Those time travelers that year

Similarly, those seekers of truth, such as mad scientists, legendary mages, and divinely ordained mages, could not imagine that there would be a central server called Yogurt Bubble, where you could get all the knowledge you wanted just by asking a question. Of course, the price would most likely be very high.

Therefore, for the Shire, although he considered pride as one of the seven deadly sins, Lucifer, the former vice-king of heaven and son of the dawn in Christian mythology, and later the demon king of hell, Satan, and the proud monarch, was a figure of pride.

This demon king, whose fame is probably far greater than that of Jesus in modern times, and who has appeared in various novels, games, anime, and comics... actually turned out to be a gothic loli with a height of no more than one inch.

What's even more ridiculous is that this black-haired little girl is also a sweet tooth...

To be honest, in Charles's opinion, even if this person is a woman, she is still the strongest fallen angel - the Arrogant Monarch. The fact that she was able to lead a third of the angels in rebellion shows that she must have a decent personal charisma.

If it were an imposing, queen-like older sister type, that would be one thing. But this kind of loli… Suddenly, Ciel felt like he'd discovered a truth: could all those angels be lolicon?!

Surprised!

shocked!

"Are you thinking about how you were disrespectful to me?!" The black loli, who was eating a strawberry sundae with a spoon, suddenly sensed something and bristled as she glared at Ciel. "I warn you, I am the Demon King of Hell! Believe me or not, I will cast your soul into Hell and torment you for eternity!" Her tone was stern and arrogant. If you didn't look at her appearance, you would think she was speaking like a queen. Unfortunately, this tone, combined with her loli appearance, made her look more like a bristling black cat.

The little girl, who was holding a sundae and occasionally making cat-like faces while eating it, clearly didn't realize that her so-called arrogant monarch's majesty had long since vanished in this situation. Furthermore, Athena, disguised as a sixteen or seventeen-year-old, was sitting with Pride in her arms, occasionally nuzzling Pride's little head, further reducing the dignity of this Child of Dawn, this arrogant monarch, to a completely negative number.

"...This is completely unreliable!" Looking at the black-clad loli who was pretending to be very dignified, Ciel then turned his gaze to Athena, who was hugging Arrogance like a doll and rubbing against her from time to time. "Are you sure this is really the Demon King of Hell? Athena!"

This question made the loli eating the sundae pout. Then, golden light shone in the arrogant monarch's golden eyes, followed by countless pale golden points of light that appeared around him, evolving into dozens of golden cross swords that stabbed towards Charles.

"Stop messing around!" Charles said. At the same time, the dozens of golden cross swords were shattered and vanished in mid-air by another force before they could even touch Charles.

“This is indeed Lucifer…” Athena reached out and stroked the head of the black loli in her arms, soothing the arrogant monarch whose majesty had vanished, just like soothing a cat. “Lucifer, the god of the morning star… is a descendant of Chronos, just like me, and is a child of the goddess of dawn.”

"And the reason why I look like this is not strange at all. After all, when I first arrived, I looked the same as everyone else."

Charles thought about it, and it made sense. When Athena first descended, she also appeared as a young girl. Only after retrieving the Gorgon Stone was she able to transform into this young woman. So, this arrogant monarch is like that too?!

"Hmph! I am not what you think!" Sensing Charles's strange gaze, the arrogant monarch raised his head and puffed out his chest. Although he was now a tablet computer and there was still some ice cream cream left on the corner of his mouth, he still looked completely majestic. Even after the negative number, he was still inevitably sliding down straight like riding a roller coaster.

"If it weren't for the fact that my myth has been altered so many times, and now I've been given all sorts of ridiculous titles and mixed up with other people, I wouldn't be appearing in this form!"

Athena added, "She has now descended not as a demon king of hell or an arrogant monarch, but as the goddess of the first dawn and the morning star, thus freeing herself from mythology."

"I see," Charles nodded.

The word Lucifer comes from Latin, and in Greek it is called Forspholos. Moreover, compared to the fallen angel Lucifer, Forspholos can be traced back to ancient Greece, which is much older than the rise of Christian mythology and the subsequent fall of Forspholos to the status of an arrogant monarch for various reasons.

However, now that Catholicism is one of the world's three major religions, the name Forspholos, which has been incorporated into it, is described and characterized as pride, one of the seven deadly sins. In other words, the black gothic Lolita version of Lucifer before us, devoid of any dignity—in fact, her dignity is negative and steadily declining—is not descending as a proud monarch, but rather as the god of the morning star from ancient Greece.

Only now, because she did not conform to the Christian myth, was she able to arrive in peace.

