Meanwhile...
Tens of thousands of kilometers away from the Bone-Burying Abyss, on the Polar Icefield.
Deep within a vast underground palace hidden beneath a glacier.
This is the true headquarters of the [Desolate God Society].
[Treasure Pavilion]
This place holds the rare treasures and cultivation resources that the Desolate God Society has amassed over the past thousand years by plundering from all over the world through various means.
That seemingly ordinary wooden door was actually crafted from branches of the Jianmu from the Destruction Five Days!
Its hardness is such that even a top-tier superhuman cannot leave a scratch on it.
At that moment, outside the Jianmu gate, two low-ranking members of the Desolate God Society, dressed in black uniforms, were chatting idly.
This is a man and a woman; they both look like typical foreigners.
The man's name was Arthur, and the woman's name was Helen.
The two of them were interns and outer guards of the Desolate God Society.
"Hey, Arthur."
Helen leaned against the wall, idly manicuring her nails, when she suddenly lowered her voice and asked.
"Do you think... our Desolate God Society is about to be wiped out?"
Upon hearing this, Arthur was startled and quickly looked around.
Shh! Are you crazy?!
Arthur nervously made a shushing gesture, even exaggeratingly reaching out to cover Helen's mouth.
"Shut up! Be careful, the walls may have ears! If the adults hear you trying to demoralize the troops, we'll both be dragged out for experiments!"
"Tch, what's there to be afraid of?"
Helen rolled her eyes dismissively and slapped Arthur's hand away.
What are you pretending to be, a loyal subject?
"Those high and mighty adults in the association are either dead or gone."
"Besides us unsupervised interns, there's not a single manager left in this headquarters!"
Helen started counting on her fingers. "Yesterday, I saw with my own eyes Lord [Nightmare] and Lord [Clown] leave headquarters in a hurry."
"I heard from the official members that they went to see that [Merchant]."
"As for the other seats..."
"Except for those two elusive figures, [Void] and [Magician]."
"All the other seats are gone!"
"Our Desolate God Society can't even muster half its official members right now! This is what you call 'when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter'!"
Hearing Helen's reasoned and well-founded analysis, the tension on Arthur's face subsided.
"Well..."
Arthur took a cigarette out of his pocket, lit it, and exhaled a smoke ring with a melancholy air.
Life is unpredictable.
"Who would have thought that our Desolate God Society would one day fall to such a state?"
"Back then, the leaders in our guild trampled the five great nations of Blue Star underfoot and crushed the remnants and henchmen of the Dragon God..."
Those days of arrogance are truly gone forever.
"Pah! You're still reminiscing about the past?"
Helen sneered, "I knew this day would come."
"This damn organization is doomed sooner or later."
Why do you say that?
Arthur asked, puzzled.
"Do you have a brain just for showing off? Don't you even think about that!"
Helen angrily poked Arthur's forehead. "So many official members died, leaving so many lucrative positions and seats vacant!"
"But what's happened? It's been several months, and we interns who have worked hard for five or six years still haven't gotten our turn!"
What does this mean?
"This shows that those vampires above only wanted to use us as cattle and cannon fodder from the very beginning!"
Use it and then throw it away!
"And those vacant core positions were definitely reserved for their own cronies and cronies long ago!"
After being bombarded with attacks by Helen, Arthur thought about it carefully.
Holy crap! It seems that's actually true!
Furthermore, following this line of thought, Arthur suddenly realized a matter concerning his own vital interests!
"Etc!"
Arthur's eyes widened suddenly, and he even dropped his cigarette. "Helen..."
"Now that you mention it, I remember... ever since I joined the Desolate God Society..."
"Damn, it seems like they've never paid us a salary!"
"We even had to seize the resources ourselves during our missions! Some of them even had to be handed over!"
Helen instantly flew into a rage and kicked the wall. "You're right!"
"What utter nonsense about reshaping the world and destroying the old Order!"
