Chapter 396: The Cave Must Be Destroyed, or the World Will Perish!
Hades?
That's the God of the Underworld in Greek mythology, right? The one on the other side holds a similar status, correct?
The other world they plan to invade… Could it be this parallel world?
Immediately, Alice saw several gods of death suddenly activate a holographic projection.
Wh-What is that?
In the projection, a monster with ten horns and seven heads appeared.
Each head was a bizarre creature—some resembled lions, some leopards, others bears, and of course, some looked like dragons—but there was no sense of uniformity.
On this monster, it seemed as if features of various creatures could be seen.
And such a monstrous form also had a very fitting counterpart in the mythology of Alice's world—666.
The size of this 666 in the projection also exceeded five hundred meters.
Alice could estimate this by comparing the monster's size to the buildings and figures beside it.
This monster was currently on a rampage, and the world it was destroying didn't appear to be the human world.
It seemed like a world of gods—especially when she spotted a man wielding a hammer, unleashing terrifying bolts of lightning. Could that be the Norse God of Thunder?
The range of the lightning strikes was unknown, but all that was visible in the projection was the entire landscape, as if a layer of the earth had been vaporized by the lightning's intense heat.
As the primary target of the concentrated lightning attacks, 666 sustained some injuries, but these wounds healed almost instantaneously, within a single breath.
Suddenly, 666 soared into the sky. Only when it reached a certain altitude did Alice realize the sheer scale of the lightning's destruction—it spanned at least an area the size of three Britains?
As for the Heretic Gods in her world, although they were terrifying and possessed the power to destroy nations, with battles capable of obliterating cities effortlessly, so far, she had never witnessed a single strike causing such horrifying devastation.
Hmm? 666's seven massive jaws spewed forth terrifying pillars of fire, crashing into the ground.
In that moment, it was as if the world had been pierced.
No, it truly had been pierced—she could see another layer of the world below? And a gigantic tree? The World Tree?
So, this was indeed the world of Norse mythology.
The upper world collapsing due to the breach was likely Asgard, which filled Alice with even greater dread.
If such destructive power were unleashed in her human world, wouldn't a single strike be enough to annihilate it?
"Norse mythology is pretty much finished. Where to next?"
"Probably the Greek gods' realm."
As the gods of death discussed this, they saw 666 suddenly relocate. Passing through a spatial rift, it descended into another world.
Wait, it wasn't just 666 alone—a horde of dragons followed closely by its side.
So, what was this new world?
"Ha, just as expected—it's the Greek mythology realm."
"By the way, why didn't Lord Hades just obliterate the entire Norse mythology?"
"You idiot, completely destroying all mythological worlds would take too long, and Lord Hades is worried they might become desperate and drag everyone down with them in mutual destruction."
"So, reaching this level is enough. Lord Hades won't have to worry about disruptions from the rear and can focus entirely on invading other worlds."
At this point in the conversation, Alice felt a chilling dread consuming her entire body.
That terrifying Beast of the Apocalypse was actually being controlled by Hades, God of the Underworld, to cripple various mythologies?
Then he could safely invade other worlds? Her world?
As she continued listening, Alice grew increasingly terrified.
Hades' invasion force actually contained monsters no less fearsome than that 666 creature, and there were numerous beings of what they called Transcender level.
Though the name alone couldn't convey how powerful these Transcenders were, when Hades mentioned they were comparable to Thor, the God of Thunder, true despair began to set in.
If such forces invaded, the human world would be annihilated in an instant.
Of course, there would still be hope if the gods from her world's mythology could resist and descend to save humanity.
The problem was, when gods from mythological realms descended to the human world, they became Heretic Gods. Rather than protecting humans, one should be grateful if they didn't cause destruction themselves.
So, relying solely on humans offered no hope at all.
Even those Campiones would be like mantis trying to stop a chariot when facing such power.
Then, what was the purpose of these human souls she was observing?
The death gods suddenly mentioned that these human souls were actually seed materials for creating chimeras.
These so-called chimeras were monsters rapidly formed by combining flesh birthed by Mother of Devils Lilith with genes from various creatures.
And here, stored were over five hundred thousand such seeds.
As one death god operated something, Alice saw the space expand further, revealing densely packed containers holding human souls everywhere.
Some containers were connected to a massive device that discharged mysterious fluids, merging and writhing with something else.
The sight made her scalp crawl.
Then—
Alice felt dizzy. The scene before her eyes vanished as she broke from her vision, her spiritual power depleted.
387"Alice!"
"Your Highness!"
"Alice?"
Annie, Saint Raffaello, and Alice's usual personal maid immediately rushed forward to support the princess, who had suddenly collapsed as if stricken by some illness.
"This is!!!"
Annie's pupils then contracted sharply—the princess's body was becoming transparent, fading away?
What was happening?
"Must... stop... immediately!"
The princess struggled to speak these words, but stop what?
"Stop what?!"
Annie gripped Alice's shoulders firmly.
"Miss Annie!"
The maid glared at Annie, feeling this wasn't the time for interrogation but rather for letting her princess rest.
However, Alice had clearly witnessed something tremendously significant. Annie needed to understand immediately, as this concerned the safety of their world.
"We must destroy, destroy Lady Aisha's Cave. We absolutely cannot let them come through. No, otherwise our world—destroys..."
Destroys what?
Before she could finish, Alice's figure suddenly vanished like a mirage.
Therefore, both Annie and Saint Raffaello turned deathly pale. It was clearly implied that this world would be destroyed.