As we all know, the bloody battle between the Abyss and Baator is the ultimate manifestation of the opposition between chaos and order in the entire universe. The deep logical essence behind it far transcends the conflict between good and evil.
But there is a small misunderstanding in this cognition, that is, it ignores the fact that both demons and devils are the most extreme evil camps, and in the middle there is also a so-called neutral Yugoloth who often joins the bloody battle as a mercenary.
The three together constitute the broad conceptual term "evil" in the lower plane.
Moreover, although they fight to the death all day long and wish to completely uproot and destroy each other forever, in fact there is still contact and cooperation between the top leaders.
Among them, the three giants of the abyss, Demogorgon, Orcus, and Graz'zt, as well as some other demon lords, had secretly reached some secret agreements with the devils in order to eliminate their competitors and enemies.
Then they would perform tricks such as "Classic Backstab" or "Friendly Encirclement" on the bloody battlefield.
It would be best if you could kill the target directly.
Even if there is no chance, the size and power of his army must be greatly weakened, and then after returning to the abyss, a siege should be launched to kill or defeat him, or he should be thrown into the most mysterious "Well of Darkness" in the abyss and sealed and imprisoned.
The most powerful and famous six-armed snake demon, Shatari, the lord of Wudra on the 531st floor of the abyss, fell under this conspiracy of cooperation between demons and devils.
Otherwise, with her active performance in the bloody battle and her legendary and terrifying record against the devil's army, if she could continue, she might become the fourth giant in the abyss, on par with Demogorgon, Orcus, and Grazzt.
According to the accurate information obtained from Asmodeus, the participants in this incident included himself and two other ancient unique great devils, plus the three giants of the abyss and four demon lords who occupied an entire level of the abyss.
The luxury of its lineup is simply beyond the imagination of outsiders.
In order to establish a foundation of mutual trust, they even took great risks and met at the junction of Hell and the Abyss. With the Ether Contract as a strong guarantee, they signed this seemingly fragile but actually extremely solid cooperation agreement.
In the face of this force, even the six-armed snake demon queen Shatari was powerless to resist.
By the time she came to her senses and realized that she had been plotted against, she was already trapped in the most terrifying prison in the abyss - the Well of Darkness, unable to escape.
Of course, such incidents were not isolated cases during the long years of bloody battles between demons and devils, but were so numerous that they were impossible to count.
There are more than a dozen or even dozens of unfortunate people still imprisoned in the Well of Darkness.
As for those guys who have died completely and even their names have been forgotten, there are countless of them.
In order to attack the good camp, the demons and devils would occasionally exchange information and launch attacks on the angels and celestial beings in the good camp, so as to maintain the balance between good and evil and prevent continuous bloody battles from causing the evil camp to lose strength and the good camp to become stronger and stronger.
Among them, the Ai Ci Tian tribe, who always like to join and interfere in bloody battles, is the biggest victim of this kind of cooperation.
Whether in the Abyss or Hell, you can always find a considerable number of them who are captured and imprisoned, suffering torture and constantly degenerating.
Therefore, the bloody battle is not just the opposition between order and chaos as outsiders imagine, nor is it simply a fight between evils.
Its internal causes and the interests of all parties involved behind it are extremely complex, and it has long become a battlefield for the gods in the universe and the big guys from all sides to compete with each other.
This is why Asmodeus was tired of the endless bloody battle, but had to let it continue.
In comparison, the ideas of the Three Giants of the Abyss and those powerful demon lords are relatively simple. They just want to use bloody battles to fight dissidents and find a place for their demon army to vent their energy and destructive nature.
Only when demons and devils that are powerful enough to pose a huge threat to the entire universe maintain a brutal war of mutual consumption can the gods feel at ease, and the mortals in the material world can live a stable life and contribute to the faith that maintains their existence.
To put it more seriously, all outer planes dominated by spiritual power may actually be projections of the thinking and consciousness of creatures in the material world.
Therefore, whether allowing the demons to launch a war that sweeps the entire universe, or allowing the demons to continue to corrupt and degenerate, and eventually achieve the ultimate rule of lawful evil, the interests of the outer plane gods who tend to favor other camps will suffer great damage.
Driven by this consensus, the bloody battle naturally cannot be stopped, and must not be stopped.
