Chapter 207: Split City
Nohill clearly understood why they came here through Luft's memory.
‘There is currently an entire legion of devils existing in the entire city. The purpose of this entire legion of devils coming here is very simple. They are to maintain the “stability” of the entire city. ’
'This kind of stability is in every sense, because of the invasion of the abyss demons, Zariel does not want the humans in the city to do anything to disturb her layout of the entire bloody battle in the abyss. Zariel's plan for this city The only hope of the human beings is that they can stay safely until the bloody battle is over, and then quietly wait for the entire city to sink into the River Styx, and all humans to transform into lemures and join the big family of hell. ’
'But at the same time, Zarrell hopes to see some unique human beings. In an entire city, there must be some human souls that are more valuable than ordinary people. In other words, they have Some kind of specialty, and Zariel needed such capable humans, so he sent an entire legion here to maintain order and at the same time capture those truly strong men for her, and find ways to actively corrupt them. ’
‘And stability in another sense. ’
Nohir put the wine glass in his hand on the table, and then looked to the west. At this time, almost 1/3 of the buildings in the entire city had collapsed. Originally, Nohir thought that the collapse of the buildings and the occasional earthquake were caused by Because of the bolide falling from the sky or the lightning released by the sun, but in fact they are neither.
The reason why the entire city is currently experiencing intermittent earthquakes is entirely because the entire Eltoril has been torn in half! Yes, now the entire city under Nohir's feet has actually been completely torn apart! After all, teleporting an entire city to hell is a miracle, and such a large teleportation is impossible without some additional damage.
When Banyang teleported Eltoril to Hell, the city's foundation could not withstand such drastic changes. The broad river in the middle of the city, which was originally taken from the Jonsa River, all drained away, and the city itself was even worse. It was bounded by the river bed in the middle, and it split into two halves after being transported to hell.
The city is now divided into two areas: east and west. The two boulders floating in the sky are not far apart because of the chains. But precisely because of the chains, the occasional collision between them will produce huge earthquakes. This is why so many buildings in the city have collapsed.
'Another level of stability means that Zariel does not want these mortals to die too much due to the earthquake before sinking into the River Styx. After all, if these dead souls have not committed too many sins during their lifetime, even if they are already in Hell, its soul will also be pulled away by Kelanvor, the god of death, and after being divided, it will be sent to the place where the soul really should go. ’
'Only when they are alive and sink into the River Styx together with the city, can the perseverance creed bind their souls, because at that time the city has been merged into hell, and they did not do anything for it before the city sank into the River Styx. The city died in battle, so after falling into the River Styx with the city, they will be automatically transformed into devils, and from then on they will firmly guard Hell, just like guarding Eltoril. ’
'So the devils of this legion came up to act as firefighters. They urgently set up teleportation coordinates between the two cities, and then teleported two pairs of giant iron piles through Banyang, which were fixed opposite each other through iron piles and chains. Living in two cities, they are not allowed to float too close to prevent violent friction between the two cities, and they are not allowed to float too far away to prevent the two cities from violently colliding. ’
'After completing all this, the entire legion of devils did not go down, but began to hunt freely throughout the city, while restraining Eltoril's Hell Knights and the City Guard. Now both The large forces are facing each other on the west side of the city, near the Supreme Hall. "
"Other demons are scattered throughout the city. In addition to their duty to capture humans, these demons also have the obligation to prevent certain flying demons from bypassing the large army of demons and coming to the city to plunder their "property".'
‘Tsk, it’s such a complicated situation. ’
Nohir scratched the bald head of the Chain Demon Queen with some distress, but then his thoughts moved and he began to think about the current strange situation.
'But to a certain extent, the appearance of the devils actually stabilized Eltoril in disguise. Because of Zariel's order, they would not actively harm human civilians, but would only capture them and then try to lure them. They are depraved and will actively attack the demons that invade the city. Although the pain they have caused to the city cannot be ignored, for this period of time, the positive significance they can play far outweighs the negative significance. ’
'This also means that the current situation in the city is not as urgent as I imagined. People's life safety is not secure in some aspects, but this is destined to not be a long-term solution. Once the bloody battle is over. Even if it ends temporarily, it can be declared the beginning of the city's destruction. ’
'We must find a way to break the current situation. ’
Nohir strengthened his mind, then frowned and sat there, trying hard to sort out the complicated and huge information in the devil's mind. He hoped to find a way to solve the problem in the devil's mind.
No matter how profound the scholars on the main material plane claim to be about hell, they are still far behind any aborigine who has lived in hell for a relatively long time, and Luft undoubtedly meets this condition.
This devil has lived in hell for more than 400 years. Noshiel witnessed his process of climbing up step by step from a low-level inferior demon in his memory. This information gave him a very clear impression of the current situation in Eltoril and even the [rules and regulations] of the entire hell.
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Luft Hudel, whose race is a chain demon, belongs to the 69th Legion [Hooker] in the promotion sequence of hell. The specialty of this legion is large-scale group combat and capturing various large hell beasts. His personal rank is flag officer.
He was born in hell more than 400 years ago. At that time, it was the first layer of the Nine Hells. Now Avernus is still ruled by Grand Duke Bayer. Unlike the 100 years when Zariel was in power, the entire Avernus has undergone earth-shaking changes during the days when Zariel was in power. His experience can more intuitively reflect the past and present of Avernus.
During the period when Grand Duke Bayer was in power, Luft struggled to climb up from hell. The overall plan of the whole hell to fight against the invasion of the abyss demons was far less intense and radical than it is now. Luft has experienced these two different styles of rule and has successfully survived to the present in such a great change of power.
In his memory, Bayer was a far-sighted strategist. He made strategic shifts through various fortresses and used conspiracy and terrain to disperse the size of the demon tide. He was cautious in the entire action against the abyss demons. In order to facilitate more effective communication of his orders, he divided all the elite demons with combat effectiveness into a full 150 elite legions.
Each legion consists of 1,000 demons of various types. The demon types have different types and different legion codes because of the different responsibilities between the legions, but the command system is the same.
Each legion has a legion envoy (legion commander) of the highest power class to convey the duke's orders, and there are several gradually progressive bottom-level command systems under him, specifically.
1 legion = 10 battalions, and the legion is commanded by a legion envoy (legion commander).
1 battalion = 10 squads, and the battalion is commanded by a flag bearer.
1 squad = 10 devils, and the squad is commanded by an adjutant.
In other words, a formal elite devil legion has 1 legion commander, 10 flag bearers and 100 adjutants. Under such a plan, the entire hell is like a huge and precise machine, with each gear running in an orderly manner, and all the invading demons are eliminated on the bloody battlefield of Avernus.
At the same time, to supplement the number of legion devils, Bayer does not only rely on the devil eggs emerging from the Styx of Avernus. He chooses to form an alliance with the Grand Dukes of other layers of hell, and actively recruits elite devil warriors from other levels of hell to ensure that the combat effectiveness of the legion will never decline.
That's how Luft came to be. He was born in the second layer of the Nine Hells [Dis], and then after a hundred years of tempering in the fifth layer of hell [Stygia] where everything was covered by ice and snow, Luft, who believed that he was qualified to participate in the bloody battle, came to [Avernus] through the tributary of the Styx and officially joined the devils in the battle front against the devils of the abyss.
However, 100 years ago, Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, was dissatisfied with Bayer's efficiency in killing enemies (at least that's what He announced), and thought that his strategy was too cautious, allowing the devils to continue to wreak havoc on the plains of Avernus, so he deprived him of his right to rule.