Chapter 277 A Little Trick
"My plan is actually very simple. Due to the next action, we need to go to Avernus below, but in the bloody battlefield, too many people acting together is a dangerous burden and a fatal risk."
"Because the more people there are, the more likely they are discovered by the devil or demon. In the face of the enemy's overwhelming numerical advantage, there is no difference between sending four people and sending ten people, so I plan to have no more than four people on this mission."
"In addition to the fact that too many people make it difficult to operate covertly, the more important reason is that I have a way to take no more than three people and pass through the battlefield between the devil and the demon without anyone noticing."
Noshir pointed to the three bottles on the table.
"These three bottles are the spoils I seized from the private collection of the demon hunter. Its function is to carry living creatures, and there is no species restriction, which means that humans can also be put in. The only thing to note is that each bottle can only carry one creature. The creature inside can survive normally, but it will still feel hungry and thirsty. However, I personally think this is not a big disadvantage. It can be solved in the action."
When everyone heard this, their eyes brightened instantly, and Zandel immediately spoke.
"I see! You mean, with these things, we only need to let someone with good stealth skills and the ability to protect these three containers carry them, so that we can avoid being discovered to the greatest extent, and the difficulty of bypassing the battlefield is instantly reduced by several levels."
"This idea is indeed very feasible, but wait a minute, let's not talk about who to choose as the carrier, but based on this mode of action, isn't it a bit too difficult for the person carrying these bottles?"
Zandel instantly understood Noshier's idea, but then he also pointed out the disadvantages of this idea, and consultant Florrick also said it when he heard this.
"Indeed, Zandel is right. Although bypassing the battlefield alone can reduce a lot of concerns, it is a bloody battle in the abyss after all. Anything is possible in this process. When everyone else is packed up, all the pressure will be on the carrier. Once the carrier has an accident, there may not even be a chance to pull out the cork to release others. It only takes a moment, and the entire team may be wiped out."
Who is capable of accomplishing such a feat? Who has the courage to take such a risk? If this problem cannot be solved, then this plan is doomed to fail. Everyone realized this at this time, but they asked themselves that they might not be able to bear such a heavy responsibility, and at this moment.
"I can, I proposed this plan, so of course I have a way to avoid this risk."
Looking at the surprised people, Noshier smiled and said a set of words that he had prepared long ago.
"I found a particularly interesting thing in the private collection of the hunting demon. It is a red stone with its function marked in the Purgatory language. As long as the spell on it is recited, the stone will give the user the ability to transform into a nightmare and gain the power of all the natural abilities of a normal nightmare."
"I used the stone, and now I can transform into a nightmare. The nightmare is a natural shapeshifter. This race can transform into various humanoid creatures by its own will, including various demons of medium size. With this ability, I can use this trick to pass through most demon checkpoints safely, which directly eliminates almost half of the risks."
After saying this, Noshier stood up from the chair, and then instantly transformed into a handsome nightmare in front of everyone, and then used the innate ability of the nightmare to transform into a beard demon, a hedgehog demon, and even a chain demon.
After seeing this scene, everyone no longer had doubts. Although they had never heard of anything that could completely transform a creature into a certain devil, they knew about similar things and had even seen many of them, such as the druid's transformation or some transformation equipment.
Such things are not uncommon in the main material plane. The most famous one is the legendary artifact [Dafna's Tooth]. It is said that this is a set of artifacts composed of teeth from hundreds of races. Each tooth can transform the user into the race of the tooth, from legendary dragons to wild jackals. They can transform into anything and do anything.
This set of artifacts has appeared several times in history, and each time it has caused a lot of waves. Therefore, compared with the artifacts, this small prop that can transform into a single devil is not that rare.
"If I remember correctly, the nightmare seems to have an ability called etherization, which allows it to temporarily escape into the parallel afterimage of the world, that is, the etheric plane. This ability allows the nightmare to avoid most attacks in the world. If you have this ability when you transform, then it seems that we don't have to worry too much about the dangers on the road."
Advisor Florrick's major school is Shaping, but as a mage, she is still the most knowledgeable among the people present. The consultant instantly said the nightmare's signature skill.
Etherization is the fundamental reason why the nightmare race can get along anywhere and save its life. There are very few creatures in this world that can attack the etheric plane, and the succubus and nightmares that have the ability to escape into the etheric plane at any time have become the most difficult species in the world to kill.
However, although the consultant said that this technique is powerful, because there is too little research on incubi and succubi in the world, the consultant does not know the limitations of this magical technique.
The dream demon can only escape into the etheric plane for up to two minutes at a time. After that, even if he doesn't want to at all, he has to exit the etheric plane and return to the main material plane to repair. The main reason for this is the plane itself. Exclusion and oppression, but an amorphous magical turbulence called an "etheric hurricane" is also a dangerous encounter that travelers to the etheric plane have to consider.
This kind of hurricane comes and goes even faster, with completely irregular appearance time and almost no warning. When you hear a heavy muffled sound in the etheric plane, you'd better get out of it immediately, because even if In one second at night, the roaring ether hurricane will blow you to an unknown place. If you are lucky, you can still find your way back. If you are unlucky, you may even be blown directly to the outer star realm.
It is precisely because of these reasons that Nohir had to add to everyone the limitations of the dream demon's etherification. If you encounter any creature and want to use etherification to avoid it, it will definitely be impossible. This trick is destined to only be used. to deal with real emergencies, but fortunately he was prepared with more than just this one move.
Nohir took out a strangely shaped cloak that resembled a manta ray directly from the space box.
After seeing this cloak, Ska's eyes widened instantly, showing a look of realization. Others were a little confused. Nohir immediately explained to them the function of this cloak, and when everyone heard that this cloak could When the wearer was asked to move forward in the water at a speed of 36 kilometers per hour, they instantly understood Nohill's thoughts.
"You want to use this cloak to cross the River Styx!"
Everyone was instantly shocked by Nohir's bold idea. You must know that it is the River Styx, the final destination of all the dead in the multiverse. Legend has it that there are countless souls flowing in the River Styx. The existence of these souls makes the river itself powerful. The magical effect of most creatures in the world will have all their memories instantly washed away if they take a little bit of the water of the Styx. Nohir actually wants to walk through it! What a bold idea!
"Yes, that's what I think. The main trunk of the Styx runs through the nine hells, and its tributaries are all over Avernus. The manta cloak can produce magic bubbles to isolate the influence of the river water on me, even though the Styx water has no effect on magic items. There will be some erosion, but as far as I know, the characteristics of the Styx are that the deeper the river is, the more serious the erosion."
"That is to say, I only need to control the depth of my dive, only travel on the surface of the River Styx, and pay attention to the degree of corrosion of the magic bubbles. Whenever the magic stored in the cloak is insufficient and the bubbles are about to collapse, I will get out in advance and wait for the cloak. Repeat the above steps after the magic power is replenished, so you don't have to worry too much about the danger of the Styx itself. "
"I can now transform into a dream demon. With this identity, I can search for information throughout hell and find Haruman's location. The manta ray cloak can not only allow us to avoid the confrontation between devils, but also allow us to find Haruman before we can find him. After finding Man’s location, he quickly rushed to the scene. In this way, the above three problems were solved.”