You're More Sensible Than Mephisto

Chthon snorted coldly, and a black shield rose from his body, blocking all the attacks.

He clasped his hands together, and a huge dark vortex appeared out of thin air, generating a powerful suction force that tried to pull the two of them in.

The Dark Phoenix unleashed its full power, transforming into a gigantic fiery phoenix to contend with the dark vortex.

The Galacta grew to a size of tens of meters.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, he rushed in front of Chthon, his fist gathering terrifying energy, and slammed it hard at Chthon.

Chthon vanished and reappeared in the distance, then with a backhand swing, a dark energy struck Galacta, knocking her back hundreds of meters.

Kino watched from the side.

Dark Phoenix and Galacta possess strength exceeding that of a single universe-level being, but they lack combat experience and are essentially brute force.

Chthon's strength was about the same as theirs, but his thousands of years of experience and powerful dark magic allowed him to suppress them.

Galacta was sent flying once again, crashing straight into Kino.

Kino dodged, letting Galacta smash several asteroids before finally stopping.

"Cough cough, it hurts! You didn't even catch me."

"I'm not happy about it, "Galacta said.

"How am I supposed to catch a body that's tens of meters tall?"

Kino tilted his head.

He's not even as big as her finger now.

Just then, the Dark Phoenix, who had been fighting alone, vanished without warning, and a raging inferno appeared out of nowhere.

The flames completely engulfed Chthon, utterly reducing him to nothingness.

"Let me show you the move I just came up with."

The Dark Phoenix appeared triumphantly in Chthon's place.

"A strike that transcends time; the ability to unleash this move means you are not merely a fragment of the Phoenix Force, but the complete Phoenix Force."

Chthon reappeared from a short distance away.

The next second, two red beams shot out, sending Chthon flying.

"Chthon, hand over the license. I don't want to waste any more time."

Kino flew slowly to Chthon's side. The two women flew behind Kino.

"It seems I misunderstood; you are the mastermind."

Chthon remained expressionless.

I said that from the beginning.

"..."

Chthon remained silent for a moment.

Should we continue?

The three opponents were about the same strength as him; although there was a difference in experience, they weren't invincible.

But winning wouldn't bring any benefits, as the opponent has powerful backing; losing would also leave the outcome unchanged.

As for the issue of face, Chthon, who has lived for countless years, said that such a thing is dispensable.

"I can give you the license, and I can also give you my dark magic, but you need to do me a favor."

Chthon spoke slowly.

"You go first?"

Kino did not readily agree.

"Since you can steal the Darkhold, you should be able to operate on Earth. My host has appeared on Earth; you must pass on these spells to her and protect her until she fully matures."

A mysterious red mark appeared in Chthon's hand.

"Sure, but would this license be useful to her?"

Kino knew he was probably referring to Scarlet Witch and wanted to try and exploit a bug.

"Yes, but my magic will still have an effect on her."

Chthon nodded.

Although this makes it impossible to control her, once she grows up, she will be worth countless dark wizards.

"Then the transaction is complete."

Kino took the red mark and turned to leave.

"You're more sensible than Mephisto."

Upon hearing this, Chthon's eyes snapped open, staring in shock at Kino's disappearing figure.

He mentioned Mephisto.

Six months ago, Mephisto mysteriously disappeared, and Hell became dilapidated. The Dimension Demon God all thought he was dead and wanted to take over his Earth, but were rejected, realizing that he had simply vanished.

They captured several demons from Hell, claiming that other demons had invaded Hell, and another Hell Lord had ravaged the city.

During that period, everyone suspected each other.

Especially recently, Mephisto's Hell Dimension disappeared, as if it never existed.

Killing the Hell Lord is difficult, but not impossible.

However, the entire Hell Dimension simply vanished, just like the blue sky on Earth disappeared—something no Hell Lord could accomplish.

Even the Five Cosmic Entities couldn't accomplish such a thing silently.

When Kino first appeared, he had doubts about whether it was him or not, but the aura he sensed was weaker than his own, about the same as Mephisto's.

It now appears they were hiding their strength, and there's something even more terrifying behind them.

How did the Phoenix Force, Galactus, and an unknown Hell Lord come together?

"It seems they showed mercy."

Chthon felt somewhat relieved.

The Phoenix Force's ultimate power is at the Multiverse level, on par with the Five Cosmic Entities.

Behind the Young Galactus lies a fully-fledged Galactus, also on Multiverse level.

Behind the Hell Lord is an existence even more terrifying than the Five Cosmic Entities.

He finds it somewhat unbelievable that he's alive and well now.

They contacted their followers on Earth to inquire about the latest news.

"The Demon King of Earth? Then the Darkhold was also given to him by the Sorcerer Supreme."

Chthon hadn't expected that the Sorcerer Supreme was also one of their people; from that perspective, Earth was already considered their territory.

"My God, shall we deal with the Demon King? We've discovered he's fond of beautiful women, and we have many beauties we can use to assassinate him! For my God, we are willing to give everything!"

The fanatical voices of the believers rang out.

"... No need, just continue to develop your followers, and avoid conflict with the Demon King."

Chthon sent some power down as a reward.

"Thanks be to my God for this blessing..."

Chthon lost interest in listening and immediately closed the channel.

Do you like beautiful women?

Does that include your own host?

You can build a good relationship with the other party, which will help you better develop your followers.

Furthermore, it seems the other party enjoys collecting the power of demon gods.

For the first time in billions of years, Chthon began to think about ways to build good relationships.

"Cyttorak, do you want to know the truth behind the disappearance of Hell?"

"Chthon, you know?"

Give me ten portions of your source of power.

"... Can."

Only a little over an hour had passed when we returned to Earth, so bringing Galacta and Dark Phoenix along was a wise choice.

However, Kino didn't have time to study the mark before the two girls dragged him shopping and paid for his things.

Of course, its appearance was altered beforehand.

"Kino, try this."

Dark Phoenix stuffed a pancake into Kino's mouth.

"What the heck? They even have pancakes here? Are they authentic?"

Kino took a bite; it tasted good.

"It has to be authentic! This recipe was passed down from our ancestors in SD! Are you from the same hometown?"

The man selling pancakes was a burly, older man.

Making four pancakes at the same time, smoothly and efficiently, without any confusion.

"No, I'm from YC."

"Kino said."

Hearing that familiar accent brings back so many memories.

"Look at us, we're all from the same hometown now."

The older brother chatted with Kino as he worked.