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You brat, don't be so full of yourself!" Maddox said coldly. "We Gods of Death are more than enough to deal with your kingdom. Besides, even if Jason was at fault, you should've handed him over to our Evil Pantheon. How dare your Angel kill him?"
"Well said!"
"Yeah!"
The surrounding Evil Gods applauded. They were eager to see a Divine Battle between the Death Pantheon and the Great Aetherium. Once both sides weakened each other, they planned to sweep in, kill everyone, and take the spoils. In their opinion, it would be even better if both Maddox and his sister were severely weakened by the battle.
"The matter of Jason's death is over," Haru said indifferently. "As for your Death Pantheon, I'd love to see you try to 'deal with us.'"
Maddox roared, his voice thick with anger. "Young king, are you trying to provoke us? Once the war begins, your kingdom will turn to ruins and your people will all become our Undead minions."
"As I said," Haru replied calmly, "you're welcome to try."
Seeing Haru's unshaken confidence, Maddox was momentarily stunned. At first, he had thought Haru was bluffing, but now it no longer seemed that way. He had no idea what trump card he possessed that gave him the courage to stand against the entire Death Pantheon.
"Then blame your arrogance for your downfall, foolish young king." Maddox's killing intent surged as he prepared to act. With thousands of Evil Gods behind him, he firmly believed they could easily suppress the Great Aetherium, which did not even have four hundred Gods.
In response, the nearby Evil Gods drew their natal artifacts. At the same time, the Angels formed a battle formation with Haru at the center. They only awaited their Lord's order to launch the attack. As Angels and Fallen Angels, they were not the least bit afraid of war.
Just as the spectators became certain that a huge battle was about to erupt, thousands of Gods suddenly appeared and surrounded the Evil Gods. At their head stood Goddess "Medusa" Christine. These thousands of Gods were the Beast Gods of Faith, allies of the Great Aetherium. Now that she had finally secured the protection of a Supreme Goddess for the Beast Gods, she had no intention of letting Haru think the Beast God Pantheon was unreliable. Besides, she knew that once the Eighteen‑Winged Angel arrived, that single being would be enough to end the war.
However, because no one else knew this, her sudden intervention caused quite a stir among the other Gods. Even Maddox frowned and turned his gaze to Christine, who, like him, was infinitely close to the Supreme God Tier. He asked angrily, "Christine, what are you doing?"
Christine replied with a charming smile, "Maddox, you brought these Evil Gods here to attack the allies of my Beast God Pantheon. What do you think I'm doing?"
Maddox narrowed his eyes. "When did this kingdom become your ally?"
Although they had lost the Supreme God of War, the Beast God Pantheon still had a huge number of Gods. If a war broke out, the Death Pantheon would be severely weakened, and so would the siblings' chances of obtaining the God King's Throne. That was why Maddox did not immediately attack Christine.
"We formed an alliance not long ago," Christine answered lightly.
Then she turned toward Haru, smiling as she bowed slightly. The Beast Gods under her command followed her lead. They no longer held a grudge against Haru. The protection of a Supreme Goddess was far more valuable than the lives they had lost. Moreover, those traitors' deaths had made the Beast God Pantheon even more united.
'Damn this bitch!' Maddox seethed inwardly. Judging from the attitudes of those Beast Gods—who had once been even more arrogant than the Evil Gods when they were sheltered by the God of War—it seemed the two sides truly had formed an alliance.
Starting a war now was really not feasible. But if he chose to retreat, where would his reputation as one of the Twin Lords of Death go? Moreover, wouldn't his sister Micteya flay him alive if she heard that he had disgraced the Death Pantheon in front of millions of Gods?
As Maddox wavered in this dilemma, he suddenly felt a surge of Divine Power. He turned toward the source and was shocked to see that Haru—who had just been at the early stage of the High God Tier—had, in the blink of an eye, been promoted to the intermediate stage of the High God Tier.
"???"
The millions of Gods present, and even Medusa, were stunned. Haru was plainly standing right in front of them. He was neither meditating nor refining a Godhead.
"What's going on? Why did the Great Aetherium's King suddenly get promoted? Is it really so easy for these Castle Lords to rise?"
"Back when I broke through from the early stage to the intermediate stage of the High God Tier, it took me nearly ten thousand years!"
"The Castle Lords only need to kill enemies in order to increase their strength. It seems one of his subordinates must've killed someone incredibly powerful."
At that moment, a thin Evil God near Maddox suddenly exclaimed, "My elder brother is dead!"
"What?!" another Evil God asked suspiciously. "Didn't your eldest brother die during the Ancient War?"
The skinny Evil God shook his head in panic. "It wasn't my eldest brother—my sworn brother just died! The vitality of his Divine Body was cut off, and even his Divine Soul was taken away. He was a late‑stage High God!"
Hearing this, the Evil Gods all turned their eyes toward Haru. It seemed clear that his subordinates should have been the ones responsible for the death of this late‑stage High God.
Suddenly, another Evil God exclaimed in a trembling voice, "In the past two days, many High Gods from our Evil Pantheon have fallen mysteriously. Was that also caused by the Great Aetherium?"
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