Chapter 967: Battle for the Tower (I)

Hell, a place that is opposite to heaven in various myths and legends. According to legend, the souls of evil people will fall into hell, be burned by endless flames, and experience various painful punishments. This is the price they pay for their sins in their lifetime.

The hell in DC is similar to the hell in myths and legends, but it is not exactly the same. It is not actually responsible for punishing sinful souls. It is just that all souls who have signed a contract with the devil or cannot enter heaven will enter here.

The hell in DC is also somewhat different from Marvel. The hell in Marvel is actually a dimension, and the hell dimension calls itself hell, but in fact, there is no fixed responsibility.

Mephisto calls himself the Lord of Hell and the only Satan in the world, but in fact, he is not the Lord of Hell, nor the only Satan.

Mephisto can call himself Satan, and other dimensional demons can also call themselves Satan. This is not an official title, but a self-proclaimed title. The dimension they own is just their own territory, not a public place. The souls taken in there are just their own collections, which belong to the Lord of the dimension.

The hell in DC has certain public power. It is responsible for taking in souls that cannot ascend to heaven or dissipate on the spot. At the same time, the demons in hell can also make deals with humans, using various conditions to exchange for the ownership of their souls.

At the same time, the power change in DC hell is very complicated. In addition to Lucifer, there are many other beings who have become Satan, the real lord of hell.

First of all, we have to mention the first fallen. The first fallen is God's first creation, God's companion, and the embodiment of God's conscience. But one day, he felt that God was crazy and was unwilling to be with him, so he was exiled to hell by God.

The reason why he is called the first fallen is that he is the first creation to come to hell. At that time, he became Satan, the real ruler of hell.

Later, there were the second and third fallen, and the first fallen divided the power among them, forming a trinity of hell, until the fourth fallen, Lucifer Morningstar, came and broke the rule of the first fallen.

Lucifer is God's favorite son. After he had a dispute with God, he fell and came to hell. He immediately drove the First Fallen from Satan's position and became the ruler of hell.

He also distributed his power to some demons, including Beelzebub, Azazel, Belial, etc. Among them, Belial should be specially introduced. He is one of the oldest demons in hell.

Perhaps his name is not well known, but his two sons are very famous. One of them is the anti-hero demon Etrigan, and the other is the famous magician Merlin.

Everyone knows what happened later. Lucifer was tired of staying in hell. He ran to the human world every few days and opened a bar on the West Coast.

He patted his butt and left, but hell was in chaos. Originally, the rule of the trinity Satan was still stable. Although various powerful demons still ruled in different places, Satan still had the final say in any major events.

But Lucifer, who has the highest military power and can convince the public the most, ran away. The rule of the Trinity is missing a leg, and it is the thickest leg. It is inevitable that some people are ready to move.

Maizi, who temporarily replaced Lucifer, had to run to the human world every day to persuade Lucifer to come back quickly, and on the other hand, he had to keep an eye on hell and suppress those big demons who harbored evil intentions. It can be said that he was busy and confused.

But this suppression could only last for a while. In the end, Grand Duke Astro launched a rebellion, trying to break the rule of the Satan Trinity and become the only Satan.

When Schiller jumped off the cliff, there was still a war in hell. Grand Duke Astro gathered several other powerful demons and were attacking Beelzebub's territory. Azazel was worried about Beelzebub's attitude and had been restraining him on the other side, while Beelzebub had been on the sidelines, but many of his demons were ready to move.

Constantine only saw Schiller falling into the endless flames of hell, but it was precisely because of this endless flame that the situation in hell was obscured. What he did not see was that Schiller's landing position was very clever. He landed right at the forefront of the war between Grand Duke Astro and Beelzebub.

At that time, the demon armies of both sides were ready to go. The lava demons raised their arms and roared, the shadows gathered into burly and strong black giants, the sandworms of hell drilled out from under the ground, and the Shali demons with eyes all over their bodies floated above the heads of all demons, monitoring the situation on the battlefield.

The two sides looked at each other from a distance, and the shouts and killing echoed between the hills and deserts of hell. As long as the generals of both sides gave an order, a war would break out.

But at this moment, the thick clouds of hell suddenly cracked a gap, and the light of the flames projected from top to bottom onto this dark and desolate land. The meteor fell with a sharp sound of wind, and countless ancient demons raised their heads from the shadows. Such a scene reminded them of the fallen morning star a long time ago.

With a loud bang, a sharp arrow pierced the ground of hell, and a huge crack appeared on the entire ground. When the rumbling sound of the earthquake spread, almost all the demons were a little unstable.

After the smoke and dust dissipated, the demons looked carefully and found that it was a towering tower, standing crookedly in the center of the battlefield.

