Lords go left, Emperors go right

In return, the false king of the underworld would send the adventurers and mercenaries captured by his monsters and generals, and those unlucky survivors, to the Queen of Mandragora as a reward from time to time. It was unclear what the other party would do with these people.

This Mandragora Queen has a high IQ. After realizing that it was the real Hades Demon Soul that was controlling Melissa, she stopped without hesitation, gave up protecting the fake Hades, and watched Melissa succeed in her sneak attack. This guy was waiting for everything to end and then cooperate with the new Hades.

Queen Mandragora didn't care who she cooperated with, as long as it could bring her the greatest benefit. Because Osta and his team defeated the Pluto Demon Soul, her plans and calculations fell through. While the Pluto Demon Soul was defeated, that guy had already fled back to the south bank and hid.

Chris had killed one of the parasitic clones of Queen Mandragora in one second, and it still remembered it clearly, and it recognized Chris. Therefore, it would not discuss cooperation with Osta and the others.

Osta, who knew the truth, didn't care too much. Since the other party was unwilling to cooperate and hid, he would go find him! He still had to go to the South Bank, which was not the real abyss.

After a careful analysis, Yulia and the others were able to determine that the Mandragora Queen was not a real abyss monster. It might be carrying something that belonged to a real abyss monster, something from the level of an abyss lord.

Just like the Styx Witch Melissa here, who obtains the power of Pluto's soul through the Pluto's artifact, "Crown of Pluto", the situation is similar for the Queen of Mandragora. With the belongings of real abyss monsters, she can summon some genuine lowest-level abyss monsters.

Queen Mandragora can also transform some ordinary dark monsters and general monsters into semi-abyssal subspecies of abyssal monsters. The bat-shaped monsters that attacked the Styx Extraditioner Tribe were all abyssal monsters copied in this way.

"My Lord, most of the magic array that teleports directly to the other side has been destroyed. However, there is a spare teleportation magic array here, from which we can teleport to the Mandala Palace on the opposite side."

"Great! With this transmission channel, we can launch a surprise attack. Melissa, is there really no problem this time?"

"No, absolutely no problem, Lord, I swear allegiance to you, and it won't be like before."

"My Lord, even Queen Mandragora doesn't know about this secret transmission channel. It was built secretly by the fake King of the Underworld without Queen Mandragora's knowledge just to be on the safe side."

"I only found out about this transmission channel not long ago after I gained the other party's complete trust. Lord, please believe in my loyalty."

When Queen Mandragora retreated to the south bank, she destroyed all the magic transmission channels connecting the two sides, except for a backup magic transmission channel that was not destroyed. The origin of this backup magic transmission channel was that when the false Hades King and Queen Mandragora first cooperated, they secretly arranged it without telling the other party to betray themselves, and now it happened to be used by Osta.

The Styx witch Melissa had a sincere expression on her face, saying that it was okay this time and she would never betray Osta. Osta did not ask further questions. After all, Melissa had seen the true strength of his side and should not stand on the wrong side again.

Judging from the contacts between the two sides so far, the Styx Witch Melissa is just a little scheming and does not have much ambition. After the Pluto Demon Soul was expelled, she had no reason to continue to oppose the gentleman lord. Joining Osta's side is the best option.

Before the team set off, Yulia, the exclusive combat maid who accompanied Osta, seemed to have thought of something interesting. She pulled the Styx Witch Melissa aside and whispered to her, leaning close to her ear. Osta was too far away to hear clearly what they said.

Osta could see that Yulia's expression was a smirk. After she finished speaking, the Styx witch Melissa blushed, as if she had heard something extremely embarrassing. She didn't even dare to look up at Osta. The content of the whispers between the two seemed to be related to a certain gentleman prince.

"Lady Yulia, this... this request is too..."

"Melissa, this is a necessary ceremony to swear allegiance to the Lord. Other female clan leaders have gone through it. It's not good to make exceptions.

"Melissa, go with your sister Mavis when the time comes. Otherwise, the lord will doubt your loyalty and wonder if you will betray the lord like you did before."

"No, I am absolutely sincere this time and will never betray the Lord."

"Melissa, do you know what to do?"

"I understand, Lady Yulia. Let's get ready when we get back. I will convince Sister Mavis to come along."

"That's good, Melissa. This is a secret between us. Remember to keep it a secret. We have the clothes."

Chapter 157 Belated Purification, Redemption, and Rebirth

In the central area of ​​the Underworld Fire Forest, in the Palace of Hades, as the false Underworld King's soul was shattered, the real Underworld Demon Soul was severely blackmailed by an unscrupulous gentleman prince and fled back to the underworld in disgrace. Since then, the actual control of this area has been seized by Lord Osta.