Even if the demons and devils don't want to fight anymore, the gods and other forces from the outer planes will "help" them to continue fighting through a series of means.
Therefore, how to maintain the scale of a bloody battle and reduce casualties on one's own side has become a very profound science.
Demons who have an overwhelming numerical advantage and whose nature is chaotic and arbitrary naturally do not need to consider these things.
But the devils, especially the big devils at the decision-making level, have been racking their brains over this issue.
The eight demon generals who were specifically responsible for the bloody battles were so worried that all their hair fell out, if they had hair.
As a calm bystander, Zuo Si was obviously very clear about all of this, so he put forward two conditions to the Will of the Abyss through the Spider Goddess Rose.
One is to gain knowledge and power, the other is to control the scale of the bloody battle.
The former has always been what he has been pursuing unswervingly, while the latter is to stabilize one of his most stable sources of energy and base.
Zuo Si knew that Asmodeus had allocated so many resources and power so that the Ninth Level could hold up when the next bloody battle began and ensure the stability of the front line, so as to buy more time to digest the occupied territory, eliminate chaos and establish absolute order.
If the scale of the bloody battle could be controlled at the source, his military burden would be much smaller.
The saved energy can not only be used to upgrade the level of the Planeswalker Spark and a large number of cards, but can also be stored for use as quasi-divine power.
But the interesting thing is that Rose is obviously just a messenger and has no decision-making power.
After receiving the conditions offered by Zuo Si, she returned to the abyss without saying a word.
In this way, the unknown secret deal between the abyss and hell began again.
And this time, even Demogorgon, the demon prince most favored by the will of the abyss, was completely unaware of it.
On the contrary, Zuo Si's projection exceeded its task and left the city of Uster-Nasa directly and came to another huge pit not far away.
You have to know that in the Underdark, pits that are large enough and have clean water sources are often extremely scarce and important living spaces.
Only in such caves can underground cities be built, various edible fungi be planted near water sources, and cattle-like Los beasts be raised.
The milk and meat produced by the latter are the most stable source of protein in the underground world. Leather and bones are also indispensable and important raw materials.
Normally, given the greedy nature of the dark elves, a huge cave so close to the city of Uster-Nasa and with a water source should have been occupied long ago.
But the problem is that the owner of this cave, Aidalon, is not someone they can easily offend.
Without the intervention of the gods themselves, the power possessed by the ancient silver dragon, which has lived for at least ten thousand years, has almost reached the ceiling of "mortal things".
Even though her life was about to end, her physical strength was no longer as strong as before, and her reactions were much slower, but the magical power that had accumulated over the years had become extremely terrifying.
If the dragon's natural spellcasting ability is taken into account, the total level of its arcane spellcasting reaches an astonishing LV56.
Among them, the levels of warlocks and mages have reached LV23, and the remaining LV10 is a self-created legendary advanced profession that can improve the levels of warlocks and mages at the same time.
This is the path that Aidalon has summarized and explored bit by bit over the past ten thousand years, by studying the magical knowledge given to him by the Elf God.
What's more terrifying is that she has mastered many powerful high-elf magics that can bypass the restrictions of the magic network.
During the ten thousand years of guarding this only way to the surface, the silver dragon encountered countless severe challenges, defeated many minions of the spider goddess Rose, and even destroyed one dark elf army after another that tried to kill him, and never let even a single drow pass through alive.
It was obvious that she strictly abided by the agreement she had reached with the elven gods.
It was also because of this that the other party fulfilled Aidalon's wish on the eve of her life.
Even for short-lived humans, having a child in old age will make them ecstatic and they will dote on the child extremely.
What's more, this is a giant dragon that has lived for ten thousand years and is about to die.
Moreover, this dragon egg gave birth to the lover she had been waiting for for more than ten thousand years.
The thought of meeting again in this way filled Aidalon's heart with excitement and uncontrollable joy.
She valued this dragon egg more than the mountain of treasure in the nest and her own life.
Every day when I can see the dragon eggs, an incomparable sense of happiness will emerge in my mind.
Unfortunately, the silver dragon apparently overlooked that when the egg was laid, it had a very, very fatal weakness, although it was originally invulnerable.
At this moment, Erinikas just used a little trick to easily get the dragon egg.
Seeing the dragon egg being stolen, Aidalon immediately rushed forward like crazy and wanted to attack.
