The fifth level of the Nine Hells, Stygia.

Completely opposite to Phlegethos on the previous level, this is another lonely country of cold and ice.

Most of this level is immersed in an ocean filled with heavy ice floes and icebergs. The only living water is the rushing River Styx, although icebergs and infernal sharks make navigation extremely dangerous. Violent and frantic lightning continues to tear

The sky, so flying creatures, except those immune to electric shock, are extremely rare here.

Tantlin, known as the Ice City, is the largest city on this level.

Like the other smaller cities, Tantrine was built on ice floes, but it had a port adjacent to the River Styx.

The city is ruled by a relatively rare female pit fiend, and although she rarely ventures outside her fortress, this "hands-off" approach leaves the streets open to different factions who are keen to fight against each other.

Although the streets here are messy, Tantlin is actually used as an interdimensional trading transfer station due to its location on the Styx. It is also one of the busiest Styx port cities in hell.

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And the residents living in Tantlin can never forget the ruler of this level—Prince Levistus.

No one knows what he looks like, as he is frozen deep in the center of an iceberg floating in the middle of the harbor, an iceberg that is ancient even by Baateez standards.

Viewed dimly through the ice from the outside, the prince looks like a large black shadow.

In fact, he also controls the city like a shadow hidden behind the scenes. Although he cannot move, he is fully aware of what is happening on his level, and he can also use telepathy to communicate with other nearby people according to his will.

Devil communicates.

Initially, Asmodeus deprived Levistus of his Grand Duke status because of his past betrayal and imprisoned him in this ice. Ge Yinyong became the new lord, but after the great liquidation

, Ge Yinyong was deposed again.

Asmodeus, who realized that rebellion was inevitable, probably realized that instead of having an active lord always ready to betray him, it would be better to let an immobile Levistus return to the throne.

So he allowed the prince to control Phlegethus through spiritual contact with other demons, but was not prepared to release him.

Levistus tried desperately to break free from the ice all the time, but all his efforts failed. The iceberg seemed to be resistant to any magic, and even wish and miracle spells had no effect.

In order to gain freedom, Levistus ordered the devils to dig out the iceberg bit by bit, but with every inch of ice dug out, the constant blizzards that raged throughout Stygia would solidify the gap even more firmly.

Because of this, Levistus was filled with hatred. He hated all the great devils, and reserved his strongest hostility for Asmodeus, who imprisoned him for life.

The other lords also had no good impressions of Levistus. They knew that once Levistus escaped from prison, he would become their enemy and would most likely betray the Nine Hells to a powerful enemy.

Therefore, the lords were happy to see Levistus remain trapped in the iceberg.

For the same reason, until now, no devil has told the prince that Avernus changed the lord once again and beat up all the lords in front of him, trying to get them to the minimum agreement on the agreement.

Got on the same pirate ship.

On this day, Levistus woke up from a nightmare again:

"No! Bissozeya!"

But when he woke up, what he could see was still a lonely piece of ice and a permanently frozen sea, and she... was no longer there because of his ambition and impulse.

In that dream that he has had millions of times, Levistus, as a swordsman, started a "fair" duel with Asmodeus, and once again almost went crazy in Asmodeus.

With his roar...he killed the woman he also admired and admired in his heart...

After Hell, Bissozeya.

As revenge and punishment, he was imprisoned here forever by Asmodeus... suffering from the cold and loneliness forever.

Time has passed for so long that...he has somewhat forgotten what it feels like to hold a sword...

And just when his consciousness was about to fall into a dark dream again, the sound of heavy footsteps pulled his consciousness back again.

"Zariel?

"What? Does that coward Asmodeus want a woman to kill me again?"

Levistus's scoff echoed across the frozen ocean.

He thinks about revenge against Asmodeus all the time, so even if the two parties have never met, he still knows about Zariel's existence.

After all, apart from Asmodeus's handiwork, there is no other family of fallen angels who can directly be promoted to great devils.

So Levi, who looks like a hell fiend, and Bayer, who has been the acting lord for less than two hundred years... were directly regarded as the "devil pawns" of Zariel, the daughter of destruction.

