Chapter 178: Diablo III.23

A day later.

Black Panther, Zhao Shanhe and Snow Eagle stood in front of a rock cave, there were many demon corpses at the entrance of the cave, Zhao Shanhe squatted in front of the corpse to inspect it, and came to a conclusion - these demons have various wounds, and even many of them can be seen to be not products of this world, obviously the work of the Chosen One.

The three of them followed the entrance of the cave to the northern wasteland for a while, according to the map, there was a cave tunnel leading to Leorik Manor, but there were many cave tunnels, it was not clear which one was correct, and they did not expect that there would be a big battle here.

Zhao Shanhe said: "It is very likely that these Chosen ones are the ones who joined the Human Warrior Corps, but why did they take this path? Is it also going to Leorik Manor? ”

Snow Eagle said: "It's possible, after all, the limited-time mission is world-based, and it is also possible for other Chosen to receive the mission." That's a good thing for us, too, because at least we don't have to face Leorik's army of the undead alone. ”

Zhao Shanhe shook his head and said, "This is maybe." Don't forget, they are the 'Chosen One', and in an infinite world, everyone on the same team can face betrayal at any time, let alone this kind of temporary cooperative mission? ”

Xue Ying nodded, knowing that what Zhao Shanhe said was the truth, even if the other party had the same task as them, he couldn't expect too much to complete the task in a friendly manner.

Xue Ying looked at the virtual map scanned on the technology glove, frowned slightly, slowly walked two steps, stood on a small sand dune, raised his eyes and looked around, his face was groaning: "Strange...... According to the map, we should be very close to the rock tunnel, but there are no special buildings or strange rocks here, so we can't tell which tunnel is correct, and we can't search through them one by one, right? ”

"Wait, I've found the right way......" Before Snow Eagle could finish speaking, Zhao Shanhe suddenly interrupted: "The entrance to the rock tunnel over there seems to be a lot of dark cultists from the Wizarding Guild gathered, and they are moving towards the north. ”

"Let's go, let's see!" Zhao Shanhe proposed.

The three of them chased along the hilly area, looking at the two red rocks about two or three meters high hidden behind the dead trees in the barren forest in the distance, Zhao Shanhe couldn't help but shake his head and said with a wry smile: "Can't we find the correct rock tunnel marking, it turns out that it is hidden behind the dead trees in this barren forest." ”

"How?" Snow Eagle asked.

The panther said, "Attack? ”

Hundreds of undead creatures gathered at the entrance of the rock tunnel, from skeletons and zombies to the dark mages of the Wizards' Society, looked black and oppressive. The Black Panther dared to make a hard proposal, obviously extremely confident in his own strength.

"Look at that ......" Zhao Shanhe pointed to the red rock in front of him, where an entrance about two and a half meters high had opened, and ordinary stitching monsters with wooden boxes on their backs kept walking in. But I saw the undead creatures carrying the goods in, but I didn't find any undead creatures coming out.

On the other side of the cave, at the junction with the barren woods, there were many wooden chests.

"I have a bold idea......" Zhao Shanhe stared at those big boxes and said suddenly.

The corners of Snow Eagle's eyes jumped, and there was an ominous premonition: "Wait...... You're not thinking about getting into those rotten boxes and letting them move us in, right? ”

Zhao Shanhe didn't answer and asked: "Do you have a better way?" ”

"But...... It's also disgusting. ”

"Then you're waiting for us here, and I'll go with the Panther?" Zhao Shanhe proposed.

Snow Eagle was a little entangled, obviously unwilling to just give up the quest reward, but he really couldn't get into the chests full of rancid things and corpses.

After some struggle, Xue Ying finally agreed to Zhao Shanhe's proposal. The three of them found an opportunity to draw the dark mage's attention to the other side of the woods, and then each found a crate and got inside.

After three or four hours of turbulence, the cargo box where Zhao Shanhe and the three were located was moved into a storage hole where the corpses and rotten objects were piled up.

After making sure that it was safe outside, Zhao Shanhe took the lead in not being able to stand the rotting corpse pressed on his body, and quickly pushed it away and crawled out, patted the remnants hanging on his body disgustingly, and said to the box next to him: "You can come out." ”

When Snow Eagle climbed out of the box, he had already brought a series of protective equipment such as a gas mask, but even then he was retching repeatedly.

It took a while for Snow Eagle to regain his breath and ask, "Where is this?" ”

"I don't know, go out and see."

After Zhao Shanhe finished speaking, he and the panther walked towards the entrance of the cave. Snow Eagle pressed the wash and deodorization button on the combat uniform as she walked, and she couldn't stand the smell on her body.