But Erinikas only needed one move to restore the mad ancient silver dragon to sanity.
He raised his other hand and released terrifying negative energy, aiming it at the eggshell in his hand that was emitting a beautiful silver glow. He threatened in a straightforward manner, "Stop! If you dare to get any closer, the egg will die under the erosion of negative energy and transform into some kind of undead creature."
moment!
Aidalon stopped moving forward and the magic he was preparing, stared with angry eyes and shouted: "Put down my eggs! Now! Immediately! Otherwise, I promise to tear your body and soul into pieces!"
"Humph! Do you think this kind of feeble threat will work on me?
Hurry and recognize the situation, Aidalon.
Your weakness is firmly in my hands.
Later I will give this dragon egg to Matron Adulus of the First Family of Uster Nassar for safekeeping.
If you dare to stop the dark elves from going to the surface through this tunnel again, it is obvious what she will do.
But if you stay here quietly, she will return the dragon egg to you afterwards.
How about this, isn’t this a good condition?”
Erinikas sneered and threw out his long-planned proposal.
He obviously did not intend to waste his precious time and energy fighting with this powerful ancient silver dragon, and could not wait to start working on breaking Sodanisla's magic barrier.
Therefore, the goal of stealing the dragon eggs this time is not to control and enslave the other party, but to remove the biggest obstacle for the dark elves from the city of Uster-Nasa to march to the surface world in large numbers. There is no need to make the situation too rigid.
As for whether Madam Adullus will return the dragon egg after everything is over, or kill and contaminate it as a sacrifice, that has nothing to do with Erinikas.
Anyway, in his eyes, these dark elf allies were essentially just a group of cannon fodder used to attract the attention of Sodanisla's army.
Even though Mistress Adullus sacrificed the dragon egg, which eventually brought about Aidalon's crazy revenge and led to the complete destruction of the city of Uster-Nasa, it was the dark elves' own fault and no one else could be blamed.
By that time, Erinikas would have already rushed in and started absorbing the power of the Tree of Life.
If he succeeds, he will be above all living beings, and naturally he has nothing to fear from a mortal being who does not even have divinity or divine power;
If he failed, both his life and soul would be lost, and he would not have to consider the possibility of revenge from the ancient silver dragon.
All in all, stabilizing Aidalon and forcing it to remain neutral is what Erinikas wants.
"How do I know you and those evil, bloodthirsty drow will keep your promise?"
Aidalon asked, suppressing a mixture of anger, tension, and anxiety.
Erinikas replied calmly: "It's very simple! The power you have is the best guarantee.
Think about it, what kind of consequences will we face if we harm this dragon egg? What kind of revenge will you launch against the enemy who harmed the dragon egg? So this dragon egg is actually equivalent to a guarantee.
Make sure that no matter you or I, we must abide by the agreement, otherwise we will face very serious consequences and costs."
"I need to cast a spell on this dragon egg to ensure that its health status can be sensed at any time."
After hesitating and struggling for a while, Aidalon finally chose to bow his head and offered a condition for exchange.
Because she couldn't bear the great pain of losing the dragon egg.
After all, once this egg is lost, all the sacrifice and efforts of ten thousand years and even one's own life will become meaningless.
"make a deal!"
Erinikas agreed without even thinking about it.
Soon, with a low magic chant, a powerful tracking and perception magic was cast on the dragon egg.
After achieving his goal, he did not even stay for a second, and directly used teleportation magic with the dragon egg and disappeared from the spot, leaving only the silver dragon lying in its nest, roaring, screaming, and crying helplessly...
The horrifying sound traveled along the deep cave and into the underworld for a very long distance.
Many monsters and other residents of the underground world who heard the sound showed expressions of horror.
A kind-hearted deep dwarf even ran over from afar and tried to ask the ancient silver dragon that had helped his tribe what had happened, but he was blown away by a gust of wind before he could open his mouth.
Aidalon, who was out of control and deeply remorseful, obviously didn't want to see anyone at this moment. Instead, he frantically tracked the location of the dragon egg and repeatedly confirmed its health status.
About half an hour later, when her mood gradually calmed down and her reason was restored, Zuo Si, who had been hiding in the corner watching the show for a long time, slowly walked out of the darkness and greeted her with a smile: "Good day, ma'am. I think you must be very eager to take back the dragon egg that belongs to you, right? I just happen to have a suggestion here, I wonder if you are interested."
