The Devil is a totalitarian society with a very strict, even harsh, system of class rule. The subordinate is obedient to the superior, full of fear, but does not want to replace him all the time.

When Barrett's two devil agents, the Barb Demon 'Mitanu' and the Needle Demon 'Saige', led him to meet the chief of the entire Mantili Prison, the Warden 'Naser Xavier', the Barbarian could clearly feel this.

The Warden was now standing like an ordinary gladiator on the yellow sand of the arena, a place that Barrett knew most in the Nine Prisons except for his own cramped cage.

And he was currently in the same gate as the two demons that he most often entered and exited during the gladiatorial fight. Although the outside stands were empty, indicating that there was no gladiatorial fight going on in the arena, Barrett still had the illusion that he was going to fight the warden.

And the two low-level devil jailers beside him, who had no sense of existence and were separated from the warden by countless levels, when they cautiously peeked at the warden from inside the gate, in addition to deep fear and timidity, their eyes inevitably revealed a trace of greed and longing for that position.

"You go over. The Pinprick looked up at Barrett and said, "The Warden is waiting for you." ”

"What the hell is he looking for me?" Barrett asked, "Is it something to do with the 'one day of freedom' he promised me?" ”

"Don't try to speculate on what the Warden thinks, mortal, and don't try to slander. "That won't do you any good!"

"Respect, listening, and most importantly, obedience, that's what you need to do. The Barb Demon also said with a serious face, "You must know that any disrespect you have for the Warden will not only put you in a catastrophe, but also affect me and Saige. ”

"Then you must first learn to hide your ulterior desires, which are so obvious that even I can feel them. Barrett said lightly, "Otherwise, if you can't wait for my involvement, you will probably be doomed in advance." ”

The two demons stared at each other in horror, and Barrett strode toward the arena.

Although the warden 'Naser Xavier' has not yet become the Duke of Hell, he is also a noble and powerful one-of-a-kind devil. I heard that he is also a confidant who is extremely valued by the Lord of Dis, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes the Duke of Hell.

Unlike Barrity's imagined hideous and terrifying appearance like a deep hell purgatory, Nasser's appearance was very similar to that of a human. He has no horns, no tail, no scales, no bat-like wings, and you won't find any devil-related features in him other than the two red horns on the top of his head.

Barrett had heard from the Soul Merchant that many high-ranking demons would choose the form of a human as their new form when they were promoted to the 'One Form'.

Some scholars say that this is due to the remnants of the soul after the transformation of the soul, and that most of the demons are born in the soul of humans, and in the end, they want to return to humans again in another form.

Some scholars believe that this is due to the fact that the physiognomy of human beings is more in line with the aesthetics of the devil. They use lust as an example to show that the appearance of lust and pleasure is very standard in both the devil and the human being, which shows that the devil and human aesthetics are actually similar, and they don't like those weird and ugly shapes.

Other scholars, however, scoff at both of these ideas, arguing that the only devil would do this only to corrupt the soul better.

Nasser Xavier was dressed in a simple cotton black suit, with a silver-gray belt with an elongated ceremonial sword of the same color. The corners of his eyes are slightly wrinkled, his hair is also silver and black, and his eyes are full of wisdom and vicissitudes left by the years, which makes him more like a scholar who has read poetry and books.

"Oh, Barrett. The one devil smiled at him.

"Warden Chief. The brute bowed. His own life is still in the hands of the other party, not to mention that he still has to ask the other party now.

"I've seen all the gladiatorial fights you have here. The warden walked slowly, and Barrett followed closely, "I have to say, every one is very exciting. Especially in the battle against the vampire Lambert, you use the divine energy of the paladin's armor to turn it into victory in one fell swoop, as if you knew the characteristics of that armor in advance. ”

The Warden paused and glanced at Barrett behind him, "But, as far as I know, the divine energy of that armor was not triggered when you were fighting the paladin, how did you know that?"

Barrett chuckled in his heart, "It's just a coincidence. The expression on his face was very stiff, but fortunately the other party did not see it, "Lady luck favored me at that time." ”

The other party nodded, "I have always believed that luck is also a part of strength, but it is too unstable, and Lady Luck can't even favor herself, let alone others?"

"Uh...... , maybe. Barrett was nervous.

"It's actually quite normal. NasserXavier continued, "I don't think most, nay, the vast majority of forgers have no way of knowing the exact characteristics of the equipment they forged. They just add all the materials they need in a fixed way, and then they start making them with experience and a little bit of inspiration that they have captured. ”

The warden's words paused slightly, as if to give Barrett time to think slowly. After a few heartbeats, he spoke again, "When the equipment is complete, the forgers will use the materials they have added to test the sturdiness, sharpness, or other characteristics of the equipment. ”

"For example, if it's a weapon forged from 'Scorching Volcanic Steel', you need to test whether it carries a special flame poison. If it does carry flame poison, and the hardness of the weapon itself is not bad, then it means that the weapon is basically successfully forged. "And if the weapon has some mutations when forged, and some other characteristics, it is not something that the forger can understand, and this can only be tried slowly by the wearer in the future." He turned to look at Barrett again.

