Chapter 20: The Book of Devouring
In the unknown place, a huge boxy "stone cabinet" hangs high in the void. There is not a single crevice in its inlay, and although it has a regular appearance, it does not look like an artificial creation, but rather like a giant splitting a pure rock planet.
The huge bronze door with no chain firmly locks the opening of the stone cabinet.
"Ark of Eternal Stone".
It is also better known by the Endless Collection, the Goddess of Magic's private library. There are countless unknown secrets in the multiverse, and at least half of them are magic.
Ilminster hurried to this place, opened the door with a silver-burning hand, walked past the mouth of the Chimera and the horns of the goat, pushed open the ten thousand and seventy-fifth rows of bookshelves, and entered the book spirit chamber.
"I'm going to look up information about the demon's traits first, humanoid demons, hornless, anti-jointed, cloven hooves, slender batwings, purple claw tips......" he carefully described Michelle in a large book, "Help me understand this information, what price do I have to pay?" ”
After a long time, the big book with fangs on the edge replied.
“…… How many years have passed, and the person who came is still you, when will you die? Alas, there are fewer and fewer people who care about knowledge. Now let me see what you're asking...... Ha! Stupid human, your question is simply not worth mentioning, I have found the answer in the book! So what is the price...... I want a hair of yours. ”
Ilminster didn't continue to bargain, he plucked one of his gray hairs and put it in the middle of the pages. The big book flipped through the pages with a bang.
"I'll see...... Ha, I found it! It's the Devil of Yugoros! ”
"Egoros? New demon types? ”
"No, no, no, you simply don't know anything about the abyss, and Yugoros is a third party other than demons and devils. At the beginning of the world, the forces of evil created the Banaros Demon, and the forces of Order created the Twin Serpents...... Thousands of years later, Banaros created the Eugoros Demon, and this is how they came from...... "The Book of Devouring begins a tirade, starting with the Book of Genesis, and after thousands of years of breaking, it finally mentions Eugoros."
Ilminster breathed a sigh of relief, he was only curious about the origin of the female demon, and was not interested in the history of hundreds of millions of years ago, so he quickly interrupted the Devouring Book and asked, "If I only want to know the specific information of this female demon, what price does it have to pay?" ”
He took out a corundum and swallowed the book, which contained the scene of Michelle's appearance.
"The price you need to pay to know about her is too high for you to afford." Books say.
"What exactly is the price?"
"Remove your bloody, beating heart ...... after vivisection"
“……”
Ilminster was gone, and he was clearly not going to pay such a big price for the sake of a momentary curiosity. It is important to note that the destroyed parts of the Devoured Book will disappear completely, and no magic or magic can be restored.
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"Can I know the answer to that question?" , Waiting for Lao Yi to leave, a woman Shi Shiran walked out from behind the Book of Devouring. She was also dressed in a leather suit, with curly hair and a lot of tattoos and piercings on most of her body. She looks like a thug, or the seventies version...... The true goddess of magic, Mystra.
"A blazing god servant, I want the taste of Tyr." The Book of Devouring said eagerly.
Mystra was silent for a moment, then vanished, waiting for her to reappear, holding a ball of light in her palm. "Open your mouth." She casually tossed the ball of light into the open mouth of the Devouring Book.
"Aha~~" The Book of Devouring laughed wildly, and suddenly the sharp teeth around it shrank towards the middle, and bit down hard towards the ball of light!
The ball of light shattered, transforming into a priest with two pairs of golden feather wings. The Book of Devouring swallowed him in one gulp and chewed it hard! There was the sound of bones shattering from his mouth, golden blood running down his gums, and a few feathers falling with a faint golden glow. The Devouring Book let out a smug laugh as she ate it, and Mystra turned her body in disgust.
It lasted for half an hour before Devouring the Book enjoyed "every meal". It burped in satisfaction and spat out a few feathers, "It's not as delicious as before, the taste of Tyr has changed...... Haha, even Tyr will change, and the multiverse really doesn't last forever. ”
"Answer!" Mystra said with a frown.
"Don't worry, if you pay the price, you will definitely get the answer, this is my law." After the man-eating big book carefully licked the blood stains, he said slowly, "Do you remember the 444# plane of the abyss?" ”
“444#?” Mystra shuddered violently, and a certain blocked memory suddenly appeared - Mystra had inherited the power and memory of the previous Goddess of Magic and became the new Goddess of Magic. Most of the daily memories can be passed on directly, but those with great power, or very special memories, can only be activated when the power is sufficient or special conditions are met.
The Book of Devouring mentions the "444#" Abyssal Plane, which is undoubtedly one of these special conditions, and Mystra opens up a memory accordingly.
That's something that even the former goddess of magic herself doesn't want to recall, and wants to be specially sealed!
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Abyss 444# is a plane that has been completely abandoned.
By the time it could have been explored, the interior had long since been emptied, but that place was still considered one of the biggest taboos in the multiverse!
The previous Goddess of Magic had explored that place, and the 444# plane did not have a dimensional will, because according to the records...... It was supposed to have been extracted by some being for experimentation;
There is no good or evil in the 444# plane, because good and evil are perceptual factors, while the former masters of the 444# plane emphasize pure rationality and exclude all irrational factors.
There is not even matter in that plane - all matter is conceptualized as "order" and "chaos"! When she first entered the plane, the divided "order" and "chaos" were piled together like building blocks, allowing people to build new worlds at will......
And the whole plane was extracted and became empty, matter, time, laws, everything was gone! In the whole world, only one hut is normal, but the hut also has a strong seal.
The previous Goddess of Magic had only been there for half a day, and she was almost going crazy! Since the law is extracted and destroyed, and the gods depend on the law to exist, as a result, any god who is there is equivalent to losing his power and becoming a normal person...... The previous goddess of magic couldn't bear to turn away, and then sealed the memory again.
"Remembered?" The Book of Devouring asked proudly, "You were the one who left the code so I could remind you, so it's just a Blazing Sky Divine Servant, and the fee is not expensive." ”
"I see...... I remember leaving, there was a demon going in, what happened to him? Mystra asked casually, holding her forehead.
The Book of Devouring stuck out its tongue and licked it on her shoe, counting as payment.
Mistra looked disgusted.
"Well, haha, you can't imagine that the demon lived in it for a month and gained strength before coming out! Guess who he is? Haha, he's Grazt, hahaha, although he's stronger, he's become a two-way plug! Ahahahaha~~" The Book of Devouring laughed maniacally.
"Hahaha, two-way plug!"
Mystra frowned.
Grazt is not a name that can be teased...... The position of the Ethereal Lord Grazt is still above the Abyss Lord! He is one of the Big Three of the Abyss! Once imprisoned the goddess of commerce, Wokin!
"You mean to say that this matter has something to do with Lord Grazt?"
"No," Devouring Book put away his laughter, feeling a little boring to talk to such a stupid person, the point is "two-way plug", hahaha! "Even if it's an inherited memory, you won't have any impressions, will you?"
Seeing that Mystra still looked like a stupid person with "I have amnesia, I can't remember anything", Devouring Book sighed. "I don't even eat your stuff like this, for fear of infection...... Remember? In the room of the 444# plane, the layout of the room...... It is a dwelling for a man and a woman. ”
"You said that the woman Ilminster was talking about was a ...... of the 444th plane Dimensional ...... One of the hosts? ”
"I'll just say my guess, and you'll need to prove the rest yourself."