Red dragon: in charge of natural disasters

Somewhere in the bronze fortress, with the distortion of space and flickering light, four players and two devils appeared out of thin air.

Their hearts were pounding, they were panting, and their faces were full of joy at surviving the disaster. Uriel and Dick, who were lower-level devils, felt even more incredible.

They actually escaped from under the nose of a Pit Fiend! He was the leader of Zariel's army, a being capable of occupying a micro-material plane on his own!

The Night Wolf patted his chest. Although as a vampire he didn't need to breathe, he still panted out of habit: "Hoo, hoo, Boss, that was a close call."

Emperor Ou looked at the fire and smoke rising into the sky in the distance, and felt the violent fluctuations in the space. He couldn't help but sighed: "Oh my god, it's worthy of being the masterpiece of those crazy people in the Mechanicus. The power is too outrageous, it almost swallowed us all!"

Langli Baitiao asked nervously, "Brother Zhan Kuang, did you receive the experience prompt?"

The natural warrior remained in a frenzy. His entire body was red and steam was coming out of it, but he still retained his sanity: "No, no, that guy—is not dead yet!"

"What?"

Everyone looked up and saw the Hell Demon flapping its broken and tattered wings, breaking through the thick smoke and dust, and appearing in the air above the bronze fortress.

At this moment, he was in a mess, his face was hideous, and his eyes were filled with blazing flames of anger. He then turned around and roared madly: "Mortal! You are looking for death!"

The terrifying pressure from the Hell Devil swept in like a tsunami, descending upon the hearts of every devil nearby.

Uriel stood there with a face full of fear, and said in panic: "It's over, he...he found us!"

"I'm dead, I'm dead! Let me out!" The little devil imprisoned in the cage also shouted loudly.

However, Langli Baitiao put on a breath-hiding cloak, stood where he was, and muttered to himself, "No, wait a little longer, it's not over yet.

The treasure I stole from the Mechanicus with great difficulty is not that simple. "

"Legion Commander!"

"Who is it! Who is the fool who dares to invade the Bronze Fortress?"

Dozens of demons holding steel forks and wearing armor took off into the air, flapping their broad bat-like wings and flying towards Valerius's lava castle.

But at this moment, the critical point of the collapse of the space behind him has also arrived.

Suddenly, all colors were suddenly withdrawn from the universe, leaving only pure black. A deep vortex appeared at the center of the explosion, from which huge gravitational force erupted.

Everything around - whether it was broken sculptures, shattered rocks or the remains of the devil, was violently pulled towards the center of the vortex by the terrifying gravity.

The devil soldier rushing in the front was like tinfoil being kneaded at will by an invisible giant hand, and the armor made of hell iron was shattered into pieces under the huge gravitational force.

Seeing this, Valerius flapped his wings frantically, trying to break free from the force, but he was like a wild animal tied up by countless ropes, unable to move.

"No--"

"I am the great Pit Fiend! Master Zariel's trusted confidant. You can't kill me!!"

In the end, the roar of the Hell Demon was drowned in the scream of tearing time and space, and that huge and burly body was torn into elementary particles by the storm of time and space.

Looking at the earth-shattering scene, Tiansheng Zhan Kuang was impressed by the terrifying power of the bomb and whispered, "He is really dead. There is a prompt on my panel."

[You killed [Deep Hell Fiend - Valerius (Challenge Level: 16)], and gained 150,000 experience points]

Langli Baitiao rubbed his hands excitedly: "What the hell? This is a captain of the Hell Legion! 150,000 experience points, 25,000 gold coins, we are really going to make a fortune!"

The Night Wolf did not relax at all. Instead, he looked up at the sky, looking a little worried: "What, what is that?"

The entire sky was groaning as if it could not bear the heavy burden. The clouds were torn into scarlet cracks by some great force, like the abdomen of a god being cut open, with boiling magma waterfalls flowing out.

"Look up at the sky!" Dick's voice trembled.

The red slurry did not fall, but instead burst into violent hellfire and condensed into a huge phantom in the air.

