Chapter 406 Satan and Lucifer (please order the full version)
With his eyes closed, Russell didn't care at all that his body would be stained with volcanic ash, as if the place he was lying on was not a volcano crater, but a soft and comfortable bed.
Time passes little by little.
At the beginning, Russell would still think about when Mephisto would come back.
But as time passed, he fell asleep unknowingly as his spirit had been tense for a long time.
If it were anyone else, it would definitely be very dangerous to fall asleep in a place like hell where devils are everywhere.
But for Russell, this wasn't anything particularly dangerous.
In the current hell, the only ones that can cause harm to him are the Will of Hell and Mephisto.
As long as he completely destroys Hell, Hell's Will will never actively attack him.
As for Mephisto, he has no need to attack Russell now.
If he wanted to do this, he would still attack Russell even if Russell was not asleep.
Not long after falling asleep, Russell found that he had fallen asleep unconsciously.
But he did not wake up immediately, but wandered around in his bizarre dream.
For ordinary people, dreams are uncontrollable.
Even the owner of the dream doesn't know how the dream will develop.
But for Russell, controlling his dreams is not difficult.
However, he could not control his dreams, but allowed his dreams to develop randomly without any rules.
As for himself, he is just like a bystander, watching the changes in the dream.
Perhaps because he was thinking about how to bring Diana back during this period, the person who appeared in his dreams the most was Diana.
Although I dreamed about Diana, not all the dreams were good.
For example, now, Russell is dreaming that Diana is chasing him crazily with the Vulcan Sword.
As for the reason, it was because he went out to flirt with women again and again.
Although he was a little embarrassed in the dream, he still did not control his dream, but allowed the dream to develop into places he did not know.
One second ago, he was being chased by Diana with the Vulcan Sword.
The next second, Diana was cooking dinner for him in the apartment wearing home clothes.
Different scenes kept emerging in the dream, and then quickly collapsed and evolved into other scenes.
During this process, Russell always maintained the mentality of a bystander, watching everything in the dream.
Just when the dream scene was about to turn into the wedding scene that Diana once told Russell, Russell, who was still asleep, quickly noticed Mephisto's arrival.
Both he and Mephisto control the powers of hell.
Although they control different powers of hell, they are like two magnets, attracting and repelling each other.
The attraction is because they both have the authority of hell, or the instinctive urge to integrate more authority.
The reason for rejection is because they control different powers, and some of them even have serious conflicts.
Even if they are all the authorities of hell, it does not mean that the authorities can be easily integrated.
If taken as a whole, the powers of hell can indeed be integrated with each other.
But this does not mean that every authority can be integrated.
The prerequisite for fusion is that the two already have enough in common.
Otherwise, forced fusion will always repel like like poles repelling each other.
After sensing Mephisto's arrival, Russell, who was sleeping, slowly opened his eyes and looked at Mephisto, who looked like an old British aristocrat.
"You came much later than I expected."
Russell said to Mephisto.
"Sorry, there are a lot of things in the collection, so I need to find them one by one."
Mephisto said quickly.
"Collection warehouse?"
"It seems that these materials and information are not ordinary!"
Russell continued.
"Of course it's not ordinary. I paid a huge price to get this from someone who is no less important than you and me."
Mephisto said seriously.
"What kind of existence?"
Russell continued to ask.
"The same master of hell as you and me!"
Mephisto didn't hide anything and said quickly.
As soon as he finished speaking, Russell's eyes lit up.
The controller of hell?
Could it be him?
A name quickly flashed through Russell's mind.
Although he had some guesses, he still pretended not to know anything and continued to ask:
"What's the name of the controller of hell?"
"You can call him Satan, or you can call him Lucifer!"
Mephisto said seriously.
It's really him!
Russell's expression became a little surprised.
Although he had guessed that what Mephisto said might be Satan or Lucifer, he did not expect that it was actually true.
Speaking of this, we have to talk about the hell of the DC universe.
Like the Marvel Universe, the DC Universe also has its own hell.
Moreover, just like Mephisto, the lord of hell who controls hell in the Marvel universe, hell in the DC universe also has a controller.
The controller of hell in the DC universe is Satan.
Satan is not a person, or in other words, a fixed person.
Anyone who controls hell can be called Satan.
From this perspective, Satan in DC Universe Hell is equivalent to a job title, similar to Mephisto's Lord of Hell.
If Russell remembers correctly, the first Satan in the DC universe was the First Fallen.
According to normal circumstances, the First Fallen will always be Satan.
But there are always exceptions.
But after Lucifer fell to hell, he replaced the First Fallen and became the new "Satan".
No matter how Lucifer did it, after he came to hell, the First Fallen gave up the position of "Satan", the ruler of hell.
However, although the First Fallen is no longer Satan, he has not died and is still in hell.
As for why Lucifer did not completely kill the First Fallen, it is also a mystery.
After hearing Mephisto's answer, Russell knew that the Lucifer he was talking about was the ruler of hell in the DC universe and the current "Satan".
Although there are also myths and legends about Lucifer and Satan in other Marvel multiverses.
But the only one who became the ruler of hell and also became "Satan" is Lucifer in the DC universe.
"Where's the stuff?"
Russell wasted no time and said to Mephisto.
"it's here."
After speaking, Mephisto took out a blood-red stone from the alien space that he carried with him. It looked ordinary, but had a special symbol.
"This is what you call data and information?"
Russell looked at Mephisto in confusion.
Although he was a good magician, he did not recognize what the symbols on the stone meant.
