Fire elemental plane, city of brass.
This is the birthplace of the efreeti, as well as their hometown and capital, as well as the seat of spirit and belief.
No matter where the efreets are, whether they have established their own colonies or even countries in certain planes and material worlds, they will still be loyal to the Sultan in the burning palace in the center of the city.
Because in their eyes, the Sultan is not only a secular monarch and supreme ruler, but also the supreme god of the entire race.
No one knows when the efreet sultan was born, and no one knows whether he personally created the strength and prosperity of the entire efreet clan today.
The only thing he knows is that within the scope of the City of Brass, he has the power to easily change all physical and magical rules.
Even "divine-like powers" like the Fire Elemental Prince can be easily suppressed, sealed, and killed by it.
In fact, the City of Brass is built on a brass hemisphere with a diameter of about 65 kilometers.
The curved side faces downwards, and all buildings and streets are built on the plane above.
The most important thing is that it is not located in the endless sea of ​​fire and magma on the ground, but floating.
Although the height is very close to the ground, as long as the efreets are willing, they can raise it to hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters at any time.
Yes!
The City of Brass is a typical floating city. It is located directly above a cracked obsidian slab in the center of the fire elemental plane. A river of flames slowly passes through the tightly guarded city gate. Behind the gate is a burning basalt staircase hundreds of meters high.
Direct access to the city.
Unless you have the ability to fly, you can only accept strict interrogation by the efreeti guards.
But no visitor with any sense would choose to fly directly over the city wall.
That means that if you are caught, you will encounter all kinds of difficulties from the patrol team, and you may even receive a huge fine that can bankrupt a high-level mage.
In addition, the City of Brass is one of the few places in the entire Fire Elemental Plane suitable for ordinary people to live.
The harsh environment of the fire elemental plane, where high temperatures, flames, and magma are everywhere, was forcibly suppressed here by the unimaginable power of the elf sultan.
Many mortals who want to explore the fire elemental plane or look for something will choose to come here as their first stop. Therefore, the City of Brass is very well-known, and everyone with a little knowledge of planes knows it.<
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In this city, you can see portals connecting to Baator Hell everywhere, as well as devils who come to conduct diplomatic activities, perform tasks and give gifts.
Since they are both evil and lawful camps, efreets and devils have very similar values ​​and have always been potential allies.
In addition, the efreet has the ability to teleport across planes on a large scale, and the devils just need this ability to help them deliver spies or troops. It can be said that the two sides hit it off.
It is said that every devil duke is secretly trying to win over the efreeti ruling class, and to this end, he will not hesitate to package the wealth and magic items plundered from the material world and send them as gifts to the Sultan.
In particular, the treasure house in the palace is said to contain enough wealth to buy a hundred material worlds.
Including Tiamat, many dragon gods dream of coming here one day to grab one.
Some of the most powerful artifacts even make the gods fear them.
After all, in the City of Brass, there is not only a powerful efreet like Sultan.
At the same time, there are six servants of the supreme sultan - pashas, ​​who are comparable to demigods or even weak gods, and are directly subordinate to the supreme sultan, as well as a large number of high-level nobles with quasi-divine powers and ordinary nobles who have reached the legendary level.
Even the most ordinary efreet civilians can easily crush a five-person adventure team with an average level between LV6 and LV7.
Therefore, even though the City of Brass does not cover a large area, and the number of resident fire djinn armies is not as endless as that of demons and demons, no one or force dares to cause trouble here.
On the streets, even evil, insidious, and cunning legendary creatures like the Pit Fiends had "affable" smiles on their faces, chatting with the obviously taller and stronger efreeti nobles, and discussing some unknown matters.
Cooperation project.
No one noticed that in a mansion next to the central palace, one of the six pashas, ​​whose status was second only to the sultan, was sitting on a chair studded with gems, staring with interest at the person standing in front of him.
