In Mantili Prison, the needle demon 'Serdel' pushes a creaking cart as always, bringing food to the prisoners in need of food. He walked over to the compartment with the 101 plaque, opened the door to the compartment with a rusty key, and walked in with the cart.

After distributing food to the two prisoners in the cell, Serdel did not leave as usual, but stopped outside one of the prisoners' cages.

The prisoner's name was 'Barrett', and he was also a very skilled gladiator. Serdel had heard that he would gain his precious freedom if he only needed to win one more gladiatorial fight. But this last one will undoubtedly be quite tough, and those devilish cooks who know about it are not optimistic about this guy, because there is gossip that his opponent is an ancient white dragon known as 'Death Frost'.

"Hey, human, I heard you're about to leave this damn prison?" asked Seel, crouching on the ground and speaking the most standard lingua franca.

The other party stopped gnawing on the ribs and looked at him curiously, "Yes, you're right, but only if I win the last gladiatorial fight first." ”

"Then ......," Serdel elongated, "what would you want to do if you did win and return to the main material plane?" Something evil suddenly popped into the Needle Demon's mind, "Do you want to end this precarious adventure and choose to go back to your hometown and get married?"

"Marriage, if I heard me correctly, you mean, marriage?" the other party repeated in purgatory, confused, "No, I have no intention of doing so. Why are you asking this?"

"Just curious. Seldel grabbed a roasted tail from the bucket and shoved it through the gap in the cage to the other man, "Or is there anything you want me to keep for a while before you play, and then take it after you win the game?" ”

"I really didn't think about it. The other man took another bite of the food in his hand, leaving the remaining bones on the ground, "If I am free, can I go back to this cage and get something?"

"Surely not!" said Serdel, shaking his head, "Mantiri never accommodates free people. Once you're free, you can't set foot here. Unless, you're ready to ......"

"There's nothing 'unless' to be like. The other party interrupted him, "If you don't come back, you won't come back, I'll think of other ways." ”

"By the way, did your two devil buddies tell you that if you draw in a gladiatorial fight, you can still qualify...... No, I mean you can be free. Seldel continued to ask,

"Draw? Hehe, I've never heard of a draw in your arena. The other party took a sip of the miserable white soup from the bowl, "Wait, you can't say that, if the same end is a draw, I have experienced one myself." It's the one between the Fire Djinn Warrior and the Demon Slayer, have you heard of it?"

Serdel had certainly heard of the gladiatorial fight, but that wasn't what he was about. After discovering that the other party did not say those words as he wished, the Needle Demon put away his mischievous thoughts and asked the prisoner in the cage again, "I ask you, is the Lord material world beautiful?"

"Beauty?" the other party was stunned for more than ten seconds, and then nodded slowly, "It's okay." I haven't been to any other plane, so I can't comment on it, but I can guarantee that the main material world is at least an infinite number of times better than the Nine Hells of Bato. Of course, this is just our human opinion, maybe you devils don't think so, maybe you just like the smoke and magma of the environment. ”

"You have a point, do the fish in the deep sea really think that the sky is more beautiful than the sea? "But I, the swimming fish, really want to go out into the skies." ”

After listening to this, the expression on the other party's face was like that of a fish out of the water, "To be honest, I didn't understand too much, what kind of swimming fish? Do you mean there are fish in this soup?" he pointed to the soup bowl in his hand.

Alas, stupid human beings, "My consciousness is to say, I want to go to your Lord Material World to see." Seelel had to make her thoughts clear.

"Why?" the other party was alert for a moment, "are you planning some conspiracy, or do you want to get more souls?"

"There's no conspiracy, and I don't want to get any souls. Seldel said solemnly, "I'm not interested in what you're talking about, I'm just trying to go to the main material plane. Even though I've been living here for a long time, I still feel that Bato's Nine Prison is not for me, and I don't feel like I belong here. ”

The other party looked at him fixedly, the expression on his face was full of doubt, "I'm sorry, I don't believe what you say." ”

"You are not to blame, who called me an evil, cunning devil. Seldel sighed, "But have you ever heard that there are some good-hearted individuals among some evil races?"

"Good individuals?" the other man smiled contemptuously, "I have never heard that there are good people among the devils. To be honest, I don't believe it. ”

"But what about the devil?" asked Seldel in a different way, "for example, the Drow Elves." Have you ever heard the story of a certain drow who had a good nature, disgusted with the deceitful and evil nature of his own race, and who came to the surface of the earth through all odds?" Before the prisoner named Barrett could reply, the Needleprick Demon told the legendary story to the other party.

The prisoner muttered, "I'm sure your story is true, because I've met similar drow elves. She...... , although I don't know if it can be called good, but it is certain that it is not evil. When the other party said this, the expression on his face was a little strange, as if he was reminiscing about something good, but there was also a little fear in it.

"Isn't that enough!" Serdel happily snapped his claws into the spiked fence, "If there is such an individual among the drow elves, then can't there be one among the devils?In this multiverse, any kind of creature can exist, and since there are fallen angels who yearn for darkness, there will definitely be those who seek the light, eh...... Don't dwell on the name, that's what it means, you know. The pinprick pointed at himself with his claws.

"You?" the other person involuntarily raised his voice, "You mean that you are such an individual?"

"Yes. Seldel nodded solemnly, "I said that one day when I need you, you will help me in return." May you remember your promises. ”

"You want to leave the city of Dis too?"

"No, unlike you, I can leave the city at any time, at any time!" said the devil, "but I do not have the ability to enter your main material world. Even though I was a low-level acupuncture demon, the spatial barrier had a relatively weak repulsion against me, but without the help of the summoning circle, this was still a completely impossible thing to do. Although new summoning contracts appear in the main material world from time to time, those little devils are already waiting in line, and it is impossible for me to take my turn. ”

Seldel leaned back, supporting his body with two claws, "What's more, if I really rush into your world, I might be killed in a few minutes, and then I will have to go back to hell and be reborn, and then everything will be meaningless." ”

"Although you did help me, let me help a demon enter the main material world...... "The other party kept shaking his head, "you need to give me a reason to believe in you enough." ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, how much of a storm can a food-delivering needle demon stir up in the main material world? ”

"It's not enough. ”

"Well, I can give you my real name. Serdel gritted his teeth and said, "Now you should be satisfied." ”

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