Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 21 Creations from Hell
  Yes, there is absolutely no mistaking it. This unique mark can only be caused by wheels supported by crawler tracks. But how could there be such a thing in this world?
  "What does that big monster they ride look like? Does it have any characteristics?"

"Well, it's black, very long, very spiky, buzzing, without legs, looks like it's made of the thing you're holding, it's flashing red, it's very fast, and it has a scary scream."

This description...

"You're injured. Stay here and don't run around. I'll go see what's going on."

After Nohir comforted Mumu, he chased after him. The track marks made him feel uneasy, and the characteristics of the creatures described by Mumu reminded him of his old friends in the game.

Mind Flayer.

"Although the description is very similar, it is unlikely to be a mind flayer. The nearest mind flayer colony is under the Tower of the Moon, which is more than 50 kilometers away from here."

It is only possible to cross such a large distance by teleporting through the Nautilus Winding Path, but there is no place to hide such a large target, and according to the image of the vehicle described by Mumu, it does not conform to the bio-industrial characteristics of the Mind Flayer Empire, but is even more Like the Hellfire Soul Technology of the Nine Hells.

But if it was really the hell chariot of Baator Hell, how did they get here by bypassing the main fortress of the Lord of the Morning?
  Could it be Dawn Fortress!

"Calm down and think about it, the situation may not be that bad."

Nohir shook his head and rejected this terrible possibility.

"Mumu only saw three creatures and one chariot, which means that this is probably just a small team of devils that bypassed the Dawn Fortress, broke away from the large devil army, and scattered to capture the fleeing refugees."

"It's still troublesome for me, but if there are only three people, I should be able to deal with it."

"The only thing I don't know now is what the three creatures on the chariot are, and whether the chariot carries any dangerous weapons."

"Let's take off for reconnaissance first."

The traces of the hell chariots are very easy to detect. The escapees seemed to want to hide in the forest and let the trees block the progress of the chariots. However, the devil's hell chariots are very flexible, but the density of the surrounding forest is not enough to stop them. .

Looking down from the sky, several trees would fall down almost every distance. Flying along this trail, Nohill saw the fleeing refugees only two minutes later.

And the hell chariot chasing after them.

"Damn it, is the technology of the Nine Hells so advanced?"

Nohill happened to catch a glimpse of the description of this kind of chariot when he was checking information, but he did not remember the specific details. The only thing he knew was that the fuel of this chariot was soul. In fact, it seemed that the fuel of any hell machine was Soul, so this bit of knowledge is useless in the current situation.

When the chariot became visible to the naked eye, Nohir realized the most distinctive feature of this abyssal creation.

Rather than saying it is a car, it is better to say it is a land boat.

"Strange design."

Nohir also saw the refugees. Currently, there are only five or six people running away. I don’t know why they didn’t choose to disperse and escape. It was obviously more organic...

Suddenly, among the refugees who were still running away, one person broke away from the others and ran wildly in the other direction.

Nohill thought he finally had a smart man.

"Peng!"

The two ballistas suddenly opened fire, and a capture net accurately caught the person at the rear of the refugee team, and then quickly pulled him into the hole opened in front of the car body, and the refugee who broke away from the team.

"Ahhhh!!!"

An iron spear covered with barbs pierced the man directly. Amid the devil's surprised laughter, the chariot passed him quickly.

The poor guy was dragged awkwardly by the winch, scraping off a layer of flesh on the rugged ground and the hull covered with sharp blades.

Then a purple devil with more than a dozen snake-like tentacles on its face and wearing simple armor picked it up, said a few words to the tortured refugee, and then directly Throw it into the pool behind the car body.

The man struggled to stretch out his hand, but then the arm was melted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"...Fuck!"

And in the forest.

A slender behemoth made of black and red hell steel was rampaging through the dense forest. The entire chariot was more like a narrow sailboat than a car, with a steel track as a wheel, and it was covered all over. There are sharp blades, and there are four ballistae on each side, each loaded with catching nets and stabbing spears. Three steel masts stood upright on the chariot. The skin of an unknown creature was made into sails. There were more than a dozen red-glowing holes on both sides of the chariot. Every time it increased speed, There is blazing fire shooting out of the hole!

