Chapter 562 Are You Interested in Destroying Faerun? (7K)

Varo and Xue Xue were hugged by the devils and retreated towards the rear.

The devil naturally has his own fortress in the Wanyuan Plain, and it is not even far away from the devil's fortress.

Varro didn't see Tang Sen until he entered the gate of the fortress.

"Mr. Tang won't really be separated from us, right?" Varro was a little panicked: "How about we find a way to leave the fortress and find a magic ship first?"

"There should be humanoid mercenaries hired by the devil here, right? For example, the human who saved the Devil Duke before?"

"I think he might be willing to take me out of the endless abyss."

Xue Xue just shook his head.

"I want to wait for him."

"I can't wait. Maybe Mr. Tang encountered something unexpected. I didn't mean that, but the battlefield is so chaotic and there are strong men everywhere. Who can say for sure?" Varro rambled, hiding the panic in his heart.

In a fortress full of demons, Varro really couldn't imagine what would happen to him if he was discovered. It would definitely be worse than being discovered by demons.

After all, the best the devil can do is kill himself, and the devil will not only kill himself, but also torture his soul after his death.

In the Nine Levels of Purgatory, the soul is an absolute hard currency. All creatures that have been tainted by the devil will flow directly into the Nine Levels of Purgatory through the Styx River after death, and then be fished out by the devils and squeezed dry in endless torture. The last bit of value of the soul is finally left with only the body re-transformed into the lowest level of lemure.

"Forget it, I'll look for opportunities myself."

Varro has no shortage of adventurous spirit.

But just as he was about to take steps, he found that he was completely unable to move.

"He told me to take good care of you." Xue Xue's voice sounded.

"He asked you to protect me! Not to look after me!" Varro shouted aggrievedly.

"Yeah?"

"Isn't it?"

"no."

Varro: ".I just met some people."

At this time, Varro saw an ice demon commander walking forward on the high platform of the fortress, followed by a human beside him.

Varro recognized that this was the human being who had saved the Devil Duke before.

"Is he really a mercenary? I didn't expect that the devil actually hired someone with a legendary level. But it's worth it, otherwise the devil's duke would have fallen."

He murmured to himself: "I don't know what reward he can get."

Reward? Such a thing simply does not exist.

Tang Sen stood beside the ice demon, looking at the demons standing neatly below, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

It is indeed not easy to get in touch with the Devil Duke.

The ice demon next to him was naturally the one who was attacked by Tang Sen on the battlefield, but now he was one of his own.

It really didn't take Tang Sen too much energy to instigate this ice demon.

It's nothing more than coercion and inducement.

Needless to say, intimidation. After entering Tang Sen's half plane and seeing Tang Sen feasting, even the chaotic and evil demon would be weak to the ground, let alone the devil. This ice demon is probably more afraid of Tang Sen. For the Devil Duke.

As for inducements——

For devils, the biggest temptation is promotion. After all, the promotion of these guys is not as easy as that of devils.

In addition to being given strength by more powerful demons, demons can also improve themselves by devouring other demons.

But the devil is different. The devil has a strict hierarchy. If you want to be promoted, you must obtain the permission of your immediate boss before you can hold a promotion ceremony. Obviously, the devil is extremely reluctant to let his subordinates be promoted to avoid Threatening one's own position.

This model is similar to Serge's red-robed mage, but due to race, supervision is more stringent, and it is more difficult to break away from this system.

And Tang Sen can give the ice demon a huge opportunity.

For example, the people hired by the Ice Demon saved the life of the Devil Duke.

Such merit is enough for the Ice Demon to be directly promoted to the Abyss Demon Refiner.

So the Devil undoubtedly chose to cooperate with Tang Sen.

And Tang Sen also needs to go through the Ice Demon's promotion ceremony to get in touch with the Devil Duke.

Tang Sen saw the devils that Varo and Xue Xue turned into among the crowd. Of course, he ignored Varo. Regarding the devil, Varo didn't know what was best. He just sent a message to Xue Xue and let him temporarily stay in the devil's fortress. He lurked among them, waiting for his affairs to be completed.