The barbarian immediately nodded respectfully, indicating that he was listening carefully.

The warden suddenly crouched down and pulled a small, sharp tooth out of the sand, "You seem to have a weapon called 'Twins.'" He stared at his teeth and asked in a very casual tone, "The one you used to fight vampires and twin giants." ”

"Yes. Barrett admitted, "This is what the needle demon named 'Saige' got for me, Lord Warden." He unceremoniously betrayed his teammates, "using the full body armor of a centaur samurai." I heard that the heavy armor was forged with a lot of pure gold, so the forger of the weapon was willing to make this exchange. ”

"I know all of that. "There's just one thing that strikes me a little bit as puzzling." ”

"What's the matter, sir?"

"When you were fighting the two-headed giant, a phantom of desire appeared around you inexplicably. And the phantom suddenly disappeared after a few words to you. "I observed that she seemed to be back in your sword, but I can't be sure about that. ”

"What's so puzzling about this, my lord, that phantom is just a property of the weapon itself, just like the 'flame poison' you mentioned earlier. Barrett wiped a sweat in her heart.

"Well, the Phantom itself doesn't matter, even if she's a real Lust, it's not a big deal. "It puzzles me that I sent for the forger of the weapon, but he himself did not know the property of his weapon. ”

He stared at Barrett, "You know, when the phantom suddenly appeared, not only me, but even the Duke of Aryoc expressed a certain degree of surprise, but you didn't seem surprised at all, as if it was an ordinary event that should have been. Did you already know she was going to show up?"

Barrett's brain raced, trying to find a plausible explanation.

"But while you're fighting the vampire, the apparition doesn't appear. And after the gladiatorial fight, you don't bring the weapon back to the prison, which of course is not allowed. In that case, how do you know?" the Warden pressed in, "A single incident may not tell the light of the matter, but what if you add in some details of your fight with the vampires?"

What details?

"When we work backwards from the results to the rest of the battle, it's not hard to see that the purpose of your actions is actually to lure the vampire so that the opportunity to turn you back from defeat to victory happens. And if you hadn't known in advance that armor could burst with powerful divine energy, I don't think you would have done that. Naser Xavier's inferences were one after the other, and Barrett was overwhelmed.

"As far as I know, in the gladiatorial battles before Paladin Darren, the armor had never been allowed to burst out with divine energy on such a scale. Aside from the fact that the armor can return some Holy Damage in response to attacks, we don't know anything about the rest of the traits. I don't think anyone in the Nine Prisons can know that, except you. Do you have any reasonable explanation for this?"

What to explain?Explain that I have an inexplicable [Mission Log] system on my body, and explain that the reason why I know the attributes of those equipment is all dependent on the [Identification] function that comes with the system? If I really say that, then my soul will definitely be stripped out of the first place, tortured repeatedly, and fall into a catastrophe from which it will never recover.

The devil is a master of playing with the soul, and in this regard, even the mage cannot compare.

Barrett froze in place, not saying a word for a long time. At this point, his mind had given up looking for a reason, and instead thought about what chances he would have of surviving if he attacked the warden in front of him.

But before he could make up his mind, the warden suddenly laughed, "Don't you want to say it? From the moment you killed the former Inquisitor, I knew you had a lot of secrets in you that you didn't want people to know. And what Mantili is best at is to let people like you 'voluntarily' pour out the secrets of their hearts. ”

If it had been elsewhere, Barrett would have done it a long time ago, and his years of adventure made him not afraid of death. But this is hell, and death is only the beginning of the ordeal. There may still be a chance to live, but once he dies, he can't think of any way to escape his soul.

"Actually, it's okay if you don't want to. The warden gave the barbarian another option, "Accept this mark voluntarily with your soul." He flattened the palm of his right hand, and a scorching flame suddenly erupted from the palm of his hand. The flames twisted and condensed in the air, forming an inverted pentagram patterned with bat wings.

"What will it do?" Barrett asked in a deep voice.

"When you're alive, it's useless. "But once you die, he can reincarnate your soul directly from hell." You have the potential to become a Hellpurifier, and I feel it deeply in your soul. That aura is very strong, and I believe that you can definitely be reincarnated directly into a powerful Deep Hell Purgatory!!"

"You may not know that every promotion of the Deep Hell Purgatory requires the support of a massive amount of hellish power. And if you want a soul to directly become the top of this high-level devil at one time, you not only need the soul itself to have potential, but also need several times the energy required for normal promotion. ”

The warden's voice was extremely seductive, "No one can do this except the Devil Grand Duke of all levels. Pledge your allegiance to the great Second Lord 'Dispat', and your fate after death will be even more exciting!!"

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