Most of the subspecies monsters and demon generals under the Hades King were purified by Sophia in the Kroy Tower and turned to ashes along with the Hades Tower. Now, the only trouble left to deal with is Queen Mandragora hiding on the south bank of the Lanubist River (River Styx).

Through the backup magic transmission channel reserved by the fake King of the Underworld, Osta led the team members to the hiding place of Queen Mandragora on the south bank. This huge parasite was hidden in the underground world. Like the clone on the Krasul Plain, it was a giant carnivorous plant. It was a bit far-fetched to call it a mandragora.

The main attack method of this giant siege machine is to use special attacks of the sonic system. If the adventurer is not prepared, there is a high probability that he will be caught off guard and accidentally hit. Special attacks of the sonic system are somewhat similar to spiritual magic, and both are difficult to defend against.

"We're finally here. This should be the core area. Don't interfere. I have a way to handle it."

"Lord Osta, I'll leave it to you then."

"Lord, do you have a way to deal with that guy? We don't need Lady Yulia and the others..."

"Melissa, you'll find out soon enough."

After the teleportation was completed, Osta scanned the surroundings and determined that this was the root of the parasite of Queen Mandragora. On the ground, he could see many bones of victims that were almost dissolved and disappeared. They should be the sacrifices secretly sent by the false King of the Underworld to the other side. They were all the captured human mercenaries and adventurers from the Southern Continent.

Osta took out a special syringe, which was filled with a black mysterious liquid that felt like oil. This was a special item he had obtained from the Creator God of other planes in the Crossover Plug-in Gold Finger Exchange System Store, specifically used to recover the Mandragora Queen.

"Okay, now we should be able to complete the task."

Osta randomly found a spot and inserted the syringe into the root of the parasite. As the mysterious black liquid was injected, the entire Mandragora Queen parasite suddenly mutated, as if it was infected by a virus, withering quickly and dying at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In the blink of an eye, the giant Piranha Plant shrank into a small Piranha Plant less than half a meter long. The Creator God of that plane gave Osta a syringe filled with a special potion that could make the Mandragora Queen wither into a juvenile state. When he took it back and injected a special activation potion, it would be restored to its original appearance.

Only when injected into the root of the parasite can it achieve the best effect. The disguised King of the Underworld secretly assisted this time. The backup teleportation magic channel it secretly arranged was directly teleported to the root of the Mandragora Queen's body.

Osta won by taking advantage of this and avoided a fight. Otherwise, it would have taken a lot of effort to find the root of the Mandragora Queen. After the Mandragora Queen withered, this once terrifying underground behemoth was finally successfully recovered.

The Mandragora Queen did not have the ability to transform into a human form, which somewhat disappointed Osta. A certain gentleman lord had originally expected to see a creature like a monster girl, but now it seemed that his hopes were dashed.

After the Mandragora Queen withered, Osta used a cloth bag to put the Mandragora Queen, who had turned back to her original Piranha Plant state, into the bag, completing the final recycling step. With the successful recycling of the Mandragora Queen, the secret of its ability to create semi-abyssal monsters was also revealed. In the root area of ​​the original parasite, Osta saw a well-preserved remains.

The remains were previously devoured by the parasitic roots of Queen Mandragora, and only saw the light of day after Queen Mandragora disappeared. This remains belonged to an ancient human race, and the remains were relatively intact and not eroded or decayed.

Judging from the skeleton, the other party was more than two meters tall, and the skeleton was sitting cross-legged, which seemed to be the standard posture for magicians and other magic professions when meditating. On the skeleton's finger, a dark red magic ring could be seen. The shape of the ring was very strange, like an open blood-red eyeball. Osta felt that the eye seemed to be alive, and when he looked at it, he felt as if he was being scanned by his eyes.

"Is this ring the equipment of the Abyss Lord?"

"Yes, Lord Osta. It looks like it is at least the Earl-level Abyss Lord equipment, the level is not low."

"This ancient wizard was also a victim. He probably couldn't withstand the temptation of the power from the abyss. In the end, he put on the ring and became a puppet controlled by the Lord of the Abyss."

"It's better not to have such an agent, it's too bad."

The matter was soon clarified. The owner of the remains was an ancient magician from the prehistoric civilization period, and his level might be the top human existence like the magic sage. However, he still couldn't bear the temptation from the abyss ring in the end, and was attracted by the power of the abyss lord. After wearing the ring, he became a puppet secretly controlled by the abyss lord.

