Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 518 Personal grudges

Noshier laughed at this cold joke. It has to be said that although from the perspective of ordinary people, Raphael's actions are indeed unforgivable, but as a great devil, this guy has indeed maintained his own style very well, showing a unique and stylish villain charm.

Because Raphael has ambition and power, but more importantly, he has a strong insight that allows him to almost foresee the future, and he has the patience to endure for hundreds or even thousands of years in order to achieve his goals.

This patience, coupled with the devil's immortal life and his own enormous influence and power, made him a powerful being that most life forms in the world could not afford to provoke.

In the original Baldur's Gate 3, the protagonist's teammate Laetzel once said that she would rather imagine that she could shatter a planet with her bare hands than accept a deal with a devil. And Raphael is the most difficult one even among all the devils.

In fact, even if Noshir killed him here now, his body would not die, but would continue to return to hell and be reborn. This is because Raphael has not completely betrayed his father.

In the original work, after the protagonists killed Raphael in the County of Hope, his soul was captured and devoured by his father Mephistopheles because of his rebellious behavior. But now Raphael does not have to worry about such an ending. At least before Mephistopheles discovers his rebellious behavior, his death does not mean the end.

However, Noshil had no such concerns at all. Others might not be able to afford to offend Raphael, but he was confident enough to completely ignore Raphael, and even all threats from hell. As long as Noshil could digest all of his reserved mythological motivation points, he would be able to become one of the most powerful beings in the world.

At that time, he would at least have the combat power of a demigod level and be qualified to compete with the Devil Grand Duke and the Lord of Hell. After all, Noshil is now only four mythical motivation points away from completing the perfection of his professional level.

At the same time, Noshil had a strong premonition that as long as he completely settled Asdalen and other derivatives, the panel should give him another myth incentive point.

At that time, he will have a total of nine mythical motivation points. Although these points cannot push him to the highest level in one go, they are enough to help him cross three huge steps at one time and usher in a qualitative leap.

This kind of power was incomprehensible to Raphael, and it was also Noshir's greatest source of confidence at this time. He firmly believed that he should be able to face any challenge from the main material plane at that time, whether it was the conspiracy that Gotash and Xie Nian were currently planning, or Zariel's upcoming revenge, it should not be difficult for him who was blessed with the three legendary powers, but just to be on the safe side.

Noshier looked at Raphael who was about to have a conversation in front of him. If possible, he felt that it would be better to get rid of those guys who were causing him trouble in the main material plane before facing the challenge from hell. This would be more in line with his interests at the moment and would also avoid the possibility of a crash to the greatest extent.

After all, for Nosher at this time, the only difficulty in eliminating Gotash and others is that they cannot find their exact hiding place, but he estimates that this problem will be solved soon, because he has guessed what information Raphael is about to tell him.

If nothing unexpected happens, what he will talk about next should be the current movements of Gotash and his men. If he is more detailed, he may even talk about the strategy they are preparing. As for why Noshir came to such a conclusion...

"Let's stop talking nonsense here, because you must prick up your ears and listen carefully to what I am going to say next."

Noshir made a gesture of invitation, signaling him to start his performance. Raphael also cleared his throat, and then spoke a long passage in a poetic style that seemed understandable at first, but was actually vague and incomplete. "In a place that your mortal eyes cannot gaze at, a catastrophe is quietly gathering. The two chosen ones have reached a close cooperation in secret. With the knowledge and heritage from hell, they are trying to bring about a catastrophe of destruction outside that distant plane."

"Outside of this storm, our hero was completely unaware. He was immersed in his previous victory and could not extricate himself. In this dark depths of the underground, he fully expressed his excessive kindness, but he wasted a great opportunity in vain."

"Because while our heroes were having fun, the enemy had already secretly gathered two-thirds of the elements. Now, all the villains need is the final blow, and they will be able to raze the city to the ground."

Raphael snapped his fingers to indicate that he had finished speaking, but Noshir was silent for a moment, then asked slowly.

"...How long did you practice this paragraph in advance?"

“Until it’s perfect.”

"Great, I completely understand the sarcasm you are using in your words, but if you don't mind, could you please explain in a little more detail what the so-called catastrophe is?"

Noshier asked with a wry smile, and Raphael snorted and laughed.

"Hehe, riddles and poems are my favorites. If it were any other time, if it was someone else standing in front of me, I would at most just throw this sentence to them and let them guess as much as they want. But you are different."

Raphael found a relatively smooth stone pillar nearby, waved his hand to blew away the dust on it, and sat gracefully on the pillar. Now he had lost his previous illusory form and became able to be hit by physical attacks, but Noshil was not in a hurry to fight. He just wanted to hear what this guy had to say next. Raphael continued at this time.

"You should be able to understand who the two chosen ones I mentioned earlier are, right?"

"Do you even need to ask?"

"Humph, just confirming. After all, I know that you have a lot of personal grudges against them. And it just so happens that I also have a little bit of... personal grudges against one of these two people."

Nosher's eyebrows raised. Just from this sentence he knew who Raphael was referring to. Without a doubt, he was talking about Gotash, who was sold to Hope County, Raphael's hometown, by his biological parents through a sorcerer when he was a child and worked like a slave.

(End of this chapter)