By selling vast quantities of puppet war machines, the Demon Emperor made his first fortune from the Abyss Empire.
Only then did he realize just how easy it was to profit from war.
Previously, they had worked themselves to the bone, yet even with all their technologies and Mechanical Puppets, they could barely get anything from the Angels in exchange.
After all, the Angel Empire held the moral high ground, and they could only pay the price demanded by reality.
Now things were different. The Abyss Empire urgently needed all kinds of war puppets and flesh puppets, and the war puppets supplied by the Independent Alliance packed quite a punch. They largely made up for the Abyss Empire's technological shortcomings, especially the Multi-Barrel Launchers, which could fire volley after relentless volley of voidwood arrows.
They could inflict considerable destruction.
During this period, the Abyss Empire's demand for the Demon Emperor's weapons was immense.
The Demon Emperor's appetite went far beyond that. He also sold all kinds of technologies for making Great Void God Puppets to those Microcosms. Naturally, he withheld certain core technologies to keep them from slipping out of his control. Selling the technology in separate pieces also left his coffers overflowing.
If they wanted to make Great Void God Puppets, they had to import many crucial materials from the Primordial World.
In effect, the Demon Emperor held their production of Great Void God Puppets firmly in his grasp.
The Demon Emperor set very high prices for the parts used in certain key components, establishing a technological monopoly of sorts. Naturally, they sold very well.
Of course, those Microcosms were no fools. They were also researching ways to break through these barriers, hoping to try making Great Void Gods themselves.
The Demon Emperor never shied away from this. Let