Chapter 580 Everything Is the Plan of the Supreme Dark Sun (7K)

"We are devils, not those damn devils."

Outside Ximen City, two devils were hiding behind the hill, looking at the city from a distance. One of the bone ghosts whispered in Abyssal: "Signing a contract with humans and harvesting their souls is what we should do." matter."

"It's a huge waste of resources to travel so far away from these red-robed mages and help them kill and destroy."

The other demon was obviously of a higher level and was a horned demon. He just glanced at the bone demon and said, "This is the decision from above."

"And, who told you we were going to kill and destroy?"

"Isn't it?" The Bone Demon pointed at Ximen City: "A large number of little devils have been sent there. I can almost hear the screams of those humans. It's a pity for those souls."

"It's just a show." The Horned Demon smiled disdainfully: "If we really wanted to attack those humans, how could we just send those little devils? The two of us are already in Ximen City."

"ah?"

"You don't know many things, so don't ask." The Horned Demon lowered his voice a little: "You just need to know that we will not enter Ximen City this time."

"Ah?" The Bone Demon didn't react: "Then the contract we signed with those red-robed mages clearly states that we will help them plan a territory."

"It didn't indicate that it must be here, right?" The Horned Demon patted the Bone Demon on the shoulder: "Your business ability is not up to par. You are such an honest devil, but you still want to climb up?"

The Bone Demon suddenly felt embarrassed: "I thought it wasn't time to harvest these red-robed mages yet. There is still a lot to be done in this plane, and perhaps the power of these red-robed mages is still needed."

"Stop making trouble." The Horned Demon shook his head: "Sel is just a springboard. I can only tell you that this time, we are participating in a big plan, an unprecedented big plan!"

As the Horned Demon said this, his tone became excited: "Although I don't know the whole story, this is definitely the only opportunity for rapid promotion!"

"I can't tell you the details. The water here is very deep, and you can't grasp it at this level."

The Bone Demon was silent for a moment and then asked: "So, what are we waiting for here?"

"Wait for a human." The horned demon said mysteriously.

"A human?"

"You'll know when you see him." The Horned Demon just said, "When the time comes, you just need to pretend to be scared, wait for my instructions, and then turn around and run."

"Pretending to be scared?" The Bone Demon showed an incomprehensible expression: "Why do you do this? As a devil, are you afraid of a human being?"

"Order from above." The Horned Demon was worried that the Bone Demon would not be able to do it well, so he gave some advice: "That human being is special. To a certain extent, he is on the same team as us."

"He signed a contract with a certain devil?" The Bone Demon was suddenly confused.

The Horned Demon pointed at it: "Believe me, his contract level is higher than you think."

"In short, all the devils who come to Ximen City just need to fully cooperate with him."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The sound of huge drums came, and the two devils suddenly became energetic.

"The final general attack has begun!"

I saw densely packed ser knights forming a battle formation, gathering towards the plain in front of Ximen City. Countless devils hovered above the battle formation, dyeing the sky with a layer of dim red, and behind the battle formation, several demons were hovering above the battle formation. Hundreds of red-robed mages were lined up horizontally, and their bodies were already emitting the light of magic.

Outside Ximen City, there are only a few hundred people. This is all the priests and paladins that Ximen City can gather. Among them are some adventurers who have not escaped and plan to live and die with this city.

This is not an even war.

Everyone knows that Ximen City will fall at this moment.

"I feel like we can bulldoze this human city with just one meeting." The Bone Demon muttered.

"So, we can't let this happen." The Horned Demon flew up: "Let's go and watch those red-robed mages. At least until that human appears, we must not let them attack."

Looking at the overwhelming war on the opposite side, the entire Ximen City was shrouded in an atmosphere of despair.

It can't be stopped, of course it can't be stopped.

This is the consensus of everyone.

The city wall of Ximen City cannot bring anyone any sense of security. Although the city wall here is quite tall, its function is basically only to block the invasion of ordinary monsters or soldiers of average strength. On the opposite side, even those Serge Knights all have the ability to climb city walls with bare hands.

Not to mention those red-robed mages and those devils who are born with the ability to fly.

