Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 271 Lucifer's Conspiracy

In short, the remaining five demon lords of the Seven Deadly Sins pose no threat to Agreed. This was a situation Agreed had long anticipated. He chose Satan as his first target because only Satan possessed the offensive power to threaten him. Now, facing the Seven Deadly Sins without Satan, Agreed could wear them down in a war of attrition. Lucifer was clearly aware of this situation as well, and thus, he was forced to resort to his final trump card.

Suddenly, Lucifer swallowed the Gluttony Sin 'Belucab', whom he had just saved, whole. The other demon lords, witnessing this, exclaimed in unison, "Lucifer! What are you doing?!"

However, Agreed wasn't going to stand by and watch. Nine dragon heads sprouted from his body and unleashed their dragon breath, launching a full-scale attack on the remaining four demon lords.

But at that moment, Lucifer opened his maw and devoured himself and the other three demon lords, instantly disappearing from the spot and going to another dimension. Agreed looked at the now empty hell space and then began to use his senses to search for the space where Lucifer was hiding. However, the space here had long been in chaos due to the battle just now. Agreed's search was like looking for a needle in a haystack. At the current speed, it would take Agreed at least thirty minutes to find the location of Lucifer's hiding space using exhaustive search.

"Hopefully we'll make it in time. After all, we can't just stand here and wait." Agreed said to himself and then began a full-scale search, hoping to find them before Lucifer's plot succeeded.

Meanwhile, in another dimensional space, Asmodeus, the sin of lust, Leviathan, the sin of envy, and Belufigraul, the sin of sloth, were forcibly abducted by Lucifer and brought here. Lucifer looked down at the three demon leaders and shouted, "Gentlemen, it is clear that numbers are no longer enough to help us deal with that monster. So... we must now rely on quality to seek a chance of victory. We have been raising an army for a thousand days to use it for one day. Now is the time for you to repay me."

The sin of jealousy, 'Reviatan', demanded, "Lucifer! What do you mean? Are you going to betray us and kill your own allies? How dare you say that? Do you really think you can take on all three of us by yourself?!"

Lucifer covered his face with his hands and laughed maniacally, "Hahahaha, you guys are really so naive. Don't forget that I taught you the 'pig farming' method. Why didn't I keep quiet and make a fortune after discovering this way to become stronger, instead of subtly teaching you all and letting you follow this path?"

The Sin of Sloth, 'Belufigra,' belatedly realized and questioned, "There's something wrong with this method?! Impossible! We examined it repeatedly from the very beginning; you couldn't possibly be hiding anything in it!"

Lucifer clapped his hands in a mocking manner and then chuckled evilly, "Congratulations, you've finally figured it out, Bellfigru. Although you're not exactly smart, you're better than those two guys next to you." Then Lucifer stretched out his hand and murmured two incantations. Immediately afterward, terrifying flesh buds suddenly appeared in the bodies of the three demon lords and quickly broke through their flesh to grow out and tightly control them.

The shocking change from within their bodies left the demon leaders frozen in place without any time to react, and they could feel their authority and demonic power being frantically absorbed by the flesh buds rooted in their bodies.

Lucifer slowly walked toward the three demon leaders, and then answered to himself: "Actually, the Soul Sea should have been unified long ago. When I taught you how to raise demons, I had already stuffed all the lower-level demons and soul worms with flesh sprouts of the sin of pride. And since then, my daily task has been to scatter flesh sprouts in various branches of the Soul Sea."

As for this 'flesh bud', you can actually think of it as a kind of toxin I created using my authority of arrogance. When a demon's body has a flesh bud, it will be assimilated by the authority of arrogance and become a 'pig' that I can easily devour.

But do you know why I'm spreading flesh buds on such a large scale? It's for a very simple reason: 'food chain accumulation,' a trivial piece of knowledge I discovered while touring the prime material universe, but it's perfect for explaining my conspiracy.

In short, when a 'toxin' appears at a basic trophic level in a food chain, the toxin will accumulate at the top of the food chain as it is consumed. You joined this food chain because of my suggestion and have reached the top of the Soul Sea food chain.

The flesh buds are actually very small, and even you wouldn't be able to detect them without knowing it. But every flesh bud I spread in the sea of ​​souls will eventually converge into your bodies, because don't forget that you are also 'raising pigs'. The flesh buds thus continuously gather, parasitize, and grow in your bodies until now I can easily control your life and death, because you have long been corrupted by my authority without realizing it. Even Tiamat has long since become my 'pig'.

I could have devoured you all 80,000 years ago, but I never expected that Satan and Mammon, two of the Seven Deadly Sins, would go crazy and abandon such a lucrative path instead of pursuing it. One of them became obsessed with martial arts, while the other became obsessed with developing an intelligence network and his business empire.

Since neither the strongest Satan nor Mammon, second only to me, fell victim to the attack, I had to suppress my own ambitions. After all, I knew that acting rashly without absolute certainty would inevitably lead to defeat. I could only patiently lie low, waiting for an opportunity to break the deadlock. If I had just a little more time, I could definitely have broken this stalemate, but despite all my calculations, I never anticipated the appearance of that monster!

At this point, Lucifer began to tear at his skin, scratching his face as if that would quell his anger. As he twisted his body, he roared angrily, "Fate is a complete bastard, always destroying my plans in ways I can't predict. That damned bastard always brings me new trouble just when I'm all ready."

Now that monster has devoured Tiamat and Satan, and for some unknown reason, the flesh buds within their bodies have been directly digested by the monster. But to digest those flesh buds, one needs either my arrogance or a demonic authority stronger than mine! But what right does that beast have?! I've planned this for so long; I cannot let this foreign bastard ruin everything!!!

Now I possess the power of six demon leaders. Although I haven't gathered all seven deadly sins, I have no choice. I can't escape the Sea of ​​Souls, and he will never let me go. Damn it! Why do I always encounter such bastards? Now I have no choice but to fight to the death. If I can't have a good time... then nobody else should either!