are not under the direct jurisdiction of Anna and Vichy. Capturing them will have no impact on the others."
"Even the rainstorm and lightning storm have consciousness! Chris, can you go and control them too?"
"Lord Osta, I'm really sorry, these consciousnesses are hiding far away and didn't come here in person. It will take a lot of time to find their true location."
"Lord Osta, as long as you convince Anna and Vichy, if they change their attack route, these bad girls will also follow suit. There is no need to capture them all."
After communicating, Osta discovered that the natural disaster in his territory, Bloomfield, and the important coastal port city of St. Louis had not really passed. Although the consciousness of the super hurricane queen Anna and Princess Vichy had been controlled by him, the consciousness of the other atmospheric gods, the rainstorm and the lightning storm, were still there, hiding in the western ocean and commanding remotely.
It would be troublesome to catch them at sea, so the safest way was to reach an understanding with Anna and Vichy as soon as possible. Their change of attitude would directly affect the other atmospheric gods who were considered followers. As long as the two of them issued an order, the other followers would move and change their route, and by then, the situation in the Port of St. Louis would change on its own.
Chapter 108: The Double Hurricane Goddesses Accepted for Hire
In the Blomfield Territory, an important coastal port city of St. Louis, shortly after the Super Hurricanes Queen Anna and Princess Vichy made landfall, heavy rainstorms and lightning storms followed, sweeping across the entire St. Louis dock.
Even if the two super hurricanes that landed and attacked changed their direction, the threat posed by the rainstorm and lightning was still great. If it weren't for the joint protection of the female matriarchs under Lord Osta, the town would have been completely destroyed by the lightning storm, even if it wasn't completely destroyed by the super hurricane.
The residents of St. Louis, as well as the merchants and pirates who came to take refuge from the natural disaster of the super hurricane landing, all hid in their own houses or arranged shelters, staying in the safe resettlement area and waiting for the storm and lightning to pass.
Although there was a deafening thunder outside, the buildings in the town were not affected and the houses were safe for the time being. Apart from the significant obstacles to travel, the rainstorm and lightning had little negative impact on the Port of St. Louis and were still within controllable range.
Osta had already returned to his luxurious lord's mansion to deal with things. What made him a little regretful was that before Chris and the other three returned to the town of St. Louis, they took off their original gorgeous goddess attire and turned back into normal maid attire.
Chris and the others' transformation was completed almost in an instant, so fast that Osta didn't see the specific process clearly, just like when a magical girl transforms, you can't see any details. When Osta saw it again, Chris and the others had changed back to their daily clothes, the Gothic maid outfits they usually wore.
Osta had originally wanted to take a peek to see if Chris and the others' underwear had become more gorgeous when they were in goddess form. But now it seemed that this evil and bold idea could not be realized in a short time, and he could only wait and see if there would be an opportunity in the future.
"Okay, Anna, Vichy, we should be able to talk now, right?"
"Humph! We are not familiar with each other."
"No, there is nothing to talk about. How can a mere human understand the will of God?"
In a hidden study room deep inside Lord Osta's mansion, Osta held talks with the Super Hurricane Queen Anna and Princess Vichy's consciousness, who were forcibly "invited" by his men, and tried to reach a reconciliation with them.
The elegant environment and layout of the study room eased the tense atmosphere during the negotiation to a certain extent. There were only Osta and his three exclusive combat maids, Chris, Yulia and Sophia. There was also the consciousness of Super Hurricane Queen Anna and Princess Vichy, and no one else.
After all, this was a face-to-face secret conversation with the gods, and it was not appropriate to let too many people know. Many people did not know that there were independent consciousnesses in the strong winds of super hurricanes. When they arrived at the study, the super hurricane queen Anna and Princess Vichy, who were originally in the form of transparent and empty consciousness, changed into human form.
It turned out that when the two were sleeping in Chris and Yulia's arms, Sophia took the opportunity to transform them into human form. Sophia took out a mysterious golden plate and stuffed it directly into Anna and Vichy's chest, roughly at the position of their hearts.
When Anna and Vichy woke up from their coma, their forms had already been transformed. For these consciousnesses, if they could materialize, their abilities would be greatly enhanced. With Sophia's help, the two of them ascended. They originally needed to practice for at least a thousand years before they could materialize and transform into human form, but because of Sophia's direct intervention, they skipped this long training process.
Although their strength has been greatly improved, Anna and Vichy are still no match for Chris and the others. Moreover, this materialization also has its troubles. The combat power has definitely been improved, but it also directly owes Sophia a favor.
Anna and Vichy, the consciousness bodies formed by super hurricanes, belong to the system of atmospheric gods. They are the lowest primitive gods and must practice for a long time before they can advance to become formal gods.
