Soul of Burning Steel

"Crackling, crackling."

A dim flame burns above the earth.

A huge Flame Lizard crawled on the ground that had long been turned into charcoal. Wherever it passed, the flames along the way were absorbed by it, and the scorching temperature dropped rapidly.

This flame lizard is more than 20 meters long, even an ordinary giant dragon is no more than that, but this giant beast that should be burning with raging flames is different from its own kind in the fire element world or living in the volcano. The whole body is extremely dim, covered with a black charcoal-like carapace, covered with cracks, and dark red light occasionally emerges from the cracks, as if there is lava flowing slowly under it.

If a normal flame lizard is a 'burning flame', then this flame lizard is a 'remnant ash that has long been extinguished'.

Just like this world.

The blood-red sky is shrouded in black dust clouds, and lava lakes are dotted all over the land, bringing the last light to this dark world. On this cracked end-of-the-world land, there is a gigantic monument made of skeletons. It is a ferocious fortress made of black iron, and countless terrifying monsters with wings and covered in black carapaces hover above it, surrounded by red lava rivers.

The sixth floor of the abyss, the molten sea and fire prison, [Valley of Tears Fortress].

"Boom, boom, boom!"

In the deepest part of the fortress, there is a group of tall and sturdy puppets carrying a cage, walking silently in the dark passage, but the heavy footsteps still shake the corridor made of black iron. These puppets are cast from bones and lava, flowing The flames drive the remains of the strong after death, making them more powerful than those in front of them.

The prestige of [Melting Prison Demon Guard] spread throughout the first seven hundred layers of the abyss. These evil creations made of bones from powerful people from all walks of life are far more loyal and powerful than the chaotic demons. They generally have the power of a big demon. Some are even comparable to lesser demon lords.

But no matter how powerful the Prison Demon Guards are, all existences know that the one who is more powerful is their master.

"Bang!"

The silent demon guard stepped into a hall in the deepest part of the fortress. Here, the ground made of black iron was glowing with a dim red light that was close to melting. Black high-heat steam was ejected from the cracks in the ground, releasing enough Amidst the blood-destroying high-heat poisonous smoke, the demon guards placed the cages on the ground, and the metal collided with metal, making teeth-stinging friction sounds.

Kneeling down on one knee respectfully facing the center of the hall covered in smoke, then stood up and left. The Prison Demon Guards left the hall, and as they left, the layers of inscriptions on the huge cage were also rapidly unlocked.

With a soft 'click', the cage opened, and a two-horned, one-eyed demon with a height of five meters rolled out of it in embarrassment, kneeling on the ground.

This demon has a body similar to that of a human, but has bat-like wings and thick limbs. It is covered with a hard black carapace, and a strange light is shining in the purple one-eye, but now, what is shining in this purple one-eye is not Conspiracies and tricks that calculate people's hearts, but the purest 'fear'.

The extreme level demon, [Heart Devourer Laldan As] struggled to get up, it knelt respectfully, and threw itself to the ground in the center of the hall covered in darkness and smoke. In the cage of the curse, he is unwilling to meet the eyes of the person in front of him.

"Laldan As."

The dark hall gradually became brighter with a deep voice coming from far away. The clanging and strong tone seemed to make the whole fortress tremble slightly, and an extremely powerful will swept across. Suddenly, smoke, dust and steam Swept away, all the demons with a radius of thousands of kilometers felt a palpitation, fear overwhelmed their chaotic instincts, and made these monsters all bow their heads and remain motionless.

The black iron floor that was close to melting completely turned into boiling molten iron, and golden-red light shone in the hall, and the next moment, a huge burning eye that seemed to be made of lava rose slowly from the molten iron, thousands of The extremely high temperature not only failed to damage it, but instead became the power of the eye. The ferocious aura spread around it, and the coercion that made everything darken descended.

But the great demon faced the coercive master directly, Laldan As's one eye was closed tightly, and it didn't dare to look directly at the existence in front of it, even if the eye was only a part of its clone.

"Your mission has failed."

The burning one-eye did not stare at the trembling and worshiping great demon. Its gaze seemed to penetrate the void, looking at the existence at the far end of the world, and the voice seemed to come from the bottomless abyss, echoing in the hall with layers of echoes: " Your clone failed to land on the Mycroft Continent, and I lost the chance to discover that world."

"My king..."

Hearing the other party's narration without any emotion, Laldan As's body trembled violently—the devil should have no fear, and is full of killing and destruction, but the heart eater is different, they have wisdom far beyond ordinary demons, Naturally, there is also the fear caused by wisdom. It panicked to explain, but there was another figure in its mind.