Except that the stone contained a power that was completely unfamiliar to him, this stone looked no different from the blood stones that could be seen everywhere in hell.
If nothing else, this should be the common blood stone in hell.
However, this is not the blood stone of their hell, but the blood stone of the hell of the DC universe.
"I never said I had such information or information on hand."
Mephisto said calmly.
If he hadn't just said the names Satan and Lucifer, Russell would have wanted to give him a good beating right now.
However, he did not take action because he knew that Mephisto would definitely continue talking.
Sure enough, after a pause, Mephisto continued: "Although I don't have any information or materials in this area, this blood stone can help you."
"This is what a believer who wanted to go to hell got by accident while playing with the magic circle."
"He originally wanted to connect to the devils here, but I don't know what went wrong. His magic circle connected to other hells, a hell that does not belong to our universe."
"Although this guy is a fanatical believer in the devil, he doesn't realize it."
"However, the controller of hell he connected to immediately discovered this unlucky guy."
"After learning the information about our universe from his mouth, the ruler of hell who claimed to be Satan gave a blood stone to the believer and asked him to collect enough souls and use the blood stone to open the magic circle again."
"The believer did as he was told, but unfortunately, he died before he could collect enough souls."
"Then, by secret agreement, his soul descended into our hell."
"I didn't know at the time that this guy had such a bizarre experience."
"It wasn't until I discovered that not only did his soul fall to this hell, but he also brought the bloodstone with him, that I knew the whole story."
Mephisto briefly explained the origin of this blood stone.
However, Russell still noticed the loopholes inside.
"How did you know that the guy who calls himself 'Satan' is Lucifer? Have you contacted him?"
Russell asked Mephisto.
"For ordinary people, it is not an easy task to collect enough souls to open the magic circle connecting hell."
"But for me, it's easier than drinking water."
"What's more, I still have a blood stone with Lucifer's power in my hand."
"That's right, I used the price of ten fallen human souls and the blood stone to open a connection to the hell controlled by Satan, and made some transactions with him."
Mephisto continued to explain.
However, Russell still felt that this guy was hiding something.
Mephisto initially said that he had paid a huge price to trade this bloodstone from Lucifer.
But according to what he just said, this blood stone was given to the devil believer by Lucifer on his own initiative.
"Although I am a devil, and it is instinctive to play with words, but what I just said is true."
"It's just that the blood stone in your hand is no longer the original one. It was given to me again by Lucifer after I contacted him."
Mephisto said calmly.
"You just started saying that you paid a big price to get this blood stone. I want to know what price you paid?"
Russell continued to ask.
"It's nothing, it's just that he and I exchanged some minor powers of hell."
Traded some hellish powers?
After hearing Mephisto's answer, Russell couldn't help but take a breath.
Although Mephisto said it lightly, trading the power of hell is not a simple matter.
Only by cutting off the authority from oneself can it be possible to trade.
And authority is firmly bound to the holder.
Cutting off authority is no less than cutting off one's own hands for ordinary humans.
"Are you crazy? You actually dare to do this kind of transaction!"
Russell said in disbelief.
"Of course I'm not crazy. Even if I am crazy, I have to have Lucifer accompany me to be crazy."
Mephisto still looked indifferent.
Seeing Mephisto's completely unconcerned expression, Russell began to understand why Hell's Will favored him last time.
Otherwise, the will of hell will never give him a chance to control hell as a human being.
"How do you use this thing? You should give me the magic circle together."
Russell said to Mephisto.
"Don't worry, I never deceive my trading partners when doing transactions."
"I have prepared the magic circle you want, as well as the ten fallen souls needed to open the magic circle."
As soon as he finished speaking, Mephisto handed Russell a piece of soul crystal imprisoning ten fallen souls.
Along with the soul crystal, there was also a magic crystal engraved with a magic circle.
"I've given you everything. You can activate the magic circle here, or you can activate the magic circle elsewhere. It's up to you."
Mephisto said silently.
"What's the price? What price do I have to pay?"
Russell asked.
"Let's wait until you come back alive. If you can't come back, I'll give it to you for free."
After saying that, Mephisto turned into a ball of blood mist and disappeared.
When Mephisto left completely, Russell glanced at the three "stones" in his hand.
The blood stone with the power of Lucifer, the soul crystal that imprisons ten fallen souls, and the magic crystal with the magic circle engraved on it.
Although these things are in his hands now, he still has an unreal feeling.
He felt that he could come to Earth to ask Mephisto, but there was nothing he could do about it.
But I didn't expect that Mephisto actually had a way.
And he also gave a way to directly contact the DC Universe.
Although it is connected to the hell of the DC universe, for Russell, let alone the hell of the DC universe, even a vague coordinate of the DC universe can greatly increase his chances of bringing back Diana.
What he didn't expect even more was that Mephisto didn't ask him to pay the price immediately.
This is something that is hard to believe for devils, especially hell lords like Mephisto.
But no matter what, Russell finally got what he wanted.
After sighing slightly, he mobilized his divine power, turned into a ball of golden light and disappeared, returning to the kingdom of God in the star world.
After returning to the Kingdom of God, he did not immediately activate the magic circle to contact Lucifer. Instead, he sat on the divine throne to adjust his state.
When his condition returned to its best, he flashed into the lobby of the city lord's palace and took out the blood stone, soul crystal, and magic crystal.
It was time to start. Russell took a deep breath and began to arrange the magic circle connecting Lucifer.