Arcane splendor begins with the throne

Chapter 105 The Most Inspiring Devil

The spacious, dimly lit laboratory was very quiet, and the only source of light was a brass candlestick that had begun to turn green and was covered with caked hard wax.

The candle flame kept jumping and trembling in the darkness, reflecting a little bit of light on the shining mithril pen holder, and the wax tears flowed on the candlestick like a small waterfall.

Brian was sitting on a chair beside the marble table, with one hand on the table, spinning the pen holder boredly, resting on his forehead with the other hand, reaching into his messy hair and scratching his scalp from time to time.

The expression is focused and dignified staring at the devil picture scroll and meditating.

At this time, his frown was deeply expressing his feelings.

After an unknown amount of time, Brian suddenly shook his head and chuckled lightly as if mocking himself.

Then relax with all your body and mind, leaning your body comfortably on the back of the chair.

He put his legs on the table brazenly again, while stretching out his hands to rub his temples, he slowly relaxed his frowning brows.

Even he himself didn't expect that when he was about to open the picture scroll to have a conversation with the devil, he would pause for no reason, and then start to hesitate again.

Although he is very clear about the cunning and evil creatures like the devil, and he is even fully prepared for it.

And in the previous game world, he had dealt with it without fear.

But he knew very well in his heart that the devil hidden in the picture scroll was not comparable to those weak and low-level little devils.

If he wanted to successfully make him an obedient familiar, he had to communicate with him carefully.

After all, this is a deep-hell refining demon whose strength has grown to at least the fifth-level legend from the outside.

Moreover, Bryan passed various researches, observations and speculations.It is almost 90.00% sure of the true identity of this pit fiend whose strength has been greatly reduced.

That's why he was able to show a confident look in front of Wizard Morel, but when he was alone, he seemed to hesitate uncontrollably in his heart.

Because the identity of this deep hell fiend is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

When he learned the incredible news that the true identity of the devil in the hidden scroll was: Devil Lord Bayer, the Lord of Hell who once controlled the first level of Baator Hell, Avernus.

In an instant, he fell into an abyss, and everything around him seemed to return to nothingness and darkness. The longing for the future that had been born in his heart was also cruelly stripped away layer by layer, as if mixed with blood and tears and turned into dust.

A former Grand Duke of Hell, just hearing his name will directly cause a trace of inexplicable fear in the hearts of countless people.

Although the overall strength of this prince of hell is the weakest compared to other devil princes, his growth experience is unmatched by all the devils in the entire Bator hell.

Brian very clearly remembers some of the funny jokes the players made about demons and demons.

Among the countless funny remarks, the one that impressed him the most was the fact that he was voted as the 'most inspiring demon and devil' by the players.

And the former Lord of Hell, Bayer, was undoubtedly honorably selected as "the most inspirational devil in Baator Hell". As for the most inspirational devil, it is the undead lord Odyss, let's not talk about it for the time being.

The reason why these two evil creatures were selected is mainly because they have one thing in common: they were both grown from the weakest abyss worms and lemures.

That is the so-called: start with a worm, growth depends on hard work.

In this regard, players also jokingly said: Even devils and demons work so hard, how can you complain and be lazy.

Bayer, the deep hell fiend, once mastered the first floor of Baator Hell, the Duke of Hell of Avernas.

As the players joked, he started from a trembling, writhing, mindless lemure and climbed to this position step by step.

Such lemurs are usually transformed from the most ordinary mortal souls.

It can be seen from this that the Grand Duke Bayer has neither a strong bloodline nor a noble background. He only relied on his own tricks, hard work and cruelty to climb up the ladder, and finally he was promoted to the deep hell to purify the devil.

You can literally write a record of the devil's advancement in Baator Hell for all devils to learn from.

In fact, it is.

Bayer's growth experience can be regarded as an inspiration and encouragement to all the devils in hell.

Every devil in Baator's Hell longs to do what he's done, then kill him and take his place.

As a newly promoted devil general, Bayer's legion was directly under the command of the then Grand Duke Zariel of Avernas.

Zariel, a fallen angel from the upper plane, was directly promoted by the lord of hell to be the lord of Avernas, leading all the demon armies and participating in the bloody battle in the abyss.

With her aggressive strategy, the devil's armies often fight against the odds.

