Chapter 35: Exchange of Information (Happy New Year's Day!) )

"Four, four Ogan runes."

"Too many, two. You know the value of the Ogan runes in my hands, which are almost lost, and they are impossible to know except in the libraries of Kama Taj and some of the great magicians. ”

"Three Ogan runes plus a second-generation rune."

"There are not many people who know the news of hell, and your price is too high."

"Yes, there are not many people who know the news of hell. But there are some things I know in more detail. The woman bared her neck.

"Goblins!" El recognized at a glance the pattern on the woman's neck, which was the pattern of a fairy who had been expelled from the tribe.

"Two Oghan, but you can name one Rune."

"Deal!"

El pulled out a piece of parchment—a self-enforcing testimony. As soon as both parties sign the mandatory spell, it will take effect immediately, and if the contract is broken, the testimony will tear the soul of the defaulter.

"There's been a lot of hell lately, and these are all the news I've sold."

"First of all," the Bloody Hand woman pulled out a folder out of thin air and read, "Mephisto finally received Cynthia von Doom's soul, and celebrated with great vigour, and said that Cynthia's son, Dr. Doom, would eventually reach his hands, and opened a gamble for this!" ”

It seems that Mephisto is going to lose badly this time, and Dr. Doom is not such a person to mess with. El thought to himself.

Seeing that El was indifferent, the Bloody Hand Woman continued to read.

"Lucifer's skin escaped his grasp, and he ordered his demons to search for it, but was repelled by a mysterious force."

"Beelzebub, the Seven Deadly Sins of Gluttony, came to the world, and his whereabouts are still unknown."

"Lilith, the Mother of Demons, has loosened her seal, and Satan's son, the Hellboy, has been ordered to come to the world to guard the seal, but in fact has an unknown mission."

"Tell me more about Hellboy and Lilith." El interrupted the Bloody Hand Woman's remarks, interested in the origin of the Hellboys.

The Blood-Hand woman paused, then spoke about her Hellboy's origins.

"During World War II, the Nazis conducted supernatural experiments. After an experiment, the Nazis summoned the Hellboy, but in fact the Hellboy's father, Satan, the former Lord of Hell, deliberately summoned his young son for an unknown purpose, but one of his purposes was to escape and continue to guard the seal. Legend has it that Samael, the angel of death, was the serpent who tempted Adam to fall, that is, Satan, and was condemned by God to hell.

But in reality Samael still reigns in the seventh heaven, and the Greek book of Revelation of Baruch, which records Samer's fall, is only a pseudo-canon. The rumored Satan who seduced Adam to fall has long since died, and his crown has been inherited by Azazel, who is the leader of the angels who fell to heaven for the first time in the "Paradise Lost" event, and is the most powerful of the angels, also known as the "Enemy of God", claiming to be able to rival God.

The famous 'Son of Fire worships the Son of the Earth!' It came from his mouth and was later quoted by Lucifer when he saw the Messiah. After the fall of the heavens, Azazel seized the power of Satan and killed Satan at that time, and the world did not know that Satan also had a young son who inherited his power, that is, the Baron of Hell, who inherited the power of the beast of the Apocalypse and the right hand of destruction, and had infinite potential, so no one dared to oppose him.

Although Azazler pursued and killed the Hell Baron, he didn't really care about the life and death of the Hell Baron, in Azazler's opinion, even Satan was not his opponent, let alone his young son, so the demons of Hell turned a blind eye to the Hell Baron. ”

"And the reason why Lilith's seal is guarded is because Lilith is the mother of all things except humans, and many monsters from hell such as vampires, werewolves, and shapeshifters can appeal to Lilith. Lilith is by nature and has unclear relationships with many Hell Lords, because Lilith's reproductive ability is too strong.

Satan, the serpent with seven heads and ten horns, sealed Lilith for his royal power, but then Azazel and the seven most powerful demons of hell killed Satan, and Azazel obtained Satan's power and throne, and seven deadly sins were born in Satan's seven crowns, and the seven hell lords obtained the satanic crown and became the seven monarchs of hell who were higher than other lords but lower than Satan. ”

The Bloody Hand cleared her throat and said she was done, but El would not let go until she squeezed all the inventory out of her stomach.

"Go on."

The Blood-Hand woman gave El a blank look, realizing that she couldn't fool El.

"The number of demons from hell coming to the world has increased dramatically, and the number of human children who have been infused with demonic blood has also increased dramatically."

"The Sheephorn Demon and the Dragon Vein Demon are at war again, and the Dragon Vein Demon, who lost his previous Satan, is defeated by the Sheephorn Demon led by Azazel."

"Mammon, the one who represents the seven original sins of greed among the Seven Monarchs of Hell, has torn a spatial rift in Mexico."

Finally arrived, and this was it. El immediately motioned to the Bloody Hand Woman to elaborate. The woman with the bloody hand looked at El insisting, and could only helplessly spit out all her news.

"As we all know, Mammon is a special case among the demons, and in addition to being the Seven Sovereigns of Hell, he is also the Southern Demon King of the 'Demon Kings of the Four Directions', which is comparable to the power of the four archangels who represent the four directions.

Mammon was loyal to Lucifer and was a mainstay of Lucifer's faction. Mammon is a very special being, Mammon is very fond of treasure, and Mammon's paranoid love for treasure has been there even since he was a holy angel serving God in the heavenly realm.

At that time, all he cared about was gold, silver, and precious stones, not his "Lord." There is also an incredible place, this demon with a strong desire for money has a relatively gentle personality. When Satan confronts the demons against the armies of the gods, Mammon proposes at the battle meeting that instead of fighting the gods or humans, it is better to live in hell and enjoy the pleasures of money and so on.

In short, he has always been a representative of the "non-war faction". On the other hand, this so-called gentle disposition is Mammon's weapon. It is he who breeds materialistic desires in the hearts of human beings, making them fight each other for a small profit, and such a profound intention is probably incomparable to other demons. As she spoke, the woman with the bloody hand looked incomprehensible.

But unexpectedly, this time Mammon spent his strength to tear a spatial rift, which was not in line with his character. The reason why we witchers are gathered here is precisely to investigate this matter, the Seven Sovereigns of Hell cannot leave Hell easily, this is limited by the rules. It was precisely because of the existence of the rules that everyone did not notice when Beelzebub broke the boundary, giving Beelzebub a chance to regain his strength. The large-scale and unnatural death of cattle and sheep in Mexico is inseparable from Mammon. ”

In the end, El squeezed out all the news of the Bloody Hand Woman, and was subject to the contract, and some secret information that did not belong to hell was also squeezed out by El. But the Bloody Hand Woman is not a fool either, and when she realizes that her contribution is unexpected, she immediately offers to double the reward. After El suggested that he needed to find a teammate to track down Mammon, the Bloody Hand introduced El to the fierce man. In the end, El gave the Bloody Hand Woman a first-generation rune representing "bravery".

The witcher introduced to El by the Bloody Hand is a warrior from Northern Europe with the blood of the Jotun giant. The witcher named Haas is a fine Norse berserker who is good at tracking, and already has three tattoos: the strength of a bear, the ferocity of a wolf, and the cunning of a fox.