Ember Dragon

After Zariel's death and the Hell Legion was repelled, the army of the Burning Empire quickly entered the city of August. The soldiers, holding rifles, formed neat rows and marched quickly through the streets.

"Put down your weapons and stop resisting in vain. The imperial army will only kill the evil leaders and has nothing to do with ordinary soldiers!" The electronic synthesized voice echoed in the city.

Flocks of airships parked over the city, casting huge shadows that covered countless buildings. Steam tanks rolled through the streets, emitting hot white smoke from their whistles and roaring engines.

And those tall armored men also walked slowly, and every step they took caused the ground to tremble, and also attracted countless Thracians' fearful and curious gazes.

Soon, important buildings such as the Palace of the Sun, the Tower of the Eternal Sun God, and the Thracian Treasury were occupied by imperial soldiers. After experiencing several wars, they were already familiar with this process.

During this period, the Imperial forces encountered little resistance from the Thracians.

Only Wilham's cronies - the Thracian nobles who had signed a pact with the devil - were still resisting.

The Count of Thrace, entangled in heavy iron chains, turned into a devil, spewing raging hellfire from his mouth and roaring angrily.

"Mortals, hell will come!"

"Your souls will become the nourishment of Avernus!"

"Zariel was crushed to death by His Majesty, yet he's still talking nonsense here. Fire!" The half-dragon officer waved his saber, his words full of disdain.

The specially made bullets carried a faint holy light and poured down like a rainstorm, turning the Thracian nobles who had transformed themselves into devils into sieves.

The magma-like blood splattered everywhere, burning tiny holes on the ground.

Soon, one Thracian noble after another was ruthlessly killed by the imperial army. Corpses riddled with bullet holes were dragged out of those luxurious mansions. Blood flowed in the streets, and the pungent smell of blood filled the city.

"Is that the Count of Macondo? I didn't expect he had also signed a contract with the devil."

"Yes, it's true that you can't judge a person by his appearance. He is a well-known good man, but I didn't expect that he also wants to use the power of hell to gain eternal life."

"These Thracian nobles deserve to die! My sister was abducted by them and has been missing for several months!"

People hid in their houses, spying on the imperial army outside the windows. Their faces had different expressions, worry, fear, and a little curiosity at the same time.

They were worried because in the Thracian Kingdom's propaganda in recent years, the Burning Empire had long become synonymous with hell on earth, and it was said that the people there had been living in dire straits.

But now, the secret of Wilham's collusion with the devil and sacrifice of mortal souls has been exposed, and even a young child can see that the official propaganda of Thrace is a complete lie.

They were curious because they saw with their own eyes that the Burning Emperor performed the miracle of the Sun God and completely saved them from the tragic fate of falling into hell.

"Is His Majesty really an extremely cruel tyrant as the rumors say? It is said that every citizen will become his slave and work day and night."

"That's a rumor! Our dear King sacrificed the souls of the people to the devil and even wanted to sacrifice the entire Augustus to hell. He is the real tyrant!"

"Yes, those Thracian nobles have been reduced to servants of Hell!"

"But the imperialists also attacked our city. My brother served in the city defense army and was killed by their artillery shells. Not even a complete body was left!"

"I only know that it was His Majesty Cassius who saved me from the devil's fork. If it weren't for him, my soul would have been captured by hell long ago."

"But we are Fadlanders. Even if the king is unjust, we should build our own country. How can we submit to a giant dragon?"

"Your Majesty Cassius is the incarnation of the sun. Isn't this reason enough?"

The Thracians in the city were whispering, communicating with each other, and even quarreling.

Thousands of meters away, a huge red dragon was perched on the top of the mountain, watching all this quietly.

As the imperial ballad says, his eyes can see everything in the world, and his ears can catch all the rumors in the world.

"It seems that the situation is not bad." Cassius spread his wings, stretched his body, and bursts of white smoke came out from the gaps between his scales.

"After this drama of 'good defeating evil' and 'light crushing darkness', the Thracian people's surrender was a matter of course.

What we need to focus on next is Avernus's reaction. With the death of a Hell Lord, the Lord of the Nine Hells will probably not let it go."

