At the very start of the trade concerning the Underworld Emperor, Klein, the Fool, sat bolt upright. What? The Underworld Emperor was a subordinate of the Annihilation Demonic Wolf?
Then he realized: No wonder the Hermit asked such a high price when I tried to trade for information on the Ancient Gods' Subordinates! There was a lot of important information in it!
Cattleya, the High Priestess, lowered her head slightly. Why was the Queen willing to tell the Hermit so much high-level information? Was it because she believed he could change the balance of the world?
Then another doubt arose. Did the Queen really know all this in such detail?
That was what puzzled her most. In her experience, the Queen did seem to know everything, yet she had almost never heard her speak about the Second Epoch.
More importantly, the way the Queen interacted with the Hermit made it clear to Cattleya that she did not treat him as a subordinate at all.
Cattleya then recalled the Hermit's messenger. It made her increasingly certain that although he had joined the Dawn of Elements, that organization was not his only backing.
The Hermit seemed to have other channels—and perhaps other forces behind him.
The other members had not expected the Underworld Emperor to have such origins either.
Audrey, Justice, thought, According to Mr. Hermit, Solomon, the Black Emperor, was a subordinate of the Ancient Sun God in the Third Epoch. The Night Emperor and the Blood Emperor were once powerful nobles of the Solomon Empire. But the Underworld Emperor's history actually reached back to the Second Epoch.
Odys, the Hermit, paused before explaining in detail. "Early in the Second Epoch, the Underworld Emperor was a subordinate of the Annihilation Demonic Wolf. After the Annihilation Demonic Wolf fell, he joined the