The entire underworld fell into a deep, deathly silence.

Before long, Hades regained his senses and picked up the golden pen again.

Splash splash—

The crisp sound of pages turning on the writing desk broke the silence of the underworld palace.

Along with it, Hades' deep voice also rang out:

"We are all beings born under rules."

"Therefore, rules can restrict all of us."

Upon hearing this, Victor remained calmly standing in place, looking at Hades, who was slumped over the desk.

The thick register lay on the desk, Hades's gaze fixed on the page he was holding in his hand.

His red eyes scanned the report back and forth several times, but he still didn't turn to the next page with satisfaction.

"Now I know why Persephone is willing to believe you."

"but."

Hades raised his gaze again and looked at the girl in front of him.

He stretched out his hand and pointed at Erica, who was a human girl.

Because this time, he spoke directly to Erica.

"I can give you another chance, but you must pass the test on your own."

"You can only get through this on your own."

"Moreover, you must be prepared to be shattered to pieces."

At this moment, Erica, who was in a soul form, suddenly felt an extremely intense burning sensation take over her entire body.

The raging hellfire raged in the air, and chaotic waves of high-temperature air kept crashing towards Erica.

The terrifying burning heat caused Erica to feel a stinging pain in her eyes.

Even in her ears, a deep and frantic mournful roar echoed.

It was as if countless souls, sunk to the deepest hell, were struggling and wailing around her.

The scorching flames gradually engulfed the underworld before them.

Only Hades' towering figure, enveloped in flames, remained, standing high in the fiery abyss, fiercely glaring down at Erica.

"Human, you must know that every failure will subject you to unbearable suffering and excruciating pain."

"Do you hear those painful cries in your ears? That will be the end of your defeat."

As soon as she finished speaking, Erica raised her head in a daze and stared at the high and mighty Hades.

Despite being controlled by Professor Victor, she felt her body trembling and her limbs stiffening.

Despite the intense heat all around, I felt ice-cold all over.

At that moment, she felt as if she had truly sunk into hell.

"That won't trouble you, Lord Hades."

Erica only came to her senses slightly when she saw her body open up.

Then, Hades fixed his condescending gaze on her mercilessly and said sternly:

"Hmph, shameless humans, get out of here."

"I will send someone to inform you when the trial is ready to begin."

With a wave of Hades' hand, a wall of fire suddenly rose between Erica and the two of them, swirling continuously in the air.

It was as if they were deliberately separated.

Seeing this, Erica knew that Hades didn't want to see him right now.

Although he didn't know why the other party was so hostile towards him, he still slowly left, stepping on the deep red carpet scorched by the flames.

The moment Erica left the central palace, the fiery illusion suddenly went out.

Sensing the disappearance of human presence, Hades sat back down in his chair and looked down at the register in his hand.

Every soul that dies and enters hell is automatically recorded in this register.

However, Victor, who was dead and had entered Hell, did not appear there.

That's why Hades initially misjudged Victor as not being the deceased.

However, even after Victor passed the trial, he was still forcibly kept in Hell by the rules that existed in this land.

Hades then realized that Victor was actually dead.

This sparked his intense interest in the cause of Viktor's death.

According to Viktor, he also roughly knew how Viktor died.

"Was it simply erased?"

Those who defy the rules will be forcibly removed by the rules; this is also a rule.

Although he didn't entirely believe Victor's claim of "killing the rule once," the other party was indeed erased by the rule.

Humans who are directly erased do not fall into the category of natural death or accidental death.

It's normal that Hades can't see the other party's death record.

Viktor is undocumented.

Based on this, Hades only believed half of what Victor said.

but……

"There really are such terrifying humans..."

This was the first time he looked at Victor with a new perspective, not as a dog thief.

From this perspective, he realized how terrifying Victor, as a human being, truly was.

He was lawless, powerful, and even dared to disregard and interfere with the rules.

Moreover, even with the rules being forcefully erased, Viktor was still not completely dead.

Yes, we can't say he didn't die, but we also can't say he's completely dead.

After all, Viktor's physical body perished, and his soul was forced into hell.

But the fact that he could survive the erasure of the rules is enough to demonstrate Viktor's special nature.

And it looks like—

"They were also helpless against him."

Hades muttered to himself.

Hades knew that since Victor dared to do such a thing, he would definitely be summoned for a talk by the consciousness of the underworld.

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