"Who are you?!"
The silver dragon suddenly raised his head with a look of vigilance on his face.
After all, this is her nest that she has been running for tens of thousands of years, and it is surrounded by various traps and magic alarms.
Unless someone is a powerful legendary wizard like Erinikas, it would be difficult for others to avoid being discovered if they get close.
“It doesn’t matter who I am.
What matters is that I can help you get the dragon eggs back.
But the price is that you have to sign a small contract with me.
After all, everything has a price, right? And I can assure you that the greedy Matron Adulus will never return the dragon egg as promised.
She would only use the dragon eggs as bargaining chips, summoning those powerful lesser demon lords to help her launch an attack on the surface world and completely destroy the elven kingdom in the Wildas Forest.
Also, I think it should be common sense to never trust promises made by demons and dark elves.
If you pin your hopes on this, all you’ll end up with is a tragedy.”
Zuo Si pretended to be kind and made a rational analysis for the silver dragon in front of him, who was obviously worried and confused.
However, this could not conceal his intention to take advantage of the situation.
But Aidalon was obviously not the kind of stupid dragon who would be easily deceived. He immediately used the super magic skill - silent spell casting to release several detective spells, trying to find out Zuo Si's identity.
Unfortunately, although her movements were very covert, they did not escape the latter's perception.
As a member of the "Old Yin Bi", Zuo Si has maintained a large number of anti-detection spells for many years. His great devil and quasi-divine characteristics also give him strong resistance in this regard.
After working for a long time, the Silver Dragon was ultimately unable to detect even a single camp, and only obtained a large number of obscure fragments of information that were neither plausible nor intelligible.
If it were any other spellcaster, they would have been confused by this useless information.
But Aidalon, who has a lifespan of over ten thousand years, is keenly aware that the fact that he has such tight protection against prophecy magic is in itself a declaration of his great background and unfathomable strength.
After a brief trial, she finally opened her mouth and asked tentatively: "What do you want from me?"
Zuo Si smiled and stretched out a finger and shook it gently: "No, no, no, it's not about what I want from you, but what price you need to pay to take back the dragon egg.
This was a very clear and consensual transaction.
Most importantly, you don't need to give me any credit.
Because everything is clearly written in the contract, we must strictly follow the terms whether we like it or not.
Of course, you can add some extra content if you want.”
"An unbreakable contract? You are a devil!"
Aidalon's pupils suddenly dilated, and his originally vigilant expression instantly turned into naked and undisguised hostility.
I guess in her eyes, who advocates kindness, there is no essential difference between demons and devils. They are both extremely evil creatures from the lower planes.
But Zuo Si didn't mind this attitude. Instead, he put on an "I'm doing this for your own good" attitude and said, "What's wrong with the devil? Since you can accurately call it this name, you should know that our contract is well-known throughout the universe.
Once signed, it will be strictly followed.
In other words, once you sign a contract with me, I will definitely help you seize the dragon egg.
Otherwise, the prerequisites for the transaction no longer exist and you don’t have to pay anything for it.
Besides, besides me, can you find another reliable person to complete this nearly impossible task? Do you dare to gamble the safety of the dragon egg on the credit of the dark elves?
Are you sure you can bear the despair and pain after failure?
So I am your only choice and also your last choice.
No risk is needed, no action is required.”
Faced with this series of clear, logical and persuasive words, Aidalon couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
As a legendary spellcaster, she certainly knew that demons were the most contract-abiding race in the entire universe.
In order to ensure that every contract is strictly enforced, a special court is even set up in Baator Hell to judge those controversial clauses.
Any mortal who has signed a contract can file an application for arbitration with the court if he or she believes that he or she has been treated unfairly.
The devils in charge of the court will then arrange a time for the trial and make a final judgment.
Although the trial process may be slightly different from that of the courts in the mortal world, for example, one of the most famous snake demon judges liked to eat fools who lied and gave false testimony in court to warn other witnesses and establish his own authority.
But it is undeniable that this court has almost achieved absolute justice in the true sense and will not favor the devil at all.
But the problem is that Aidalon also knows that the price of the devil's contract usually only requires one thing, and that is the soul of the signer.