But what can you do if you can't stop it?

Those who should run have already run away, and those who are left here are those who can't run away or don't want to run away.

For example, the paladin of the temple must not be able to run away. Facing the demon that is about to invade the human city, if he runs away with his back, it means that he has violated his own creed. For the paladin, justice needs to be defended to the death. .

The only thing they can do is to shed their last blood for this city, or this world.

"Tear, sir." A paladin rubbed the holy emblem: "Today is when we return to the Kingdom of God."

The priest next to him shook the flail in his hand and said: "Justice will eventually defeat evil. Even if these devils occupy Ximen City, justice will come back soon and drive these evil guys back to their purgatory."

"Come back." The paladin sighed: "By then, how many people will be left in Ximen City?"

"There are lives in ruins and corpses everywhere." He said with a sad face: "I can't wait to think about this kind of scene. But with our strength, there is really nothing we can do."

The priest looked at the battle formation opposite and said, "Unless a miracle happens, otherwise"

"There is no need to expect miracles." The paladin said: "It's just death. If you kill one more devil, the people in the city and the people in this area will be less likely to be in danger."

"It's not completely impossible for a miracle to happen." The pastor paused and said, "I've heard some news in the past few days."

"There are some rumors in the city, especially in the civilian areas. They say that the prophesied hero has appeared."

The paladin frowned: "Prophecy? As a believer in Tire, I have not heard any relevant oracles, whether they are so-called prophecies of destruction or salvation. Although they are widely spread, if these prophecies are true, Yes, how could the goddess not give us a revelation?"

"I think the so-called prophecies are just a ploy by the devils to take over the world."

"It's impossible to say for sure." The priest hesitated: "Goddess, you know, the situation in Neverwinter City is even more important."

"In short, assuming that the prophecy is true, and those rumors are also true, and the hero really appears in Ximen City, maybe Ximen City can be saved."

The paladin looked cold and said, "Instead of expecting this, it's better to think more about how to kill the enemy."

"They're already here!"

The front troops have begun to approach Ximen City, but they are not Serge knights, but overwhelming undead.

This is the usual method of the red-robed mages of Ser. Undead are inexhaustible. Although most of them are not powerful, they are very good cannon fodder. The red-robed mages like to use the undead to consume the enemy's physical strength first.

"Tear is on top!" The paladin raised his giant sword in both hands and jumped directly into the group of undead. The giant sword in his hand exuded a dazzling light. There was no need to swing it. This pure holy light engulfed the surrounding undead. All purified.

The priest also raised his holy emblem, and took out a small amount of sulfur from the bag of casting materials. With the light of divine magic, a pillar of holy fire came roaring from heaven to the place where the undead creatures were densest. The holy fire and light will turn all undead creatures within the range into ashes.

These undead were indeed very weak, even adults could handle them, but there were too many of them. The first wave of attacks only wiped out less than one-tenth of them, and in the end the two parties still had to fight hand-to-hand.

With a beast's roar, the body of a druid adventurer suddenly swelled and turned into a giant bear, crushing towards the undead. Wherever he went, bones flew everywhere.

Naturally, the red-robed mages in the distance would not sit back and watch as the people in Ximen City cleared out all the undead creatures. They all began to reach for their own spell-casting material packages, but at this time, an order came - stand still.

Stand still?

So why did we come to Ximen City? If these people can easily deal with them when they are dealing with the undead creatures, why bother letting the Serge knights fight with them and consume Serge's vitality?

However, the strict system of the red-robed mage destined them not to get this answer, and they would not know that standing next to the chief red-robed mage was an abyssal demon refiner.

A legendary level of abyssal demon refining.

"General Archiwell, what does this mean?" The chief red-robed mage looked a little unhappy: "We have already signed a contract——"

"Humans, the contract only includes helping you seize a territory." The Abyss Demonic Demon interrupted him: "I will decide how to do it."

"But the city in front of us is within easy reach!" the chief red-robed mage roared: "I don't even need your help, and I don't need such a big battle. With just a few people, I can sweep through it myself!"