Cassius stretched out his claws, and a scarlet crystal core appeared in his palm, which contained a vast power of hell and emitted a bloody light.

——That is Zariel’s “Hell Core”, the product of the devil’s soul.

A gorgeous black and gold trophy appeared on the panel, symbolizing the [Legendary] level achievement.

The conditions for achieving the [Legend] level achievement are extremely strict, requiring players to create major events that can affect the fate of the multiverse.

And now, Cassius has obtained three [Black Gold] level achievements.

They are [Holy Slayer] obtained by defeating Barachiel, [Demon Slayer] obtained by killing Jelrazax, and [Oathbreaker] obtained by killing Zariel.

Coincidentally, these three achievements come from the abyss, heaven, and hell respectively.

[Your total achievement points reach 50000, unlocking the title [Multiverse-level Liver Emperor]]
【Multiverse-level Liver Emperor】

Title effect: Special light effect

Looking at the title that was shining with brilliant colorful light, the Red Dragon's mouth twitched slightly and he felt a little speechless.

"Isn't this the thing I use to deceive players?"

Cassius stared at the illusory light screen, came back to his senses, and began to carefully browse the lines of text under the black and gold trophy.

[You killed a hell lord and obtained the legendary achievement [Destroyer]]
【The Oathbreaker】

Baator is the ultimate plane of law and evil, embodying premeditated, cunning cruelty.

The Lord of Hell stands out from the millions of demons who are racking their brains to seize power and trying to climb to the pinnacle of power, and stands at the top of every level of hell.

"They are more cunning, more cunning, and more dangerous.

Demons revel in the power of coveted, madness, and evil, but the devil always has an agenda, a plan of attack, and a carefully conceived plot for necessary revenge.”

——The Book of Hell, written by a planeswalker who was imprisoned by Mephistopheles for three hundred years.

Gain passive properties:
【Swear to Destroy】

Constitution +1, Charisma +1
You gain additional features [Breath of Purgatory] [Oath of Destruction]

[Breath of Purgatory]: After a certain amount of power is accumulated, your breath will turn into a raging hellfire, which can arouse the greed and tyranny in people's hearts and has the power to lead them to depravity.

[Destroy Oath]: After consuming a certain amount of mental energy, you can break free from the constraints of rules and have a chance to destroy any contract or oath.

The black and gold trophy released a faint light and merged into the huge body of the red dragon. When one's strength reaches the peak of the material world, every bit of attribute improvement is invaluable. Cassius hasn't experienced this feeling for a long time.

[Constitution]: 36 → 37
[Charm]: 40 → 41
The power of the system distorts reality and descends upon the red dragon.

Given Cassius' current status, to forcibly change his body would require the power of a true god - and the system did it.

In an instant, the surrounding space twisted and collapsed, and countless tiny cracks appeared.

Flames spewed out from the gaps between the red dragon's scales, a huge heat wave swept across the mountains, and magma gushed out from the ground.

"Ow—"

Cassius involuntarily raised his head and let out a happy low moan, and as he moved, countless bolts of lightning struck from the sky.

Add some, cool!

Under this huge momentum, the people in the city of Auguste trembled in fear.

And those spellcasters were even more terrified. They felt a magical storm sweeping across the earth, like a precursor to the coming magical catastrophe.

The white smoke that filled the mountain gradually dissipated, revealing the huge and majestic body of the red dragon.

I saw his muscles bulging all over his body, becoming even stronger. The density of those muscle fibers was far greater than steel, yet they were extremely tough.

Cassius's charm has also reached a new level. With just a gesture, he can trigger a magical frenzy, enough to make the legendary wizard panic.

"Breath of Hell."

The red dragon opened its mouth, and without long accumulating power, it spewed out a ball of blazing flame. The flame was of weird color, and the crackling sound was like the devil's whisper, emitting an extremely evil aura.

"Not bad." Cassius made this comment as he felt the dancing flame.

Although the power of [Breath of Hell] is strong and strange, Cassius' breath weapons are too diverse to an exaggerated level: Breath of Plunder, Fire of Chaos, Flame of Order, Primal Breath, Breath of Bahamut, Extreme Breath, Multiple Breath, Thunder Breath, Frost Breath... plus the current Breath of Hell.

