Chapter 165: Diablo III.10
"I don't know the specifics......" The Demon Overseer had just spoken, only to see Gu Cheng squint slightly, it trembled subconsciously, and hurriedly added: "But I saw that Lord Macgtan sent the Demon Apostle to the Cathedral in the East of Trisham, and it is said that he reached some kind of agreement with the awakened Skeletron...... I really don't know the specifics, even if you kill me, it's useless......"
The Demon Overseer had been tortured and frightened by Gu Cheng, who was a "human".
Gu Cheng thought in his heart about the few pieces of information that the Demon Overseer said, and at present, the only useful information was that the Hell Legion's base camp was in the forest east of the Grand Canyon. But if Macgtan can design away Gu Cheng and others to attack Trissym, it is difficult to guarantee that this time it will not be another "trap".
Macgtan, one of the current leaders of the Wizarding Society, the mastermind behind many of the big events in the first and second acts of Diablo 3, the murderer of Decard Kane.
Speaking of Macgtan and the Wizarding Society, we have to say that the predecessor of the Wizarding Society, the "Tritheistic Cult", which runs through all the Diablo series and hides in the shadows to stir up the world.
According to the ancient texts of Hradim, a magical guild founded by the Archangel Tyrell, at the beginning of its founding, the supreme being of all things, "Anu" (similar to Pangu), in order to pursue perfection, rejected the dark parts of his body, and these parts eventually turned into the seven-headed demon dragon Tasamet.
Anu, who represents "light (good)", and Tasamet, who represents "darkness (evil)", are incompatible, and the battle is torn apart, but in the end, both sides are defeated. In the end, Anu's body was transformed into heaven, and Tassamet's body was transformed into hell.
Not only that, but some of Anu's resonance qualities poured out of his spine, and they vibrated light and sound, conveying Anu's beauty and becoming "angels". Among them, the most "pure" are the archangels, that is, the five archangels such as Tyrrell, Impreus, and Masayer.
The seven dragon heads of Tassamet were transformed into the Three Demon Gods and the Four Demon Kings, who commanded the countless demons that emerged from Tassamet's body.
In the midst of the endless battle, the Archangel of Wisdom, Masayir, discovered the "Eye of Anu" and named it the "World Stone". Heaven and Hell continue their battle for the Worldstone, just as Anu and Tasamet did.
Both of them want to be in control of the World Stone, as it is not only a source of spiritual power, but also a cornerstone of the creation of the world. Whoever obtains the World Stone will be able to use the power of the World Stone to forge a world that aligns with their own values.
This war, which has lasted for hundreds of millions of years, is known as the "eternal war".
At the beginning of the Eternal War, Tyrell led the Angels to repair the "Chaos Fortress" around the Worldstone to defend against the Infernal Legions, but it also made the Chaos Fortress the core battlefield of the Eternal War.
The Chaos Fortress is constantly "changing hands" in the eternal war, and whoever takes the Chaos Fortress by angels and demons will use it as a stronghold, so both sides are constantly repairing the fortress, and over time, after constantly changing hands, the Chaos Fortress has become a "strange style" that blends heaven and hell.
I don't know how long it took, but the angel Inaris was tired of the endless war, and he hoped to stop this "meaningless" war.
So, in the war with the demons, he constantly preaches his "truce" doctrine, so he attracts the attention of "Lilith", the daughter of Mephisto, the hated king of the commander of the Hell Legion.
Lilith had always hated her father and was tired of the endless battles, and when she heard about Inaris' truce, she decided to work with him to steal the Worldstone from the Chaos Fortress and adjust its frequency, pushing it into another dimension, later known as the "Sanctuary".
After Heaven and Hell discovered that the World Stone had disappeared, this "eternal war" that had lasted for hundreds of millions of years finally stopped. At the same time, Inaris and Lilith fell in love, and they started the first time that angels and demons fell in love, and more and more angels and demons were united, and soon after, the first "Nephiten" were born in the Sanctuary.
However, as time passed, Nephiten showed greater power than angels and demons, and the angels and demons began to worry. On the one hand, he was worried that Nephiti would completely suppress them, and on the other hand, he was also worried that he would attract the attention of heaven and hell and thus discover their "deserters", and the result was self-evident.
As a result, the angels and demons had a heated discussion over whether to completely destroy Nephilim, with Inaris advocating for everyone to calm down, while Lilith was adamantly opposed, and in a fit of rage, she killed all the angels and demons in the Sanctuary except Inaris.
Eventually, Inaris banished Lilith from the Sanctuary, and adjusted the frequency of the Worldstone to weaken Nephilim's power.
After Inaris adjusted the frequency of the Worldstone, Nephilim's talent was gradually diluted, and he no longer had a long lifespan, eventually reducing him to a mediocre human. The first Nephilims were either asleep or dead under Inaris' means.
As Inaris prepares to launch a second purge against the original Nephilim, Inarith and Lilith's son Linarian is determined to save the Sanctuary when his parents go on a killing spree, so he asks the guardian dragon Tagao who is hiding in the Sanctuary to help.