The human body has its limits and cannot fully withstand the power from the abyss. After being eroded by the power of the abyss for a period of time, it will collapse. The magic sage briefly regained his rationality before his body collapsed and made the choice to seal the abyss ring. The owner of the ring found an isolated place and sealed the exit with a magic circle, preventing the abyss ring from harming people again, and went to find the next successor.

The main body of the parasite of Queen Mandragora happened to find the remains of this ancient magic sage by accident. After devouring the remains, it also absorbed the energy from the Abyss Ring, thus mutating and being able to use some of the abilities of the Abyss Monsters, creating subspecies such as the Half-Abyss Monster.

The Abyss Ring was not optimistic about the Mandragora Queen, as she was just a parasite, a siege weapon, and had limited intelligence. The Mandragora Queen could not completely merge with it, so it only gave the Mandragora Queen a small portion of the Abyss Power.

"Do you want power? Young man, the supreme power of the abyss is much more interesting than you think."

"That giant plant doesn't have that talent, but you are different. You can... Humans have unlimited possibilities."

"That's enough. Lord Osta doesn't need your power. If you really need power, there are better options."

The abyss ring could actually speak. Osta heard an old voice coming from the abyss ring. There seemed to be an indescribable alluring magic in the voice. In a trance, Osta almost reached out to take off the abyss ring.

After Osta stretched out his hand, Sophia beside him stopped him in time and held Osta's hand to wake him up. Osta's hand was just a few fists away from the Abyss Ring, and he was almost affected by the magic sound and put on the Abyss Ring.

"Wait a minute, you guys... this light... how could it be possible..."

After the seduction plan was disrupted, the tone of the Abyss Ring was obviously angry. Just as the Abyss Ring was about to attack, it suddenly realized that it had underestimated the strength of the several exclusive combat maids accompanying the young man.

After Sophia stopped Osta, she walked forward and casually took off the Abyss Ring without any influence. The Abyss Ring could not use the Abyss Energy to erode the beautiful girl with blond hair and golden eyes. Instead, it was infiltrated by the endless divine power, and bursts of black smoke came out of the ring.

"Lord Osta, what do you think we should do with this Abyss Ring?"

"Sophia, destroy it. I don't need any abyssal power."

"Wait, young man, don't be so hasty to make a decision, we can discuss it later! I can still..."

"No need. As long as I purify you, the curse on the Naroth Plains may disappear completely."

Osta rejected the conditions of the Abyss Ring without hesitation. The power of the exclusive battle maids around him, Chris, was far greater than that of the Abyss Ring, and they did not need any Abyss power at all. After getting Osta's confirmation, Sophia looked at the Abyss Ring in her hand, with a teasing look in her beautiful golden eyes. She lowered her head and casually spit fragrance at the Abyss Ring. After the Abyss Ring was hit by her saliva, it seemed as if it was splashed with strong acid and quickly dissolved.

"You guy, you actually used..."

"You are too weak. This level of darkness is not enough!"

"I...I am..."

"Be content, you don't deserve so much saliva."

The Abyss Ring was finally destroyed, obliterated by Sophia's casual saliva. Unable to withstand the baptism of the divine power, the Abyss Ring shattered and turned into black smoke and dust and dissipated.

With the destruction of the Abyss Ring, the subspecies of Abyss monsters that attacked the Styx Extraditers Tribe's river defense line fell one after another due to the loss of power. The tribal crisis that had lasted for many years was finally completely resolved.

The dark clouds that had covered the Naroku Plain for many years also dissipated. Rays of sunlight penetrated the dark clouds and once again favored this land. The dark clouds were finally all dispelled, and the long-lost beautiful blue sky and white clouds appeared over the Naroku Plain.

The poisonous creatures active on the Naroth Plain also lost the energy support of the Mandragora Queen parasite and quickly died under the sunlight. This cursed land returned to the embrace of light.

The Lanubist River and the Osiriston River, the rivers of the underworld and the rivers of life and death, also returned to normal water quality, as if they had ushered in a new life. Although the false underworld area and the abyss area were completely purified, the soil here could not be restored to its fertile state for some time.

The nutrients in the land in this area have been plundered and absorbed by the Mandragora Queen parasite for a long time, and have been severely drained to the point of exhaustion. It would be very costly to restore it to its original state, and no crops can be grown for the time being.

A few days later, in the central area of ​​Anubis Town, the "Styx Town", a large number of adventurers and mercenaries from the southern continent ended their long-term wandering and roaming life. They were ready to return to the southern continent of the human race, or to look for new overseas markets.