It can be said that the richness of the breath of Cassius alone exceeds the sum of all the five-colored dragons. Only a multi-headed dragon like Tiamat can compare to it.

Sometimes, when Cassius opened his mouth and spurted blood, he would think for a moment and even feel a bit of indecisiveness, hesitating about how to kill the enemy.

"Try this oath-destroying power again."

Cassius narrowed his eyes slightly, folded his wings, carefully felt the new power in his body, and awakened it.

He opened his eyes, a faint light appeared in his pupils, and a bloodstained parchment contract appeared in front of him.

The contract was covered with words as dense as ants, entwined around him, secretly binding his soul, and leading all the way to the River Styx in Hell.

There were many regulations on it that seemed quite familiar to Cassius.

[Article 13. The Bayer forces recognize and respect the leadership of the Burning Empire in establishing a new order on the Feiansuo continent.]

[Article 139: If a conflict occurs with Zariel forces, the Empire and Bayer forces shall assist each other by all political, economic and military means.]

[Article 461: Devils affiliated with Bayer's forces can sign a contract with citizens of the Empire, allowing the recipients to gain the power of Hell.]

——That was the Hell Contract signed between Cassius and Bayer, an oath witnessed by the River Styx, and also the solid foundation for their cooperation.

If one party violates the contract, the power of the Styx will descend upon that party and drag the soul of the oath-breaker into the depths of the dark hell.

Even a demigod-level being would suffer trauma and pay a heavy price unimaginable for mortals if they violated such a contract.

But at this moment, a dark light emanated from the red dragon's claws, and he could clearly feel that as long as he swung his claws and used the "power of breaking oaths", it would be possible to tear up the contract.

"Interesting ability. This should be the power that the devils fear the most." Cassius smiled and clenched his claws, retracting the power, and the dark light dissipated.

Almost all devils are masters of playing with contracts. They are cunning, cunning, flexible, and often use contracts to lure mortals into giving up their souls, and they also use contracts to weaken future enemies.

But after Cassius possessed the [Oath of Destruction] trait, he had the ability to overturn the chessboard directly, without having to worry about the devils' various calculations.

For the Burning Empire at this stage, Bayer, as the incoming Lord of Hell, still has enough value to use, and there is no need to tear up the contract.

At this moment, the scarlet crystal in Cassius's claws emitted a bloody light and floated in the air.

[Hell Core]

Wonders, Myths

Domains: Law, Evil, War, Law, Charm, Death

Effect: unknown

Introduction: Baator is the ultimate plane of order and evil, embodying premeditated, cunning cruelty.

The devils of the Nine Hells are more law-abiding, and most will undertake any scheme or action, no matter how evil, to gain advancement.

The Hell Lords at the top of the evil order are high above everyone else. They often have the authority to control a layer of Hell, while the Lord of the Nine Hells has never been defeated.

"This is."

The blood light shone on his face, and Cassius felt a familiar power - it was the power of Avernus.

He looked at the crystal floating in the air, and saw a giant sword covered with thorns suspended in it. It was the Hell Sword that Zariel had used, the symbol of power that countless demons dreamed of.

Suddenly, Cassius opened his mouth with a surprised smile on his face, "So it is the authority of the Lord of Avernus.

Hahahaha, no wonder she told Bayer that there would never be a winner in hell before she died. It turns out that before she died, she sealed 30% of the power of hell in her core!"

Zariel should be well aware that with the greed of the red dragon, it is impossible for it to hand over the flesh and blood that it has already eaten.

As long as he does not have the complete authority of Hell, Bayer cannot become the true Lord of Avernus, and cannot defeat the demons and complete the mission of the bloody battle.

——This is Zariel’s final revenge, and the true meaning of “There are no winners in hell.”

Even if she dies, Zariel will not let the traitor Bayer sit on the position of the Lord of Hell with peace of mind. She wants to make Bayer and Cassius become enemies.

Without the complete authority of Avernus, those abyss demons would definitely take advantage of the situation and lead the abyss army to attack Avernus.

In the end, the Lord of the Nine Hells will come forward in person to take away the authority of Hell from Cassius, drive Bayer out of the position of Lord of Hell, and even possibly resurrect Zariel. (End of this chapter)