Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 262 "The Hades Emperor Will Not Return."

Before Xia was hammered, the Soul Cult built a man-made Death God station—

Haitel was waiting anxiously, because not long ago, he received an oracle telling him that the "God of Death" would send an incarnation soon and asked him to be prepared to welcome him.

To be honest, even though Haitel had long wanted to find out the true identity of the "God of Death", he did not expect that the other party would suddenly announce his arrival.

For a moment, Haitel's emotions were complicated. On the one hand, he was looking forward to the coming of "Death" and the result he expected. On the other hand, Haitel couldn't help feeling a little panic.

At least Haitel still remembered how cold and majestic the former Hades was, and His Highness the Archon of Death, who was once the Son of God, was almost a smaller version of the Hades.

There is no doubt that Heiter is loyal to the god of death, but this does not prevent him from looking forward to the return of the god of death while fearing the cruelty of the god of death.

But at this point, Haitel obviously had no room to refuse. He could only wait anxiously in fear and expectation, and at the same time he was prepared for the worst - if the one he was waiting for was not the God of Death or His Highness Azik, but the Goddess of Night or the God of War, Haitel would join forces with Xia to resist the other party.

Of course, Haitel knew that they were no match for a Sequence 0, but this was not the Fourth Era where gods could walk freely on earth. Now that the Seven Gods could not easily descend into reality, if they could only descend using a vessel, at least they still had a chance of escape.

Just when Haiter was feeling uneasy, he suddenly seemed to sense something, stood up from his chair in an instant, and looked in the direction of the noise.

A gate to the underworld appeared there at some point. After the gate opened, tall, white-skeletal undead walked out of the gate. They stood neatly on both sides of the gate like guards, and then crawled down and knelt down to the figure walking out of the gate the next second.

Azik walked out of the door with an indifferent expression. He was wearing a gorgeous black robe, a formal dress that only Archon Balam could wear. His dark eyes looked at Haitel, and then Azik seemed to smile and said:
"Long time no see, Haitel."

That’s right, the Archon of Death knew Haiter. After all, he was once the high priest of the god of death and was able to enter the Archon of Death’s social circle.

"Your Highness Azik, it is indeed... it is indeed you!" Haitel was so excited at this moment that he didn't know what to say. Even though he had already guessed about the identity of the God of Death in his heart, at the moment when his guess was confirmed, Haitel couldn't help but feel excited.

At the same time, Haitel also noticed that there were three young men following behind Azik, but he did not pay much attention to it and continued to look at Azik excitedly.

Azik glanced at Haitel, who was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and felt a little emotional in his heart, but there was not much joy in meeting an old friend again.

After all, the Death Archon and Haiter could only be considered colleagues or superiors back then, and they were not friends at all.

Not to mention now, whether Azik will hit Haitel next depends on whether the other party surrenders obediently with the artificial death party, or chooses to resist after understanding his purpose.

——Azik knew very well that Haitel's current behavior was all due to his identity as a descendant of the God of Death. If the other party knew that he not only did not intend to resurrect the God of Death and restore the glory of the Church of the God of Death, but also planned to transform the people of the Spirit Cult to carry out reforms, it was really hard to say whether he would continue to submit to him.

After all, Heitel was a devout believer in Death, not his.

As for hiding the truth from Haitel first, there is no need to do that. Truth will come to light sooner or later, and their transformation of the Spiritual Cult cannot be delayed for too long. If Haitel's position cannot be determined first, it will be a trouble if the other party realizes something is wrong and defectes. It is better to solve this problem first.

Haitel naturally had no idea that the Death Archon he had been thinking about was already ready to strike him down. He simply looked cautiously at Azik before him. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "Your Highness Azik, since you have returned, do you know when His Majesty the Underworld Emperor will awaken?"

Heitel certainly knew that this question might not be very appropriate to ask, but as a believer, He had to ask.

Upon hearing this, Azik looked at Haitel. He then smiled and said calmly, "The Hades will not return."

Haitel's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Azik cautiously, feeling that a bad premonition might come true.

Just as Shia clearly had ambitions for the position of Sequence 0 and wanted to replace the God of Death, in Haitel's eyes, Azik's answer now clearly showed that he also wanted to replace the God of Death.

Honestly, this wasn't surprising. At this point, who could resist the temptation to go further? The difference between Sequence 0 and below was like the difference between a god and an ant.

But, but... Haitel was struggling internally. As a devout believer in the God of Death, he should have immediately rejected His Highness the Archon of Death's ambition. However, just like when he faced Xia, he rejected her but ultimately tolerated her. After all...

After all, the god of death has been gone for more than a thousand years!
Even for the most devout believers, it is difficult to maintain 100% purity of faith after losing the gods for such a long time. Moreover, Haitel is not a fanatic who has only faith in his heart.

If it was someone else who coveted the position of the God of Death at this moment, Haitel would definitely be extremely determined to oppose it, but it was Azik, the Archon of Death who was second only to the God in the Balam Empire.

It can be said that there is no one in this world who has more right to inherit the position of the God of Death than Azik.

"Haitel..." Just when Haitel was struggling internally, Azik suddenly laughed softly. The laughter was not warm at all, but made people feel cold in their hearts.

Azik looked at Haitel and said, "What do you think the chances are that you won't be executed if Father learns of your plan to create an artificial Grim Reaper?"

Haitel's heart skipped a beat again, and he instinctively defended himself, "The Artificial Death God Project is actually intended to awaken His Majesty the Hades..."

"But in the end, this plan didn't awaken Father. Instead..." Azik interrupted him, saying, "It's like creating a new god of death."

"Do you think the emperor will be willing to believe your original intention?" Azik looked at Haitel and said softly.

Haitel: ...

Haitel felt bitter in his heart. He knew very well that if His Majesty the Hades really returned, he would definitely not listen to his explanation, and only death would be left for him.

At this moment, Haitel suddenly sensed something and looked in a certain direction in surprise.

That is the territory of the royal faction and the residence of the Pale Queen Xia.

(End of this chapter)