The mortal mage took a full minute before he asked: "So you admit that you have failed? You must know that this is not a trivial matter! Whether it is the contract scroll that seals the prince of the fire element-Rizeril,
Those statues infused with heroic spirits are all the property of the great Sultan."
"You can't blame me!
There is something wrong with the intelligence!
Soth is not just the chosen one of the two goddesses.
There seems to be a bigger secret hidden in his body.
I saw with my own eyes that the Fire Elemental Prince Rizelil was hit by a ball of light flying out from his chest.
Then it quickly collapsed and died in just a few seconds, as if all the energy had been sucked dry.
Moreover, Soth also used some unknown method to release thousands of large-scale frost spells in one go, destroying a fire elemental army in less than three minutes.
In addition, that terrifying artifact has actually been fully charged.
I seriously suspect that there was something wrong with the last divination result using the wish-making technique."
Irenekas, who showed an old face, gritted his teeth and defended himself.
He swore that if he could have known in advance that Zuo Si was growing so fast and had so many cards, he would never have taken action as soon as he returned.
"Oh? Killed the Fire Elemental Prince Rizeril with just one blow? Are you sure?" The efreet's eyes flashed with a strange light.
Irenekas responded without thinking: "I'm very sure! It's a power I've never seen before. It's not a spell. Because neither the magic network nor the original magic energy shows any signs of fluctuation. Compared with
It would be more appropriate to say that Prince of Fire Elemental Rezelil was killed, it would be more accurate to say that he was eaten."
"Super energy-absorbing? This ability sounds interesting.
Since you brought back some useful information, I will not hold you responsible for your failure this time.
But...
The debt for losing the heroic spirit statue and the contract scroll still needs to be repaid.
Now, you owe the great Sultan an artifact and something of equal value to the above two items.
As for the five lost magic bottles that sealed the criminals, let’s forget about it for now.”
The fire giant put on a very generous look.
But anyone with a brain knows that being in debt to these evil creatures is nothing worse than signing a contract to sell your soul to the devil.
Because interest is always charged on the fire giant's debt.
And this kind of interest is often a horrific loan shark with compound interest rates.
Once a debt is owed, it is impossible to repay it even with the legendary mage's earning power.
Of course, Irenekas had no intention of repaying it from the beginning, so instead of showing any nervousness, he proactively proposed: "Can you lend me some more powerful magic items or artifacts? I plan to
Return to Faerûn to investigate all information about Soth, and then wait for opportunities to find his enemies for cooperation."
Hearing these words, the fire giant suddenly couldn't help but show a mocking smile, pointed at his nose and asked: "Mortal! Do you think I am a fool?
Or do you think I don’t know what’s going on in your mind at the moment?
Joan Irenicus, please remember that no one can owe a debt to the Sultan without paying it back.
Whether you become a so-called god or die accidentally, I have a way for you to repay this debt with interest.
The only difference is how painful the process is."
"..."
Irenekas lowered his head in silence and did not make any response.
He obviously knew very well that with his current strength, he simply could not fight against the powerful fire giant Pasha in front of him.
Especially in the City of Brass, the other party can kill you with just a flick of a finger.
After the two sides were in a stalemate like this for about two or three minutes, the efreeti waved to indicate that the other party could leave.
After receiving permission, Irenekas didn't even stay for a second, and immediately activated the interdimensional teleportation spell and disappeared.
As soon as he walked away, a tall and strong Hell Fiend walked out through the wall, grinned and asked meaningfully: "How, do you now know how special this guy named Soth is?
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The fire djinn smiled and nodded: "Ah! I understand. I am very grateful to the great Lord of the Nine Hells, Asmodeus, for sending me the valuable information. But I still have a little question, why are you willing to pay?
Such an astonishing price, just to lure him to any level in Baator Hell?"
"Because according to the judgment of the Lord of Nine Hells, Soth's soul has indescribable qualities. Once it becomes one of us, it will inevitably cause a shock to the entire plane, and even add an entire layer out of thin air, directly making the ninth layer
To be continued...