Before Dick could speak, he turned around and walked into the steps of the palace.
Dick's heart turned from despair to surprise, as if he was on a roller coaster.
He has already seen that the judge in front of him is just showing off his strength, and does not really want to punish him:
Now, this devil wants me to perform a task, and with his strength, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape.
Forget it, let's go with him!
Dick followed Minos's steps with joy in his heart and entered the palace with him.
After a while, Minos opened a door in the palace, glanced back at Dick, and walked directly in.
Dick looked inside the door and found that it was pitch black inside. This darkness once again blocked his sharp vision.
"It seems that magic is also working inside. Forget it, let's make peace with it as it comes."
Then Dick also walked in.
In an instant, the environment in front of him changed. Looking around, Dick discovered that there was a cave inside the gate:
The rough oak tables and chairs were covered with gambling numbers carved with knives, and the ale foam was sizzling in the tin goblets.
In the corner, a brass organ was automatically playing out-of-tune ballads, with a one-eyed crow squatting on the keys.
The weirdest thing is that there are dozens of kerosene lamps hanging upside down from the ceiling. The blue Flames elongates and twists everyone's shadows, intertwining into intricate patterns on the ground.
There were not only clowns performing shows on the stage, but also gambling customers on the tables nearby, and several people drinking in front of the bar...
Laughter and curses were heard endlessly.
Dick looked a little dazed at this moment. Was he afraid that he had returned to the human world?
The Minos in front was surrounded by bluish-gray mist. When the mist dissipated, the huge body had disappeared.
Standing in front of Dick at this moment is a man who looks like a scholar wearing a dark silk robe. Only the sulfur burn marks remaining on his knuckles hint at the true identity of Judge of Hell.
Minos stopped in place, and it wasn't until Dick came to him and they walked side by side towards the corner that Judge of Hell opened his mouth to explain:
"My current appearance is my human form, don't be surprised, and shouldn't the thing that should surprise you is why there is a human tavern in my palace?"
"I do feel a little curious, can you... can you explain it?"
Minos randomly found a corner seat and sat down.
Dick sat opposite him.
Looking around, Dick found that everyone in the tavern just glanced at Minos casually and continued their entertainment, as if they didn't know the master of Hell's first floor.
"What... is going on here?"
"I have a special ability that can make certain spaces unique, and these people in the tavern are members of my adventure team."
"Adventure Party?"
"Yes, adventure team, Dick, you are from the main world, and many people here are from other sub-worlds. The entire world is the human world, Hell world, you and I are both considered the main world...
"But just like a tree trunk, there are always some branches. They all come from the branches to the trunk by chance, that is, they come to Hell."
Duncan also told Dick about this theory, but it seemed to be slightly different from what the judge in front of him said.
"What about Heaven?"
"It did happen before, but that's not important. What I want to talk about now is the task you have to perform next."
"Please tell me."
Dick looked serious. He knew that only by perfectly completing the tasks assigned by Judge of Hell could he reach the second floor of Hell.
After all, I am a demon hunter, so maybe I can get a lot of Energy Points while performing demon missions!
"Relax." Minos pushed a glass full of wine on the table to Dick, and Dick raised the glass and tasted it gently:
It tastes pretty good, my favorite sour wine.
"The ninth floor of Hell is Abyss, who is personally stationed by Satan.
Under Abyss are the most evil souls in the world. After tens of thousands of years of fighting and fighting, these souls will give birth to powerful beings.
And these powerful beings will always find ways to escape Abyss.
Now, in this layer of mine Hell, some cracks have been opened by those powerful beings, forming several strange spaces.
Only if you get rid of all the Monsters in the space - as you demon hunters call them monsters - can my level of Hell regain peace."
"That is to say..." Dick pointed at the table next to him and shouted, "One more round, one more round." The white-haired man gambling had a stern face and was wearing black mottled leather armor. He had obviously experienced countless battles.
"I want to be teammates with this kind of person, or..."
Dick pointed at a woman next to the bar.
Her eyes were specially blackened with coal, but she kept drinking the wine glass in her hand, one glass after another. Dick could clearly see that her face was getting redder.
"You want me to be teammates with these gamblers and drunkards, and then defeat... those monsters, right?"
"Yes, besides... take a look." Minos pointed at the one-eyed strong man at the beginning. The strong man sat in a chair in a daze, twitching nervously from time to time, and looking forward distractedly.
"You must think he's crazy, right?
"He is indeed crazy. This veteran named Sułdrzo witnessed the tragic death of three teammates in space before. Being in a daze is his way to relieve stress and help him gradually become normal."
"Relieve stress? Is there a lot of pressure in Hell? Or will it be a lot of pressure to enter that unknown space?"
"Entering those unknown spaces will indeed put a lot of pressure on my team of adventurers, and some of them will even tend to self-harm.
"This veteran named Sułdrzo witnessed the tragic death of three teammates in space before. When he came back, he went crazy. His performance was pretty good. Many people became as motionless as wooden figures after going crazy. I really hope he can recover quickly and continue to perform tasks for me."
"I'm very curious. Your power is so powerful. I always feel that you can easily solve the monsters in the space. Why don't you do it yourself?"
"I won't hide it from you, Lucifer is testing my ability to coordinate people, so I can't do it easily, and that space has mysterious rules. Only people with Demigod's ability are allowed to enter, and only four people can enter at a time."
"So you chose me?"
"Yes, you are under the critical point of constant space ability, so you are very suitable to become a member of the adventure team and help me complete the mission."
"I..." Dick pondered slightly,
"If you have any questions, just ask."
"I wonder what you would do if all the members of your adventure party died, or became incurably insane?"
"If they die, I can't break the rules and enter the monster space, even if I have this strength, because this approach will disrupt the fluctuations of the space and have a more serious impact. Maybe... this is their fate, after all, they signed a contract with me;
"And if they become crazy and cannot be cured, I will send them into reincarnation and let them become human again...
"As long as these people complete several tasks, I can reward them and let them go free. If some people want to enter other layers Hell, I will make it convenient for them."
"I understand. After I complete a few tasks, I can go to the second floor Hell."