In a secret dimension unknown to anyone, Chthon, who had been watching the progress of the Main Dimension invasion with Set, suddenly stopped speaking. His ghostly form swayed slightly as he raised a hand to support his forehead.
"Hmm?"
He made a mildly puzzled sound, curious yet somewhat amused.
"What happened?"
Beside the Great Shadow, Set, with his serpent-faced human body, looked at him with yellow vertical pupils. His black forked tongue flicked in and out as he asked with apparent concern.
"I don't know yet, but someone seems to be stealing my power." The Great Shadow immediately recovered. Black smoke churned around him without end, and there was no emotion in his scarlet eyes. He began casting a spell to locate the thief, but after a moment, he shook his head. "Interesting. Something actually blocked my investigation."
At those words, Set's pupils contracted slightly.
Because he did not believe his old "friend" at all.
Although Beast had stolen one of Set's concepts and become the ancestor of "demons," those in the know understood that the Serpent God was the one who had invented the laws of devouring and taught them to all his fellow evil gods. He was the true god of demons.
How good could the relationship between the Serpent God and Chthon possibly be? That was simply impossible.
Did anyone really think that two evil gods gathering together meant they would cooperate wholeheartedly?
If those two could truly do that, they should have pulled in another evil god and formed a trio.
Like the Trinity of Ashes or the Anti-Trinity, they could directly challenge the Vishanti head-on. Why would they need to keep running around to avoid the God Eater created by Oshtur and Gaea, living a life of constant displacement?
That was what angered Set the