Chapter Eighty-Six: Ninefold Purgatory, Hell Tavern (Ask for Subscription, Ask for Reward)
After the return of His Majesty the Immortal Emperor to Wenlta, both the Life Skull and Bones Society and the Wintha Hospital quickly entered a stage of vigorous development, with a large number of professionals applying to join, and a large number of powerful and wealthy merchants and commoners also gathered.
This is the dark world, the meaning and value of the strong, just where you live, even if you don't do anything, it will cause the local land price to skyrocket, not to mention that Shi Yinghu is not doing nothing.
The Iron Guard of the Five Thousand Barbarians, the Life Skull Society, and the defensive strength of the Hospital of Venta itself, when combined, are already more powerful and terrifying than the capital of the Trist Federation, and in the troubled times, people's thirst for safety is extremely strong.
Shi Yinghu himself also needs the influx of powerful and wealthy businessmen, without whom would he have the financial resources to support the 5,000 Iron Guards, and where would he have the financial resources to support the development of the Skull Society and the Wenrta Hospital? Violence is power, and power and financial resources will inevitably unite and become traitors.
On this day, after Shi Yinghu completed his training with Steel Bone, White Bone Slayer, Hell Three-Headed Dog, and Moriarty, he practiced his ability to control the aura of ice and fire, and then received a notification when he left the customs: Old friend, "Thunder Roar" Ain came to visit.
"Arrange for Lord Ain to stay in the reception room for a while, and I'll go over to see her at once. "The legendary Amazonian female warrior Ain, is the old friend of the old man Grul Venu, it seems that he once had an old relationship with Gruel Venu, Shi Yinghu once worked with him to kill the Pain Demon King Dureel in the "Demon King Crusade", although because the relationship between Gruel Venu is not particularly close, but it can also be called a network of legendary people, and it is normal to visit each other.
Shi Yinghu took off his tattered practice robe, changed into a loose and comfortable robe, and then pushed the door into the reception room, and there were not only Ai Quan in the room, but also several other professionals: two Amazonian female warriors, a short man in armor, and a mage whose gender could not be seen in the robe.
"Sister Ain, I haven't seen you for a long time, who are these?" Shi Yinghu stepped forward, hugged Ain gently, and looked around.
"Muradin, King of the Hill. This is Amanda, this is Eply, all of my kind, and this one, Mage Rose, who has just been promoted to the rank of Traveling Mage. When introducing the mage Rose, whose hooded body was completely shrouded in robes, Ain made a point of emphasizing the other party's profession.
"Brigade Mage!?" Shi Yinghu's gaze was fixed on Rose, which was implicitly blazing.
"A mage who is proficient in space magic and can travel through the multiverse, in fact, I can't talk about being a real traveling mage, because I haven't been to a single heteroplane, I just got the inheritance from the teacher, and I have been cultivating alone until now. The hood was lifted to reveal a pale male figure, Rose said.
"Then you're really talented. "Shi Yinghu is an old man, and he can see at a glance that Ross has some special temperament, and he seems to be a little afraid to talk to people: he should be a dead otaku, who has not come out of the environment of solitary training for too long.
"Kate, let's not talk nonsense, I came to you this time because I have a big business to talk to you about. Do you know about the Fermar explosion?" "Of the five, Ain was clearly in charge, and she was most familiar with her fellow Shi Yinghu, so it was up to her to get down to business.
"I saw it in the newspaper, and I heard that a lot of people died. ”
"Nearly 200,000 people died...... A nation collapsed, and at the same time, an alien plane portal opened. ”
Of course, the news that "........." saw in the newspaper would not be so true, and proper concealment was necessary, otherwise, the endless panic would probably drag the entire world into hell before the plane completely collapsed.
There are many ignorant people in the world, and those who can really make a calm choice are always a very small number of people.
Listening to Ain's words, Shi Yinghu was silent for a while, and didn't say anything, he knew that the other party would definitely continue to speak.
"We've found an opportunity to smuggle into the lower planes, it's very safe, why don't you come along? You know how good it is. ”
Cross-border trade, cross-plane trade, the benefits are of course huge.
The dark world has been eroded by the lower plane for too long, so that the rules of the plane are even gradually converging with the lower plane, and the powerhouses of this plane world can gain strength enhancement by killing monsters, although they are not as efficient as Shi Yinghu, but they can indeed gain benefits.