"But you have been blocking me, not allowing me to take action, not even allowing my subordinates to take action!"

"Don't question me, human." The Abyss Demon looked down at the red-robed mage: "If it weren't for the Duke's decision to cooperate with Ser, a humble existence like you wouldn't even have the qualifications to stand next to me."

This sentence is indeed true. For a legendary level abyss demon, the chief red robe mage is actually a bit weak. Although everyone is at the legendary level, there is a gap between legends.

"You -" the chief red-robed mage's withered skin wrinkled, he took a deep breath and said: "At least, General Archiwell, I have the right to know the reason. You devils can't be out of pity. These humans, right?”

"No, you didn't." The Abyss Refining Demon said without any expression: "I can only tell you that according to the information we got, there is a human in this city -"

"We can't afford it."

"Can't afford to offend?" The chief red-robed mage was suddenly startled: "What do you mean?"

He really couldn't imagine that such words were actually spoken from the mouth of a legendary class abyss demon. You must know that a devil of this level has already stood on the upper level of the nine-level purgatory pyramid, even in the entire multiverse. Considered a small person.

What's more, in a place like Faerun where ordinary legends are famous all over the world, the other party turned out to be just a human being.

In the impression of the chief red-robed mage, there are only a few humans he is afraid of in Faerûn, and the one he fears most may be Elminster, the chosen one of the goddess of magic. However, even the person who is known as the strongest spellcaster in Faerûn Elminster, you don’t need to be so afraid of the Abyss Demon Refiner, right? Behind the other party, stood the Devil Duke.

"Literal meaning." Abyss Demon Refining said: "In short, if that human being is in Ximen City, the devil will not take action and Ser."

There was a warning in his tone: "It's best to be honest."

"It's almost time to take the stage."

Tang Sen stood on the city wall, looking at the battlefield below.

The fighting force that Ximen City participated in was indeed brave. Although the undead creatures were extremely numerous, they did not cause much trouble other than digesting their physical strength and spell casting positions. They were almost completely wiped out at this time.

The Serge knights are also ready to start the first and final round of charge.

There is no doubt that even without the participation of the red-robed mages, Ximen City would not be able to survive such a large number of elite enemies.

Tang Sen looked at Arthur next to him.

The opponent's stance was quite stiff, and he was obviously very unaccustomed to this posture of raising his head and chest, and was even trembling a little - he was really extremely afraid of the killings on the battlefield below.

If it weren't for the golden mask on his face, I'm afraid his cowardice would be exposed to everyone.

And this person, in Tang Sen's plan, will become the hero of the entire Ximen City in the next stage, and even start from Ximen City to radiate the entire Dragon Coast and even the entire Faerun.

This is a play performed by Tang Sen and the devil in cooperation.

When Arthur appeared, the devil fled, and Serge collapsed. Only when combined with the opponent's skin and the prophecy can it give people the deepest shock, and deeply imprint the image of Arthur on everyone's mind. heart.

Of course, this guy can't speak or fight, but these are all minor problems. Tang Sen can speak on his behalf or fight on his behalf. Anyway, no one will be aware of his existence. For other people In general, he is like Arthur's invisible clone.

As for Arthur himself, he only needs to stand and be a target - with the ability of the artifact, even the attack of the legendary mage cannot hurt Arthur at all, but only enhances his "heroic" demeanor.

"Arthur, remember what I told you."

Tang Sen said: "What I want you to do is very simple. Don't speak, don't move. Just do whatever I ask you to do. If the performance goes wrong, you should know the consequences."

"I know I will be obedient." Arthur replied timidly.

"Then get ready-" Before Tang Sen could finish his words, suddenly, a huge portal appeared in mid-air.

He stopped immediately.

All plans may have surprises. And now, the surprise happened.

Everyone on the battlefield noticed the appearance of this portal. After all, this scene was so huge. It didn't look like a scene created by magic at all, but more like a miracle.

Moreover, I am afraid it is not a miracle from a god of justice.

After all, the door was engraved with a twisted and uncomfortable inscription, and at the top, there was a jawless skull with a black light background.

"Dark Sun!"

