Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 569 Leaving Hell
"But I should get out of here too."

Although Zariel has retreated, it does not mean that it is safe to stay here. This is still Avernus, the direct territory of Zariel, the Grand Duke of Hell. In this plane, the resources she can mobilize are simply countless. If she continues to stay here, even if she comes back with a flying fortress, Noshir will definitely not be surprised.

"However, the Hell War should not be over yet. Recalling Zariel's expression before she left, she obviously did not enjoy the fight to her heart's content. She probably wanted to stay here and continue to fight me for a while, but she still chose to retreat quickly. Perhaps she judged that she would not be able to win if she stayed any longer, but she could not ignore the pressure from the outside world."

'As the Lord of Avernus, her primary mission is always to resist the invasion of the Abyss Demons. However, there is still an Abyss Lord and countless Abyss Demons in Hell. Before Bafo is completely driven out, Zariel may be able to leave the main battlefield for a short time, but from the fact that she only brought such a small number of people to block me, it can be seen that the battle on the front line of Hell is obviously not over yet. She must go back to take charge of the situation as soon as possible.'

Carrying Matalotok on his shoulders, Noshir flapped his wings and flew directly towards Gargauth and his party.

'Now that Zariel has lost [Matalotok], her combat power will certainly decline to a certain extent, which may delay her progress in expelling Bafomir. In this way, Zariel is unlikely to deploy the floating fortress. As long as that thing is not there, even if I continue to stay in hell, my safety will still be guaranteed to a certain extent.'

"But considering that even though she didn't have the [Mata Lotok] before, she still captured the artifact, Strikochi. I'm afraid that even without this hammer, Zariel should be able to fight against the Abyss Lord. What if she uses the Abyss Lord-level formation to deal with me next time we meet..."

Noshir shook his head, dispelling the horrifying image that appeared in his mind, and then spoke directly to Gargauth in front of him.

"I have temporarily repelled Zariel, but I am worried that she will not give up. Let's hurry up and leave here."

"I worship your power and obey your commands, my great master."

Gargaus looked at Noshir deeply, then leaned over and said with a sincere heart.

The fighting ability displayed by Noshir truly amazed him, but it also made him completely confirm his guess that his great master was indeed on the road to becoming a god, and had already gone so far.

And precisely because he was sure of his guess, Gargauth finally put aside the little thoughts in his heart. After bowing, he immediately began to try to open the portal to the main material plane, and this time he succeeded easily.

"Success! My Lord, it seems that Zariel has indeed gone far away. Her power cannot affect us for the time being."

Noshir nodded slightly, then suddenly turned to look at the factory ruins beside him.

In that ruin, there were originally quite a few ritual supplies that Ledros had specially collected for him during this period of time. Among them were devils and demons, and there were a total of 666 of them, which was definitely enough to support him to complete a relatively perfect sublimation ceremony. But now...

"I'm sorry, Master." Ledros on the side said silently with his head down. Zariel's sudden attack came too quickly, and the entire factory was almost destroyed. The demons and the prepared supplies inside had obviously suffered heavy casualties. There were not enough people to complete the ritual. In addition, they were about to leave Hell, and when they came back next time, they might have to face Zariel who was more prepared.

Faced with such a ruler who can mobilize all the resources of Avernus, no one dares to say that they are confident enough to hide it from her, let alone defeat her when she is fully prepared.

"Do not……"

Noshir shook his head silently again, and then without saying anything more, he led the way into the portal, and Gargaus and Ledros followed silently.

After returning to the main material plane, the two devils transformed into humans under Noshir's command, found a place to live in the manor, and waited for new orders at any time. Noshir himself returned to his personal study and carefully thought about the next action plan.

"It's really unlucky. I have to face this kind of thing when all my plans are just about to be completed. Now that the factory has been destroyed by Zariel, I can't gather enough souls to hold the legendary race promotion ceremony, unless I degenerate to the point of using mortal souls to make up the numbers, but how can I really do that?"

He sighed with some headache. Although with his current physical condition, even if he could not upgrade to the legendary race, he could use the charm and intelligence bonuses that came with the legendary race to improve these two attributes which were slightly weak compared to other attributes.

However, Noshir's other most critical attributes have been improved to the point where they can hardly be improved any further. Even if he immediately invests three more mythology incentive points, obtains the original power of mythology, and then enters the astral prism to perform the ascension ceremony, it will not have any obvious impact on the improvement of his future combat effectiveness.

However, it was too bad that this plan was forcibly interrupted and he could not use the best strategy to improve himself step by step. If possible, Noshir still wanted to overcome Zariel, the mountain that blocked his way, and use the best method to improve his two currently weaker attributes before holding the next mythological ceremony.

"But if I want to achieve this goal, I have to deal with Zariel, the biggest threat, in advance so that she will no longer hinder my subsequent journey to hell. Which means... I have to find a way to kill her?"

Thinking of this, Noshier couldn't help but fall into deep thought again. For some reason, he suddenly thought of the stories he had heard from Scar in the past, the stories of the Angel Zariel that were passed down among the Hell Knights.

In those stories, Zariel represents light, bravery and hope. Because of her efforts, Eltorel was able to completely resolve the demonic disasters that had plagued the entire kingdom a hundred years ago, and even led the mortals to counterattack into hell.

Compared with that Zariel and the current Zariel, the two are simply complete opposites. The Zariel that Scar heard from him was so perfect, generous, kind and upright, but the Zariel who had actually fought with him, Noshir did not see any trace of moral qualities related to him in the fallen angel.

(End of this chapter)