42. Trouble at the border
"It's a ring."
In the castle of Liana, Queen of the Border, the weakest member of the Children of Hell stretched out his paws and picked up from the table what Merlin had thrown over, which were silver rings embellished with different gemstones.
Their surface shone with a magical light, and that lingering aura represented their supreme quality.
Merlin's reason for today's sooner or later is because a few days ago, he went to Latvia and obtained the method of transforming the Ten Rings from His Majesty Doom, and he had just completed the transformation of this set of magical items before he arrived at the border of hell.
Doom was a true genius, and he found a way to cut off the connection between the ten rings while preserving their full power.
However, the trade-off is that these rings no longer have a mana regeneration effect, and in order to use their maximum power, the user must recharge them with their own mana.
But even so, these rings, which retain extremely high quality, are still very rare legendary creations, and carrying one with you is equivalent to an effective means of attack.
Asazzo placed a ring on his hand, infused it with magical power, and with a wave of his hand, a sharp beam of light shot out of the ring, easily slashing through a pillar in the castle hall, and in the throbbing of the beam, the collapsed pillar was cut into square stones in the air.
"It's a good thing."
The demon mutant wore the other two rings on his hand as well, and the wind and the beating arc of electricity suddenly gathered on his arm, and the two different energies looked amazingly powerful.
Asazzo was pleased with what Merlin had paid.
However, when he looked up, he saw Merlin holding a ring in his hand, like a ring seller, and distributing it to the other three.
"Come on, pick one yourself."
Merlin said to Damon, Satana, and Liana, who were beside him:
"I was reminded that the children of hell also need their own logos, and I thought it made sense, so I made these things."
"The three of you may not be able to use their original function, but it's not a big problem to use it for interdimensional connection, and it can also be used as a signpost for teleportation positioning."
"Well, it looks pretty good."
Queen Liana put the ring on her finger, put it in front of her eyes and looked at it, and she nodded with satisfaction:
"It's pretty stylish."
"Boom"
A scorching fireball of lava smashed against the wall at the edge of the hall, melting a piece of relief, and Satana, the daughter of Satan, looked at the extreme on her finger, and she pouted:
"But the power is so-so."
Well, for the weak Asazzo, three rings can effectively strengthen his strength, but for the powerful Satan's daughter, the flame explosion attached to this ring is nothing more than a large toy.
Alas, they are both hellish creatures, why is the gap between people and people so big?
"It's actually quite interesting."
Damon also kept the ring on his little finger, he injected magic, and a dark shadow shrouded him, beating like a living thing, with Damon's already gloomy temperament, he felt like a villain in a story.
"Hey, so everyone has it."
The sensitive Asazzo's heart is a little unbalanced again.
"Don't get cheap, sell well."
Merlin left the gravitational rings on his little finger, and then tossed the remaining three rings into his pocket, and said to Asazzo:
"The cutting beam is your identity mark, the Vortex Ring is my reward for giving you the news, and the rest of the lightning ring is for you to save your life!"
"Asazzo, your strength is weak, but you are one of us after all, it is better to keep a low profile when you are outside, with this ring, contact Liana in case of a critical situation, and she will pull her directly into the border of hell."
"Okay."
The Red Devil is powerless to refute, he is already weak, he is very self-aware.
He moved his fingers with the three rings and said to Merlin:
"The book I found is said to have been written by the last sage of the Demon Dynasty, and it records the fall of the Chakra Dynasty in epic form, and in the final chapter, it leaves a very simple map, and leaves a note: it is the hope of the rise of the dynasty."
"I suspect that the last princess of the Demon Dynasty may be in the place where the map shows."
The Red Devil stretched out his finger and used his magic to create a very rudimentary map in front of everyone's eyes, and he said:
"That place seems to be in the Arabian Peninsula, and I was going to leave it alone, but since you've been paid, I'm going to help you find that place, but it's going to take time."
"Okay, I'll leave that to you."
Merlin nodded, then turned his gaze to Liana, who was beside him, and asked:
"I told you last time that the current problems of the Hell Border need everyone to find a solution together, and now that everyone is here, let's talk about the trouble you are encountering now."
