Death... and me



As the Angels thought about what to do in the heavens, the Devils also took their time to put everything back in order. They retook the city where the Temporal Path Entrance was located, building several formations to make sure it wouldn't fall again. Yet, that obviously didn't make Mephisto happy at all, let alone the other Elder Devils.

"So, all this situation was made so that we could get rid of the Archangels. But now, they all retreated, and we got nothing but the damage caused by this war between the realms. Is that correct?" Mavis asked with a dark expression. After the conversation with the Elder Devils in the Realm of Gods, Mephisto, Belial, and Rui couldn't keep the secret anymore.

Rui, too, was in the room at the moment. "That's how it was supposed to be. There would be two sides attacking at the same time, and I would jump out in the critical moment with the underworld Relic to give the final blow. Although it was hard to kill all of them, we were sure we could take at least half of the Archangels in the Underworld out."

Mephisto was still angry. "How?! Just how did they find out about it?"

Frulos, the Elder Devil that had been missing inside the Swamp of No Return, didn't seem to mind that much. He hasn't taken part in anything in the Underworld for a long time, after all. "If it didn't work, then it didn't. Why are we wasting our time here?"

"Because our troubles aren't over yet," said Belial on the sides. "Not only we failed to take the Archangels, the Elder Devils in the Realm of Gods are not faring very well. I already sent a few of our Devils into the Temporal path. Unfortunately, the Realm of Gods' experts took over the Temporal Path Entrance in their Realm. If we use that path, we will ask to die with all the formations in place."

"Hmph!" Mavis didn't believe it. "What danger is there to Abaddon and the others? Now that the Angels retreated, the seal over our Underworld is lifted. They can definitely come back to the Underworld with their cultivation alone if they need it."

Belial narrowed his eyes. "I'm pretty much one of the only Devils that can cultivate with the help of Dead Souls, so it isn't a big issue to me. However, the other Devils need Living Souls if they want to progress rapidly. That also includes your clan. Are you sure you want to lose our territory in the Realm of Gods?"

Mavis wanted to retort, but he knew Belial was right. "Ok, you have a point. So what? Do you have a plan to take control over the Temporal Path again? Not only we can't do anything with the Cultivators, but even the Angels are protecting their side of the Temporal Path now. We are not the owners of the Temporal Path anymore. All I can see now is a status quo."

"That's why we gathered everyone here. To think of a way to send reinforcements to the Realm of Gods and prevent us from losing our territory there. Above all, we need to get a passage between the Realm of Gods and the Underworld so that the Living Souls can circulate," said Mephisto.

Eisheta raised her hand. "Mephisto, weren't you intending to create a Living Soul Devil in the Realm of Gods? That's probably our best shot. We force the cultivators to move their Divinity Realm experts to deal with it, and we storm through the Temporal Path."

"This plan only worked because the Angels were the ones in control of the Temporal Path Entrance in the Realm of Gods as well. Now it is the cultivators, so their formations will definitely make it too dangerous to give a shot," Mephisto said. He obviously had thought about it before too.

Seeing that no one had any other ideas, Mephisto could only give an option he wasn't very happy with. "Just like Mavis mentioned, there is a way. We can break through the Realms' Barriers and enter the Realm of Gods by force. It seems like the Realm of Gods is not sealed like our Underworld was a few weeks ago."

No one liked that idea. "Just because it isn't sealed doesn't mean it won't be," Moloch finally spoke as well. "The cultivators definitely know we will try to help the Devils and protect our territory there, especially since it will take decades to truly conquer the Devils who are there at the moment. Couldn't they be holding back, waiting for us to enter to finally close the Realm of Gods?"

"Don't forget, they somehow managed to convince that being to stop its energy release, so now the Continental Barriers are gone. I doubt they don't have the means to seal the Realm if necessary. Perhaps they are thinking exactly as Mephisto did when he intended to eliminate the angels. They want to wait for us to go there and then get rid of as many Elder Devils as possible. After all, we took away their territory for obvious reasons."

Everyone in the room nodded. "Moloch is right. There is another problem. What if we leave the Underworld, and the Angels attack once again? This time, there will be no one to stop them, let alone execute the Killing Archangels Plan that Mephisto intended to use."

"We have no other choice. We need to use that Temporal Gap," said Rui as he looked at Mephisto.

Mephisto knew what Rui was talking about. "Does it still exist? It has been a few hundred years since it appeared, so it should be about to disappear if it hasn't already." They were talking about the same type of Temporal Gap that the Holamenor Clan offered the twins to send them back to the Realm of Gods. It's just that the twins didn't need it in the end.

Mavis looked at the two. "Did you find a Temporal Gap between the Realm of Gods and the Underworld? Since when?"

"It doesn't matter," Rui didn't want to talk about it. "What matter is that it is still open and can be used. It is indeed somewhat unstable, but I think it can still hold for another 40 or 50 years if we use our power to stabilize it."

This time, the idea wasn't received with immediate refusal. "Let's first go and take a look at this gap."