This training process depends on talent and opportunity, and it could take anywhere from a few thousand years to tens of thousands of years. When these lowest-level primitive gods have cultivated into human form, possessed and mastered the ability to transform their consciousness into human form and materialize, the higher-level primitive gods will personally test them.
Once you pass the test, you will receive the God Card from the upper primordial god. Only with the God Card can you possess the godhood and become a formal god. Sophia forced the God Card on Anna and Vichy, allowing them to advance to a being similar to the Goddess of Wind in advance.
Under the circumstances at that time, even if Sophia did not make a move, the two people around her could still force the cards in. Items of the level of the God Card were small gadgets that the three of them could easily make, and they were not rare items. They could make as many as they wanted, just like wholesale.
Sophia had to take the lead herself, after all, she was a relatively orthodox existence. The attributes of the cards held by Chris and Yulia were not necessarily divine cards, and would advance Anna and Vichy into other heretical existences.
After all, they owed each other such a big favor, so Anna and Vichy couldn't refuse the other party's request for a conversation. However, they both took into account their face, after all, they were goddesses. If it was Sophia who came to talk to them, Anna and Vichy would definitely respond positively. If it was Osta, it would be a bit of a problem. Osta's current identity was just an ordinary human.
Therefore, Anna's attitude was indifferent, and she snorted coldly, saying that they were not familiar with each other, which was considered an answer. Vichy was not as cunning as her sister Anna. She was ruthless and did not give Osta any face. She said that she did not want to talk to the human race, implying that someone else should talk.
"Anna, Vichy, I just want to seek cooperation, I won't make things difficult for you. Of course, I have enough time, you don't have to rush to give me an answer, you can stay here as long as you want."
"You...are you threatening us? You actually want to imprison the gods!"
"Anna, you can't say that. I just asked you to stay as my guest. I will definitely not do something like putting the goddess under house arrest."
"Anna, Vichy, my divine tablet can be taken back at any time! Negotiate with Lord Osta in a good way. You two should understand what I mean, right?"
At the critical moment, Sophia's words worked. When Anna and Vichy heard that the God Card could be taken away at any time, they lost their confidence. They had finally advanced to this level, and now they were back to square one. The blow was like waking up from a dream, and the shattered dream was unbearable to look back on.
Thinking of this, Anna and Vichy finally looked at Osta, their eyes full of inquiry at the gentleman prince in front of them who seemed to have no other special features except for his handsomeness. The two of them really couldn't understand why Chris and the other three supreme beings would stand on Osta's side. Was it really just for fun?
At the same time, Osta was looking at Anna and Vichy, admiring the beauty of the two newly promoted goddesses. Super Hurricane Queen Anna was about 169cm tall. Although she was called the queen, Anna's figure was slender and slim, not the tall and fiery figure of the queen. The title of queen was given by the human race. People had not seen the real human form of the consciousness beforehand, so it was inevitable that they would be inaccurate when giving the title.
Anna has blue hair and a pair of blue eyes, which symbolizes that she is a member of the God of Atmosphere. Through those blue eyes, it seems as if you can see a pure blue sky. Such pure and flawless divine eyes are impossible for humans to have. No beautiful human girl that Osta has seen so far has such pure eyes.
Osta's eyes moved down along Anna's fair and beautiful face, and he could see the pair of breasts that were clearly bulging and plump, with a high degree of fullness, and the estimated size was about D. Anna's title of queen was not completely wrong, at least in terms of the size of the peaks, her breasts were a step up from the C size of Chrissy and the other three.
Anna was wearing a blue Gothic-style maid outfit, which was a maid outfit that Chris and the others imitated and transformed with energy. Chris and the others couldn't think of any other outfits for a while, so they dressed Anna up according to their usual work clothes and daily outfits.
The appearance of Super Hurricane Princess Vichy is more in line with her title of princess. Vichy is only about 160cm tall and looks a bit petite. Vichy also has sky blue hair, which symbolizes the members of the God of Atmosphere system. However, Vichy's hairstyle is a double ponytail hairstyle commonly used by loli girls. The double ponytails on both sides are quite long, almost reaching the length of her slender waist.
Vichy's beautiful eyes are sky blue, slightly different from her sister Anna's eye color, and the color appears lighter. Through those beautiful eyes, you can still see a pure blue sky. Vichy's eyes are also pure and flawless. Because of her own loli attribute bonus, people have the illusion that this little girl seems to be more innocent and gullible than Anna, and the sense of déjà vu is strong.
