Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 294 Stygia City

A demon with two wings on its back, about the same height as an ice demon, extremely strong, with gray-black skin and strong horns also flew from a distance. This demon danced the three steel forks in its hands while quickly throwing several arrows at the demon. Fire Arrow, Nohir also recognized the type of devil.

This is a male overlord demon, also known as a horned demon. Judging from the appearance alone, this demon may be the closest to the public's impression of creatures from the lower planes. At this time, these two demons are standing on the left and right. , by continuously releasing various powerful spell-like abilities to attack from both sides, delaying the attack of the Giant Skull Demon.

They were very cautious and tried to keep a distance to prevent themselves from entering the attack range of the Giant Skull Demon's natural abilities. They had ways to deal with most of the spells, but even they could not prevent the Giant Skull Demon's twisted ripples. Don't want to get sucked up.

"Okay, it seems that there is no need to worry about the outcome of the battlefield below in a short time. As long as this demon does not die, the devils will not be able to relax their vigilance. They will focus most of their energy on dealing with the demon army. On the demon side, with the addition of the Giant Skull Demon, they will not be completely defeated in a short time."

Nohir looked down. At this time, the devil's artillery fire had begun to unleash its power. Dense solid shells and giant crossbow arrows were continuously fired at the giant skull demon. The devil used his natural ability to continuously shoot down these flying projectiles, but such an offensive It's really too dense, and the Giant Skull Demon's natural abilities cannot be used without limit.

At this time, his brain had begun to swell obviously due to excessive use of abilities. When his brain swelled to the point where even the chains wrapped around his body could no longer restrain him, the Giant Skull Demon finally couldn't help but open his mouth. With his mouth full of fangs, and with a high-pitched roar spreading throughout the battlefield, the Giant Skull Demon finally floated back.

Some high-level demons who were originally fighting in the front retreated directly against the demonic tide. The demonic dynasties in the rear that were about to pounce also stopped charging in the chaos. Only the low-level demons on the front who were red-eyed with blood were still alive. After a futile attack, they were gradually annihilated by the devils without any help.

The demons temporarily stopped their offensive under the command of the Giant Skull Demon, but looking down at the battlefield from Nohir's perspective, one can see that a steady stream of small groups of demons are gathering from all directions. It won't take long for the demons to lose as much as they can. will be replenished, and they retreat temporarily just to launch a more massive attack next time.

"Now the battlefield has fallen into a strange balance. I originally thought that if the pressure on the devil's side was not great, then I would try to sneak attack a devil at the level of a legion commander. This would not only suppress the combat power of the devil's side, but also prevent the devil from attacking. If he tries to understand the current situation in hell, he might be able to find Haruman’s current location, but it seems that this may not be possible now.”

Nohir looked around the surrounding environment. A tributary of the River Styx ran across the battlefield below. Eight giant fortresses were scattered at eight fulcrums on the battlefield. These fortresses were acting as anchors to fix Eltoril. It is the first line of defense against demons invading Eltoril.

It can be seen from the previous battle that by relying on the eight fortresses to watch each other, two legion commander-level demons can temporarily block the attack of the giant skull demon. However, if the top combat power of one of the fortresses disappears, then That direction will become a breakthrough point. Whether it is attacking that fortress directly or attacking a nearby fortress, the devil will not wait for the support it should have.

So Nohir can't break the balance between them, and today's incident also reminded him that a legendary-level giant-skull demon can run directly to the bottom of the city to fight the devil, and then one will come the next day. It is not impossible for Balor Balrog to run into the city and kill everyone. Thinking of this, Nohir stopped staying too much. After making sure that there would be no major changes in the battle line below, he quickly flew towards the originally planned target.

Nohir obtained a partial map of Avernus from the Stalker. It is almost impossible to obtain a complete map. Even if he asked Gargoth, he would not be able to give Nohir a complete map because The first level of hell is so big that even native devils have a hard time figuring out what awaits them between the two destinations.

Demons can often find wandering warlords out of control in the wild, unknown gathering places that do not exist on the map, demons that accidentally break in when demons do not invade on a large scale, powerful hell monsters, and even some outer planets. Travelers from other worlds are not uncommon in hell. The existence of these things makes the entire hell extremely dangerous even for devils.

However, as long as he followed the previously planned journey, Nohir had a high probability of avoiding these dangers. Although the map drawn by the hunter was not complete, he was still quite familiar with the surrounding area.

Nohir, who was flying high in the sky, took out the map captured from the demon hunter from the space box.

"Let me take a look. According to the map, the location below the city is called Styx Outpost. Walking northeast from here, there is a large settlement [Stygia City] built by the devil 20 miles away. , uh, it can also be called the Stygian Hatching Pool, or the Stygian Pier.”

"After the devil eggs in the river are washed ashore, special little devils will collect them, and then centrally store them in urban buildings similar to Stygia for hatching. A large number of devil legions are stationed there to protect their important sources of troops. The city was built on the edge of the River Styx and had a large number of docks and ships, which were responsible for transporting these troops to various battlefields through the tributaries of the River Styx.”

"This characteristic makes it an important strategic location. The ruler there must know the direction of the movement of many demon legions. He has a high probability of knowing where Haruman and the legions he leads are currently."

Nohill put away the map. He had already determined the specific location of Stygian City. If he walked on land, he would have to pass through three relatively dangerous places, but for someone who could fly, he could also dive at critical moments. For him, those dangers are almost impossible to threaten him.

"Fly through the Bone Thorn Forest where the Bone Demon Legion is stationed, cross Mount Gangaal occupied by a group of fire giants, and then pass through a fortress ruled by the Night Hag Warlord to reach the destination. Tsk, this road is really dangerous, hell There are so many monsters and monsters here, it’s hard to imagine how difficult it would be for me to move even if I couldn’t fly.”

(End of this chapter)