Led by the maid, Deluna and Alton entered the palace. Martin was lying on a recliner, reading a book intently.
Seeing this, the two men hurried forward and bowed respectfully.
However, Martin did not respond to them immediately, but continued to immerse himself in the book. Only after he finished reading the page in his hand did he slowly close the book and turn his gaze to the two of them.
Then, he said calmly, "The two of you have contributed equally to this operation. The primary responsibility does not lie with you. Go back and have a good rest. You've worked hard lately."
After hearing this, the two of them felt a mixture of emotions and didn't know what to say. After a brief pause, they saluted Martin again solemnly and then quietly withdrew.
Martin picked up the book he had read before and tried to continue reading.
But after reading for a while, he couldn't help rubbing his eyebrows, and his expression showed a bit of boredom. It was obvious that he had no intention of reading anymore.
But what Martin did not expect was that troubles came one after another like a tide.
At this time, in the sealed area called "Abyss Basin" in the north, a thrilling crisis is taking place.
This place is surrounded by high mountains, like a natural barrier, but in the middle is a bottomless basin, filled with a terrifying dark atmosphere all year round.
For a long time, this place has been regarded as the entrance to hell, and in fact, this statement is not groundless.
The demon of fire and destruction, Baal, the ruler of the "Purgatory Volcano", the seventh layer of the abyss, is imprisoned here.
I saw a team of demons with legendary strength approaching this place cautiously.
As soon as they appeared, they were keenly noticed by the Hydra guarding there.
These demons were well aware of the sensitivity of this place and did not dare to start a large-scale battle. Therefore, under the attack of the Hydra, they could only retreat step by step and be suppressed.
However, His Majesty Astaroth strictly ordered them to release Baal who was imprisoned there.
In desperation, they could only exchange life for life, injury for injury, and engage in a desperate struggle.
In the end, after paying the painful price of the death of two demon legends, they successfully killed the Hydra.
Taking the corpse with them, these demons continued to move deeper into the abyss basin while gnawing on the Hydra's flesh and blood.
As you go deeper, the air around you becomes drier and hotter, as if you are in a huge furnace.
When they reached the most central area, they actually had the illusion that they had returned to the plane of hell.
However, the trouble did not end there. A group of short dark goblins suddenly appeared before them.
As soon as these goblins saw the foreign demons, greed flashed in their eyes and their saliva flowed all over the ground.
Some impatient goblins even pounced directly at the demon.
But these demons were very powerful and they beat the goblins that pounced on them into meat paste in an instant.
But what was strange was that after just a few seconds, the dark goblins that had been beaten into a pulp miraculously recovered and pounced towards the demons again, alive and well.
After repeating this many times, the demons finally realized that these dark goblins seemed to be immortal and seemed to be blessed by the power of law.
Moreover, they also discovered that every time these goblins died, their strength would increase.
The Dark Goblin, who originally only had silver strength, has now reached sky strength.
Looking at the large group of sky-strength and immortal monsters in front of them, the remaining demons couldn't help but feel timid.
Just as they were stunned, a demon was accidentally knocked to the ground and then dragged into the group of dark goblins.
After just a few seconds, the demon was eaten without leaving any residue, and even the legendary armor on its body was bitten into pieces and swallowed into the stomach.
Witnessing this scene, the remaining twelve legendary demons subconsciously swallowed their saliva, and a strong fear surged in their hearts.
However, when these demons looked into the bloodthirsty and greedy eyes of the Dark Goblins, the fear in their hearts suddenly intensified.
They knew they couldn't remain passive like this any longer, but they didn't dare to use all their strength to kill, for fear of giving rise to several more Dark Goblins of legendary strength.
If that happens, I'm afraid they will all lose their lives here.
So, they could only fight hard, throw the Hydra's flesh far away to attract the attention of some dark goblins, and slowly retreat towards the center of the basin.
During the journey, some demons panicked and tried to create cracks in space to escape from this terrible place.
However, as soon as the crack opened, it quickly closed again.
Perhaps due to the special influence of the imprisoned demon, the space here is extremely stable, and it is impossible to open a space channel for escape.
And so, the demons trudged forward.
When they finally walked out of the narrow crevice and came to an extremely wide and huge stone platform, something strange happened.
The dark goblins who had been chasing them relentlessly seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. They instantly showed fear on their faces and ran away with their heads in their hands.
Seeing this scene, the demons couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and their tense nerves relaxed a little.
However, at this moment, a demon turned his head inadvertently, and in an instant, he seemed to be cast under a spell of immobilization. He stood there in a daze, with his head tilted back, motionless.
The demons who were traveling with them turned their heads in curiosity upon seeing this. They saw four massive obelisks rising from the ground around the stone platform, looking majestic and imposing.
The ground in the middle of the obelisk was covered with densely packed wizard magic patterns.
Nine huge iron chains stretched out from different directions, firmly fixing a huge being - Baal - in the center.
Those obelisks are continuously transporting some mysterious substance into Baal's body.
However, when this substance passed through the wizard's magic pattern, its originally pure white color gradually turned into a strange gray. It was surrounded by magma, but there was no burning sensation.
Among this group of demons, there were demons who had fought with wizards in the light column plane, and they recognized these as wizard magic patterns at a glance.
At this moment, the demon god Baal seemed to be in deep sleep. However, according to the information conveyed by Astaroth, the leading demon laboriously produced a bottle filled with extremely heavy blood.
If you look closely, you can find golden threads running back and forth, which is the manifestation of divine power.
He threw the bottle into the lava in front of him without hesitation.
The bottle instantly sank into the boiling magma. One second, two seconds, three seconds... Time passed minute by minute, and several minutes passed, but there was no abnormal movement around. The demons couldn't help but feel discouraged, thinking that this mission would end in failure.
But just when they were filled with disappointment, suddenly, streams of magma with a strong smell of sulfur gushed out like a volcanic eruption.
The magma seemed to have a clear goal and rushed straight towards the place engraved with magic patterns.
The magma quickly covered the magic patterns. As the magma flowed, the magic patterns began to slowly fade, gradually blurred, and finally disappeared completely.
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