Ordinary fantasy adventure in Faerûn

Chapter 587 Nephalem

Nosir held the sword in front of him. Zariel's consciousness was stored in the sword. In just a moment, Nosir had already communicated with Zariel's consciousness. It was also through Nosir's memory that Zariel's remaining consciousness finally understood the current situation in the outside world.

Before this, she had always been wondering why hundreds of years had passed and her body had not been resurrected here. It was not until now, combined with Noshir's memory, that she finally understood why all this happened.

Noshir held the hilt of the sword tightly in his hand. Although his mind was broken, he could still feel Zariel's sadness, pain and regret. When she saw the corrupt and twisted appearance of her own body in the memories shared by Noshir, these emotions continued to flow from the sword, because she simply could not imagine what she had done during the hundreds of years of corruption.

But now is not the time to be sad and depressed. Instead of regretting his failure, he should hurry up and think of some way to remedy the situation. When Noshir infused these thoughts into the sword, Zariel's remaining consciousness was quickly infected by the thoughts contained in it. He broke away from his half-dead and sad posture, and handed over a possible way to save his body to Noshir.

According to Zariel's remaining thoughts, there are only two possible ways to save her body. One is to consume her body's power through fighting, while trying to use words to evoke her past memories in the process. Even though Zariel has been repaired beyond recognition by Asmodeus, her soul foundation is still an angel, and she is one of the original 24 angels with the highest status.

This nature could not be changed even by Asmodeus. Zariel believed with his remaining consciousness that there must still be a bit of conscience and justice in that fallen body. As long as he could dissipate the evil power in her body through fighting and awaken her to the oath she once swore to protect light and justice, he could finally hand the sword to Zariel.

At that time, as long as she could recall even a trace of her past memories, she would definitely take the initiative to absorb the angel soul inside and use it to replace and expel the evil essence in her body, so as to return to Heaven Mountain. If everything goes well, this method can be said to be the most perfect ending that everyone is happy with.

But Noshir understood that if he really chose to use this method to save Zariel, then in the process of implementing this plan, he could almost certainly, with certainty, and declare with certainty that the implementation of this plan would not be smooth sailing.

Because Zariel's body has been corrupted for too long, after hundreds of years, even if there is still a trace of conscience and justice in her heart, it has probably been suppressed to some corner by the hellish nature bestowed by Asmodeus. It is unknown how much effort it will take to awaken her again, and success is not necessarily guaranteed.

At least Noshir believed that he did not have the ability to move her heart with just a few words and make her recall everything in the past. Although he could leave the task of persuading her to surrender to Lulu, the battlefield was blind and he had no way of knowing what would happen when a real fight broke out, and whether Lulu could really persuade her to surrender.

After all, although this method sounds good, it actually gives the initiative to the fallen Zariel. Whether to continue to fall or return to heaven, the choice is entirely up to her. Noshir has no ability to influence success or failure, and this is something he cannot accept.

So naturally, Noshir chose the second method, which was to kill Zariel directly and then use the power of Zariel's sword to revive him.

Because of the unique power of the Sword of Zariel, when using this sword to attack Zariel, the light energy attached to the sword itself can continuously weaken the hell essence in her body that does not belong to her. As long as the number of attacks is enough, the hell essence that forcibly fills her soul will eventually be completely eliminated.

And when her hellish essence is almost worn away by the Sword of Zariel, Noshir can directly use the Sword of Zariel in his hand to kill the fallen Zariel, and then violently infuse the angel soul in the sword into Zariel's body, allowing his good side to prevail again. After that, Zariel, who has returned to the ranks of angels, can naturally be resurrected directly on the spot!

Well, although this method seems a bit crude, after all, Noshir cannot be sure how many attacks he needs to take to completely eliminate the hell essence in her body. If the number of attacks is too few during this period, she will be killed before the hell essence in her body is completely eliminated, and then she can be resurrected with the Sword of Zariel.

