Chapter 560 Leading to the Wanyuan Plain (7K)

Everyone fell down on a uniform plain.

"You shouldn't be noticed by the Abyss Lord when you get here." Tang Sen looked around: "This plane is wider than I thought."

"I'm afraid it won't be smaller than the Sword Coast region." Varro said: "Moreover, this is just an ordinary plane in the Endless Abyss. As far as I know, the uppermost layer of the Endless Abyss - the area of ​​the Abyss Plains It is even more vast, and bloody battles are taking place in every inch of land all the time, and have been going on for hundreds of thousands of years."

"A bloody battle?" Xue Xue seemed to have regained some curiosity since coming to the outside world.

"The bloody war between demons and demons." Varro was happy to answer questions for others, so he talked about it: "The deep-seated hatred between the two most powerful demons is no longer a secret. Countless demons and their Hired mercenaries are pouring into the abyss at all times, building iron fortresses and occupying strategic positions on the Plains of Ten Thousand Gates, while the demon lords work hard to drive the devils back and push the war into the plains of Avernus.”

"Of course, behind the two parties, there are a large number of gods who are adding fuel to the flames."

"The devils have unimaginable wealth and strict order. Their backup and equipment are far superior to the simple iron weapons of most devils. They can easily gain the upper hand on local battlefields, but there is a steady stream of devils. No one Being able to know how many demons and demon lords there are in the Endless Abyss is just like no one knows how many layers there are in the Endless Abyss."

"It is conceivable that unless one party is completely eliminated, this war will continue forever - obviously, neither the devil nor the devil can be completely eliminated."

Tang Sen naturally knew about this bloody battle.

Many people can't actually tell the difference between demons and demons, and even confuse them with each other, but in Faerun's world view, these are indeed two completely different creatures.

Although they are all equally evil in nature, demons are pure chaotic evil. Most of them are almost unable to communicate. They only obey the powerful demon lords according to the instinct of the jungle. Even in war, it is difficult for them to succeed. The usual method of forming a neat team is to rush forward in a swarm without fear of death.

The devil is different. This is a race of orderly evil.

They have their own society, a strict superior-subordinate relationship, and are naturally willing to accept and even maintain such a social order.

This is also the reason why the devil has a much better reputation than the devil in the multiverse. Every moment, countless creatures are trading with the devil, even if these guys have malicious intentions and always covet the soul of the transaction partner, and every trader also You know this, but there is no doubt that the devil is very trustworthy as long as you are careful enough to avoid those malicious regulations.

Moreover, the devil does not shy away from trading partners, even if they are just mortals, if they are willing to give their souls, the devil is willing to help, and they have always been generous, especially when it comes to dealing with demons. Too many adventurers who are short of money are because of the money given by the devil. Entering the Wanyuan Plain with extremely generous rewards.

This is different from the devil, whose only approach to kindness is betrayal and killing.

Of course, Tang Sen has not yet dealt with the devil race, although for Tang Sen, this race is naturally very suitable to become his ally... Or leeks?

Compared to the bloody battle, Tang Sen was more concerned about the things behind the bloody battle.

Those gods who are fueling the fire.

There is no doubt that whether these gods are righteous or evil, they have only one purpose, to compete for the influence of the priesthood through the influence of bloody battles against devils, in which they can continuously absorb divinity and strengthen themselves. of godhead.

"Fraudulent priesthood?"

Tang Sen was wondering if he had a chance to get a share of the pie.

"Should we think about how to leave the abyss?" Varro's words interrupted Tang Sen's thoughts: "You two are both spell casters, so plane teleportation shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?"

"It's not difficult." Although Tang Sen is still unable to cast spells above the legendary level, plane teleportation is indeed not difficult: "Same as when I was at the bottom of the Dark Territory, the trouble is the anchor point."

"We are already in the endless abyss. Even if we are randomly teleported, is there any worse outcome?" Varro spread his hands and said: "Even facing those demons is better than facing these demons, right? "

"Of course there are worse consequences." Tang Sen shook his head: "For example, teleporting to the realm of an evil god, or teleporting to some Jedi - Mr. Varro, with your knowledge, you should know that in the multiverse, there is more time than time. The more dangerous Jedi abound in the demiplane of dragons.”