Demon hunters, chasing demons, devouring demons, and being strong in this way, when it comes to the legendary upper stage, the appetite of demon hunters is very large, they want to further enhance their strength, hunting demons in the human world is no longer enjoyable, many people, so they want to go deep into the abyss.
It's crazy, but it's understandable, no one doesn't want to be further powerful, especially an existence that has evolved to the realm of legends, whichever one, isn't the mind like steel?
"It's crazy, isn't it? It's fear, destruction, and hatred, which one's divine prison path?" If it's destruction and hatred, then it's good to say, if it's the fear of the demon god Diablo, Shi Yinghu is now too covenanting is tantamount to looking for death, in fact, even if it is the divine prison that destroys and hates the two demon gods, Shi Yinghu doesn't plan to go over, he is not better than others, and it is not that he has no potential for promotion.
"Neither, it's another great being. More precisely, the world of a Maharaja of Purgatory. ”
"Ninefold Purgatory, Grandlord of Purgatory?"
"That's right. ”
At this moment, Shi Yinghu somewhat understood why Ai had the confidence to convince himself, ordinary people may not be able to distinguish the difference between the abyss demon and the purgatory devil, and even regard it as one, but in fact, the demon and the devil are almost two species, in short, the demon is chaotic evil, the devil is the orderly evil, the demon is a group of thugs with a hard life, and the devil is a group of lawyers in suits and leather shoes, although it is not particularly accurate, but it is basically correct to divide it like this.
"Do two things for the devil, and we will gain permission to travel between the Overworld and the lower planes, and the duration of the permission will be a hundred years!"
"What the hell is going on, can you know in advance?" Sitting on the sofa, Shi Yinghu asked with his hands crossed and frowned.
"It doesn't involve the main plane, in fact, this path was left to me by my teacher, Lord Despat Maharaja, who has been running this devil's city for thousands of years, and just a few of us guys are not worthy of breaking the contract and destroying the reputation. At this time, Caster Rose said this, although it didn't sound very good, but the truth was like this.
Legendary powerhouses can call the wind and rain in the material plane, but in front of those great beings of the fifth order transcendent, they are not worthy of attention, unless, you make some big events. For example, if you kill a fourth-order demigod as a legend, then even if you are just a legend, you will be recruited or killed, and such a fifth-order transcendent existence will also pay attention.
"Okay, that's how things have happened, Kate, you're practicing the Demon Devouring Secret Technique inherited from the ancient great wizard 'Demon Eater' Bakett, and you actually need more for such a thing than us, right?"
Shi Yinghu did not choose to answer Ain's words, he smiled and asked Ain and the others to stay for a while, and then called a clever supervisor to come over and let him arrange for Ain and others to rest.
Going to the lower plane to hunt, this kind of thing is not suitable for calling paladins and druids, otherwise, the upper paladin's holy power in the lower plane will explode, just like suddenly lighting an incandescent lamp in the dark, and the large-scale magic tide and high-level lower plane creatures will be attracted to it.
As for the legendary druids, it is because the degree of compatibility with the outside world is too high, and this high fit is of course nothing in the main plane world, but in the lower plane where there is almost no natural environment...... Either the combat effectiveness plummets, or it directly blackens and comprehends another kind of "nature", and the harm brought by the latter is far greater than the former.
Therefore, although Ain has a better relationship with Gruel Venu and Iliel, it is inconvenient to find them for this kind of thing, and she is very impressed by Shi Yinghu, so she came this time.
(I don't know why, but I always felt like Ain was hiding something from me.) At night, while taking a bath, Shi Yinghu recalled the attitude of Ain's group when they talked before, and Ain was okay, and the two subordinates she was with, Amanda and Apoli, both looked a little depressed and sad. However, it didn't seem to be aimed at himself, because Shi Yinghu didn't feel any hostility or guilt.
"Forget it, who hasn't made their own secrets. Shaking his head, he got up and walked out of the bathroom. At this time, Finney was already waiting for him on the bed in his pajamas, with a coquettish attitude and a misty look in his eyes.
Aretta successfully promoted to legend, and during this time she went back to the family, of course, even if she didn't go back, this time the "smuggling" couldn't take her with her at all.
............
Why is it that someone who hates his employer gritted his teeth and was willing to do things for him?
Why are so many people willing to do things for the devil? Because they have unimaginable benefits.
The girl in front of her is a representative of this kind of character.
In the prison, a girl is imprisoned, but even when she is imprisoned, this little girl still tries to keep herself clean and proud.
