Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

"Also, while Wu Mi and I are away, you need to take good care of yourself. If you have any problems that you can't solve, just go inside and find that woman. She will protect you."

"When did I ever say I wanted to be your nanny?"

A cold, indifferent whisper came from the edge of the courtyard. The door of the house, which looked gloomy and oppressive, was pushed open from the inside, and a tall woman dressed in a black robe, her figure hidden in the shadows, walked in.

As soon as she arrived, the temperature in the courtyard plummeted, and the surrounding flowers grew wildly while withering away.

Gerda felt heartbroken at the sight, but when she looked at the newcomer, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of fear.

Because from a distance, the cycle of life and death on the ground and the face beneath that cloak share similar characteristics.

One half of the woman's face had skin as clear and lustrous as jade, radiating vibrant life, while the other half of her cheek was etched with faint, skull-like markings, revealing a sinister and eerie deathly appearance.

Seeing Gerda crawl back behind her with a look that looked like she was about to cry, Natalia complained irritably.

"I've told you so many times, please don't scare the children..."

The woman ignored this, her deep eyes beneath her cloak gazing at the golden light that illuminated the sky above the town, and added softly.

"I want to go with you."

"what?"

Natalia looked at the determined and difficult customer in front of her and felt frustrated.

Since spending a fortune to get someone out of Fuyuki City, the bounty hunter, whose savings were nearly depleted, was heartbroken.

As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. In order to recover her strength as soon as possible for future needs, Natalia made a bold decision and, along with her remaining belongings and assistant Maimi, accepted a big job that the acting chairman Holo had assigned to her.

The task was simple; it only required the client to deliver a letter.

However, the place we're going to is a bit special.

It is called Helheim, which is the most dangerous underworld among the nine Nordic countries.

Since the living cannot directly enter the underworld, they must first travel from the human realm, namely Earth, through Jotunheim, the land of giants, and then through a secret passage left by someone, to Helheim, the land of the dead.

The journey so far went smoothly, but once they entered Jotunheim, trouble began to follow.

The nine Nordic countries are interconnected. As the central region, the largest human population inevitably ends up in other countries for various reasons.

Because it was difficult to escape with limited strength, the humans who ended up here showed great adaptability and chose to settle down, thus forming some human settlements within Jotunheim.

Fortunately, although Jotunheim's environment is not very friendly, the ice goddess Skadi and the King of Jotunheim have maintained a rather friendly attitude towards outsiders, allocating many safe zones for them, numbering them, and including them in the protection area.

However, with Skadi, the ice goddess who controls the giants, and a certain king of Jotunheim missing, the frost giants and fire giants who have been awakened one after another have also begun to become restless, either wandering in the wilderness or attacking nearby human villages.

Unfortunately, Natalia and Maiya's first stop went astray, landing in the wilderness where giants roamed.

Fortunately, the two also managed to save a little girl from being swallowed by the giant.

This young girl named Gerda was forced to venture into the dangerous wilderness to gather herbs for her younger sister, where she encountered a giant.

After being rescued, Gerda, to express her gratitude, led Natalia and Maimi, the two outsiders, to the human settlement where she lived.

Village No. 23.

Being unfamiliar with the area and lacking any navigation, the master and apprentice were at a loss as to how to find the secret passage to Hel.

Upon learning of their plight, Gerda volunteered to bid farewell to her parents and embark on the journey to become their guide.

Finally, after many twists and turns, and with the protection of the token given to them by the acting chairwoman Holo, the three of them managed to enter Helheim safely and deliver the letter.

After reading the letter, this aloof and somewhat strange-looking woman led them out of Helheim and back to Midgard.

This also includes Gerda, a young girl who served as a guide.

Seemingly finding a warmer environment different from Jotunheim and a more comfortable life in Midgard, the curious children, driven by a strong thirst for knowledge, followed the three of them.

