Chapter 472: Impatience Leads to Haste
Chapter 472: Impatience Leads to Haste
【In your soul state, you devoured the corpse of a True God, terrifying the Death Messengers into fleeing. This act has unlocked the hidden Golden Badge, "Tyrant of Voracious Souls."】
【Tyrant of Voracious Souls: An exceptionally ferocious and audacious soul, so bold that even True Gods tremble at its hunger. It devours without restraint, leaving a trail of savage and brutal feasts.】
【Equipped Effect: Through your insatiable hunger, you've acquired a portion of the Guardian of Death's power. Due to your low status, you can only temporarily assume its authority, unable to truly absorb the power. However, until the Guardian of Death is resurrected, you are the most loyal guardian of death.】
【Advancement Path: Once the Guardian of Death is revived, kill it to automatically advance this badge to the Unique Badge, "Guardian of Death."
If you find and kill the Malefic Eater of Souls, consuming it will advance the badge to the Unique Badge, "Corpse Devouring Demon."
If you choose to continue hunting True Gods of the Netherworld, devouring all of them will automatically advance the badge to the Unique Badge, "I Am the End of Death itself."】
【Hidden Trait (No need to equip): With the Death Messengers fleeing in all directions, the infamy of the God-Eater, Lyon, has spread throughout the Netherworld. You've become a terrifying legend that even small children fear. Any Netherworld creature below the True God rank will shudder at the mention of your name.
Additionally, by devouring a True God, you've gained a portion of the Guardian of Death's power, earning the enmity and wariness of all True Gods in the Netherworld. It's highly likely they will band together to attack you.
They haven't taken action immediately because the Guardian of Death has yet to be resurrected. If they were to kill you before its revival, it might lead to your permanent replacement as a part of the Netherworld's rules.
However, this is only a temporary respite. Once the Guardian of Death is revived, its first howl will signal the beginning of the True Gods' vengeance against you.】
"..."
Damn...
Lyon couldn't help but gasp as he witnessed the new badge on his panel after the Death Messengers' escape. His legs felt slightly numb.
What the... The day the Tricephalic Dog Deity is resurrected, the Netherworld gods will seek their revenge?
"Lyon?"
The female reporter's pupils constricted as she looked at Lyon, her face filled with shock.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so terrible?"
"It's nothing..."
Lyon steadied himself and replied with a twitch on his cheeks, "I just remembered that the Dog God wasn't truly killed. When it revives, I'm sure it will seek revenge, so I'm a bit worried."
"..."
The reporter's cheeks twitched in response to Lyon's answer.
Previously, while working alongside the Aquarius Director, she had delved into Lyon's intelligence due to his status as the 'Enemy of Aquarius.'
Even then, she found Lyon's actions outrageous. Within a month of starting, he dared to challenge a Holy Spirit; during an anomaly investigation, he single-handedly eliminated over two hundred nobles; shortly after his probation, he dared to confront a True God.
More recently, he subdued the Nightmare Messenger alone, holding off the King of Nightmares by himself, and unleashed the Dream-Eating Armor, which devoured half of the Dream Realm. Now, he has brazenly devoured the Tricephalic Dog Deity in front of the Death Messengers, demonstrating his audacity and recklessness.
Reasonably speaking, while the Purification Bureau is already filled with a high proportion of lunatics, Lyon's extremely insane background still places him among the most insane even within this group of lunatics.
And now, this man, who flaunts his head on his belt buckle, exuding an unparalleled fearlessness, is expressing concern about retaliation?
What a joke!
There are plenty of people who want you dead! The Aquarius Director, the Goddess of Wealth, the King of Nightmares, the Dream Realm Gods... Compared to these individuals who would love to devour you alive, even if Lord Angersi were to be resurrected, he'd have to wait in line, right?
...
"I think you don't need to worry too much about this."
Suppressing the urge to tease, the female reporter insincerely consoled, "Those are all distant concerns. Although the Aquarius Director spared the Dog God's power and didn't completely annihilate it, it's not that easy for it to resurrect. It would take at least two or three decades to bring it back. You should focus on more immediate worries."
Two or three decades...
Upon hearing the reporter's consolation, Lyon contemplated for a moment, and his expression immediately improved significantly.
Since joining the Purification Bureau, although it's only been a little over three months, he has already accumulated numerous anomalies and his Immersion Value is almost at the Tier Two Purifier level. In another two or three decades, he feels he should be able to aim for a Director position.
Even if his luck doesn't hold, finding a position as a Divisional Director in a Zodiac Branch, like his own Director, shouldn't be too difficult. By then, if the True Gods of the Netherworld wanted to target him, it would be like going against the entire Purification Bureau, so his safety would be assured.
Moreover, this is the most conservative estimate. If he continues to progress, and gains the strength to single-handedly slaughter a group of gods like his Director, he might even take the initiative to confront these True Gods of the Netherworld to earn some badges.
Hmm... The advantage is mine!
After weighing the current situation, Lyon's slightly suspended heart dropped back into his belly with a thump.
Just as he lifted his head to speak to the female reporter, a vibrant red color suddenly pierced through the deep gray mist outside the Gate of the Dead.
"Boom!"
Amid the panicked expressions of the deceased, the sky beyond the Gate of the Dead violently split open, and an incredibly intense aura of the living poured in through the rift, purging the surrounding deathly atmosphere.
Then, the misty red suddenly blossomed, and the red-haired Director, with an angry expression, burst out of the mist like a missile tearing through the sky. With countless red hair strands forming a bizarre tail flame, she fiercely penetrated the Netherworld, heading towards the direction of the Burial Robe Mirror Lake.
"..."
"..."
Holy shit!!!
Watching the distant figure of the Director, like a blazing red meteor, piercing through the gray sky of the Netherworld and plummeting towards the Burial Robe Mirror Lake, Lyon's heart, which had just settled back into his belly, instantly surged up to his throat again.
Director, I'm touched that you're rushing to save me, but could you look down first!
Although the traces left behind indicated that I was taken away by the Bloody Doe, I had just passed through the Gate of the Dead when I was bitten by a dog and didn't even enter the Netherworld!
Director, don't be impulsive! Please don't take action! Well... If you must act, just don't destroy someone else's territory... Oh no... If you're going to smash, just don't... Mom! This is bad!
(End of Chapter)
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