Vichy's face is somewhat similar to Anna's, and she is obviously trying to catch up with her sister. Unlike Anna's beauty, Vichy's style is more cute. According to Osta's visual estimation, the size of this little girl's breasts is only B, which is a little better than a real flat chest. Of course, this little girl looks young, and there should be a lot of room for growth. Her growth potential should not be underestimated, and she is the type of girl with a promising future.
Vichy also put on a pink Gothic maid outfit, which was similar to Chris's and the others' daily clothes. The Wind Goddesses were newborns, and it was their first time to materialize and have human forms. They had not thought about clothing in advance. Chris and the others used their own clothes as references, performed relevant energy conversion, and created similar energy clothes.
Osta only then remembered that he had accidentally lost a lot of benefits. He knew that Anna and Vichy's dress-up was made by Chris and others based on their own clothes to change their energy. A certain gentleman lord might make some special requests.
Osta would most likely let Chris and the others dress in the sexy bikini they had worn before, or in a more seductive ultra-thin underwear style. By then, Anna and Vichy would also dress in similar outfits. Osta would feel inexplicably excited when he thought of the goddess status of these two.
"Anna, Vichy, what do you think? Follow my plan from now on, and you don't have to wander around like you are now. I can provide you with a safe and free shelter to ensure your safety. I think I still have the ability to do that, as you have just witnessed."
"Mr. Osta, I have no objection to your hiring plan. However, the attack on the Central Continent is the intention of the various atmospheric gods, under the command of the high-level beings above the original gods. Even if the two of us do not come to attack, other super hurricanes or strong winds from other seas will land here, and then..."
"Anna, you don't have to worry about this issue. You don't need to confront it. I will never arrange anything that will force you to face a dilemma. Chris and the others will help you."
Osta was not an expert in negotiation, but it was not difficult to deal with Anna and Vichy. These two goddesses had never come into contact with any human beings before. They looked down on the people from the air with a condescending attitude and had almost no experience in bargaining with others.
Anna and Vichy had no experience with the employment cooperation plan proposed by Aosta, and could only look at Sophia, who was leisurely fiddling with a coffee cup not far away, with a pleading look. After all, it was Sophia who gave them the divine tablets. In a sense, Sophia, who gave them both divinity, was the mother goddess of these two new goddesses.
"Hey, why are you looking at me? This employment cooperation plan was designated by Lord Osta. It has nothing to do with me! You should be looking at him."
"Sister Sophia, I...we don't know if this is right. Please give us some advice!"
"Sister Sophia, Sister Anna and I don't know the rules here, so please help us decide!"
"Oh, I see! Then agree to it. Trust me, you two won't suffer any loss."
Finally, with Sophia as the middleman, Anna and Vichy finally accepted Osta's employment cooperation plan. Osta did not express his opinion on the surface, but he was already laughing in his heart.
According to the employment cooperation plan, Osta arranged a special residence for Super Hurricane Queen Anna and Princess Vichy in the Bloomfield area of his territory for them to use when they visit and help in the future. At the same time, Osta will pay the two goddesses a monthly salary of 100,000 Brown coins. In addition to the basic salary, there are also various bonuses and subsidies.
Two hundred thousand Brown coins a month, 20 gold coins to hire two goddess-level special maids, this business can no longer be described as bloody profit. Anna and Vichy's main task is to come in advance to borrow their own original god power to bring rainfall when there are signs of drought in the Blomfield territory. There is no other task.
If Anna and Weixi want to attack other areas or territories, they can just tell Osta in advance. Osta will consider whether to intervene or not. Most of the time, he will not interfere with the action plan of the God of Atmosphere, unless the attacked area has a direct interest in Osta, then he may intervene.
The sisters Anna and Vichy were very close to Sophia, and they followed her to learn the professional skills of maids. Chris and Yulia looked at Sophia with envy as she had two beautiful little followers. They regretted that they were slow in handing over their own signs before Sophia.
Now it seems that Chris and Yulia can only wait until next time. They can take action after they have a chance to see other consciousnesses that have not materialized and have human forms. Osta is not interested in the action plan within the God of Atmosphere and what the high-level leaders of the Primordial God are doing, so he did not ask Anna and Vichy sisters.
After the conversation, Anna and Vichy were ready to leave, intending to talk to the consciousness of the rainstorm and lightning storm, and let them retreat with them. However, Osta stopped them and asked the goddess sisters to stay in his mansion for a while. Chris and the others had prepared delicious coffee and put it on the table.
"Anna, Vichy, have some coffee here first, don't rush back. I have something to ask for your help later."
"Aosta... Lord, are you not going to take care of this part of your territory?"
