"I've never provoked these two. Before they entered the inner region, I didn't even know they existed. Besides, the four of us jointly ordered the inner region sealed off. They just happened to break in through my territory. Our most important task now is to recover the sacred relic," the Nether Emperor explained to his companions.
"Hades is right about one thing. Our most important task is to recover the sacred relic. Only the sacred relic can let us increase our strength faster. As for Hades letting outsiders break in through his territory, we can settle that score with him later." A Deity who resembled an angel, but whose black wings looked like a bat's, spoke up for the Nether Emperor.
Seeing someone speak up for Hades, the other two did not dwell on the matter any further.
The only woman among the four addressed the trapped Deity.
"Hmph, Hathaway, hand over our race's sacred relic, and we'll let you leave. This stalemate has lasted so many years. There's no point in continuing."
As Rhodes and Pash approached the battlefield, Rhodes finally saw what the expert surrounded by the four looked like.
The trapped expert turned out to be a female Highgod, a woman dressed in purple robes embroidered with branches, vines, and snakelike silver patterns. She had long, blood-red hair, a delicate face, and a petite figure. As Rhodes looked at her, she happened to look at him too.
Those bright eyes seemed to carry a bolt of lightning straight into Rhodes's heart. Though Rhodes himself was a Lightning Element expert, he felt as though he had been shocked.
There could actually be someone in this world who seemed made for his heart. She had everything he liked, just right, neither too much nor too little. What she had