However, compared to Hisayu Maiya and the recipient, both of whom are expressionless, Gerda is closer to Natalia.

The woman in the black cloak spoke indifferently as she sat down in the back seat of the car without saying a word.

“Let’s go. Holo told me to follow you, saying that’s how we can find her.”

"Yes, yes, yes, whatever you say, I'll do it, is that alright?"

When Natalie heard this woman directly use the title of the acting chairman to pressure her, she had no choice but to let it go, adopting an attitude of putting the employer first.

Although we don't know what was written in that letter, or what relationship this mysterious woman has with that acting chairman, one thing is certain.

She can't afford to offend this person.

Then, the hunter, having given up resisting, simply took Gerda, the little burden, with her in the car as well, and also brought the food she had bought to fuel the journey, and told Maiya to set off immediately.

Before leaving, Natalia, with a cigarette dangling from her lips, looked around for a lighter while glancing at the back seat through the rearview mirror and casually asked a question.

"The journey is a bit long, we'll probably have to make do for a while. We haven't even asked your name yet?"

"Hela..."

The woman in the shadows removed her hood, revealing a face that possessed a strange beauty that combined both life and death, and answered calmly.

Helheim... Hela...

At that moment, Natalia's hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly.

So, wouldn't you say this is like—Final Destination?

Chapter Thirty: The Steel Land, A Star's Lament

Rentinion, 10 Downing Street.

Samael stared at the rows of familiar faces projected onto the Destiny Tablet, his eyelids twitching and his dry throat churning.

In England, Abigail and her Witches' Tea Party, along with Martha and a large group of troubled children, were the first to take action;

In the East, Princess Anastasia and Attila, a star-riding soldier, braved the blizzard and galloped across the frozen land of Siberia.

Heading west, Queen Scáthach of the Land of Shadows, leading the Fiona Warriors and the Red Branch Knights, has already boarded the plane in a grand procession in Dublin...

That's not all; the remaining two areas are even more severely affected.

To the south, a coalition of forces, including Joan of Arc and Charlemagne from France, Nero and the Roman Emperor from Italy, Hippolyta and Amazonian warriors from Paradise Island, the Assyrian Empress and her old acquaintance from Uruk from Mesopotamia, and Athena and the Saint Seiya from Mount Ares from Greece, formed an impenetrable encirclement. It was estimated that not even a fly could escape.

In the North, the ice goddess Skadi, Queen Brunhilde of Iceland, and their entire Valkyrie army sailed their warships straight towards the Thames River…

An entire fleet of Valkyries...

In addition, the feathered serpent goddess from the Americas is riding a pterodactyl, breaking the sound barrier as she arrives;

Princess Sajou Aika, the ancestor of Romania, has already embarked on her journey;

The women in Misaki City and Fuyuki City in the Far East are also starting to get restless...

At this scale, what kind of mobile warfare is this, what kind of piecemeal defeat is this?

Even if I stood there and let him have sex with me, I probably wouldn't finish even if I had sex with him for seventy days and seventy nights.

With reinforcements arriving at this speed, before he could even break through the encirclement, those tigresses from all directions would surround him, and he probably wouldn't even have enough meat to go around.

Of the thirty-six stratagems, the best is to slip away first!

Faced with the inescapable trap, Samael couldn't help but consider retreating. He planned to use the existing intelligence to break through the rapidly shrinking encirclement, but the more he observed, the more uneasy he felt, and his confusion deepened.

Wait a minute, when did I become so careless?

As a seasoned veteran who specializes in escaping, I've always been very good at making money.

Even if he makes a scene, he will subconsciously use his power to minimize the impact, so as to prevent his old lovers all over the world from ganging up on him.

For example, the Eucharist Mass in Misaki City, the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, and the divine bestowal in Tulipas...

The conclusion of these events has had a significant aftereffect.

Even so, thanks to his subconscious cover-up, he managed to avoid causing global unrest.