Xue Xue certainly had no objection to this.

After the ice demon counted the results of this battle, an abyss demon came over.

He spoke with a complex tone in Purgatory: "Diavolo, the Duke wants to see you."

While talking, he kept looking at Tang Sen, his expression not very friendly.

"Follow your orders, General Archival." The ice demon named Diavolo said respectfully.

"Soon you will no longer be my subordinate." General Archiwell waved his hand and said in an unhappy tone: "Go quickly, don't keep the Duke waiting too long."

Diavolo bowed and walked towards the inside of the fortress, with Tang Sen quickly following behind.

"Stop, you can't go." Archiwell stood in front of Tang Sen: "The Duke did not summon you."

Tang Sen narrowed his eyes and said, "The Duke probably didn't say he couldn't see me, right?"

"A human, you also want to see the Duke?" Archiwell said in a bad tone, "Who do you think you are?"

"I saved your Duke." Tang Sen sneered and argued: "Looking at you, you seem to be very dissatisfied with me?"

Before Archiwell could speak, Tang Sen quickly spoke again: "If you are dissatisfied with me, you are dissatisfied with the result of saving the Duke. If you are dissatisfied with the result -"

He looked Archiville up and down, his voice getting louder in vain: "Do you hope to see another situation? Do you hope that the Duke will die and then take his place?"

Archieville was immediately startled by Tang Sen's words. Of course he was not afraid of Tang Sen, but he was afraid that these words would reach the Duke's ears. This was no small matter.

Thinking of this, he quickly roared: "You're farting! Everyone knows my loyalty to the Duke! If I hadn't been far away at the time, I would definitely use my body to block the Duke's knife!"

"Your behavior is not consistent with your words." Tang Sen spread his hands: "Everyone can only see that you are making things difficult for the Duke's savior."

Archiwell's expression suddenly became even more ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "I didn't embarrass you. I just followed the rules. The Duke didn't summon you! You're just a human being."

"It seems you don't understand anything." Tang Sen's expression turned grim: "Why do you think the Duke met with Diavolo? Why did he plan to promote Diavolo?"

"That's because he recognized Diavolo's contribution! Use your few brains to think carefully! The Duke didn't summon me because of his noble status and it was inconvenient to summon a human. It's not because he didn't want to see me!"

"You can't understand the subtext of the Duke, and you still try to stop it? Something about the bad Duke?"

"I, I." Archiwell's mind was in a mess, recalling the scene when the Duke ordered him to die.

Duke, do you mean this?

Before Archiwell could continue to speculate, Tang Sen shouted: "Why don't you get out of here?"

Archieville turned sideways reflexively.

When he realized that his majestic Abyss Demon Refiner actually gave in because of a human's rebuke, the extreme humiliation suddenly made his eyes red. He was about to get angry and regain his face, but he heard the legend of Tang Sen who had just walked past him. Come and say something lightly.

"You don't want to see me tell this matter in front of the Duke, do you? Archiwell."

Archiwell's movements stalled again.

As a result, Tang Sen was only a back figure in his eyes.

"Wise choice, you saved your life."

Diavolo saw the whole episode. He slowed down and waited for Tang Sen to come to him. He said with some admiration: "This is the first time I have seen General Archieville look like this. Master, you It only took a few words to get him to give in."

"Compared to humans, I think the master is definitely more suitable to become a devil. Among this race, with the master's ability to play with the mind, he can definitely become the Duke of Demons, no, the Lord of Nine Hells!"

"Don't flatter me." Tang Sen glanced at him, "Also, don't call me master. My name is Rhett. You can call me Mr. Rhett."

Become a devil? Stop it.

Becoming the devil in the eyes of the devil is what a god of deceit should do.

Soon, the two entered the castle, walked along the heavily guarded corridor for a long time, and finally came to a large door.

Diavolo was a little nervous. To be honest, he had never been so close to the Devil Duke. The other party was his superior's superior. Contacting the Devil Duke beyond his superiors was tantamount to betrayal for his superiors. In the devil race, , the consequences of this kind of thing are unimaginable.

