Chapter 239
"The spirit peak steps on the bellows of the underworld "Kur Kigal Irkalla"! 】
As Hades fell from the sky, Ereshkigal's underworld opened its doors to welcome visitors. The broken bricks of the castle decayed under the power of the mistress of the underworld, revealing the figures of Hades' army ready to fight.
"That arrow...actually shot down Hades City from the sky?"
"After all, that arrow has the power of death and decay." Lancermello, who had transformed into Ereshkigal's outfit, and Sasha stood behind the Saints, watching Thanatos easily crush the arrow that shot down Hades City. "After all, I am not a forger by profession, so I cannot create a weapon that can physically break through the defenses of gods..."
“But in the conceptual realm, I can still try a little harder—after all, no matter what exists, it will inevitably face the arrival of death.”
"That is to say..."
"Although if I were to destroy Hades City, I wouldn't need special arrows. After all, I would only need to show my special eyes, the 'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception'." Lanser-Mello sighed, his eyes were the same pure gold as Ereshkigal's. "But after all, it's Sagittarius who's going to do it, so what we have to do is to attach the concept of death to the arrows."
"Like now, they have all come to the underworld - although I can't kill them, I have another way."
"Any other methods?" Sasha, who had supplemented the Sumerian mythology, looked at Lansemelo in confusion, "But, the Sumerian underworld..."
The so-called underworld is the world under the earth, the afterlife.
"This is the underworld, and deep inside the underworld is the abyss 'Tartarus' where many Titans are imprisoned." Lansemero tilted his head towards Sasha, "As a Greek goddess, you should know the existence of this prison - you should also know that the abyss prison is more secure than any seal."
"You want to save your brother, don't you? I'll keep all the Plutos and Geminis here - it's up to you whether you can bring them back, Sasha."
"This is the land of dreams, and also the land of death."
"This is a bottomless abyss, and also an endless dome."
"Gate of Tartaros."
Mist from the abyss gushed out, trapping all the members of the Pluto Army inside - as if some giant creature slowly awakened, opened its huge mouth and swallowed them all.
"The gate of Tartarus..." Hypnos withdrew his gaze from Sasha and turned his attention back to the enemy in front of him. He stripped a trace of natural scent from the underworld aura that filled Lancel-Melo's body, "You are neither human nor god. This aura - you are a nymph."
"If it's you, then it's okay to think that I'm the fairy 'Nymph'." Lansemero, who had almost revealed all his personal information to the people of the Sanctuary by Athena, answered Hypnos calmly, even maintaining a certain degree of respect for the gods. "After all, I am not a human being. I can only master the power of the gods because I have been favored by the gods."
"They cast their gazes and blessings on me, so I will fulfill their wishes as the one who is favored. Now that Athena has also cast her gaze on me and blessed me, I will open a path for her to fulfill her wish - even if that wish is just an empty wish, I will turn it into reality."
——I will bring the gods back to the earth.
Lancermello released the synchronization with the Servant, revealing the most original appearance of the Paradise Fairy.
"My mission is to kill you, or seal you, and end this holy war." Lansemero waved his wand, and the magic of sealing the space was constructed in an instant. "So I will not leave you a chance to escape, nor will I leave you a chance to resurrect - ah, just like that war."
——During the Spring War in the Fairy Kingdom, the Southern Fairies slaughtered all the Northern Fairies. Even if there were new generations, they would be killed instantly.
"Only the guilty can pass—"
"Garden of Camelot."
This is the prison where the Fairy Queen Morgan imprisoned the Lancermello Pan-Human History Identical, which was recreated based on the memories of the Fairy Kingdom. Rather than preventing external interference and internal escape, the restrictions of this prison are that only designated subjects can correctly open the door and enter or leave the "court".
——The designated target this time is Aaron.
Only when Sasha, who is Athena, returns with the real Aaron, can the magic of the "court" be lifted this time.
"You want to kill us? It's just a nymph."
After confirming that the enemy in front of him was a nymph, Thanatos regained his former arrogance.
"After all, you are only a god, not a monster who does not know death. Even gods will die." Lancermello ignored the Saints who were fighting with the Hades Army and calmly confronted the gods. "After all, everything has its origin, and if there is an origin, there must be an end. As long as I can find a way... Of course, I have already thought of a way!!!"
