Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 268 The Third Sin

With the almost unreserved and selfless giving of the Soul Sea, Agreed elevated his soul to a size far greater than the River Styx of a universe. At this time, the Soul Sea was exhausted. Although Hell only occupies a small part of the Soul Sea, most of its power has already been gathered by the Seven Deadly Sins for their own use. Just as a vast amount of wealth generated by a group can be held by a very few people, this sounds unreasonable, but it is the most common abnormal phenomenon in reality.

In the final moments before his complete annihilation, the endless, integrated voices whispered to Agred: "Go and fight, the only demon in this world. Defeat those cheap imitations and let this world be stained with blood once more!"

A song of blood and fire, light and darkness share the same origin; only pure light can withstand the deepest darkness. A sea of ​​blood invites the Demon King into the mortal realm, while light urges shadows into the mortal world.

Then Agreed solemnly bowed in the direction where the sea of ​​souls dissipated. Although he did not understand their thoughts, Agreed was grateful for the opportunity and good fortune they had given him.

After the ceremony, Agreed turned to look at the now solitary Hell before him. With the help of the Sea of ​​Souls, he had completely absorbed Tiamat's power. Now, there was only one thing left to do: destroy the Seven Deadly Sins and devour all the soul power they controlled.

Agreed tore open the portal and returned to the thirty-third level of Hell, where Mammon was respectfully waiting. Upon Agreed's appearance, Mammon immediately burst into laughter and exclaimed matter-of-factly, "I knew you'd come back! You'd definitely come! It's you, Agreed!"

Argreed stared in astonishment at the demon before him. If it weren't for the distinctive telepathic communication, Argreed would have almost failed to recognize this demon lord with whom he had dealt many times before.

"Mammon, you actually recognized me? How did you find out?" Agreed asked in confusion, after all, his soul and even his body were completely different from before, so in theory there should have been no way he could have been discovered.

Mammon looked at him kindly and said to himself, “I know you better than I know yourself, my friend. No one but you would come to Hell, and I don’t believe that a powerful abyssal dragon capable of defeating Tiamat would suddenly appear out of nowhere in the Soul Sea. Lucifer and the others believe this because they are certain that there could be no outside invaders in the Soul Sea, but I know very well that there was once a terrifying undead that was eyeing this place covetously.”

Agreed looked at him, shook his head helplessly, and said, "It's a pity that only one of us can survive. If it weren't for our interests, we might have become friends."

Mammon chuckled nonchalantly, "Aren't we friends? Through all these experiences, we've long been friends, Agreed. I envy you, your honesty and intelligence, but I can't be you. I know how rare and incredible someone like you truly is. So... surpass us, I! The Sin of Greed, 'Mammon,' am willing to be your stepping stone. Let me see just how powerful that legendary 'demon' truly is!"

“Since you want to see, then follow me. I will tell you what kind of being I am now.” Without wasting words, Agreed spread his wings and swooped down towards the lower levels of Hell. Along the way, he broke through several layers of barriers between Hell, turning the entire lower Hell upside down.

Mammon quickly caught up and followed the passage opened by Agreed to his side, asking curiously, "What sin did you glean from the core of the Soul Sea?"

Agreed continued digging downwards while casually replying, "The cause of evil, the effect of evil, what I have realized is the sin of 'hypocrisy,' and I am the spokesperson for the eighth deadly sin of this hell, 'hypocrisy.'"

Upon hearing this answer, Mammon chuckled, "The eighth deadly sin, huh? But soon it will become the only sin and punishment in this hell. Hahahaha!"

Agreed's first target was Satan, the strongest being in Hell. After breaking through the passage to the lower level of Hell, Agreed went straight to Satan, who was located at the very bottom of Hell, and punched him in the face without saying a word. Satan was no ordinary person either. The moment he saw Agreed, he activated his strongest form, the Six-Winged Angel, to fight him.

You might be wondering why Satan has a power form from the heavens, like a six-winged angel. To answer that, we have to talk about Satan's origins.

In fact, Satan came from the heavenly realm and was once the most powerful angel under Jehovah. However, he protested against Jehovah's command that angels help weak and lower beings and even obey those lower beings' orders in order to gain the power of faith. From Satan's perspective, this command was undoubtedly an insult to their divinity.

You might not understand their thought process, but you can think of it the same way your boss puts you in charge of protecting the pigsty, and you're trampled underfoot by the pigs he raises, living in a dirty and chaotic 'pigsty' without pay or rest, and you're still being asked by those pigs to do this and that. Maybe then you'll understand why Satan and his ilk are so angry.

So Satan rallied his colleagues to rebel against the violent exploitation of their boss, Jehovah. But Jehovah ignored them and even resorted to violent suppression to force them to submit. Satan then challenged the God that people spoke of, and the most terrible civil war in heaven broke out. Countless angels fell, and Satan was eventually defeated by Jehovah and died in that battle.

However, Satan was lucky. The great battle was perceived by the high-ranking demons, who then took the souls of Satan and the other angels to the Sea of ​​Souls. Satan was, after all, a god with extraordinary soul power. In the end, Satan was recognized by the Sea of ​​Souls and was reborn there. Later, he also received the blessing of the Sea of ​​Souls and created the Sin of Wrath faction.

This is why Satan's strongest form is a six-winged angel, because that was his form in heaven. However, with the transformation and enhancement of his soul sea, his wings became demonic power enhanced by flames. With his rage and his own empowerment, even Jehovah could not defeat him in hell.

However, Agreed didn't care about any of that. He slammed Satan to the ground with his huge fist, and then Agreed unleashed a breath of dragon's breath. But in the blink of an eye, a red, furious greatsword appeared and split Agreed's dragon's breath in two, allowing Satan to narrowly avoid this fatal blow.

Satan pointed angrily at Agreed and demanded, "Have you been accepted? But why did you come here to me? Did you think I was easy to bully?"

Agreed stopped his attack and said with a mocking expression, "I just came here to see what the power of the strongest demon is like, and to kill the Seven Deadly Sins, or be killed by the Seven Deadly Sins."

With a casual flick of his wrist, Satan produced a mighty demonic fire sword. Then he shouted, "Then I will grant your wish and make you disappear from this place completely!"