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"You rotten old man, you really do love joining the fun."
Anos smiled.
In truth, he had no intention of acting against a god like Odin, who genuinely desired peace. But since Odin had come, he might as well join them.
After all, in the end, everyone would be the same.
"So, you are the current Red Dragon Emperor? I am Thor."
Thor spoke with great familiarity.
This time, he had appeared as the bodyguard of that bastard old man Odin. However, from his personal standpoint, he was quite interested in Anos.
"You can just call me Anos Kanzaki. As for Red Dragon Emperor, I really do not like that title very much."
Anos smiled as he spoke.
Red Dragon Emperor?
Did that refer to the gay dragon who spent every day crossing blades with Albion inside his World Dragon's Jewel?
"Good! I will remember that."
Thor smiled.
This human really did have personality.
Especially the part where he called Indra a bald man. That had truly satisfied Thor quite a bit.
"Originally, this was an internal matter between the three factions."
Sirzechs spoke.
"However, since everyone has already arrived without invitation, we welcome you."
"After all, we originally intended to invite witnesses for this matter. For example, Anos Kanzaki over there is a witness and collaborator we invited."
Sirzechs smiled as he spoke.
In truth, his words were the reverse of the actual situation.
Rather, they were the witnesses and collaborators Anos had invited.
Hearing Sirzechs's words, Indra sneered.
In his view, the new-generation Satans of the Underworld were merely weak.
Was this the sort of matter that should allow an outsider like him to interfere?
Generally speaking, even if one invited a witness, one would not invite someone like him, who had no friendly relationship with them. They were probably just unwilling to say anything because of his strength.
New-generation devils truly were weak.
That was Indra's opinion of these people.
They were nothing more than weaklings huddling together for warmth.
As expected, the current world was rather boring.
"Sure enough, compared to them, Shiva is much more interesting."
Indra sighed inwardly and said nothing further, simply watching their performance quietly.
He did not have any intention of causing trouble today.
If they could not even clear away some remnants of the old era, if they were truly a faction so weak to that extent, then there would be no need for him to act.
...
As for the Shiva he mentioned...
At this moment, Shiva was somewhere in the wilderness.
Although not within Kuoh Town, it was not very far from it either. It could be considered part of Kuoh Town's outskirts.
A beautiful young man with faintly glowing blue-black hair, seemingly around fourteen or fifteen years old, with delicate and well-proportioned features, was fishing in a small stream.
This could be considered one of his few hobbies.
Crack.
Suddenly, the space in front of him gave off an ominous sound.
It was indeed quite an ominous sound.
Space itself shattered with ease.
"Hm?"
Even though space had shattered, Shiva remained unmoved.
A mere spatial rupture was not enough to disturb him.
Perhaps only if Great Red or the Beast Emperor rushed out after the space broke apart would he feel surprised.
Although he, Indra, Fenrir, Typhon, Lugh, and others were all called among the world's top ten strongest beings, most of the other powerful beings were basically at the level of "top ten."
He, however, was clearly and unmistakably second.
Although there was nearly a dimensional gap between him and the first, Ophis, compared to everyone beneath him, he was still far stronger.
In the original timeline, Azazel and the others once considered the worst possible situation.
If the Beast Emperor revived and defeated Great Red, then even if they gathered all of their forces to fight, their strength would still be somewhat insufficient.
At that point...
They would need outside aid.
Because of that, Azazel and the others decided to seek out someone who could stop everything.
The God of Destruction, Shiva.
In Azazel's eyes, Shiva was someone clearly capable of stopping the Beast Emperor.
After Azazel provided Shiva with all the information and conditions his side possessed, Shiva finally agreed. If 666 fled to another world, Shiva would take action to obstruct it, or even defeat it.
That...
Was Shiva's status and strength.
For a long time, Indra, who was also one of the world's top ten experts, seemed quite obsessed with Shiva.
Of course, Shiva himself was not particularly interested in Indra.
He could easily see things that even the former fallen angel Governor-General, Azazel, could not.
His aura could make Azazel feel something immeasurable. Even when Ophis was still at the peak of her strength, Shiva had already been the second strongest being in the world.
After Ophis lost most of her power, Shiva stated that he had already lost interest in Ophis in that state.
One had to know that even then, Ophis was still far stronger than twice the peak strength of the Two Heavenly Dragons.
Perhaps at that point, Shiva could already be considered the strongest being in the world.
In addition, he was believed to be a powerful existence capable of suppressing the Evil Tree.
Suppressing the Evil Tree did not refer to suppressing Rizevim, who was like a madman. It referred to suppressing the Beast Emperor.
Azazel believed that if 666 defeated Great Red, Shiva would have the ability to obstruct or even defeat 666.
Even if defeating Great Red, who was of the same level, would cause 666 immense exhaustion, Shiva having the qualifications to do that much meant he must possess terrifying strength.
At the same time, Shiva had once said that he had lost interest in Ophis, who still possessed power far beyond twice the peak level of the Two Heavenly Dragons.
In other words, Shiva's strength was likely even greater than twice the peak strength of the Two Heavenly Dragons.
And the Two Heavenly Dragons at their peak could basically stand shoulder to shoulder with world top-ten class experts.
With such strength, the things he cared about were already different from those of ordinary people.
Perhaps if he truly possessed Ophis's level of power, he would also become an existence extremely similar to Ophis.
"Are you fishing?"
Such a voice came from within the shattered space.
"Ah. There are good fish here. But it seems your arrival has made them slip off the hook for now."
Shiva raised a brow and focused his gaze on the opening in space.
He truly had not sensed the other party's aura.
Now that the other party had finally released it, that was why Shiva gave him his attention.
This aura.
This form.
He was far too familiar with them.
It was the aura and form of someone who should have already passed away.
Had that person not died back then?
Or had they returned through reincarnation?
This made him very interested.
Under Shiva's gaze, a young god walked out of the space.
There was neither joy nor sorrow in his golden eyes.
Shiva could not see his face. He could only sense his figure and existence.
All of it was the same as that person who had passed away long ago.
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