Nine Forms put the long chain of runes into his mouth and chewed it slowly, sinking into thought as he ate.
Only after more than half the beasts on this level had been eaten did he come back to himself.
"How is... the exploration going?"
Nine Forms asked the question out of nowhere.
Rosalia immediately answered:
"My lord, roughly three hundred of the people Tianluo sent down have already died, but he is still sending more;
"Taiyan has gathered the spies planted in that world many years ago and sent trusted aides to lead them. They, too, are racing against time to find the Fate Seal;
"The intelligence we just received is-
"Tianluo's people have reached roughly two thousand meters underground and are still exploring."
Nine Forms sneered and continued:
"Tianluo is only responsible for the Nightmare World. Why is he meddling in Hell and sending people to the Death Planet to investigate the Great Tomb?"
"He's stretching his reach far too wide!"
"-Right, how are things in the Nightmare World?"
Rosalia told him everything she knew:
"Since Underworld Lord Micteticashiva was defeated and killed, the upper ranks of the Undead Race have gradually all been brought under control. The human emperor and the elves are much the same. Only the orcs remain."
"Why is Tianluo moving so slowly? Are the orcs really that hard to control?" Nine Forms asked.
"The orcs are far too ignorant and foolish. They were obsessed with the 996 work schedule, then retreated deep underground."
"Tianluo has forces in Hell, too?"
"He does, right here in Ten Thousand Skeleton Valley."
"He hasn't even fully dealt with the Nightmare World... What a fool. I usually don't bother taking issue with him, yet he comes to Hell to provoke me," Nine Forms sneered.
"He probably doesn't even