"It's okay. It won't be a big problem for a while. I'll trouble you to take your companions to the neighboring Fitzgerald territory and take a few more turns. By the way, clear out all the infected people there. This will also be considered as completing the mission of landing and attacking the Central Continent, and you will have a way to report to your superiors when you return."
"Okay...Okay, Lord Osta, I really don't understand what you humans are thinking."
Chapter 109: The Port Recovers After the Hurricane
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Chapter 110: The Paradise Merchant Ship from the South
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Chapter 111: The Neglected Gray Trade Chain
In the Bloomfield Territory, at the dock of St. Louis, an important coastal port city, Lord Osta brought his three exclusive combat maids, Chris, Yulia, and Sophia, to the cargo ship “Paradise” owned by Maxim, the famous slave trader “Smiling Fatty” from the Southern Continent, to inspect the value of his mortgaged goods.
If the value is high enough, they will provide loan support. In fact, Osta himself had never been involved in the slave trade before, and he didn't know anything about valuation. Osta was just going through the motions and dealing with the matter casually. Osta was just going through the process, and he calculated the value based on his feeling.
Unlike professionals like Maxim, the "Smiling Fat Man", Osta had a complete set of standards and rules for cargo value appraisal, as well as rich theoretical knowledge. He just took a few casual glances and decided on it if he felt it was good. Of course, he still had to pretend to be very knowledgeable on the surface.
At present, Osta did not have a suitable reference target for appearance. Chris and the others had a level of beauty that could bring disaster, so they were not of reference value. After all, these three might not be human, and many human beauties could not compare to this kind of special existence. The two sides were not of the same type and were not comparable.
"Maxim, you have so much cargo on this ship, why don't you just ship it out and sell it? The ship's hold is full, there's no reason to mortgage it with me!"
"Your Highness Aosta, you don't know this. To be honest, I have several cargo ships. The cost of sailing this cargo ship is too expensive, so it is not always available."
"Those empty cargo ships may not be able to carry as much cargo as the Paradise, but they have more cargo. I want to fill up the cargo holds of those cargo ships so that we can maximize our profits after transporting them all at once."
"So that's how it is, Maxim, you really know how to do business."
While inspecting the cargo, Aosta casually asked Maxim some questions. The "Paradise" has a carrying capacity of more than 6,000 people and is now fully loaded. The actual situation in the cabin is clear: there are cargoes everywhere.
Except for the more than 2,000 sailors, the rest of the space was full of commodities, which could be sold. It didn't seem worthwhile to use them as collateral. Maxim mistakenly thought that Aosta was interested in the slave trade, so he took the opportunity to introduce him to the detailed market conditions that could be disclosed to outsiders.
Slave traders in the Southern Continent basically have to go the foreign trade route if they want to make money. Because the countries in the Southern Continent of the human race originally had slavery, if they sell in the Southern Continent, the prices are basically very low and they can't make much money. Unless the goods are rare and of high quality, or they are special goods from foreign races.
In order to earn huge profits, most of the slave traders in the southern continent transported goods to other human continents through the sea trade route. However, except for the southern continent, other human continents nominally prohibited the slave trade. This business belonged to the gray area industry, and the slave traders could only complete the related business through secret smuggling.
The general sea smuggling route starts from the dock of the southern continent, and the slave traders bring the goods to the central continent to wait for buyers. The buyer and seller complete the negotiation and pricing in the disorderly land of the central continent. After the buyer sees the goods, he usually pays more than half of the full amount as a deposit. After specifying the delivery location, the seller arranges a cargo ship to transport the goods until they are delivered to the destination.
According to the trading practice, if there is any problem with the goods before delivery, the slave trader will pay the buyer the full amount of the agreed payment. After the delivery is completed, any problems that occur are the buyer's own responsibility, and the seller is not responsible. This practice is based on the good faith of both parties and depends entirely on each other's reputation. There is no neutral organization to guarantee it, and it also has certain risks and uncertainties.
The sources of goods in the hands of slave traders are very wide, and the main source of goods is the southern continent. Of course, there are also some extra goods obtained at sea, and these goods are not from legitimate sources. However, slave traders themselves are not doing legitimate business and don’t care about the source of goods at all. The main source of extra goods is pirates, and pirates generally do not do this kind of business. Both are pirates, but their business scope is different.
According to Maxim, the slave market in the southern continent of the human race has always been in a state of supersaturation, with supply exceeding demand, and fierce competition between slave traders, leading to serious internal competition. The goods are incredibly cheap, and the low prices make Osta sigh.
In the human race's southern continent, a few copper coins can complete a commodity transaction. With a few copper coins, you can't even buy a whole steamed bun in other human race continents, but in the southern continent, you can do whatever you want.
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