"My luck will not be so bad." Varro argued: "Maybe we can teleport directly back to Faerûn and then I will treat you to a glass of the best ale!"

"Let's postpone the drinking for now." Tang Sen waved his hand: "I'm not that optimistic. I won't take unnecessary unknown risks."

"Also, if we use teleportation in this situation, will it really be random?"

"What do you mean?" Varro was stunned for a moment.

"Don't forget, we are in the abyss now." Tang Sen looked at Xue Xue: "I'm worried that after teleportation, what we see is an angry and evil god."

"Rose."

Varro suddenly took a breath of air: "I almost forgot that although Rose is the main god of the drow elves, her true body is indeed entrenched in the endless abyss."

"The 66th floor, the deep prison of the Demon Network!"

He jumped up: "Then we have to find a way to leave the abyss quickly. I don't want to be chased by a god!"

"It's not that exaggerated." Tang Sen shook his head and said: "Rose wouldn't be so bored that she would personally take action for a defecting believer. Otherwise, Drizzt Do'Urden, who fled to the surface from the Underdark, would have died long ago. Countless times.”

Unless, Rose knew that she was the creator of Neverwinter.

Tang Sen did not say these words, but there is no doubt that Rose will definitely know the existence of Neverwinter City, and she will definitely covet the power that envelopes Neverwinter City.

In fact, compared to Xue Xue, he is the absolute favorite in the eyes of the gods.

"We have to find other ways to leave the endless abyss. We don't even know what level we are on now." Tang Sen looked at Varo: "Mr. Varo, with your knowledge, you must know other ways besides plane teleportation." Method, right?"

"Besides directly casting spells to teleport, there are usually only two methods." Varro said: "Take a magic ship that can sail within the crystal wall system, or pass through a portal to other planes."

"Magic ship?" Tang Sen narrowed his eyes slightly.

He did have a way to create a magic ship, and it was a very practical one.

However, it cannot be done in a short time.

Netheril's tenth-level legendary spell - Valdic's Crystal Wall Navigation.

As long as you master this spell, you basically don't have to worry about plane travel. Tang Sen happens to have the relevant knowledge of this spell. Unfortunately, his mastery of magic knowledge is far from enough to use Netherese. Legendary spells.

With Xue Xue's magic power and magic knowledge, she may have met the requirements for using this spell, but there is still a problem she cannot solve. She has no way to bypass the magic network like Tang Sen, and the legendary spells of the Netherese series are all Banned by the magic network.

"Of course a magic ship is impossible. The only place we can get a magic ship in the Endless Abyss is to get one from the Devil or mercenaries from other planes in the Plains of Abyss."

Varro said: "But if that's the case, there is no need to go to such trouble. There are many known portals in the Abyss Plain."

"So, whether you want a magic ship or want to leave the endless abyss through the portal, you have to go to the Abyss Plain?" Tang Sen asked.

"You can't count on those random space cracks, right?" Varro said.

"Then the question comes." Tang Sen said: "How should we go to the Wanyuan Plain?"

"Climb up one level at a time -" Varro said halfway. Seeing Tang Sen's face, he quickly changed his words: "Of course I know this is a stupid method, but other than that, we can only bet on this plane. The lord also participated in the bloody battle. He may have a shortcut to the Abyss Plain, such as a fixed teleportation array, but the risk is that we will definitely be teleported to the devil's fortress."

Tang Sen said: "Facing the risk of the Abyss Lord is better than climbing up layer by layer."

"After all, there are many gods hidden in the endless abyss."

Xue Xue had been quietly listening to the conversation between the two. In fact, she couldn't say anything because she didn't understand anything about it.

"Then let's set off now to find the Abyss Lord's castle? This is a good opportunity while he is attracted by the movement just now." Varro said.

Tang Sen shook his head: "It makes no sense."

"It's impossible for the Lord of the Abyss not to make arrangements in his lair. Let's plan it slowly. We don't need to confront him head-on."