"It's clearly these charlatans in power waving their banners, fooling us lowly folks into rebelling and risking our lives for them for free!"
"As soon as Nightmare and the others get back, I'm quitting! This lousy job, whoever wants to work here can take it!"
Arthur grew angrier the more he thought about it, and the resentment that had been building up for years finally erupted at that moment.
He slammed the standard-issue sword at his waist to the ground with a loud crash!
"Resign? Resign from what job?! I quit right now!"
Arthur's eyes were bloodshot, and his chest heaved violently.
Having been a hardworking and honest man for so many years, he had never felt as clear-headed as he did at this moment!
Since the organization is unscrupulous, then don't blame it for being unjust!
Driven by greed, Arthur's eyes, filled with lust, fixed on the [Treasure Pavilion] behind him.
"What... what do you want to do?"
Helen was startled by Arthur's wolf-like gaze.
"Of course... I'll go in myself, collect my due wages, and then leave!"
Arthur said through gritted teeth, then slammed his fist into the wooden door.
"Bang!"
A loud crash.
Arthur's hand was completely bruised, but the seemingly ordinary door didn't even have a speck of dust fall off.
"You're insane! Stop it!"
Helen quickly stepped forward and pulled him back, whispering, "I advise you to abandon this dangerous idea as soon as possible!"
"This is a treasure trove made of [Jianmu]!"
"Don't even mention you, even a top-tier expert wouldn't be able to open this door by brute force! This door requires a specific key!"
"That's not necessarily true."
Arthur rubbed the back of his hand, a smug look on his face.
He reached out and pulled the dagger from Helen's waist.
Then, he placed his other hand on the keyhole of the Jianmu gate.
With his eyes closed, Arthur's palm glowed.
A moment later.
To Helen's disbelief, the dagger in Arthur's hand transformed into a brass key!
"This... how is this possible?!"
Helen was completely dumbfounded; her jaw almost dropped to the floor.
Hehehe...
Arthur tossed the "freshly made" key in his hand with a smug grin. "This is the S-class Supernatural Ability I've been hiding all along [Simulation]!"
"It can perfectly transform any metal object into the shape I want!"
"Now... our boundless wealth is right before our eyes!"
Just as Arthur's eyes lit up, and he was about to insert the key into the lock to unlock the door to the pinnacle of his life...
A hand grabbed his wrist!
"Are you fucking crazy?!"
Helen, her face filled with terror, desperately tried to stop him, shouting, "You're asking for death!"
"If we steal from the Treasure Pavilion and are discovered by the adults, we Desolate God Society!"
"What are you afraid of?!"
Arthur, blinded by money, impatiently waved his hand away.
"The adults are all dead now, and the rest aren't at headquarters!"
"By the time they return, we'll have already taken the treasure and escaped to the ends of the earth to live a life of pleasure!"
"Who knew it was us?!"
"Bullshit! I won't stop you if you're fucking money-mad! I have even less objection if you fucking want to die!"
Helen, unable to persuade this idiot who was blinded by greed, completely lost her temper.
She pointed angrily at the key in Arthur's hand and began to hurl insults.
"You son of a bitch Arthur! Look closely!"
"That dagger was forged by my own hands when I was working as a blacksmith on the side, in addition to my job as a gatekeeper!"
"Not only do I have my fingerprints on it, but it also retains the aura of my Supernatural Ability!"
"You used my dagger to open the door, so you ran away. When they investigate, won't I become the prime suspect?!"
"You're trying to get me killed!!!"
The two were colleagues who had come to the field later in life.
At this moment, due to issues of profit and life and death, they completely tore off their masks and started fighting right there in front of the Treasure Pavilion.
However, since neither of their Supernatural Ability are purely combat-oriented, their fighting style is more like a shrewish street brawl.
They rolled around in a ball on the spot.
And at that very moment...
"Buzz!"
