"That's good."
Seeing that Chthon had finished preparing, the King of Negativity nodded in satisfaction. He let out a breath and said, "We've done everything we could, and our luck was good—we completed it all without a hitch. Next comes the decisive battle against the King of Abilities."
Whether we succeed or not will depend on our Fate."
Those words were somewhat demoralizing, but no one objected. On one hand, their opponent was extremely powerful. They had already lost many times, and aside from Chthon, no one else believed they could definitely defeat him.
Incidentally, Chthon was actually a Crow's Mouth. Everyone had sternly forbidden him from saying anything about certain victory.
On the other hand, they were all Skyfather-level powerhouses. They knew full well that Fate truly existed in this world, and that there were even things like protagonists.
"By the way, have you investigated the situation on the King of Abilities' side?"
Death asked. Death had been focused on matters concerning the Land of Death and did not know much about this.
"Of course we investigated. The King of Negativity and I both did, and we shared our intelligence with each other."
Chthon smiled. "During this time, the King of Abilities has focused mainly on two things. One was saving survivors. He's a superhero, and in order to save more people, he's been going all out. That's also why our plan went so smoothly.
The King of Abilities did discover that something was wrong in Europe, but because he was busy saving people, he only sent an avatar there to investigate. There wasn't enough time for him to uncover the truth.
The other matter was the Small World. Several days ago, the people from the Small World appeared in Africa to help save survivors. That means the Small