After the light returned to the Naroth Plain, the Hades Society announced the end of its existence and operation, and the entire Styx Town became a historical product and was to be completely abandoned. The manager of the Hades Society, the Styx Witch Melissa, announced that after negotiations, the Hades Society and the Styx Extraditioners Tribe on the other side of the river would be reunited as one entity, and the teleportation magic circle would be closed soon.

Those adventurers and mercenaries came here for the treasures. After the Styx Extraditers were reunited, the policy set by the Hades would change. After the policy changed, there was no need for them to stay.

The mining rights of the underworld minerals on the other side of the river have all been taken over by the Styx Extraditers Tribe, and these outsiders have long had nothing to do with them. With the permanent closure of the teleportation magic gate, it would be troublesome if they didn't leave. The "Black Bear" and "Iron Cross" mercenaries were the last two mercenary groups to leave the Styx Town.

Before these two teams of mercenaries reached the location of the subspecies of monsters they were going to defeat, the entire Naroth Plain was purified. All those subspecies of monsters were purified, so the mission was naturally not completed. It was a win-win for them that no one died. After all, for this kind of profession, being able to survive is a win.

"I didn't expect that this mission would end before it even began."

"Forget it. You never know what's going on. Let's make a fortune together next time when we have time! Compared to those missing people, we are lucky."

"I don't know what happened to the three adventure teams that were on the same ship before. I haven't seen them anywhere!"

"It's hard to say. We don't know whether they are dead or alive. We can only meet again when we are lucky."

The leaders of the Black Bear Mercenary Group and the Iron Cross Mercenary Group were filled with emotion. They had not seen any of the three adventurer teams that had boarded the ferry with them. They might have stayed here forever or escaped by chance and evacuated before them. In the central square of Styx Town, as the adventurers and mercenaries evacuated, the Hades destroyed all the teleportation magic gates.

Lord Osta deliberately did not show up, so that he could save a lot of severance pay to these adventurers and mercenaries, and he would not have to show up to drive them away. The flag of the Pluto Club, which had been flying in the Styx Town for more than ten years, was slowly lowered, and the flag of the Obelisk Empire was raised instead, indicating that this area was re-incorporated into the Empire's overseas rule area.

Because this place will be abandoned soon, Aosta did not raise the exclusive flag of the lord that symbolizes his status. This abandonment is just a temporary decision. Once the funds are sufficient, it is not impossible for Aosta to rebuild the Styx Town and carry out large-scale renovation and reconstruction here.

"Sister Melissa, I heard from the Lord about what happened in the past. You deceived people so much. You deceived them for more than ten years. It's too much."

"Sister Mavis, I'm sorry. I lost myself in the pursuit of power. If you want to blame me, I am willing to accept any punishment."

"Forget it, we are sisters, let's just let it go! There should be changes in our new life in the future."

The Hades Church headquarters, Hadesmo Cathedral, is being demolished. The followers of the Hades Church and the previous sacrifices have all left the building. The sacrifices were collected before because the false Hades King wanted to collect soul energy to practice evil magic.

After the fake Hades King's soul was scattered, Hades Society no longer had a clear target of loyalty, and the Styx Witch Mavis simply followed the trend and announced the disbandment of Hades Society. Osta had no plans to establish a religion in the territory, and religious organizations like Hades Society were not needed for the time being. If there was a need in the future, it would not be too late to create related work.

Sisters Mavis and Melissa stood in front of the demolished Hadesmo Cathedral, witnessing this important historical moment. The Styx Extraditers Tribe, which had been divided for more than ten years, was reunited and integrated into one with the intervention of Lord Aosta. After the unification of the Styx Extraditers Tribe, they will migrate to a new place to start a new life according to Aosta's suggestion. The Naroth Plain will be temporarily closed as a natural resource protection area.

"By the way, Sister Mavis, later on, let's go..."

"Sister Melissa, you...where did you hear this? How come I didn't know? It's obvious that I met the Lord earlier than you did!"

"Don't worry about it. I promise I won't lie to you again. I can swear. It's settled. Come find me later."

"I understand, Sister Melissa."

At this time, Osta was busy talking to the mysterious lady from the northern continent, discussing matters related to confidentiality. This lady personally witnessed the defeat of the true and false Hades King and participated in this operation almost throughout. Many things are better not to be made public.

Osta was so busy chatting that he didn't notice the unusual behavior of the people around him. The gentleman prince didn't know the private conversation between Melissa and Mavis.

