The Journey of the Rainbow Dragon

This is hell, a place where pity is lost and resentment thrives.

This is the devil's home.

This is a plane that uses the rules of order to interpret the nature of evil——Platinum Dragon God Bahamut

————————————

Baator's Nine Hells

It is sometimes referred to simply as Baator or the Nine Hells.

This eternally war-torn plane best feeds the imagination of travelers, the greed of treasure hunters, and the wrath of paladins.

This is the ultimate plane of order and evil.

Premeditation, cunning, cruelty, contract.

The Nine Hells are distinguished by their sheer and varied vileness relative to the other lower realms.

The devils who live here are more treacherous, more cunning, and more dangerous than the Abyss.

The demons of the abyss are addicted to coveted, insane, and evil powers.

In order to obtain powerful power, the abyss demons are even willing to abandon their own ethnic group and contact foreign gods!

But the devils in hell are completely different from them.

Regarding the abyss demons, the devils always sneer at them and call them: "brainless fools".

They are always planning attacks with an agenda, and carefully gestating the next plot for necessary revenge.

If necessary, a devil can even devote himself to a family on the physical plane for hundreds of years!

They will then wait for the contract to end, and then take advantage of the previously hidden terms to pocket all the treasures and souls.

Baator is made up of nine levels, each lower than the next, like a bulge down into the deeper pits.

Each lower level generally gives the traveler a better view (although almost no traveler can play freely here).

All levels fit together like a puzzle, and each new descent gives the traveler a deeper understanding of how the puzzle pieces fit together.

Notice! This is actually an evil temptation.

The Nine Hells are home to various low-level, high-level, and noble demons, as well as some evil true gods (such as the kobold god Kurtumak and the sahuagin god Sekora).

Compared to these terrifying existences, what is even worse in hell is the existence of lords on the ninth floor:

Each lord controls one level of the Nine Hells. Some of their statuses are descendants of pit fiends, and some are demigods.

Of course, all lords must ultimately obey the orders of Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells.

He rules the lowest level of the nine hells, Nasus, and is the absolute master of the entire hell.

at this time

The first level of the nine hells

A black river flows quietly on the red land.

There were no ripples or any life on the calm black river, just like a solid piece of coffee jelly.

This is the famous River Styx in the star realm.

The River Styx flows through Avernus, the top of the Nine Hells, just as it flows through the top of all the lower realms.

Each level of the Nine Hells has tributaries and waterfalls from the River Styx.

It is the messenger of death and the destination of life.

And some powerful divine beings can use its existence to travel to all heavens and worlds.

[Avernas] is the name of the first level of the Nine Hells.

It's a charred, rubble-strewn wasteland, with mountains and side-sloping hills breaking up the monotony of the landscape.

The armored demon legion always guards here, always gathering for cross-dimensional bloody battles.

The air was filled with blood-red light, and ownerless fireballs were flying in the air, producing terrifying explosions from time to time.

What is even more terrifying is the central land of Avernus.

It was a gathering place of blood-red rivers that crisscrossed and crisscrossed like human blood vessels.

A stream full of blood flowed through Avernus, and finally merged into the River Styx and disappeared.

No one knows where the blood came from, although demons claim it could be the blood of all of Avernus' previous victims.

sea ​​of ​​blood

This originally peaceful place seems destined to be restless.

The rough waves push the blood forward.

These waves bring with them a powerful force that seems to indicate the gathering of an unfathomable force.

"Wow——"

The surface of the blood sea was torn apart by huge ripples

A terrifying dragon claw that covered the sky suddenly stretched out from the sea of ​​​​blood, and then pressed heavily into the scorched earth next to it.

As the black shadow in the center of the sea grew larger and larger, a huge creature slowly emerged from the bottom of the sea.

"Pfft!"

With a huge roar, countless corpses emerged from the bottom of the water, as if they were thrown by invisible hands.

At that moment, an earth-shattering sound came from the sea, as if something was gradually waking up from the depths.

"boom!"

The sea surface suddenly split open!

A huge dragon with a strong body, five dragon heads and a wyvern-like tail burst out from the sea of ​​blood.

The top of her head is covered with sharp-edged dragon scale armor, and her body is huge and mighty. Every limb interprets the power and beauty of a true dragon.

"Roar--"

Tiamat let out a deafening roar, announcing the return of the de facto mistress of Avernus.

After roaring, the five-color dragon mother finally relieved some of her depression.

She slowly lowered her head and extended her paws.

A piece of sparkling, colorful dragon scales that reflected iridescent light in the sun lay in the claws of the five-color dragon mother.

Compared with her huge body, this scale is as small as a speck of dust.

But the five-color dragon mother's scorching eyes never left this scale.

"Iridescent Dragon Ron"

She muttered something.

next second

The five-color dragon mother spread her dragon wings, and the huge dragon shadow disappeared into hell instantly.

According to this, thousands of kilometers away

In a huge bronze fortress.

"Sir, that dragon is back again. The five-color dragon army on the border is starting to move, and Mothra asked us for reinforcements."

