Mystery: Time Travelers of the Fourth Era

Chapter 546 Quick Victory

Yes, the Hermit, He even had time to contemplate the affairs of the Fifth Era, yet He didn't help the Blood Emperor or intervene in the slowly turning war machine between the two remaining nations of the Northern Continent.

A hermit.

He cannot intervene.

Because if He doesn't move, the world won't fall into an irreversible collapse of order. Even though it has come to this point, and even the gods who symbolize "order" have to fight for their lives, the actual "order" is still the basic order of the pantheon constructed by the hermit.

As long as the hermit remains still and does not attack the other gods, the northern and southern continents will not fall into great panic.

He attacked the demon king Fabti, but did not kill him; He merely herded him. The fallen God certainly knew this. As for herding living gods, that was not difficult. He used the chaotic sea to demonstrate the authority to control the path of the fallen Hanged Man.

The abyss symbolizes depravity.

The Hanged Man is in charge of depravity.

The hermit grazing in Fabti—it all makes perfect sense.

The struggles of the Demon King and Fabuti were not actually very intense.

Because of resistance, they will be electrocuted, their eyes will be blinded by bright lights, and they will be fed non-recyclable contaminated garbage... plus, no one will come to their rescue...

Therefore, after being devoured, Fabti found himself in a state of half-willingness and half-acceptance.

It looked like it was in a lot of pain, but its struggles were actually quite weak in the face of the hermit's advances. After all, its life was in the hermit's hands. As long as the hermit didn't intend to kill it, what could the demon king do? What if the hermit thought that it would be easier for it to die than to live? At this time, how could it provoke the villain's ferocity? It should act a little more painful, so that the other party would think that it had already suffered enough, had been taught a lesson, and had no strength to resist?

After all, it's a demon without any morals and with a strong sense of malice; it's capable of this kind of psychological warfare.

The gods' passive intervention led to Fabuti's passive resistance, which in turn made the gods even more hesitant to act rashly...

Imagine, one of the ancient gods, the oldest god on Earth, the very troublesome Abyss Fabuti, was swallowed up by the Hermit without even a splash.

In a normal sequence of 0, who dares to step forward and challenge the hermit?

The Fallen God is very powerful; in the unlikely event that the Hanged Man, the storm, and the sun might combine their strengths.

That's pretty intimidating.

But the Hermit is currently using the power of the Chaos Sea. How could the five families possibly jump out to attack the Hermit now?

What if he accidentally dies? Wouldn't that just benefit the annoying Gochnam?

Anyway, the hermit's family is so powerful and wealthy that it's impossible for him to destroy the world or anything like that.

If the hermit doesn't move, then let's pretend we didn't see anything. The hermit has only gone a little too far.

We've made it through all these years...

As long as the Hermit remains unmoved, all five factions can rest assured, because the Hanged Man, the Storm, the Sun, and the Dreamer believe that if the Hermit were to actually start a self-help campaign, they could unite to overturn the table. Even if Thoth were to move the Eternal Darkness tributary, the Goddess of Night could still feel somewhat at ease as long as the Hermit remains unmoved.

The Goddess of Night still possesses the sealed artifact 0-08 entrusted to her by the Hermit; they have exchanged tokens before, and there might be an opportunity to exchange it for the Phoenix Staff in the future...

The hermit remained still, the white tower remained still, the Earth Mother remained still, the Goddess of Night remained still, and the God of War could only follow suit and remain still.

All five families were left with no choice but to remain still.

The only one forced to move was "Emperor of the Underworld" Salinger.

In situations like this, unless the fire gets on you, you won't go into the sea and get wet.

"Pluto" Salinger was not burned; he was only doused with gasoline.

The "Blood Emperor," with the help of the Phoenix Scepter and through the Phoenix Ancestor Gregarie as a hub, continuously outputs power towards Trensost using the power of the Eternal Darkness tributary. The sacrifice of the scepter, a normal sacrifice, requires a price, which is naturally borne by oneself.

The sacrifices offered by the "Blood Emperor" consisted of... the battlefield souls created by the war between the two empires of the Northern Continent.

However, due to insufficient numbers and the lack of a meat grinder or a killing field-like war environment, these dead souls can only be considered as decorations.

So, the sacrifice offered by "Blood Emperor" Tudor was naturally the power left over from the Source Castle. He sacrificed the pollution of the Source Castle to Gregarie, who was an ancient god of death, Garmon. The pollution of the Source Castle was what this ancient god needed.

Life inside the Eternal Darkness Tributary was not pleasant. The Eternal Darkness River was constantly eroding the spirit body, which was painful. If the erosion of Eternal Darkness was like a scorching sun, then the pollution of Source Castle could at least be considered sunscreen. For reference, in the original timeline, when Klein came into contact with the Eternal Darkness Tributary, the subtle mystical reaction between the aura of Source Castle and the aura of Eternal Darkness occurred.

In this deal, Grey Garley actually gained something.

The Death Mark, having lost all its characteristics, can only display limited power at a high level, leaning more towards the power of the Death God pathway.

The pollution of the Source Castle within the Eternal Darkness tributary is priceless. The "Blood Emperor" sacrifices the pollution of his own Source Castle to the "Ancient Death God," while Greta Garry bestows the pollution of her own Eternal Darkness upon the Blood Emperor. This is a rational allocation of team resources.

"Pluto" Salinger is the second victim of this trade, after Trenshorst.

With the power of the Source Castle, Greta's power through the Gate Path was enhanced, allowing her to more firmly pinpoint Salinger's location via spacetime positioning. She could also guide the power of the Eternal Darkness tributary to impact the current "Grim Reaper." This was a reasonable flood control decision; the greater the pressure on Salinger, the less pressure on Greta and Tudor.

The River of Eternal Darkness becomes active because it is used, so someone has to bear the brunt of it all.

When Terence couldn't hold on any longer, he directly dissed Hades, saying, "Come and lend a hand. If you win, the Phoenix Scepter is yours."

"Emperor of the Underworld" Salinger had no choice but to leave the Southern Continent and head to the Northern Continent battlefield.

As He flew, He glanced in the direction of the hermit and found that the hermit was not making any dangerous moves.

"I just want to destroy that scepter."

"The Underworld Emperor" Salinger thought to himself, even though he hated the Hermit to the core, he decided to make a quick victory at this moment. He must not let himself get caught up in the situation or reveal any obvious weaknesses.

If there is danger, He can at least hide in the now extremely dangerous Underworld. With the deterrent power of the Eternal Darkness Branch, even the Hermits will not be able to defeat Him in one blow as they did with Fabti.

As the current Grim Reaper and a troublesome enemy of the "Order Side," the "Emperor of the Underworld" certainly has his own methods and ingenuity.