"Hahaha! Good, good, very good! Just great!!!"
In Yomi, Izanami learned what was happening in the outside world from the souls who had entered the underworld. When she found out that Izanagi was in deep trouble and had been targeted by a powerful demon, she laughed wildly, utterly thrilled.
"Hahaha! Good! Good!!!"
Izanami laughed loudly. Although she didn't know who the demon was, anything that caused trouble for Izanagi was a good thing. If the demon killed him, then when Izanagi arrived in Yomi, she would make sure to give that faithless man a proper welcome.
Indeed, Izanami had no idea who Hiruko was. The heavenly gods Hiruko devoured hadn't even left behind souls; they had all been swallowed whole. They couldn't descend to Yomi. They were dead—all of them!!!
Most of Hiruko's body had been blasted apart. Countless fragments slowly floated into the air and disappeared, while powerful energy surged and churned within him, restoring his damaged body.
"Father, is that all you've got? Hahaha!! It's not enough! You can't kill me with just that! Hahaha!!!"
Hiruko raised a hand and pointed at Izanagi, laughing maniacally. In just a moment, his body had been completely restored.
"Damn it! Why? Why are you so powerful? This power—no, this isn't the power of our world!"
Izanagi floated in the air, his body covered in cracks. A huge hole gaped in his chest, and his heart had been shattered. Now he was drawing on his power to reconstruct it.
Confusion showed on his face. He couldn't understand why this defective son, whom they had discarded long ago, was so powerful. It made no sense at all. In particular, the power Hiruko wielded was completely foreign to him. He had never seen such mighty power before.
It gave him the sense that