Under the deliberate arrangement of the guardian dragon, Linarian discovered and entered the unique dimensional plane of Tagio, and in the days that followed, Tagerian regarded Linarian as his successor, and taught him his understanding of the "way of balance".
Under the tutelage of Tagao, Linarian unleashed his talents and became the first necromancer in the history of the Darks, and all the necromancy built around life and death that later generations saw was based on Linarian's unique abilities.
Desperated by angels and demons, Linarian abandoned the name, changing himself to "Rasma", meaning "student of Tagao", and began plotting against his father's plans in Balance.
On the other hand, after Inaris adjusted the frequency of the World Stone, Nephilim became a mortal. The number of mortals grew over time, and they built cities in the sanctuary, the most powerful of which was the "Kaijian".
Around Kaijian, a number of mage tribes began to emerge, they studied magic and conducted experiments on various spells, and the famous Vizgerre tribe was one of them.
The Vizgerre tribe believes that other planes have spirits and can be artificially summoned, but they have been unable to do so, and can only occasionally hear the voices of spirits.
However, in one incident, believing that the entire family of the mage named Jerry Harash was killed, he developed great power in his grief and succeeded in summoning a creature from hell, known as a "demon".
From then on, Hell knew about the existence of the Sanctuary Land.
When the demons of Hell learned of the existence of the Sanctuary Land, they discovered that the humans in it had an unknown potential, and if they could control this potential and stimulate them, they could control the humans to attack Heaven and destroy the angels once and for all.
As a result, the Three Demon Gods began to extend their claws to the humans of the Sanctuary Land. Determined to control humanity spiritually through religion, they founded the "Tritheistic Cult" in the Sanctuary to promote the teachings of "determination, creativity, and fraternity." Soon, the Tritheistic Cult was used by the people around Kaijian, and spread to all corners of the sanctuary with the momentum of a beacon of fire.
On the surface, the tritheistic religion believes in "determination, creation, and fraternity", but in fact, the so-called three gods are the three demon gods of "fear, destruction, and hatred" in the present world. Those who believed in them were brought back and sacrificed to the demons, but the Tritheistic Cult did it very secretly, and none of them were discovered by the people. However, Inaris, who is an angel, soon discovers this secret, and in order to fight the tritheistic religion, he builds the Basilica of the Holy Light based on the belief in heaven.
However, the families of Nephiti Udixian and Mundeen were all killed in a riot launched by the Tritheistic Cult, and neither the Tritheistic Cult nor the Cathedral of Light could save their lives, and Udixian also discovered the people behind these two organizations, so he hated both sides very much, and thus laid the groundwork for the future "War of Original Sin".
When the Tritheistic Cult and the Cathedral of Light were frantically expanding their followers in order to overwhelm each other, Lilith returned to the Sanctuary and took the form of Lilia, approaching Udixian and inspiring his Nephilim powers, hoping to banish Inarith and demons through his powers, which was what Udixian wanted.
As a result, Udixian willingly became Lilith's "pawn". When he regained his strength, he immediately awakened another group of sleeping Nephilim, and together with them, launched an attack on the Tritheistic Cult, destroying the Tritheistic strongholds everywhere, and discovering the World Stone.
Udixian readjusted the frequency of the Worldstone, allowing the Nephilims to regain their former powers and begin to declare war on the Basilica of Light and Inaris.
After retreating, Tyrell led an army from Heaven to reinforce him, and at the same time, the Legion of Hell also entered the Sanctuary, and a new war was ready to start.
When angels and demons arrive in the sanctuary, the "War for Original Sin" is fully fought.
But to the surprise of both the angels and the demons, Udixian's power was far beyond their imagination, and when he unleashed all his powers, the armies of angels and demons were forced to retreat into their territory.
At the same time, Udixian also felt that his humanity was gradually losing, and he was afraid that other Nephilim would lose their humanity like him after the power exploded, so he rechanneled the power back into his body, and finally he himself was erased by this power, and at the same time, this power also adjusted the frequency of the World Stone back to the previous state, and the bloodline power of Nephitian disappeared again, and this "battle of original sin" also ended.
However, although the Tritheistic Cult was destroyed in the War of Original Sin, there are still believers of the Tritheistic Cult who are hiding in the shadows, and they incarnate as "Wizards" in order not to attract the attention of the Cathedral of Light and the Angels.
In the plots of Diablo 1-3, the Wizarding Guild plays an extremely important "villain role" and promotes the progress of the world line.
In Diablo 3, the witch Magtan, one of the current leaders of the Wizarding Society, and Adriath hatched a shocking conspiracy to gather the souls of the Three Demon Gods and the Four Demon Kings (Andariel and Durrell in the Three Demon Gods and Four Demon Kings in the Diablo 2 plot have been killed, and Diablo 3 is only Belle and Azmodan left) in the body of Leah, who has the blood of Diablo, the King of Fear, in order to resurrect Diablo.
Thus, MacGtan teamed up with Belier, the Lord of Lies, to awaken the Skeleton King Leorrick and the scourge Tristum.
