Chapter 261: Gambling with Mephisto
Mephisto means liar in ancient Hebrew, and in Greek it means a person who does not love light, and in all the descriptions of magicians, it is mentioned that this guy loves to gamble, cynical, but there is no lack of depth, humor and wit, and many times he claims to be the source of sin...
Night, Las Vegas.
The Soul Mansion has become a landmark in a very short period of time, with a slightly Gothic faΓ§ade featuring blatant sculptors of demons and hell, resembling a vampire's castle against a backdrop of bright moon and black clouds.
In fact, many people already know that this is the devil's territory, but what is it?
There are many people in Las Vegas who are willing to sell their souls to the devil because it is a sin city in itself.
The Soul Casino can not only provide a variety of exciting games, but also allow gamblers to experience the ultimate enjoyment of life with entertainment on other floors, as long as the soul is mortgaged, even beggars can enjoy all this, which has naturally become the most attractive place.
In the splendid casino hall, there is an eerie tranquility at this time, a large number of gamblers around a gaming table, whether it is a sweat-soaked man in a suit or a beprising woman, all of them have red eyes at this time, and there is a rough breath in their nostrils, staring at the dealer with their eyes blank.
The dealer's face was a little hideous at this time, his skin was twisted like a wave, and he stared at a yellow man surrounded by many gamblers.
The guy was looking at him with a playful look, taking out a piece of chocolate and munching it in his mouth from time to time, and habitually turning the ring on his finger.
"Damn, you'd better hurry up!" A white male gambler couldn't help but yell.
The dealer glared at the white man menacingly, but still didn't dare to do anything.
This is the big roulette table, and since the yellow man sat here, he has not missed a single shot.
Gradually, all the gamblers went crazy and kept making money. It doesn't matter if you make money, in the eyes of the demons, these are all waste paper, but this yellow man has set a rule, all those who follow the trend must redeem their souls after earning enough 3 million, otherwise they will deliberately fail to make everyone unlucky.
Hundreds of souls had already been redeemed in one night, and many more were still coming, and all the magic guards were useless.
In the face of increasing pressure, the dealer went crazy, twisting his body to reveal his true form and bite all the guys to death.
However, at the moment of his transformation, a dry and old age spotted hand grabbed him and threw him back to hell at once, and Mephisto, who was wearing a tuxedo, slowly sat in the position of the dealer just now, with a warm smile on his face: "We meet again, Mr. Li Mo." β
With Mephisto's appearance, the surrounding time and space seemed to be frozen, and all the gamblers maintained their postures, even the cigar smoke from their mouths froze in the air.
Li Mo smiled indifferently, "Don't talk nonsense, don't you want to see me, I'm here." β
Mephisto waved his hand gracefully, "I knew that little guy named Doom was not going to make it." Actually, I admire you very much, focused, shrewd, and most importantly, clear about your path, if you are given enough time, maybe one day you will become a powerful being in the universe. β
"Wow." Li Mo smiled, "The devil's sweet words are really extraordinary, especially when they come out of your mouth, they are simply flattering. β
"Actually, we can be partners." Mephisto snapped his fingers, and a glass of red wine suddenly appeared in front of the two of them, "You know what I want, you know what I can do, make a deal, I can provide everything you want, and even directly help you obtain a dimension to become a dimensional demon god." β
"Can you ask a question first?" Li Mo lit a cigarette, "You are a dimensional demon god, the great lord of hell, and a strong competitor of Satan, how can you die begging Bai Lie to help the crazy Titan Sanos, he doesn't have this charm, who is behind the scenes to control all this?" β
Mephisto's smile gradually retracted, "You are not qualified yet, there are too many secrets in this world, and the more you know, the faster you will die." β
"Then my answer is no." Li Mo said categorically.
"It's a bit of a bad choice." Mephisto shook his head, "After you become a strong man, the lives of ordinary people are meaningless, because in your long and even infinite life, they will always grow like weeds again. β
"There are some boundaries that I won't break." Li Mo gently exhaled a puff of cigarette, "Besides, even if I promise you, I'm afraid I will become your pawn and die one day without knowing it." β
Mephisto's face darkened.