He has the ability to transform, he just needs to blend in.

But before that, we still need information about the Abyss Lord.

Tang Sen glanced at the ingredients he had grabbed earlier.

Six-armed snake demon.

With a thought, the restraints attached to her body by the results of the operation were immediately released.

Without almost any hesitation, the six-armed snake demon ran directly towards the distance.

Although she was frozen, she could see the three of them transforming into demons from the beginning to the outside, especially the Balor Fire Demon standing in front of her. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the real thing and the fake one!

As a high-level demon, although the six-armed snake demon is still chaotic and evil, at least it is not as muddy as those lemure demons. When it knows that it is outnumbered, its first thought is to escape and spread the news that humans have wandered into the abyss. .

However, her goal was obviously impossible to achieve.

A flaming whip was stretched infinitely and swept towards the six-armed snake demon. The huge strength gap between the Balor Fire Demon and the six-armed snake demon made her unable to resist at all, so she was pulled directly. Come back.

"I hope you can calm down and let us have a good chat." Tang Sen spoke in Abyssal language.

"You actually made a demon calm down?" Varro actually understood the demonic language and even complained in the demonic language.

But what he said was right. It was obviously impossible for a demon to remain calm. The six-armed snake demon struggled wildly, but because of the restraints of the flame whip, her struggle seemed very pale.

Surrender only happens between demons.

"Perhaps changing to another demon will be more effective?" Varro suggested: "This demon has discovered our truth. Even if you are now the Balor Fire Demon, she will not give in."

"She will." Tang Sen said flatly, "It's just that she hasn't realized the seriousness of the problem yet."

"Speaking of which-" Tang Sen looked at Varo: "You must be hungry after being delayed in the demiplane for so long, right?"

"A little bit, what's wrong?" Varro suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Aren't the ready-made ingredients right in front of you?" Tang Sen specifically said this in Abyssal: "It's time to show off your cooking skills."

"Ingredients?" Varro was stunned for a moment, and it took a lot of effort to finally understand Tang Sen's train of thought. His eyes suddenly widened, and he showed an expression that was almost exactly the same as Barn's at the time: "You plan to treat this eight-armed snake demon as... Ingredients?"

"No, no, no! Such a thing. How is such a thing possible!"

He jumped up as if his tail had been stepped on: "Demon. Demons are inedible! No, what kind of person would have such an outrageous idea?"

"Mr. Tang! You are too extreme!"

"Actually, Mr. Varro is too conservative." Tang Sen didn't mind Varro's horror at all. He casually held his hand and pulled the six-armed snake demon in front of him: "When you ate the dormant pseudo-monster, you didn't eat it. Does it smell good?"

"How can this be confused! Demons and monsters ugh."

Varro suddenly lost his voice.

Think about it carefully, is the difference between the two really that big?

Before he could think it through, Tang Sen had already raised his huge arm, tore off an arm and threw it to Varo.

"The six-armed snake demon is different from the Balor Balrog. Although the Balor Balor cannot be cooked at all due to its characteristics, and there is no way to cook it, the six-armed snake demon should be able to cook it."

Hearing Tang Sen's words, Varro suddenly raised his head again.

"Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

"Have you ever eaten Balor Balrog???"

"It tastes terrible. I don't recommend you try it." Recalling that experience, Tang Sen had an expression of discomfort on his face.

"Who would try such a thing!"

Varro felt a little resigned to himself, but under Tang Sen's gaze, he could only take out the flint honestly: "At the very least, give me something to ignite. I definitely don't expect to be able to make firewood in the abyss."

"No need to go to such trouble." The magic power in Tang Sen's body moved, and a burst of flames floated to the ground: "The firepower is absolutely sufficient."

The six-armed snake demon watched all this with a confused look on his face.

She can understand that the other party will kill her, but what is this doing?

Even though he listened to the entire conversation between the two and understood the content, the six-armed snake demon still couldn't understand it, even more so than Varro.

I'm a devil! You are the human beings!

Be a human being!

"Don't worry." Tang Sen comforted the six-armed snake demon: "Wait a little longer. When you are cooked, you should be willing to have a good chat with me."