"Hey, I've said it all, I'll try to figure it out myself."
Liana glared at Merlin, who always felt that Merlin treated her like a child and had to ask about everything. But under Merlin's gaze, after a moment, the Queen of the Frontier said obediently:
"Well, judging from the current situation, I really can't figure it out myself."
"There has been some trouble at the borders of Hell lately, maybe the news of Belakis' death has been known to the Lords of Hell, in short, those dimensional passages that have been closed in my memory are now slowly opening."
"Many demons and devilish souls who died outside of hell also appeared on the border of hell for no reason, and caused some trouble."
"Oh? Is that so? ”
Dimon Says:
"No wonder I feel that the border of hell has changed a little when I come back this time, and the magic seems to be a little stronger."
"That's just the appearance."
The Queen of the Frontier said with some irritation:
"After the last time I was separated from Merlin, I went to look up the books left by Belakos, and I realized that the problem was more serious than I thought. According to the account, the Frontier of Hell served another purpose a long, long time ago, before it was taken over by Belakos, in addition to being a barren and barren land. ”
Liana frowned and said:
"It's hell after all the demons die... Well, it's a bit awkward to say that, but let me put it another way, the demons who die in hell are really dead, and they will return to the abyss to become demon worms and start growing again. ”
"But when demons die outside of hell, their souls return to hell, most of the time directly to the hell where they are, but that's just the way it is now, not in ancient times."
"Speaking of which, I seem to have heard the same legend."
Damon rubbed his chin, he and his sister looked at each other, and he said to the others:
"When I was younger, I was a comparative... Well, rebellious people, in short, I played some cultist tricks on the human world, and during that time, I dealt with a lot of demons from different hells, and they told me that hellish creatures, no matter where they come from, have to pass through a common path after death in order to return to hell. ”
"Yes!"
Liana pointed to the sky with a sad face, and said:
"The border of hell is that way..."
"In recent months, my territory has not only the demons of Mephistopheles, but also the souls of Satan's hell, and even the hell of the Egyptian god Nine Glory, and I occasionally see wandering Asgardian spirits, and those souls in hell in the human world make my brain ache every day..."
"In short, if these souls want to go back to Hades, they have to walk through the borders of hell. The border of hell is not just the edge of hell as we think it is... It is the common frontier of all hells. ”
Liana gestured her finger and said:
"It's like a shared crossroads, and after those dimensional passages are reopened, all the lords of hell are expanding their territory towards the borders of hell so that the demons and demons of their respective hells can be resurrected at a faster rate."
"They're also plundering the souls, presumably to expand their army for the upcoming Battle for the King of Hell, in short... It's bad, it's bad in every sense of the word. ”
"The cunning Belakis never said this, he relied on the evil gods he believed in to suppress the lords of hell, but we can't."
"I don't know now what kind of hot potato I have taken over, and to be honest, if it weren't for the fact that I was already tied to this land, I would have had the mind to throw it away and run away now."
The Frontier Queen spread out her hands and said to her friends:
"It's a really bad experience to be neighbors with a bunch of big guys you can't afford to mess with... Can you understand the awkward situation I'm in right now? ”
"I can imagine."
Merlin had a comparison between the shivering newcomer and the onlooker, and he couldn't help but grin.
He turned his head to look at Dimon and Satana and said:
"The border of hell is our basic territory, whether it is hidden or hidden, and we will use it as a base in the future, whether it is trying to intervene in the battle for the hegemony of the king of hell, this is the base camp that we cannot abandon. So, do you have any good advice for the current situation? ”
"Isn't it possible for Liana to mobilize the power of the dimension to block the passage?"
Satana played with her hair boredly, and she said to Liana:
"Haven't you tried?"
"Of course I tried, genius!"
Liana pouted:
"I've been trying to seal the open dimensional passages from the borders of Hell, but I've tried many times and failed."
"You see, the borders of hell have been responsible for transporting the souls of hellish creatures since the day they were born, and those lords of hell hate Belakis, so they can block the way to the borders of hell, but I can't block those passages here, because those passages were originally part of the borders of hell, and it is only being re-dredged."