After leaving the storage cave, not far away, a gorgeous manor fell into the field of vision of the three of them.

"Leorick's estate." Zhao Shanhedao: "I didn't expect to come here so easily...... Next, it's up to you to find out where Kane is being held. ”

Xue Ying walked out of the cave and heard Zhao Shanhe's words, and reminded, "Have you forgotten the demon corpses in the wasteland and the other Chosen ones who are missing?" ”

"But we can't do this, let's look for it first, at least we have to find a way to infiltrate Leorik's manor first."

At this time, the panther suddenly said one word: "Listen." ”

Zhao Shanhe and Xue Ying listened carefully, but they heard a noisy sound coming from the back of Leorik Manor, as if they were fighting.

"No wonder there are so few undead creatures and wizards here, it turns out that they are fighting in the rear. This is a good opportunity for us, let's go, take this opportunity to hurry into the manor. ”

Zhao Shanhe and the three of them eliminated the guards at the gate of the manor and sneaked into the manor smoothly. All the way into the manor, the number of dark mages also increased. But fortunately, Zhao Shanhe, Black Panther and Snow Eagle all mastered a lot of assassination methods, so they went all the way to the deepest part.

"This is the royal bedchamber? Oh, no matter what world you are in, the life of an emperor is so extravagant...... Kane isn't going to be locked up here, is he? Zhao Shanhe said.

Snow Eagle said, "I remember that there is a road to the right of the passage where the dark mage was killed. ”

Zhao Shanhe was about to nod, but saw the black panther walk to the bookshelf in the corner of the room and pull out a few books with black covers.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Shanhe asked suspiciously.

After the black panther looked through all the books with black covers, his eyes locked on one of them, flipped through them, and handed them to Zhao Shanhe.

Zhao Shanhe took it and took a look, but he didn't expect it to be the "Ancient Document of the Vizgerre Clan", in addition, there was also the "Book of Kane" next to it.

After taking the Book of Kane and looking through it, Zhao Shanhe also received a side quest to save Kane that the Black Panther had just triggered.

According to the Book of Kane, after the Three Demon Gods were imprisoned in the Soul Stone, the newly enthroned King Tasara of Kegistan supported religion in order to stabilize his power with the help of Sakaram, and at the same time he moved the capital of Kegistan from Kurast to Wiz County.

Under his rule, Sakaram grew rapidly and soon became the state religion of Kegistan. Church leaders developed codes and hierarchies of various functions. The supreme power of the Church is symbolized by the Crown, and under it there are several archbishops of the Supreme Council, who jointly shut down many areas of Sakaram.

Then, Sakaram shifted his attention to the uncivilized regions of the West, and in the name of the Sect Master, Rakis led a large army to occupy and enlighten the Western region. After a long campaign, he eventually led his army to settle in Westmar and proclaimed himself king until his death. In this way, Sakaram's power also covered almost the entire sanctuary.

With the development of the Church, Sacalam gradually developed into a political force, and after the death of the leader "Zebron I", several leaders of the Church gradually revealed their ambitions and began to purge the "infidels" who did not believe in the Church, and Mephisto, the hated king who was sealed in the Urge Vank, also began to tempt these bishops and manipulate them, and the Church that once ruled almost the entire Sanctuary began to decay.

In order to rescue Diablo, who was sealed in Trisham, Mephisto canonized Leorrick as the new king of Canduras through Sakaram and appointed the fallen archbishop "Lazarus" to accompany him to his own ends. At Mephisto's behest, Lazarus insisted that Leoric make Trisham the center of his power, respecting the opinion of the church in Sacalam, and although Leoric was not happy to settle in this remote land, he did so and renovated the local Hradim Monastery into Tristium Cathedral.

In the days that followed, Leorek's wise rule soon conquered the local population, and Lazarus quietly and little by little opened Diablo's seals. The freed Diablo began to corrupt Leoric and Lazarus listened to the demagoguery, and finally made the worst decision to attack Westmar, with his eldest son "Aidan" at the helm.

In the process of corrupting Leoric, Diablo discovered that his inner strength was unexpectedly strong and he could not fully occupy his body, so he turned his attention to Leorech's youngest son, "Albright", who fell into deep fear and was later sacrificed to Diablo by Lazarus.

After these experiences, Leorik gradually lost his mind, and he began to execute various subjects, including his own empress "Asira". At this time, the Guards returned from Westmar in Razidanan, and he desperately advised Leoric, but was ordered to be executed, and in desperation, Lazidanan chose to kill Leoric.