Although this time, I came here for meritorious service, but——

Diavolo glanced at Tang Sen.

Archiwell was actually right. The Devil Duke did not summon Tang Sen. Bringing him here himself was a very transgressive act and would most likely anger the Devil Duke.

However, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired.

He took a deep breath and knocked respectfully.

The door opened automatically, revealing a very spacious hall. At the end of the hall, the Devil Duke was sitting on his throne.

He didn't look good. It took him a lot of energy to get rid of the influence of the gods in his body, and when he saw Tang Sen, his face became even worse.

"I hope the Duke will not mind my presumptuous visit."

Before the Devil Duke launched his attack, Tang Sen was the first to speak: "I have something important to discuss with the Duke."

But the Duke ignored Tang Sen. Instead, he looked at Diavolo and said coldly: "You can go."

Diavolo's face suddenly turned pale.

He did not expect that the Devil Duke would be so unkind and decisive. Just because he did not come alone, he would directly waive the promotion ceremony that should have been done, and would not even say a word to him.

He could only look to Tang Sen for help.

Tang Sen did not look at him, but stared at the Duke and said, "Isn't the Duke curious about what I am going to say?"

Only then did the Devil Duke turn his attention to Tang Sen, with a hint of disdain on his face: "If you want to mention what happened just now, I can only say that you probably don't understand devils, humans."

"There is no contract between you and me, so-"

"No, I just saved your life, which was destined to die, from the Demon Lord's knife, not to ask for a reward from you." Tang Sen said these words quickly and in detail, successfully making the Demon Duke's face change. Completely cold.

"In that case, you can now-"

"I haven't finished speaking yet." Tang Sen interrupted the Devil Duke again.

This arrogant and bold move made Diavolo even start to tremble slightly.

In the Nine Levels of Purgatory, except for the Lord of the Nine Hells, no other existence dares to treat the Devil Duke with this attitude, because everyone knows what consequences this will face.

Diavolo suddenly felt that he had chosen the wrong bet.

Wait, you have no choice at all?

That's okay.

Diavolo felt at peace, but the Devil Duke fell into rage. He had been tricked and suffered a great defeat, and now a human actually thought that he could boss him around after saving his life?

Instead, he laughed ferociously and began to think about how to manipulate Tang Sen's body and soul. It might be interesting to torture someone again after so many years.

So he waited for Tang Sen to continue without saying a word.

Tang Sen seemed to be completely unable to see the face of the Devil Duke, and continued as usual: "The reward of a Devil Duke means nothing to me. The reason why I saved you is just to make it easier. After all, I really Too lazy to go to the nine levels of purgatory in person to find another devil duke."

The Devil Duke sneered.

"Anyway, as I mentioned before, I have important things to discuss with the Duke."

He paused, looked directly into the Duke's cold eyes, and said, "This is about the Duke being able to replace one of the Lords of the Nine Hells."

The Demon Duke's expression did not change at all.

His level cannot be moved by words anymore, and it is impossible for him to show any reaction because of such a sentence. Although it is the Lords of the Nine Hells, all other devils, and even any gods who understand the devil race. You know, there is no devil duke who does not covet the position of the Lord of the Nine Hells, and there is no lord of the Nine Hells who does not covet the position of the real Lord of Hell, Asmodeus.

However, they all hide this strong desire in the deepest part of their hearts forever, and will not reveal it until they see it.

"My patience has run out, human."

The Devil Duke stood up and said, "I thought of an interesting way to die. Believe me, you will definitely be looking forward to what happens next."

"I don't recommend you do this, Your Excellency the Duke." Tang Sen looked calm: "If you take another step forward, you will face death."

This too calm gesture made the Devil Duke pause for a moment.

"Death? Just by you?" His attitude was still tough and ferocious, but out of caution, he did not take action immediately. He just tried to test: "What gave you the illusion that you are strong enough to resist me? Even if I am not in full strength right now. , it’s very easy to kill you.”

"I believe His Excellency the Duke can do it." Tang Sen replied: "As you can see, if you plan to take action, with my strength, I am afraid there is not much room for resistance."