But the three of them also ignored the resentment and ridicule of the Devil's Archduke, especially Levi and Bayer, who looked at the Devil's Archduke up and down with the eyes of those protecting animals in the zoo fence, and started talking to themselves.

"Is this... paralyzed in bed going to be beaten?" Bayer joked.

"Even if he is a dead man, he must be beaten back to life. Otherwise, how can we get him to sign the 'Styx Blood Oath' when he looks half-dead?" Levi spread his paws.

"It seems so." Bayer was stunned.

As soon as Levi finished speaking, Zarrell, who heard the words 'Blood Oath of the Styx', stepped forward without any hesitation and punched this ancient iceberg...

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"I'll do it! Wait! Don't!"

Looking at this scene, Bayer's entire demon was almost frightened. This one was different from the other great demons. This was the legendary Prince Levistus!

"You!" Levistus, as the main leader, was equally shocked and angry.

But it's too late.

As a loud rumbling sound spread throughout the fifth level domain, countless fine cracks suddenly bloomed and were still spreading out on the originally calm and lonely ice sea. Under the power of rules, cracks began to crack.

A blizzard began to howl across the entire realm.

But this time, before these storms could close the cracks, these terrible cracks quickly spread to the entire iceberg.

And Levistus' originally angry and resentful voice became unprecedentedly ecstatic:

"You...will pay the price for your arrogance...and stupidity!"

Bang!

Under the horrified gazes of Bayer and all the devils in the realm, the iceberg that had imprisoned Prince Levistus for tens of millions of years exploded into pieces.

A tall humanoid creature with pale skin, black hair and a goatee, dressed in gorgeous palace-corroded clothes, was revealed. To be precise, if it weren't for the jet-black eyes and sharp teeth, he would have looked...

Looks like a human being.

As Levistus broke through the seal, the other eight Lords of Hell and the Eight Demon Generals, including Asmodeus, all raised their heads, either shocked, confused, or ecstatic.

, or shock and anger.

"How dare they!?"

Perhaps the only similar mood is that they are shocked that Levi and his gang dared to release that crazy guy without Asmodeus's approval!

And with a casual wave of Levistus, a long, thin sword stretched out from his hand, trembling and buzzing in the biting cold wind.

The prince looked around at Levi and the others, and finally his eyes fell on Zarrell. With an unconcealable smile on his lips, he bowed and said:

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"No matter what your reasons are, thank you!

"Thank you for allowing me to see the light of day again after countless years of being frozen.

"As a reward, I, Levistus, will grant you a dignified and peaceful death!"

As the blizzard and thunderstorm in the sky intensified, Levistus' aura gradually increased.

"Finally, I have someone who can fight."

A smile appeared on Zarrell's face.

clang!

Then he saw the daughter of destruction pulling out her sword from her waist.

As a result, Bayer's eyes became more solemn than ever before, and even Levi on the side couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Calling all the way from the second floor of Dis, this was the first time they had seen Zariel...for real!

The next moment, Bayer saw the two people disappearing from the same place at the same time, and suddenly colliding together at the center.

In an instant, his vision seemed to have lost all color...

What is left is that the entire ice sheet is like a boiling sea surface, and like a volcanic eruption, all the ice cubes and sea water are thrown into the depths of the extremely high clouds.

Along with the increasingly violent lightning and thunder, violent hail began to fall across the entire fifth level domain, hitting the port. Some merchants who were doing business in the port screamed, and then they looked towards the sea in hindsight.

It was a doomsday-like scene.

"Prince Levistus! What on earth is going on!"

Countless Stygian residents knelt down under the blizzard out of fear, praying and begging.

"Tiberius! We... hmm?"

Bayer, who was also hit by the broken ice and almost couldn't open his eyes, suddenly looked at Levi on the side, but was shocked to find that the guy was also missing.

"Fuck! How can you escape faster than me!"

Although I despised it in my heart, the scene that looked like a 'fight between gods' in front of me was really not something half-empty 'lords' like them could get involved in.

But before he could escape far, he was shocked to see a bright beam of light falling from the clouds into the destructive ice storm.
To be continued...