Chapter 105: Maintenance of Stability
Decao took Edward and flew unobstructedly to the city hall in the night sky, and entered Nathan's office through the roof window.
Nathan, who was paced back and forth, suddenly felt the window being pushed open by a gust of wind. He was cursing and was about to close the window, but suddenly he found two more people in the office.
One of them knew himself, Edward, the president of the Holy City Chamber of Commerce.
But the other young man had a very good eyes, his bloody hair and cloak were swaying slightly in the evening breeze, and from the perspective of Edward seemed to respect him very much.
"You are..." Nathan was a little curious.
"Nathan!" Edward quickly interrupted, "I'll introduce this, Your Majesty the Demon King!"
"Oh..." Nathan nodded, but suddenly realized something was wrong, and then looked up suddenly, "What did you say? Demon... Demon King..."
"Yes, Your Majesty the Demon King!" Edward blinked at him wildly, "Why don't you salute quickly?"
"Ah, yes, yes!"
Nathan also reacted, and knelt on one knee with trembling all over, "See... I've seen His Majesty the Demon King!"
Looking at his trembling look, Dikao felt a little funny, but his face was still expressionless, and he waved his hand casually, "Get up first!"
"Yes, thank you to His Majesty the Demon King!"
Nathan slowly stood up, still trembling a little. He didn't know what fate would be waiting for him next.
"You should know that this city is mine now!"
Dikao walked forward a few steps, swayed his cloak and sat on his desk.
"I don't like to eat people and don't want to massacre, so I hope you two can help me stabilize the city."
"Of course, this is our honor!" Edward replied first.
While speaking, he gently kicked Nathan on the lower leg.
"Ah, yes, yes!" Nathan also reacted, "Our honor!"
Dikao smiled silently, then put on a blank face and said, "You are named Nathan, right? I need you to mobilize guards to patrol the city now to ensure the stability of the city and not let some gangsters take the opportunity to make trouble."
"You mean to mobilize guards to maintain stability?" Nathan asked with some uncertainty.
"Yes!" Dikao nodded.
Now it was Nathan's turn to wonder. You, a demon king, shouldn't you hope to be as chaotic as possible? Why do you ask for stability maintenance? Could it be that you really want to be the city lord?
Seeing Nathan silent, Dikao asked, "What, if there is any problem? Tell me if there is any problem!"
"No, no, no..." Nathan waved his hand, "but there are still thousands of skeleton soldiers outside the city..."
"That's not something you worry about!" Dikao said, "You mobilize the guards to carry out stability maintenance work immediately. As long as you don't do anything, those skeleton soldiers will not attack. Tell the citizens that everything is the same except for the temporary lockdown and the city is not allowed to enter or exit!"
"Yes!" Nathan quickly agreed.
At the same time, I was relieved. No matter what, since the Demon King did not mean to eat people, there was still hope.
"Also, Edward!"
Dikao thought for a while and said, "At this time, someone will definitely take the opportunity to buy various supplies. When you go back, you notify the chamber of commerce that, first, the price must not be increased, and second, purchases must be restricted, and people are prohibited from buying on a large scale."
"As for order!" Edward bowed slightly and agreed.
"Listen, this is not a request, it is an order!" Dikao said with a serious face, "If someone disobeys... you know that I am a demon, you will never be lenient with the murderous intention!"
"Don't worry!" Edward lowered his head, "Your orders will be executed most favorably!"
"Very good!" Dikao nodded with admiration, "Edward, your efforts will be rewarded!"
"Thanks you!"
Edward bowed again, then pulled Nathan's clothes and walked out, "Then let's issue your order first. If you have any questions, please feel free to summon us!"
"Go!" Dikao nodded.
Looking at the two of them leaving, Dikao breathed a sigh of relief.
There is no need to worry about the issue of maintaining stability in cities for the time being. The key is what to do next?
Now it’s not just Dylanta, the news will spread to the surrounding empires and... the church at the fastest time!
The church is an organization spread all over the world, with branches in almost every big city.
What is the attitude of the church towards itself? It is still unknown.
No matter what, it is better to make more preparations.
Thinking of this, Dikao suddenly found a cup of black tea on his desk, which looked like Nathan had just brewed it.
Dikao then picked it up and took a sip, then a strange feeling choked all over his body, and he couldn't help but get goose bumps.
"Damn, isn't there any craft in this world to stir-fry tea?" Dikao spitted out two pieces of tea leaves and said to himself.
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After Nathan walked out of the city hall, he discussed with Edward and quickly parted. Now he had no time to complain about why Norm gave the city lord order to Dikao.
