Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 564 War begins

The giant flail smashed through all the obstacles in an instant, knocking Gargos away mercilessly! If this guy hadn't been so lucky and had just put on the legendary [Dark Prison Armor], this single blow would have killed him! After directly knocking Gargos away, this attack with endless power was not forced to stop at this moment. The flying flail still carried endless power and moved rapidly along the attack trajectory!
The chain connected to the hammer was still violently cutting the top of the factory, and the hammer below seemed to have eyes and hit Noshier directly! But Noshier blocked it with an extremely swift left-arm punch! The chain that the hammer was carrying was spinning and flying into the sky. This blow with such a terrifying power did not even make him move at all!

On the ground, Noshir also suddenly looked up at the crack above. The roof and partitions of the factory had been smashed by 1/3 by the previous crosscut, and several main pillars were broken. Now the whole factory was collapsing, and large and small steel wastes were pouring down. Within a few minutes, this factory would become history, and all the living things still existing in it would be drowned.

But Noshir was not affected by the drastic changes in the environment. He just looked through the shattered cracks in the factory, through the increasingly larger space above, and stared directly at the blood-red sun floating above his head.

"—Zariel."

Noshir's eyes became more and more solemn. Although he had already determined who the visitor was after the sudden attack just now, it was not until he actually saw the fallen angel that he was completely certain of his guess.

"I was so careless. I was completely tricked."

A slight emotion flashed through his mind, and then it was replaced by various thoughts. Noshir quickly recalled all the information he had at hand, and finally connected all the clues together to figure out the reason why he was attacked by Zariel.

'First, the Cambion named Florence. After she disappeared on the battlefield, she probably didn't run away directly. Instead, she was probably hiding in Eltoril, who was still in Hell at the time, hiding somewhere in the city. She witnessed it, or somehow got the information about my manipulation of Mizora, and then brought the news back to Hell and reported it to Zariel.'

'Then, according to Zariel's character, there are only two possible fates for Flo. Either Zariel doesn't believe her information, or thinks that this information is not worth her life, and then she will be torn to pieces by the furious Zariel. Or Zariel believes her, and although he will still give her some kind of punishment, he will indeed save her life. '

'If things had continued like this, Flo's future would have been doomed to be difficult, but Zariel would also be targeted by her old rival, former Grand Duke of Avernus Bayer, because of the failure of this event, and thus fall into a series of troubles. In the end, she could only gradually forget about this incident and devote all her energy to things that needed her more, such as dealing with the invasion of the Abyss and Bayer's secret challenge. But at this time, something really made Zariel furious. '

Noshir flapped his wings and flew out of the collapsed factory in an instant, while looking around the factory. Since the bloody battle in the abyss has not ended yet, Zariel only brought a few people with him on this trip. Apart from the wandering swordsman Flo, there was only another devil present, and that devil was the most powerful subordinate he had ever controlled, the nightmare rider Haruman.

'Sure enough, Haruman, Zariel's top general, when I still had control over him, even though I had tried my best to let him use his authority to avoid meeting Zariel, but under the highly centralized system of Hell, no matter how much Haruman tried to hide, there would always be a day when he would meet Zariel, and when that day came, Zariel naturally discovered the abnormality of her top general, and then - aroused her already strong anger. '

Noshir turned his gaze to the ground beside him, where Ledros had just carried the seriously injured Gargauth out of the collapsed factory and walked to a relatively safe place.

'Because of Mizorah and Haruman, Zariel finally noticed my ability and took targeted measures in this direction. If nothing unexpected happened, she should have secretly found some clues that Ledros was controlled and confirmed this fact in the dark. But after that, when she found that Ledros had been controlled, she did not take the initiative to pull out Ledros and release his control. Instead, she used him as bait and this factory as a trap, silently waiting for me to bump into it one day for no apparent reason.'

"What a fuss. They threw away an entire Hell Factory and a powerful Horned Demon with legendary combat power. They really put a lot of effort into blocking me here. But - it's too late."

Feeling the powerful aura emanating from Zariel, Noshir couldn't help but smile with joy. An incredible excitement instantly flowed through his body. His heart was beating violently, all kinds of magical lights kept shining on his body, and his body began to change drastically.

Noshir suddenly tore off his ordinary clothes, and then in just a moment, he turned into a man over three meters tall, with a well-proportioned figure, strong and full muscles. When his wings were spread out, they fluttered like a cloak. Against the backdrop of these huge wings, even his tall figure seemed a little petite.

His left hand quietly brushed across his waist, and a huge axe with an exaggerated shape that was commensurate with his body was also carried on his shoulder. The battle axe was held in an iron hand, and the huge axe blade flashed with a cold light. A pale divine light emanated from his pupils, like a pale flame, and around him, all kinds of natural spirits also showed their appearance in their lifetime, guarding his side in the form of spirits, waiting for the order to attack immediately!

In the sky, Noshir twisted his neck comfortably, and opposite him, the legendary weapon flail in Zariel's left hand, the chain of [Destruction Howl] also automatically retracted to a suitable length at this time, but Noshir looked at Zariel with some doubt at this time. Wondering why she stopped attacking after that move?

The flail can automatically retract its chains, but as a legendary weapon, the speed of chain retraction cannot be so slow, otherwise it would have almost no practical value. In other words, she did it on purpose, but why?
"I said, why did you stop suddenly..."

"I know you, kid."

"……Um?"

Noshir's thoughts were interrupted by Zariel's sudden words, but the fallen angel instead revealed a sharp smile on her stern face.