This time, it was all very suggestive from the very beginning. His ex-lovers all over the world seemed to have spotted a giant light bulb in the dark, chasing after the light, smelling the scent, and carrying machetes, rushing from all over to confront him.

has a problem!

Upon thinking of this, Samael's mind raced, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Who? Which scoundrel is plotting against me behind my back?!

Just as the ancient serpent began to have doubts, the two Destiny Plates in front of it resonated with an obscure resonance. The light, a blend of deep blue and blazing white, rippled outwards, and the surrounding world fell silent without warning.

In an instant, Samael in the Prime Minister's office, along with the old and new covenants before him, melted into the halo of light.

The body keeps falling.

Consciousness is constantly being baptized.

From body to soul, it seems to undergo one wondrous cleansing after another.

With each breath, Samael slowly opened his eyes, his snake-like vertical pupils splitting into cross-shaped patterns as he looked around.

What comes into view is a vibrant blue expanse of life, with countless streams of light, large and small, as dense as stars, surging in from all directions and converging here to form an endless sea of ​​stars.

In the center, strands of light, intertwined and swaying, extend outwards, like a dense and complex network of blood vessels and nerves, weaving and operating in this deep darkness, maintaining some kind of existence.

Samael reached out and touched a few strands of starlight that drifted past him.

It seemed as if endless voices were praying and shouting in my ears;

My mind is constantly filled with the complex sounds of all things, growing and withering...

This is it—

The world's great source, the sea within the stars.

Samael's eyes revealed his understanding. He looked up and gazed at the two petite figures in front of him, one composed of azure light and the other of blazing white light, and gritted his teeth in anger.

"Why are there two of you?!"

"Yes, we need to talk to you."

The blonde and white-haired loli were holding hands. One was nodding seriously, seemingly oblivious to the disdain on someone's face, with a slightly silly and cute expression. The other was a typical emotionless person, with empty eyes, seemingly lost in thought all the time.

"No time! Not going!"

Seeing the two little ones walking towards him, Samael's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot, and he waved his hand to refuse without hesitation.

That's right, these two seemingly harmless little girls are actually the two legendary ultimate security systems in this world.

The planet's self-restraint—Gaia;

And the human self-restraint—Alaya.

As a combination of planetary spirits and human subconsciousness, their mission is to maintain the planet's operation and ensure the continuation of human reason.

Getting involved with them is tantamount to getting entangled in endless trouble.

Having learned from Britain's experience of being awakened, and having only recently begun enjoying a wonderful retirement, Samael had no intention of continuing to clean up their messes and go back to work.

Anyway, in a sense, he delivered both of them himself, so he wasn't afraid of them.

"Go away, go find someone else to work!"

Samael waved his hand as if to shoo him away, rolling his eyes and snorting irritably.

"At most, I'll recommend a few outstanding employees to you..."

"Better to die than to die myself," the snake thought, and within seconds, several names of animals to be sold had already appeared in its mind.

For example, Dr. Kiritsugu, who was dedicated to saving lives on the island of Amin Mego in Southeast Asia, and his Catholic adoptive father, Shiro Kotomine.

Or perhaps the successor of the ancient swordsmith Senji Muramasa, a certain unemployed partner of justice;

And then there are those Satanic disciples who do nothing but study Ma Po all day long...

In short, these are all highly capable elites who can definitely fill his vacancy.

However, despite Samael's obvious wariness and resistance, Gaia ignored it, continuing to stare intently at the person before her and speaking earnestly.

"We saw the future..."

"The future? There are many futures, which one are you referring to?"

Samael rolled his eyes, seemingly unconcerned, and chuckled softly.

"Is humanity being burned away? Is the true ancestor rampant? Or is it global whitewashing?"

His slacking off is only recent; for the past six hundred years, he has made ample preparations to prevent various impending crises.

Nowadays, any beast that shows its face is either kept in captivity in various places or its threat is eliminated in advance.