Chapter 234

——The above is the summary of how Lancermello sneaked into the underworld smoothly.

"...There are none here either." Lansemero, who had changed back into his daily clothes and original appearance, stood at the edge of the Blood Falls and looked down at Hades' underworld through his magic eye. "All I can see now are the souls of ordinary people. There is no trace of the souls of saints and heroes... Do we want to go deeper?"

"You don't see anyone you know?" Asclepius asked in surprise.

"In 1743, I was still a specimen." Lansemello replied to Asclepius, "Even in our original world, I didn't know anyone at this time - let alone now that we are in another world."

"Go deeper." Ereshkigal made the decision, "When you took the initiative to return the power, they didn't take it back. If it doesn't work, you can open the Gate of the Abyss to ask about the situation. Although Hecate and the others live in the underworld, no matter which world they are in, they are not under Hades' control, right?"

"...I understand." Lancer Melo paused and added, "But I will not approach Hades' body - at most I will search to the end of the underworld, and then I will find a way to return directly to the ground. Moreover, Tartarus here is as empty as the Lost Zone... The gods have indeed withdrawn from the stage on the earth, and only Athena and Hades remain on the earth of this world."

"That's it." Ereshkigal sighed.

Lansemelo used magic to float down from the top of the Blood Falls to the Seventh Hell below. According to the map of the underworld obtained from the Sanctuary in advance, she would only search to the Eighth Hell before ending this operation. The deeper she went into the underworld, the greater the chance that the God of the Underworld would directly notice her abnormality.

"... There's nothing here either." Lansemelo passed through the Seventh Hell, which was shrouded in the incessant wailing of the dead souls, and stood at the entrance of the pure white and silent Eighth Hell and picked up the wand. "This is the last stop - let's go."

"May the blessing of the poplar tree always be with me."

After a brief protection, Lancermello stepped into this prison that could freeze even the soul - in front of him was an endless ice field, the ice surface under his feet was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the original appearance of the Paradise Fairy.

The fairy of paradise holding a magic wand stopped in the center of the empty ice field, and chanted the spell to summon the servants under the guidance of intuition. The golden magic power gathered in front of her, outlining the gate of the Throne of Heroes - these existences that were not allowed on the ground did not violate the laws of the underworld.

——Besides, this ice field is not empty.

"Since this is not a destruction caused by humans, it is a destruction caused by the natural law of 'death'." Before setting off, the others left enough space for the two of them to be alone. Lansemello stood in front of Athena and explained his plan bit by bit. "You know, in the history of pan-humanity, I am more strictly a guardian of Alaya, but Gaia also participated in that contract."

"And now I am 'Earth'. Although it is only an unfinished work, I also have the ability to restrain the gathering of guardians. I will grant 'miracles' to those who sigh at their own powerlessness as many times as I want until the danger of extinction is completely eliminated!"

"Declare."

The dramatic increase in magic power exposed the fact that the intruder was not a member of the underworld. The members of the Hades' army rushed to the location of the outsider as soon as they discovered the abnormal situation. Lancermello, standing on the ice field, was using the power of the earth's "foundation" to bring "miracles" to all the souls in this prison.

Hades' underworld, the Eighth Hell, houses all the souls who attempted to harm and rebel against the gods. Of course, the dead Saints are also among the souls imprisoned in the Eighth Hell because they are the enemies of Hades.

——The gods are destined to withdraw from the stage of the world because the primates in this world have become humans.

Humans, who used to see gods in the sky, no longer fear gods as they turn "miracles" into "technology" that is within their reach, so one day they will say goodbye to gods - no matter what the means, even if it means killing gods who once loved humans like parents, humans will eventually leave gods behind and stride towards a new future.

"Your body is under my command,

My fate rests on your sword.

The twin gods who had been staying on the ground and were arranging for Pandora to lock Aaron in the studio also discovered the abnormal riot of the saints' souls, and immediately moved back to the interior of the underworld - but they did not expect that the control of the underworld was also seized by an existence they did not know, and the place where they appeared was changed to outside the gate of hell.

Ereshkigal, who was floating in a shadowy state beside Lancesmero and on guard, was busy controlling the underworld itself to set up obstacles for the twin gods, in order to delay time for Lancesmero to complete the reproduction of the "miracle" - the spear prison belonging to the Sumerian underworld protruded from the soil of the Greek underworld, weaving a defensive line to imprison souls.

At this moment, the golden door of the Throne of Heroes has taken shape, waiting to be knocked on.

"If you wish to be called by the planet,

Follow this intention, follow this principle, and then respond to it! 』

The vessel that carries many souls has been completed - the power of the Third Law is running at full speed, constructing different flesh and bodies for the dead heroes according to the operating mode of the Greater Holy Grail in the past Holy Grail War system, and at the same time giving them characteristics of different ranks; and the records of Gaia's side guardians in the Heroes' Throne are also updated and increase rapidly.