Otherwise, if she were to descend as an arrogant monarch, it would be inevitable that those connected to her would also be affected and sent down as gods. Just like in Finmark County, where Surtr was dragged down because Sharl came to this world, and Odin was also drawn in by Surtr.

If the godhood of the Arrogant Monarch were to descend, who knows, it might very well be Millerka leading the entire army of Heaven to flee. Conversely, using the godhood of the Morning Star wouldn't implicate anything else, after all—the Morning Star, Phosphorus, is practically a nobody in Greek and Roman mythology; without proper research, nobody remembers his existence. His presence is countless times less significant than that of the sun god of Rhodes…

"Then, do we still need to find more help?!" Athena inquired. "If so, I am not without others..."

“No need!” Charles shook his head. “When the world comes together, others will naturally be passively pulled down. I only need one or two collaborators in this world. Too many things, let alone me, you yourself wouldn't trust me, would you!”

Holding Lucifer, Athena nodded in agreement, "If too many people share the cake, it won't be evenly distributed. Besides, in this world, there's far too much overlap in divine status. Who knows, in the other world, we might still have to fight to the death to divide it up."

"So... now it's time to go find that monkey..."

516. Lucifer, who has no dignity whatsoever

The world has been quite turbulent lately, at least for those in the magic world and the Greenwich Sages Council. In a world invisible to ordinary people, beings from mythology known as the Disobedient Gods are causing chaos one after another, disrupting the entire world.

Europe, in particular, has become one of the hardest-hit areas. First, there was the Norse mythological figures of Surt and Odin in Finnmark County, Finland; then the sun god of Rhodes in Greece; and finally Vereslana and Mekal on Sardinia in Italy.

Before the aforementioned events had even concluded, and while various cleanup efforts were underway, another disobedient god descended upon Matera, Italy. This led the entire European magic community, along with the Greenwich Sages, to wonder if tomorrow was the end of the world; otherwise, how could such divine interventions continue to occur one after another?

Especially in Matera, previous incidents were either in remote, inaccessible areas or out of sight, making it difficult to conceal the events, as there were few witnesses. However, in Matera, Italy, during the recent celestial anomaly, night fell, the Milky Way stretched across the sky, a golden star hung at the highest point, followed by a meteor shower, a spectacle of stars falling to earth.

For ordinary people, all it takes is a few expert pronouncements to convince them that it's a mirage or some kind of once-in-a-millennium astronomical spectacle.

But for Europe, especially Italy, finding myths that reflect this scene is incredibly easy.

It was this ease that silenced most of Europe.

The titles "Son of the Dawn," "Former Vice-King of Heaven," "Fallen Angel," "Arrogant Monarch," and "Demon King of Hell" were simply too powerful. So powerful that they accompanied Catholicism to become the world's most influential religion, causing an uproar not only among European magic societies but also throughout the Vatican.

Although the Vatican's influence in the magic world is not significant due to the existence of disobedient gods and god-killers, the fact that no disobedient god or god-killer has ever entered the Vatican suggests that something similar exists hidden within it.

However, whatever is hidden within the Vatican, the fact that it did not immediately mobilize all its troops and contact Christian, Protestant, and other branches to wage holy war in the face of that arrogant monarch who brought down a third of the angels is already quite restrained.

But no matter how much you try to restrain yourself, it won't make much of a difference!

In short, shortly after the incident in Matera, a scene of holy light appeared in the Vatican. Some people with 'spiritual vision' could see 'angels' bathed in divine light appearing in the Papal Palace. Moreover, at this time, the entire Vatican was completely closed to the public, and more and more Templar Knights began to move in, as if they were about to face an unspeakable great demon.

And so Europe descended into chaos, a turmoil that drew in the Black Prince, the Sword King, and the Marquis of Vauban—well, both the Sword King and the Marquis of Vauban were far more interested in the Vatican than in finding the Son of Dawn, whose whereabouts were unknown. As for the Black Prince, he continued his relentless pursuit of a certain progenitor god.

In any case, the turmoil in Europe has even affected Asia and the Americas.

Both the god-slayer in the Americas and the martial arts king in Asia received requests for support from the Greenwich Sage Council.

This situation makes it seem as if the whole of Europe is about to face another 'world war'.

……

They've caused so much trouble, but the whole of Europe is just worrying about it blindly.

At this very moment, Charles was no longer in Europe, but had boarded a chartered private plane bound for an island nation in the Far East. Accompanying him were Athena and Lucifer.

