Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 42 The Secret of Hell
  It is very necessary to obtain an identity in advance.

What Nohill can be sure of now is that Harsin will never let himself participate in this big event, and his final goal is to go to hell, so Nohill can't even find anyone in the green woodland. His familiar helper.

You have to find your own way.

After all, no one except himself can participate in this plan, including Ska.

After all, even this guy who was blinded by the anger of revenge knew that if he didn't have enough helpers and went into hell alone, it would be the same as dying.

Although there is a high possibility that this guy would choose to go to hell with Nohill if he knew the truth, but Nohill would not accept it. After all, Ska does not have the same legendary devil-fighting Noble Phantasm as Nohill.

Hell is so dangerous. If Nohir had not obtained this crown before, he would never dare to enter hell.

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"Anything can happen in hell, I have to be prepared in advance."

In the next few days, Nohill must carefully study the details about the devils in hell given to him by monster knowledge, carefully study the class divisions of devils, and prepare enough supplies for consumption in hell.

And the most important thing is the disguise of identity.

"Even though I look very similar to the devil, I am not a devil after all. A real devil can recognize my true identity just by smell."

"So Tavis is the best option for now. Although the Anzu Demon's combat power is not very strong, in hell, as the commander class, the Anzu Demon can do it even if it is not well known by other demons. Random orders to scold some of the weaker lower-level devils.”

"When you encounter high-level devils, you can also directly move out Tavis's immediate superiors, and Zariel can intimidate them, so that you can have more freedom of action."

It can be said that once Tavis' soul is obtained, there will be many benefits.

However, although the above listed are all advantages, it is not easy to obtain his soul, because his soul is protected by the contract of hell, and the control of his soul is firmly in Zariel's hands. Therefore, even the Crown of Dominance may not be able to obtain his soul.

But it doesn't matter, his soul is not necessary, because there is only one piece of information that Nohir really wants to know through the memory in his mind.

"Tavis Craig should know where the original contract that he personally signed to package and sell Eltoril and his own soul is, right?"

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The devils' contract power comes from their ruler, Asmodeus, Lord of the Nine Hells.

When he turned his back on the gods of heaven, he used a trick to get the gods of heaven to sign the original contract of the beginning in triplicate, which clearly recorded the responsibilities and duties assigned to Asmodeus and his fallen angels by the gods of order. authority.

which is--

Fallen souls go to hell, and good souls ascend to heaven.

These three original contracts can be said to be Asmodeus's most important treasures and the foundation for the creation of the Nine Hells.

The original contract cannot be destroyed, but each contract has its own place. Whether it is for gods or devils, they cannot be transferred arbitrarily, otherwise order will be deflected and the power of chaos will prevail.

This consequence is unacceptable to both the gods of order and the devils of law.

The portion that belonged to Asmodeus was properly kept in the lowest level of the Nine Hells, which was also the narrowest plane.

Nessus, under the personal care and control of Asmodeus.

He used a huge ruby ​​to wrap the entire Covenant of the Beginning layer by layer, and built the world's strongest fortress, the Castle of Nessus, for protection.

The entire fortress was built entirely for this contract, and that contract has never left that location since ancient times.

The other two copies were also properly kept in similar ways.

Their locations are respectively——

The mechanical mirror of watch nirvana.

Heaven Mountain, the Seven Hills of Heaven.    ——

"If that contract had not been found and torn up, the entire city would still be floating firmly on the bloody battlefield of the Nine Hells as it is now."

The people will silently wait for the death knell to be sounded in a desperate mood.

To the devils, the death knell is the bell that rings before a big meal.

"Although the time for the devils to start their feast has been delayed due to the outbreak of the bloody battle, when the devils repel the demon army to a certain range, they will have time to savor the feast."

This bloody battle started without warning. The demons' attack was too sudden. Even the bronze fortress was breached by three peripheral defenses. This meant that three of the legendary abyss demons deployed on the city wall were killed. .

It seems that the situation is very critical, but in fact the demons only took advantage of a surprise attack. As time goes by, the situation on the battlefield will soon be equalized by the demons, or even counterattacked.

This time won't even be very slow. After all, the devils are very disciplined. With powerful weapons, excellent physical fitness, and the brains that can throw off the devils, they can defeat the devils in less than a month. Drive to a relatively safe location.

"At that time, the devil who finally has free time will command countless lemures, dragging the eight huge chains, and completely immerse the city floating in the sky into the River Styx."

"During this period, there will be countless devils who will board the city with a hunting mentality and use various methods to force people to sign contracts to obtain the ownership of their souls."

Make it into a soul coin, swallow it and turn it into your own power, or hand it over to the superior devil in exchange for your own promotion.

"I'm afraid the people in the city won't be able to hold on for long. If we really wait a few months to drag the city back, then there should be very few people dead in the entire city."

"Damn it, even if I get this helmet, which is an artifact used to deal with devils, I can't guarantee that I can save the city completely. This situation is really urgent."

"Seriously, is this really something I, a level 4 barbarian, should get involved in?"

Nohir scratched the horns on his head irritably. Although Nohir had never personally seen what kind of virtue was in hell, he had seen what it was like inside Raphael's mansion just when he played Baldur's Gate 3. You will know what kind of ghost place hell is.

"Oh, I don't want to think about it anymore. Let's take it one step at a time. First find the so-called Supreme Observer and find some information about hell from his mind. Then I will find a way to reveal this information to the Harper."

"Let these real big guys do the hard work, and I'll just be the sixth child secretly."

"But the premise of all this is that my journey in Baldur's Gate can go smoothly. After I obtain the Eagle Totem tomorrow, I will set off with Ska."

"Let's see what we can encounter in this city. I hope to meet old friends from the past. Maybe I can do a favor first and rescue those two unlucky guys from their miserable life."

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About why Eltoril floats above the Nine Hells without falling.

Because the Nine Hells have a very special terrain feature, that is, they are very repulsive to foreign planes.

The Nine Hells were founded in the Abyss, and there is still no definite explanation of how the Abyss was formed.

However, the most likely theory is that the endless planes of the Abyss are formed by the accumulation of fragments of the world that once died, so it stands to reason that the nine levels of hell that are supported by the Abyss should also have this. kind of inclusiveness.

But it is not.

In order to free the Nine Hells from the Abyss and prevent them from being captured again by the Abyss, Asmodeus used a certain ability to completely change the nature of the Nine Hells. .

The plane will independently exclude all lands that are not within the scope of the Nine Hells, which means that if the Nine Hells want to expand, contracts alone are not enough.

It must be anchored through a contract to determine its ownership, and then send it to hell through some method, and firmly fix it with chains to prevent it from being repelled into the endless void by the plane characteristics of the Nine Hells.

Then the devils slowly harvest it or directly pull the chains and sink it into the River Styx until it is completely stuck to the water of the River Styx.

In this way, the Nine Hells can achieve the purpose of annexing the land and converting people's souls to the maximum extent.

(End of this chapter)