Chapter 177: Solomon Once Intended to Deify the Seventy-Two Pillars
Michael, of course, knew about the theft of Solomon's Ring.
However, he wasn't overly concerned about it being used for any purpose, as this Sacred Gear was different from others—it was completely bound to King Solomon.
Unless he himself used it, this Sacred Gear was nothing more than a purely decorative item.
And now, he had actually seen this Sacred Gear, and it appeared to be in use.
How was that possible!
But if it wasn't King Solomon, then how could the earlier manifestation of the Demon God Bael be explained?
It was even more like Bael than the real Bael!
"This form and power of the Demon God... could it be?!"
Azazel, who had also thought of something, couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
Once, King Solomon, representing God, made a covenant with the Seventy-Two Pillars of Demons to explore a path of peaceful coexistence.
Thus, he intended to transform the Seventy-Two Pillars of Demons into something beyond mere devils.
Just like in Eastern mythology, during the transition between the Shang and Zhou dynasties, didn't a great war occur with the intervention of immortals and gods?
The most famous event was Jiang Ziya's deification of the gods.
For King Solomon at that time, this had happened not long before, around the same period.
So, he planned to somewhat emulate that deification, allowing the Seventy-Two Demon Gods to gain human faith, transforming from devils into demon gods.
In this way, devils would no longer need to engage in what God considered malicious demonic transactions with humans, using fear to gain power.
Unfortunately, this plan never succeeded before King Solomon's death.
Mainly because most of the original Seventy-Two Demon Gods were skeptical, believing it might be a trap or something similar.
But at least during King Solomon's lifetime, the Seventy-Two Demon Gods and King Solomon coexisted relatively peacefully, marking the period of lowest hostility between angels and devils.
However, after King Solomon's death, this situation didn't last long before a great war broke out.
So, who exactly was the person before them now?
Was this saying that the person before them was Solomon himself?
Had he been resurrected?
Was that possible?
Though he wanted to say it was impossible, the current situation was that King Solomon's corpse had completely vanished, which was utterly bizarre.
Moreover, how could the manifested Demon God Bael be so powerful? Where did this power come from?
Could it have been granted by God?
This was truly intriguing. If the First Pillar of the Underworld's devils were to find out, one could only wonder how they would feel.
Now that's a true Demon God worthy of the title, not some devil that feels inferior to gods.
This is the real Bael, while that one was a fake.
"I finally found you!!!"
A somewhat youthful yet melodious voice suddenly rang out, startling many people as they hadn't detected this girl's presence at all.
Upon seeing this red-haired twin-tailed girl, Sirzechs revealed a bitter smile.
Rias' eyes widened more and more as she realized the true identity of this girl who was also wearing Kuoh Academy's uniform.
"I never expected you to still be alive"
Azazel was also astonished, never imagining that this Original Devil from the 72 Pillars, whose whereabouts had been unknown since the Great War, would appear.
"Greetings, Runeas. I never expected you to still exist in this era~"
Michael greeted her like a gentleman.
"Originally, I was sleeping, but I suddenly received a summons. I had just half-emerged when I was kicked back in!!!"
The responding twin-tailed girl was the first generation Gremory—Runeas Gremory, glaring angrily at the seemingly resurrected King Solomon.
Her words caused everyone to be astonished once again.
"Runeas? That name, could it be—!"
Katerea, who was initially confused, suddenly had trembling pupils and began sweating cold sweat.
This twin-tailed girl before them was actually the first generation Gremory.
Was she still alive, just like the first generation Bael?
No, that wasn't the important point. As an Original Devil, Gremory couldn't be summoned by just anyone, yet she had been summoned?
Was it by that mysterious person who had shed the appearance of the Demon God Bael?
Ah, and it seemed that person was wearing ten rings on his hands?
This series of information all pointed to an unbelievable possibility.
No, how could this be!
As if noticing her gaze, his eyes turned to look at her, instantly making her feel the hand of death gently caressing her back, causing her body to tremble slightly.
Katerea no longer had any intention of disrupting this meeting; now she only wanted to retreat.
Regardless of whether he was King Solomon or not, he was definitely an extremely dangerous individual.
Even with her power having increased more than tenfold, she could still feel the threat of death from him!
Suddenly, Katerea quickly dodged from her original position, then screamed in pain as she was slashed by a blade.
"Katerea, losing focus isn't good"
"Azazel!!!"
Katerea gritted her teeth in fury, glaring at this damned fallen angel governor who had suddenly attacked.
Now, escaping wouldn't be so easy for her.
"You're not thinking of running away, are you? In that case, Michael, Sirzechs, none of you intervene. If she wins...!"
"I'd like to intervene too, but the problem is if you all intervene, we'll need to desperately maintain this barrier. Where would we find the extra strength to get involved?"
"So please don't make too much of a commotion"
Sirzechs and Michael both said with bitter smiles.
Not just these two, but the seemingly resurrected King Solomon was also very suspicious and needed to be watched carefully.
The power he had displayed now exceeded Maou-class—it should be God-class, and possibly even at the level of a Chief God!
So why, after resurrecting, didn't he contact the Church? Didn't contact the angels?
Regarding this, Michael was deeply troubled in his heart.
Could it be that the resurrected King Solomon was actually being controlled?
In various mythologies, there existed forbidden arts that appeared to be resurrection but were actually just reanimating corpses, turning them into puppets under their control.
Because of this, he was very worried about such a situation occurring.
If this were truly the case, such blasphemy against the God-blessed King Solomon absolutely could not be forgiven!