Sitting by the fire and looking at the woman directly opposite, Rhodes seemed to have noticed something.

In Rod's memory, he seemed to have seen the woman, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her, but he had a slight impression in his mind.

After waiting for a while, seeing that the woman did not react, Rod took the initiative to ask, "Who are you?" ”

The woman didn't answer Rod's words, but just glanced at Rod.

From the darkness behind her, she picked up a handful of dry twigs and lowered them into the fire in front of her. For a moment, the flames in the fire burned even brighter.

When she had done all this, she smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Rhodes and said, "Tell me what you think of suffering." ”

Her voice was low, not like the effect of deliberately muffling it, but as it was.

"Suffering? What are you referring to? Rod gave her a puzzled look, not understanding the meaning of her question.

In this unfamiliar environment, Rod didn't know what impact his answer would have on the follow-up, and the best choice was to ask the woman in front of him first, and then answer himself according to her answer.

"What people have suffered, what they have suffered." "Maybe it's physical suffering, death, sickness, mutilation, maybe it's mental, madness, pain, love. ”

"Love?" Rod seemed to have discovered something, frowned slightly, looked at her and asked, "Is love also a kind of suffering?" ”

"Of course." She nodded, "When all creatures are born, their hearts are peaceful and happy, without fear, without desire, and incomparably innocent. Have you ever looked into the eyes of any newborn creature? There's no impurities in there. ”

Rod was silent, listening to the woman's story with a calm face.

However, with the contact with the outside world, the original happiness and peace of the newborn are destroyed, fear and desire arise, and distracting thoughts appear in the innocent heart, so that people lose their eternal happiness, which is the existence of suffering. Everything we have experienced since we were born, even the love that can lead to temporary happiness, has been suffering. ”

As she spoke, she paused, and her eyes stared at Rhodes carefully: "This is my understanding of suffering, and I want to hear from you." ”

Rhodes pondered for a moment and replied, "I think suffering can empower people and make them heroes. ”

"Heroes? Is this your understanding of suffering? She seemed a little disappointed and glanced at Rod disapprovingly.

Rhodes nodded: "If there is any meaning of suffering, it is to let people transcend suffering." There is no way to do this with the power of people themselves, only by becoming heroes. ”

She smiled slightly: "Although I don't agree with what you said, I agree with one of your sentences." The meaning of suffering is to transcend suffering and attain eternal happiness. ”

Rhodes seemed to realize something: "Eternal happiness...... It's not something that can be done easily. Even lichs who appear to have gained eternity will die when they encounter stronger enemies. What kind of happiness can last forever? ”

"There is only one kind of existence that has such happiness. In the ancient legends of Erathia, that being was called 'god'. She raised her voice and stood up from the fire, her body enveloped in wide robes, "We meet again, Rod." ”

Hearing her say this, Rod's expression suddenly changed, and he subconsciously entered a state of vigilance.

In Rod's impression, after he came to hell, he never revealed his real name, and always called himself Elliott, however, the woman in front of him called out his real name, and listening to her words, it seemed that it was not the first time she had seen herself.

After thinking of this, Rhodes seemed to realize something, and glanced at the woman with some surprise, knowing that his soul was going to hell, and there seemed to be only one person.

"Messika, is that you?" Rhodes asked with some confusion, he couldn't think of anyone else besides Messija.

In the face of Rod's inquiry, she did not answer directly, but a smile hooked up at the corner of her mouth, which was regarded as acquiescing to Rod's words.

At this time, Rod also remembered where he had seen the woman's face. In the Temple of Revelation not long ago, the statue belonging to the King of Greed was clearly made in the form of the woman in front of him.

Once, under the influence of the realm of the dead, Messija took on the form of an old woman, but in the trials in the depths of hell, Rhodes saw her true form, or rather what she once was.

The difference between these two looks is huge, and Rod is really not used to it for a while.

"I found the guidance you left behind." After a moment of silence, Rhodes said slowly, "When you just disappeared, I used a treasure to probe your situation and found that you were hanging on a lava lake, and now it seems that you should be in better shape than I thought." You were able to find me in the trial, and it seems that you are safe. ”

However, Messija shook her head: "What you see now is nothing more than a small measure, my body is still on that lava lake, and I am being punished...... The lava lake you see is the lake of fire in the trial, and where I am should be in a place called the Gate of Betrayal. ”

Hearing Messia's words, Rod's face changed. Prior to this, from Hela's account, Rhodes already knew that among the ten gates leading to the Fire Seal City, the first in line was the Gate of Treachery, and he didn't expect Messija to be locked up there.

"Why are you being locked up? What exactly did you do? Rhodes asked with some confusion, he didn't understand what Messija had done, and she, as one of the kings, should be punished like this.

"That was a long time ago." Messija didn't answer Rod's question directly, but just shook his head, "The arrogant king imprisoned me at the Gate of Treachery as one of the sacrifices for the birth of the 'beast', and if you can get me out, I may be able to help you a lot." ”

"Beasts? What is that? Rhodes seemed to have noticed something and asked.

"The ultimate creature." Messija said slowly, "All creatures that fail in the trial will become part of the beast. ”

Rod frowned, in his memory, in the game of his previous life, there was no such ultimate creature, maybe because the player at that time, disrupted the progress of the game, or for some other reason, for everything that happened in hell, Rod could not get any help from memory.