"Why are you presiding over the Destruction Temple? Where is the Destruction God King?"
When he saw that the Goddess of Life was seated on the throne inside the Destruction Temple, Poseidon asked in bewilderment.
According to what he and the old Asura God had expected, the one receiving them at this moment should have been the Destruction God King.
"What do you need Destruction for?" Rather than answer Poseidon's question immediately, the Goddess of Life posed a question of her own.
"Well..." Poseidon looked a little embarrassed.
The truth was rather difficult for him to say aloud.
There was nothing he could do.
Who told them to be so blind as to choose two successors born with rebellion in their bones?
Now their godhoods might as well have been fed to the dogs...
"Paper can't wrap up a fire. If you can't bring yourself to say it, I will..."
The old Asura God was quite frank. Or perhaps he felt that, with his face hidden inside his armor, nothing he said could embarrass him?
"Here's what happened. After obtaining our godhoods, the Sea God's successor and mine betrayed us.
"But having lost our godhoods, we no longer have the power to purge these traitors from our ranks. So we asked Destruction to execute the rebels and retrieve our godhoods. Destruction agreed to help.
"However, we've waited a long time without hearing anything from him. That's why we came to see whether he had recovered the Asura God godhood and the Sea God godhood."
After finishing, the old Asura God joined the Sea God in staring expectantly at the Goddess of Life, waiting for her answer.
"Alas..." The Goddess of Life sighed softly. "To tell you the truth, the Destruction God King went down to the lower realms to find