Xue Xue tilted her head and watched all this with interest. She was a lich and did not need to eat.

No, in other words, in the endless years, she has even forgotten that living things need to eat.

Only Varro was suffering. He felt that his cognitive bottom line was being breached again and again. At this moment, he suddenly began to wonder whether he was lucky or unlucky to be saved by Tang Sen.

Maybe it would be easier to just die in the Underdark and wait for Elminster to resurrect him? It's much better than being trapped in the endless abyss and being forced to roast demon meat.

No matter how you look at it, dealing with demons is a just and lawful act, right? Why does it feel so wrong?

In any case, time passed in a dull and weird atmosphere. When Varro finally brought the meat over - he tried to make it look like normal food to make it not look so weird - and placed it on the six-armed snake. When faced with the devil, she finally collapsed.

Such a scene is too chaotic and evil for a chaotic evil demon.

As a result, the subsequent questioning went very smoothly.

Unfortunately, although the six-armed snake demon can be regarded as a high-level demon, he does not know much information about the lords of this level.

She only knew that all demons were under the jurisdiction of the demon lord. He lived at the highest point of the mountain range in the center of the plane, and guarding the mountains were countless demons of all kinds.

No one knows his real name, and no one can guess his strength. All the demons just call him "Baroza".

There are four demon commanders under his command. They occupy the four directions of the plane and guard the lord's fortress. Each demon commander has legendary strength.

This six-armed snake demon belongs to the demon commander in the west.

Of course, there is good news.

She once followed the leader to the Abyss Plains and participated in a bloody battle with the devil, and she did so through teleportation.

And, the next call-up is already around the corner.

After casually ending the life of the six-armed snake demon, Tang Sen did not bite her in the end.

In fact, Varo's psychological defense is about to collapse like a six-armed snake demon. After all, he is not Baan, and he does not have the kind of loyalty to Tang Sen that cannot be betrayed.

"Then it's clear what to do next."

Tang Sen said: "Go to the demon lord's fortress, blend into the team that will participate in the bloody battle, and then go to the Abyss Plains through teleportation."

"At that time, whether you take a magic ship or pass through a portal, you will be able to leave the endless abyss smoothly."

Neither of them had any objections to Tang Sen's decision. Xue Xue simply had no opinion. As for Varo——

He still needs time to adjust his emotions.

Casually throwing the body of the six-armed snake demon into the demiplane, the three set sail again.

The fortress of the Abyss Lord was not difficult to find. After confirming the direction, after just a few days of flying, everyone saw a majestic mountain range, which seemed extremely abrupt in the vast plain environment of this plane.

As the six-armed snake demon said, the density of demons around the square is obviously much higher than in other places. These demons wander around without any discipline, and even attack and devour each other. Only when three people fly over their heads , and then he would crawl on the ground and tremble under the breath of Balor Fire Demon.

As for the evil demon that Varro transformed next to the Balor Fire Demon, it was naturally completely ignored.

After finding a hidden place and settling down, Tang Sen said to the two of them: "Higher demons may be a bit conspicuous. I believe that no matter how little the demon lord doesn't care about his subordinates, he should still remember how many Balo Balrogs he has under his command. and the six-armed snake demon.”

Varro nodded in agreement: "Lemurs are safer. This kind of existence is completely consumable in the abyss. No other demon will care."

After a few days of flying, he finally adjusted his psychological shadow and was able to have a normal conversation as usual. He even tried to hint the two of them to become the same lemure as himself.

"It doesn't have to be so low-level. It will be troublesome if you are not included in the recruiting team."

The divinity in Tang Sen's body surged with divine power, and his body changed rapidly, becoming shorter all of a sudden.

"Crazy Fighting Demon?" Varro looked at Tang Sen.

"Well, this level should be enough." Tang Sen lowered his head and glanced at Varo - even the mad war demon was much taller than the lemure transformed by Varo.

Then he looked at Xue Xue.

Xue Xue hesitated for a moment, then chanted the spell again, and the original snake tail turned into legs again, and transformed into a human form again.