The paladin of Tyr clenched the giant sword in his hand: "It's the emblem of Cyric, the god of deceit! How did this evil god's minions come here?"

"Anyway, it can't be for any good thing!" The pastor also looked gloomy.

The followers of Tyr, the god of justice, naturally have no good impression of Cyric. This chaotic and evil god has a really bad reputation in the multiverse.

Tang Sen also noticed the emblem, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Cyric, the God of Deception?"

"It seems that my actions in Faerûn have finally attracted the attention of this evil god who occupies most of the deceitful priesthood?"

He was not surprised by this kind of thing, but Cyric's movements were faster than he expected.

The plan has just begun, is the other party already planning to intervene?

"I can only say that he is worthy of being the God of Deception, and he is indeed quite sharp."

Tang Sen's thoughts were spinning rapidly: "The other party's purpose is undoubtedly to deceive the priesthood, that is to say, it is for my plan."

"He does not wish to see me continue to draw divinity through a fraudulent priesthood."

"I haven't had any interaction with Cyric before. The other party probably doesn't know my specific identity. Now that I'm wearing 'new clothes', he can't find my body. Therefore, if he wants to stop me, he will definitely start from me. The plan is based on those prophecies."

Tang Sen would not naively think that the other party could not see that the nature of the prophecy was to deceive mortals, nor would he underestimate the god, thinking that the other party's god came here by such a coincidence and had nothing to do with him.

"So, He will find ways to weaken or even destroy the trust of mortals in the prophecy of doom."

Tang Sen tried to put himself in Cyric's perspective and think about what the other party would do.

"This is very reasonable and the most basic action."

"The progress of the prophecy has only reached the first step, that is, the so-called devil's plunder has already happened. Even Cyric can't change what has happened. Therefore, he can only find ways to reduce the devil's the impact they have had.”

Tang Sen thought: "Is this guy planning to expel the devil?"

Although it sounds unbelievable, how could a chaotic and evil god help mortals expel demons, but according to Tang Sen's speculation, this possibility is even greater.

Of course, there are other possible plans, but it is definitely not a coincidence that the opponent's portal is directly here and opened when Ximen City is about to fall. After all, destroying Ximen City is not beneficial to Cyric, and saving Ximen City is even more beneficial to Cyric. There is no benefit - His reputation is so bad that even if He saves, He will not get any gratitude from anyone.

He doesn't need gratitude either, He just needs fear.

"Interesting." Although he was not completely sure, Tang Sen had no time to think about it any more. The changes in the plan would not leave the planners much time to react.

Tang Sen noticed that several figures had already walked out of the portal.

Those are all Cyric's envoys.

As an envoy of God, he naturally possesses divine power, and divine power means that even a few people cannot resist the chief red-robed mage and the abyss demon refiner.

These divine envoys can easily crush Ser's menacing invasion.

"Since you want to play, then I will play with you."

Tang Sen's invisible figure quickly headed towards Serge's military formation, "The duel of deceitful nature never tests whose divine power is stronger."

"Is this Faerûn?"

The leading envoy Cyric looked down at everything below: "This is my first time coming to this plane. As expected, as the Supreme Dark Sun said, the devils of purgatory are already plundering here."

"This city should be the one we plan to save, right?"

There is really no way for the divine envoy to say words like salvation. Don't be kidding, salvation is a completely derogatory word for Cyric's believers.

"That's right." A divine envoy behind said: "What we have to do is to drive away these demons and tell those mortals that the so-called prophecy of world destruction is simply a lie."

"There is no need to communicate with those mortals." The Lord God's Envoy shook his head: "The essence of prophecy is that those mortals are afraid of death. The thief took advantage of this to make these mortals believe that the so-called doomsday is coming."

"We have driven away the devils in Faerûn, so mortals will naturally have no fear. Communicate with them, do you still plan to gain their thanks?"

It was a good joke and all the angels laughed.

"The strongest one seems to be just an abyss-refined demon. Kill it directly?" asked a divine envoy.

"Just rush back to purgatory." The main envoy shook his head: "We still have a chance to cooperate with the devil. These guys in the ninth level of purgatory are valuable, so there is no need to make it too rigid."

