All the departed souls must complete their reincarnation by fulfilling their faith.

Even those souls who leave the underworld will forget all their memories because they fall into a state of chaos.

This ultimately caused Hades to lose this faith.

But that doesn't matter.

Because new souls will always come from the human world to the underworld to fill this void.

This system of reincarnation ensures that the distribution of human souls in the human world and the underworld is almost balanced.

Even the gods on earth have to engage in intrigue and power struggles to gain the faith of humankind.

Hades in the underworld can gain the faith of countless souls simply by sitting on his throne.

Although the faith of the dead is not as devout and pure as that of humans.

Fortunately, this 'cake' is enjoyed by Hades alone.

Therefore, his power made him an invincible being among the gods.

Under this cyclical system, Hades' power has remained stable with almost no significant changes.

In reality, a thousand years ago, Hades was not particularly powerful among the gods.

At that time, the world's population was extremely small, and even the earliest civilizations had not yet emerged.

In this chaotic and wild environment, the gods descended from the heavens.

They gave every human being a name, brought knowledge to humanity in various fields, and created a systematic civilization.

It was from that time that humanity experienced its first population explosion.

As the population grows, the number of deaths also increases accordingly.

Hades could clearly feel his power constantly increasing at that time.

Until a sudden bottleneck occurred, the human population seemed to be fixed and remained stable thereafter.

This is precisely the period the Grand Master was referring to.

The increase in population has led to an overabundance of names, making name duplication an unavoidable phenomenon.

It's likely that even among 100,000 new lives, not a single completely new name will emerge.

Therefore, they could only name newborns after the recently deceased.

"When names become a limitation in this world, it becomes almost impossible for new lives to emerge in the future."

"Without new life, there is no new soul."

"This is your bottleneck, and it's also my bottleneck."

As the Grand Master spoke, his voice became even calmer than before.

This also calmed Hades down, who had been quite angry.

As the Grand Master said, there is no new life.

Both the living and the dead can only maintain a relatively stable number.

The gods in the heavens do not receive sufficient faith, and he, residing in the underworld, cannot gain more support and power.

Therefore, whether it is the gods or him, their power has actually been fixed long ago.

Unless a considerable number of new life emerges.

But to break this limitation, the restriction of 'name' must be eliminated.

"Besides, even if humanity really becomes extinct, what does that have to do with you?"

"You are Hades, and the more humans die, the stronger you become."

At this moment, the archmage's words carried a hint of seduction, attempting to persuade Hades.

"Most importantly, once the cycle of birth and death disappears, you will no longer need to work."

Don't you think this is wonderful?

Hades frowned, remained silent, and pondered deeply for a long time after hearing this.

It must be said that the Grand Master's words did indeed tempt him somewhat.

Most importantly, he's not good at using his brain.

If only his wife were there, he would usually make the decisions for him.

Unfortunately, Persephone disappeared along with those humans.

He currently has no idea where she is.

Therefore, Hades was confused about the Archmage's intentions and found it difficult to judge whether they were good or evil.

However, while he was lost in silence and contemplation, some people were already itching to curse him.

"Is his brain all muscle? Does he even need to think about it?"

Persephone massaged her brow, admitting that this was one of the very few times she had ever sworn.

Although all the humans in the academy were bewitched by the gaze of the evil god and unable to speak, she was an exception.

Similarly, Lia and the others around her were completely unaffected by the evil god.

They can move freely and speak as they please, and are largely unaffected by evil gods.

However, when Persephone saw Hades's hesitant expression, her anger flared.

Had Hades forgotten what Odin had said about Ragnarok?

Ragnarok represents the end of the gods!

He is also one of the gods!

If all of humanity were wiped out, could he still survive?

The reason why gods can exist in the world is because there are still humans who remember them.

He is Hades, and Hades's position is to control the cycle of life and death.

If everyone in the world died, the cycle of birth and death would also end.

What then is the point of his position as Hades?

If they lose their meaning, then the gods will surely perish, just like the other gods among the twelve Olympian gods.

This is why Ragnarok first wiped out humanity.

Next are the gods.

The existence of the gods depends on human faith; once humanity ceases to exist, the gods will naturally be unable to continue to exist.

Persephone had already seen through the archmage's absurd seduction.

That is undoubtedly blatant deception!

His motives were definitely not simple.

"But...why does the Archmage want to exterminate everyone in the world?"

At this moment, Lia suddenly spoke up and asked a question that puzzled her.

Persephone sighed, just about to explain to Lia,

But the other person's next sentence completely disrupted her train of thought.

"What benefit would he gain from doing this?"