Chapter 360: Planning Action
In less than 15 minutes, the news that the Noshir team returned to Eltoril spread throughout the holy city. After another 15 minutes, the meeting room of the Supreme Hall was already full of representatives from all parties.
The remaining leaders of the army, the survivors of the temple, the leaders of the Civilian Self-Help Association, and the heads of the small noble families who did not die in the meteor explosion. Before today, these people had different identities and might never meet each other in their lives, but now, they are united to fight against this terrible natural disaster. Now, they sit here, full of expectations and hope.
Everyone hopes that Noshir will bring good news. The harsh and dangerous environment of hell is constantly torturing their spirits. The dark sky seems to have been announcing their future fate. Although people have tried their best to cheer up, they can hardly see a glimmer of hope.
Especially after they knew that Tavis Craig had betrayed them, that day, all the Eltoril people felt incomparable shock, pain and hesitation in their hearts, but after that, Duke Ravengard summoned all the surviving Eltoril people and tried Tavis Craig, who had become a demon, in front of them.
And then, the Grand Duke told them all the truth, and they also learned a name, Noshir Temariti.
Many people in the Holy City knew the name of this tiefling. They had more or less heard that there was a flying boy in the outer city. A month ago, he was just an artist who made a living by performing in the outer city, but now everyone knew that he was their savior!
Discover the truth! Catch the evil leader! Return to hell! Bring strong help! Even if he had done this, he did not stop! In order to find a way to save the city, he even chose to take the initiative to go to the depths of hell! Take the initiative to face the unpredictable danger!
Some people doubted the authenticity of this matter, but Duke Ravengard swore by his life and faith that everything he said was true!
In a crisis, people always seek the emergence of heroes! Noshiel, who has done so many heroic deeds, has undoubtedly met this standard! When the Grand Duke was willing to swear by his life and faith, Noshiel had become the hope in their hearts!
And today, hope is back!
In the solemn environment of the conference room, Noshiel and his party walked in slowly.
He looked up and looked around. Wherever he looked, people's eyes were either full of hope and reverence, or simply full of an incomparable complex expression.
Noshiel felt the meaning contained in that look, but he was mentally prepared and did not scare the stage. He walked directly to the center of the crowd.
After that, he did not hesitate at all, nor did he say a word of nonsense. He told everyone the news they wanted to know most.
Noshiel told them that he had found the contract that bound the city. The contract was located in the companion sun above their heads, and there was a high-level angel bound in it.
Now what they had to do was to break the big black ball above their heads, find and destroy the contract, and release the angel.
After saying this, Noshiel found a place to sit down casually. He knew that the news he brought was too bizarre and people would definitely not accept it at the first time, so he just waited silently for everyone to digest the news, and the facts were as he expected.
Almost as soon as he sat down, the whole conference room exploded directly. Everyone was shocked by the news. Everyone knew that it was the sun in the sky that brought them to this hell, but because of this, they probably would never think that the antidote to save the city was also in that sun!
After the shock, it took another three minutes. With the Duke of Ravengard trying to maintain order, everyone barely regained their calm, and people finally began a more detailed discussion.
Noshiel said to the people who had calmed down.
"Everyone understands the current situation, right? We now know the whereabouts of the contract. What we need to do next is very simple. That is to find a way to open the sun above, find and destroy the contract, and rescue the angel inside. Then, seek the help of the angel to cut the chains that bind the city."
"Break the contract, and the devils will not be able to threaten your souls. Cut the chains, and the city will float to the astral world under the characteristics of hell itself. If we can complete the above two steps, we will be almost safe."
Everyone nodded.
"The steps sound simple."
"Great! In this way, we can all be saved!"
"Yes, this is indeed great, but... Noshier, can I call you that?"
"Please feel free."
The person who talked to Noshier was a nobleman named Fesnando. He was a great nobleman who survived the day the city fell into hell. He had the title of Marquis. Although his family has been destroyed now, he was not defeated by this tragic setback and remained cautious and calm.
Even until now, he still maintained good etiquette and demeanor. As a nobleman, he was thoughtful and considerate, so he was not as blindly optimistic as others, but began to ask some detailed questions.
"Thank you. What I want to ask is that if we do as you planned, the city will eventually drift to the astral world. I'm sorry, I don't know where that is. I just follow my instinct. I instinctively feel that we should not let our city drift into the sky. Will there be danger in the so-called astral world? Can we live in that world? How long will it take for us to get out of there and return to our hometown in the main material plane?"
Before Noshier spoke, the consultant Florrick beside him stood up and answered the nobleman's question.
"Please don't worry about the astral plane, Marquis Fesnando. As a wizard, I have some knowledge of the astral plane. Although I have to admit that there are indeed countless and various dangers in the astral plane, we should not encounter these threats because we are in the Nine Hells."
"The unique geographical location of hell itself will put us in the range of the outer astral plane after we go out, where we will hardly encounter those dangerous astral beasts, and we will hardly encounter other astral residents. After all, we came out of hell, which means that the outer astral plane we reached must be very close to hell. Even the astral residents will not rashly meet hell creatures, oh, except for the Githyanki."
"Those astral pirates may be around here. After all, their Queen Vlaakis has signed a treaty with the Five-Headed Dragon Queen. The Evil Dragon Queen will hand over a group of young red dragons under her command to the Githyanki every once in a while. If we accidentally catch up with that time, we may indeed encounter those astral pirates, but this is a low-probability event. Our luck should not be that bad."