After the contract with the Great Devils was completed, Hecate returned to Gehenna shortly after to deliver the recording crystal to the other Great Devils.
Although the recording crystal wasn't necessary for the Great Devils to find out about Vaan's agreement to join their circle of Great Devils, it still contained the full details of the process. Just seeing Vaan's name in their shared contract wasn't enough to satisfy them.
After all, Vaan's existence was too special to be taken lightly; he was a big variable capable of changing the trajectory of their lives. Thus, reviewing the recorded proof was absolutely necessary.
Nevertheless, when the Great Devils sensed the changes to the shared contract within their seas of consciousness, they immediately checked it.
Before they could feel assured with the addition of Vaan's name to the list, they quickly noticed the special clause that came with it.
Thanatos: "..."
Mephistopheles: "The... fuck?"
Astarte: "Interesting..."
Balmodan: "Looks like Hecate has some explaining to do..."
Helcan: "..."
The five Great Devils had varying reactions to the discovery. Nevertheless, none of them found the change to contract desirable or pleasant.
This was especially so for Helcan; it reinforced his treacherous intent and plan.
...
Although Gehenna was a border star realm of the Skymagia Star Kingdom and was even close to the edge of the Eternal Darkheaven Sector, it still took Helcan a couple of days to reach the outermost region of the Great Divider.
Moreover, this was after passing through several dozen Stargates and crossing over a distance of more than three hundred light years away.
Without the assistance of Stargates, such a trip would have likely taken Helcan thousands of years to travel.
No matter how impressive Helcan was, he was still limited to the realm of Rank 6 Divine Beings, the lowest level required for stellar travel without any external help.
The starry heaven was simply too vast for Rank 6 Divine Beings.
It took Helcan six hours of searching before he finally located his destination within the vast region of trash-an enormous mass of ice as large as a small planet but shaped like an airship. However, the Everfrost Realm was no planet or star; it was a broken Realmship with disabled functions.
Several hundred thousand large chains of varying lengths could be seen tied to the broken Realmship. At the other end of the chains were the dwelling abodes of the scavengers, except they looked no different from cheap shipping containers.
Evidently, they were poorly built from the metal scraps in the vast region of trash.
That said, only the lowest of the low among scavengers, outlaws, and pirates would live in such slum-like housings. Those with statuses and power all had a place within the Everfrost
Realm.
After boarding the icy Realmship, Helcan headed straight for the most popular bar, where information and opportunities were aplenty besides the dangers.
Scum's Favor was its name.
The hubbub within the bar died down a notch when Helcan entered the glacial store.
However, a smile appeared on the rock golem bartender, who was also the bar owner.
"A rare guest has visited. What brings you here today, Lord Helcan?" the rock golem bartender pleasantly greeted.
'I have an easy job with good pay for you, Scummy. I need your people to spread a few rumors to a few neighboring stars for me. If you can make them reach the ears of the Skymagia Royals, I will also add a bonus,' Helcan privately promised via sound transmission.
At the same time, he pushed forward a low-rank interspatial ring containing the deposit
reward.
The bartender's black crystalline eyes glimmered before his rigid smile widened as he accepted the interspatial ring, knowing a great opportunity had arrived at his doorstep.
Rumor-spreading was a low-risk, high-return job, depending on the client.
For a Territory Lord like Helcan, who governed an entire planet, the reward would certainly be
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