Even a deep hell fiend like Bayer, that is, a commander-level devil, is very likely to be completely wiped out on the battlefield.

But Bayer showed his strong military talent during this period. He not only survived, but also won countless bloody glory and reputation.

As his strength and reputation increased, Beyer, like all other devils, began to desire to kill his superior and seize her position.

As a guy who once climbed step by step from a pathetic lemure to a deep hell alchemist, Bayer is very familiar with how to overthrow his superior and replace him (the following is the tradition of the devil?).

Because he has done it countless times, and the arrogance of the previous Grand Duke Zariel, she has very few allies and cronies.

In this case, what Bayer needs to worry about is not whether he can successfully overthrow Zariel, but how to overthrow him in advance before other devils who have ideas about Zariel's position take action.

This is Brian's simple understanding of the growth experience of this devil king.

After all, as a player, he is also nicknamed the 'fourth natural disaster', although when his accident happened, these natural disasters had not fully grown up, and the multiverse was booming.

But this does not affect those players who are curious enough to explore the past and dark history of all famous figures in the multiverse.

Even the unsightly black stories of the gods have been collected one by one, not to mention these devil kings or demon monarchs.

Despite this, no player has learned how Bayer launched the coup, and there is not even an accurate statement, making it difficult to track down what happened that year.

But the final result of the incident, Brian is still very clear.

There is no doubt that it was Bayer who won outright.

Even though Zariel, the fallen angel, opened the back door and was personally appointed by Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, the Lord of the Nine Hells still accepted this fact.

After all, this is the traditional drama of the devils. Replacing the bottom with the top is a happy outcome for all devils.

So the Lord of Hell personally performed the ascension ceremony for Bayer, making him an independent demon king, and crowned him as the new Grand Duke of Avernas and the chief commander of the bloody battle in the abyss.

And his boss Zariel was imprisoned by Bayer in the ever-expanding bronze fortress.

Because Bayer was promoted from a lemure to a hell fiend, this means that he does not have any strong bloodline or talent.

Therefore, Bayer tried to absorb the power of Zariel, a fallen angel, to strengthen his own strength.

In addition, the cunning new Grand Duke also knows that his position is extremely unstable.

Although he occupies a high position, his own strength is not strong, and he lacks powerful allies at the same time.

After he became the Grand Duke, he spent a long time establishing strong relationships with senior commanders in the army and gaining the respect of these devils.

He even made the first layer of the "Dark Eight Demon Generals" loyal and fanatical to support him, making them his staunch allies and licking dogs.

At the same time, Bayer also spent a lot of time patrolling fortifications and frontline positions. This method of respecting corporals made him very prestigious at the bottom of the army.

Through these means, Bayer has closely connected himself with the huge army of devils. If he wants to completely destroy Bayer and his supporters, he will inevitably destroy the entire high-level command system of the devil army.

As we all know, the reason why the devils can compete against the devils whose quality is not weaker than themselves, but the number is crushing, is to rely on steel-like discipline, efficient command and exquisite tactics.

If there is a sudden purge of senior commanders, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of the Bloody Battle Front. Due to concerns about the Bloody Battle Front, many devil archdukes can only give up a series of conspiracies against Bayer.

Of course, Bayer is also very indifferent to the conspiracy games in hell, because his duties as the commander of the devil army in the bloody battle in the abyss leave him with no time to care about him.

Furthermore, under a pact enacted by Asmodeus, other demon archlords must provide Bair with soldiers, equipment, and souls to support his efforts in the war for all of Baator.

As long as Byr remained focused on defeating the tanar'ri demons and keeping his flaming red nose away from the affairs of other archdukes, his colleagues were more than happy to honor this agreement.

Although the other Grand Dukes have always despised Bair, thinking that he is just a seeker.

But they still appreciate the devil's success, and rejoice that they no longer have to lead their own armies into battle, as they did in ancient times.

That's why, in some ways, Beyer's position is more secure than that of his peers.

Because the Eight Dark Demons will command the devil's army, the hell fiend generals, have a high respect for Bayer, and it seems unlikely that they will try to subvert his rule.

As long as this lord can continue to maintain his undefeated record, the Eight Dark Demons will loyally and fanatically support him.

Therefore, Bayer's main goal is to successfully let the devil continue to gain an advantage in the bloody battle.

