This Necromancer Just Wants to Plant Trees-Chapter 1879 - 522 Nine Prisons Document_2

He had originally thought that in the frontline city where demons and devils fought, the majority of the residents would surely be devils.

But that was not the case.

Along the way, Matthew estimated that various types of devils only made up about 20% of the population!

The rest were all sorts of other humanoid races.

Among them, those from Purgatory or the outer planes accounted for more than half!

Most of them were slaves, and the better-off ones were merely commoners. When facing the devils, they usually appeared very uneasy.

As for the mixed-race between humans and devils—

Tieflings.

Their situation didn’t seem to be much better either.

At least after Matthew and others disguised themselves as tieflings, the looks they received from the city’s devils were mostly unfriendly.

Lorraine seemed to have noticed what Matthew was thinking and spoke softly,

"Actually, not long after the Blood Battle began, both demons and devils realized that this was going to be a war of attrition."

"They learned how to preserve their living forces as much as possible during the prolonged war."

"The simplest and most brutal method was to recruit civilians or slaves from other races to replace their own in building fortifications and entering the battlefield."

"Most of the humans you see in the city are cannon fodder captured by the devils from the invaded Secondary Planes."

"The Days of Heavenly Change have intensified this phenomenon, you know, after the great tear, the outer Secondary Planes collapsed, forcing many humans to rely on the powerful Star Realm Race to survive."

"Purgatory is like this, and the Abyss isn’t much different either..."

Matthew nodded slightly.

The main road ahead came to an end, revealing a crossroads.

According to the signs in Purgatory Language.

They knew the roads ahead led to the trade market, military administration area, and the city hall.

After entering Blood Sand City, they had successfully completed half of their journey in Purgatory.

And the key to the remaining half lay in obtaining the "Nine Prisons Document."

The so-called "Nine Prisons Document."

Was actually a manifestation of the Blood River Will of Purgatory.

The Blood River granted the Devil Lords absolute jurisdiction over their territories.

This meant that unless authorized by them,

outsiders could encounter the targeted opposition of Purgatory Will upon entering their territories, and in severe cases, even attract the attention of the Devil Lord himself—

This was why Purgatory was difficult to infiltrate.

The will of the Blood River carried a strong sense of order.

The rules here were strict and hard to exploit by outsiders.

But the Nine Prisons Document was the only exception.

It was a pass personally issued by the Purgatory Will, allowing the holder to freely move across all regions of the Nine Hells.

But obtaining a Nine Prisons Document was very difficult.

Matthew had done plenty of homework beforehand.

It was said that Blood Sand City was the easiest place to obtain a Nine Prisons Document.

That’s why they had chosen this location as their midway stop.

After a brief discussion, the three of them split up and acted separately.

They planned to start from different areas to study how to obtain the Nine Prisons Document.

Matthew went to the market.

Half an hour later.

Inside a dimly lit little shop.

A thickly bespectacled, short-statured horned demon merchant eagerly inspected the goods Matthew had brought from the material world, his voice incredibly deep:

"You want a Nine Prisons Document?"

"That’s not an easy item to get. There are only two or three families in the city qualified to issue Nine Prisons Documents. Every businessman wants to get their hands on them, but so far, very few caravans have actually managed to obtain the documents."

"By the way, the quality of this item is quite impressive. Are you really from the material world?"

Matthew unflinchingly countered the other’s probing:

"I can guarantee our goods are from the material world."

"So how does one obtain a Nine Prisons Document? By gaining the recognition of those two families?"

The horned demon took off his glasses and wiped them with a white cloth:

"Give me these goods at thirty percent below the market price, and I’ll tell you how to get a Nine Prisons Document."

Matthew grabbed the sample back in one swoop:

"See you next time."

The horned demon immediately grabbed him:

"Wait."

"We can negotiate the price."

Matthew calmly said:

"I like to do business with straightforward people."

