Thales Dulev had never forgotten his anger toward Stheno and her two sisters.
Stheno and her sisters had once been disliked by the other gods. It was the Queen of the Underworld who had shown them mercy and allowed them to live in her domain.
Yet during the War of the Gods, they had chosen betrayal, leaving the Queen of the Underworld gravely wounded and near death.
From that moment on, Thales Dulev had constantly thought about how to avenge her.
He had awakened amid the cycle of reincarnation, then fallen back into slumber, repeating this until he awoke several hundred years ago and hid himself in the Small World.
He had continued to grow stronger, but in the end, he was still only a Lesser God.
Then, several years ago, he had met Katelyle.
It was then that his understanding of certain things had begun to change.
Now, he unleashed his full strength, intent on killing Stheno.
Stheno sensed the threat of death, and panic stirred within her.
Although she did not quite understand how Thales, a mere Lesser God, could threaten a Middle God.
At this point, however, she could only fight with everything she had.
"Bloodthirsty Snake Demon!"
Stheno transformed into an enormous snake demon, her form flickering in and out of sight within the black mist.
Both Stheno and Euryale possessed demonic bodies, undying and indestructible.
That special trait was precisely what gave Stheno the confidence to clash head-on with Thales Dulev.
Boom!
Vast waves of energy battered their surroundings. The gale stirred up by the eruption blew away the dark mist, revealing a giant snake hundreds of meters long.
Specks of starlight fell upon the giant snake, punching bloody holes into her body.
The scales covering her demonic body failed to display their supposedly formidable