"I recognize you, child, but I never thought I would be you. You should not have forgotten the first time we met. On that day, the day when hell descended, I saw with my own eyes you fly out of the city that was supposed to fall, the city of the despicable, right under my nose."

Noshir's pupils suddenly shrank, and the divine flames on his eyes also floated unsteadily for a while. He was indeed shocked by what Zariel said.

"…So, what you mean is."

Zariel twitched the corners of her mouth again, and then quickly returned to her cold and steely expression. Under the illumination of the spirit crown composed of fallen aura and hellfire behind her, Zariel's expression seemed extremely gloomy, but at this moment, she said to Noshir in a dumb tone, as if she was lamenting the changes of all things. "Do you know that my blood is flowing in your body? Noshir Temariti, at that time, when you flew high in the sky in a panic, trying to escape from the city through Banyang, I felt the half of your blood that belonged to me. Because of this, you were as eye-catching as an oasis in the desert in my eyes at that time, and people could lock your position at a glance."

"Back then, I could have easily shot you down, just like crushing a bug. After all, you were so weak at the time, so weak that you were not worthy of my attention, so weak that I doubted whether you really had my blood in you. But look now!"

Zariel gently flapped the pair of broad wings behind her that were black with blood-red lines flowing in them, and as if examining a commodity, she circled around Noshir, carefully examining his entire body.

"I was wrong. I underestimated you. I underestimated the potential hidden in you. Child, look at how powerful you are now! How dazzling! Perhaps I should have stopped you personally when we first met. Didn't your blood tell you? Child, compared to that world composed of weaklings and incompetents, the Nine Layers of Hell are more suitable for you and a place where you can better realize your potential! If you had accepted my training earlier, I can't imagine what you would have achieved now."

"..."

Noshir remained silent, watching Zariel slowly fly around his body, and at this time Zariel also came back to the opposite side of Noshir.

"But it's not too late now, child. Come! Rejoin where you belong! Join my war band! Become a part of Hell! Become my true blood relative! In return, I will give you the glory above all demons!"

"You will become my [Chief Champion]! Command all the troops in Avernus! I will also give you an even greater level of power! Forget about the crappy ceremony you are preparing now. The blood we share contains a more glorious path forward. This original bloodline promotion relationship is incomparable to any other bloodline-related ceremony. Come embrace the true mission, child, join me and hold my hand tightly."

Zariel hung the flail back on his waist, and held out his left hand to Noshir from above. Facing this obvious solicitation, Noshir's choice was -

"...So, can we start fighting now?"

Zariel's outstretched left hand stiffened for a moment, and the hellfire burning in her eyes churned. She silently retracted her left hand and pressed it on the handle of the flail at her waist. The Corrupted Spirit Crown behind her also began to burn fiercely at this time. The temperature around her climbed to hundreds of degrees Celsius in just a few seconds, and was still rising.

"Really, what a pity."

The hammer head of [Howl of Destruction] fell straight down, and an invisible stance suddenly caused an air explosion on the hammer head, and then a ball of explosive fire suddenly ignited on it. [Frostfather Matalotok], this giant two-handed warhammer of artifact level, was also instantly activated with the clenched fingers of Zariel's right hand. A stream of ice-blue energy suddenly rose up, covering all the patterns on the warhammer, making this warhammer, which was already extraordinary in shape, become as gorgeous as an ornament.

"I hate disobedient children..."

Endless hellfire rose up! Enveloping Zariel's entire body! The dark wings instantly turned into pure flames! Zariel pointed [Matarotok] straight at Noshir.

"But even if you behave so rudely, I will still spare your life."

"Really? Thank you very much."

Noshier did not ask her why she did so. Anyway, it was probably because she was still determined to capture him and then use some tricks to make him surrender. In the mortal world, these devils still used some tricks, but in hell, violence was their instinct. But if it really came down to it, violence was their instinct.

An almost uncontrollable smile appeared on Noshir's lips again. He put the giant axe down from his shoulder and held it with both hands. Facing an opponent like Zariel, even though he had now attained divinity, he had to take it seriously, because there was no doubt that Zariel also possessed divinity.

Her predecessor was one of only 24 Seraphic Servant in the world, a group of demigods closest to gods in this world, the strongest among the strong. Even though she has completely abandoned her previous divine power after falling into the Duke of Hell, the authority of Hell in her body is still enough for her to exert power that is no weaker than before the fall, not to mention that she still holds the artifact seized from the demon lord in her hand.

Noshier didn't know what kind of increase or power the hammer would bring to Zariel, but this battle was destined to be an unimaginable war, and even who would win or lose was still unknown! But it was precisely because of this that he was so looking forward to the final outcome of this battle!

And at the moment when Noshir and Zariel decided to fight, the men of both sides also began their respective duels.

Ledros faced Flo head-on. Although the space here had been blocked by Zariel using the power of Hell, Ledros, as the [Border Walker], had been greatly weakened and could not use the power of teleportation at will, but this guy had long been accustomed to this kind of disadvantaged battle. Without wings and eyes, he had only lost the ability to teleport, but he still had a long-handled sword in his hand, and could still fight that slippery guy on equal terms!

Gargauth also faced Haruman. Although he had just been hit head-on by Zariel and was seriously injured, as a former demigod devil and a legendary hell fiend, he possessed extraordinary self-healing abilities. While Zariel was talking nonsense, his injuries had almost healed and he had initially regained the ability to fight!

(End of this chapter)