This group of demigod magicians who have lived from thousands of years ago to the present, who have emerged from the virtual world and shined like rubies in the long river of history, actually died in a battlefield unknown to anyone.
One after another, they turned into a raging fire.
Ash had no good feelings towards the Hell Demigods. In fact, if there was no World Devouring Serpent, the Hell Demigods would be the biggest danger to him. Even if they were not as bad as Vichy, they were definitely not much better... Only demons could survive in Hell, and those who survived in Hell were all demons.
He had already anticipated the casualties among the demigods. In fact, at least dozens of demigods had died in the first and second hells.
But knowing and seeing are two different things... Seeing them maintain their demigod pride in the face of the terror of life and death, and not lose their dignity as magicians in the face of thousands of enemies, Ash couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Magicians are a group of thieves, parasites of the virtual world, and greedy profiteers, but they are also a group of adventurers... a group of adventurers who will believe in miracles until the last second!
"He still has some backbone." The Death Maniac said calmly.
"What do they want to do?"
"Restart the Liujin River node."
Death Maniac lay on Ash's back and pointed at the page of the Gospel. "Look at these places on the edge of the Secret Realm. They are all Flowing Gold River nodes, but the Forsaken destroyed them as soon as they arrived."
"It was the Lord God who instructed them to create the Secret Domain of Slaughter. The demigods had never thought of the possibility of the Secret Domain of the World drying up. Didn't the Lord God also think of it? But the Sixth Hell is isolated from the inside and outside, and the Lord God cannot provide direct support. The only solution they can offer is this - use the Flowing Gold River to speed up the recovery of the Secret Domain of the World!"
"The natural recovery speed of the Secret World is already very fast. If we use the Flowing Gold River to speed it up, we might be able to barely resist the attack of the Forgotten." She said, "It would be a bit troublesome to gather the tributaries of the Flowing Gold River, but this happens to be the Fantasy Hell. It only takes time for the demigod to use 'their world' to cover the 'real world', and then all the tributaries of the Flowing Gold River in the Sixth Hell can be gathered to the fortress."
"There are so many golden rivers in hell?"
"There are golden rivers all over the world. Even rocks can produce golden water. It's just that they all converge on the Time Continent, so you can't see them normally. What they do is equivalent to using the God's Domain to intercept the golden river flowing to the Time Continent. But the Forgotten are not fools. Naturally, they will not let them use the golden river. They have destroyed the node long ago."
Ash was confused: "Why should the node be placed outside? The demigod of Hell is not that stupid, right?"
"Although the Hell Demigod is dumber than you think, the node is definitely not outside." Death Maniac said, "At least it wasn't a month ago."
Ash immediately realized: "These nodes were originally inside the Killing Secret Domain? Now that the Killing Secret Domain has shrunk, are they exposed?"
"That's right."
"This is too..." Ash didn't know how to describe it: "It's too rough, right?"
"It took a month to build a temporary defense line. Inside, there are all kinds of small groups fighting each other. The enemies are endless monsters. It's good that they can do this. It can be seen that the leader is quite capable." Death Maniac praised them a few times: "In the world lines I have buried, dying with all their strength like them is the most elegant way to die."
"But you'd better pray that they don't succeed."
Ash was startled: "Why?"
"If they succeed in transferring the Liujin River node, they can survive for a few more days." Si Kuang said, "Then your trip would be in vain."
"There shouldn't be many traces of your two friends left in reality, right? After you go back this time, you should only be able to collect one more chance to come to hell... In other words, the next time will be your last time to set foot in hell, and this time is your last chance to plunder, and your last chance to become stronger."
"Only when the Forsaken breach their strongholds can you bury their bodies and plunder their legacy."
"You came too early this time," she commented, "If you had come a few days later, you could have stood on the ruins of the fortress and taken in all the accumulation of tens of thousands of years of the Six Hells."
"...You are no better than a thief," Ash said softly, "you are just a despicable ghoul."
"Dying with honor or living in disgrace," the death maniac sat on his back and lit a cigarette, "don't you always choose the latter?"
"Maybe I came at the right time." Ash said, "You don't have to be a ghoul to go in and search for resources."
"you--"
The pupils of the dead maniac shrank suddenly, watching Ash spread his virtual wings and quickly cross a distance of several kilometers, rushing to the most chaotic fortress battlefield like a gust of wind and lightning! Countless Forsaken noticed this uninvited guest, but all attacks on him could only splash a faint glow, and Ash drew a circle of ink marks, like a sickle reaping the lives of countless Forsaken!
Wherever he went, everyone was subdued!
Wonderful refracting prism!
Wonder·Heart Hunting Kingship!
Wonderful shimmering ripples!
In the center of the battlefield, the time demigoddess Yennefer was struggling to hold on. Suddenly, the surroundings were cleared and a young man teleported to her side: "Where is the Flowing Gold River node?"
Yenifa was a little surprised. She had told everyone the node before departure, but now time was tight and she didn't care about these details. She just pointed out a direction. Then the young man immediately led her through the battlefield and arrived at the predetermined location. Yenifa closed her eyes, reconnected to the imaginary Golden River, and transferred to the interior of the Killing Secret Domain.
"I understand." The young man suddenly said, "Let's go to the next node. I can help."
"No, only a demigod of time can activate the Golden River node." Yennefer refused: "You just need to escort me there--"
But soon Yenifa was slapped in the face: this young man could really activate the Flowing Gold River node, and his speed was twice as fast as hers! She originally thought that this young man majored in swordsmanship, but she didn't expect that he was also a demigod of time!
But she knew the Demigod of Time. Who was this young man...
When they activated the fourth node, the Forsaken finally began to target them, and the offensive from all directions suddenly increased to an unbearable intensity. Repairing the four nodes had already exceeded the task, and Yennefer decisively activated the pass code to open a space channel leading to the fortress. At this moment, the young man suddenly squeezed in with her and squeezed in together.
However, when Yennefer returned to the fortress, what she was greeted with was not caring greetings, but a suspicious and vigilant siege.
"Who are you? The fortress system didn't recognize your identity at all!" the demigod of hell shouted.
Yenifa turned to look at the young man next to her, and all the doubts she had just had were instantly answered. She immediately stretched out her hand in front of her and said, "He just helped me repair four nodes of the Liujin River. He is one of us, not one of those monsters outside. There is no need to -"
"Ash Hiss."
Under the gaze of everyone, Ash spread out his seven glorious wings and said slowly: "I am Ash Hiss."
"Is this your plan?" The dead man beside him asked with a laugh, "Coming in openly to plunder resources?"
"There is no need to be a ghoul anymore." Ash answered her: "If Hell can stop the World Devouring Serpent, then I will help them; if not, then I will be their only hope."
"At least," he said, "I can witness their end."