——She was a fallen angel with jet-black wings, eyes burning with undying rage, her body surrounded by sulfur and ashes, and her face dripping with blood and tears, giving people a feeling of madness and distortion.

She stretched out her right hand, and countless burning chains emerged from the cracks in the ground, blocking the entire space. Along with miserable wails, the powerful soul power began to repair the broken space.

[Lord of Avernus - Zariel (Challenge Level: ???)]

The white shark raised its head, and new information appeared in its eyes.

He stood there in a daze, muttering to himself, "It seems like we've gone a little overboard this time."

The natural warrior looked at the terrifying figure and sighed, "Is this the final boss of the Avernus dungeon? How satisfying it would be if I could fight her head-on!"

The European Emperor also sighed and said, "This is the end. If only I had such luck when I opened the box."

Dick and Uriel had already knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and were already controlled by the instinct of hell: "Lord of the Nine Hells, it turns out to be Lord Zariel."

The other demons in the bronze fortress also had faces filled with fear and reverence.

Langli Baitiao muttered quietly: "Do you think it is possible that she hasn't discovered us yet?"

“Kneel down—”

Zariel's whispers exploded directly into people's skulls.

Under the pressure of the laws of hell, the two devils knelt on the ground without any hesitation, not even thinking of resisting.

——For lower-level devils like them, being able to meet the Lord of Hell is already a great honor.

The panels of the four players were refreshed with dense information that made sweat break out on their foreheads.

[You are affected by blasphemous words and will make a will saving throw. If the save fails, you will be controlled.]

[Zariel, Lord of Avernus, is trying to search your soul and memory]

[Warning! Affected by the laws of hell, you will be bound in Baator Hell and have a chance to obtain the permanent effect [Degenerate Contract]]

Suddenly, the faces of the four players changed drastically, and their expressions became extremely ugly - if they were left in hell forever, it would not be worth it.

"run!"

The white shark made a quick decision, threw off his cloak and ran away.

While running away, he even remembered to pick up the little devil's cage and escape with him.

The European Emperor and the Night Wolf followed closely behind. Even the Natural War Maniac, who was still in a violent state, roared and broke through the city walls along the way, learning how to escape.

"die--"

However, countless chains of hell rose up, and a giant hand made of hellfire spanned the sky, pressing towards them with terrifying power, getting closer and closer, and was about to catch them all in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Langli Baitiao shouted: "Sir, help me!"

The hexagram magic circles on the chests of several players suddenly lit up, and their entire bodies were covered by an extremely strong soul power.

With the flickering firelight, in a moment, they turned into ashes and drifted away in the wind.

The shadow of Zariel in the sky looked at the scattered ashes. The fallen angel frowned slightly, and endless resentment and hatred welled up from the depths of his burning pupils.

"It was Bayer, that shameful traitor! If I hadn't been preparing for the ritual and had no time to take care of him, I would have tortured him to death long ago."

Suddenly, Zariel's expression became even more angry: "No! Not only him, but also the Burning Emperor! That damn red dragon!"

The fallen angel flapped his black wings violently and swung the long sword filled with hellfire, leaving a hideous wound hundreds of meters long in the bloody sky.

——It also shattered the golden vertical pupils hidden in the air.

“I was discovered.”

A deep and powerful voice came from the void.

Zariel pointed his sword to the sky and roared, "Red Dragon, this is a naked provocation. This is Avernus! Do you want to make an enemy of the entire Nine Hells - declare war on the great Lord Asmodemons?"

"Zariel, can you represent the entire Nine Hells? I think the other lords of Hell would be happy to see Avernus change his master again."

A flame of a completely different nature emerged in the sky and gradually condensed into a huge and majestic dragon head. Its golden vertical pupils were extremely deep, revealing a faint dragon power.

The pressure made countless hell dragons tremble, shake all over, and let out low roars.

"You are interfering with the material plane and colluding with the Thracian Kingdom. You are making an enemy of me! An enemy of the Burning Empire!"

"Red Dragon, one day, your so-called empire will fall into hell, your people will wail in the fire of hell, and become fuel for bloody battles, and your territory will become our soul pasture!"

"Then let's wait and see - will you kill me first, or will you be overthrown by me first!"