However, in the original plot of Diablo 3, MacGuitar did not "blatantly" cooperate with the Legion of Hell, nor did he directly join forces with Skeletron. And now, through the information revealed by the Demon Overseer, McGtan has not only become a "commander" of the Hell Legion on the surface, but also directly joined forces with Leorik to attack Tristrom.
Gu Cheng had an ominous premonition in his heart, it was as if the plot had changed in Resident Evil, and he finally faced the two major bosses of the 2nd and 3rd generations at the same time!
According to the current situation, in the first act of the plot, you will have to face all the bosses in the first and second acts at the same time, and even the super demon god who combines the power of the three demon gods and the four demon kings, Diablo who was resurrected in the body of Yulia, right?
It stands to reason that there is no such thing as a plot advancement in the "free exploration mode" of the mission world, and there is no so-called "changing the plot", so how can there be a plot change?
…… Wait a minute!
A possibility suddenly flashed in Gu Cheng's heart, could it be that the current world of "Diablo 3" has been invaded by "Honkai" and has entered the situation of the preliminary collapse of the plot?
If so, that's a bit of a bad thing.
Gu Cheng not only had to face the "free exploration mode" for the first time, but also the "Honkai" for the first time, and there were too many unknowns that he couldn't think of a way to deal with it for a while.
But in any case, we have to start with "gathering intelligence" first.
The Grand Canyon must be visited, and the Cathedral must be visited.
The townspeople of Tristrom need to be saved, and so does Decardcain.
Since the plot is already developing in the direction of "Honkai", Gu Cheng doesn't have to worry so much, and can even rely on his own mastery of the plot to avoid the death plot of Decad Kane, and even save Leah.
But that's all for later, and the most important thing for now is to save Dani, Leah, and the townsfolk of Trisham from the Legion of Hell.
Konar saw that Gu Cheng had fallen into deep thought since listening to the Demon Overseer's words, and couldn't help but urge: "Jack, we can't be delayed, we must find the base camp of the Hell Demon as soon as possible and rescue the captured townspeople!" ”
Gu Cheng nodded: "Yes, let's leave for the Grand Canyon, and for the rest, it's not too late to rescue the townspeople." ”
Konar raised his battle axe and shouted, "Brothers! Let's go! Even if we don't make it back alive, we will do everything we can for Trissym's future! Kill those brutes from hell! ”
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
The militiamen, the men of Trisham, raised their weapons in response to Kornar's call.
This time, Trisham poured out of the nest, whether it was the old man or the wounded, they took up arms one after another, and the group went to the Grand Canyon to "decisively" with the Hell Army!
Although Gu Cheng felt that it was the best choice to stay in Tristm and wait for the Human Warrior Corps to come, and to join forces with him to attack the Hell Legion. However, they can wait, but the kidnapped townsfolk can't wait, not to mention that there is also Leah, a key character in the entire Diablo 3 main story.
Gu Cheng didn't dare to gamble with Leah's life on the "mercy" of the devil, God knows if something went wrong with Leah, the world of Diablo 3 would be completely destroyed directly, and then the task of "surviving for 30 days" would become "every second is like a year".
The group went deep along the eastern forest, all the way to the "Forest of Silence" in the Grand Canyon, and on the way, they met many refugees who had fled from the surrounding villages. Through them, they learned that not only Tristum, but also the nearby villages and towns had been attacked by the Legions of Hell. Vast numbers of human beings were taken captive and villages and towns destroyed.
The closer you get to the Grand Canyon base camp of the Hell Legion, the more tragic the scene becomes. Burning villages, smoky forests, corpses everywhere...... Some were torn and gnawed into pieces of minced meat, blood from their internal organs was sprinkled all over the ground, even the green plants turned "bright red", some were eaten off half of their bodies, and the half of their bodies were filled with long knives, spears and other weapons, and some were smashed/slapped into a puddle of flesh......
The villages and towns he passed through were so miserable that they were even more miserable than the small town of Tristelm, and Conal was terrified and prayed in his heart that God would hear his voice and protect Dani from still alive.
The group walked all night until the sky grew bright, and they saw a demon from Hell who was in charge of escorting captives in a village occupied by the Legions of Hell.
"Dani!" At a glance, Conal saw the familiar voice in the crowded prison cart, and without waiting for Ramford and the others to give orders, he rushed down with a roar of his tomahawk in hand.
Everyone saw that the prisoner cart was the townsfolk of Trissym, who were escorting, and they grabbed their weapons and rushed up with Kornal. The black panther followed, but Gu Cheng stopped.
Zhao Shanhe walked up to Gu Cheng and asked strangely, "Don't you want to help?" ”
Gu Cheng had the blessing of Eagle Eye's vision, and he spotted Dani's traces before Kornal, and he said in a deep voice: "There are only some Trissym townspeople in the prison car, and some are not here, including...... Leah. It's not right. It stands to reason that the townspeople of Tristm were taken captive, so why are there only a part of them here? ”
"Maybe the other part of the escort will go faster." Zhao Shanhe said.
Gu Cheng shook his head: "It's unlikely, I think it's ...... It's more like the devil is afraid that we won't chase it, and deliberately left some 'reasons' for us to chase down......"