Sigil City is also known as the "City of Ten Thousand Gates" and the "Cage City".
It is located in a place called "Outer Domain", which is closely connected to all other outer planes and is an infinitely vast disk-shaped space.
In the center of this plane stands a cylindrical mountain peak with no idea how high it is, which is called the "Infinite Peak", and the top of the peak is the famous Sigil City.
The biggest feature here is that the closer you are to the central "Wuji Peak", the more powerful the magic and divine power will be interfered with, hindered or even completely banned.
Especially within a radius of 160 kilometers, all divine power and magic will be completely ineffective due to the intervention of plane forces.
In other words, within this area, even if a powerful divine power comes in person, all the divine power will be removed and become the same as ordinary people, and the legendary casters can only pick up the guy and fight hand-to-hand.
And beyond this core area, every 160 kilometers extended outward, the restrictions on magic and divine power will be slightly weakened.
At a radius of 320 kilometers, the powerful divine power can restore part of the strength, and the caster can barely cast a spell, although there will still be a very high probability of failure due to obstacles.
Due to its extreme rejection of divine power, Outland is really not a good place for the gods.
Because once they arrive here, they will be exposed to huge danger.
It is even possible to be killed by demons, devils, yugoloths and even mortals.
Likewise, spellcasters don't like Outland very much.
Because they are simply unable to exert their original strength, and instead are reduced to rolling up their sleeves and fighting hand-to-hand like the most despised warriors.
But fortunately, due to unknown reasons, perhaps because of the existence of the Lady of Pain, or perhaps because it has too many portals connecting to other planes, all magic can be used normally here.
But once they leave the city walls of Sigil, the high-level spellcasters will lose the powerful power they are proud of.
Many savvy assassins, warriors, monks, and rangers will cleverly use this to deal with enemy spellcasters.
Smart spellcasters will also try to avoid getting close to the edge of the city wall to avoid being plotted by enemies with ulterior motives.
But unlike magic, gods, no matter they are incarnations, saints or true beings, are still strictly prohibited from approaching.
Otherwise, those unlucky people in the history of Sigil whose bodies were cut into pieces and thrown into the star realm by the Lady of Pain in front of everyone are the best examples.
This powerful being who has existed since the birth of Sigil and protected it from the influence of gods has never conducted any form of communication, negotiation, warning or any other understandable action language.
She is like a machine that obeys certain rules of action, ruthlessly destroying all targets that attract her "attention".
Whether the target is a mortal or a god, there is no essential difference to the Lady of Pain.
In addition, the number of lucky people who have escaped from her so far can be counted on both hands.
Vecna, the hidden god of the Greyhawk world, is one of them.
As the "Queen of the Underworld" who controls the underground world and the vast intelligence network of Sigil, the high-level yugoloth demon Shemishaka undoubtedly knows very well that one of the rules that must be followed in order to live here is to never cause pain.
Ladies' attention.
Otherwise, regardless of whether you are the chosen one of a powerful god or even a god above the gods, or a messenger representing Asmodeus, the Lord of Baator Hell, and the supreme will of the Abyss, you will inevitably die in the end.
Maybe even the soul will be shattered by the lady's sharp blade and disappear from this universe forever.
This is why, only in Sigil can you see demons and devils who should be fighting to death sitting together drinking and chatting, and celestial beings making various deals with their most hated yugoloths.p>
It's not that they don't want to strangle their enemies immediately, but they are simply afraid of Lady Pain's unexplainable and unrivaled terrifying power.
At this moment, Shemishaka was standing in front of a mirror, admiring her appearance that was far superior to her peers.
It is completely different from the ordinary yugoloth demon whose head looks a bit like a dirty jackal. Her head looks closer to a beautiful and charming fox. Her spotless golden hair is soft and neat, with thin white stripes from
The end of the sharp long mouth extends to the corner of the mouth.
Her body completely takes on the appearance of a sexy human woman, always wearing a tight-fitting robe with a tube top on the upper body and a long skirt on the lower half, perfectly showing off her curvy figure.
However, the hands and feet are still in the shape between fingers and claws.
And this guy, like Zuo Si, has colorful rings on his fingers.
To be precise, it is even more exaggerated.
Because Zuo Si only wore one on each finger, Keshemisaka often wore one on each finger, and occasionally two or three on one finger, which looked full of jewels.
