242.
Trihexa left with those words.
The being in charge of this planet's end had appeared as if out for a stroll and disappeared just as willfully, leaving the top figures of the myth systems no choice but to calm their startled hearts. Odin, who had been silent until now, spoke.
"....I understood intellectually, but seeing that spectacle makes it naturally understandable. That the being before us is that Apocalypse Dragon. To think he can converse with Trihexa so nonchalantly."
"Even if he looks like that, he's a good kid, you know?"
"A good kid..... Those who know he destroyed Olympus in the past would be shocked to hear that."
"Frankly, that was Olympus's fault."
Odin let out a sigh.
"But completely eliminating a myth system is a separate issue, isn't it?"
"It's the same. It's just a difference in perspective. They weren't completely destroyed to begin with. The Olympus gods."
"They became backroom deities, but they are alive."
Odin slowly moved his staff.
"I can feel us discussing the world anew. Will this world self-destruct, or be destroyed by beings who existed since the beginning, or fall to another world's invasion...."
243.
Serzechs let out a sigh as if lamenting.
"Serzechs...."
"The devils' karma runs deeper than I thought."
To his concerned wife's voice, Serzechs spoke bitterly.
To properly seize power this time, they accepted bloodshed, and in doing so, while gathering all sorts of information, they naturally learned about devils who needed disposing, remnants of the Old Satan Faction, and information about fools trying to profit from the current civil strife.
"Ajuka, why is your cousin like that?"
"I want to ask him that myself."
At Serzechs's question, Ajuka's forehead creased.
His cousin, Diodora Astaroth—next successor, devil from a prestigious family, with decent talent.
Originally, Ajuka should have inherited the Astaroth household, but when he ascended to the position of Satan, it became vacant, and his cousin Diodora became the next head.
But it was revealed that this Diodora was cooperating with Chaos Brigade. Diodora was a high-class devil but not exceptionally outstanding, yet he defeated the great duke household, Seekvaira.
Moreover, during the match, he clearly powered up strangely, and after discussion, they concluded Diodora had cooperated with Chaos Brigade to receive Ophis's snakes. They even discovered he had engaged in all sorts of unethical behavior before that, and regarding his servants, they wanted to investigate what happened.
Ajuka knocked his forehead at his family's ruined state, and Serzechs let out a complicated sigh that his own sister had grown up well.
"Haaam, are you really going to do it, Serzechs?"
"Is there another way, Falbium?"
"Nope~."
Yawning, Falbium spoke nonchalantly.
But the content within was anything but light.
"But if we do this, we'll have to bear civil strife in some form, and afterwards, carry anxiety about rule by fear. While we're alive, we can suppress it by force somehow, but during that process or after we die, many problems will arise."
".....Irresponsible as it is, we'll have to leave that part to future children."
"Hmm, if that's the case."
As the drafting of the general plan concluded, he spoke.
"The prestigious families were already only half remaining from the start, but with this matter, a few more households will be severed. We need some for foundation purposes, and among them are hopeless households too."
"It pains my heart that we must sever prestigious households that are already scarce."
"It's unavoidable. No, from the start, most devils from prestigious families are kids who think only their household is great. If not, they wouldn't do such foolish things in this situation."
"What will become of devils after everything is done, Falbium?"
Serzechs asked worriedly.
No matter how optimistically he thought, the devils' future didn't seem bright. Whether their plan succeeded or not.
"Same as the fallen angels. Those guys said fallen angels would vanish into time, but while the devil lineage might be longer than theirs, it's the same. If we amputate our rotten parts this time, the already scarce pure-blooded prestigious families will become even fewer, and in the distant future, with increased reincarnated devil population and such issues mixed in, they'll completely disappear."
"...."
"Actually, from the perspective of the devil race, that's correct. Stubbornly holding onto pure-bloods for no reason brings no good to reincarnated devils or those beneath them. If things go wrong, could what happened with the Old Satan Faction bloodlines be caused by reincarnated devils or subordinate devils?"
"Can't deny that."
The civil war that placed the current Satans on the throne.
It could be said it happened because the Old Satan bloodlines, who couldn't grasp the situation or their place, stubbornly persisted to the end. And sadly, it's hard to think current prestigious family devils wouldn't do the same.
"Did you talk to Seraph about it?"
"I did."
"Then I'll leave it to you. Probably soon, the Old Satan Faction will cause terrorism."
"Likely. If they're fools who discuss the future without seeing that future, they'll stupidly escalate matters. In terms of uprooting them, perhaps it's fortunate."
"I wish they were competent so this wouldn't happen."
If the Old Satan bloodlines were competent, could see the future, and properly worried about the devil race, there would have been no need for them to be in these positions. But they were ordinary fools who only believed in bloodlines like several other devils, which is why the current Satans came to be in these positions.
Falbium chuckled.
"Devils, fallen angels, angels—practically all will vanish into time."
The devil race will remain, but in terms of pure-blood meaning, the devil race will vanish into time.
The same goes for angels since the God of the Bible disappeared, and fallen angels who don't increase in number unless angels fall.
Serzechs declared resolutely.
"Even if so, there's a difference as vast as heaven and earth between perishing peacefully and not. I choose the former."
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