Lazarus reappeared in front of the public, claiming to have found the little prince Albright in the crypt under the cathedral, but when the people followed him, none of them came out, and Trisham was plunged into darkness.

After Aidan returned from the front line, he found that Tristum had become a demonic paradise, so he united an assassin from Vizjaktar and a mage who thought it was from Vizjere to fight against the demons (Diablo 1 Mane 3), in the cathedral, Aidan killed the "butcher" and got the key to enter the inner layer, but he didn't expect to open the door to Leorik who had already turned into Skeletron, and finally Aidan agreed to kill Leorrick.

Unwilling to do so, Aidan wanted to get back into his ground, so he re-entered the cathedral, and it was a long time since he went. Just when everyone thought that Aidan had been defeated by Diablo, Diablo's terrifying cry was heard from the cathedral, and Aidan used his body as a container to insert the soul stone that sealed Diablo into his forehead. Trying to emulate Talasha and purify the Soul Stone by his own will.

However, Aidan was not as powerful as Tarasia, and after sealing Diablo with his body, he began to suffer from demonic corruption, and in the darkness he felt that fate forced him to travel east, and in the inn of Trissym, his will was completely destroyed. After becoming a Dark Wanderer, Aidan continued eastward with Mareth.

On the way, Aidan tells Mares his story, and as he approaches Ru Goin, Maris falls into a deep sleep, in which he dreams that something is wrong with the soul stone that sealed Baal, and Ta Rasha chooses to seal Baal with his own body. When he woke up, Aidan told him, "Now you know what I'm looking for, he's my brother." ”

Mares, on the other hand, mistakenly thinks he is referring to Ta Rasha.

The next day, Maris followed Aidan into Ta Rasha's mother, when Tyrell chased after him, and he and Aidan fought, while Barr, who was controlled by Ta Rasha, continued to bewitch Maris and pulled out the soul stone, and Barr was rescued.

When Tyrrell found out too late, he told Maris to go to the seaport of Kurast and destroy Baal's soulstones in the Hellforge through the gates of Hell.

Maris followed Tyrell's words and approached the outreach of the temple of Sakaram, where he saw Aidan already controlled by Diablo, Talasha and Mephisto performing a secret ritual to open the gates to hell and plunge the sanctuary into darkness.

Subsequently, Mephisto helped Diablo destroy the last vestiges of Aidan and restore his original demonic form, and Diablo entered the gates of hell as the vanguard and began to assemble an army.

Seeing the truth of all this, Maris fled back to Trisham, where he quickly grew old due to the corrosion of Baal's Soul Stone. However, he informed the heroes who had arrived at the seaport of Kurast (Diablo 2), and with the help of heroes, he killed Mephisto again in the temple.

No, Tyrell came to the Vault, he asked Maris to call out Baal's soul stone, and forgave him for his mistake, but he didn't expect that this was Barr's illusion of Tyrell, got the soul stone, he restored his true face, and killed Mares.

After obtaining the soul stone, Baal led a large army to attack Mount Arret, and the barbarians counted on Kanai to lead the battle, but in the end, they were killed on the battlefield, and the barbarian tribe was defeated.

But then the heroes came to Harlogas, and then came out of the trapped barbarians and presses, and after being tested by the three ancient barbarian gods on the top of Arret's Mountain, and obtained their population, the heroes entered the Great Point of the World Stone through the gates of the ancients, found Baal in it, and fought with it.

Tyrell arrives at the Worldstone after the hero's victory over Baal and shatters it directly, with a powerful explosion that razes the Arrett Mountains and the Barbarian tribe to the ground.

……

This is the end of the record of the Book of Kane, and Zhao Shanhe and the others also learned about what happened later from various side quests.

The Sorcerers used the secret method to resurrect Leorik as Skeletron, and made a pact with him, as long as Leoric was willing to help them collect the seven Demon King's soul stones, and when Burning Hell set foot in the Sanctuary, the entire western part would be Leorik's territory, and promised Leoric the powerful demonic power.

Leorik agreed, and joined forces with the Wizards' Guild and Burning Hell, and while the Wizards' Guild and Burning Inferno attacked Kaltim and Bastin Fortress, Leorik launched an attack on Trissym in an attempt to "reclaim" his former territory.

After connecting everything together, Zhao Shanhe came to a desperate conclusion - in the next 20 days or so, they, the Chosen One, who continue to stand on the "side of justice", will face the "enemy" united by the various evil forces in Diablo 1-3.

"I finally know why those Chosen One chose to take refuge in the forces of evil, this is simply an unwinnable war...... Zhao Shanhe said with a wry smile.