"You tell me how to get a Nine Prisons Document, and I sell you the goods at the original market price—or should I find someone else?"

"Don’t think I don’t know that goods from the material world sell very well here."

Matthew hadn’t lied with his words.

Before his arrival, he had indeed done extensive research, so the goods he carried were truly the most sought-after in purgatory.

The horned demon fell silent for three seconds, and seeing that Matthew was about to leave, he immediately shouted,

"Deal!"

"But I need to see more samples."

Matthew calmly looked at the other party,

"Why not talk about the Nine Prisons Document first?"

Helplessly, the horned demon glared at him.

Twenty minutes later,

Matthew swiftly walked out of a small shop, effortlessly shook off a following shadow demon, and entered another shop in the market area, similarly showcasing his superior goods from the material world—

The goods he sold at the first shop were less than one-tenth of the total stock.

There was naturally still more room for bigger operations.

This process was repeated twice.

Before nightfall,

Matthew left the market area and returned to an inn operated by Purgatory’s Son, where he had agreed to meet with two others.

At night,

The three of them successfully met.

After a round of discussion,

They summarized several methods to acquire the Nine Prisons Document in Blood Sand City.

The first method was to gain recognition from the Three Great Families—

Possibly, it could be two families.

It was said that the three original devil families that ruled the city were all qualified to produce the Nine Prisons Document.

But later on, one of the families weakened.

It was suspected that they had lost the ability to produce the Nine Prisons Document.

Although this family’s devils still claimed to have the power to issue the Nine Prisons Document, many devils in the city were skeptical about this.

Accordingly, gaining the approval of this weakened family would be somewhat easier than with the other two major families.

But either way,

For Matthew and the two other newcomers disguised as tiefling traders with no status in purgatory, gaining local devil’s approval in a short time was incredibly challenging.

The second method was to join the devil’s army and establish merits.

Blood Sand City had a well-established merit system, allowing anyone to join as mercenaries and earn merits from various sizes of battles.

Naturally,

The requirements for merits to obtain the Nine Prisons Document were quite extensive.

Matthew estimated that they would need to lead the devils to victory in a major battle involving over a million men.

Let alone how tough this condition was,

It would consume a lot of time.

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This route was also difficult for them to take.

The third method was to rent the document from a trading group or individual who already possessed it.

This was the most feasible method.

However, since the Nine Prisons Document itself signified unlimited business opportunities, it was all too easy for those who had the document to conduct business. Instead of renting, it made sense to just do business on their own.

Based on the information Lorraine managed to get from the city hall,

There were currently about seven or eight Nine Prisons Documents in the city; only two or three were inactive, and their owners were all significant figures in the city. Negotiating business with them wouldn’t be easy.

"You guys don’t know, I was exhausted this afternoon..."

"Here, this is the list of families or individuals in the city who own a Nine Prisons Document; it’s confidential and only devils working on classified duties in the city hall have access to it."

"Listen, we need to fight quickly and decisively, the devils are very strict about this thing, and since all three of us were inquiring about the Nine Prisons Document in the city today, it’s probably going to spread soon. The longer it takes, the higher the probability that secrets will leak,"

Lorraine said tiredly.

Matthew looked at his neck, his chest, and the fresh lipstick marks on his face, but restrained himself from asking about the scars on his buttocks.

"I can ensure that no information will leak on my end."

Camela, who was in charge of the military management area, was quite calm.

She took a sip of tea and said,

"The people I questioned have been brainwashed by me; no major problems will arise in the near future."

"But I also agree we need to act quickly, no matter which route we take, we need a plan."

Saying this,

Both looked at Matthew simultaneously.

Matthew, looking at the organized materials on the table, pondered for a moment and said,

"Let’s go rent a document."

Lorraine shook his head and said,

"What if they refuse?"

Matthew blinked,

"Sometimes, borrowing things doesn’t necessarily require the owner’s willingness."

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