Storm Heights, Batto.

This was a city built by tieflings more than a decade ago, and it was also one of the earliest territories of the Burning Empire. But now, with the passage of time, this once simple city has been transformed.

The area of ​​the current Batto city has expanded several times. The city is lined with tall and neat buildings. The hideous and lifelike carvings on the walls and eaves reflect the purgatory style inherited by the Tiefling clan.

Outside the city is a steam train platform from the south. The combination of the tieflings' classical infernal aesthetics and the empire's industrial style creates a wonderful chemical reaction.

The city of Batto is bustling with people coming and going. The current population of Batto has reached 50,000, making it one of the larger cities in the empire.

Nearly 40% of the residents here are tieflings, but there are also humans, hobgoblins, ogres, orcs and many other races mixed in. Of course, there are countless players who are not included in the statistics.

Because it is located on the Storm High Slope, the terrain outside the city is different, the elements react violently, and there are many ferocious and violent monsters living here. There have also been incidents where the railroad tracks have been destroyed. Therefore, this place has also become a good place for new players to take on quests and gain experience.

But this time, more players are rushing towards Batto City in a mighty way, coming from the ground, from the sky, and across space.

Outside the city of Batto, on the steam train platform, accompanied by a slight tremor of the ground, a steel behemoth first appeared at the end of the horizon, galloped across the wasteland, and then slowly drove into the platform, making a loud whistle.

"Woo——"

"We have arrived at the Batto City Station. Please remember your majesty's kindness and line up in an orderly manner to get off the train."

The attendant's clear voice echoed in the carriage, but as soon as the door opened, the passengers rushed out one after another like a flooding tide.

"charge!"

"Hurry up! If you go too late, there will be nothing left!"

"Lao Wang, you are a warrior, strong and healthy, please make way for me!"

"Those veteran players can fly and teleport, while we newbies can only take the bus. We are already far behind, so we have to race against time!"

"Damn, there are too many people here. If I had known, I wouldn't have bothered with the experience and would have just committed suicide and teleported here."

"You guys just block me here, I'm going to fly straight in!" The mage player sneered and tore off the flying scroll in his hand. His body suddenly became as light as the wind and his feet left the ground.

Suddenly, he let out a scream: "Ah, who is plotting against me?"

On the ground, a thief player threw a rope, which accurately caught the flying player's leg and pulled him down fiercely.

"Come down here, you!"

"Fuck, it's a black beast!"

[Poem of the Night] He drank the accelerating elixir, wiped his mouth, and suddenly his steps became as fast as flying. He shuttled through the crowd like a ghost and ran to the front in the blink of an eye.

"Hahaha, you all should eat my exhaust!"

The Berserker player raised his head and drank a whole bottle of rage potion without hesitation. Suddenly, with a crisp "sizzling" sound, his exaggerated muscles tore his clothes.

"Ahhhhh! Anyone who stands in my way will die!"

His eyes were red, and he pushed away everything in front of him, running wildly with unstoppable momentum.

There are also druid players who summon a variety of animals such as wild wolves, pheasants, brown bears, etc., and have them surround them to clear the way for them.

Suddenly, there was chaos around the platform, and the situation was chaotic, as if it was about to become a "battlefield". All players wanted to enter the city of Batto before others.

In the VIP compartment of the steam train, Baron Ekmon, the former captain of the Tiefling Guards who had returned to Batto to visit his relatives, looked out the window with a look of annoyance on his face.

He looked at the players who were rushing out of the carriage frantically with a look of astonishment.

"Casius, what on earth is wrong with these Starfallers?"

As an old Imperial who had joined the Tiefling Guard ten years ago and had been battling wits and courage with players for many years, Ekmon had long been accustomed to this, but he was powerless and could only sigh deeply.

"Well, let's stay out of the spotlight for now and go home later. It doesn't matter if we spend a little more time."

According to the Empire's standards, under normal circumstances, the passenger capacity of this "Long Live the Empire" train is 600 people, but this train has nearly 2,000 people, and most of the passengers are players.

They racked their brains and used all sorts of means. Some crowded into the carriage, some lay on the roof, and some even hung on the sides of the carriage, turning themselves into pendants of the train.

Players riding wyverns flew across the sky, players riding wolves galloped desperately on the ground, and several space cracks appeared outside the city.
Players came from all corners of the empire, and their purpose was extremely clear and definite, and there was only one - Career Expansion Pack: Nine Layers of Hell in Baator!