"It seems that you really want to die."
Li Mo shrugged his shoulders, "As long as you don't go to the Dark Hell Dimension, what can you do to me?" β
"I'm going to destroy the whole planet!"
"There's a friend named Reid who invented a device that blew Las Vegas out of the air."
"Don't you want to save those superheroes?"
"I'll let them die."
"Your base is in the Abyssal Hell Dimension."
"Don't scare people, although Satan Marduk has fallen into a dying sleep, if you dare to go, he may drag you to be buried with him."
"I've sent a great army to surround it!"
"Oh, really?" Li Mo was noncommittal, and directly turned on the special communicator with McQueen, "Are you surrounded by people?" β
"Yes, boss." McQueen's image came clearly, "An army of demons from the Dark Hell suddenly appeared, but we were defeated within ten minutes, seized a large amount of supplies, and captured a lot of experimental objects. β
"Okay, notify the big boss, slice all those demons for me!" Li Mo shrugged his shoulders after finishing the communication, looked at Mephisto and pouted and said, "It seems that the combat effectiveness of your demon army needs to be improved..."
Mephisto stopped talking, staring at Li Mo with a gloomy face with a dangerous look, the light suddenly alternated between light and dark, the surrounding space was constantly vibrating and distorting, and the resplendent casino began to decay at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if time was passing.
Li Mo was not afraid at all, although the scene in front of him looked amazing, but the energy of the doppelganger that Mephisto who had left the hell was limited, and no matter how high his skills were, he was not his opponent with two Infinity Stones.
However, Li Mo still raised his hands and made a helpless expression, "Don't rush to fight and turn your face first, it really hinders your character as the master of lies with unparalleled wisdom, we can completely change the way." β
Mephisto paused, his eyes shining, "Oh... How? β
"Looks like you're into gambling." Li Mo looked around, peeled off a piece of chocolate and chewed it in his mouth, "It's better to... Let's take a gamble! β
Mephisto was immediately interested when he heard this, and gently stroked the small silver cane in his hand, "How to bet?" β
"I'll take something valuable as a bargaining chip, even my soul and two Infinity Stones, and you'll have to give something of equal value as a bet."
Li Mo stared into Mephisto's eyes and said, "The location can be set in your dark dimension hell, but we have to sign a magic contract, and the way of gambling must be agreed by both parties, and absolute fairness must be guaranteed!" β
The corners of Mephisto's mouth first showed a hint of curvature, and then his smile became more and more serious, "Mr. Li Mo, your courage is really admirable, and I appreciate you more and more." β
"Deal!"
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Dark Hell Dimension.
This is also a spiral structure, but unlike the Abyss Hell, there are only seven floors here, and each layer is an endless continent beyond the limits of human imagination, and even if the earth falls here, it will only form a mountain range.
It seems that all the matter in the universe has gathered together, and the edge of the continent is a fragmented meteorite belt, and further afield is an endless void.
The harsh geological environment can be seen everywhere on the continent, with an area of more than hundreds of millions of kilometers, blood-colored deserts, gravel plains with no grass and fierce winds, rotten swamps like soaked in pus, and black oceans with raging waves...
The surface of the earth was littered with huge chasms like canyons, and countless agonized souls stretched out their arms in the blazing magma. The underground is full of dense, labyrinth-like deep caves.
Mephisto's palace is located on the seventh floor, which is already a five-dimensional existence. If the four-dimensional space is to condense the three-dimensional space into a point, connecting the past and the future with the time axis, then the time connection of the five-dimensional space will produce bifurcation, and different futures will be generated in different time periods.
Therefore, Mephisto, as the Lord of Latitude, will be an omniscient and all-powerful being, and if you want to kill him, you can only erase all of his past and future in an instant.
There is no past or future here, and except for the Dimensional Lords, ordinary creatures and even demons will not be able to understand the existence here, and will go crazy or explode their heads.
