Crown of Chaos

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Due to the destruction of the avatar, Cyric did not learn the news until Halkon was slain by Eleanor herself using the Hammer of Selun's Tear.

This news almost made Prince Dark Sun vomit blood. He didn't understand why Halken would take the initiative to leave the Twin Towers of Eternal Flame?

As long as you stay in the twin towers and are protected by my divine barrier, you will not be killed in any case. Even if you are besieged, Halken will definitely have time to use teleportation to escape!

But Halken took the initiative to leave the spire, or entered the ambush circle. In the end, he was surrounded and killed by nearly 20 legends, and fell into the wilds of Amn.

Including the Parma patriarch who was killed by his own people, and the exposed vigilant skeleton Tinos, Cyric's arrangement in Amn was completely destroyed!

This was not over yet. The five-member Council of Amn quickly passed a new resolution - since declaring war on the entire multiverse violated Amn's principle of neutrality in faith and trade, the Church of the Dark Sun was officially declared a Illegal beliefs.

destroyed! All destroyed!

Cyric howled, whined, and viciously killed eight petitioners in a row to vent his anger in his own kingdom of God. The Prince of the Dark Sun's fragile and bad brain couldn't determine what was going on? Although he does believe that he is the only god in the multiverse, why did his incarnation leave alone?

I can't control that much now.

The Dark Sun Prince went crazy for a while and then suddenly calmed down. He continued to focus on his greatest work.

Hiram.

In order to write this book, He has lost more than 50 pastors.

But a voice told him that as long as the sacrifices were enough for 99 priests, the Book of Cyril could be completed.

Done!

…………

Cormyr North, Rockland.

The Rocklands is a rocky wasteland located between the Stormhorn Mountains and the Wild Wild Desert. The area is occupied by small groups of militarized goblins, gnolls, orcs, and evil humans, all known as "annoying invaders."

For decades, Cormyr's rulers offered generous land rewards to adventurers who could tame the land and drive out those who occupied it.

The Zhentarim, on the other hand, took the initiative to organize the goblins into an invasion force, but only achieved modest success in recruiting troops.

The Rocklands are also a buffer zone between Cormyr and the Great Desert of Hainook. The enemies in this land are so stubborn that Cormyr was unable to fully control it even during the heyday of Assan IV. There are countless of them. The enemy is not the most important, because no matter how strong the enemy is, it will be difficult to withstand the military front of the Kingdom of Purple Dragon. However, the land here cannot be cultivated or grazed, and it requires long-term blood transfusions in Cormyr. Apart from the Obeszil royal family, , most of the great nobles have little interest in rocky land.

During the time of Assan IV, Cormyr issued a reward for the "Great Baron of Rockland", which stipulated that anyone who could conquer this area would immediately be granted the status of an official noble, and not many adventurers were willing to try their luck.

But everything changed today.

In the middle of winter in January, the cold wind blows across the desert dunes.

The scenery of the rocky land gradually became weird with the arrival of the Salian heraldry banner. Wherever the Salian banner passed, the salt-alkali land turned into a lake, the desert turned into a grassland, and big trees grew in the desert, with fresh new shoots. Branches stretched out unreasonably in the cracks of the stone, and the dry river bed was filled with clear water again.

The rocky land is turning into a rich and fertile plain at an unimaginable speed.

But the invaders entrenched here have no chance to enjoy these results.

Rumble, rumble~

There was a thunderous sound in the distance, and more than a hundred and a half gryphon knights followed by more than two hundred silver dragon knights with Salian crests rushed into a gathering place of goblins.

The three leading knights are the great dragon Egil, his cousin Maximian, and his cousin Robert.

Aaron is away, Eleanor is away, and Egil is the well-deserved boss of the Sunset Territory. The dragon has recently fallen in love with riding. This giant dragon has tamed a half-gryphon in a decent manner, and enjoys waving the riding crop to torture the enemy. , the feeling of galloping on iron cavalry and guiding the country.