If there is any race in the multiverse that can be Cyric's help, the devils are definitely at the top of the list. After all, these guys don't mind what Cyric has done, they only care about transactions.

The main divine envoy looked at the military formation of Serge and the devil, and was about to speak. Suddenly, he found the abyss-refined demon flying forward in full view of everyone, facing several divine envoys from a distance.

Then, he bowed extremely respectfully.

Envoys of the gods: “?????”

When did the devil become so polite?

Before they could react, the Abyss Demon had already spoken: "Is the great Messenger of the Dark Sun here to convey the oracle of the Supreme Dark Sun?"

His voice was extremely loud and spread throughout the entire battlefield and even the entire Ximen City using the common language.

"Oracle?" Based on the abyss demon's name for Cyric and the impeccable respect in his tone, the main messenger nodded reflexively: "Yes, I brought the oracle of the Supreme Dark Sun. .”

"The devil should leave here and stop bothering these mortals."

He used the word "leave" rather than "evict" more politely.

The Abyss Demon Refiner showed a troubled look: "Great Messenger of the Dark Sun, we absolutely and unconditionally obey the oracle of the Supreme Dark Sun, but -"

He paused and said louder: "This conflicts with the oracle I received before."

"We came to Faerûn, occupied Sere, and created panic. Isn't it the oracle of the Supreme Dark Sun?"

Envoys of the gods: "Huh?"

Everyone below: "Huh?"

"Wait a minute!" The main envoy didn't react, "The oracle of the Supreme Dark Sun? How is that possible?"

"I have always served the Supreme Dark Sun, and he has never-"

Before he could finish speaking, the Abyss Refining Demon interrupted him and said, "I understand."

"The great Dark Sun Messenger, since he is the new oracle, of course we obey."

He ordered below: "All devils, get out of here!"

The devils moved quickly and dispersed in a swarm.

The red-robed mages looked at each other.

A red-robed mage whispered: "So, are these demons under the instructions of Cyric? I would say that if they are only in the ninth level of purgatory, they should not have the courage to enter the main material plane with such a big fanfare."

"Sure enough, there are powerful gods behind us."

"Cyric, the god of lies and deceit?" A lich said meaningfully: "I have experienced the chaos caused by Cyric. It seems that this evil god has become a little restless again. He instructs the devil to think What we need to do is definitely not just invasion."

"Wait. That prophecy!"

As soon as these two words came out, everyone shut their mouths.

They already had some guesses in their minds, but no one dared to speak out.

The main envoy also realized something was wrong at this moment.

"Damn it!" His eyes suddenly widened: "We seem to have been framed?"

"According to what the devil said, who wouldn't think that the so-called prophecy of annihilation is Sir Cyric's plan?"

"Wait a minute, let me figure it out." A divine envoy behind him said, "Does this have anything to do with it?"

"For the Supreme Dark Sun, instigating devils, spreading rumors, and destroying planes is a normal and happy thing, right?"

"That's right. In this case, everything that guy did in the early stage was just a wedding dress for the Supreme Dark Sun?" Another divine envoy suddenly laughed: "Moreover, the authenticity of the so-called prophecy of world destruction is also It will be self-defeating if we don’t attack.”

Everyone knows that if Cyric is in charge, then the prophecy is definitely a conspiracy.

"You're laughing!" The main god envoy was furious: "You don't understand at all!"

"Now, it doesn't matter whether the prophecy is true or not!"

"The prophecy was originally just a means of fraud, to make those mortals believe it. And if those mortals think that it is a prophecy spread by the Supreme Dark Sun to plan something, then-"

He took a breath of air: "Mortal people would think that the prophecy is no longer a prophecy, but the plan of Lord Supreme Dark Sun! There is no doubt that Lord Supreme Dark Sun can do everything mentioned in the prophecy!"

"They will be even more convinced!"

All the angels were stunned.

"That... damn thief!"

The Lord God gnashed his teeth:

"This is another layer of fraud. And the name of the Supreme Dark Sun is also included in his fraud!"