As the most talented wizard in the past hundred years, Constantine would not look for such soldiers on the battlefield when borrowing power from the demons. The lowest level he looked for was the demon lord.

Schiller announced that he would pay off Constantine's debts, and it was also a deal with the demon lords. It had nothing to do with these big soldiers charging on the battlefield, so they didn't know what happened.

Some people may wonder, since Schiller has reached a deal with all of Constantine's creditors, why his soul was not divided up when he fell, in fact, it was because of the special form of his soul.

In the eyes of demons, most human souls are just a small and soft snack. As long as you grab it and put it in your mouth, you can enjoy the deliciousness.

The demons who came to collect debts also thought so. When they heard that someone wanted to pay off Constantine's debts, they were disdainful at first, thinking it was simply a fantasy. The demon lords were not completely uncommunicative, and all the demons knew how much Constantine owed.

This kind of debt is not something that one or two people can pay off. Even if Constantine can deceive a few demon lords and split his soul to pay off his debts, it may not satisfy the appetite of the creditors.

However, the one who brought this information was Lucifer, who had not appeared for a long time but was still the Lord of Hell. Although many demons were dissatisfied with the long-term absence of the Lord of Hell, they still recognized Lucifer's strength. Therefore, they were also very curious about this arrogant person.

Therefore, most of the demon lords came to the designated location to watch, just to see what Lucifer was singing.

However, when Schiller and his soul tower appeared on the cliff at the edge of hell, all the demon lords were boiling. They saw endless sins there, like a dazzling gem condensed by countless souls.

All the lords were dazzled by such light, and they felt that this gem would be the most dazzling jewel on their crown after they were crowned as Satan.

No demon did not want to become Satan. Grand Duke Astro had already started, and war was inevitable. In this case, whoever could obtain this sword at this point in time would naturally be able to increase his strength and gain more chances of winning.

And if you want to get this special soul, you must be one step ahead and intercept it. After all, Schiller fell from the edge of hell, and there is still a certain distance from the edge of hell to hell. As long as the soul is taken away and swallowed immediately during this process, other demons will not be able to take it back.

So, when Schiller fell, countless hands reached out to him, and then all the demon lords were stunned.

It was a person who jumped down, but when he flew into the air, he turned into a tower, and this tower also had an extremely hard shell. Countless demons scratched the tower with their claws, sparking and lightning all the way, but they couldn't stop the tower from falling into hell.

Schiller's mind palace plunged into the ancient and solid land of hell, not only recreating a large rift in hell, but also becoming the hell version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. More importantly, it made the originally imminent war situation become a little subtle.

The reason why Astro dared to attack Beelzebub was nothing more than to pick a soft persimmon. He didn't have the courage to directly attack Lucifer's palace and then gamble whether Lucifer would rush back from the human world to hit him, so attacking Beelzebub's territory was his way of testing.

Originally, everything went smoothly. Astro gathered a lot of troops and approached the border of Beelzebub's territory. Beelzebub did not have any extreme reaction, but only gathered the demon army on his border. The two sides confronted each other for a few days, and finally they accidentally fired their guns and prepared to officially start the war.

But at this time, Lucifer suddenly sent a message to hell, saying that someone could pay off Constantine's debts, and all creditors gathered at the edge of hell to receive their share of investment returns.

Astro and Beelzebub also have Constantine's debts, but they have not dealt with Constantine too much. In short, they have not been cheated by Constantine, and they have no deep hatred with him. They are not in a hurry to recover the debt. They will go to the edge of hell just to see Lucifer's attitude.

But unexpectedly, the soul that fell down was really valuable, so Astro and Beelzebub also wanted to intercept it, but failed. As a result, when they turned around, they found that this sweet cake just fell at the junction of the two territories, and behind them were the greedy eyes of countless demons.

Now, Astro and Beelzebub have suffered a lot. Schiller's stunning appearance not only left a deep psychological shadow on Constantine, but also aroused the appetite of most demon lords.

For demons, most human souls are just enough to fill their teeth. If there are enough of them, they may be full, but they are not delicious. The souls of humans born with magical talents are very fragrant, but the quantity is not large enough. They cannot be full at one time and can only taste it.

But Schiller is different. He not only has quality, but also quantity. In addition to rich emotions, a lot of sins and good deeds, countless stories, he also has extremely abundant soul energy, like a sumptuous meal.

When Astro and Beelzebub found that this huge pie fell on their heads, their first reaction was not to order the army to rush forward, but to immediately order all demons to stop moving and stay away from the tower.

They all understood that this would be their best bargaining chip to win allies and teammates, but the premise was that they must first take the sphere of influence of this tower into their pockets.

At the same time, in the tower, Marvel Schiller stood by the window, looking at the aggressive demon army at the end of the skyline, sighed, and then said:

"I have said it before, that guy is the most cunning Schiller in the world."

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