The Old Man in the Mountain Is Humanity's Grim Reaper Against the Gods / The Impact of Hades' Death

If it had been a purely physical clash, it could have been called a draw. But what had been added to that strike made the other side superior.

The other's attack carried a conceptual curse of death, one that even he, a god of the underworld, could not escape.

Yet the death he had inflicted upon the other felt like a stone sinking into the sea.

The other seemed to have assimilated with death itself and possessed resistance to it, rendering his death ineffective.

"You are a truer embodiment of death than I. The title of King of the Underworld would be more fitting for you."

Hades spoke with emotion.

His gaze turned toward a corner of the audience, where an old man who looked as though a gust of wind could knock him over stood. That was his younger brother.

"Sorry, Zeus. I'll leave the rest to you."

Those were Hades, King of the Underworld's, final words before death consumed him.

The Old Man of the Mountain Was Humanity's Grim Reaper Against the Gods

This identity had not originally been planned to take the stage, but since he had been summoned here, how could he not put on a show?

Those people knew he was still alive, so they would certainly become wary. And after seeing him kill Hades, they would raise his danger level even further.

It had to be said that Hades truly was immensely powerful. He had won only because his Instant Death had activated; otherwise, the outcome would have been difficult to predict.

Still, he had also acted as though he held deep hostility toward the gods. Killing someone as influential among the gods as Hades would surely enrage them and make them wish to unleash Ragnarok's Heavenly Punishment upon humanity.

That way, knowing he