Anyone who knows how Baator deals with souls will definitely not be willing to sell his or her soul to the devil unless he or she is desperate.
Now she faces a dilemma.
Is your own soul important?
Or is it more important that the lover who has waited and sacrificed for ten thousand years just to be able to meet again and see each other?
Plop! Plop! Plop! At this fateful moment, Yin Long felt his heartbeat speeding up, staring at Zuo Si in front of him.
After several minutes, her strong longing for her lover gradually gained the upper hand in the ideological struggle, and she sighed with a wry smile on her face: "Okay, you win, devil.
Let us sign a contract to sell our souls.
However, a few more rules need to be added to ensure that the egg can hatch successfully and grow healthily no matter what happens.
And I want to know your detailed plan."
"No problem! I have prepared a framework of the contract in advance. Let's discuss and modify the rest one by one."
As he said this, Zuo Si's mouth corners slightly raised in a meaningful smile.
You have to know that this is an ancient silver dragon that has lived for more than 10,000 years. The value of its soul cannot be measured by money at all.
What's more, once this contract is signed, he will get not only Aidalon's soul, but also the male silver dragon that has not yet hatched in the dragon egg.
After all, the wife has already paid so much, and as a husband, after learning the truth, wouldn't he do everything he can to save the former's soul? So these two silver dragons are bound together.
Once you get one of them, the other one will be in your pocket sooner or later.
And because Aidalon had lived in isolation and solitude in the underground world for 10,000 years, all of her and her spouse's former friends and relatives were long gone, leaving only their unswerving feelings for each other.
Zuo Si can use this to threaten the hatched dragons to work for him from the beginning, and then slowly corrupt and degenerate into a member of the evil camp.
In short, there are too many tricks that can be used on these two silver dragons.
…
At the same time, far in the deepest part of the Abyss, there is a level that most demons have never known to set foot on.
It is the place in the entire universe that best reveals its chaotic and disordered side, second only to the Chaos Sea.
There is no light here, nor is there any time, space, matter or other common sense concepts.
It seems that everything exists between the possibility of illusion and reality.
Even a crazy demon would become insane if he stayed here for a long time, and would keep uttering incomprehensible gibberish.
Even the most powerful gods don't know what is here, and few gods dare to come in and find out.
But if you think there is nothing here, you are wrong.
Because anyone who thinks this way will, without exception, suddenly encounter an unknown creature with a pair of huge blood-red eyes while walking.
Then everything went dark and he knew nothing.
To some extent, the bottom of the abyss is like the giant snake canyon on the tenth level of Baator Hell, full of mystery and unknown. There are no relevant records that can stand up to scrutiny, only various creepy speculations.
But today, it welcomed a special visitor, Rose, the spider goddess from the deep pit magic web on the 66th layer of the abyss.
The evil goddess had transformed into a half-human, half-spider creature. She was extremely nervous and alert, and moved carefully, counting the distance and steps.
Of course, all this was done in pitch darkness, absolutely invisible to outsiders.
Since she had no concept of time, she had no idea how much time had passed. She only relied on divine power and divinity to maintain her sanity and clarity of mind, and to avoid being affected by the terrifying chaotic forces that were everywhere around her.
When she stopped, Rose took a deep breath, opened her mouth and called out in a low voice: "Ulgashek, I'm here."
As the last word came out of his mouth, a suffocating force began to gather here like a tide.
The astonishing power caused even a goddess of medium power to tremble involuntarily, her eyes revealing intense fear and awe.
Because she knew that the will of the abyss was about to come.
In front of it, even her invincible ex-husband, the elven god Corellon, had to retreat.
Soon, a pair of huge blood-red eyes appeared in the dark sky, looking down at the Spider Goddess.
The owner of the eyes asked through a method similar to a telepathic link, but obviously more advanced and able to easily penetrate divine protection: "How is it, did he agree to seal the three extremely dangerous Eldrazi Titans who are madly absorbing energy?"
"Yes, he agreed. But the exchange condition is the knowledge, secrets and power of the Abyss, as well as the control of the scale of the future bloody war."
Rose bowed down to show respect and obedience to the supreme will of the abyss.
After all, even Demogorgon, the so-called most powerful demon prince, is nothing more than an ant in front of this person who can be crushed to death, resurrected, crushed to death again, and resurrected again at any time.