She coiled her long purple-brown hair high, her slender neck was exposed, looking dignified and elegant, and her jade-like cheeks were inlaid with two sparkling eyes like stars, as beautiful as a hibiscus out of water.
She probably shouldn't be called a woman at her age, she should be called a girl.
The girl was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and the bright eyes, long eyelashes, straight nose, and ruddy lips on her face, made her look as beautiful as a goddess descending from heaven, and she was extremely holy.
Lilina, a devil believer who killed twenty-seven human males and sacrificed their souls to the devil, was tending to charred corpses in her family's cellar while the witchers cooperated with the police to arrest her.
Inside the cellar, the hellish scene made many police officers vomit out, including a trainee witcher.
"You really don't regret it at all. Killing twenty-seven boys who adored him, didn't he feel the slightest touch in his heart?" In the prison, Shi Yinghu looked at a black and white photo with his fingernails between them, on which was a fat girl with freckles on her face, and in front of her was a stunning beauty who could be called a stunner.
"I just hate to kill less...... Do they really love me? They love the power of the devil, and in that case, I will send them to the devil, isn't that great?" said Lilina as she combed her hair.
"It is human nature to love beauty, it is a biological instinct, and those boys do have their own problems, but you were the first to make a deal with the devil, right?
"Well, well, you're not complaining. But to no avail, we, this will send you to your employer. Shi Yinghu's words made Lilina in the prison stop arranging her hair, her expression was a little dazed, but it didn't affect Shi Yinghu to take off her head.
Ain's plan was more elaborate than Shi Yinghu imagined, they didn't take Shi Yinghu to Ferma, the current space gap over there is indeed very large, but it has received too much attention, and the group chose to "detour".
When Shi Yinghu arrived in the cellar of Lilina's house with the bloody head, the others were already waiting.
Here, there is a spatial coordinate leading to the Ninefold Purgatory, although normally it can only accommodate souls in the past, but if you add Lilina's blood soul and the legendary travel mage's spell, then everything will not be a problem.
"Tut-tut, it's really a moving beauty. It's all going to be killed anyway, Kate, didn't you have fun with her before you did it?" Ain said with a smile as he looked at the head Shi Yinghu was holding in his hand. Most of the Amazons are female hooligans, and Al Ain is the best among them.
"In fact, her bones are excellent, if she is willing to work hard to lose weight and maintain her skin, even if she can't reach the point of the devil's magic, she will definitely become a great beauty. This little girl refused to work hard, but blindly resented others, and finally ended up with nothing and her soul went to purgatory. Shi Yinghu shook his head as he handed the bloodied head to the brigade mage Rose, and then it was up to him to do so.
"The devil will not make a loss-making business, and pay attention to the lowest to pay the highest return, there is no valuable soul, and if you want to sell to the devil, you will not get any response. After saying this, the traveling mage Rose began to process and prepare, and half an hour later, he stood in the center of the purgatory circle and began to chant incantations and infuse them with magical power.
“I want a beautiful, gentle, I love, also deeply love my girl。 With the infusion of magic power, the circle carved on the ground with blood gradually brightened, and the whirlwind of unknown origin blew, the candles in the cellar were blown out, and the people standing around the circle felt the vibration and change of space.
However, the artists were bold, and all the people present were legendary-level witchers, and even the weakest two daughters, Amanda and Epuri, both had the level of the beginner level of legends, so everyone was not too surprised.
It's just that, the next moment, the space shattered.
Except for the ground under the feet of everyone present, the entire room, the entire space, was directly thrown into a dark red world, and everyone flew around in the sky.
"Don't move, once you get out of the circle, you don't know where you're being thrown to! Stand firm, stand firm!" Everyone was like being enveloped in a Rubik's Cube, and then the Rubik's Cube was thrown from the top of the tall building by the bear child. The wind was howling, swirling rapidly, and there were turbulent currents and flashes of light and shadow in all directions, Shi Yinghu also tried to observe and record with the ability of Ziluo Jinqing or Haotian Law at the beginning, however, there was no problem with observing and recording, and the information flow that poured in in a very short period of time almost blew Shi Yinghu's head directly.
He snorted, blood spilling from his mouth and nose, and he immediately turned off the Purple Spirit Jin Qing or Haotian Magic Eye ability.
I don't know how long it has been, but with the huge gravity pressing on my body, the feeling of being down-to-earth finally came.