Just a few hours ago, the imperial officials posted notices in various cities, conveying the following message to players: Go to Batto City to obtain the power of the devil from hell!

The power of the devil may be an extremely dangerous and avoidable poison for mortals, but for players - it is simply pie in the sky!
For the sake of power, they can eat the toes of frost giants and the scalp of witches. What's the point of signing a contract with the devil?
Moreover, Hell Knights, Magic Contract Warriors, and creatures with devilish bat wings are not scary at all in the eyes of players. Instead, they are extremely cool and hit their g-spots directly.

As a result, millions of players in the empire were ecstatic and rushed to the city of Batto regardless of everything. It was a human disaster.

"Bator City, Hell Expansion Pack, here I come!"

Night Poetry, who was in the front, cheered excitedly and looked in the direction of Batto City, but his face froze. He suddenly discovered that a long queue stretching for several miles had formed in front of the gate of Batto City.

"Are all these bastards here so quickly?"

Night Poetry rubbed his chin, gritted his teeth, then put on the cloak and hid his figure in the shadows.

On the tall city wall in the distance, the tiefling guards held a loud speaker and shouted loudly: "Citizens, please line up and enter the city in an orderly manner! You must pass the inspection at the gate--"

However, in the shadows around the city wall, Night Poetry sneered and muttered to himself: "Rules? I never care about these. Winning is the kingly way!

These people are so stupid, they are still queuing here, the real smart people have already got the devil's contract!"

After saying this, he merged his body into the shadows and used the trickster's abilities to move through them, attempting to pass the checkpoint and directly enter the city of Batto.

At this moment, accompanied by the whistling wind, a sharp blood-red light fell from the sky.

"Shh-"

Poetry of the Night revealed his true form in horror and tried to escape, but the blood light was so fast that he had nowhere to hide.

Blood gushed out into the sky, and the Poem of Night was split into two parts. There was a pool of blood all over the ground, and a deep crack appeared on the ground.

"How can it be"

Night Poetry struggled slowly on the ground with his hands, dragging the front half of his body forward a little. He tremblingly uttered the last few words, and then died.

Finally, the players also discovered the Night Poem that was cut in two, and they immediately laughed with glee.

"Isn't this a black animal?"

"What a black beast, now we should call it Laohei, or Heye Wuwukai."

"Haha, last time I got shot in the head, this time I got chopped in half, it's really satisfying and enjoyable!"

The tiefling guards on the city wall were still holding their trumpets and continued to speak loudly: "In order to maintain order in Batto City, the Minister of the Imperial Security Department, Duke Medorash, has come to supervise in person.

Please abide by the laws and regulations, otherwise you will bear the consequences at your own risk——"

"Look!"

The players all looked up, and saw a tiefling wearing luxurious armor and the Imperial Medal on the top of the spire tower of Batto City, overlooking the people below. He held a blood-stained sword, and his dark eyes looked cold and ruthless - this was one of the three great dukes of the empire, the leader of the tieflings, Medorash.

“He’s here too.”

"Be careful. Be careful."

"No wonder the black beast was chopped in half. It turned out to be the Novice Village Security Captain."

The players suddenly became nervous, put away those little thoughts in their hearts, and lined up obediently. After all, the Night Poem that was cut in two was a lesson for them.

Medoraash looked at the Starfallers crowded outside the city, put the bloodstained sword behind his back, folded his arms, and a rare smile appeared on his usually indifferent face.

"I didn't realize it's been so long."

Tiefling was quite emotional. Ten years ago, he also used force to intimidate players. At that time, the Burning Embers was just an unknown monster force in the North.

Now, with the passage of time, the Burning Embers Empire has already occupied its homeland in the north, and the wings of the red dragon cover the entire Anzeta wilderness, shocking and terrifying the entire Feansuo continent.

And he never imagined that he would rise to such a high position, holding the power to influence the fate of millions of people and even control their nominal ancestors - the devil from hell.

In the past, he just wanted to lead his people to survive.

Thinking of this, and taking another look at the Starfallers who had become cautious, Medorash turned around and walked down the stairs to the city wall.

He still has a lot of things to deal with personally.

Batto City, Hell Exchange.

This is a tall building, built by hundreds of devils bound by a contract over several days, and it exudes the atmosphere of purgatory.