The red dragon smiled playfully, and its head turned into a stream of fire and dissipated in the sky.

At this moment, several hell demons were flapping their huge and wide wings, flying from all parts of the bronze fortress. The pressure from them was enough to scare any lower-level devil.

——They are the twenty-seven legion commanders under Zariel, the generals who fought for her in Avernus.

They either knelt on one knee or bowed their heads and nodded, all of them were extremely respectful. In front of Zariel, these cruel and brutal hell demons were like obedient hounds.

Alex took a step forward and said in a deep voice: "Sir, it was my fault for not being on guard enough and letting those lowly maggots get through."

Zariel said in a grim tone: "Be on high alert! This is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, and I must not let those rats hiding in the gutter ruin my plan!

She looked at the endless scorched wasteland, her eyes revealing endless madness and persistence: "As long as all the mortals in the material plane are used as fuel, my army will destroy the Abyss and end this bloody battle!"

The Thracian city of sunrise - that's where it all began!"

Before he could finish his words, Zariel's body suddenly exploded and turned into a ball of hellfire that covered the sky.

It turns out that this is just the incarnation of that crazy fallen angel.

At this moment, Zariel's real body is in the center of the Bronze Fortress, plotting to plunge the City of Sunrise, the Thracian region - and even the entire Feasor continent into hell.

The Burning Empire.

Dragon Blood Mountain.

"It seems that the information provided by Bayer was correct. Zariel is indeed a complete war maniac."

Cassius watched the magical images recorded by the Heavenly Tribulation Dragon Eye and could not help but gasp: “The other Hell Lords do not want to waste their strength in a bloody battle, and use all their energy on intrigue and plundering souls.

Zariel, on the other hand, threw all his troops into a bloody battle, not hesitating to offend anyone for it, and even used mortal souls as fuel for the war. How crazy."

Cassius also recalled his previous conversation with Bayer.

In fact, thousands of years ago, Bayer secretly joined forces with several hell lords to overthrow Zariel, imprisoned him in a bronze fortress, and tortured him day and night.

But as the first layer of the Nine Hells, Avernus is at the forefront of the bloody battle and is always facing the threat of demons. Bayer's passive avoidance of battle has caused dissatisfaction from Asmodemons.

So, under the instruction of the Lord of the Nine Hells, Zariel once again became the master of Avernus, commanding the devil army to fight against demons.

Thinking of this, the red dragon slowly stood up, spread out his extremely broad wings, and his eyes gradually became solemn.

The image of Trump appeared in front of him: "Master, should we continue to send the Starfallers to hell? The cost of transmission is really high, and half of the Starfallers were killed by the devil after landing."

"Continue. Not only must we continue, but we must also expand the scale and gather more players to the Bronze Fortress and try to infiltrate it completely."

Cassius' tone was firm: "We must not let Zariel complete the ritual successfully. The Empire cannot lose the City of the Rising Sun, and we cannot lose the entire Thracian region."

In fact, the reckless behavior of the Langli Baitiao and his group in Avernus was supported by Cassius behind the scenes.

Just like the [Micro Space Collapse Bomb] that was powerful enough to kill the Abyss Devil, it was made by Cassius after he destroyed a small material demiplane and used the fragments of the plane as materials, ordering the Mechanicus to make it.

And it was naturally Cassius who instructed Langli Baitiao to "steal" the bomb, just to make a bigger noise in hell.

After this bomb explodes inside the Bronze Fortress, it will shake the anti-magic field and create large and small space cracks nearby, allowing players to teleport directly to the inner ring area of ​​the Bronze Fortress.

After saying this, Lump picked up a pen and paper and continued to ask: "When will we officially declare war on the Kingdom of Thrace?"

Cassius hesitated for a moment, exhaled a mouthful of sulfurous white smoke, and then answered without hesitation: "Seven days later, prepare for mobilization. The real war is about to begin!"

"Yes, Master."

Trump's tone was also somewhat excited. After all, in a sense, the enemy they were about to face was the once powerful Holy Fadlan Empire.

This may be a war of equal strength. (End of this chapter)