Speaking of which, this arrogant monarch, who descended with the divine status of the Morning Star from ancient Greek and Roman mythology, actually possesses the level of Athena in her normal state—well, in her Gothic Lolita appearance. If it weren't for the magical modifications and the transfer of the cosmos system by Ciel, this goddess's power would have increased significantly, and she might not even be a match for Lucifer under the Morning Star's divine status.

Logically, Lucifer, whose divine status is Phosphorus in ancient Greek mythology, shouldn't be as powerful as Athena. Even though Phosphorus belongs to the third generation of Titans in ancient Greek mythology.

After some thought, Charles concluded that this was likely due to the influence of Christian mythology on Lucifer. After all, compared to the virtually nonexistent Forspholos, Lucifer, the Son of Dawn, was far more well-known; their levels of recognition were completely different.

Even though Lucifer is now a disobedient being who descended as the god of the morning star, Forspholos, and his own divine nature belonging to the Christian mythology has been sealed away, it still affected the power of this gothic lolita who was eating sweets on the plane.

With her divine status as the morning star, Lucifer could rival Athena in her current state, even if her chances of winning weren't very high. And once she unleashed the divine status of Christian mythology, she would surpass Athena even further.

Even Ciel found it troublesome; perhaps only the true form of Lucifer, who had released the Christ Godhead, could suppress and defeat him.

In other words, the little girl in front of you is actually a final boss-level being with an off-the-charts level in this world.

"What kind of look is that?!" As if sensing something, the very sensitive black gothic loli jumped up, clenching her little fists and preparing to punch Ciel. Well, if Athena hadn't grabbed her and stuffed a piece of strawberry cake into her mouth, this clumsy loli would have been planning to unleash a supersonic punch right there in the cabin.

Ok!

Charles realized that this arrogant monarch, who had sealed away Christ's divinity, was now a completely idiotic loli without any dignity. Apart from having extremely keen senses, she was actually just an idiotic loli with high combat power.

Yes, that's right!

"...Sigh! Athena, please keep an eye on her. At least until the gates are opened, make sure she doesn't unseal her Christian divine essence." Although he didn't know what was happening in Europe, Charles knew that when he summoned this little girl, there was chaos in Matera in reality. If nothing unexpected happened, the whole of Europe was probably searching for this little girl's whereabouts. The Morning Star's divine essence could still be hidden, but once her Christian divine essence was unsealed, a massive army would likely descend upon her in the next instant to fight her.

"I am well aware of this."

“Then, I’ll go find that monkey. Hmm, I remember… my knights’ intelligence mentioned a few disobedient individuals over there. But it’s nothing serious. You and this guy—” Charles pointed at Lucifer, but his finger was bitten. “—go deal with those few with this idiot. I’ll use that monkey to unleash the full power of the Monkey King… Idiot, let go! Are you a paparazzi?!~”

517. The Three Musketeers of the Underworld

While Europe descended into chaos due to the arrival of an arrogant monarch, far away in Asia, or more precisely, on a distant island nation in the Far East, unrest had been brewing for a long time and had yet to completely subside.

Some time ago, a catastrophe of earth-shattering magnitude unfolded in this country and the world, sweeping across nearly half of the nation's power.

Some outsiders have done something in this country that has caused great turmoil. In the magic world of this country, or rather, in the world of sorcery, the four leading families have issued a unified warrant for their arrest, mobilizing most of the forces in the underworld.

The official history compilation committee, led by the Sayamiya family, along with the four major families—the Sayamiya, Renjo, Kyuhozuka, and Seishuin—mobilized their elite forces to hunt down certain uninvited guests who had come to this country and caused trouble. Furthermore, with the issuance of a strong order, all other large and small families of Onmyoji, exorcists, and samurai cooperated.

Regardless of whether other families were willing to obey orders, under the coercion of the state's all-powerful official history compilation committee, they ultimately reluctantly dispatched their respective elites to cooperate.

Of course, if those guys had known what they were going to face back then...

Unfortunately, after receiving information that they were not facing Campiones or disobedient gods, but rather some European knights or something similar, these guys naturally and naively obeyed the orders.

However, reality is quite comical, and it was completely unexpected for everyone. Neither the four major families who were on the official history compilation committee nor the people behind the scenes anticipated that the target would be so incredibly difficult to deal with.

In their first encounter, the shrine maiden of the Kiyoshuin family, who wielded a divine artifact and whose combat power was undoubtedly at the pinnacle of mortals, was brutally beaten.

After most of her subordinates on the official history compilation committee who had come with her were killed in action, the Kiyoshuin family shrine maiden, in a desperate gamble, used the power of an uncontrollable divine artifact—and that was the end of it. The Kiyoshuin family shrine maiden, who used uncontrollable power and was in turn controlled by the divine artifact, failed to defeat the enemy.