Less than ten meters away from the two people, a spatial rift tore open in mid-air.
"Oops!"
Accompanied by a soft cry.
A rascal with the lower half of a snake's tail and the upper half of a human body tumbled out of the crack.
At the same time, a wooden stick carrying a tattered bundle fell to the ground beside her.
The sudden noise interrupted Arthur and Helen, who were pulling each other's hair.
The two immediately separated, looking warily at the monster that had suddenly appeared.
It was a snake-person with a bewitching appearance, even exuding a fox-like charm.
However, she looked so pitiful, holding a begging stick in her hand, she looked exactly like a beggar.
Arthur and Helen exchanged a glance, and then they activated their senses.
"F-class? No... this aura is so weak it's not even F-class?!"
Arthur sensed something, and a murderous glint flashed in his eyes.
He had no idea that the pitiful-looking beggar snake in front of him was...
It's Medusa, one of the twelve Evil God who is about to be parachuted in to take over Helge's position and become their new top boss!
"Where did this low-level beast come from, daring to trespass on the headquarters of the Desolate God Society?"
Helen also drew a spare dagger and walked towards Medusa with a cold smile.
"Arthur, let's stop fighting for now."
"Let's take care of this scoundrel first."
"If she runs around spreading rumors that we were fighting here, we'll both be in deep trouble!"
That's exactly what I was thinking!
Arthur grinned maliciously, cracked his knuckles, and prepared to kill him to silence him.
Meanwhile, Medusa, who was lying on the ground, looked around in a daze.
Because the Abyssal Lord God didn't tell her the coordinates of the Desolate God Society at all; he only kicked her into the Barbaric Realm.
Therefore, before traversing space, Medusa activated the bracelet artifact bestowed upon her by the Abyssal Lord God, which was in her baggage, just to be on the safe side.
This bracelet not only perfectly concealed her Evil God aura, but also Suppression her cultivation level, thus deceiving the barrier of the Barbaric Realm.
As Medusa watched the two humans in matching uniforms approaching her, she secretly plotted her next move.
"It seems I was randomly teleported to the territory of some human faction."
"Since we're new here, it's best not to reveal our identities yet, lest we infiltrate the Dragon God's territory."
"The best strategy is to cultivate good relations with these two small fry and gather intelligence on them."
Having made up her mind, Medusa smiled.
She even raised her arm, trying to wave and greet the two humans.
"Hi~ two lovely human friends, hello..."
"Pfft!"
"Bang!"
He hadn't finished speaking.
Medusa was stabbed in the neck by Helen!
At the same time, Arthur delivered a right hook to his temple!
"Holy crap?!"
Arthur and Helen both gasped in surprise.
They were shocked to find that their all-out attack hadn't even left a white mark on the seemingly weak and cunning snake!
Helen's dagger even chipped, and Arthur's hand bones went numb from the shock!
"How can this guy be so tanky?! Isn't he even weaker than F-class?! How the hell can't he be killed?!"
Arthur roared in terror.
Meanwhile, Medusa's face, which had been trying to maintain a fake smile, had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Wrath surged straight to the top of his head!
She, the noble queen of the Filth Starfield, was tricked into a business trip by her own damned, heartless boss!
I just landed, and I already have to get these two trashy bastards acting all high and mighty?!
Do I, a dignified Evil God, have no dignity?!
"This is truly... outrageous!"
Medusa couldn't hold back any longer and, too lazy to pretend, unleashed her ultimate attack!
"Turn me to stone, you two damned scum!"
Medusa opened her vertical pupils, which had been hidden beneath her fake smile, and activated [Petrifying Gaze]!
Two gray beams of light pierced Arthur and Helen's eyes.
"Well..."
The two didn't even have time to scream before their bodies stiffened.
Starting from the soles of their feet, the gray petrified layer spread upwards, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into two stone sculptures.
"Phew... that feels good!"
Medusa couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! You think you can chop me up?! Do you really think I'm made of clay?!"