Egil loved the joy of conquering and rebuking Fangqiu everywhere, so as soon as Aaron left, Egil started the expedition plan to the rocky land. She personally led the Salian army into the rocky land and crushed all the resisters. .

Coloring games are so fun!

The greening of the rocky land was solely responsible for the goblin princess Buyel. Buyel used Isa's power to gradually transform the place into a fertile oasis, and moved many immigrants from Cormyr and the desert to live there.

"Is that the last group of goblins nearby?" Egil put his hands on his hips, Dalonglong laughed loudly, and leaned back tactically: "They are really poor and weak, poor and weak, I can beat them all to pieces with just a few punches!"

"Yes, this is the last group of goblins nearby." Maximian is still very cautious. He is not arrogant in victory or discouraged in defeat, and always maintains a humble heart. His childhood experiences have made him look old and his face The weather is full of wind and frost: "Let us deal with this place. His Highness Buyer and Anna's Jingshan Palace troops are right behind us."

"Very well, warriors of Salian, I order you in the name of Count Salian, the commander-in-chief of the North of Cormyr, to kill all the goblins below!" Robert was extremely arrogant. They were all flushed. This guy who followed the army and worked as a secretary had gained a lot of military honors. My cousin had already set his sights on a piece of land in Yandi, and was waiting for Aaron to come back to ask for a reward!

"Okay, in the name of the Aspect Dragon of Cormyr, Salian's close ally, and the great Conquering Dragon Egil, come and fight with me~~~" The great dragon Egil was the first to pull the reins, riding half The gryphon rushed down the hill. Under the dragon's power, even the sand in the desert receded in fear.

The conquering dragon Egil is here!

However, the outcome of this charge disappointed Egil. When Dalonglong led the cavalry to the entrance of the goblin camp, there were more than 70 goblin corpses lying strewn inside.

"Who slaughtered the prey under my paws? Who took away the capture that I deserved?" Da Longlong screamed in anger.

Maximian turned over half of his gryphon, inspected the wounds on the goblins, and frowned: "Judging from the fighting methods and scars, they must be a group of well-trained professional soldiers."

"It must have been done by a group of paladins!" Robert smelled the remaining sacred energy in the air: "Mysterious and terrifying paladins."

"Mysterious and scary?" Egil clenched his fists, and Dalonglong roared unwillingly: "Only when my anger is tilted on their heads, will they know what it means to be mysterious and scary!"

At this moment, two riders flew in front. The snow elf sister Evanna Miyuki came to Egil and reported: "Your Highness the Guardian Dragon, we found a dilapidated rock church in front of us dedicated to the dragon. Inside was a group of saints. The samurai are unwilling to accept our surrender request. How should we deal with it? Should we attack by force or bypass it first?"

Paladin?

Egil subconsciously looked at the goblin corpse on the ground. Dalonglong suddenly remembered something. She turned over and got off the griffin and checked the goblin corpse.

"Evil-Breaking Dragon Slash!" Dalonglong immediately found the corresponding part from the knowledge inherited in her blood. She put her hands on her hips and laughed loudly: "Hahahaha~ I understand, so that's how it is!"

"Your Majesty the Guardian Dragon?"

"Don't attack by force, let me talk to them." Egil patted Evana on the shoulder, confidently: "It's the platinum dragon god Bahamut."

"Those are the Platinum Knights under the Platinum Dragon God Bahamut. Hey, why do they have a church here?"

"Is Bahamut coming back?"

…………

"Wow~Wow~"

The ferry on the River Styx is slowly moving along with the current, carrying all kinds of guests to the far reaches of the multiverse.

Aaron stood next to the side of the boat, leaning out half of his body from the side of the boat, staring at the vast ocean-like river below the ferry, his heart filled with disappointment.

Whether it was the Emperor, Shar, Selun, or his own Golden Law and the Law of Destined Death, they all told him to see the River Styx with his own eyes. He was originally very interested in this river that ran through the entire multiverse. .

