Chapter 118: Netheril
Raphael thought a lot in an instant, but did not ask anything. His secret plan was too important and he could not risk being cheated.

Nemesis smiled. Yes, he knew Raphael’s plan. The devil wanted to get the Crown of Nether from the protagonists and then use it to become the new lord of hell.

If the lord of any level of Hell knew about this, they would try their best to kill him. After all, the number of levels of Baator Hell is fixed, and any lord of Hell except Asmodeus can be replaced.

But he can’t do it now. For a long time after obtaining the crown, he has not figured out how to use the crown. Only when the Supreme True God is born, this treasure from the ancient Nesther Empire will reveal its true power.

“Netheril is indeed a great country.” Nemesis did not continue to provoke Raphael, but instead admired the crown in his hand.

Raphael was stunned for a moment, then he calmly took over the conversation, as if he had forgotten what the other party had just said. “Come to think of it, I have traveled to that country before they turned into that desert. I have to say that in the multiverse, among the human kingdoms I have seen, Netheril’s magic development is at least in the top five.”

Netheril is an ancient human magic empire that existed thousands of years ago. Much of Netheril’s history has disappeared in the cracks of history, but there are still many related memories in the memory inheritance of the scroll dragon.

It was an extremely developed magical kingdom. After the elves and dwarves stepped down from the throne, Netheril ruled the entire Faerun by relying on powerful magical forces and cruel slavery.

In that era, Netheril called wizards “arcanists”. The top-level archmages raised cities into the sky and lived in floating cities with the pure human nobles of Netheril.

In that era, the land was filled with slaves of Netheril. Regardless of their race, they had to do everything they could to please the god-like mages in order to survive and prevent themselves from being reduced to ashes by the torrent of spells cast by the floating city.

Despite this, the wizards of Netheril could not avoid their increasingly lacking humanity. They viewed cruelty as a virtue and killing as entertainment.

The floating city chases the survivors and rebels on the earth day and night, using all kinds of spells to take their lives.

Finally, the massacre escalated to a new level when an arcanist named Iolum invented a forbidden legendary spell, [Iolum’s Immortality].

Countless powerful legendary arcanists used this spell to reap life on earth. Every intelligent creature killed could extend their lifespan by one year. Relying on this spell, the great arcanists of Netheril began their long rule.

If nothing unexpected happened, perhaps Faerun would still belong to the dynasty of Netheril.

But an accident happened.

Perhaps it was the wrath of the gods, or perhaps it was the counterattack of nature’s will. The unbridled killing of the great arcanists of Netheril attracted the attention of a race called the “Faerun Magical Sunflowers”.

No one knew where this race came from, and no one knew why they hated the Archmage, but they were immune to magic and could absorb magic at will, and gradually destroyed Netheril.

The Faerûn Demonic Sunflowers drained the vitality of the grain fields and forests built by the arcanists on the land. The dry desert gradually covered the entire continent. The mages were helpless against these creatures because the spells they were proud of had no effect on these monsters.

These monsters easily absorbed the spell attacks cast by the floating city and returned them, killing a large number of arcane mages. The forces of Netheril had to retreat above the floating city and watch the earth turn into a desert.

At that time, a great arcanist named Karsus stepped forward. He tried to research an ultimate legendary spell to deal with the Demonic Kelpie of Faerun. He named it – [Karsus’ Ascension Spell].

From the name, we can tell how fantastic this legendary spell is, trying to steal the power of gods with mortal power. At that moment, Karsus decided to use this spell to usurp the throne of the goddess of magic, Mystra I. The specific scene is no longer recorded. The final result is that Karsus’s blind confidence made him overestimate his own power, coupled with the connivance of Mystra I, a terrible disaster occurred.

The magic web in the sky of the entire kingdom broke at that moment, and the floating city of Netheril lost its energy supply and fell like a meteor. The dark blue violent arcane fire ignited within the entire crystal wall system, killing all existing creatures. The huge Netheril dynasty was destroyed overnight.

Karsus died, and Mystra I also died, because in order to repair the magic network and save the lives of the country, she sacrificed her own existence and communicated with the magic network that spans the multiverse.

The new magic web entangled and spread from outside the Kingdom Sky Crystal Wall System, covering the planet Toril again. Soon, under the appointment of the Great One, Mystra II was born from the new magic web and took over the throne of the Goddess of Magic.

The Crown of Nether is a treasure left behind by such a powerful magical civilization.

Raphael put away the crown and left, just as quietly as he came. That was the innate ability of the powerful Cambion. They could teleport to any shadowy corner of the world at will.

The crown was missing from the shelf, but there were still a few magical items left. The high-level magic gems on the ground were also very good trophies, which made Audrey and Catherine very happy. After all, it meant that they could also get a part of the treasure.

But the greed of the scroll dragon shattered their fantasy: “The magic gems are all mine. These delicious candies are perfect for decorating my nest.”

“What?!” Audrey exclaimed. These magic gems were worth at least 500,000 gold coins. It was too much for this greedy dragon to take them all! Catherine also complained about this.

But Nemesis said lightly: “You have the chance to get the things in this treasure house because of me, right?”

After all, they learned at the very beginning that although they were the ones who found the treasure, it was actually Hell that was behind it. It was the Volume Dragon’s willingness to share this gift from Hell with them, which was already a very kind thing to do.

“I’m going to take two of the four magic items on the shelf as well.”

Audrey and Catherine were somewhat unwilling, but perhaps it was because of the danger from the devil lurking in the dark and the fluctuations of the four powerful magic items that made them really envious.

Not long after, they agreed. But after this day, there would be two more people in the world who had a deep understanding of the greed of dragons.

“Very good,” Nemesis nodded with satisfaction, and with shining eyes he picked up the magic gem on the ground.

These gems are not simple things, each of them is a high-level magic gem.

Ordinary magic gems – for example, cat’s eye, obsidian, ruby, sapphire, emerald, etc., are very common in nature and they all have good magical powers.

But high-level magic gems are different. They are extremely rare and also quite rare in nature.

For example – chalcedony, beige, black opal, fire opal, deep gold stone, moonstone, king’s tears, bright black tourmaline, spotted indigo stone and so on.

(End of this chapter)