Therefore, since Bayer took over as chief general, the devil's strategy in Avernus has changed to complete defense, which is the so-called tower defense tactics.

On the premise of basically not trying to attack, facing those chaotic, funny, and undisciplined abyssal demons, it is indeed possible to win defensive battles without any effort. Invincible'.

In the eyes of ordinary devil soldiers who have no understanding of strategy and the overall situation, they have been winning under Bayer's leadership.

And for those ambitious and powerful senior devil generals, Bayer's command and strategy can guarantee the safety of themselves and their forces to the greatest extent.

According to Bayer himself, there are endless demons in the abyss, and being able to contain them is already success and victory.

This also makes Avernas, apart from frequent battles in the bronze fortress, the first line of defense against the abyssal demons, the rear can be described as prosperous, and the demons can carry out all kinds of tricks and abductions with peace of mind, without worrying about the sudden invasion of demons.

Of course, what really played a decisive role in Bayer's unprogressive tower defense tactics was the acquiescence of Asmodeus, the Lord of Hell.

Because at this time, the Lord of Hell is considering a more efficient and feasible method to achieve victory in the bloody battle, rather than the far-off method of war.

After all, compared to the numbers of the two sides, the devils in the entire Baator Hell are less than one percent of the devils. He really does not need Bayer to make any progress on the battlefield, and maintaining the status quo is enough.

But Bayer's seemingly stable position was shaken by the ultimate plan planned by Asmodeus, the Lord of Hell, to end the bloody war.

That is to say, during the "Arcane Catastrophe" thousands of years ago, because the goddess of magic was suddenly sacrificed, his follower, the god of mages, Azus, suffered disaster.

In order to avoid being pursued by Cyric, the god of murder, Azuth finally fled into the territory of Asmodeus in the ninth level of Baator Hell.

Because of this, the Lord of Hell seized the opportunity to quickly devour Azuth's power and snatch his divine fire while he was weak.

Asmodeus successfully became a true god, and used this power to realize his long-standing plan, pushing the entire Abyss into the Chaos Sea.

This temporarily interrupted the invasion of Baator Hell by the Abyss, which also temporarily suspended the bloody battle in the Abyss.

In this way, Asmodeus, the lord of hell, can lead his army of demons to happily invade other planes.

This was the conspiracy that Asmodeus had been plotting for a long time when Bayer carried out the tower defense tactics.

However, the ascension of the Lord of Hell got him into more trouble.

Because the Lord of Hell ascended to the gods with the divine fire of Azuth, the mage god, he was cleverly used by an opponent who was familiar with divinity and divine fire, which put him in a dangerous situation where his consciousness was on the verge of complete extinction.

This forced him to give up Azuth's divine fire in order to save his life.

Just when the Lord of Hell lost most of his power, the bosses of the Bottomless Abyss took the opportunity to find a way to return the Bottomless Abyss to its place again.

This means that the bloody battle in the abyss has begun again (want to run away? Come back and continue fighting!), and the abyss demons have also launched a more violent retaliatory attack.

For the Lord of Hell, his long-planned plan was a complete failure.

Facing the crazy revenge of the abyss demon, he can only use the most traditional method to deal with it, which is the so-called war.

Under such circumstances, Bayer, who valued self-preservation, had no intention of progress, and only wanted to guard the tower obscenely, was obviously no longer suitable for the position of chief commander of the bloody battle.

So the Lord of Hell used his own power to demote the tool man Bayer and let him return to the ordinary form of refining demons in the deep hell.

Zariel, who was imprisoned by Bayer, a fallen angel with a fiery temper, reckless tactics, and a strong desire to attack (chaotic evil? Angel spy?), once again returned to the role of Archduke Avernus and Chief General of the Nine Hells. Location.

The returning Zariel didn't kill Beyer in the first place.

It seems that in order to control Bayer's army and prevent his supporters from rebelling, the entire high-level command system of the devil suddenly collapsed, giving the devil an opportunity.

So he was given the title of consultant with no power or power.

Since then, the tragic identity of "tool man Bayer" has been confirmed.

Looking at the picture scroll on the table, Brian could imagine that with the passage of time, the moment when the new Lord of Hell, Zariel, regained control of the devil's army would be the time of Bayer's demise.

