Chapter 177: Diablo III.22
"Here it is...... Cellar? Mo touched something like a box and said uncertainly.
One sentence brought Gu Cheng back to reality, but unfortunately neither of them had lighting tools, so they couldn't judge the location according to the environment: "Since the top is a storage warehouse, it is estimated that the bottom is also a storage place." Be careful, let's go ahead and take a look. β
Since there were no lighting tools, Gu Cheng and the others could only cautiously touch forward, and after walking a few steps, Gu Cheng's palm touched the wall, so they touched the wall and moved.
Gu Cheng felt that the secret passage began to go up after going down for a certain distance, and after turning a corner, a faint light came from in the distance. As I walked through the secret passage, there were some fluorescent plants "pasted" on the wall in front of me, and I could barely see the passage.
At the end, there is an upward ladder.
"Go up and take a look." Gu Cheng took the lead in climbing up the ladder, climbed for about three or five minutes to the end, and pushed the stone slab at the top.
"Click-"
The slate was pushed away, and Gu Cheng and the others climbed up to take a look, and it turned out to be a room similar to a bedroom. The two of them came out under a large bed.
The room is spacious, with furniture such as wardrobes and desks in addition to a large bed. There were many books and scrolls on the desk, and a yellow-skinned scroll caught Mo's attention, only to see her pick it up and take a look, and said in surprise: "It's the scroll I'm looking for." Fragments of the Papers of the Mage Clan of Enned, III. β
Gu Cheng was also looking through the books and sheepskin scrolls on the table, but most of them were written in demonic characters, and he couldn't understand them, but at least he could infer that this should be the bedroom of some Hell Legion officer. As for why there is a secret passage in the bedroom, it is not difficult to understand, if the other party's status is very high and it is also "important" to the Hell Legion, then it is not difficult to understand why there is a secret passage in case of emergency.
After Mo read the "Fragment of the Document of the Enid Mage Clan III", he handed it to Gu Cheng, who took it and opened it to take a look, trying to find some key information from it.
"The end of the war between the mage tribes also means the end of the mage era. The Sanctuary is in shambles, and the Burning Hell is in turmoil, and there is a civil war in the Burning Hell......"
The Four Demon Kings of Hell launched the Russian Civil War on the grounds that the Three Demon Gods had signed an armistice treaty with the Angels, but the real reason did come from the Four Demon Kings' dissatisfaction with the Three Demon Gods. Because after discovering Nephilim's amazing power, the three demon gods wanted to take Nephilim's power for themselves, and tried every means to hide this fact, which made the four demon kings hold a grudge.
Therefore, they devised a well-thought-out plan, and under the leadership of Azmodan and Belel, the rebellious demons took over almost the entire Burning Hell. The three demon gods who fought back erupted with devastating power, destroying a third of the rebels in the Burning Hell, but they were eventually outnumbered and exiled to a sanctuary by the demon kings.
However, the Heaven that observed all this did not know that this whole world was most likely the plan of the entire Burning Hell, and a "big show" was staged in order to blind the Heaven - let the Three Demon Gods pollute the World Stone with corrupted soul stones.
The demon god Baal "lived up to expectations" and completed this "feat".
The Three Demon Gods were banished to a place of refuge by the Four Demon Kings, and when Hradim found out, he began to take measures. Hradim is a remnant of mage clans scattered across the country, led by Tyrell in the shadows, intent on hunting down the Three Demon Gods.
Hradim was initially small, with only seven people. The leader's name was Ta Rasha, and he was a noble leader who led Hradim through the darkest of times.
With the help of the fragments of the World Stone, Tyrell made three soul stones to seal the Three Demon Gods, the blue soul gem "Fraternity" to seal Mephisto, the King of Hatred, the yellow soul gem "Creation" to seal Baal, the King of Destruction, and the red soul gem "Determination" to seal Diablo, the King of Fear, which were kept by Jotun Kule, a member of Hradim.
The Three Demon Gods have a mysterious ability, that is, they can possess their souls into mortals, and in this way, they control many political and religious authority figures to deceive the people of Kegistan. However, since soul stones can resonate with demon gods, they can still be captured by Hradim even if they are hidden deep in the body of mortals.
