Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 208 Devil Warlord
The First Hell has since been ruled by Archduke Zariel, who replaced the pit fiend Bair as lord of Avernoth, a change that resulted in a major shift in the devil's tactics.

Zariel's fiery temper and reckless maneuvering were in stark contrast to Bair's approach, and the demons under her command went into battle with a furious fury that, according to Luft's memories, had continued over the past several hundred years. In time, the devils have never been as violent as they are now in fighting.

But unexpectedly, this method of combat has achieved quite good results. In the past hundred years, the frequency of bloody battles has been much lower than in the past. This is all due to Zariel's efficient demon-killing methods.

Zariel has been unswervingly committed to destroying demons since she fell into the devil. In order to achieve this goal, she also retained the legion system planned by Grand Duke Bile when he ruled Avernus. Because of this model To enable orders to be communicated more effectively, the current First Prison still retains a full 150 formal elite legions, as well as about 50 newly expanded cannon fodder legions, but the specific size and number are not fixed.

Zariel was originally an angel. This unique personal reason and her fiery temper caused her to suffer political isolation from other Lords of the Nine Hells.

Of course, even so, other lords in hell will still send devils to join in the bloody battle, because this is the mission of the devils, but also because of Zariel's origin, there are far more devils than normal lords in the dark. Plotting to overthrow her.

Zariel sensed this malice, so she chose to increase the combat effectiveness of her army by actively recruiting mortal souls. The city at Nohir's feet can prove this, and the changes and expansion of the Cannon Fodder Legion were her response to this. a hostile strategy.

The cannon fodder legion has actually always existed in Avernus. There is no fixed number of people, officers and titles in the legion. In other words, the unified title of these legions is cannon fodder, and their functions are as conspicuous as their names.

The devils who were originally in the Cannon Fodder Legion are often new devils born from the River Styx in Avernus. Their combat effectiveness is far less stable than those of the truly elite devils, so they can only join the Cannon Fodder Legion and survive the war until the war. At the end, and at the same time collecting enough military merit in the process, they can join other formal legions and get rid of the cannon fodder queue.

Of course, this is the former cannon fodder legion. The current cannon fodder legion is also filled with other demon legions from the nine hells who came to support. Zarrell always throws them into the most dangerous battles without hesitation. This makes Their mortality rate skyrocketed. Luft was always glad that he was born 300 years earlier than these unlucky ones. Of course, his current results were not much better than those unlucky ones.

Zariel is optimistic about her, and the devils promoted by her will sign a soul contract before being promoted. Although this is unlikely to eliminate betrayal, after all, no one stipulates that the soul can only be sold to one buyer. If the devil's The soul has already belonged to someone before, and the efficiency and effectiveness of the contract are stronger than those signed with Zariel. There is no way to be forced to betray Zariel due to the contract.

However, Zariel did not leave them with a way to survive. She broke up the supporting demon legions and mixed them into the cannon fodder army. If any devil could show his value in the battle, at the same time, Zariel, or she If her cronies can notice this value, she will directly promote them without even needing military merit.

However, this small insurance is not the fundamental reason for Zariel. What really gives Zariel the confidence to lead them is her cruel management of the devil army.

The racial jump and the promotion of power, such a rapid class change can be called a rapid promotion. Zarrell did not seem to worry at all that the devils she promoted were spies from other grand dukes, nor did she worry at all whether these devils would Betraying her, but Nohir knew why.

Strict and brutal, these are Zariel's mottos. She consciously instills fear in her army during her rule of hell. For those who try to betray, revenge will come faster and fiercer than imagined.

In fact, some devils have already set a very good example on this point. Some of the betrayers were instantly burned to ashes, and some were skinned alive, but these were not the worst.

Although these unlucky guys experienced pain, their pain did not last long. The one who was burned to ashes was the most merciful and only suffered for a few seconds. The one who was skinned was hung on the city gate with a hook and cried bitterly. After wailing for several months, he ushered in eternal sleep, but the worst guy was still hanging alive on Zariel's flying fortress.

The poor guy was transformed into a vampire by Zariel. After losing his physical vitals, he was greeted by eternal punishment. He was sentenced to forever hang on the [Iron Blade], the spiked costume at the top of the Flying Fortress, and a group of specialized stirges maintained his vital signs by injecting blood into his body so that he could stay here forever. Being punished, according to Luft's memory, the guy was hung for probably more than 100 years, and his screams also lasted for 100 years.

'Tsk, devil. '

Nohill took another sip of wine and shook his head silently. These guys were indeed as cruel as he knew in the game, but in another way, these memories gave him a clearer understanding of hell. This is true in every sense of the word.

Shaking his head, Nohill stopped thinking about the devil's cruelty, and instead sank into Luft's memory again. Soon, he found another interesting situation.

It was an emerging individual that had recently appeared in Avernus. It was an independent gathering point that broke away from the devil's promotion system and gathered on the desolate plains. It was called a devil warlord by other devils.

To be honest, Nohir was shocked when he knew this. After all, in his memory, the order in hell was extremely strict. He did not expect that there were devils who could circumvent the hell system to a certain extent. A free body, but recalling the series of changes that took place in hell after Zariel came to power, Nohir understood.

After all, even a powerful devil like Zariel cannot firmly control the soul of every devil in hell. The souls that can appear in hell are sinners who have committed crimes, and looking at the entire There are countless such sinners in the main material plane.

They were not tempted by the devil or sold their souls during their lives. After death, according to the judgments of the gods, they spontaneously fell into the nine hells, reincarnated as the lowest level evil demons, and then served in the legions of hell, starting their journey. Atonement for this life.

But Zariel was too keen on bloody battles in the abyss, and her desire for war made her loosen her control over the entire Avernus in disguise. In the past, like during the reign of Bayer, the system that operated like a strict gear has now There are loopholes, the biggest of which is the legion of cannon fodder.

Many devils who were originally cannon fodder accumulated enough strength in the bloody battle, but were not discovered by Zariel in time, and then escaped from the battlefield through various means in a certain battle. When the number of such devils gathered enough, and If one of them is strong enough to dominate other devils, then they may occupy a certain place in the vast plains of Avernus and become kings, becoming a relatively independent devil warlord.

However, according to Luft's memory, the biggest reason why they can exist is simply because Zariel is busy fighting bloody battles and has no time to clean up these dirty bugs. At the same time, there seems to be quite fierce competition between these devil warlords.

After all, Avernus lacks resources, but devils also have physiological needs. As creatures of order, in addition to participating in bloody battles, their daily activities are also full of various depraved entertainment behaviors.

But outside the fortress, it was difficult for them to gather enough toys, so plundering each other became their only option, and Zarrell was also happy to see it happen. If they could destroy each other, then she There is no need to worry about the life and death of these garbage.

'Are these the current specific situations in Avernus? It's unexpectedly interesting, and through these memories, I have some ideas on how to break the current situation. '

(End of this chapter)