The alarm sounded once again inside Chaldea, which was suspended on the outer side of this world like an orbital satellite. The staff on duty tonight stared in amazement at the rapid increase in the spiritual base atlas data of the temporary Heroic Seat. The Heroic Spirits in charge of guarding Fujimaru Ritsuka's dream broke into the control room and synchronized the changes in Fujimaru Ritsuka with Dr. Roman sitting in the director's seat.

“I hereby swear an oath.

I am the one who has accomplished all the good deeds in the world.

I am the one who spreads all the evil in the world. 』

The souls that were reborn gradually regained their consciousness under the impact of magic, and the warriors who were once turned into ice sculptures by the severe cold of Hades were awakened to their faith and indestructible will in their lifetime. Ereshkigal only stopped the most important twin gods, and the Hades warriors that she had no time to take care of were stopped by the dead who had just obtained the "miracle".

The Paradise Fairy is still standing in the center of the ice field, and the battlefield is not getting any closer to her; and as the dead souls continue to revive, the ice field is slowly melting - just like the bleaching process of the entire planet they witnessed in the past, like the destruction of the fairy country like a painting falling into a raging fire and being burned, and like the fantasy tree sea that is constantly assimilated by ORT in the South American Abnormal Belt.

"You are the seven gods entangled by the three great spirits.

Coming from the Wheel of Restraint, the Guardian of Libra—! 』

The golden gate of the Throne of Heroes suddenly opened, and the Throne of Heroes, which was originally supported by only a corner of "man", was now connected to the "earth". After a long time, the Throne of Heroes finally restored its complete posture - the power of Gaia and Alaya merged into one, and the restraining force that maintained the world finally began to operate.

The chant ended, and Lancermello closed the door of the Throne of Heroes - as expected, the corner of the 'Earth' that had entered the next stage of advancement had completed the reproduction of the 'miracle' - so Ereshkigal stopped delaying the steps of the Twin Gods and used the power of the oldest god of the underworld to turn Hades' underworld into his own territory.

"Since we only need to dig deeper when we come down, then the natural thing to do when we go back is to break through upwards." Lanser-Mello looked at Ereshkigal with a smile, and gave her an order with the Command Seal before the twin gods appeared, "I command you with the Command Seal - Ereshkigal, use your Noble Phantasm to break through the underworld!"

"The sky has its seas, the earth has its prisons - my heel is the wrath of Hades!"

The face of the goddess with golden hair and golden eyes showed the indifference of a god. Under her power, the underworld roared as it was about to collapse. The prisons used to imprison souls were densely packed all over the ground, and the souls that had just regained their freedom were brought under their control. At the moment when the twin gods moved to the eighth hell, the top of the underworld was finally shattered by the efforts of Ereshkigal.

"I hope you can remember to add a restriction to prohibit teleportation like Athena did." Lansemero looked at the twin gods with a smile, but in his eyes that reopened, the blood-red devil eyes that reappeared the power of "death" "Well, goodbye - Demon God Balor, please allow me to borrow your power again!"

"The evil eye of death "Balor"! 』

At this moment, in the Pope's Hall in the Sanctuary, Athena, who was using the Athena Kilionomea that she had smuggled from Chaldea's inventory to strengthen the Saints, seemed to have sensed something, stopped her work, rushed out of the door of the Pope's Hall, and looked in the direction of the Sanctuary Cemetery.

"The power of the planet 'Gaia' has returned... no, it has directly skipped the transformation stage!?" As a god related to humans, Athena, who has always paid more attention to Fujimaru Ritsuka who controls the power of Alaya, also sensed the changes in the inhibitory force in the triangle prepared by Chaldea to rebuild the world. "That child was originally the heart of the inner sea of ​​​​the stars, and he is also very talented in conceptual research..."

Athena suddenly remembered the prophecy Hecate gave her before she entered this world -

"Although Hades and I are both very concerned about the child's situation, she should be fine - at least in most cases." The purple-haired goddess sat on the white swing in the garden, wearing a Greek-style pure white dress like the girl she had given the tin staff. "But, Athena, I will tell you about this future."

"In this world, she will become a real planet - and from nothing, the paradise fairies who have never had a homeland finally have the ability to recreate their lost homeland."

"She took the 'sky' away, and in order to ensure the stability of our own world, 'humans' stayed behind." Hecate explained to Athena the concepts used by magicians in the magic of creation. "However, only when the 'sky' and 'earth' are separated can they become the real sky and earth——"

“It is because humans separated the sky and the earth, so only after humans appeared-heaven and earth can coexist.”

"Athena, in the following process, you will be the one who separates the heaven and the earth on behalf of Ritsuka."