Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 557 Divine Power

Noshil took the contract and signed his name on the side of the clan leader. The moment Noshil finished writing, the hellfire engulfed the absolute contract in which Gargos declared his complete loyalty. Noshil also immediately felt the effectiveness of the contract.

He felt like there was an invisible chain in his hand, and the other end of the chain pointed directly at the shield in front of him. Noshir knew in his heart that this chain meant his absolute dominance over Gargauth. If Noshir wanted, he could use this invisible chain to tear Gargauth's soul apart at will, order him to do anything, torture him forever, or even directly destroy his soul and kill him completely.

But Noshir would not do this. After all, it was such a waste. Even if Gargauth lost his divinity, he was still an absolute legendary hellfire. Such strength would always come in handy.

Although his original intention was to use the nine-ring spell on the ruling crown and Noshir's demonic form to turn Gargauth into a soul gem, thereby separating him from his divinity and achieving the purpose of plundering divinity, Gargauth is now willing to sign such a contract to sell himself in order to survive. Noshir, who has been stealing his voice through the crown, will naturally not do such a thing. After all...

"Ha... my Lord, I wonder if you are satisfied now - what do you want to do?"

Noshir did not respond to Gargaus' question. He just suddenly stood up from his chair, took the shield of Gargaus in one hand, and quickly rushed towards the basement. He soon arrived at the former hell sacrificial site.

This room originally housed statues dedicated to communicating with Zariel, but now it has been completely destroyed. Now it is just a large empty room built with black rocks. This space is also the largest empty space in this underground city.

Nosher came here alone, placed the shield in the middle of the space, then took out a silver two-handed hammer from the space box on his waist, clenched his hands, raised it high, and then slammed it down on the shield in the middle!

In an instant, amid Gargs's ecstatic mental fluctuations, a crisp, shattering sound suddenly rang out from the surface of the shield. Dense cracks covered the devil's face on the surface of the shield, and deep red light shone from the cracks! Then in the next moment, the shield shattered violently and exploded!
"Finally! I am -- free!!!"

Along with the shield exploding, a crimson and burning evil aura suddenly spread out along with endless energy! The storm caused by that energy blew up the luxurious cloak that Noshier was wearing. The crimson evil aura swept the entire room in an instant, but Noshier stood in the center of the storm without moving.

He just quietly looked at the crimson storm in front of him, watching the storm sweeping everything around it, and then watching the storm slowly shrink back. The huge evil aura also shrank back and condensed into a ball of scarlet energy in front of him.

Until finally all the evil auras shrank back into that ball of energy. Accompanied by sounds like a beating heart, the ball of energy suddenly exploded again, but this time what blew up was no longer a storm, but a low sound.

"That damn shield finally broke. Ah~~ This feeling of being completely free and able to stretch my body freely, I haven't experienced it for many centuries."

In the deep red blood mist, a huge monster was stretching its body wantonly. Its huge wings were just folded together, and the barbs on the top of the joints could almost reach the ceiling that was more than 5 meters high. When the wings were stretched out, their width was enough to occupy 1/3 of the length of the room.

Gargos flapped his wings slightly, and the wind blew away the blood mist, revealing his majestic figure that was unique to the Hell Devil. He was a humanoid beast that was more than four meters tall when he stood up, covered in red scales, with a mouth full of ferocious fangs, horns on his head, and a six-meter-long tail behind him. Gargos stretched out his claws and turned them in front of him to examine them. He snapped his fingers again and turned into a huge fireball, which he tossed in one hand, enjoying this rare freedom.

"Have you admired enough, Gargauth?"

Noshir suddenly knocked the handle of the two-handed hammer in his hand lightly against the ground. The crisp sound combined with Noshir's words finally brought the giant devil in front of him back to his senses. He looked down at Noshir.

For a moment, all kinds of inexplicable impulses instinctively flashed in his scarlet eyes that were burning with hellfire, but in the end, Gargaus lowered his head obediently, knelt on one knee, and spoke to Noshir in a humble tone.

"Thank you for giving me my freedom. My only master from now on, the great Lord Noshir, I am extremely grateful for your willingness to grant me my freedom at this time and to save me from the punishment of the Styx."

Noshir put away his warhammer and looked at Gargauth, silently estimating how much power he still had left in his current demigod body.

Logically speaking, Gargaus had just ended a long period of sealing. Even if he had not been soaked in the Styx and his power had not been weakened, there should not be much energy left in him. In other words, Gargaus was still in an incomplete state. But even with such a Gargaus, Noshir could still feel a strong sense of oppression on this body, which could even threaten him and defeat him.

"...This is divinity. A creature on the path to becoming a god is a hundred times more powerful than any mortal creature."

As Noshir looked at Gargaus, his heart couldn't help but feel hot. He even felt a strong oppressive force similar to that of Zariel on Gargaus.

You know, when he first met Zariel, he was just a level 4 novice, so weak that he couldn't even attract Zariel's attention. But now he has become a powerful level 16 warrior, with the enhancement of four legendary equipment. But even so, Noshir can still feel that unique sense of oppression, which makes him itchy and want to go up and challenge him!
'No, you can't do this, hold it in.'

Noshir forced himself to suppress the corners of his mouth that wanted to curl up involuntarily, ignored the burning desire to try, shook his head violently, and spoke to Gargos in front of him.

"It's just because you made the right choice. I've seen that thing before. That contract is really a complete indenture. It can even be said that you have handed over all the control of yourself to me. I have to say that you are really courageous. Ah, come to think of it, is it because you don't want to be soaked in the water of the Styx that you wrote the contract so harshly?"

"You could say that, but the main reason is that I'm afraid that after being weakened by the water of the Styx, my physical condition won't be enough to support me in stripping off my divinity. In order to avoid a dead end, it's better to just resolve the matter in advance. It will be better for both of us."

(End of this chapter)