"Aren't you afraid of death?" The Devil Duke was a little confused.

"Death is my destination." A longing smile appeared on Tang Sen's face: "My whole life, I have been waiting for death to come, waiting to return there."

Tang Sen paused and suddenly changed the subject: "Your Excellency, I'm afraid this is not a topic we should talk about."

"You just need to know that death means completely different things to you and me, and now it's time for you to choose."

"Choose to do what you want to do in your heart and therefore face an irresistible, eternal death, or listen to what I have to say and talk about the thing that may make you the Lord of Nine Hells?"

The Devil Duke stared at Tang Sen with a gloomy expression.

The other party's confidence and sudden stop made him make some guesses.

"Do you think this method can scare me?" He took a few steps forward, and the huge shadow directly enveloped Tang Sen: "You are bluffing. Do you think you can deceive a devil duke?"

Tang Sen opened his arms and said nothing.

However, the Devil Duke suddenly felt that there was some kind of power in the other party that he could hardly perceive but was extremely familiar with.

Such power almost killed him in the battle with the demon lord just now.

The power of the gods.

He suddenly froze.

"Why are you hesitating?" Tang Sen said: "I am waiting for the Devil Duke's method."

"It's just a joke." The Devil Duke took a step back and suddenly smiled: "You are my savior. Please forgive me for my cautious temptation just now. I am just worried that you are related to the devil."

This poor explanation slightly relaxed the atmosphere in the hall.

Of course, the Devil Duke also knew that the other party would not believe it, but whether he believed it or not was not the key at all. He sat back on his seat and asked:

"Which god is behind you?"

"I'm afraid it's not a good thing to be too curious, Your Excellency the Duke." Tang Sen squinted his eyes, as if he was angry because of this question, his face turned cold, and his tone sounded a bit condescending:

"You need to figure out your position. You are just one of the available collaborators. You only need to communicate with me. As for higher-level matters, even if you have some guesses in your mind, you must not let me hear any names. "

"otherwise--"

"There are too many devils coveting the Duke's position in the Nine Purgatory."

The Devil Duke's attitude was completely opposite to that before. The anger and ferocity on his face were wiped away, and he said with a very gentle attitude: "It's just a casual chat. I am only loyal to Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, and I have no intention of fighting with the gods." They had too much contact."

No need to think about it, it must be a god related to the priesthood of death. Which one is it? What is the purpose of sending an envoy to contact a devil duke?

The Devil Duke kept guessing in his heart, but kept his expression on the surface and said to Diavolo, who had been standing by and dared not speak: "Your promotion ceremony has been prepared. This is the reward you deserve."

Diavolo suddenly became excited and knelt down to thank him, but the Devil Duke no longer looked at him, but looked at Tang Sen again and said, "You haven't asked for the name of this divine envoy?"

"Red." Townsend said calmly.

"Are you interested in Archangel Red——"

"Call me Mr. Reid." Tang Sen interrupted him: "Does the dignified Devil Duke not even have basic emotional intelligence? I am not a priest, and certain things do not need to be publicized."

"Mr. Reid is right, but I didn't think carefully."

The Devil Duke's attitude was very good: "I haven't introduced myself yet, Mr. Reed can just call me by my first name, Dilhetz."

"I wonder if Mr. Reed is interested in visiting the devil's promotion ceremony?"

Tang Sen frowned: "Let's get down to business first, right?"

"It's okay, we can watch and talk at the same time."

Dilhez motioned for Diavolo to stand in the center of the hall and explained: "Originally, the ceremony for the Ice Demon to be promoted to the Abyss Demon needs to be carried out in Purgatory, but if I preside over it, it can be done here."

He patted the armrest of the seat, and a blood-red magic circle suddenly appeared in the center of the hall.

There was a hesitant expression on Tang Sen's face, and he finally took a few steps forward, walked to Dilhez, and turned around to look at Diavolo.

At this time, Diavolo was standing in the center of the formation, with an ecstatic expression on his face.

"Attention, it's about to begin. This is a rare scene. Even in the Nine Prisons, it doesn't happen all the time."

The red light of the magic circle became more and more intense, and even the smell of blood appeared in the air.

