Chapter 375 Heart of Hell
“Please take me out of this hellish place!”
The shock had just subsided when Karak grabbed Nohir’s shoulders with great excitement and said to him So say this.
But Nohill's performance did not change at all. He had already expected the scene that happened in front of him. How much did Karak want to leave this ghost place? Apart from herself, Nohill was the only one. Only then do we know best.
Her disgust for hell comes from the bottom of her heart. This ghost place has nothing to cherish for her. Dignity, respect, friendship, love, Karak desires not too many things, but In hell, she gets nothing.
On the first day she came to this hellish place, her heart was brutally cut out, so fast that she didn't even have time to react. After replacing a part, she was thrown directly onto the battlefield and faced the horror. With blood, violence and cruelty, she was just 16 years old that year, and now she has spent eight full years in hell.
If there was a chance to escape from this mud pit, no matter what kind of opportunity it was, Karak would choose to do it. In the original timeline, she even took the initiative to board an illithid ship for this purpose. Nautilus Battleship, alone.
Although she did successfully return to the main material plane in the end, she also paid a price for this reckless move. This price was far more than just having a little guest in her mind. It was more important. The reason is...
In the following time, Nohir did not take the initiative to say any more words. He just silently released his violent state, revealed his true face, and then calmed down. Listening quietly to Karak telling her past, he hoped that Nohir could take her out of hell after hearing this.
And Nohir did not stop Karak from telling her story. Although he had known the information she told a long time ago, he still listened to Karak's story and acted as a quiet and loyal person. The audience silently felt the pain and torture that Karak suffered during these eight years.
Nohill could feel that Karak was confiding. For eight years, she had not said these words to any devil, because saying these to them would only attract contempt and ridicule, but in Nohill In front of this kindred spirit, Karak finally put down his disguise for the first time in a long time.
"...Blow, ah, I'm sorry, I'm a little too excited, soldier."
Karak rubbed the corners of his eyes with his left hand. This big girl just shed tears, although it was Tears of joy, she still felt embarrassed having to cry in front of strangers.
Nohir shook his head and said he didn't care. After Karak arranged his appearance, he straightened his expression and said to Karak.
"I believe what you just said, and I can take you out of here together."
"Ah...ah...ah..."
Hearing Nohir's words, Karak opened her mouth in shock. The shock caused her vocal cords to only produce this kind of dull sound for the time being. Due to the sound, Nohir was a little worried that she might be too startled and faint, but before Nohir could persuade her, Karak's huge voice cheered and screamed loudly!
"Oh my God!!! Are you telling the truth?! Do you really believe what I say?! Thank you! Thank you Nohir! Thank Tyr! Thank Lathander! Thank him Damn everything in the world! I’m finally free!”
Nohir couldn’t help but pick his ears.
"Fuck Zariel! Fuck Hell! Fuck Gotash!!! Baldur's Gate!!! Kharak is coming back!!!! Yeah yeah Yeah! ”
With a louder exclamation and unparalleled excitement, Karak vented his excited and passionate emotions without reservation! After sinking in hell for so long, she finally heard such wonderful news for the first time!
Such emotions even infected Nohir. He was also happy for Karak from the bottom of his heart. Being able to leave this damned place like hell two years early was certainly something to be happy about, but... …
“But wait, Karak.”
Nohir’s words finally temporarily freed Karak from the emotional carnival, but even though he no longer yelled, Her face was still full of unparalleled excitement, and that happy look even made Nohir not want to continue talking. However, if Karak wants to live completely in the main material plane, then this matter is necessary. To be solved.
“Karak, you said before that your heart was modified by Zariel. She replaced your heart with a hellfire machine. The fire of purgatory is in your body at all times. Constantly burning, I can hear the danger in it just from the description in the text. If you leave hell, I guess it is destined to cause the hellfire engine in your body to become imbalanced, which will cause some very serious consequences. " Yes, this is what Nohir has always been worried about. Karak's hell heart is a unique specialty of hell. The hell fire in its heart can only burn in a relatively stable manner in the realm of hell.
Once the external environment is discordant, Hellfire will want to actively expand and transform the surrounding environment into a pattern suitable for its burning and survival. But that is the fire in the heart of Karak. If that thing If you really want to expand, the first step is to burn Karak himself to ashes.
This is what happened in the original history of the game, and it is also the biggest obstacle for Karak to return from hell to the main material plane, because according to the original plot, even in the finale, the protagonist team There is no complete solution to this heart problem.
Among the many endings of the game, there are only two ways to avoid Karak's death, either converting to Irisid and completely solving the problem of dependence on this heart by changing species, or returning to hell. Back under the control of Zariel (actually there is a third way, that is, the lover line master controls Gale to become a god, and then takes Karak to fly to the Pantheon, but the protagonist did not play that when he traveled through time. updated, so I don’t know).
“Huh?”
Nohir has explained it very clearly, but these words still make Karak a little overwhelmed. The hell heart did bring her a lot of pain, but it also brought her considerable power. It can be said that Without this heart, Karak would never have been able to live in hell for so long, but now Nohir said that his heart might kill her in the future.
"Ha, you must be joking, right? Soldier, in order to prevent me from getting too carried away and pouring a basin of cold water on me, this kind of trick Zariel has used enough in the army. I can see through it at a glance, but you are right, I seem to be a little too complacent. When I return to the main material plane, I will definitely invite you..."
"No , Karak, I’m not kidding, what I said is true, tell the truth, I personally still have some research on these constructs, and there is absolutely no exaggeration in what I told you before.”
"Hell machines are exquisite and ingenious creations. In the past, they were installed in dead-like machines, so there was nothing to pay attention to. But you are different. You are the only one I know. You can install hell machines in your body, but your body is much more fragile than those steel creations. If you want to maintain the operation of the machines in your body, you must have a fairly stable environment to achieve this goal. And hell is this environment."
"...You must be kidding."
Karak doesn't want to accept this ending. Freedom is obviously only one step away from her, but now someone tells her that the so-called freedom does not belong to you.
"Is there no other way? By the way, my maintenance officer! Maybe I can tie him over! That guy has been in charge of my heart repair, he must know how to solve it for me "The problem!"
At this time, Karak is like a drowning man trying to grasp the last straw. It is indeed possible that the maintenance officer of Hellfire Heart knows the solution to this problem, but this Each of these maintenance officers who have mastered high-end secrets is a senior craftsman, and their daily life is Zariel's Flying Fortress.
Not to mention how far away they are from the Flying Fortress, and they are leaving Hell soon. There is not enough time to go back and forth, and even if there is enough time, they will never break into Zariel. You can still escape alive after robbing people from the Flying Fortress.
“Could it be that...this is mine...”
Bang bang!
Nohir clapped his hands, attracting Karak's attention.
"What are you thinking about? Didn't I say that I know a little about constructs? If you really want to leave here, then follow me and give me some time. Maybe I can Maybe you can figure out a solution.”
(End of this chapter)