A giant Divine Beast raced through the air, three figures seated on its enormous head.
"This journey has been boring me to death. Fortunately, with Cerberus flying at full speed, we've made much better time than when we came in. We're almost at the border of the Outer Region up ahead. I wonder if that Dreadlord we met on the way here is still around?"
Sitting on the head of Cerberus, the Infernal Three-Headed Hound, Pash drank fine wine straight from a jar. Ever since the Hall of the Gods was established and occupied a continent in the Infernal Realm, his Interspatial Ring had never run out of good wine.
"Yes. Fortunately, Cerberus's aura has kept a lot of trouble away along the way. We weren't afraid of it, but it would have slowed us down. Now that we're in an old friend's territory, we can spare a little time. Let's go down and have a look!"
Rhodes laughed heartily. His soul power had already detected the Dreadlord inside the castle. He had to admire the man's nerve: he had not moved and was still in the same castle. The auras of other Highgods had appeared in the castle again as well. Although there were fewer than on Rhodes's last visit, he still had to admire the man's methods.
When Rhodes and Pash discovered the Dreadlord, the Dreadlord discovered them too. He immediately prepared to flee, but he felt someone had locked onto him. After hesitating for a while, he yielded to his instincts. I'm not running.
He rose and flew outside the castle to await Rhodes and Pash.
Rhodes had kept his soul power, amplified by Willpower, locked onto the Dreadlord all along. Seeing how sensible the Dreadlord was, he could not help smiling a little more. After all,