Everything proceeded exactly as expected. The following gates of the Underworld each posed variations of the same question.
Naturally, the task was for Samael—holder of both divine seals—to judge between the two goddesses.
Ishtar, who initially tried to champion herself, gave up without a fight after being repeatedly struck by divine lightning until she was charred and smoking. Eyes brimming with tears, she nodded submissively to the priest tasked with answering.
And so,...
2025-08-04 13:04:09 +0000 UTC
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"Before we go, can I ask one last thing, Ereshkigal?"
Just as she was about to lie back on the grass—softer than Dumuzid’s fleece—and enjoy a well-earned rest, the goddess of the Underworld heard Shiomi’s voice. She instinctively stiffened, straightening into a dignified sitting posture.
Even if her authority had been shaken, she still had her pride.
"What is it? As long as it’s something I can answer, go ahead and ask. Are you looking for intel on the other two me...
2025-08-04 12:57:03 +0000 UTC
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Kingu, in Mesopotamian mythology, is the god who commands the children of Tiamat—and also her son.
That was the true name of the false Enkidu.
"Where's your proof?"
Ereshkigal challenged Shiomi's accusation.
The Three Goddess Alliance wasn't just a symbolic pact—forming it had bound them with a powerful “contract.”
"The proof is in my memories." Shiomi looked toward Sakura. "Sakura, if you would."
"Understood." Sakura shifted her position, sitting b...
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"Boom!"
Bete had barely set foot on the 58th floor when he was greeted with a fiery welcome from the Valgang Dragons.
But he didn’t even flinch at the incoming fireball—just sidestepped smoothly out of its path.
He knew the old man behind him would never let it get past anyway.
Bete’s eyes locked onto a Valgang Dragon ahead that was charging up for a breath attack.
"Like hell I’m letting you fire that!"
In a flash, he darted beneath the dragon’s j...
2025-08-04 12:48:31 +0000 UTC
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Run—don’t stop running.
Raul and Lefiya followed behind, adjusting their breathing. They couldn’t afford to stop before reaching the 58th floor. If they did, the Valgang Dragons would bombard them with concentrated fire.
And a simple hit wasn’t even the worst outcome.
If they were caught in an area-ignoring attack and fell through one of the craters into the 58th floor prematurely, they would face a barrage from every single Valgang Dragon.
Avoiding the dragons...
2025-08-04 12:47:43 +0000 UTC
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A flicker of shock crossed the Rinnegan and Mangekyō Sharingan. They had been observing so carefully—and still missed it? How could that be possible?
At that moment, an invisible shadow clone was comfortably burrowed underground, surrounded by solid crystal, quietly sending a marked kunai to the surface. Who would expect someone to use the Transparent Escape Technique like a drilling machine?
Even a complete Susanoo couldn't stand against what Kazuyama and Tagitsuhime had unlea...
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The Genjutsu cast by the Mangekyō Sharingan instantly seized control of the Jinchūriki and the Nine-Tails.
Even though Muren Uchiha wasn’t particularly skilled in Genjutsu, it didn’t stop the Nine-Tails from falling under its influence and going berserk. The illusion triggered painful memories of the past, and the Nine-Tails lashed out wildly, its nine tails smashing everything in sight.
The mastermind behind it all had long since vanished without a trace.
Minato Namik...
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The entire cabin fell into dead silence.
Every staff member of the World Economic News Agency stared in shock, unable to believe what they were seeing.
A second later, angry shouts erupted.
“Weil, what the hell are you doing!?”
“That’s our president!”
“Don’t forget—it was President Morgans who saved your life when you were nearly frozen to death that winter!”
“How old were you back then? Wasn’t Morgans the one who took you in and raise...
2025-08-04 12:28:20 +0000 UTC
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Can’t be intercepted!?
Saint Figarland Garling felt the blood rush to his head, eyes bulging with bloodshot veins, his breathing sharp and ragged.
As the deputy commander of the God’s Knights and a firsthand witness to the air raid on Mary Geoise, he understood better than anyone what kind of terrifying upheaval would erupt across the world if the truth got out.
This wasn’t just about a few hundred dead Celestial Dragons.
Sure, those fools who lived in the Land o...
2025-08-04 12:27:36 +0000 UTC
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At the border of Kutha, four Quetzalcoatlus broke through the thunderclouds and hovered midair.
After exchanging nods with the group, Ishtar leapt into the sky and called out to her divine vessel.
“Let’s go, Maanna!”
In response, the Bow of the Heaven materialized before her.
“Open the gate—converge the concept of Venus! Load tidal cluster rounds!”
With a solemn incantation, a spatial path linking the heavens unfurled above. Venus, resonating with Ish...
2025-08-03 09:44:41 +0000 UTC
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In the Divine Tower of the royal palace, Samael stared at the three overflowing baskets of clay tablets and at Siduri, who stood ready below to begin reading them aloud. His face darkened slightly at the sight.
