Surviving The Fourth Calamity

If Hill had previously only suspected the person beneath Aislin’s skin was Glaysia, now he could be 100% certain.

Though Bisozeya was cold and ruthless, daring to strike at anyone, she wasn’t so... unscrupulous.

Or perhaps, the former Princess of Hell, willing to choose marriage with Asmodeus for the future of the Great Devil, got into trouble simply because she couldn’t change her habit of treating everyone as her servant, rather than having a strategic brain.

If she were still the sole Princess of Hell, with her father, who could contend with the Abyssal Hell, still around, she wouldn’t have made herself into this state like Glaysia!

Why do the spoiled heirs never understand what’s most important?

Clearly, Glaysia wished for her mother, who could protect and embrace her, to be resurrected, yet how could she be so reckless?

When Hill discovered these uncontrollable undead, he quickly understood what Glaysia was up to... she dared to play skeleton games with the Styx Force intercepted by her father!

She truly is, brainless... no, a spoiled heiress, playing with whatever she sees.

She likely never considered what consequences playing with these things would bring!

Moreover, this also unraveled a minor confusion of his: why did Styx notice this world so early?

Indeed, a tributary of Styx in this world was cut off, normally, Styx would eventually notice.

But given Styx’s reaction speed, it usually arrives late.

The Abyssal Will is much more active than Styx; to catch its attention, one must detonate a world-class firework!

Such trivial matters like cutting off a tributary, to Styx that traverses countless worlds and handles countless messes, truly don’t matter.

Typically, for a world like this, to provoke such a strong response from Styx at this severity level, a Patron of Styx must choose to burn their soul, making a heroic sacrifice.

The prayers of the Patrons can indeed be sensed by Styx, but what they request is usually met with automatic response, automatic fulfillment... For something as powerful as Styx, the greatest uses of Divine Fire and Divinity lie in this.

Though the existence of the Tower of the Undead made Hill suspect this might have already happened, prompting Styx’s early reaction.

But he still couldn’t quite believe it: how could Asmodeus overlook even this?

Though Patrons of Styx, once they burn their souls, are hard to stop, the Lord of Hell should have countless ways to prevent them from even forming such a thought.

Moreover, it’s more likely to have the so-called Patrons or even Chosen betray Styx, directly becoming a member of the Devil.

Thus, how Styx became aware of this world had always puzzled Hill... the Red Dragon and its daughter were mere coincidences, unlikely to be the reason Styx noticed this world due to their presence.

They’re not that important.

But upon seeing the chaotic, resembling Primary Undead Catastrophe, totally lack of pattern, yet able to attack fixed targets according to a certain being’s will undead creatures before him, Hill immediately understood the reason.

Styx’s greatest taboo is the use of intercepted Styx Force to create undead creatures.

This is completely different from those so-called Grim Reapers.

Regardless of how Grim Reapers of each world describe their existence, how noble they portray themselves, they cannot deny one fact: they become gods using Styx’s law.

To put it bluntly, they resonate with a certain tributary of Styx and become the spokesperson for that tributary.

Styx doesn’t care whether these Grim Reapers acknowledge its existence... After all, facts don’t turn into falsehood because of their silence.

Just like the various river gods appointed by the Heavenly Court... although the Heavenly Court lazily ignores their deeds, it can strip away your divine position when necessary.

Styx is the truly holds the one-vote veto power, so it doesn’t care about the little guys below playing schemes and plots.

Necromancers, even Legendary Necromancers, to put it bluntly, they merely steal a little Force of Death... at most, it’s a bowl of water scooped from the gushing river of Styx’s tributary.

Styx merely loathes those folks and feels gratified by those willing to eradicate these thieves, rewarding those who act, but hardly bothers him enough to engage actively... unless some unfortunate soul plunges into Styx themselves.

But intercepting his power and then devising ways to create another ’Styx’ not belonging to Styx with these forces, that won’t do.

No matter how small, how ethereal this ’Styx’ is, it poses a threat to him.

Especially, such as the nine layers of hell and Bottomless Abyss, which can truly threaten his existence.

The lazy elephant may not care for an ant passing underfoot... but what if an army of marching ants arrives?

When Glaysia, carrying hell’s breath, used Styx Force for the first time, Styx likely sensed the threat from the first ant upon its appendage.

Thus, the quick-reacting, decisive elephant must bring a flood to drown these ants before the marching army forms.

So, heaven regretted after creating beings like Asmodeus, so insidious and crafty, who could even manipulate the powerful gods of order?

Asmodeus’s calculations couldn’t be executed alone... his hellish aura too intense, compounded by his reluctance to risk himself, so the Lord of Hell would never leave a safe haven for long, just for a plot with unknown results.

But those he uses... truly, each with their own plans aside, each with their own characteristics.

In this world, Asmodeus has been extremely careful in his use of personnel... Fengo’s most significant trait is that he absolutely won’t give you surprises.

In everything, he operates within the rules, never acting on a whim.

As Hell Prosecutor, this character is great, but as a Pioneer of a world... with everything handled by Asmodeus himself, why must he let Fengo know his secrets?

Unfortunately, the Lord of Hell couldn’t find a more suitable candidate than Fengo... He certainly trusts his Hell Angels more, yet when it concerns Bisozeya, the Hell Angels might introduce many loopholes in their actions.

Thus, Asmodeus could only bring in Glaysia, who has poor relations with Fengo but would definitely want her mother resurrected, as the person to give orders.

She always dares to act... just prone to excess.

Fengo’s task is to perform some mundane chores and conveniently stop Glaysia when she gets carried away.

Moreover, as a Great Devil, Fengo would never oppose Bisozeya’s resurrection... As Asmodeus became increasingly powerful, with greater control over hell, the Great Devils, including those Dukes of Demons, finally understood they couldn’t expel this Lord of Hell anymore.

Back then, the calculations and rebellions, especially those thinking if Bisozeya hadn’t brought the wolves in, hell would still be their hell Grand Dukes, now instead welcome Bisozeya’s resurrection.

They killed Bisozeya to delegitimize Asmodeus’s rule... Including Glaysia’s husband, Mamon who actually has his own plans.

He’s just hiding in the back hoping for a windfall.

Yet, Asmodeus and the Loyal Hell Angel Legion standing behind him were stronger than those self-assured Great Devils ever expected... In the end, Mamon could only watch as his wife, his sole chance of securing the throne Glaysia was directly taken away.

He spent so much effort for Glaysia to believe Mamon loved her head over heels!

But Mamon, not even daring to express regret, quickly married another wife, fearing that if he delayed, Asmodeus would kill him.

If it weren’t for the Lord of Hell’s inadequate Control Power, if not for Mamon’s total submission having no chance at the hell throne... well, that long snake ended up surviving.

Hill couldn’t help but laugh at this thought.

Though two people were dispatched, with the greatest desire for Bisozeya’s resurrection and capable of balancing each other, and everything seemingly going smoothly, yet still failed over a minor issue.

Even if Hill hadn’t come, Asmodeus’s plan for this world would likely fail.

But failure comes in many varieties.

If he couldn’t resurrect Bisozeya, it doesn’t mean he wouldn’t make a move on neighboring Teraxil.

Styx wouldn’t consider how the children of the World Tree live either.

To beings like them, granting them patience to circumvent those children slightly when taking action is a favor, they don’t care what others might do.

If Bisozeya were truly one step short due to Styx’s opposition... Teraxil’s danger would be even greater.

Hill increasingly appreciates the accident that brought him here.