The most important thing is to execute the devil's orders, otherwise you won't know how to die.
The human emperor needs at least some reasons to kill people, such as deceiving the emperor, committing the following crimes, embezzlement, etc.
The devil king doesn’t need any reason to kill people. If you don’t like it, you can kill them if you want.
So Nathan didn't dare to delay and rode his horse to the city gate.
When Turner saw the commander coming, he hurriedly walked down the city wall, "Sir, why have you come here in person?"
"Don't talk nonsense..."
Nathan took a breath after dismounting the horse. He hadn't ridden for many years. He felt his stomach turbulently running on his horse for so long.
"Come people quickly and patrol the city to maintain stability! If you encounter trouble, kill them without any hesitation!"
"What?" Nat was stunned, "But now outside the city..."
"Don't worry about those skeleton soldiers!" Nathan interrupted him, "They won't attack!"
"How do you know..."
"Bastard! Am I the sir or are you the sir?" Nathan shouted, "I said to maintain stability! Now! Just leave a small number of people here to guard the city gates and prevent them from entering and leaving!"
"As for the order!" Nath had no choice but to leave less than a hundred people to guard the city gate, and then lead the team to patrol the city and maintain stability.
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On the other hand, Edward also returned to the Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible and told everyone that Dikao's two orders were not allowed to increase prices, and that all supplies were purchased at the same time.
Many people in the Chamber of Commerce plan to leave and are packing up their things.
Seeing Edward coming, they surrounded him and started chattering.
Some asked what was going on, some advised him to leave quickly, just like the vegetable market, making Edward feel overwhelmed.
"Quiet--!"
Edward yelled, calming the people around him.
As the president of the Chamber of Commerce for many years, he still has a considerable prestige among these businessmen.
"First of all, you can't leave now!" Edward said in a deep voice, "The Holy City is now surrounded by a large number of skeleton soldiers. As long as you leave the city, you will be torn to pieces by them!"
"What?"
The words were said, which surprised the people around them with an incredible look on their faces.
"What should I do? Is this city really occupied by the demons?"
"That's right!" Edward nodded, "The city has been occupied by the Demon King, and this city now belongs to the Demon King!"
"Oh my God, what should I do?" A businessman squatted on the ground with his head in his arms and cried, "Are my family going to become the food of the devil?"
"Calm down, it's not that far." Edward said, "The Demon King has not allowed the skeleton soldiers to attack now, and there is still room for maneuver."
"What does it mean?" Some people with agility have already captured a trace of signal.
Edward took a deep breath and said slowly: "I just saw the Demon King. He asked Nathan to send guards to maintain stability in the city, and promised not to let the skeleton soldiers attack. In other words, he did not treat us as food, he wanted to manage the city!"
"That is to say... President, you..."
"That's right, since the Demon King has occupied this city, if you want to survive, you can only be obedient!" Edward nodded, "So I'll convey the meaning of His Majesty the Demon King now."
Everyone looked at Edward with a serious look on their faces.
"First of all, it is time to do business and continue to do business, but there are only two:" Edward raised two fingers and said, "No price increases; purchases must be restricted!"
"What does this mean?" asked a young man.
"To maintain stability!" Edward said, "The reason why the Demon King did this is to prevent panic, he wants to manage the city."
"But that's what..."
"You don't understand the seriousness of the matter at all!" Edward said with a serious look on his face: "This is the order of His Majesty the Demon King. We can only abide by what we can do! Otherwise... you will really become the Demon King's food!"
"I……"
"Of course, I've brought it to you. If anyone of you doesn't want to comply, you can try the consequences yourself!"
As he said that, Edward turned around and waved to his servant, "Go back and notify everyone and open the store immediately! All products will be kept at the original price! Make purchase restrictions!"
"Yes!" the servant agreed and turned around and left.
The other chamber of commerce members looked around and had no choice but to give the same order as the servant behind him.
No one dares to try to withstand the devil's anger. Various legends from childhood to adulthood have already made the devil's terrifying image deeply rooted in people's hearts.
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Time has come to the second half of the night, but no one in the city falls asleep, and they all walk out of their homes to know what is going on.
The guards rode their horses and held torches and divided into more than a dozen teams to patrol all night. Even so, many people took the opportunity to make trouble.
Some people smashed the door of the shop, and some people broke into civilian homes to commit violence against women.
Fortunately, even though the guards discovered and stopped him, Nathan also said that in this extraordinary period, you don’t have to report such a thing, and you won’t be killed!
Chapter completed!