Li Wei's so-called inspection of the construction site was naturally just an excuse. At least, now that he was the Archduke of Avernus, there was no need for him to make a special trip after he had just finished arranging all the appointments.
After all, what was there to see in a patch of wasteland that had only just been cleared?
Rather, at such a sensitive time, one of his key confidants, Fischer, had suddenly run into such a ridiculous, laughable ordeal, and that put him on guard.
He wondered whether some Lord of Hell whose face he had slapped was trying to infiltrate Avernus—and Zelandia's Second Barto Hell Magic Research Institute, soon to be established in the Seven Hells—through such a despicable method.
Yet after meeting the person involved outside Glanperri Political Prison—Countess Angelica—Li Wei realized that he had been overthinking things.
Devils who could obtain high-ranking titles in Barto Hell, especially succubi, were rarely simple characters.
Most of them had already made names for themselves on Mount Celestia or in the Wilds of Revelry. It was only because they had committed grave errors for one reason or another that, in accordance with the Primeval Pact, they had been punished and sent to Barto Hell, becoming fallen Angels and continuing to contribute what strength remained to them in safeguarding the world order against Demons.
Take Baalzebul, the strongest fallen planetar, for instance. Or Zariel, Daughter of Destruction.
The two of them, however, were simply too exceptional and too powerful. When they first fell, even Asmodeus could not hold himself back from personally stepping forth to promote and recruit them.
For that very reason, even the various Lords of Hell generally extended the most basic respect and courtesies to titled succubi.
Take Countess Angelica, for example. Li Wei had been