Chapter 320 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

As a professional mage, Palin’s magic power was much stronger than Wrought Iron’s.

Especially in recent years, no one knew why his magic power had suddenly increased rapidly, and his strength had grown by leaps and bounds. Five years ago, Palin had only been an ordinary mage who only recently entered mid-level. But now, he had become an advanced mage, even close to the advanced legendary peak. He not only had strong magic power flowing like rivers in his body, but many inexplicable spells had appeared in his mind as well. It was like someone had injected strength and knowledge into his body.

He had once consulted Sui Xiong about this. After thinking for a while, Sui Xiong had finally judged that the problem laid in his soul.

Palin had actually died in the trap of the Death Cloud Spell. Later, when Sui Xiong had arrived, his soul had no longer been in his body but had entered the underworld. At that time, Sui Xiong hadn’t known how to recall souls, so he used the scientific method from earth to resurrect Palin, relying solely on the thoughts left in his body. That was to say, at present, Palin was actually incomplete. Strictly speaking, he was only a body that could move around, similar to the undead monsters like the walking dead and the skeletons.

However, Palin was not such a low creature. He was still alive, retaining his full vitality. His body and his soul were still connected, and that was difficult even for gods to detect.

Perhaps because of this connection, when his soul became extremely powerful, it fed back the flesh and made the body grow stronger quickly.

However, it could improve the flesh from a mid-level mage to an advanced legendary peak, and he even seemed to continue improving, going on to break into the Legendary Realm. How strong could his soul be?

Sui Xiong and the know-it-all Javier had talked about this. Javier had believed that perhaps Palin’s soul was not in the underworld, but rather went to hell and had become a big man.

Hell was a special world located on the edge of the Matter Plane at the Ring of the World, adjacent to the Negative Plane. At the same time, it was connected with the Spirit Plane through the underworld river. Moreover, many places in it had passages leading to the Positive Plane which was extremely strange.

The world’s most important borders were the underworld and the abyss. In fact, it was a separation point between the underworld and the abyss.

The evil souls should have fallen from the underworld into the abyss after death, turning into demons in the abyss. However, hell stopped them and punished the evil. When the punishment cleaned the evilness of the souls, they would be sent to the underworld river, restarting the cycle of life.

Whenever the demons from the abyss wanted to make a massive invasion into the Matter Plane, they often went through hell f[1] irst. Except for some very special demons, most demons didn’t have the ability to break through the barriers of the Ring of the World. If they wanted to arrive in the Matter Plane from the Negative Plane, they could only pass through one road—hell.

At this time, the legion of hell would move out on a large scale to stop and destroy them mercilessly, repelling the invasion of the demons again and again.

In other words, hell was not only the final judgmental land of punishing the evil, but also the forefront line against the chaos.

When Sui Xiong had dragged a world from the abyss back to the Matter Plane with the help of the God of Justice, Yorgaardman, as well as several small worlds that belonged to the Positive Plane sent by the God of Order, he had neutralized the Negative Plane’s power of the world. Therefore, Sui Xiong could easily break through the barriers of the Ring of the World. This was a special case, so it was not sufficient as an example.

In general, the more powerful the demons were, the stronger the power of the Negative Plane they had in their bodies. Therefore, it was more difficult for them to get out of the Negative Plane, and the weak demons were more likely to break away from the Negative Plane. However, they were not powerful enough. Thus, no matter if powerful demons or weak demons wanted to invade the Matter Plane, most of them could only go through hell.

The supreme rulers of hell were ten powerful men who were called the “Hell Kings.” They all had strong powers even among the gods. They were the supreme judges and the supreme leaders.

Under them were the judges known as the “Hell Dukes,” the border commanders known as the “Hell Marquis,” and the local lords known as the “Hell Earls.” There was no particularly strict correspondence between the three and the knights in the human world. They were probably a little bit similar in status, but that was all.

Further down, there were the chief officials known as the “Hell Viscounts” and the military officials known as the “Hell Barons,” who often ruled together in one area as a pair.

Under their Majesties, there were many powerful soldiers called “Hell Knights,” each of whom who had been transformed by a powerful soul. These Hell Knights patrolled the territory day and night, not letting go of any sign of trouble, and not missing any clues. Not a single sinful soul could escape their arrest, and not a single demon could break through their block.

Because of the frequent fighting, the strength of the innocent souls in hell tended to rise very quickly, especially those who worked in the border areas. Some could be upgraded from mortals to barons or even marquises only in a few decades.