A wretched-looking tiefling is holding a mirror with both hands, putting on a humble and flattering look, and inviting favors from his mistress.
There is also a group of tiefling followers nearby who are eager to rush forward and kneel down to lick the mistress's toes in place of this favored guy.
Because Shemisaka is to a certain extent the "Underground Queen" of Sigil, the most powerful ruler second only to the Lady of Pain.
Whether it is the fifteen major factions or the various industries that maintain the functioning of society, her shadow can be vaguely seen behind them.
There are even rumors that a quarter of the gold coins circulating in the city ended up in the pocket of this cunning, cunning and extremely fickle high-level yugoloth demon.
As for what the truth is, no one knows.
After all, Shemishaka never trusts anyone, let alone allows anyone to pry into her important privacy.
Even these loyal followers who are selected can usually only work for about six months.
Among them, those who perform well will be put in charge of the "business" of a certain area, while those who perform poorly will be brutally eliminated and die.
With his superb trading skills and his understanding of the extremely complex and interlocking factional struggles within Sigil, Shemisaka has truly become a unique and powerful force relying on intelligence.
Regardless of whether those factions like her or not, they must rely on the information she provides to maintain a delicate balance with other factions.
This thrill and excitement of dancing on the blade gave this female yugoloth an addictive feeling that cannot be described in words.
After all, each of the fifteen major factions in Sigil has the power to kill them.
But now she is still alive and well, and the wealth, resources and power she controls are constantly expanding.
Therefore, Shemishaka has reason to believe that he has become a deep-seated operating law of this city and has become an indispensable part of the structure.
Thinking of this, the corners of her fox-like mouth slightly raised with a proud smile. She stared at her own reflection in the mirror and asked: "Kurkuk, Panta, the president of the Doomsday Guard Order, has sent me the money he owes me.
Is it done?
Last time, he promised that as long as he could get the latest patrol route of the Harmony Society, he would be willing to pay 1,500 soul prisms or gold coins of equivalent value.
This is a big deal.
I also hope to use this money to purchase some alchemical potions that can make people feel ecstatic from the devils in the ninth level of hell, and sell them in various taverns, casinos and special service venues in Sigil City.
You have no idea how popular these addictive things are these days.
Many people can never leave them once they have used them, and are even willing to sell everything for them, even their own souls."
The tiefling, holding the mirror, quickly responded: "The money has already been received, madam.
However, President Panta played a little trick and deliberately paid only half of the soul prism and the other half in gold coins.
In a deal with the devil on the ninth floor of hell, the purchasing power of the soul prism is 20% higher than that of gold coins.
So we made almost 10% less profit on this transaction.
In addition, I also heard that due to the influence of the super giant city on the ninth level of hell, the value of the soul prism of the entire Sigil City has increased a lot.
Many businessmen are exchanging the precious metal currencies on hand into soul prisms to hoard them for trade with the devil.
This way you can get the most in-demand goods before other competitors.
I think maybe this is an opportunity to make a profit.
You can use the intelligence network to spread the word that the devils are preparing to purchase soul prisms on a large scale at a high price, and then sell all the soul prisms on hand when the price reaches its peak.
You can definitely make a lot of money this way.
Afterwards, take the initiative to expose this rumor and let the price of Soul Prism drop, and then use the profits to buy it at a low price.
Finally, he took the soul prism to make a deal with the devil in exchange for the best-selling potions in Sigil City to seize the market and drive out other competitors as much as possible.
Once you completely monopolize the entire industry, you can set the price at will, increasing the original price of the medicine tenfold.
No matter how expensive it is, those addicted guys will do anything to get money to spend, whether it's robbing, cheating, stealing, or killing.
What's more, you can also use this to control them, make them obey your will, and die for your great plan."
As these words blurted out, the tiefling's face, full of insidiousness, cunning and viciousness, slowly emerged from the side of the mirror, forming a commanding image with the yugoloth's pale yellow beast-like eyes.
A creepy scene.
From the conversation between the two, it is easy to see that Sigil is definitely an extremely dangerous place that eats people without spitting out their bones.
Here you can clearly feel the conflict between order and chaos, and hear various understandings and explanations of the truth and nature of the universe, as well as all kinds of strange philosophical views, and even speculations about the origins of Sigil itself and the Lady of Pain.To be continued...