In that spacious hall, there are murals depicting the Avernus scroll, lifelike stone carvings of demons, and hideous carvings of petitioners.

Even Tieflings, who are descendants of the devil, rarely like buildings with such a strong Purgatory style, but the players are very interested in it, and the team is almost lining up outside the city.

Emperor Europe was wearing a robe that symbolized his membership in the Magic Coin, standing at the front of the team with an extremely excited expression.

"Tsk tsk, there are so many people here. And according to insiders, the official expansion pack of Nine Hells is both cool and powerful, and there are not many hard requirements."

Turning around and looking at the endless long queue behind him, Emperor Europe patted his chest with relief.

"Fortunately, I am a member of a large guild, and I have many channels to obtain information. The president informed us early in the morning."

However, when mentioning his president, Emperor Ou couldn't help scratching his head, and his expression looked a little unnatural.

Just now, he posted the video of [Charlotte transformed into a beautiful woman to seduce the noble] to the player forum, and soon after, Charlotte informed him of the news of career expansion.

Is this considered repaying kindness with enmity?

It was just posted anonymously, so it shouldn’t be a big problem, Ou Huang thought.

He opened the panel with trepidation and flipped through the anonymous post he had posted. He saw that there were already thousands of replies to the post, and curious players came to watch the fun of the wealthy guild leader.

[A girl's blush is better than any love words, and so is a cross-dressing man's]

[As expected, men understand men best. I declare Charlotte to be the most beautiful woman in Erezegei and my 127th wife]

[I doubt my sexual orientation. Is it possible that Charlotte is really a woman and just took off her disguise this time?]

[Fuck, Charlotte's women's clothing is so beautiful? Now I have to add magic coins]

【I'm fine】

[No, buddy upstairs, what do you want to do? I see you are really hungry]

[Those who can resist trying the Old Beijing Chicken Roll after seeing this picture are all gods]

Seeing this, the European Emperor couldn't help but laugh out loud, feeling the joy of having his revenge taken. "Hahaha, these netizens are really funny when they talk——"

But soon, his heart was shocked, his face stiffened, and his hands that were turning the pages trembled slightly.

——Because he saw the personal reply from Charlotte, the president of Magic Coin.

[Emperor Europe, you are looking for death! ]

How can it be?

I clearly sent it anonymously, and even the video was only available in one copy. How did Charlotte find out it was me?

The European Emperor was a little panicked, but he still held on to the last bit of luck and opened Charlotte's chat box, attempting a last-ditch effort.

[Emperor Europe: President, you misunderstood. I really didn’t post that video. You can’t slander an honest person! ]

[Charlotte: Haha [sneer]]

[Emperor Ou: Really, President, you know that I, Emperor Ou, have always been upright in my work. How could I resort to such despicable means? I suspect that there is a spy planted by Wang Quan in our guild! ]

[Charlotte: You beast, why don’t you listen to the video you posted again? ]

"No way"

The European Emperor widened his eyes, opened the video he had saved again, and listened carefully. At the end of the video, there was uncontrollable laughter in the background sound.

And inside the magic coin, only he can make such a sound, and his laughter is recognized as weird.

Sweat suddenly broke out on the Emperor's forehead. His brain was working rapidly and he continued to type in the chat box.

[Emperor Europe: It’s unfair, President! Someone deliberately added my voice into the video! ]

【Charlotte: Haha [smile]】

[Emperor Europe: That traitor is so abominable that he actually wants to alienate our relationship and destroy the unity within the Magic Coin! ]

[Charlotte: Let’s talk about this when you come back [smile]]

Looking at the weird smiling expression in the chat box, Emperor Ou's heart suddenly sank, and he had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

But soon he smelled the pungent smell of gunpowder. When he looked up, he was shocked to find that he had arrived at the gate of the [Hell Exchange]. The gargoyle sculpture above his head seemed to be looking at him greedily.

At the exit, some players had already grown devilish bat wings and horns. They were holding the still warm Hell Contract, with expressions full of boasting on their faces.

In the eyes of mortals, he has been corrupted by hell and has become as ugly as a devil, but in the eyes of players—

"So damn handsome"

The European Emperor couldn't help swallowing his saliva, staring at the lucky ones who signed a contract with the devil.

He clenched his fists and made up his mind. "Forget about that. The most important thing now is to get the expansion job!" (End of this chapter)