Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 562: Gargauth's Bizarre Adventure
'It can't be such a coincidence.'

Looking at the two pieces of equipment that looked so familiar, Noshil instinctively couldn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world. But until he actually touched them, the name of the equipment that appeared on the panel directly shattered his luck.

"Aren't the [Dark Prison Armor] and [Soul Capture Gloves] part of Raphael's collection?"

Noshier looked at the display on the panel again with uncertainty, and then showed an even more shocked expression. That's right, it was definitely not wrong. It was not his eyes that were dazzled. The panel definitely would not show an error, and his memory definitely would not be wrong. These two pieces of equipment were definitely weapons and equipment that could only be collected from Raphael's house if he successfully defeated him in the game!

This means that the palace where Gargos used to be is actually Raphael's current County of Hope? !

'Wait, I remember Gargoyle said before that in hell, if a high-ranking devil disappears or dies, all his assets will be looted by newcomers or distributed among more powerful devils. Considering that Gargoyle was sealed within the past thousand years, and Raphael only rose to prominence in the past thousand years, the life situations of the two seem to be connected. Raphael's father, the great devil Mephisto, is also capable of helping his son easily compete for the inheritance.'

If the truth is really like this, then this coincidence can be explained. Although it is really a bit hard to believe, all this is really just a coincidence.

However - although the question about coincidence has been explained, Noshil still doesn't understand what exactly caused Gargaus to rob Raphael's treasure house?

To please him? That's possible, but Noshir didn't believe that this guy's purpose was so simple. There must be something else that happened to make Gargos do such a superfluous behavior.

"My Lord, your expression seems a little strange. Did I do something wrong?"

Gargos noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with Noshil's expression, so he immediately asked Noshil in a cautious tone.

"No, there's nothing wrong with that. The things you brought are indeed a considerable fortune, including two rare treasures such as legendary equipment. So in fact, I am actually very satisfied with your tribute."

"Then...then why?"

"You want to know why my expression became so strange? I can answer this question for you, and the answer is actually very simple, because I know the unlucky guy who was robbed by you, the devil named Raphael."

Almost at the moment when Nosier finished speaking, Gargos's body immediately stiffened. All kinds of associations emerged wildly in his mind, and his heart became extremely panicked for a moment, but in the end, Gargos managed to force himself to calm down, and then spoke to Nosier stutteringly.

"I see! Ha! Ha! There are actually such coincidences in this world! No... But, my master, am I..."

"Don't worry, Gargos. If you know my temper, you will understand that I am definitely not friendly to the devil race. Except for very rare cases, once I meet other devils for the first time, we will never meet again."

Does that mean I am that very special case? All the unlucky people except me died after the meeting? Gargs secretly vented his anger in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak his thoughts out loud, because that would probably make Noshier throw him out of those very special cases.

But no matter what, after hearing Noshil's explanation, Gargaus was indeed greatly relieved. He didn't want to flatter the horse. If this tribute, which was meant to please him, instead caused Noshil's dissatisfaction, or even directly caused him to get killed, then his fate would become funny and full of black humor.

"That's great..."

"But, Gargos, I still have a question in my mind. I want to know why you want to do such a thankless task? I remember that I only asked you to retrieve the alchemical raw materials that were needed. It was obviously enough to just retrieve those raw materials. This was the "mission" I gave you, but why did you do something beyond the mission?"

"My purpose, of course, is to show my sincerity! I am doing this to completely distance myself from my past self, to show that from now on I will completely surrender to you..."

"I believe you, Gargos. I believe what you said is absolutely true, but I also know that just to please me is not the only reason for you to do such a thing. Is there anything else you are hiding from me, right, Gargos?"

"..."

Gargos was silent, because what Noshir said was indeed true. He did not plunder Raphael's treasury simply to please Noshir. Pleasing Noshir was just a by-product. There was indeed another reason that supported Gargos to do this, but this reason...

'What...what should I do? ! This guy's intuition is too sharp! He actually doubted my motives so naturally! Ah, it's not good, this is really not good, will he think I am plotting a rebellion? Will he think that the reason I robbed that place was to attract the attention of other devils in some way he didn't know, or to secretly send signals to other devils with some riddles or something? Today, when I have concealed something, in this situation, it is probably normal for him to have such suspicions, but the problem is, I really don't have this idea! ''The Hell Contract is very strict, and now I have handed my life and property into his hands. There is no way I can betray him, but how can I explain it? Can I just tell him directly that the most important reason I robbed that place was not to give these treasures to you or to please you. The reason I did this was just to take revenge on that bastard who desecrated my former palace! '

Gargoyle's mind became even more painful, and for a moment, he even began to regret looting Raphael's treasure house. But as soon as Gargoyle thought of everything he saw in his former palace when he returned there in high spirits, all these regrets disappeared instantly.

At this moment, his thoughts couldn't help but go back to several hours ago, when Gargaus returned to his luxurious palace accompanied by the light produced by the last teleportation. The first thing he felt was the overwhelming decadence and despair. Looking around, the entire palace was filled with wailing and desperate souls, undead who worked numbly, and countless people who had already lost their souls, leaving only a soulless body, and "debtors" who could never pay off their debts and were burdened with debts.

For a real devil, this scene is no different from "heaven". The painful wails of the soul are the most pleasant poetry, and the desperate faces of the flesh are the most joyful performances. Everything here seems to be even more "beautiful" than when he was here, and the elegant atmosphere also makes him enjoy it immensely.