At this time, her figure was slender than before, and her slender waist was covered with fruit. Her thin face became plumper, but it also added a bit of temptation that made people ready to move.

"Succubus?" Varro couldn't help but look away.

Tang Sen looked at her with interest, but he didn't expect that with Xue Xue's thin body, turning into a succubus would be very effective.

"What do you think?" Tang Sen asked.

"A body close to that of a human is more suitable for me to cast spells." Xue Xue answered honestly.

She herself had no idea of ​​the impact this form had on other people.

"so be it."

Tang Sen looked up at the fortress located on the top of the mountain.

"What's next? Shall we sneak in?" Varro has become accustomed to Tang Sen's various outrageous operations, and even takes the initiative to make guesses.

"Of course not." Tang Sen shook his head: "I said, there is no need to meet the demon lord head-on."

"The recruitment will come soon. We just need to ensure that we can enter the teleportation array leading to the Abyss Plain."

He paused: "So... now we just need to wait."

"Waiting?" Varro breathed a sigh of relief, but for some reason, he felt strangely disappointed.

Such a steady and normal decision is not at all like what the person in front of me should do.

But no matter what, he finally saw the hope of leaving here. Varro vowed that as long as he had the chance to leave the endless abyss, he never wanted to hang out with this person again!

The following days passed peacefully. The three of them did not choose to mingle with the demon groups in the mountains, so there were not too many demons to disturb them.

Occasionally there are other demons who covet him, but they are easily dealt with.

During this time, Tang Sen began to study magic knowledge again. Of course, he also began to plan in his mind how to wrest some of the influence of the priesthood from those gods. Since he came to the endless abyss, he had to take something with him and leave something behind. What.

Varro began to summarize his journey. According to his words, he decided to write a new book, which was not limited to a certain place, but included all this adventure and wrote a book such as "Varro's Travel notes like "Adventures in the Realms".

He wants to compete for the adventurer type award of the Legend Award.

Tang Sen responded with an unknown smile——

If Varro really thinks that he can write everything he saw during this trip, especially everything about the Time Dragon, into a book and reveal it, then he would be too stupid.

Varro's feelings were not wrong. Meeting Tang Sen was definitely not his luck. At least Tang Sen had no intention of letting him go free until he obtained the body of the Time Dragon.

As for Xue Xue, she began to sort out the research on time and was finally able to test the results of her own research.

This is also a long process. It is by no means a simple matter to test whether so many research results can be realized one by one. Fortunately, all spell casters are at least outstanding in terms of patience, especially Xue Xue. .

Finally, everyone waited for the day of recruitment.

Of course, no demons would come to inform the three of them of this news, but when they saw that all the demons began to become restless and began to climb the mountains and gather towards the demon lord's fortress, they could guess that something had happened without notifying them. What.

After clearing away all traces, the three of them blended into a demon's team.

There are some high-level demons standing on the necessary path to supervise and supervise. Most of them are Type IV Soul Seizer Demons. They work hard to control the chaotic demons from killing each other and disrupting order before entering the battlefield. Although the effect is not too great. Well, after all, don't expect the Soul Judge Demon to be very orderly.

In most cases, it is just the Soul Judger that kills both parties together.

In such chaos, the three finally entered the fortress. From a distance, Tang Sen saw the demon lord.

His body is extremely tall, and the ordinary Balor Balrog standing next to him can only reach his knees.

A strong, hair-raising coercion emanated from his body, so that all demons who saw him, no matter what level, finally became quiet and obedient.

Tang Sen also saw the teleportation array, which was located on the square inside the fortress gate. A large number of demons surged into the teleportation array, and then turned into white light and disappeared.

"I really can't imagine what a disaster it would be if these demons went not to Wanyuan Square but to Faerun." Varro's voice trembled slightly: "This scene is really too shocking."

"Demon invasions in Faerun's history are not too rare." Tang Sen responded in a low voice.

"Yes. There was an example more than ten years ago. The dwarf Barn, the lord of Neverwinter, prevented the invasion of demons." Varro said.

"Hey, Baan?" Tang Sen's lips curled up slightly, showing a look of nostalgia.

"We'll see him soon."