As the power of the divine artifacts was unleashed, the knights entered a bizarre state. Each of them summoned a ball of flame in their hands, then crushed it, causing their entire bodies to burst into flames. All two hundred knights entered a state of frenzy.

The shrine maiden of the Kiyoshuin family, who was controlled by the divine artifact known as the Kusanagi Sword, was torn to shreds by the crazed knights. The hundreds of members of the official history compilation committee who came with them were also reduced to countless limbs.

After slaying all the initial pursuers, this knightly order of two hundred men embarked on a journey of unparalleled slaughter on the battlefield. The direct lineages of the four major families of the official history editorial committee suffered heavy losses, with two family heads killed in battle. The remaining forces, large and small, were in even worse shape. The knightly order, traversing the entire island nation, wiped out countless families and clans. Moreover, the more they fought, without sleep, rest, food, or water, the more their fighting power increased exponentially.

Ultimately, even some unknown entities who were forced to act were killed by these guys...

At this moment, thanks to the sacrifice of another priestess with 'spiritual vision', they finally gained a general understanding of what this knightly order was. Fallen into the darkness of the abyss, forged from fire and steel, their indomitable will and soul—this knightly order actually shared the same soul. In other words, unless all two hundred were killed at once, this knightly order would be an immortal monster, possessing remarkably high steel attributes.

These are all—Heroes of Steel…

Thus, the entire nation's inner world collapsed, utterly powerless to resist the knightly order's carnage. There were those who could resist, but it was to no avail. Although sharing the same soul, each member was a hero of steel, and their teamwork was perfect; unless instantly annihilated, they were immortal. They possessed an almost supernatural resistance to all kinds of magic, especially mentally, making them monsters with impenetrable walls—even the priestesses who spied on them with 'spiritual vision' were instantly incinerated by unknown flames, leaving not even a trace of their souls.

Ultimately, after suffering devastating losses, the knightly order inexplicably vanished into a black mist, bringing this series of events to a close.

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In a certain place in this country, or more precisely, in a space overlapping with the real world, in a world called the Netherworld, there is an unnamed deep forest.

Not far from a gently flowing stream stands a very old wooden house. Inside this house reside three beings, three little-known figures who are the true rulers of this country.

An old man wearing only a rough garment, a woman dressed as a noble princess, and a monk in black robes with very dry skin, as if he had no real flesh, like a mummy.

These three are currently feeling distressed and depressed about what happened not long ago.

The Prometheus Tablets, part of their plan, were stolen, and they, along with all the members and families of the underworld in this country, were unable to retrieve them and suffered heavy losses, rendering all their plans futile and a joke.

"That steel for two hundred people, what exactly is it..." the old man muttered in bewilderment, "This really is a disaster that fell from the sky!"

“The stone slab has been completely stolen, and there’s nothing we can do about it. On the contrary—” the woman began, then looked at the monk in black with a worried gaze.

"Cough cough... It's not a big deal!" Seeing the woman's gaze, the black-robed monk coughed, his face pale, and replied with difficulty, "It was ultimately a destined calamity, but this humble monk has not yet reached the time of passing away, so there's no need to worry too much. Amitabha..." However, the monk's explanation did not reassure the old man and the woman. Only the two of them knew that during the recent turmoil, after all the monks in Rikoya were slaughtered by the enemy, this monk, unable to bear the fire of the Myōō, developed a demonic inner demon and had no choice but to leave the Netherworld and descend there to fight.

Although not a god of disobedience, he was a monk who had achieved considerable success in cultivating Buddhist supernatural powers through physical cultivation. Even if he was not as powerful as those famous gods of disobedience or those god-slaying Campiones, he was still far superior to mortals.

Unfortunately, even at this level, they were no match for that terrifying group of knights who were fighting with a frenzy. Apart from the Vajra Subduing Demon Technique, the other Buddhist supernatural powers, especially the methods of invocation and shock, were completely ineffective against the knights whose souls and wills were united as one and as solid as steel.

He fought head-on with the Vajra Subduing Demon technique, and was almost killed by a hair's breadth.

If it weren't for the intervention of the woman dressed as a noble princess, who was also a divine ancestor, and the old man, this monk, like some of the others who had blocked the way before, would probably have been completely crushed by these crazed knights and burned to ashes by those soul-burning flames.

518. Disaster is imminent

In Buddhism, the principle of cause and effect applies: you reap what you sow. You may think you've calculated everything flawlessly, believing that fate is merely a puppet in your hands. But more often than not, the one truly pulling the puppet is yourself.