For a moment, Gargoyle even felt that the guy who took away his palace did not disgrace the reputation of his former master. Although he was still very unhappy that his former palace was now occupied by others, given Gargoyle's current miserable situation, he had lost his freedom and could not survive in hell, and it was impossible for him to take back his palace.

So despite his reluctance, Gargos sighed resignedly and carried out the task assigned to him by Noshil. Relying on the ability and skill of the great devil and his previous master's knowledge of the secret doors and passages of the palace, he quickly got what he wanted and then left and returned to the military factory.

But for some reason, perhaps it was longing, or some other inexplicable emotions, Gargoyle finally decided to take a good walk around his former palace before leaving, to see what it looked like now. But at that time, Gargoyle did not anticipate how much regret and anger this sudden decision would make him later.

What made him angry at first was the decorations everywhere in the palace. At that time, Gargoyle didn't know the name of the current owner or what he looked like, but that guy without any taste transformed his palace beyond recognition. The entire palace was filled with portraits and statues of that narcissist, making it hard for Gargoyle not to recognize him.

And if it were just that, it would be fine. After all, these big devils are more or less narcissistic. Although this guy named Raphael was a little exaggerated, not only did he completely remove the statues of himself, the former owner of the palace, but he also arrogantly filled the entire palace with his own portraits and statues. But Gargoyle could still express his understanding.

But after that, when Gargauth continued to wander in the palace, he actually found a mortal bound by hell's chains deep in the dungeon at the bottom of the palace! He couldn't stand it anymore!
As a pure devil, Gargauth always regarded himself as the top of the world, and regarded all things weaker than himself as inferior species. He maintained the arrogance that belonged only to devils, and looked down on every ordinary thing equally. But what did he see now? An ordinary mortal, a scum that he could crush to death with just his little finger, was tied up with the highest standard of hell chains? He even kept an eye demon around as a guard?
My god, how incompetent is the ruler here to use so many things to tie up a crazy mortal here? Could it be that he can't even deal with such a weak remnant? If not, how bored is he to waste such precious resources in this place?
As a hell fiend who had experienced countless bloody battles in the abyss and climbed out of the pile of demon corpses to finally rise to a high position, Gargos could not understand Raphael's behavior at all! He just felt that putting such a weak guy here in such a high-standard way was a complete waste of resources and a blasphemy to his palace!
You have to know that before he was sealed, the monsters he imprisoned in this dungeon were at least high-level demons like the six-armed snake demon. He even imprisoned the Balrog before, but now - a mortal? Gargauth himself was so angry that he almost laughed.

He almost instinctively wanted to raise his hand and slap the fragile mortal into a pulp, but at that moment, Gargoyle suddenly remembered the Hell Contract he had signed with Noshir.

As early as after the contract was signed, Noshir had used the contract to restrict Gargoyle so that he could never take the initiative to attack any mortal. Even if he was attacked by a mortal, his priority was to retreat. This made it impossible for him to actively harm anyone. Even when he encountered others in need of help, Gargoyle could not pretend not to see it. Even if there was no direct order from Noshir on the scene, he had to do his best to help those in need.

After thinking about this, Gargoyle's mood instantly became worse. Looking at the mortal in front of him who was hung by the hell chains, Gargoyle had no choice but to use thunder-like means to instantly kill the beholder guards present, and then used hell magic to actively untie the hell chains.

Then he opened a portal to the main material plane on the spot, transformed himself into a mortal adventurer, and helped the tortured and mentally ill poor woman into Ilmet's temple. After making sure that she would receive proper treatment, he sneaked out of the temple, found a deserted place, opened a portal and returned to Hope County again.

He came back this time simply for revenge, because Gargauth had just violated his devil nature under the constraints of the Hell Contract and rescued a mortal. For a pure-blooded hell devil, if this kind of behavior were to happen to a mortal, it would be as painful as forcing him to eat a piece of shit raw.

So he had to find someone to vent his shame and anger, and Raphael was the target of revenge he chose, that's what Gargoyle thought.

If it wasn't for that bastard Raphael who killed a mortal in the dungeon, he wouldn't have met her in the dungeon, and he wouldn't have gone against his devilish nature to save people under the constraints of the Hell Contract. So to sum up, he had to beat Raphael up severely to relieve his hatred.

With this thought in mind, Gargaus quickly found Raphael's location, which was his bedroom, and then he saw an even more shocking scene.

A male demon who looks exactly like Raphael, wearing a leather jacket that is as little as possible, with only strips of leather left, is wildly fucking Raphael on the bed.

God have mercy on him. Gargoyle thought he was used to the torture in hell, but even he could not accept what was happening before his eyes. Gargoyle wanted to poke his eyes out on the spot. In fact, he did so afterwards. But maybe it was because of his perseverance. All in all, after Gargoyle poked his eyes out, he suddenly burst out with greater fighting power. So in the end, he succeeded in getting the gold, silver, treasures and magic equipment in front of him in a perfect way without anyone noticing.

At this moment, after listening to Gargaus' inner voice throughout the whole process, Noshil was rarely silent.

Originally, he thought that there must be deeper reasons why Gargauth would behave like this. The biggest factor was that from the perspective of a great devil, such flattering behavior was a bit too embarrassing. Surrendering so quickly was not something a former demigod devil would do, but now.

(End of this chapter)