As a result, Mephisto solidified the place and presented itself with a huge black castle standing in the yellow sand, with Gothic buildings stretching for hundreds of miles.
In the blood-red sky, the gravel paved soul passages reached the surface, and his demons led the souls on them, finally reaching the black castle.
In the deep, dark halls of the Fallen, the towering brazier burns with blood-red flames. On the black throne, Mephisto had already taken on his original form, with red skin, a blood-red cape, black hair as messy as ink, and his eyes spewing hellfire.
At this moment, he was holding his cheeks, shaking his legs. In his heart, this gamble had already been divided from the moment Li Mo decided.
Absolute fairness does not exist at all, since you are at the table, there is only the word win or lose, and everything else is a means of victory.
Here he will lose to Li Mo?
This kind of thing simply can't happen!
Since the two Infinity Stones are already in the bag, he has already begun to plan how to let Thanos collect all the gems as a matter of course.
At that moment, Mephisto suddenly frowned and looked at the corner of the hall.
The space began to distort, and a large hole was continuously corroded by the strange yellow energy, and a dimensional demon god with sharp horns, green skin, and a large fat belly with fangs and a large mouth walked out.
"Satannish... What are you doing here, looking for death? Mephisto stared at the guy with a gloomy face.
This dimensional demon god named Satannish is almost as strong as him, a strong contender for the name of Satan, and often fanning the flames between him and his nemesis Dormammu, and is a nasty guy.
"Hahaha," said Satannish's thick voice with multiple echoes, "The story of you making a bet with a mortal has spread all over the multiverse, and although you often do such boring things, this time it's about the two Infinity Stones and the belonging of the Earth, of course I'm going to see the excitement." β
Mephisto's face darkened, these were his secret plans, how could they be known to the world?
What to see the excitement?
It's clear that they're here to wreak havoc!
"Get out of here!"
Mephisto stood up in a bad mood, "You're not welcome here, or do you want to fight me in my realm?" β
"Don't be so stingy!" Satannish grossed himself and found a chair and sat down, "There are more people to come, except for those who are not in the stream, Zum, Dormammu, Pruto, Velasco, and even Shuma. Goras will come to see the excitement, do you want to drive them away? β
After speaking, he looked at Mephisto with a gloating look, "This mortal seems to be a little not simple..."
Mephisto's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he sat heavily on the throne, "Come, get ready to welcome the guests!" β
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The dimension of dreams.
With a charming smile, the Queen of Dreams tidied up the black dark gold mage robe on Li Mo's body, and with a wave of her hand, Li Mo's black medium-length hair suddenly fell softly to the back of her head.
After an appreciative glance, the Dream Queen nodded with satisfaction, "This is your first appearance, Cancer of the Multiverse!" β
Li Mo covered his forehead with a headache, "Can you stop mentioning this name, the people who listen to it will have a painful egg." β
The Queen of Dreams chuckled, "Mephisto probably didn't expect you to make such a big deal out of it." β
Li Mo shrugged, "Compared to those great gods, I'm just a little guy, and a fool will believe in fair gambling." β
"Look at things from the perspective of the overall situation, even if he wants to simply calculate me, but at this critical moment in the battle for the demon king, he will be misunderstood by other demon gods, and no one wants to see him get the earth and be the king directly."
"So, it's not just a gamble." The Queen of Dreams laughed gloatingly, "Mephisto is going to face the troubles of many demon gods. β
"Damn, this guy keeps getting me in trouble."
"The Dimensional Demon God and the Great Lord of Hell are indeed amazing, but do you think I'm easy to mess with?" Li Mo snorted, "In addition, I also prepared a special gift for him. β
"This time, I'm going to give him a taste of roasting on the fire!"
"What's your bad idea again?" The Queen of Dreams couldn't help but be a little excited, and there was already a hint of tide in her eyes.
"You'll know when the time comes."
Li Mo stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around the waist of the Queen of Dreams,
"Let's go!"