Chapter 587 Nephalem
Noshir held the sword in front of him. The sword stored Zariel's consciousness. In just a moment, Noshir had communicated with Zariel's consciousness. It was also through Noshir's memory that Zariel's remaining consciousness finally understood the current situation in the outside world.
Before this, she had been wondering why her body had not been resurrected here after hundreds of years. Until now, combined with Noshir's memory, she finally understood why all this was happening.
Noshir held the hilt of the sword tightly in his hand. Although his mind was broken, he could still feel Zariel's sadness, pain and regret at this time. When she saw the depraved and distorted appearance of her body in the memories shared by Noshir, these emotions kept pouring out of the sword, because she simply couldn't imagine what she had done in the hundreds of years of depravity.
But now is not the time to be sad. Instead of regretting her failure, she should hurry up and come up with some way to remedy the situation. When Noshir infused these thoughts into the sword, Zariel's remaining consciousness was quickly infected by the thoughts contained in it, and she got rid of her half-dead and sad posture, and handed over the possible way to save her body to Noshir.
According to Zariel's remaining thoughts, there are only two ways to save her body. One is to wear down her body's power through fighting, and at the same time try to use language to evoke her past memories in the process. Even though Zariel has been repaired beyond recognition by Asmodeus, her soul foundation is still an angel, and she is still one of the original 24 angels with the highest status.
Even Asmodeus could not change this nature. Zariel believed that there must be a little conscience and justice in that fallen body. As long as the evil power in her body was worn away through fighting, she would be awakened to her oath to protect light and justice, and finally the sword would be handed over to Zariel.
At that time, as long as she could recall even a trace of her past memories, she would definitely absorb the angel soul inside and use it to replace it, expel the evil essence in her body, and return to Heaven Mountain. If everything goes well, this method can be said to be the most happy and perfect ending.
But Noshier understood that if he really chose to use this method to save Zariel, then in the process of implementing this plan, he could almost be sure, certain, and affirmative that the implementation of this plan was destined to be not smooth sailing.
Because Zariel's body has been corrupted for too long, after hundreds of years of time, even if there is still a trace of conscience and justice in her heart, it is estimated that it has long been suppressed to an unknown corner by the hellish nature given by Asmodeus. It is unknown how much effort it will take to awaken her again, and it is not necessarily guaranteed to succeed.
At least Noshier believes that he does not have the ability to pull her heartstrings with just a few words and let her recall everything in the past. Although he can leave the job of persuading her to surrender to Lulu, the battlefield has no eyes, and he can't be sure what will happen when the fight really starts, and whether Lulu can really persuade her to surrender.
In the final analysis, although this method sounds good, it actually gives the initiative to the corrupted Zariel. Whether to continue to fall or return to heaven, the choice is entirely up to her. Noshier has no ability to influence whether it succeeds or not, and this is unacceptable to him.
So of course, Noshier chose the second method, which is to kill Zariel directly. Then use the ability attached to Zariel's sword itself to revive her.
Because of the unique power of the Sword of Zariel, when using this sword to attack Zariel, the light energy attached to the sword itself can continuously weaken the hell essence in her body that does not belong to her. As long as the number of attacks is enough, the hell essence that forcibly fills her soul will eventually be completely eliminated.
When her hell essence is almost worn out by the Sword of Zariel, Noshir can directly kill the fallen Zariel with the Sword of Zariel in his hand, and then violently infuse the angel soul in the sword into Zariel's body, so that her good side will regain the upper hand. After that, Zariel, who has returned to the ranks of angels, can naturally be resurrected directly on the spot!
Well, although this method seems a bit rough, after all, Noshir cannot be sure how many attacks he has to make to just wear out the hell essence in her body. If the number of attacks is less during this period, he will kill her before the hell essence in her body is completely worn out, and then use the Sword of Zariel to resurrect her.