"That's a problem."
Dimon frowned and said:
"The rivalry of the Lords of Hell will lead to a large-scale civil war in Hell, and the battlefield will span countless dimensions, and when the war ignites, the borders of Hell will be a battleground for soldiers, and some not-so-peaceful lords of Hell may covet this barren land in an attempt to control the trend of the war."
"Those weak lords don't care."
Liana waved her hand and said:
"In the borders of hell, I can easily repel them, mainly those powerful lords of hell, I am not sure."
"The most annoying thing is that the Border of Hell is forcing me to do my duty, and I must be responsible for sending those souls to their respective Hells, and if I don't, the land of Borderland will start to reject me."
"Wait, you said you could send those souls to their respective hells?"
Damon's eyes lit up, and the cunning half-demon said to Liana:
"Can you keep some of it?"
"What do you mean?"
Her Majesty asked, very simply:
"Why do you want to withhold it?"
"You're stupid!"
Damon hated iron and said:
"Now that you are facing a threat, you have to find a way to weaken your future opponents, and if you keep those souls at the borders of hell, it means that they will not be able to regenerate into the armies that will attack you in the future."
"And as the queen of the border, you can intercept those souls and give them new entities, turning them into your soldiers."
The cunning half-demon had a myriad of tricks in his mind at once, and he stood up, circled around his chair a few times, and said:
"Isn't it a skill that any ruler should know how to weaken his opponent while strengthening his own power?"
"You're thinking great."
Liana retorted dissatisfiedly:
"But the problem is that I can't do it!"
"Those hells with lords call the souls of the dead to move forward, even if they cross the entire border of hell, those souls will not get lost, that is part of the rules of hell, if I do that, the world will reject me even more!"
"But..."
Speaking of this, the Frontier Queen couldn't help but scratch her hair, and she said:
"There is a place where the souls always seem at a loss, and they often get lost at the borders of hell, as if there is no voice calling them in the hell where they are supposed to go."
"Where?"
Merlin asked curiously.
"The Asgardian underworld, called Niforheim or Hades."
Liana pointed to the sky, and she said:
"The Hell of the Asgardians, one of the Nine Kingdoms, is said to be ruled by the Asgardian god of death, but the problem is, something seems to have gone wrong with that god of death..."
"She doesn't seem to be able to do her job, and the dead Asgardians wander instinctively, many of them get lost on the way, and I sent the 'Black Sirs' to bring them to the entrance to the underworld."
"So you're so kind and cute... There's still a part of your soul that is demonic. ”
Dimon sarcastically said:
"If someone else had been a lord here, the souls of those Asgardians would have been intercepted a long time ago..."
"Since the Asgardian Reaper is unable to perform his duties, wouldn't it be right for you, as a border lord, to 'take in' the spirits of the dead who have nowhere else to go? Doesn't that violate the rules of hell? ”
Liana kept a blank face and didn't speak, although she killed her adoptive father, she still ruled a hell.
But to be honest, compared to the guys sitting next to her, this girl is quite kind in her heart, and she is not willing to do such an evil thing as forcibly intercepting the souls of the dead.
And I don't know if it's an illusion, maybe it's because she spends too much time with her kind and excessive brother, and Liana's current view of good and evil has begun to change towards Colossus's thinking.
For the hero, this is a good change, but for the demon lord, who has to intrigue all the time, it is a big bad thing.
"Who's 'Black Jazz'?"
Satana's focus was markedly different, and when the Daughter of Satan asked curiously, Merlin replied:
"That's Liana's mechanical butler, a modified Cybertron who now seems to be also acting as a soul lure."
"But the interception of souls is one thing, it can only increase the number of troops under Liana's command, and the high-end power of the children of hell also needs to be increased, which means that we have to complete the new work we have been delaying for a long time before the battle for the king of hell begins."
Merlin rubbed his chin as he looked at Daemon and said:
"I've heard, you're looking for Mephistopheles' knights left in the world?"
He asked:
"Can you pull that guy into our side as well?"