Fortunately, the Soul Cage at his side gave a gentle shake, and Shamhat’s voice echoed softly in his ear, dispelling the unease in his heart.
“Go ahead. If you and Siduri come across something neither of you can decide on, I’ll handle it.”
“If this backlog k...
2025-08-03 09:44:10 +0000 UTC
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Uruk, Sacrificial Grounds, Dark Chamber.
Samael held up the Soul Cage and gave it a gentle shake. A crisp clinking echoed from within as tendrils of ashen mist slowly drifted from the pressure points of six unconscious figures, drawn into the cage one by one.
Before everyone’s eyes, color visibly returned to the victims’ cheeks, and their chests began to rise and fall—their hearts beating once more.
Siduri quickly stepped forward. She checked their eyelids, felt their ...
2025-08-03 09:43:20 +0000 UTC
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"...That's how it is."
The girl took a deep breath and looked firmly at Masatsuki Aozaki.
"Captain-Commander, right now only you—someone Kagerōza Inaba cannot replicate—have the power to save everything."
"We must find the Shinenju before the Ryōdoji Family does, or their plot will succeed!"
Masatsuki Aozaki listened quietly to her entire explanation, his expression showing neither surprise nor confusion.
In truth, most of what she said, he already knew.
2025-08-03 09:38:28 +0000 UTC
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"Oops, sorry—guess I stacked too many buffs on myself and forgot to turn them off."
Masatsuki Aozaki scratched his head, an apologetic smile tugging at his lips.
Seeing the terrified expression on the girl’s face, he understood he'd gone a little overboard this time.
That said, he hadn't done it on purpose.
Over the years, he'd become a little too invested in exploring the applications of Creation Force—and in his enthusiasm to craft a dish on par with the legend...
2025-08-03 09:37:51 +0000 UTC
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A little later, Ereshkigal sat among the flowers, hugging her knees, most of her face hidden behind her legs, her embarrassment impossible to conceal.
"Have you finally calmed down, mistress of the Underworld?" Shiomi stepped down from the treetop, landing before Ereshkigal and asking calmly.
Ereshkigal looked up slightly, her embarrassed gaze tinged with suspicion. "Who are you? I've never heard of anyone capable of such things in the Underworld."
It was only natural for he...
2025-08-03 09:01:44 +0000 UTC
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The moment Ereshkigal appeared, Sakura's legs gave out, and she nearly collapsed to her knees. It wasn't killing intent, nor was it pressure—just the sheer presence of the goddess of the underworld. As a mere human, Sakura instinctively understood that nothing in this realm could possibly rival her.
"You see me standing before you and still refuse to kneel? Such insolence. Tell me—what brings you here? Do you seek an audience with me, or shelter within the underworld?"
Shiomi ...
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Fortunately, the “Spirit” had completely severed all ties with the “fetus,” which made it much easier for Bell to take control.
'As expected, a clean break.'
Using Runes, Bell engraved a brand onto the “fetus” to secure his control over it. He then double-checked that there were no lingering traces of the “Spirit” left behind.
Even with that confirmation, Bell still wasn’t at ease. Who knew what tricks the “Spirit” might have left? It was better to be o...
2025-08-03 08:54:38 +0000 UTC
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A sharp, agonized scream echoed across the entire 79th floor.
"Ahhhhh!"
"You dogs of the gods!!!"
A girl knelt on the ground, her face twisted in a snarl.
With snow-white skin and a figure that was ideal yet not exaggerated, she wore a flowing white dress that would have made for a flawless appearance—if only her face weren’t visible. But above her neck, her expression was grotesque, more like a demon from hell than anything human.
The sensation of having her...
2025-08-03 08:53:21 +0000 UTC
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Asura Path, already beginning to fall apart from the Rasengan, suddenly froze—his expression shifting drastically.
He could no longer feel anything in his body.
It was Scale Powder—Chōmei’s Scale Powder.
Kazuyama Gekkō’s strike wasn’t just a Rasengan. He had laced it with Scale Powder.
When the Rasengan exploded, the powder dispersed and drifted toward Nagato. The first to suffer was Asura Path.
Already shattered by the Rasengan, now he was paralyzed ...
2025-08-03 08:42:18 +0000 UTC
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The attack failed, but Muren Uchiha didn’t lose his composure. He knew exactly what kind of opponents he was facing.
In the next instant, his figure vanished—taking Kushina with him.
“That guy…”
“Where’s he going?”
Seeing the pitch-black Susanoo and Kushina disappear, both Minato and the old man Sarutobi grew uneasy.
Kazuyama Gekkō turned to Chōmei and Tagitsuhime for answers.
After all, one could sense chakra, and the other had compound v...