Ironically, as the eldest of the Three Demon Gods, Mephisto was the first to be caught, in a large city in central Kegistan. Many innocent people were sacrificed in this battle, which also made the Hradims realize that they could not fight the demon gods in densely populated areas in the future.
Mephisto was sealed in a blue soul gem by Hradim, and Ta Rasha gave it to Sakaram. In order to protect the soul stone more safely, Sakaram built the temple city of Trivank in the jungle near Kurast. However, under the increasing erosion of Mephisto, Trivank finally could not escape the fall.
After Mephisto was sealed, Diablo and Barr fled westward, across the Twin Seas, into the Elanok Desert. The mages of Hradim pursued after them, and Baal had no choice but to hide in Ru Gain for three days before heading north into the desert, only to be overtaken by the mages.
The two sides began a fierce battle in the desert, the earth cracked, magma gushed out, and everything in its path was completely swallowed up. Eventually, Baal unleashed a devastating spell that not only struck Ta Rasha, but also shattered the Yellow Soul Stone. But Ta Rasha fought bloodily and eventually used one of the largest soul stone fragments to seal Baal.
Since Bal was sealed with only a fragment and could not trap the Lord of Destruction forever, Jotun Culler proposed that the mortal body be used as a prison for imprisonment, and the mortal heart could replace the sealing power of the soul stone. But the mortals here are not really mortals, but like the mages in Hradim. All the mages fell silent, except for Ta Rasha, who sacrificed himself to complete the tragic mission.
After the loss of Ta Rasha, Jared Kane became the new leader of Hradim, and he led the remaining mages on the trail of Diablo for ten years. When the Hradims chased to the distant western city of Canduras, they officially met Diablo, and the two sides fought a great battle for several days and nights, but fortunately, this battle was not unexpected, and they also succeeded in sealing Diablo into the "Determination" soul stone.
This time, they didn't give the Lord of Dreads a chance, they buried the Soul Stone in a cave near the Tower Sander River, and built a monastery and catacombs on top of the cave to prevent Diablo from causing another calamity to the world. Later, after Leoric's accession to the throne, the Hradim Monastery was renovated into a cathedral for royal purposes, which also caused the tragedy that followed.
After successfully hunting the Three Demon Gods, Jordan Kuler left Hradim and built a palace in the eastern desert alone, conducting some strange experiments. In the desert, he became fascinated by the Soul Stone and believed that he could create a Soul Stone at his disposal, a Soul Stone that could devour angels and demons.
After that, he was able to replace his heart with this black soul stone.
When Hradim discovered the secret, he gathered together and went to the desert to kill him, but at this time, Jordun Kulle's soul was close to immortality, so the Hradim could only ** his corpse, extract his blood, and hide it in various places in the desert.
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This is the end of the record in "Fragments of the Document of the Enid Mage Clan: III", Gu Cheng handed the book back to Mo, only to see her holding a magnifying glass reading a letter written in demonic characters.
Gu Cheng asked suspiciously, "Isn't your magnifying glass still capable of deciphering demon characters?" β
Mo didn't say anything, just handed the magnifying glass and the letter to Gu Cheng.
As soon as Gu Cheng took the magnifying glass, he saw that this thing had "attributes", and it turned out to be a black iron-level equipment.
["Deciphering Mirror": A black iron-level prop capable of translating any text.] Time limit: 7 hours, 23 minutes and 33 seconds. (Note: The time limit will be shortened when the item is aligned with the text that needs to be translated)]
With this thing, Gu Cheng could also understand these demonic words, and glanced at the letter in his hand, which was a letter written by the senior management of the Wizarding Guild to the hell officer, only to see that he wrote in his heart-
Dear Lord Kemukhin, as a member of the former Tritheistic Cult and the current Council of Wizards, I share your desire to resurrect the great Lord of Dread, the great Lord of Dread, whom you have served allegially, and we can't wait to welcome the former King back to the Sanctuary.