After all, Zariel must have suffered a lot during his imprisonment. After this fiery fallen angel regains his freedom, he will definitely return twice as much.

And this most inspiring devil, Bayer the toolman, obviously guessed his own fate.

From his appearance here, it can be seen that the other party definitely used some kind of secret method to escape to this humble low-magic world, and then tried his best and developed insignificantly here, trying to return to the king.

And corrupting Princess Kearney's soul was obviously his first step towards success.

In fact, Brian learned from in-game memories.

This devil named Bayer not only really grew up, but also successfully descended to the first floor of Bator Hell, ready to take back everything that belonged to him.

It can be said that he fully compelled his inspirational articles.

He remembered very clearly that the expansion pack for Baator Hell at that time was called: The Redemption of Zariel, the Daughter of Destruction.

During the redemption period, Bayer reintegrated his old and new forces, and actually had the strength to compete with Zariel.

While the forces of both sides are dealing with the demons of the bottomless abyss, they are also plotting and fighting secretly one after another.

Even many players who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal took the initiative to participate in this kind of war scene where demons danced wildly.

Brian witnessed with his own eyes many player guilds unscrupulously making deals with the devil.

Then let the territories he established in the main material world stand up one by one, and be directly transmitted to Avernas, the first layer of Bator Hell, by powerful power.

And these two devil lords are also very willing to accept any assistance from the players, no matter how strong or not the players are, they will even listen to the players' suggestions with a sincere attitude.

And also promised to provide assistance and protection for their territory. Players who receive the aid and help of the devil will also receive Avernas's free pass, treasures, equipment, etc. as rewards.

After the first batch of players who ate crabs got the sweetness, the player group at that time fell into the upsurge of killing Bator Hell.

At that time, Brian didn't move. He knew very well that this didn't sound like a problem. I will help you deal with the enemy, and you will pay me.

But in his view, this is still a deal with the devil.

The traditional corruption methods of the devils, that is, the kind of transaction form of "you only need to pay a small price, and then you can get everything you want," is actually very easy to arouse suspicion and vigilance.

It is very likely that they will be gradually corrupted unconsciously, becoming the playthings and tools of the devils.

Although this method of corruption seems to have no effect on the players of the game life, it seems that as long as they go offline and hide, they will be fine.

But this too-realistic game makes a very small number of sane players think that it may not be as simple as imagined.

As for the final outcome of these players who traded with the devil, and who is the winner of the power war between Bayer and Zariel, Brian has no idea.

Because now he has traveled to this world.

The only thing he can remember is that during the period before his accident, the vision of chaos appeared again in the entire main material world.

In his former birthplace, in the sky of the Northern Alliance, from time to time, illithid starships and conch-hulled ships descended on civilization settlements, wantonly plundering the population.The red-robed wizards in the Searle area fell into civil strife, a group of paladins fought into the bottomless abyss, directly occupied it, and served as their own base camp, the magic kingdom of Harua in the south, bursting out the germination of the arcane empire, etc., are enough to affect the world. chaos...

Even Brian once thought that the main material world would be completely chaotic if the goddess of magic was to be sacrificed to the sky.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to see it for the time being.

However, the time period he traveled through made him have to face the chaotic period in the future where demons danced wildly and various bosses had endless levels.

Therefore, the only thing he can do now is to improve his strength and expand his strength as soon as possible to avoid becoming an unjust ghost in troubled times.

This was also when he suddenly hesitated after learning that hidden in this scroll was a former Archduke of Hell who was planning to hide and steal his growth.

If it was an ordinary pit fiend, Brian would choose to trade with him without hesitation if he was well prepared.

But this devil was different. This devil with a special identity made him feel a little afraid and at the same time gave him a desire to control.

Putting aside the strength of the other party, at least the knowledge he possesses is beyond his own reach. In his opinion, if Bayer becomes his familiar, it will be like having a mobile library.

Although he thought so in his heart, he was still a little self-aware.

He knew that with his own wisdom alone, he couldn't get any cheap in front of this old and cunning devil.

His only advantage seems to be that his own strength can take advantage of the opponent's weakest moment, take advantage of him, and make him submit directly.

Thinking of this, Brian sat up straight, and after preparing his means to deal with the little devil, he began to carefully spread out the scroll.

(End of this chapter)