Except for Shi Yinghu and Muladin, the king of the hills, all of the people around fell to the ground, Shi Yinghu looked up at the sky, only to see that the bloody sky was shrouded in thick smoke, far less intoxicating than the blue sky of the main material world, like an apocalyptic scene.
A scorching breeze blew, rolling up a little yellow sand around everyone, and the pungent smell of blood came to the face, mixed with the smell of sulfur and iron filings, and the yellow sand under their feet was hotter than the air, even through the boots.
"Although the experience was not good, we managed to reach the lower plane anyway. As he spoke, Shi Yinghu stepped forward and pulled up the pale spellcaster Rose. During this time, Shi Yinghu communicated with Ross repeatedly, and only after making sure that he had enough knowledge accumulation and excellent skills did he agree to this adventure, otherwise, it would not be a joke to get lost in the void.
"This is just the first step, we need to go to Devil's City to find the Hell Tavern, find the guide, and then step by step gain permission to return to the main material world. Ross kept muttering like a blank sheet of paper, but his eyes shone brightly, for the special profession of traveling mage, only after completing his first plane trip can he be regarded as truly promoted to the legendary level, otherwise no matter how much knowledge is accumulated and how strong his strength is, it is not.
............
As Ross spoke, the fog cleared in front of him, revealing a large and illusory castle, and directly above the city gate, was a huge sculpture of the devil.
"And there's a tavern here, and you can still get wine?" asked Muradin, who hadn't spoken much along the way, and seemed to be interested in trying it.
"As long as you have enough currency, you can drink a fine wine that you will never taste, and my mentor's diary says that he has tasted the 'medical alcohol' of scientific and technological civilization, the 'wine of divine sacrifice' of faith civilization, and the 'heavenly machine brew' of Xianqin civilization...... However, gold and gems are not worth much here, and gold and gems are stones in the lower planes. ”
In the course of the words, the group came to the gate of the Devil's City. It is very surprising that there are no guards at the gates of this purgatory city, and there are no problems such as eating and taking cards, but the walls of the city are covered with all kinds of heads, and you can see the devil's army covered in armor everywhere, and it is obvious that there is no warning in this city, as long as the established rules are violated, they will be directly executed.
"Everyone look at it, find the tavern first, work the tavern first, don't make trouble, I still have some spirit coins and blood coins on me, and we will be much safer after hiring a guide." Sweat was pouring from Rose's forehead, and it was clear that he knew the rules of acting in the lower plane better than anyone present, but he was also under more psychological pressure because of it.
The legendary powerhouse has the combat power that one person can overwhelm a city in the main material world, but in the lower plane, it is just a relatively strong cannon fodder, a soldier head, an overseer, and the like, especially in the Devil's City.
The currency circulating in Hell is not gold, silver, or copper, but soul coins, spirit coins, and blood coins, and souls are the general equivalent of the lower planes, and they are also the tireless pursuit of the creatures of the lower planes with all their lives.
Shi Yinghu and Ain were at the forefront, then Muradin and Ross, and finally the Amazonian warriors Amanda and Epuri, and the six of them kept a low profile and were not easy to provoke, and finally found a building where people kept coming in and out.
The ghost whispered, I can't imagine that after all these years, the Hell Tavern where the mentor came back then is still there. ”
"Of course, it's still there, because the boss behind it is a Purgatory Lord, and one or two hundred years is a long time for us, but for a fifth-order transcendent Purgatory Lord, it may only be an hour or two. ”
"That's right. ”
Time, many times is like money, when you earn 3,000 a month, you will feel distressed when you go out for a meal of ramen, and you will think that this is a tenth of the income of your hard work in the day. But when you earn seven or eight thousand a month, you won't feel anything when you eat a bowl of ramen for twenty yuan.
It's just that, unlike money, the vast majority of people are less and less concerned about money in the days to come, and the vast majority of people are in the early stage of life and don't care about time the most.
The rules of the lower plane are simple, the strong is king.
Those who have the ability to enter the tavern are high-level devils and above, the ghost whispering tavern is an important property of the purgatory lord Dispart, this tavern is, the succubus, lust demons, and snake women in the tavern are also, almost every one of them has the symbol of slavery, and the mainstream of civilization in the lower plane is the slave system, because only as the property of the powerful will they be protected, not reduced to toys and food.
Everyone pushed the door in, and walked into the Inferno Tavern, which had many similarities with the main material realm, but also had many different Hell's Tavern.