But he couldn't even beat Demogorgon in a head-on confrontation.
If she had not received the signal from the Will of the Abyss by chance, it would never have been her turn to step forward in such matters.
"Want to gain the knowledge, power, and secrets of the Abyss?
What a big appetite! Isn't this little guy afraid that he will be swallowed by the darkness, distortion and evil contained in it? You know, even the most powerful Obyris Demon Lord who briefly unified the Abyss, the Queen of Chaos, couldn't bear it. "
The will of the abyss called Urgashek did not become furious because of Zuo Si Lion's big mouth, but instead revealed a strong curiosity.
Although in the eyes of outsiders, it should be as irritable, angry, impulsive, and full of destructive and destructive tendencies like a devil.
But now the performance is completely the opposite.
Rose shook her head slightly: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be clear about this.
But he claims to be a planeswalker, with the ability to break all spatial barriers and travel between different planes, time and space, and even the universe, and even enter a subspace called the Dark Void.
Even the incarnations of the gods could not survive there for more than a minute.
So I think he might be confident in making such a request.”
"Can it break all spatial barriers?"
There was suddenly a slight ups and downs in Urgashek's calm voice.
Although it was very, very faint, Rose still keenly sensed it and responded without hesitation: "Yes. He has demonstrated his ability in front of the gods of Toril more than once, there is no doubt about that."
"Planeswalker? Interesting! Since you want the knowledge, power, and secrets of the Abyss, I'll give it to you."
As he spoke, Urgashek manipulated the enormous energy from the deepest part of the Abyss and created a book out of thin air that emitted a mixture of black and red mist.
Rose subconsciously reached out to take it, but the moment her fingers touched the cover, she immediately felt a stabbing and burning pain that went straight to her soul, and she couldn't help but let out a scream.
"ah!!!!!!!!"
She immediately loosened her fingers and stepped back, only to find that the skin, muscles and bones where she had just touched were completely burned away, leaving only a void and nothingness.
What was even more terrifying was that the stinging and burning sensation had not disappeared, but continued to erode the essence of the god.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long and disappeared completely after a while.
"What on earth is this?"
The Spider Goddess asked with lingering fear.
“It records the origin of the Abyss, as well as the knowledge and mysteries that the gods call taboo, and is also a partial carrier of the essence of the Abyss.
As a god who relies on faith to sustain his existence, this book is like the deadly poison to you.
Not to mention opening it and reading it, even touching it would cause unimaginable harm.
So do not try to gain anything from it, because you will die as a result, just like many gods who have been infected by the essence of the abyss.
In fact I don't think that crazy young man called Soth is qualified to open it.
But there's no harm in trying.
If Soth really survived all of this, it would mean he was the man I had been looking for.
As for such a small matter as controlling the scale of the bloody battle, just agree to it directly."
As the last word came out of his mouth, Urgashek dropped a piece of black silk woven from an unknown material to wrap up the book floating in the air.
Then the huge blood-red eyes in the sky disappeared completely.
Rose caught the heavy book that fell, her eyes revealing an unconcealable look of horror.
similar……
This was the first word she heard when she unexpectedly received the signal from the Will of the Abyss. To this day, she still hasn't truly understood the meaning behind it.
In other words, the Spider Goddess does not believe that there is a second existence in the universe that can be compared with the Will of the Abyss.
Even the singularity that represents the will of the mechanical realm has never possessed such unfathomable wisdom and power as the will of the abyss. It is more like a ruthless machine that strictly follows the program.
What's more, Singularity was once killed by Orcus using the Word of Doom.
And his doomsday mantra was most likely given by the will of the abyss.
But now, Urgashek actually thought that Zuo Si was of the same kind as himself. Although it was only a possibility, it was enough to stir up huge waves in Ross's heart.
For the first time, she was so eager to open the book in her hand and find out the origin of the abyss.
Was it Urgashek that gave rise to the Abyss, or was it the birth of the Abyss that gave rise to Urgashek?
Why did the Will of the Abyss create the race of demons?
What unknown secrets are hidden behind it? Undoubtedly, the mystery of the abyss and its plane will be the least known part of the entire multiverse.
Because its existence is older than almost all existing gods.
But unfortunately, the only thing Rose knows now is that the name of the Will of the Abyss is Urgashek, and it is looking for its own kind everywhere.