After laughing, Medusa calmed herself down a bit and glanced at the petrified Arthur.
She noticed with her sharp eyes that Arthur, whose hand had turned to stone, was still clutching a key.
Medusa looked up at the door, following the direction of the key.
Medusa was stunned when she saw the plaque directly above the gate.
"Treasure Pavilion?"
Medusa blinked, then glanced at the two women beside her who had just been fighting so fiercely.
With her high intelligence Evil God, she instantly deduced the cause and effect.
"After all that..."
"Did I stumble upon two petty thieves preparing to steal from my own workplace?"
"Since we're already here, why not take a look at what kind of junk these lowly humans are hiding inside, treating it like treasure?"
She swayed her lithe waist, stepped forward, snapped Arthur's petrified wrist, and took the brass key.
Click.
The key fits perfectly into the lock.
The Jianmu gate, which even a top-tier gate could hardly budge, opened wide inwards.
The moment the door opened.
There was no dust as I had imagined, nor any strange mechanisms.
Yes, but...
An overwhelming sense of opulence!!!
Inside the Treasure Pavilion, there were mountains of gold coins and boxes upon boxes of rare and precious medicinal herbs.
And various top-tier Weird Artifact...
He was completely exposed to Medusa's gaze!
"Gulp."
Medusa swallowed hard.
Her vertical pupils lit up at that moment.
This is hardly Treasure Pavilion.
It's practically an inexhaustible gold mine and a sea of silver!
She, Medusa, had been Evil God for so many years, fighting alongside the Abyssal Lord God in countless battles and conquering the universe.
They live a life of constant danger, working like animals, enduring a grueling 996 schedule.
And the result?
All the planetary resources and treasures that were captured were forcibly handed over by that stingy old octopus under the guise of confiscation!
This is the first time in all these years that I've seen so much money!
And most importantly...
All these things in front of her were unclaimed! They all belonged to her!
"Mine... it's all mine! All of it is mine!!!"
Medusa screamed and plunged into the sea of gold coins, rolling around excitedly inside.
"I'm Fortune! I'm financially independent now!"
As Medusa adorned herself with the jewels and ornaments, she secretly began to make her own plans.
"To Desolate God Society with taking over the Aragami Society! To hell with the mission!"
"I've made up my mind. I'll go find that lousy organization that Helge created in a while!"
"Let's take this money and splurge to our hearts' content in the human world, and while we're at it, find out some news about the Dragon God. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"
However, just as Medusa was becoming increasingly ecstatic about her sudden wealth...
"Tap tap tap!"
A series of footsteps suddenly came from deep within the passageway outside the Treasure Pavilion!
"Quick! The alarm's on! Someone's infiltrated the Treasure Pavilion!"
"Look! The gate is open! Arthur and Helen have been turned to stone! Guards, come quick!!!"
Listening to the chaotic shouts coming from outside.
Medusa, who was lying on the pile of gold coins, did not panic at all; instead, she straightened her upper body.
She placed a jeweled crown on her head and let out a cold laugh.
"Perfect timing! I've just arrived in this world and was just looking for a place to stretch my muscles."
Medusa twisted her serpentine tail and slid arrogantly toward the door.
"I'll use you ignorant fools as the first sacrifices for my descent into the Barbaric Realm!"
"Kill you all, and all the money here will be mine! Hehehehe!"
With a burst of maniacal laughter, Medusa unleashed her fury, charging into the guards outside the door and unleashing a one-sided, bloody massacre.
However...
Blinded by money, Medusa, caught up in the excitement of the fight, could never have imagined this.
She is currently slaughtering the very villainous forces she must take over completely.
The remaining personnel at the headquarters of the [Desolate God Society].
On his very first day at the company, the newly appointed CEO personally performed a Buddhist ritual to help the deceased pass on to the afterlife...
She ruined the public service she was about to take over...
Organize!