"Boom!!"

This steel land sailing ship dodged flexibly in the woods, but as they went deeper into the forest, the denser and denser trees made their dodge more difficult, and from time to time they hit giant trees and cut them off.
  "Catch these annoying reptiles! We'll go back if we catch two more! The chariot is already full!"

At this time, there were three devils of the same type on the chariot. One of the devils was in the middle. Their armors were similar, but this devil's weapon was two battle axes, which was obviously different from the other devils. the difference.

The devil who seemed to be the leader of the team said like giving orders to a devil in front of him.

"Don't fucking talk to me like that! Yika! These souls are dedicated to Master Zariel! But we also have to make some extra money!"

A devil at the front said angrily to the devil who was giving orders, and then he suddenly saw another person separated from the refugees.

"Hahaha, the extra money is here!"

He suddenly pulled down the control lever of the ballista, and a net and a stabbing spear were shot out at the same time. The devil ignored the prey caught in the net. He walked directly to the chariot and picked up the almost The dying prey.

"Give me your soul! If you agree, I will make you immortal for the time being! If you refuse, I will throw you into the fuel tank of the chariot and let your soul turn to ashes in the wail!"

"Uh-heh, uh... go... die!"

These words directly angered the devil. He ripped off the iron spear from the man's body and threw him directly into the water of the Styx behind him.

This device will turn the souls of those who invest it into energy to replenish the energy consumption of the chariot, and the souls inside will burn in a very slow and painful way.

Yika snorted disdainfully. Babu didn't have the slightest bit of devil's wisdom. Souls obtained by force through this method were the most despised by devils. But this guy not only didn't take it seriously, but actually got worse.

"That's enough, bastard! Stop delaying us! This cat-and-mouse game has to come to an end. Catch one more and kill the rest and throw them into the fuel bunker!"

"you!"

The demon named Babu grabbed the long-handled knife next to him. In his opinion, the soul reserve in the fuel pool was very sufficient, and the remaining few people could be used as their labor snacks, but Yika, the bastard, relied on himself Being favored by adults, even his petty profits must be deprived! Obviously he is one of these souls!
  "If you dare to move again, I will have you demoted to a lemure!"

"You don't have that right!"

Both demons drew their weapons, and the tentacles on their faces floated, looking extremely ferocious, as if they would disembowel each other if they disagreed with each other!
  The remaining devil smiled sinisterly while leaning on his weapon as if he was just watching the fun and not taking it too seriously.

He was not worried about accidents. Although the situation seemed tense, each of them knew in their hearts that no one could defeat the other. After all, this was an order given by Duke Zarrell when he was marching.

Now they are just showing off to each other. After all, if they really violate military orders, none of them can afford the consequences.

Hell is a hierarchical place. High-level devils have absolute dominance over low-level devils. They can freely control the promotion of low-level devils and can demote them if they make even the slightest mistake. .

Under this absolute dominance, absolute order emerged, the order of the devil. No matter how much indignation they had in their hearts, they could not express it and could only seek vent among similar or inferior slaves.

Seeing the two demons standing in a stalemate, the one at the back suddenly let out a hearty laugh.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, Yika, please forgive Babu. This guy's achievements have not been refreshed for too long. If he doesn't show some achievements, I'm afraid he will be reduced to a lemure without you taking action. ”

"Of course I know what this waste is capable of!"

He put the battle ax back and looked at the bluffing scum with contempt.

"You shouldn't have been promoted to this level at all. You shouldn't even have become a devil. Look at your devilish stupidity! Stiff brain! Don't you know that the longer we delay here, the more our achievements will become?" The slower the settlement is, the less it will be!"

Then it’s your merits that he’s *****ing! You bastard, are you going to share the merits with me?

"Of course I fucking know..."

"die!!"

With a flash of cold light and a rapid roar, the two beard demons who were arguing didn't even notice what happened, and were cut in half. The one at the back looked at the rapidly whistling demon. The playful eyes of the demonic shadow were overwhelmed by fear for a moment. He almost instinctively raised the weapon in his hand to block this attack.

Then it was directly shattered by this violent slash!

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