"Heh..." Lucifer chuckled softly. The wings behind him stirred slightly, and rings of dark energy spilled out from them, making space ripple like flowing water.
There was no need to take angels' and fallen angels' wings too seriously. In the true Heaven, rank was not determined by the number of wings. Angels bearing hundreds of pairs of wings often drifted through Heaven, yet they still had to kneel and pay their respects upon seeing Lucifer.
"Dark Gaia, that kind of attitude during a conversation can easily cause misunderstandings."
Shin's gaze never left Lucifer for even an instant. He smiled as well. "I have a name. You can call me Uchiha Shin, or address me as 'sir' or whatever else you like. Dark Gaia doesn't sound like a particularly proper name."
"Compared to that, I'd rather know how you discovered me. I thought I had been discreet enough when I entered. I shouldn't have alerted any of you."
Lucifer maintained his elegant smile. "I would be delighted to answer your question. More precisely, your arrival in the Abyss only alerted me. The others did not notice your whereabouts. I have to say, Dark Gaia's intrinsic rank is higher than ours. No matter how hard we try, that gap is an uncrossable chasm. Coupled with your deliberate concealment, discovering you would naturally be difficult.
"However, the method you used to conceal your aura while infiltrating the Abyss was related to me. Even if the connection was merely a resonance through a name, I still sensed it."
"I see." Shin replied calmly. He could roughly understand this so-called resonance among the pinnacle powerhouses of the multiverse.
It was a very mysterious thing. Their power had essentially reached its limit within this universe. Taking another step forward was no longer as simple as increasing