As soon as he arrived at the pier in Avernus and boarded the ferry, Aaron couldn't hold himself any longer.

Smelly!

It stinks! ! !

The stench coming from the Styx made Aaron's eyes black, and the thousands of corpses floating on the river and a layer of grease that was at least ten centimeters thick covering the Styx made Aaron's scalp numb.

Styx? Ganges!

This is the Styx where we will shock your balls. It’s so dark and haha. Nurgle, is there such a Styx in your garden?

But in any case, the Styx is the fastest way into the Abyss. The river is filled with greasy and rotten floating objects, as well as the rotting corpses brought by the war on its banks. Anyone who comes into contact with or draws from the river must pass a Constitution check. Victims who fail the check will suffer complete amnesia and are considered mentally retarded (as if affected by the feeblemind spell). Even if you pass the test, you will lose the memory of the last 8 hours.

Prepared spells do not disappear, although the victim may forget that they prepared them.

The main trunk of the River Styx flows through the Shura Field of the Hell Battlefield, the Baator Hell of the Nine Hells, the Burning Hell of Eternal Desolation, Hades of the Gray Wilderness, Carceri of the Exile Abyss, the Bottomless Abyss of the Infinite Levels, and the Wind The top floor of the Noisy Tunnel of the Howling Abyss. Tributaries meander to lower levels of these planes. For example, one branch of the River Styx flows through the fifth level of the Abyss, while countless trickles flow into the many other levels of the Abyss.

Evil ferrymen, adept at navigating the River Styx's unpredictable currents and whirlpools, run the business. They are happy to carry travelers from one plane to another for a fee. Some ferrymen (and ferrywomen) are demons, others are the souls (petitioners) of dead creatures on the Material Plane. In rare cases, ferrymen are living mortals who rely on their superb navigation skills to navigate this world.

The ferryman Morgan found for Aaron's team is a yugoloth demon. The yugoloth demon has a very long history of ferrying on the River Styx. Legend has it that before Asmodeus became the Lord of the Nine Hells, The yugoloth served as a ferryman on the River Styx.

"How's it going? Did Styx disappoint you?" Morgan came to Aaron's side. The big devil smiled slightly and supported the railing with his arms: "You still have the last moment to adapt. Wait until you reach the abyss. , and I started to enter a field that I was not familiar with. To be honest, I hate fighting, but the abyss forces you to fight."

"Ah, the wonders of the abyss, where you can find everything you don't like."

——Proverb of the Abyss

The Abyss is far more cruel than the Baator Hell. Although the Nine Hells are very evil, all the devil's affairs are conducted according to laws, and there are no similar laws in the Abyss. The only law in the Abyss is "chaotic evil" ".

The evil of the Abyss is manifested in the form of demons. Demon lords rule every plane of the abyss. There is no refuge here, nor is there a neutral area like the Wandering Mall. Every demon will be killed because of more betray allies at any time. For demons, betrayal is a habit and there is no pressure.

Because of this, Morgan found an ogre guide. Its name was Xinlan. Although Aaron didn't know why it had such a weird name, Xinlan was obviously a very smart one among the ogres. One, it has many experiences as a guide to and from hell and the abyss, knows many roads, and knows how to solve some unexpected problems.

Xinlan is not that smart. It has difficulty and does not want to understand what Morgan and others plan to do. The ogre guide has a very simple mind. I will lead you and you will give me money.

The ogre guide habitually describes the three basic laws of the bottomless abyss to Aaron and others.

1. Be careful with the air, be careful with the water, be careful with the flames, be careful with all the things you have never seen before!

Second, don’t get eaten, especially things that look bigger than you may eat you!

Third, don’t eat other people. Remember to bring your own water and food wherever you go. The food in the Abyss is neither fresh nor delicious. It will not only ruin your stomach, but also make you gradually become a member of the Abyss!

"Do you hear that clearly?" Ogre Xinlan raised his wooden hammer with a thick voice.