Therefore, according to the information you provided, we successfully found the ruins of Jordan Cooler in the Eastern Desert, and found his secret technique of studying soul stones. Not only that, but we staged a coup d'Γ©tat, successfully controlled Kartim, and successfully obtained the soul stones that sealed the two demon kings, Azmodan and Belel.
In a short time, when another army brings back the soul stones of the Demon Kings Andariel and Duriel, we will collect all the soul stones of the Four Demon Kings and the Three Demon Gods. Then "that plan" can be implemented.
I wonder if you have succeeded in capturing the girl with the blood of the great Dread King Diablo, who is the carrier of the Soul Stone? If the Legion of Hell is unable to move in the Burning Hell, this plan can be left to us as well.
However, we have found a large number of Nephitians to appear everywhere, and we cannot allow this group of people who are about to awaken their powers to influence our plans. Unexpectedly, the "wooing" and "division" plan went very smoothly, and the Nefitien was not as "peaceful" as we saw, and after we gave enough prices, many Nefitien even agreed to cooperate with us.
In the plans of Kaltim and Bastin Fortress, it would have been difficult for us to complete the mission without the help of these Nephitians. However, we didn't fully believe them, and this group of "betrayers" who saw money and opened their eyes to money would betray us at any time.
One of them has offered to go to Burning Hell, and I have contacted you in advance to make you aware of this and respond accordingly.
So far.
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After reading this letter, Gu Cheng didn't expect that it would be a former "subordinate" of Diablo who tried to resurrect Diablo, so he joined forces with the Wizards Society to cause this series of events to happen. And those who defect to the Wizarding Society and the Chosen One are also because the Wizard Association has opened a high amount of chips, and the Chosen One is not from this world, so naturally they will not be "in the same breath" as the Dark 3 world, so it is not surprising that they will choose to "rebel".
It's just that to Gu Chengcheng's surprise, this group of people actually took the initiative to ask the Wizards Association to burn hell...... What are they coming to burn hell for?
Completely surrender to the devil? Come here for a side line......
Wait a minute!
The Chosen One knows the plot! They obviously knew that "no accident" wizards would be able to gather seven soul stones to summon the dragon...... Well, resurrect Diablo, and then Diablo will lead the demons against Heaven......
Don't...... Do these Chosen ones want to join the Hell Legion in advance and completely participate in the plot of attacking Heaven on the side of the Hell Legion?
Gu Cheng thought of this conclusion, and couldn't help but think of Elena's evaluation of the Chosen One, and I have to say that it was indeed to the point.
Gu Cheng put the letter back on the desk, and Mo rummaged through the parchment scrolls on the bookcase next to him, Gu Cheng guessed that she wanted to find out if there were any other "Fragments of the Document of the Enid Mage Clan": "You don't want to find two fragments in one place, do you?" How can there be such a good thing...... Wait, it's not decided. Since this high-ranking demon named Kaimuhin has been preparing for the resurrection of Diablo, he may really collect any documents related to the three demon gods. β
After speaking, Gu Cheng also rummaged through the bookshelves. The two of them relied on the "Deciphering Mirror" to look through the parchment scrolls one by one, and sure enough, they really found a book written in human script - "The Papers of the Enid Mage Clan: Part II".
"I'll go, and I've found it." After Gu Cheng saw the title of the book, he handed the book to Mo, and the other party took it and looked at it, a happy light flashed in his eyes, and he immediately flipped through it.
After a moment, Mo raised his head and said, "My mission is complete. β
As she spoke, she also handed the book to Gu Cheng: "This book records the whereabouts of the ancient documents you are looking for......
Gu Cheng didn't expect such an unexpected joy, and was about to take it over to take a look, when suddenly there was a heavy footstep outside the door.
Gu Cheng and Mo hurriedly flipped back into the secret passage under the bed and moved the slate back, only missing a gap.
It didn't take long for the room to hear the sound of demonic conversation, but the two couldn't understand what the other was saying because they were in demonic language. But according to the tone of speech and the other party's reply, it seems that the officer is arranging tasks for his subordinates.
"Whew-"
At this moment, a rapid horn sound came from outside the house.