2025-08-03 08:41:38 +0000 UTC
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“Sengoku! Watch your tone and remember your place!”
Saint Saturn and the other Five Elders were visibly heaving with rage, struggling to keep their fury in check.
Peace talks... That bastard Sengoku actually suggested negotiating with that damned brat Daren!
Does he even realize what he’s saying?
Peace talks?
Are we just going to forget about the hundreds of elite Celestial Dragons slaughtered on Philseque Island, or how the Holy Land Mariejois was nearly r...
2025-08-03 08:32:39 +0000 UTC
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Time seemed to slow at that moment, and the world fell into an eerie silence.
The Five Elders had already returned to their human forms.
They stood there in silence, faces shifting between rage and disbelief, staring at the spot where Daren and his group had vanished—as if struggling to accept the outcome. The suffocating killing intent radiating from their bodies was overwhelming.
Not far away, Sengoku climbed out of the crater. The surrounding Marines, seeing the grim an...
2025-08-03 08:31:52 +0000 UTC
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The Central 46 Compound held an exalted position within Seireitei. From the Judges to the Wise Men, not a single one of them was simple—and replacing them quietly wasn't something easily done.
He wasn’t Sōsuke Aizen. He couldn’t treat the Central 46 like his personal backyard.
But then again, his goal had never been to rule Seireitei, and trying to control it this way was unrealistic anyway.
Even just slightly influencing the Central 46’s decisions would be enough t...
2025-08-02 13:51:53 +0000 UTC
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After a brief silence, realizing he could only rely on himself, Kagerōza Inaba had no choice but to knock on the table again.
When no one responded, he couldn’t help but call out,
"Head of the Ryōdoji Family, Aizen-sama has refused."
Ganryū Ryōdoji looked up. Outwardly, he kept a composed expression, maintaining the dignity of a family head, but inside, he couldn't help feeling disappointed.
If possible, of course he wanted to restore the former glory of the Ryō...
2025-08-02 13:51:04 +0000 UTC
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“Boom!”
Thunder rolled through the sky as dark clouds blanketed the heavens. Standing outside the Divine Tower at the royal palace, Head Priestess Siduri heard approaching footsteps. She quickly masked the deep worry in her eyes and straightened up to face the oncoming visitors.
“The assembly of the Fangs of Napishtim needs to move faster. Go hurry the armory!”
“The Magus at the Astrology Tower has already calculated the wheat harvest period, right?”
“It...
2025-08-02 13:44:49 +0000 UTC
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“What? You lost your bull?”
“Shh! Keep it down!”
Ishtar hurriedly raised her hand. Under the ancient serpent’s piercing gaze, she fidgeted with the hem of her robe, looking awkward and uneasy.
Then, the Great Goddess of Uruk stealthily parted the waist-high dry grass, making sure the four teammates on the clearing were still busy feeding the Quetzalcoatlus and recovering their strength. Seeing no one had noticed her, she finally let out a relieved breath.
Jus...
2025-08-02 13:43:26 +0000 UTC
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"You mean..."
The white-haired Incubus, cloaked in the shadows of the lamplight, spoke in a low, measured tone, his eyes flickering quietly.
Samael glanced around. Half his face lay shrouded in darkness, the other half caught in the glow, casting shifting shadows across his expression, which held a deep, layered meaning.
"Marduk’s Axe going missing was just a coincidence..."
"The warning about the Mandate of Heaven being erased from the cylinder seal was also a coinc...
2025-08-02 13:42:53 +0000 UTC
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“You didn’t hide it in the Mayan pyramid?”
“Given the size you just described, how would that even be possible...?”
“Then could it still be in the Temple of Ea in Eridu?”
“I’ve already taken control of that place—didn’t see anything that massive...”
The more Samael asked, the darker his expression became. Still unwilling to give up, he began pacing around the Mayan pyramid, muttering to himself.
“That shouldn’t be right...”
Jus...
2025-08-02 13:42:09 +0000 UTC
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Blood sprayed in all directions as a blood-soaked hand burst through Olivas’s back and pierced straight into his chest.
He clearly saw the hand clutching the Magic Stone nestled inside his body.
“Wh… who…”
Olivas desperately tried to see who had attacked him from behind, but the only response was the hand yanking itself out with force.
“Pfft!”
Blood gushed from the wound. Powerless, Olivas dropped to his knees.
His body wouldn't move. He could...
2025-08-02 13:29:05 +0000 UTC
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"Alright, it's about time I got to work."
After watching enough drama and hearing what felt like a series of farewell speeches, Bell couldn't bring himself to dwell in the gloomy atmosphere.
He was actually quite confident in his arrangements.
Everything was progressing just as planned.
Originally, the biggest issue had been the Dungeon's shortage of magic stones. The Spirits couldn’t nurture the Spirit fetuses to the standard Bell had in mind.
But then, unexpe...
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