Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 576 Bottomless Abyss
"…That's all I know."

What happened next was that the crystal that imprisoned her was broken by Consultant Florek, and Lulu and Noshir met, and after going through that journey to hell together, they have been together until now.

Lulu sobbed and wiped her tears with her trunk, but after her tears dried up, she forced herself to cheer up, flapped her wings again and flew up, turning her head to the side and looking at Noshir with hopeful eyes.

Now that she has recovered her past memories, she also knows why Noshir came here. She understands that he is looking for a way to turn Zariel back into an angel. How can this not give her hope?
Lulu had witnessed Noshir's legendary experience with her own eyes. After recovering her previous memories, her knowledge had also greatly improved. At such a close distance, she could clearly feel that there was a very powerful force hidden under Noshir's body.

And that feeling even made Lulu feel as if the former Zariel was right beside her. At this time, Lulu completely understood that after that trip to hell, until today, Noshir's strength had not declined at all. On the contrary, after this period of precipitation, his strength has reached a more terrifying level! There was also a faint feeling in his body that only divinity could give people.

Lulu knew that Noshir had embarked on the mythical path that only existed in legends, and had gained immense power, even enough to rival Zariel's. So, even though so much time had passed, even though it seemed that everything was set in stone, Lulu still hadn't given up hope!

If it was Noshir, if it was the current Noshir! He would definitely be able to find a way to save Zariel! He would be able to bring her back to Mount Paradise! Back to the path of justice and holiness, kindness and mercy!
Noshier felt the fiery gaze of the little guy next to him, and he responded with an affirmative smile, fulfilling the expectation. Lulu, who was simple and kind by nature, immediately made a cheerful elephant cry!
No matter who made the promise, as long as the person who made the promise is someone Lulu trusts, she will not doubt anything that person says. This is Lulu's nature. Otherwise, she would not have resolutely followed Zariel into hell when other angels disagreed. And Noshir's past good deeds alone were enough to make Lulu trust him unconditionally, not to mention that he has now helped Lulu recover her memory.

But looking at Lulu in front of him, who was so happy and seemed to be sure that he would be able to rescue Zariel, Noshier could not help but use the information provided by Lulu to infer the truth of the war that year, that is, the truth of Zariel's fall.
Even though Lulu herself had not witnessed Zariel's fall, the information she provided was actually enough. With many details already completed, Noshir himself gradually had a rough guess about the truth of the war.

'Half of the angelic essence... Zariel's sword... I think I understand.'

Based on the key information provided by Lulu, Noshir made a bold guess.

'If my guess is correct, Zariel should have died once in that war, but not long after Zariel's death, Asmodeus, the Lord of Hell, found an opportunity to suddenly intervene and resurrected Zariel.'

'I actually had this guess a long time ago, but at that time I thought that after Asmodeus resurrected Zariel, he persuaded Zariel to voluntarily become a devil, but now it seems that this is not the case.'

"As for the angels on Mount Heaven, I don't know much about the nature of their power and how they were promoted. But since Lulu said that the essence of angels, the so-called soul spark, can be cut as arbitrarily as divinity, and she took the initiative to split half of the soul spark before she was defeated, does this mean that Zariel's soul will be vacant as a result?"

Nohill thinks this is very likely.

'If Zariel really has a soul deficit because of this, then Asmodeus will probably have a lot of room for improvement. After all, the demons in Hell are the masters who are most familiar with and best at manipulating souls in the entire Crystal Wall System, and Asmodeus is the legendary Demon King, the supreme ruler of the Nine Hells. If he takes this opportunity to resurrect Zariel in advance and uses some method I don't know about to use the power of Hell to completely repair Zariel's missing soul spark during her resurrection...'

"...Then it's a foregone conclusion that Zariel will become a devil. Even if she is unwilling, her soul's nature has been changed..." "Pfft~?"

Lulu made a puzzled sound at the side, and the noise brought Noshil back to his senses. He turned to look at Lulu beside him, and a roughly feasible idea gradually emerged in his mind.

"It's okay. I just thought of a way that might restore Zariel to his original state."

Noshier first repeated all his guesses to Lulu. As a friend who had been following Zariel for who knows how many tens of thousands of years, her brain was filled with all kinds of knowledge. With Lulu's knowledge, he could also determine whether his guesses were correct. As long as Lulu could be sure that the devils in hell had such ability and could use some method to fill the angel's incomplete soul with the power of hell, then the method he came up with would be 80% likely to be effective.

Noshir told Lulu all his guesses, and Lulu's reaction made Noshir certain that the devil did have this ability.

"I have figured it out. Our first step is to go back to the lower planes and find the sword that Zariel lost. That sword contains Zariel's angelic essence. If we want to restore her to normal, then this sword is indispensable."

"However, considering the information you provided, the sword may have been taken back to the Abyss by the pet of the King of Gnolls, the strange creature named Kalokoktok. So we may have to cross Hell and go to the Abyss first, kill the monster, and then take the sword out of his stomach."

Lulu nodded in understanding, agreeing with Nosher's statement, but then seemed to realize something and shook her head quickly.

"Then... that... I... can we really do it? That place is the territory of those demon lords. Can we really take the sword out of the mouth of the pet of the werewolf king under his nose? No, let's not talk about whether we can get the sword from his mouth. Just say that so much time has passed. It's hard to say whether the sword is still in the stomach of that monster..."

"No need to worry, Lulu."

Noshir suddenly stretched out his hands and caught the little guy.

"Because no matter where the sword is now, even if it has been eaten as a snack by the so-called King of the Gnolls, I can tear open his mouth and take the thing out of his stomach again."

(End of this chapter)