Chapter 146: Hell's Four Rings / Chapter 147: Roy's “Little Garden”

In the Cthulhu Mythos, the name of Azathoth had spread throughout countless worlds.

Every world's inhabitants knew that the blind and foolish evil god was a maddened creation devoid of reason.

Yet they had never wondered why the chief of the gods in a mythological system would be a thing of madness.

Even an evil god like Nyarlathotep possessed reason, and was so cunning that he nearly matched humanity's image of a demon.

In many worlds, Nyarlathotep was synonymous with the word demon.

But after Roy thought about it carefully, he realized that this was most likely the process by which Azathoth overcame his own madness.

Once he truly defeated madness and lies, he would reach the ultimate extreme.

His process of corrupting the worlds with madness seemed more like making countless worlds and living beings bear that eternal madness for him.

The day he awakened would be the day everything ended.

For this reason, the rational evil gods played mad tunes in his temple, preventing this chief of the Demon Gods from awakening and making him sleep forever.

In this, the Unification of All Things might well have played an enormous role.

"It's more likely that there was never such a position at all. Every position was occupied long ago, seized by the Old Gods."

A mocking tone suddenly entered the Unification of All Things' voice, showing that he truly was a living being with his own will.

Rather than a crazed concept like Azathoth.

Hearing the words of the Unification of All Things, Roy asked curiously, "...Since that's the case, why bother stopping Azathoth?"

"...Just let his madness infect the entire Omniverse, and let the ear-piercing flute resound wherever any living being can reach."

"When he awakens, perhaps he'll even be able to explore the path ahead for