"Are you coming?"
Rosen asked.
"You're a High-Class Devil—get out and see the world."
"Uh… are you really going to Hell to find Li Zevim? But I thought that's Hades's territory, and Hades is one of the main gods of greek mythology; we'll definitely be stopped if we just barge in."
Rias sounded hesitant.
"And even if Li Zevim is hiding in Hell, Hades would never admit it."
"Not an issue. If I say he's there, then he's there."
"Eh?"
The next moment, the puzzled Rias felt Rosen pat her shoulder.
"By now you should be used to my way of doing things. When I say Li Zevim is hiding in Hell, he'd better actually be hiding there."
"If greek mythology dares to resist, I don't mind resurrecting the methods I used back when I was preaching."
The Bible's stories were known to every power in the Three Realms; even demons were familiar with Christianity's rise.
A fledgling church that in no time became the world's largest religion, with popes whose authority could control entire nations.
And the native faiths before Christianity were either annexed or kicked to the curb.
Norse Mythology had its faith completely usurped; even the All-Father Odin became part of the Bible's Satan.
greek mythology fared slightly better, but before Christianity it was likewise curb-side trash.
In this world.
Christianity, with the God of the Bible present, was unquestionably the strongest power.
Thus, before Rias could react, Rosen already set off toward the Underworld with her in tow.
Every mythological faction has a realm akin to the Netherworld.
In greek mythology, the place that ushers in the Souls of the dead is the Underworld.
In truth, only the name differs.
Dark, damp, sunless, filled with cold mist.
Across the vast land countless empty Souls wandered, guided by figures in black robes wielding scythes—Reapers.
Recently, the Underworld's god Hades had ordered every Reaper to stay on high alert and bar any suspicious intruder.
The lowest-ranking Reapers didn't know why, but since Hades himself had spoken, the usually lackadaisical spirits now watched the gates between the Human Realm and the Underworld with utmost vigilance.
The reason the Lord Hades issued this order was the news that the God of the Bible had returned a few days earlier.
As a higher god, Hades learned of the God of the Bible's reappearance almost immediately.
While other mythological powers were still uneasy about the shifting world situation, Hades, God of the Underworld, had already begun bracing for the Bible's deity to come knocking.
In the past, news about the God of the Bible had been unclear, yet Hades had still planned ahead, cooperating with the renegade Li Zevim who had fled the Netherworld.
In the deepest part of Hell, within the Eternal Frozen Prison, he built a laboratory for Li Zevim to research Artificial Transcendent technology.
Still, Hades remained uneasy; whenever Li Zevim appeared, Hades would press him to break the Seal on the Beast of Revelation as soon as possible.
The reason was simple: among the foes recorded in the Bible, only the Beast of Revelation could stand against the God of the Bible.
If one could seize the power to control that Beast, there would be no need to live in daily dread.
"Lord Hades, you truly needn't trouble yourself so much."
The speaker was a Chief Death God whose face was almost completely hidden beneath a hood.
"Word of the God of the Bible's death has long circulated, yet it was never proven. Now she has suddenly reappeared—though the rumor has been dispelled, in the past the God of the Bible would never have acted this way."
"To hold such an ostentatious ceremony, letting every god in the world know—there may well be a deeper secret behind it all."
For example, perhaps something really had happened to the God of the Bible, and only today had she recovered because of some event.
Whatever the case…
Such a lavish ceremony was clearly intended to broadcast the message that the God of the Bible still lived.
In the past, Heaven would never have done this.
Yet now they had—and they wanted every god on earth to know it.
Therefore, the Chief Death God at Hades' side concluded there were only two possibilities.
907 One: to flaunt the presence of the God of Bible and signal that big moves were coming.
The other also showcased divine presence, but its real aim was to deter any powers thinking of meddling with the Three Factions.
Yet, with their current strength lacking, they could only warn the outside world in this manner.
After hearing this, Hades felt it made perfect sense.
Although the God of the Bible had returned, her strength might not yet equal what it once was; otherwise, for stealing Dragon Eater Samael—who had been sealed in the Netherworld—while the realms were in chaos, he would already have paid dearly.
This creature, a conglomeration of every negative force in the world, neither human nor ghost, had been sealed in a special place by the God of the Bible.
But Hades had schemed until it fell into his hands.
He paid a huge price to break the Seals binding Samael.
Even so, wielding Samael's power was no easy task.
The reason the God of the Bible valued Samael was that his venom could effortlessly slay dragons.
Even the Infinite Dragon God would suffer strange effects from a mere touch of it…