Even if she succeeded, Zariel would have to spend a lot of time in the future to eliminate the hidden dangers in her body. If too much hell essence remained, the remaining part of Zariel's angel soul might not be able to defeat and expel the evil power in her body, thus making it impossible for her to return to the ranks of angels.

But Noshil still chose this method, because he was confident enough. He was confident that even if he could not observe the amount of hell essence in her body during the battle, he would have enough strength to slowly accompany her and consume her hell essence to the minimum bit by bit.

Even if he just used the tip of the sword to scratch her skin a little bit, and gradually depleted the source of hell in her body, even if he was so relaxed, Zariel would not be able to defeat him in the process.

The battle with the King of Jackals had made him fully realize how exaggerated his own strength was. As long as Zariel dared to confront him head-on, he would be the final winner. Noshir had enough energy to play with Zariel slowly.

This kind of confidence is absolute. Not only Noshil himself, but even the Sword of Zariel in his hand can feel his absolute confidence. The faint blue light emitted by the sword itself begins to flicker and expand, which represents the pulse of joy, meaning that the angel soul believes in Noshil's arrogant thoughts.

In the previous moment of telepathic conversation, the angel soul in the sword not only observed Noshir easily forcing back the fallen Zariel, but also saw him easily chopping off the head of the Werewolf King. This outrageous fighting ability is even more exaggerated than her heyday.

The Angel Soul even felt that if they really wanted to fight against an enemy like Noshir, then given his demonstrated combat effectiveness, they would have to send out at least six Original Angels who were exactly the same as him before they would have a chance of defeating him after paying a heavy price. Only by sending out 12 Original Angels could they defeat him relatively safely.

You know, those are 12 demigods who have existed since the beginning of the world. His combat power must be measured by opponents of this level. Noshil's own strength is too terrifying. But no matter what, this monster who is so strong that it is simply against the sky is on their side.

Noshir was willing to do so much to redeem Zariel, even though the angel soul in the sword was only partially conscious. She was deeply moved by this and remembered everything Noshir had done for her and Lulu. In addition, he had also collected Yael's body as soon as possible. After grasping the hilt of the sword and pulling it out, the angel soul realized that his blood was connected to his own body.

Although she knew that Noshir could not be her biological son, but was a descendant created by spreading power in the mortal world through some evil means and being soaked in the power of hell, it was absolutely impossible to false that he and Zariel had the same blood.

And it was precisely because of all of this that the angel soul in the sword developed a great liking for Noshir, and she instinctively wanted to repay Noshir's efforts.

And Noshir also heard the thoughts of the Angel Soul. He did not stop her thoughts because he was curious about what the Angel Soul would give him in return. But almost at the moment when his curiosity just arose, a bit of inexplicable blue energy directly flowed along Noshir's arm holding the Sword of Zariel and merged into his body. The moment this energy entered his body, Noshir knew what that thing was.

"That's... the soul! You gave me a part of your soul?!" Zariel's sword continued to flash a few times, confirming Noshir's doubts. She did cut off a part of her soul energy and gave it to Noshir, because he had seen in Noshir's memory that he had expressed interest in the homologous evolution promised by her fallen body, and the little soul energy she separated could help Noshir complete his advancement in this area.

This pure angelic essence can stimulate the divine genes hidden in Noshir's body. If Noshir can take some time to digest this power, he can even use this gift to change his race, transforming himself from a descendant of hell to a celestial bloodline, and from a tiefling to an Asmo.

Noshir felt the preciousness of this gift, and asked the Angel Soul if it would be harmful to his soul if it was divided like this? But the Angel Soul said that for angels like them, every death and rebirth would consume a part of the soul, but as long as these damaged souls were nourished by the body, they would be completed as time went by.

This means that as long as Noshir can help Zariel regain his new life, the part of soul power she shared with Noshir is not worth mentioning at all, because it will naturally recover completely after some time.

She told Noshir that she didn't need to worry at all. Her soul was incomplete anyway. Instead of worrying about this and that, it would be better for her to digest the power she gave her as soon as possible so that she could get her body back.

