Chapter 404

In the depths of the darkness, an old dragon even gloomier than the darkness itself pondered.

The plan was already completely prepared, awaiting only execution.

Yet it could not help hesitating.

The experience accumulated over long ages told it that now was absolutely not a good time to put the plan into action.

Granted, that jellyfish had been living a leisurely, carefree life lately and would presumably have let down its guard, so its attack would most likely succeed. But the retaliation that would follow after a successful attack was something it had no choice but to worry about.

The scene from back then, when that fellow went berserk and killed two gods in succession, remained vivid in the memories of all gods. The old dragon considered itself stronger than those two, whose divine ranks had been high but whose personal combat strength had been less impressive. In a one-on-one fight, it had a perfect chance of victory—but no matter how optimistically it assessed things, facing two opponents at once would carry enormous risk.

Unless it had no other choice, it would never do something like this.

But that jellyfish had done it—and won.

Although the jellyfish had recuperated for a long time afterward and seemed to have been badly injured, the old dragon asked itself honestly: if it had fought that battle instead, its injuries might not have been any lighter.

Of course, the great jellyfish had been alone and could rely only on itself, whereas the old dragon had quite a few subordinates and could seek help from allies it had contacted beforehand. But deploying its subordinates would mean heavy losses, while hiring helpers would require paying substantial compensation. Both made the miserly old dragon's flesh ache.

And besides... the great jellyfish was no longer alone. It now