"What do you want to see her for?!"
Bael was utterly stunned, then voiced the question in every devil's heart.
Even the Dark Eight Devil Generals showed traces of surprise in their eyes.
The upheaval caused by Zariel's [Reckoning] campaign back then, followed by Asmodeus's [Picking Up the Tab] plan to quell the chaos, had been far too immense. Several lords of Hell had been caught up in it as well—some died, some were imprisoned, some punished. After Moloch, lord of the sixth layer, was deposed, the position underwent two more successive changes.
As a result, the name Zariel, Daughter of Destruction, now seemed to have become synonymous with misfortune and taboo throughout the Nine Hells.
No one who got entangled with her ever came to a good end!
Beyond that, this fallen angel was famed for her terrifying Combat Strength.
It was said that back then, she had merely been an observer stationed by Mount Celestia on the Blood War battlefield.
After watching the Blood War unfold through countless days and nights, the archangel foresaw that it would never end—and that the Demons could never be exterminated.
So this former angel of Mount Celestia resolutely leaped down from the clouds. Like a single drop of water falling into the vast ocean, she nevertheless stirred up unprecedented raging waves.
Wherever Zariel went, she swept all before her. Even some Abyssal Lords drawn into the conflict could only avoid her edge after suffering enough at her hands. Thus, more and more Angels answered her call and joined this endless war.
But compared to them, the Demons of the Blood War were simply too numerous—far, far too numerous.
The Angels led by Zariel had died from exhaustion on the Blood War battlefield.
And at the site of Zariel's final death, a mountain