"Listen clearly." Aaron nodded: "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"Demon, magic." Xinlan wiped the drool from her mouth with the back of her fist: "In the bottomless abyss, do not use necrotic magic, do not use elemental plane magic, especially, especially do not use summoning magic!"

The abyss cannot connect the inner elemental plane with the two major planes of the ethereal realm, the Fey Wilds and the Shadowfell Underworld, so all magic related to these planes cannot be used in the abyss, such as the magic given to Aaron by Oberon. The Eight Steps of the Crescent Moon has no effect in the abyss.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that you cannot use summoning magic at will in the bottomless abyss. Summoning spells are very dangerous in the abyss, because a mage never knows what will appear in response to it.

Similarly, prophecy magic, especially divination magic, is also very dangerous. Any abyss lord can sense the divination magic in the plane and distort their results.

In addition to these types of magic, other magic may also mutate at any time and produce unexpected results.

The only magic worth promoting in the Abyss is illusion magic. Here, the effect of any illusion magic will be fully enhanced-sometimes even enhanced too much.

“The only thing that doesn’t surprise people about the abyss is the unexpected.”

The ogre guide Xinlan finally concluded: "If you have an accident and get into trouble, don't expect me to save you. I would rather stay with the big rock tree stump than take risks because of you."

"You only need to be responsible for navigation. If you encounter a battle, I allow you to find a place to hide temporarily." Aaron nodded.

It's better for the ogre to be stupid.

"Then, welcome to the abyss." The ogre guide patted his belly, took the money bag from Aaron's hand, felt the weight inside, and couldn't help but smile.

“This is a place of endless, suffocating horror.

The environment here is extremely harsh. A place where life is extremely dangerous.

This is a place of endless killing without any moral ethics.

This is the bottomless abyss, the home of chaos and evil. "

The voyage on the River Styx lasted six days.

On the sixth day, the moment the ferry arrived, Aaron and others found themselves at the dock of a bustling city. The high blue sun illuminated the scene.

If the River Styx wasn't still flowing, Grand Duchess Nestia almost thought she was back at Baldur's Gate.

The same pier, the same prosperity, the same noise.

At first, the sound resembles that of a wharf city anywhere in the world: animals braying, workers loading and unloading goods, wheels rolling through the streets, hammers striking anvils.

However, after listening a little more carefully, Aaron and others realized that the sounds here were completely different from those in the world.

The neighing animal was not a horse, the carriage made a strange squishing sound as it moved, and there seemed to be a cry (perhaps a scream?) after each hammer blow.

There's a muffled sound that sounds beneath the other noise. The sound was deep, almost like it was coming from far away or underground, but it sounded like a chorus of wailing.

Whispers from the abyss.

This environment was like a torture and test for everyone else in the team. This time it was Morgan's turn to feel the pain. The big devil's face gradually turned pale. He grabbed his collar hard and gasped. Qi: "Well, at least this isn't the first time."

Only Aaron felt differently.

The sky above the bottomless abyss is a clear sky!

The air of the bottomless abyss is sweet air!

The environment here was so fresh, so sweet, and so luxurious that Aaron subconsciously opened his arms to embrace the breath of the bottomless abyss.

"Aaron? Are you okay?" Aaron's strange behavior immediately attracted Nastia's attention. As a chaotic neutral camp, the dark elf sister felt much more comfortable in the environment of the bottomless abyss.

"I have never felt so good, so free." Aaron stepped onto Azgrat's realm intoxicatedly. He took a deep breath and felt that the air was sweet.

Go home! ! !

…………

The moment Aaron stepped onto the pier of the bottomless abyss and stepped on the pier deck with his boots, the abyss lord "Six Finger" Azgrat who was sitting in the Silver Palace suddenly stood up from his throne, Liu Finger's face was filled with surprise and uncertainty. .

There are people in my field!

Judging from his amazing adaptability to the abyss - this is a pretty tough guy!

who is it? ? ?

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