Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 826 Stubborn Gilga
For the Enser people, who grew up under the thunder, life is their only desire.

They yearn for a life lived to the fullest and a death to be equally spectacular.

Liches are cowards whom the Enser people despise the most.

For them to kneel before Tiamat without hesitation, and even worship the lich... Gilga is truly amazing.

However, Gilga and his priests were also going in a two-way street.

Each has their own way of courting death.

But as Tiamat said... even if those priests deserved to die, they shouldn't have died at Gilga's hands.

Even a dragon of such poor quality as the Five-Colored Dragon Queen wouldn't be messed up like this.

No, even someone like Rose, who likes to target her own followers, wouldn't do that.

The only ones she truly doesn't spare are the losers in the struggle.

The vicious logic of "the loser loses everything" is not entirely incomprehensible.

Other evil gods, though they weren't very kind to their followers.

But those are usually relationships where each party gets what they need.

The believers don't actually have any faith; they're just doing things for money.

If there were an evil believer who would follow him unconditionally no matter what he did, and even truly love and worship him, even an ordinary evil god would have some reservations.

The fact that even Tiamat was startled shows just how powerful Gilga truly is...

Of course, he probably didn't deceive his followers either.

He used his divine power to lend money at exorbitant interest rates.

No wonder Gilga followers are all so extravagant and decadent, never properly cultivating themselves, yet they all possess incredible divine power.

Nine out and thirteen back, and it can actually be used for divine power!

In Enser, where divine power is only used to suppress ordinary people, those Gilga followers must feel that they can always pay off their debts before they die... and they might even over-borrow due to their competitive spirit!
That's quite something.

Since everyone knows what happened, Gilgamesh could not be considered corrupt even if he truly burned the souls of these believers to ashes.

The neutrality of the multiverse is inherently very broad.

If we calculate based on the number of lives lost because of him...

Armies closed his eyes in resignation.

He must have experienced some major shock to consider this question.

After all, once you think about this, the first person that comes to mind is definitely not Gilga, but Ransendall.

"Hmm... I thought I was here to send you to hell." Tiamat suddenly felt a little melancholy. "So, it turns out I'm going to send you into the abyss?"
Asmodeus can't possibly complain about something so trivial, can he?
I'm really not good at intercepting souls.

Tsk~ It stinks so much…

She certainly wasn't incapable of doing it, but she didn't want to personally touch those vile souls that offered no benefit.

However, if tools are used, there are indeed few tools that can keep up with the speed at which the soul of a law-based product like Gilga bursts forth.

Tiamat was speaking to Asmodeus.

Knowing Enlil well, she probably didn't think Gilga's soul was worth a price.

Unless the Lord of Hell offers a good price, the Five-Colored Dragon Queen is too lazy to take action.

Her goal was to kill, and incidentally steal some money.

But... kidnapping Asmodeus is not an option, unless she herself feels she can sell herself.

Armes, who was standing to the side, twitched his eyelids.

Tiamat wouldn't bring up Asmodeus for no reason.

It seems that Nanna-Shin's soul is indeed in the hands of this Lord of Hell.

Enlil, what do you intend to offer in exchange for the soul of your eldest son?
Asmodeus is probably quite satisfied; he's already taken a liking to his youngest son's soul!

That's right, the person carrying it out seems a bit off.

Tiamat quickly yelled, "Forget it, who cares!"
Kill him first!"

She did increase the destructive power, but after more than a dozen cycles, Gilga still managed to defend firmly.

"Ha! I'd like to see how many believers' souls you still have to burn!" Tiamat roared disdainfully.

Armies suddenly reached out and scratched his cheek.

Then a cloud of poisonous gas covered my face.

Fortunately, the barrier created by Hermes' serpent staff was semi-circular, effectively protecting even the gate behind it.

But his vision was still obscured by the green mist.

He couldn't help but give a wry smile: Tiamat is truly strong when it comes to combat.

Even if he wanted to remind him, there was nothing he could do.

Moreover, the Five-Colored Dragon Queen has already shown him respect, so there's no way he could refuse.

Who would fight against Tiamat for Gilga?

Even if Enlil had a slight bias towards him before, after today, he probably won't pay any attention to him anymore.

Isis and Raman, who have been supporting the Enser pantheon all along, will probably abandon him completely.

Armies couldn't help but sigh again.

Then he immediately turned his head and whispered a reprimand: "Stay put! Otherwise I'll tell Lowry when we get back that you tried to swindle him out of his resources."

Don't think I have no evidence, Katarina.

Who can you fool with your petty tricks?

Silence fell behind the door. But it wasn't truly peaceful.