It was the figure of a black-haired warrior, his whole body was surrounded by red fighting spirit flames, and the mournful wailing condensed by countless echoes came from the black soul abyss. It was the human who destroyed its ritual and killed its clone. , causing its task to fail.

And the burning one-eyed didn't intend to give Lal Danas a chance to explain, it stared at the void, its eyes penetrated the fortress made of black iron and bones, penetrated the black poisonous smoke cloud, penetrated the blood-red sky and the The broken sun and moon, the lord of the Valley of Tears Fortress, the king of the molten sea and hell, and the gluttonous demon king Goliath stared at the void with his clone, staring at the world that it has been paying attention to for thousands of years.

"Mycroft's world has returned to order, and the breath of death and destruction has receded. This world has been in silence for more than a thousand years, but now it can find the flame and restore its vitality."

A deep and loud voice muttered to himself: "Your failure, and the blindness of your admirers, caused me to lose most of my eyeliner. I can't even observe, and I can't know how those human beings made their world natural. Reborn from eternal death."

"It was originally estimated that I only need to wait another twenty years before I can break through the barriers of the dying world and use war and death to integrate this world into our abyss, but it is no longer possible, the healthy world is suppressing us This group of ashes without fire will take longer to prepare."

"My king!"

Hearing this, Laldan Asi immediately understood the purpose of being imprisoned and sent here. It struggled like a drowning man grabbing the last straw and shouted: "I am willing to make up for my mistakes. , I am willing to go to the world of Mycroft to find out the situation!"

"The group of people who claim to be our allies have already betrayed. Not only did they not provide information, but they also tried their best to destroy our power. But I still have some believers lurking in the deep mountains of Xishan, and I still have the last clone that has not been used. !"

With fear in his heart, this big demon who takes pleasure in deceiving people and devouring despair is frantically squeezing every bit of use from his body at this time, but the Burning Eye moved slightly when he heard the words, and it interrupted Lal Danas' words : "It's normal for those people to betray us. Their world starts to burn again, so naturally they don't need us anymore."

"I will definitely make them pay the most painful generation..." "No."

The demon king's avatar interrupted the great demon's words again. Its voice contained a wonderful emotion, which seemed to be curiosity, greed, and an emotion that would never appear on a demon.

That's the smell of hope.

"Laldan As, the leader of the Mind Eater, one of the smartest demons." It used a tone of suppressed joy and jealousy, desire and greed, and ordered it to its subordinates that it must not be violated. The command.

"I want you to 'personally' go to the world of Mycroft and find out the truth about their restoration of the 'flame'."

Finally, the great demon, who felt that the killing intent that had been hanging over his head disappeared, responded with the most decisive and resolute attitude.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

...

A long time has passed.

Branded and unable to betray, the one-eyed great demon has already left the fortress, and went to its lair to prepare for the ceremony of going to another world.

In the deepest part of the Tears Valley Fortress, the melted molten iron has gradually solidified, returning to its appearance like a red-hot iron block.

A black flame was burning in the center of the hall, and the burning eyes gradually disintegrated after being silent for a long time, and an incomparably complicated 'engraved rune' was spinning on the place where it originally stood, and the powerful aura came from the rune of the devil Spread out from above, covering the entire fortress.

The flame will go out one day.

The ashes will lose their residual heat one day.

But, even so, even the ashes bred in the long-dead world are eager for the day when they can burn.

At the same time, the Mycroft Continent, the Ural Plain in the North.

In the middle of the sky, the man standing on top of the black dragon raised his head and looked up at the sky thoughtfully. The extremely bright golden sun released heat that made people warm even in the sub-zero cold, but his gaze did not Unaffected by this dazzling light, look directly at the void at the end of the world.

Looking around was fruitless, the man who found nothing shook his head, then looked down at the ground again under the puzzled eyes of the Shenji siblings behind him.

At his feet, there is an 'ocean' shining with silver light. The silver mist hangs over the lake, reflecting the sun's rays. The light of the Lingling wave changes endlessly with the change of the mist, as if it is difficult to predict and measure thinking. And at the edge of the ocean, there are more than a dozen teams scattered and organized, ready to go.

The Goddess of the Mother Earth, the Misty God of [River God Xinur] is not an evil god. He will not be too harsh even in trials. If he fails, he can save himself. It is good as a trial target. but.

Thinking of this, on top of the dragon's head, the warrior gave the order neatly.

"start!"

The voice full of majesty was transmitted throughout the plain, countless wandering demonized beasts and monsters retracted their heads, and ran towards their lair in fear, while under him, all the teams that had already prepared Stepping forward at the same time, they walked towards the sea of ​​silver mist that covered a radius of several thousand meters.

Thus, the trial began.

The setting of my book is not dnd, the settings of demons and gods are different.