Crown of Chaos

The burning Avernus announced the fall of the first level of hell, and also announced that the bloody battle of the abyss in the multiverse has finally ushered in the climax battle again after an unknown period of time.

In the long history of bloody battles, after the establishment of Baator Hell, Hell Demons and Abyss Demons fought bloody battles around the Avernus Front on the Plain of Abyss for tens of thousands of years, during which the Demons repeatedly fought their way into the first place in the Abyss. The plains of the Abyss, and demons have entered Avernus, the first level of Baator Hell, many times.

However, no matter how fierce the bloody battle was, the abyssal demons did not occupy Avernus for more than two days. The biggest crisis faced by Baator Hell was just the abyssal demons besieging Dis, the second level of hell. The City of Steel soon The siege was relieved as other Baator Hell reinforcements arrived.

The famous Archduke of Flying Insects, Balzebul, was punished by Asmodeus because he wanted to preserve his strength during this war. However, there are also rumors that Balzebul was not punished just for this incident.

But this time it was completely different. The bronze tower of Avernus only supported Archaon for one day. The ending of millions of devils being forced to withdraw from Avernus shocked the entire multiverse and all the gods. They are all paying close attention to how the Lord of Nine Hells will handle this matter.

Asmodeus reacted quickly: first, the Lord of the Nine Hells immediately resurrected Bair and gave his most elite Nessus army to Bair's command; second, he ordered the gathering of all the remaining armies of the Eight Hells , but not eager to regain the lost ground. Third, pardon Balzebul's sins, restore his status as a fallen angel, appoint him as the frontline commander, and prepare to defend the second level of hell.

After explaining these things, the order to mobilize the devil was issued.

The Lord of the Eighth Hell, Mephistophilis, only had time to return to his own domain and take a look, and he almost burst out of anger.

Not only did Elminster escape, Aaron also blew up half of his tower! The entire Hellfire Academy was blown up, leaving nothing behind for him!

Aaron, Aaron, have you forgotten the days when we fought against Cyric together in the Chaos Demon Realm?

Mephistophilis was so angry that Asmodeus took the initiative to comfort his good friend and announced that he would pay Mephistophilis's debts to other archduke. At this critical moment, the entire nine hells must unite.

Mephistophilis naturally agreed, and he did not have anything as crucial as Asmodeus said that something was stolen from his treasury.

Crown of Karthus.

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Archaon's appearance successfully diverted the attention of Aaron and others. When Aaron brought Elminster back to the country, the old mage was about to shed tears.

Familiar forest, familiar friends.

Lying on the grass that he thought he would never see again in his life, Elminster savored the fragrance of earth and grass. The old mage breathed hard: "No matter what, I have to thank you, Ya." Lun Xiao... Your Majesty, the country does not care about your heart."

"I reached a tacit understanding with that guy." Aaron kept a frown. He looked in the direction of the nine hells in the multiverse, a little absent-mindedly: "No matter what, it's good that you can come out. You are Ai Li Si’s grandfather is the great sage of Shadow Valley. The country needs you and your goddess needs you. Your goddess has already paid the reward for saving you.”

"It's okay, El, it's okay." The masked witch Eilistraee fell to the ground and comforted the white-haired old man.

"What are you going to do next? Do you want me to send you back to Shadow Valley?" Aaron then asked: "Also, why did you fall into hell."

"No need." Elminster sighed, and he wanted to get up from the ground: "As for how the old man fell into hell... After I fought in the battle of Tesway, I was ambushed by the Ghost City. In order to deal with Ke Ziv, I have used up the power given to me by the goddess, so I am outnumbered. In order not to be captured... In short, I accidentally fell into hell. "

"Thank you for your help. If you are of use in the future, just ask." Elminster struggled to get up: "I want to find Lyra and Storm, the Harper and I, Elminster, There is an account to be settled with Yinhun City."

"But..." Aaron was about to say something, but Elminster waved his hand impatiently: "I know that Your Majesty has an armistice agreement with Ghost City. You can remain completely neutral on this matter. This is An old promise."

"You are right, El, but." Aaron smiled: "Shadow City has surrendered to our Cormyr Empire."

"What?!"

Aaron didn't lie. The moment Aaron showed his true nature as a god, Yinhun City responded very quickly.

Telamant, the lord of Shade City, immediately surrendered to Cormyr and offered his loyalty to Cormyr's Queen Alysser on the condition of becoming a vassal of Cormyr to maintain independence.

The surrender of Haunted City shocked both the government and the public in Cormyr.

The invincible empire of Netheril has surrendered to us, Cormyr?

The great arcane masters of Netherese, who claim to have ruled for eternity, extinguished the stars, and buried the gods, also bowed to us, Cormyr?

Alice Sel couldn't decide on this matter. She took the initiative to discuss it with Aaron, wanting to know what her husband, the prince, who had become a god, thought. After all, Cormier's high-end combat power was basically in Aaron's hands.

Aaron's answer is: Yes.

So just when Aaron was rescuing Elminster, Telamant arrived at the capital of Cormyr, Susar, with twelve princes of Shade City and his deputies, kissed the queen's scepter, and officially became Cormyr. vassal state.

Elminster: "…………"

After the great sage of Shadow Valley listened to Aaron describe the incident, the expression on his face was as uncomfortable as eating Xiang.