High-level angels almost never lie, so this answer did make Noshir feel relieved. He expressed his most sincere respect and gratitude to the Angel Soul, and then began to immerse himself in this new gift as she said.

However, unlike the simple thoughts of the Angel Soul, although following the Angel Soul's idea and transforming himself into Asmo was also a good choice, when this part of the soul entered his body, Noshir felt a deeper change and a broader potential.

He had a keen sense that he could bring together the forces of heaven and hell without giving anything up, and his dashboard showed a broader path forward, and Noshir seized the opportunity.

At the cost of a mythical motivation point, Noshir began a new round of evolution in this underground barrier of light by gathering his own hellish blood, the surging chaos magic in his body, the newly added angel soul, and his own strong physique and will.

He first inserted the Sword of Zariel in his hand into the stone platform beside him, and then walked to a wide and deserted place, so as to avoid the energy explosion during evolution and prevent these forces from hurting Lulu and the others.

As soon as he was ready, the flames from hell and the holy light from heaven instantly shone and intertwined on Noshir's body.

Generally speaking, these two completely conflicting forces would collide with each other once they met, resulting in the complete annihilation of both energies. However, due to Noshir - no, it should be due to Zariel's own uniqueness. As a high-level angel who fell into evil, she was able to combine these two completely different forces for her own use as soon as she was born. And as her bloodline heir, after gaining divinity, Noshir finally completely inherited this talent.

With the help of divinity and talent, Noshir was able to finally make these two energies explode, but they did not slide further in a worse direction.

Then, under the instructions of the panel, Noshier used the chaotic magic attached to the True Spirit's Rage to fill himself, and actively used it to dissolve and reconcile the two forces. Finally, under the reconciliation of the chaotic magic, these three unique forces were finally transformed into a unique gray-white energy.

Noshil could feel that this unique power was wrapped in several different characteristics. Flowing through it was the transcendent power of divinity, the power of goodness of heaven, the evil power of hell, the power of chaos and disorder, as well as the power of order shared by both heaven and hell.

This unique energy seemed to grow gradually with the supply of the above five energy sources, slowly becoming more and more, and finally completely enveloping Noshier. While being enveloped by this unique energy, Noshier's body also underwent tremendous changes in a place that no one could see.

First, his already very tall body grew taller and became more agile, and his face became more mature and handsome. Although he still looked young, he no longer looked young. The majestic horned crown like a cluster of clouds added nine points of majesty to him. His short gray hair was still sharp, and his originally devilish dim yellow pupils had now turned into pale spots emitting bright gray-white light.

In addition to the changes in his face and body, the even more dramatic change was in Noshir's wings. In a very short period of time, his wings became wider, and gray-white tough feathers continued to grow on the originally tough wing membrane.

These feathers grew out rapidly, flashing with bright white light. As they grew, they intertwined with each other, even making a crisp sound like sharp blades colliding with each other.

His tail also changed, becoming more slender and strong. Some gray-white diamond-shaped scales with a texture like gems grew on his tail tightly. From the appearance alone, it can be seen that it exhibits unparalleled defensive properties. On each section of the tail bone, there are bone protrusions with the same jade texture. If you are hit by it, it will definitely feel sour.

The tip of its tail, which was originally like a spear, is even more exaggerated. No matter how you look at it now, you will feel that its tail is a sharp, beautifully shaped spear. Although no one knows how powerful it is, its appearance alone is enough to make people feel it is extraordinary.

When the grayish-white cocoon of light dissipated, Noshil just quietly felt this new look, feeling the new power born from the combination of the power of heaven and hell.

Now he is no longer a tiefling, nor an Asmok. He is a member of a completely new race that has never appeared in the history of Faerun. As the first person of this race, Noshir is qualified to name his current state.

And this combination, this posture, there is no need to think too much, a name instantly emerged in Noshir's mind, a name that fits his current race and status very well.

"Nephalem."

(End of this chapter)