Persephone grabbed the forsythia vines and bound the ravenous wolf lady tightly, whispering but urgently soothingly: "Armes is just using you as an excuse. We all know that your loyalty to Lord Lori is impeccable!"
Sorry, Katarina.

You should understand now, Armies will repay you later.

Ezra gripped his wife's arm tightly, carefully reminding her, "Armes even dared to trick Katarina just to warn you, so you mustn't act impulsively."

“I’m not stupid,” the Countess replied, looking aggrieved.

Hades looked around, then lowered his head helplessly and slowly walked into the depths of the secret chamber.

Tsk!
He's just a homebody, not stupid!
Can't you see that both sides are putting on a show for him?
After stopping, Hades asked expressionlessly, "Why should I avoid her?"

"That person has been researching undead dragons for the past few years."

The Dragon Worship Cult she mentioned is actually an organization that turns dragons into dragon liches.

He caused a lot of disasters in Toril.

However, the Dragon Cult can also allow humans to use the bones of dragons to transform into weaker dragon liches.

Hades' expression darkened: "Again, something that pollutes the underworld."

The orthodox gods of the underworld know very well that the River Styx does not care about so-called souls.

That's why they allowed the gods to take away their fallen believers.

But the Styx has an extreme aversion to undead creatures that play with death and corrupt souls.

Of course, the pollution that Styx believed it to be targeted at all undead creatures.

The key point is that it's abnormal.

It mainly refers to thieves who steal the power of the Styx River.

All souls harmed outside the River Styx by forces that do not leave through proper means will form silt at the bottom of the River Styx.

The more worlds that experience the Scourge of the Dead, the more clogged the River Styx will become.

Hades is here to manage the River Styx, not to dredge it.

But how could ordinary creatures of the underworld possibly remain at the bottom of the River Styx forever?
It was smelly, dirty, and exhausting... Although Hades himself had never suffered this kind of torment because of his good management of the Greek underworld, he had seen in some messages given to him by the River Styx how unlucky Hades was to encounter such a situation.

Apart from Jeremiah, who was very good at finding cheap labor, most of the Hades were themselves...

He would never let himself suffer like that!
Hades glanced at the tightly closed door and instinctively took two steps back.

He understood why Armies didn't want him to show up.

He, who had just begun to merge with the River Styx of the new world, was the best sacrifice.

If Tiamat could devour him, she would probably be able to fully comprehend the aura of death... In that godforsaken place of Toril, the authority of death is extremely lax.

After all, there have been several changes of leadership.

Even if the new Grim Reaper is powerful, he still has no chance of retrieving the soul fragments of those who fell before him.

They're everywhere.

Especially that Baal, whose descendants are endless.

Tiamat probably gained her death privileges by eating Baal's sons.

But once you have them, other death gods from different worlds, especially gods like Hades whose death power is extremely pure, can help Tiamat comprehend more of the laws of death.

Although he wasn't afraid of her, Hades' injuries hadn't fully healed, so it was best for him to avoid her for the time being.

Tiamat is actually very smart.

Her cunning was ingrained in her very being, and even Asmodeus admired her.

But her biggest problem is that greed can instantly overwhelm her reason.

Many times, she wasn't unaware that doing so might cause problems, but when it came to the crucial moment, her greedy nature still overwhelmed everything.

However, it was the existence of the nine-faced dragon god Aio that gave her enough confidence, making her feel that everything in the world had to give way to her.

Asmodeus is a slut who doesn't let her earn money.

She dared to publicly insult the Lord of Hell as a miser!

But... even the most insane demon lord of the bottomless abyss would think she was the one who was crazy.

If it were the will of the abyss, it would have already...

Oh no, that's an evil combination of the nine-faced dragon god Aio. As long as that eternal dragon god exists, Tiamat will not completely disappear.

There are many who dare to offend Io, but there is truly none who can kill him.

Therefore, fighting her to the end is really pointless.

Only those like Enser, the embodiment of the law, could uphold their principles and consider her their eternal enemy.

Actually, it wasn't a big deal.

However, Toril is not suitable for a god who is too principled.

Almes had always suspected that the reason Enlil and Inanna were able to give birth to Gilga was because they had used the Law Entanglement technique on Toril.

Forget about that. As long as Tiamat doesn't shift her attention to Hades in the room, that's fine.

Fortunately, Gilga, though incompetent, had a sharp tongue.

"Tiamat! What can you do without Bahamut?"

Hmm... that's true, but I'd better not say it.

Looking at the layers of green poisonous gas piled up on the barrier, Armies felt annoyed, as if he couldn't get past it no matter what.

What kind of brain does Gilga, who can only defend, have that he dares to speak the truth?

(End of this chapter)