"Ran away?"
"Doesn't want Hell anymore!?" Aron, who had just learned the news, was stunned and skeptical.
Mephisto had run away!
He had even abandoned the Flaming Hell!
And he was not the only one.
Satanish, who had earlier summoned Dormammu, the ruler of the Dark Dimension, had also disappeared without a trace.
"Wait a minute…"
"They ran away?"
"Then Belath is dead, Lucifer is dead, Hades is dead, Satana is dead…"
Aron began counting with his fingers and came to a conclusion.
"Other than the two of us, there are no more Lords of Hell!?"
"That's right." Hela nodded.
Disappointment was written on her face. She was not happy and did not feel the thrill of victory.
"…"
Aron was also disappointed.
He couldn't decide whether this was a gain or a loss.
During the last great battle, he had been too preoccupied with fighting and missed the chance to claim the spoils.
Lucifer, Hades, and Satana, all their energies had returned to their respective dimensions of hell.
From that perspective, it was a loss.
But on the other hand… the dimensions were left without rulers. That meant he could now take them over.
The energies he had missed were now reopened before him, like unused reserves waiting for a new master.
At this moment, with Mephisto and Satanish on the run, both the Flaming Hell and the Dark Hell were completely unprotected.
It was as if the director and the chief executive officer had abandoned two massive companies.
They might still hold shares, but the most valuable physical assets were now free and had fallen into Aron's hands.
"So…"
"Looks like I actually profited. And profited greatly." Aron realized with a sudden smile.
An idea, which once seemed insane, now appeared achievable.
To reassemble the shattered hells into one complete Hell dimension.
The greatest obstacle had already been removed.
"Hela, occupy these hells and bring them under our real control as soon as possible." Aron gave the order without hesitation.
"No problem."
"Which one do you want to start with?"
"The Dark Hell? The Flaming Hell? Hades' Underworld? Or perhaps the Succubus Hell?" Hela asked.
"Succubus! Succubus! Succubus!" Aron didn't hesitate for a second. His choice was decisive.
Joking or not, it was hard to imagine anyone refusing to start with that one.
"Darling?" Hela's gaze was icy.
"Don't misunderstand me. I'm only thinking politically."
"After all, no matter the order, we'll take them all in the end. What matters is that they're ours." Aron spoke with the expression of a righteous man, though the shadow of a smile revealed his true thoughts.
"Let's go."
"Let's hurry, before the nightmares catch up with us." he said, barely able to wait.
He rubbed his hands together like a merchant before a big deal.
Succubi! Here I come!
...…
The news of the shocking battle between the Sorcerer Supreme and Dormammu spread throughout the entire multidimensional reality.
Soon, it reached the boundless universe of the Overspace.
In the depths of the cosmos.
Thanos, the Mad Titan, silently sat on a floating throne surrounded by meteors.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes.
"The Ancient One finally… lives again?"
A smile briefly crossed his face, but quickly vanished.
"Great Thanos."
"As far as I know, the Ancient One suffered great losses in this battle."
"We are analyzing… I fear her strength has now fallen below the level of a Heavenly Father."
Just as Thanos wanted to lean back again on his throne, his servant, one of the Black Order's Five Generals, Ebony Maw, stood up.
"There is news that the Ancient One has given up the position of Sorcerer Supreme."
"Her successor is a human being."
"There is not much information about this successor, the only thing known is that he is… very weak."
Ebony was also a mage, but what he excelled in was not releasing magic, but persuasion. His mental abilities were so strong that he could move objects through the air, even reshape matter.
"Excellent work!"
Thanos slowly stood up.
At that moment, his massive figure rose from the throne.
"Father!"
At that moment, one of Thanos' adopted daughters, Nebula, appeared through the surrounding meteor and knelt on one knee before his throne.
"I have investigated the situation. The Guardians of the Galaxy left the Power Stone on the planet Xandar."
"Shall I retrieve it?" asked Nebula, her head lowered.
In her heart, she still harbored hatred toward Thanos, wishing to kill him. But the disparity in power was too great and forced her to suppress all her hatred.
"No…"
Thanos did not know what his daughter truly thought, nor did he care. Faced with her initiative, the master of the universe slowly descended from his throne.
"This time… I will go myself."
He stopped in front of his treasure vault. The meteor slowly rose, and upon it lay a gauntlet, an artifact created for infinite power.
...
In a deeper part of the universe.
One of the five original gods of creation, Galactus, the Devourer of Worlds, also sensed something.
He had survived the last universe, existing long before the Big Bang of the Marvel cosmos. And now, Galactus sensed that something was wrong on Earth.
But unlike Thanos, his attention was focused on dimensions billions of times larger.
"Eternity ceases to be the refuge of that world."
Galactus sensed that the Ancient One had lost the protection of Eternity itself.
In other words…
The planet at the axis of the Overspace had now lost its eternal sanctuary.
"It is time for you to go, Silver Surfer."
"A more delicious planet awaits me."
His loyal herald, the Silver Surfer, immediately received the command and changed his course.
Wherever he passed, light retreated. Countless light-years around him were filled with a dark, dead starfield.
In that field, there was not a single star, not a single planet, only the silence of death.
...
Farther in the universe.
With a wound on his face, Thor tightly held Mjolnir and flew with it through the void.
He had just left the Realm of Fire, Muspelheim. There he had waged a terrible war, but found no answers he sought.
Not even the Lord of Fire, the Flame Giant Surtur, was seen on that journey.
"Where have all the gods of the universe gone?"
"Even… even the enemies of the gods have disappeared!"
"It's strange…"
Thor continued to fly, using Mjolnir, and soon reached the galaxy known as Indigarr.
In it was the sun of Indigarr and the planet Indigarr.
"Even the gods here are called Indigarr…" Thor muttered, not hiding an ironic smile.
For the first time, he discovered there was someone even worse at naming than himself.
When he reached the center of the galaxy, Thor saw a hanging pantheon.
"Here dwell the gods of Indigarr."
He swung his hammer and landed at the massive gates of the palace. He took a deep breath and pushed open the heavy gate.
"!!!"
His pupils suddenly widened.
Because inside the Pantheon, floating lifelessly, were ten massive bodies…
The gods of Indigarr.
–––
Support me on Patreon:
patreon.com/_BlackRose
Enjoy 30+ advanced chapters for just $3.
Your support would mean a lot to me. ❤️