Chapter 158: Difficulties Facing the New Expansion Plan

In the Blomfield Territory, Lord Osta led his team back to the important coastal port city of St. Louis. The pollution purification work in the Zacharias Canyon area has been completed. After the operation, Osta's ruling forces incorporated the Styx Extraditers Tribe, the Dark Elf Tribe, and the Dark Night Succubus Tribe.

After these primitive tribes joined, Aosta's power increased rapidly, and it can be said that a qualitative change occurred. With the addition of the three primitive tribes belonging to the Nolanthians and the Lonosbiers, Lord Aosta's territory population increased by more than 700,000 in a short period of time.

The Styx Extraditers have more than 300,000 people, the Dark Elf has more than 200,000 people, and the Night Succubus has more than 220,000 people. With these human resources, Osta is no longer inferior to the Sarahanim, and the threat posed by their three primitive tribes has been reduced. Osta has gained an advantage in population numbers, and has many more cards to play. In addition, the three newly joined female matriarchs, or four to be exact, are also very powerful in their own right.

After the great purification of the Naropa Plain, the curse has been completely lifted. However, under the influence of the false King of the Underworld and the huge parasitic body of Queen Mandragora for many years, it will take a lot of time and resources to restore the nutrients of the land in the area and return it to a fertile state.

In order to save development costs, Aosta temporarily closed the Naroth Plain area in the name of establishing a natural resource protection zone. The specific reopening time has not yet been made public. At present, the most important thing in the Bloomfield area, the primary territory task, is the expansion of the port city of St. Louis.

According to Osta's previous suggestion, the Styx Extraditers, Dark Elf and Dark Night Succubus tribes all moved out of the Naroth Plains where they had lived for generations and moved to the town of St. Louis. The current area of ​​this port city is not enough to accommodate so many residents.

Lord Aosta took the opportunity to announce the idea of ​​implementing a super expansion plan in the port city of St. Louis. Under Aosta's instruction, the town of St. Louis was expanded from an independent town to a large-scale united super city.

After this expansion plan, the new super city was named Odyssey. In terms of scale, the super coastal city of Odyssey will become the first super city in the entire Central Continent with a population of over one million since the demise of prehistoric civilization. After the completion of this expansion plan, Osta will be far ahead of other peers in the Central Continent in terms of territory city scale, surpassing the human lords of all parties.

The original port city of St. Louis will be preserved as the East City (Old City) of the super city Odyssey, also known as the St. Louis City. The super city Odyssey has a total of five city districts: East, West, South, North and Center. The East City District is the old city district, and all other cities except the East City District are considered new city districts.

The newly joined Dark Elf Tribe, Night Succubus Tribe and Styx Ferryman Tribe were resettled in the South City, West City and North City of the town. The Central City was the ruling center of Lord Aosta, which was divided into special ruling areas and directly controlled by Lord Aosta, which was equivalent to a direct jurisdiction.

To expand such a large town, Aosta needs a huge investment, an astronomical amount of money to support it. In terms of labor resources, Aosta has no shortage of them. There are many primitive tribes under his command, and there are a lot of laborers who do not need any compensation.

These tribal clan members were all willing to help and actively responded to the call of their respective tribal matriarchs to help the newly appointed lord. The problem of funds was more difficult, and even the newly opened Blom Treasury could not come up with so much funds.

Aosta dared not use the depositors' savings, except for the currency, and the treasures, to pawn them for funds. As a time traveler, Aosta knew some common sense in economics. He could not print money casually and increase the printing of banknotes to make money without limit. If the Brown Coin depreciated too quickly, it would affect the credibility of the Blom Treasury.

After Osta completed the task entrusted by the Creator God of the Evil Plane, when he recovered the main body of the Mandragora Queen, he successfully obtained more than 10,000 destruction points from the system store. Unfortunately, these destruction points cannot be used for the time being and cannot be exchanged for funds from the system store.

Osta could only keep the money in his account and wait for a suitable opportunity to spend it. It seemed that this gentleman prince could only consider finding a few more top-level wealthy women like Lanis, who were not short of money, to help with the investment. The merchants in the northern continent of the human race were all very wealthy. For his own needs, Osta only wanted to discuss business with those ladies in detail, and forget about the gentleman's words.

Generally speaking, the wealthy businessmen in the northern continent, the daughters of the new nobility, and the young ladies are easy to talk to. They only consider business matters, and whether they can get an investment depends entirely on whether there is profit, so they don't have to worry too much about transactions.

Those young masters of wealthy families are not right, they have completely inherited the habits from their fathers. When they discuss important business, they will also promote the ideology and culture of the new aristocracy. If you accept their investment, you must also accept the matching political system and cultural input, which is a model of bundled sales. If you don't accept it, no investment will be given.