But the matter has come to this, Aaron's status is no longer what it used to be, and he even saved his life. Faced with the fait accompli, Elminster has nothing to say. He can only apologize and accept the midnight call to go The heart of the spell, repairing his broken soul and body.

"Since the fall of Mystra, the relationship between El and the Seven Northern Sisters has become far less close to Mystra."

Eilistraee next to her said that the "Mystra" in front of the Masked Miko refers to the second-generation magic goddess, the "slut" who has had physical relations with countless mortals, and the "Mystra" in the back Refers to the third-generation magic goddess, the one who teamed up with Cyric and Kelanvor to go on adventures at Midnight.

"I completed Midnight's request. This might have been the best way for us to get closer to the Magic Network, but... we have our own purposes." Aaron patted Eilistraee's shoulder to signal that someone was coming.

The phantom of Raphael, the son of Mephistopheles, the Archduke of the Eighth Hell, quickly approached: "Hey! Lord of Reincarnation! Don't forget the promise you owe me!"

"Of course I remember." Aaron nodded.

Crown of Karthus.

Aaron took advantage of Zariel's attack on Cania and obtained this item from the secret hiding place of the Lord of the Eighth Hell with the help of clues provided by Mephistopheles' eldest son Raphael. treasure.

Composed of three gems, this artifact contains the wisdom and magic of the last great arcanist.

"Very good, I will support you in becoming the Grand Duke of Avernus." Aaron shook hands with Raphael with satisfaction.

Aaron and Raphael reached a deal, a deal between a god and a great devil. Aaron promised to find a way to support Raphael in becoming a devil archduke, while Raphael helped Aaron investigate the whereabouts of the crown of Karsus.

The big devil completed his mission. Naturally, Aaron did not hesitate to give his gifts. In addition to promising to support Raphael's empty check, Aaron also gave three tribulation magics to Raphael.

The big devil left with satisfaction, leaving Aaron and Eilistraee standing there, as well as Zariel, who arrived from a distance with a standard princess hugging Eleanor: "Is everything done?"

Aaron played with the Crown of Karthus for a while: "Well... maybe we all made a mistake."

"Um?"

"The purpose of Karsus in making this crown is not to complete his plan to replace the goddess of magic, but to leave a backup after he fails!"

"Hiss!" Eilistraee gasped: "Didn't Karsus fall? His stone statue of the transient god is still left in the High Forest!"

"The true god is the one who perfectly combines the fragments of priesthood, divinity and godhead. From this perspective, Karsus is just a decree. He has indeed fallen because he was fixed by His Majesty AO. He can neither respond to any He cannot use any ability for external affairs." Aaron said with a cold face, "But he may have anticipated this outcome in advance."

"Then what?" Eleanor asked curiously.

"The Crown of Karthus seems to be a high-level artifact, which contains the great arcanist's lifelong learning and arcane power, but in fact it is a prop to collect divine power for the resurrection of Karthus. It will try to make every owner Do things for him, teach him arcane knowledge accurately, and collect and devour enough magic network power bit by bit. When enough magic power is stored, our instant god will try to possess the most powerful person. The owner becomes a demigod."

However, it is difficult to say whether it was Karsus or the owner who achieved the success, because Karsus' soul is fixed. He prepared this thing in advance just as a backup for the great arcanist. He did not expect that it would cause trouble. God.

Will AO's fixation be broken by a high-level artifact?

Aaron thought it was unlikely. Karsus had underestimated the consequences.

Eleanor instantly understood that the resurrected Grand Arcanist would be quite powerful, and even if he was not a true god, he would still be extremely difficult to deal with.

The strength of the Grand Arcanists has never been their hard power, but their strength in their endless magic and endless various great inventions.

"If I were Raphael, I would definitely turn around and run away after getting this thing." Zarrell said, and the Seraph Angel couldn't help but be curious: "What are you going to do with it?"

"Perhaps the best choice is for us to give this thing to Midnight, but..." Aaron frowned: "Perhaps, by borrowing my power of reincarnation, this thing can be used for another purpose."

The power contained in the Crown of Karthus cannot even be destroyed by Aaron. Draconion is a special attack on divine power. The Crown of Karthus is a great arcanist artifact. Without powerful divine power, Aaron really can't do anything about this thing.

But, someone can.

The Lord of Mankind, the Emperor, sits on the golden throne.

The crown's knowledge and magic might allow the Emperor to seal the webway gap beneath his palace once and for all.

Moreover, the Lord of Mankind happened to be in a similar state to Karsus.

Karsus is the half-dead god of the moment, and the Emperor is the dark king who is about to ascend.

Karsus has the pinnacle magic power far beyond the limits of mortals and is one of the greatest archmages.

The Emperor has the pinnacle psychic power far beyond the limits of mortals and is the strongest psychic of mankind.

If it is given to the Emperor, perhaps the Lord of Mankind has a good chance to get rid of the Golden Throne... Aaron's palm has ignited a golden flame.

He can also repay the Emperor's cultivation.

Although this is likely to offend Midnight, since the problems of Shar and Sulun need to be solved, the Goddess of Magic can't consider so much.

"You all go back and prepare." Aaron suddenly said to Eilistraee and others: "I'll go deal with other things, and then we'll go to the Temple of Time."

"There, we will put together the last two pieces of the puzzle of the Heavenly God System."

"The Sun and...Eternal Night!"