He became the White-Haired Evil God after wearing the Seven Curses Rings.

The girl who had understood herself before him had actually reappeared in front of him.

Thanatos looked at her, his expression somewhat subtle.

When Ivy had just died, he did try to explore her soul.

But in his investigation, he found no soul similar to his in this world.

He originally thought that the other person's soul had completely dissipated.

But now it seems that things are not as simple as he thought.

But considering the people standing next to her, things seem to make sense.

Looking at Thanatos's incredulous eyes, Ivy frowned and put her hands on her hips.

"What kind of look is that? Can't you bear to see me come back to life?"

Faced with Ivy's question, Thanatos quickly waved his hand and said...

No, it's not.

At this moment, Thanatos suddenly felt something was strange.

Before he knew it, he had incurred the displeasure of the two girls, which was really giving him a headache.

Fortunately, Xie Bai didn't have any objections to him.

Seeing Thanatos's rather awkward situation, Xie Bai spoke up to help him out.

"Alright, before we get down to business, let me prepare a few things for you first."

She reached out a hand and gently tapped Thanatos.

The next second, a dark purple aura, carrying the scent of void and death, rose from Thanatos.

Suddenly, everyone present felt a profound sense of oppression.

It may not be very powerful, but it penetrates deep into the heart.

It was as if an invisible hand was gently gripping their hearts, ready to strangle them at any moment.

After the chilling oppression dissipated, everyone looked towards the pile of ruins.

A burly man in gray clothes was being guided by a white-haired girl, and a faint gray phantom appeared behind him.

【God of Death■■■■lv.％#】

The gray figure flickered for a moment, then immediately fell into Thanatos's body and disappeared without a trace.

【Void God's Favor: Thanatos】

Current level: Demigod

[Reigning in Power: Death]

Available Power: 22.5%

A new panel of divine favor appeared before Xie Bai, signifying that Thanatos had officially become one of her divine favors.

To be precise, it should be considered a regression.

The process of establishing a divine connection with Thanatos went very smoothly; Xie Bai completed the bestowal of divine favor in less than half the time it took Ivy and the others.

However, to Xie Bai's surprise, the amount of power Thanatos could mobilize was very low, only a little over 20%.

Ivy, who had previously been at the bottom, now has nearly 30% of the power she can command after absorbing three incomplete power wields.

In her memory, Thanatos was not only reliable in strength, but also extremely loyal to her. From any perspective, he couldn't possibly be only 20%.

"Could it be that Thanatos's power is not yet fully developed?"

According to Thanatos's own account, his birth came from the divine essence of the previous god of death after his fall.

In a sense, Thanatos is the new god of death who will inherit power.

In reality, although Thanatos wielded the power of death at the level of a true god, his own strength was only at the level of a demigod.

Faced with this question, Xie Bai recalled the gray phantom he had just seen behind Thanatos.

She guessed that it was probably the true god's form manifested by the godhood of death.

Although he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, Xie Bai could sense an extremely strong aura of death emanating from them.

After the phantom entered Thanatos's body, Thanatos's death power indeed increased further.

But this also shows that Thanatos's authority over death is not complete, and there is still room for improvement.

In comparison, Atoris seems much less troublesome.

Although Atoris currently possesses limited power, having only recently acquired the authority to conquer.

However, the fact that she possesses 100% mobilizable power directly compensates for this weakness.

In the future, as long as Atoris increases his power, the power feedback Xie Bai receives from him will increase one-to-one.

Thinking of this, Xie Bai couldn't help but pat Atoris beside him.

"As expected, you're still the best."

As soon as he finished speaking, Atoris suddenly trembled and looked at Xie Bai, somewhat at a loss.

"W-what?"

"Was my lord just talking about...me?"

Atoris was initially annoyed by the addition of yet another divine favorite.

But Xie Bai's sudden praise overturned everything that had just happened, leaving only Xie Bai's approval of her.

"Hmm? Is there a problem?"

Xie Bai looked at Atoris, puzzled.

"No, no..."

Atoris quickly explained.

"I'm so happy to have been praised like that by my lord."

"If possible, my lord, in the future, in the future..."

"Can you praise me a little more...?"

Artorias's voice grew increasingly faint.

However, in the last instant before her voice disappeared, she uttered a complete sentence.

This almost completely drained her courage.

By the time she realized what she had said, a blush had spread all over her body, revealing her inner shyness completely.

At this moment, all she wanted was to find a hole to crawl into and avoid looking Xie Bai in the eye.

At that moment, two faint voices seemed to swirl in her mind.

[Jealousy is a form of protest]

[I finally found a gem of a girl, but then she got all overconfident. What am I supposed to do?]

"Lust" indicates rejection.

The purest and most beautiful feelings between girls don't need all this messy interference. It only hurts their feelings, and if they turn against each other, what will become of them?

Jealousy is an attempt to prove that one's own importance is greater.

[Preparing testimony regarding "lust"]

[Jealousy] attempts to refute this.

[Lust refuses to refute]

Jealousy is about to escalate.

[Lust is poised to provoke conflict]

"That's enough!"

"You're all so noisy!"

Atoris suddenly spoke up angrily, instantly dispelling all the inexplicable voices in his mind.

But at the same time, those around her were also startled.

"Um...wait, I..."

Just as Atoris was about to explain, Xie Bai hugged her first.

"Okay, I understand all the requirements you just mentioned."

"I can agree to anything you want, there's no need to keep it to yourself."

After feeling the warmth Xie Bai transmitted into his palm, Atoris's panicked heart gradually calmed down.

"Um……"

Ivy stood aside, looking at everything with a puzzled expression.

"hiss……"

"what?"

What just happened?

It seems like she hasn't even put in any effort yet, and the matter is already mostly resolved?

In that case, she shouldn't need to risk getting close to Xie Bai, right?

Although she didn't quite understand what had happened, at least she no longer had to worry about Atoris's physical threat.

For some reason, she always felt a little uncomfortable seeing Xie Bai petting Atoris like a kitten.

I feel empty inside.

Just as Ivy was still feeling inexplicably emotional, a familiar voice called out from afar.

"Wait, that person is...the teacher?!"

"Hey! Teacher, over here! Over here!"

……