Even if he succeeded, Zariel would have to spend a lot of time to eliminate the hidden dangers in her body in the future. If there were too much Hell Essence left, the remaining part of Zariel's Angel Soul would be unable to defeat and expel the evil power in her body, which would make it impossible for her to return to the ranks of angels.
But Noshir still chose this method because he was confident enough. He was confident that even if he could not observe the amount of Hell Essence in her body during the battle, he would have enough strength to slowly accompany her and consume her Hell Essence bit by bit to the minimum.
Even if he only used the tip of the sword to scratch her skin a little bit, and wore away the Hell Essence in her body a little bit, even if he had let her go so much, Zariel would not be able to defeat him in the process.
The battle with the King of Jackals had made him completely understand how exaggerated his power was. As long as Zariel dared to confront him head-on, he would be the final winner. Noshiel had enough sutras to play with Zariel slowly.
This confidence was absolute. Not only Noshiel himself, but even the Sword of Zariel in his hand could feel his absolute confidence. The blue light emitted by the sword itself began to flash and shrink, which represented the pulse of joy, meaning that the angel soul believed in Noshiel's arrogance.
In the previous moment of mental communication, the angel soul in the sword not only observed the scene of Noshiel easily forcing back the fallen Zariel, but also saw him easily chopping off the head of the King of Jackals. This outrageous fighting ability was even more exaggerated than her heyday.
The Angel Soul even felt that if they really wanted to fight against an enemy like Noshir, then with his combat power, they would have to send out at least six original angels who were exactly the same as him to defeat him at a heavy price. Only by sending out 12 original angels could they defeat him relatively safely.
You know, those were 12 demigods who had existed since the beginning of the world. His combat power must be measured by opponents of this level. Noshir's own strength was too terrible, but no matter what, this monster who was so strong that it was simply against the sky was on their side.
Noshir was willing to make such a great effort to redeem Zariel. Even though the Angel Soul in the sword was incomplete in consciousness, she was deeply moved by it and remembered everything Noshir had done for her and Lulu. In addition, he had collected Yael's body in the first place. After holding the hilt of the sword and pulling it out, the Angel Soul realized that his bloodline was connected to his own body.
Although she knew that Noshir could not be her own biological child, but was a descendant of her who spread power in the mortal world through some evil means and was tainted with the power of hell, she and Zariel had the same blood, which was absolutely unfaithful.
And it was precisely because of all this that the angel soul in the sword had a great liking for Noshir, and she instinctively wanted to repay Noshir's efforts.
And Noshir also heard the angel soul's thoughts, and he did not stop her thoughts, because he was a little curious about what the angel soul would give him in return, but almost at the moment when his curiosity just arose, a little blue inexplicable energy directly flowed into Noshir's body along the arm holding Zariel's sword. At the first moment when this energy entered his body, Noshir knew what that thing was.
"That's... soul! You gave me part of your soul?!"
Zariel's sword continued to flash several times, confirming Noshiel's doubts. She did cut off a part of her soul energy and gave it to Noshiel, because he had seen it in Noshiel's memory. He had been interested in the homologous evolution promised by her fallen body, and the soul energy she cut off could help Noshiel complete this aspect of advancement.
This pure angel origin can stimulate the sacred gene hidden in Noshiel's body. If Noshiel can spend some time to digest this power, he can even use this gift to change his race, transform himself from a hellish evil to a celestial bloodline, and from a tiefling to an Asmo.
Noshiel felt the preciousness of this gift, and he asked the angel soul if it would be harmful to him to split his soul like this? But the angel soul said that for angels like them, every death and rebirth will consume a part of the soul, but as long as these damaged and incomplete souls have the nourishment of the flesh, the soul will be completed as time goes by.
That is to say, as long as Noshir can help Zariel regain his life, the part of soul power she gave to Noshir is not worth mentioning at all, anyway, it will naturally recover in a few days.
She told Noshir not to worry at all, anyway, her soul is not complete now, instead of worrying about this and that now, it is better to digest the power she gave as soon as possible to help her get her body back.