A hellish demon that had just evolved was kneeling on the ground, reporting the results of its investigation to Archduke Bayer, the nominal controller of Avernus who hung on the throne.

While the report was being made, the hell-refined demon quietly raised his head, trying to observe the master who had been controlling him.

As a newly promoted high-level devil, no hell demon is willing to succumb to others forever.

It now longs for its own slaves and throne.

However

No matter how it opens its eyes

There was only a shadow on the blood-red throne, and Bayer's figure could not be seen at all.

All it can see is a pair of blood-red pupils.

"I understand, go down."

Bayer's voice was hoarse and breathtaking.

It didn't seem to notice the dissatisfaction of its subordinates, and just nodded to signal the other party to retreat.

After the hell refining demon walks out of the bronze fortress.

Sudden

"Looks like it's cleanup time for the little ones."

A sudden female voice came from behind Bayer's throne.

Accompanied by the "click-click" sound of high-heeled boots stepping on the molten stone ground.

A woman with the appearance of a human woman, holding a war spear, wearing a pure white dress, and a pair of white wings on her back slowly walked out from behind the throne.

The elegant posture and pure white dress remind people of the beautiful scene in heaven.

Her long hair was spread over her shoulders, twinkling like stars in the dark night.

The beautiful face has perfect lines and skin, as if it had been carved by the hands of the highest artist.

And on that perfect face, there is a pair of deep blue eyes, shining with wisdom and mystery, as if they can see through people's hearts.

Her nose is straight, her lips are slightly upturned, and her chiseled face makes people irresistibly want to get closer to her.

The angelic warrior walked up to Bair and stared at him with her beautiful face.

"He has already started colluding with the warrior commanders on the front line, and even my own people."

Grand Duke Bayer, who was hidden in the shadows, sighed helplessly when faced with the inquiry from the lust demon in front of him.

His tone seemed a little sad:

"I've been using this kid for hundreds of years, and I really can't bear to part with it."

"What about tomorrow?"

Bayer shook his head:

"Let's do it today. Remember to be sharp and find out the next director of investigation."

The female sex demon nodded with a smile:

"Okay, my duplicitous lord."

Then, she twisted her seductive body and slowly walked outside the castle.

Just as he was about to open the door and leave, the demon suddenly stopped.

She turned around and looked at the throne:

"That female dragon has become more and more reckless recently. She is no longer satisfied with the territory of the Pillar of Skulls and has begun to lead an army of five-color dragons to invade my territory."

As she spoke, she licked her scarlet lips, and an extremely fiery fighting spirit appeared in her eyes:

"Should we move forward with that plan?"

Faced with this battle-crazy demon who is always thinking about starting a war.

Bayer rubbed his forehead with a headache:

"Gabriel, stop your unnecessary and boring provocative behavior!"

"Do you think I don't know that you secretly went to Tiamat's territory and killed a red dragon some time ago?"

Hear the words

The demon Gabriel curled his lips and kicked the pillar next to him in dissatisfaction:

"Tch, I obviously did it very covertly. Who knows how that old woman found out that I was the assassin."

Bayer's mouth twitched as he looked at Gabriel, who was acting petty in front of him.

He rushed into someone's territory and walked away swaggeringly carrying an adult red dragon.

You call that concealment? You call that an assassination?

At least you should hide that face that is famous in hell!

Can't you wear a mask?

"So, fight or not!"

Gabriel rolled up his sleeves and looked at Bayer with his hands on his hips, as if if you don't hit her, I'll hit you.

Obviously she was not satisfied with her usual workload as an executioner, and was looking for something to do.

Although lust demons and succubi sound similar, they are fundamentally different.

Desire demons are not only the most beautiful and conspicuous among all the upper and lower demons in hell, they are also the most ferocious and self-disciplined warriors.

They sweep from the sky, quickly dispatching any creature that offends its master or violates Asmodeus's laws.

The demons appear as beautiful humanoid men and women with huge wings.

Most of them also wore unique styles of armor and horned helmets, and carried exquisite swords and bows.

Some individuals even use [Tangle Rope] to trap powerful opponents.

Legend has it that the first lust demons were angels from the upper planes who fell due to temptation or sin.

Erotic demons are often mistaken for celestial beings and gain certain benefits in their quests of conquest and corruption.

Compared to those ancient and powerful lust demons, the succubus clan has much wider hips.

Even the specialized variety of succubus: the fighting succubus, is no match for the combat ability of the succubus, and can only be defeated.

Bayer shook his head:

"It's not that we won't fight, it's that we can't fight now."

"snort!"

Hearing this, Gabriel pouted and turned his head, as if he didn't want to hear you chanting sutras.

Bayer looked at his first general with a headache.

He knew that if he didn't say something core, this subordinate who was more powerful than himself would probably rebel.

"Gabriel."

Bayer's tone gradually became softer and he softly called the other party's name.

"snort!"

However, Miss Desire said that she is very hot right now and does not want to play with you.

Bayer sighed and slowly said:

"Do you remember Asmodeus?"

When the name of the Lord of the Nine Hells was mentioned, Gabriel also put aside his willfulness and said:

"Him? What's wrong? What's going on again?"