The Paradise Fairy used her magic wand to pull away the four gods who were trying to sneak attack. A lightning-like dagger appeared in her hand through projection magic - and then it was thrown out and hit the leading god.
"It's the children of Hypnos." Lansemero lifted the projection magic that copied Wanfu Bingying's broken rules, and dodged the attack while sighing, "However, although conceptual gods are difficult to deal with... as long as you no longer associate them with concepts understood by humans, it will be much easier to deal with them - for example, now."
"Come back, come back, come back. Close the book and let it end. Wake up from the dream and it will be cold. Everything is just a fever, and everything is in the past. We must give up our dreams and save our lives. Activate the treasure and return to reality—"
"Woo, face this sad and tender reality "Triste Suave Alonso Quijano"! "
"The Four Dream Gods are... being decomposed!?"
In the chaos, many people saw the four statues of the gods of dreams that Hypnos had sent to attack Lansemelo melt away in the sunlight, their bodies gradually becoming transparent. Many Hades warriors who had been suppressed by the ridiculously enhanced Saints along the way also noticed the shaking of the barrier and prepared to escape in the chaos...
However, I didn't expect that the barrier only shook for a moment and soon returned to normal.
"Four Dream Gods - work is done. Who is next, Lord Sleep or Lord Death?" Lansemelo fell back to the ground from the air, staring at the blue eyes of the past Eye of Shadows that had returned to their normal state. It was like ringing a funeral bell. Although he uttered words that represented deicide, his wording still retained respect for the gods.
"Nymphs should be as powerful as the God of Night - there is no way that Nymphs can suppress them so easily..." Hypnos frowned and pulled his brother to observe Lansemelo, "But she almost solved them at the same time in an instant, without even any effort -"
“We’ve lost sight of something more fundamental.”
The Saints had already thrown the defeated Hades Warriors into Tartarus one by one according to what Sasha and Lancer Mello had told them before the battle. While the confrontation between Lancer Mello and the Twin Gods was still going on, the God of Sleep was alert and used unknown means to instantly resolve the Paradise Fairies of the Four Dream Gods, and the Paradise Fairies were also happy to have some time to rest.
The Saints who controlled many Hades Warriors also slowed down their movements, waiting for the battle between the gods to end.
To everyone's surprise, after a long silence, Hypnos asked Lansemero: "You just want this crusade to end, but you don't have to kill us, and you don't have to make Athena win - am I right?"
"...Wrong answer." Lansemero projected a red magic spear in his hand, raised his head and looked at Hypnos, "Athena must win, and humans must not perish - all life on this earth must not perish. But killing you is not a necessary condition."
"Then, next question - if we are sealed in Tartarus by you, will there be another Crusade?" Hypnos ignored the gazes of the Saints and Hades and asked Lancermello.
"No matter what your ending is, the holy war will break out in 243 years. This future cannot be changed." Lanser Melodon paused and added, "I just chose a route that allows more people to survive based on His request. Although the future cannot be changed, the details can always be changed."
"That is to say, if the holy war ends, the underworld will no longer be an enemy in your perception - I think I understand it correctly?" Hypnos confirmed again.
"Of course I am - after all, I am Gaia's consciousness, 'the consciousness of the earth'." Lansemero explained his position to everyone who was listening. "The extinction of mankind has nothing to do with me. After all, it is the work of Alaya's 'collective subconscious of mankind', but you have already endangered the earth itself..."
“So I came—even though the beings under the earth should have been closer to me, this time I chose humans.”
"...I understand." Hypnos, who had already realized the gap between the consciousness of the gods and the world, paused and asked Lansemello in a slow tone, "Then, can we ask the real Lord Hades for his opinion?"
"Then wait for Sasha to bring Aaron out - I will bring Hades out for you, but he won't be able to invade the human body again in this era." Lansemero looked away and saw Sasha dragging Aaron towards the battlefield. "It seems that my work this time can indeed be completed easily and successfully."
——As long as the connection between Hades and Aaron is severed...
Time stopped at this moment, and everything in front of everyone became still - only one Hades Warrior who was originally suppressed by the Saints was not affected at all. He smiled and walked leisurely to the center of everyone's sight.
"Don't you think that the story ends like this... a little too boring?" The young man in the burgundy suit smiled and took off his hat, bowed gracefully to everyone, and then fixed his eyes on Lansemello, "Nymph, the favored one of the underground god, the consciousness of the earth——"
"Do you really believe what she said?"