High-level angels almost never lie, so this answer really made Noshir feel relieved. He paid the most sincere respect and gratitude to the angel soul, and then, as she said, began to immerse himself in this new gift.
However, unlike the simple thoughts of the angel soul, although following the angel soul's idea and transforming himself into Asmo is also a good choice, when this part of the soul entered his body, Noshir felt a deeper change and a broader potential.
He keenly felt that he seemed to be able to gather the power of heaven and hell together without having to give up anything. His panel showed a broader way forward, and Noshir seized this opportunity.
At the cost of a mythical motivation point, Noshir gathered his own hell blood, the chaotic magic in his body, the newly added angel soul, and his own strong physique and will. In this underground barrier of light, Noshir began a new round of evolution.
He first inserted the sword of Zariel in his hand into the stone platform beside him, and then walked to a wide and deserted place to avoid the energy explosion during evolution and prevent these forces from hurting Lulu and the others.
And just as he was ready, the flames from hell and the holy light from heaven instantly shone together on Noshiel's body and intertwined.
Generally speaking, these two completely conflicting forces will collide with each other once they meet, resulting in the complete annihilation of both energies, but because of Noshiel - no, it should be due to Zariel's own uniqueness. As a high-level angel who fell into the evil demon, she was able to combine these two completely different powers for her own use as soon as she was born, and as her bloodline heir, after gaining divinity, Noshiel finally inherited this talent completely.
With the help of divinity and talent, Noshiel finally made these two energies burst, but did not slide further in a worse direction.
Then, under the instruction of the panel, Noshiel used the chaotic magic power attached to the true spirit's rage to fill himself, and took the initiative to use it to dissolve and reconcile the two forces. Finally, under the reconciliation of the chaotic magic power, these three unique forces were finally transformed into a gray-white unique energy.
Noshier could feel that this unique power contained several different characteristics, flowing with the transcendent power of divinity, the good power of heaven, the evil power of hell, the disordered power of chaos, and the power of order shared by heaven and hell.
This unique energy seemed to grow gradually in the supply of the above five energy sources, slowly becoming more and more, and finally completely wrapped Noshier. In the wrapping of this unique energy, Noshier's body also underwent a huge change in a place that no one could see.
First, his already very tall body grew taller again, becoming more agile, and his face became more mature and handsome. Although he still looked young, he no longer looked young. The majestic horn crown like a cluster of clouds added nine points of majesty to him. His short gray-white hair was still sharp, and his originally devilish dim pupils had now become pale points emitting brilliant gray-white light.
In addition to the changes in his face and body, the more dramatic change was in Noshir's wings. In a very short period of time, his wings became wider, and the originally tough wing membranes continued to grow gray-white tough feathers.
These feathers grew out of it rapidly, flashing with white light. In the process of growth, when they intertwined with each other, they even made a crisp sound like sharp blades hitting each other.
His tail also changed, becoming more slender and strong. Some gray-white diamond-shaped scales with a texture like gems grew on his tail tightly. From the appearance alone, it can be seen that it has shown unparalleled defensive performance, and on each section of the tail bone, there are also bone protrusions with the same jade texture. If you get hit, it will definitely taste sour.
And his tail tip, which was originally like a spear tip, is even more exaggerated. Now no matter how you look at it, you will feel that its tail is a sharp and beautifully polished spear. Although it is unknown how powerful it is, it can make people feel very extraordinary just by looking at it.
When the grayish-white cocoon of light dissipated, Noshiel quietly felt this new look, and felt the new power born from the combination of the power of heaven and hell.
He is no longer a tiefling, nor an asmo, but a brand-new race that has never appeared in the history of Faerun. As the first person of this race, Noshiel is qualified to name his current state.
And this combination, this attitude, does not need to be thought about at all. A name instantly emerged in Noshiel's mind, a name that fits his current race and state very well.
"Nephalem."