"No."

Bayer shook his head:

"It can even be said that in the tens of thousands of years since that battle in hell, Asmodeus has never interfered with the affairs of any lord of hell, nor has he introduced any new regulations."

"Isn't that bad? Without him, you can be free and you won't be grabbed by the back of your head every day."

Miss Desire, whose mind is full of fighting skills, is a little puzzled. Why do these lords like others to control them?

"In normal times, it would be great, and I'm also eager for the life I have now."

Bayer looked at the starry sky with a faint tone. It was hard to tell what he was feeling when he said this.

"But now, look at this chaotic hellhole of Baator."

Bayer stretched out a hand and pointed in the direction of the ninth level of hell outside the Bronze Fortress.

What is surprising is that the hand of the Grand Duke who rules the first level of hell is unexpectedly white and smooth, just like a human hand.

"Ever since the lemure rebellion on the third level seven hundred years ago, the entire hell has been in turmoil. Residents like Tiamat have begun to expand their territory unscrupulously."

"At this time, Asmodeus still hasn't shown up to take charge, which is very abnormal."

"You mean there's something wrong with Asmodeus?"

Miss Desire Demon obviously realized at this time that the Lord of the Nine Hells has been too peaceful in recent years.

Just like.

"Um."

Bayer looked at Gabriel and nodded with satisfaction.

She was extremely smart when she was in heaven, but her enthusiasm for fighting occasionally overwhelmed her rational part, which was one of the reasons why she fell into hell.

When talking about the Lord of Nine Hells, Bayer seemed to be interested.

His eyes were dim as he recalled the war that year:

"In the Battle of the Fairy Wilderness, the gods killed the last rainbow dragon, and the prophecy was destroyed."

"But even I didn't expect that in Baator Hell, there would be a rainbow dragon egg in the hands of the Lord of the Nine Hells who was wise enough to protect himself. This was also the origin of the war in Hell."

Hearing this, Gabriel frowned slightly.

At that time, she was participating in a bloody battle of invasion in the main material plane, and was not in hell, so she missed the grand battle of gods.

She raised her head, looked at Bayer and asked curiously:

"What happened in that battle? Why has Asmodeus suddenly become silent these years?"

Bayer was silent for a long time.

Finally, he shook his head: "I don't know."

"Huh? Weren't you in hell at that time?"

Gabriel stared at Bayer on the throne with suspicious eyes, with the words "I don't believe it" written all over his face.

Bayer hesitated for a moment, but then slowly spoke:

"Back then, there were so many gods who came. The power of countless gods from the Dragon God, Titan, Order, and Evil systems almost filled the whole hell."

"Asmodeus refused to hand over the dragon egg, and therefore had to fight a bloody battle with the gods."

Speaking of this, a look of fear suddenly appeared in Bayer's eyes.

That divine war nearly destroyed the Nine Hells, and the scene of Asmodeus fighting the gods in a bloody battle also left an indelible impression in his mind.

That was the bloom of absolute power, and it was the back figure that they, the hell lords, could never look up to.

From that moment on, Bayer understood.

Even if all the hell lords from levels 1 to 8 of the Nine Hells were added together, they would definitely not be a match for the Lord of Hell!

After a long silence, he continued:

"The battle was fought very quickly because no god wanted to get involved. No matter how powerful Asmodeus was, he could not withstand the siege of dozens of great gods and hundreds of gods with medium powers."

"I"

Speaking of this, Bayer gritted his teeth and finally told what happened that year:

"Before Asmodeus was about to be defeated"

"In order to prevent accidents, I avoided the main battlefield on the ninth floor and went to the mezzanine plane of hell."

Hearing this, Gabriel suddenly looked at Bayer with some contempt:

"So, you ran away at the last moment?"

Bayer's face turned red.

"Ahem. It's not an escape, it's a strategic shift."

Fortunately, shadow magic can prevent the rosy look on his face from being noticed by his men.

"Fine."

Gabriel shrugged.

Bayer calmed down the embarrassment in his heart, and then said seriously:

"Those territories of yours should be used as sacrifices to calm the anger of the Five-Colored Dragon Mother. Before the plan begins, we still need her to be a shield to block those malicious eyes, anyway."

Bayer looked at the starry sky of the Nine Hells with a faint gaze.

It was a blood-red sky, with countless blood-drop-like stars emitting red light intertwined with light and dark, like pairs of blood eyes.

"The price of all transactions has long been determined under the supervision of fate."

————————————

Plane of Karen

Jockey Town

Richard opened the door and walked into the house.

The room looked quite simple. Apart from some basic furniture, there were only a few thick books scattered on the table, covered with a thin layer of dust.

As Ron and his party entered, the small stone house began to become lively.

The blond boy sat on the only stone chair in the house and began to slowly tell his past:

"My father was a bard and part-time doctor."

"I came here with my father."

"When I was seven years old, I suddenly awakened an ability."

Speaking of which.

Richard paused and looked up at everyone:

"That's a... strange ability." (End of this chapter)