But even so, she is still much stronger than those demon lords who know nothing about this.
With countless questions in mind, the Spider Goddess picked up the book wrapped in black silk and embarked on the return journey.
The next thing to do is to find a way to safely deliver the book to Zuo Si.
This is not an easy thing to do.
At least she didn't think that His Majesty Io, the Supreme God of Toril, would allow such a dangerous thing to enter the crystal wall he created.
The destructive power of this thing far exceeds that of any known evil artifact.
Compared to the devastating disaster it could cause, the Crystal Shard Crenshinibon is just a cute, harmless squirrel on the side of the road.
Only the most ancient and terrible of evils can rival it.
Therefore, the delivery location must not be in the continent of Faerun in Toril, nor somewhere in the outer planes, as that might attract the attention of too many potential enemies and ultimately lead to a series of serious consequences.
For example, if a transaction is conducted in the Abyss, other demon lords will rush over like crazy as soon as they realize there is a book containing the secrets, knowledge, and power of the Abyss.
Similarly, Asmodeus is definitely involved in any transaction in Hell.
Other outer planes may be interfered with or even destroyed by the elven gods.
Ever since the split of the pantheon, the elven god Corellon has been keeping a close eye on his "ex-wife".
Just as Rose was worrying about choosing a safe place to trade, Zuo Si, who was in the Mage Tower of Athkatra, was carefully fiddling with the Pain Gem he had just obtained not long ago, and carefully embedding it into the artifact that Bane had given him - the Tyrant Iron Fist Gloves.
This is obviously a job that requires extremely advanced skills in making artifacts. Any carelessness or accident will result in the complete destruction of an artifact and a gem whose value cannot be measured in money.
Just look at Sancho and Imoen who are standing nearby, concentrating so hard that they even stop breathing, and you will know what this level of artifact manufacturing process means to a wizard.
The moment the gem was successfully embedded in the groove on the back of the hand, an invisible force field was suddenly released from the glove.
The next second...
Boom!!!! Everything in the workshop was torn to pieces by this extremely terrifying force.
Even the table, which was made of refined gold and reinforced with countless magical powers, and was strong enough to withstand the direct impact of seventh-ring and above transmutation magic, was directly transformed into countless metal particles the size of rice grains in the face of this impact.
Fortunately, this wizard tower is a living creature with independent will and thinking. It immediately released a large number of targeted force field protection spells to block the two little guys.
After the shock wave passed, everything in the workshop that could be destroyed was destroyed except for three living people and the iron gloves that were put back on their hands.
But this was obviously not a big deal for Zuo Si.
He waved his fingers lightly and cast a small-scale time-reversal magic to restore everything that had been destroyed to its original state.
"Damn it! Teacher, you almost killed us just now!"
After recovering from the brief shock, Sancho couldn't help but complained wildly.
Although this was not the first time, there were at least seven or eight times before when he was nearly blown to death, burned to death, electrocuted, or swallowed by chaotic magic storms while conducting magic experiments.
But whenever he recalled these nightmare-level disasters, he would still shiver uncontrollably, and even those vicious enemies would become "kind-hearted".
At least in the boy's opinion, the threat and damage these enemies could cause to him were far less than the former ones.
"Isn't he still dead?
What's more, even if you die, you can be resurrected with your own strength, so what is there to be afraid of?
I've died so many times anyway, it doesn't matter if I die once or twice."
Zuo Si raised his head and glanced at his disciples with an indifferent expression on his face. He didn't think there was anything wrong with the situation just now.
Hearing this, Sancho immediately glared at him, and his eyes clearly said, "Is this what you call human language?"
It was a pity that Zuo Si did not react at all. Instead, he fiddled with his upgraded iron gloves and said bluntly: "If I were you, I would not waste time here at this moment, but go and make the final preparations.
In two hours, you will travel to the Underdark in pursuit of Erinikas.
This is a thrilling journey.
The enemies you have to face are no longer small-scale fights, but powerful and evil dark elves, terrifying beholders, mind flayers, and shark-like murlocs that can eat anything.
Oh, and by the way, be careful when entering the Dark Elf city.
If you are accidentally exposed, you will be besieged by tens of thousands of dark elves and their slave armies throughout the city..."
(End of this chapter)
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