No, this was not an illusion presented by the magic circle. Tang Sen noticed that Diavolo's skin was melting, exposing muscle tissue, and bright red blood rushed out of his body.

He let out a scream, but couldn't move at all.

Indescribable pain enveloped his body, and Tang Sen watched helplessly as this magic completely destroyed the lucky man's body. His internal organs were sprayed out, his limbs were shattered, and Diavolo was being crushed to pieces in an extremely cruel way.

"What a beautiful scene, isn't it?"

Dilhez laughed happily: "If you want to gain great power, you must pay a corresponding price. This is the devil's survival principle - whether it is for ourselves or other races, we uphold transactions. of fairness.”

"The devil's reputation really runs deep," Townsend said.

"The ceremony to be promoted to the Abyss Demon Refiner takes sixteen hours. We have a lot of time to talk now." Dilhetz said: "Mr. Reid, then, what news did you bring me?"

"Nature is what the devil wants most." Tang Sen said slowly: "Soul."

"soul?"

"Yes, countless souls are enough for you to gain the attention of Asmodeus and be promoted to the soul of the Lord of Nine Hells."

"I am not interested in becoming the Lord of Nine Hells at all. I am loyal to my lord." Dilhez answered resolutely, and then changed the subject: "And this is unlikely. No matter how many ordinary souls there are, it is not enough Asmodeus values ​​​​that at this level, what is needed is a higher quality soul."

"Nothing is impossible." Tang Sen said calmly: "What if it is the soul of an entire world?"

"The whole world?" Dilhoz was startled.

"The day of destruction is coming. First, the sea will overturn and submerge all the land. Second, the gods will begin to walk on the earth and start a war. Finally, everything will come to an end and no living thing will be spared." Tang Sen. With an expression of extreme admiration and fanaticism on his face, he finished singing this passage in a cadence.

"This is it?" Dilhetz couldn't help but ask.

"A prophecy." Tang Sen regained his composure and said, "A prophecy that will definitely happen."

"All this will happen soon. When the time comes, the River Styx will burst its banks due to countless souls. Think about it, if those souls are all engraved with your mark -"

Townsend stopped at the right moment and let Dilherz imagine for himself.

Dilhez did imagine it, and even breathed a little faster, but he was still cautious and said: "Just because of a prophecy? You know, prophecies are such things."

"It will happen." Tang Sen narrowed his eyes: "Of course, we need the help of His Excellency the Duke in the early stage."

Dilhoz suddenly understood.

What kind of prophecy is this? This is obviously a plan!

A plan to destroy the world!

The god behind Mr. Red in front of me, no matter what his identity is, he definitely wants to do something big. And he was chosen to join in the preliminary plan for that big thing.

Dilhez couldn't help but think about it. He didn't know everything about the gods. Especially after participating in the bloody battle, he knew that behind the bloody battle, there were an unknown number of gods who were constantly making arrangements. Because of their priestly duties, The reasons affect all aspects of the bloody battle.

Of course Dilhez didn't like this. As the leader of this battlefield, he wanted to win too much. He even wanted to drive those disgusting, completely unable to communicate demons completely out of the Plain of Abyss, and even wanted to make the Endless Abyss This demon's habitat and birthplace completely disappeared.

But he knew that this kind of thing was no longer possible. He could not do it, and it was not even possible for the Lords of the Nine Hells, including Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, unless the gods who controlled this war fell.

Obviously, there is now a god who is ready to open up a new battlefield, has set his sights elsewhere, and is the first to seize the opportunity.

This kind of thing will definitely be stopped by other gods, and it may even turn into a battle between gods. But what does it matter? Things between gods are too far away for Dierhez.

Dilhez just wants to seize the opportunity to become the Lord of Nine Hells!

"What do I need to do?" Dilhez said directly.

"This requires detailed planning." A smile appeared on Tang Sen's face: "I have to go to that world to see it first."

"I'll tell you what you should do when the time comes."

"Which world?" Dilhoz asked.

"Your Excellency the Duke may have heard of it." Tang Sen slowly said two words:

"Faerun."