"What about now?"
"In the midst of death."
"Heh."
Picking up his glass and clinking it against Mephisto's, Hawk listened, then glanced at the drink, "This drink isn't spiked like before, is it?"
Mephisto chuckled and said, "Yes, do you dare to drink it?"
Their eyes met.
Hawk and Mephisto burst into laughter and then downed their drinks.
As the glasses clinked back down on the table,
Hawk said directly, "You found out what the Heaven Dimension is up to, and then thought that the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so you plan to ally with me?"
Mephisto grabbed the wine bottle beside him, chuckled, and while pouring more drinks for them both, glanced at Hawk.
"Do you know what kind of methods those birdmen from the Heaven Dimension like to use to seize other Lords of Dimensions' Planets of Life?"
"Does it have something to do with their soul traits?"
"Exactly, and they want much more than just the Planet of Life."
Mephisto nodded, set the bottle aside, lifted his glass, and began to recount the Heaven Dimension's offensive tactics against Hawk.
In simple terms,
If a Planet of Life is likened to grain in a pot, then the dimension ruling over this Planet of Life is like the pot.
And Heaven!
The grain, it wants.
The pot, it also wants to take away.
This relies on their Heaven Dimension's soul traits.
"Normally, wars between dimensions occur between two dimensions."
"Whichever dimension has deeper foundations and stronger dimensional power."
"But those birdmen from the Heaven Dimension are different."
"Their attack methods are like cuckoo birds on Earth."
"Not from the outside, but through despicable methods from the inside."
"They release souls, silently infiltrating the Planet of Life, merging into the Death Dimension in an imperceptible manner as souls belonging to them."
"And when the number of their souls has accumulated enough."
"Their killer move comes."
"They will activate these souls, merge them, and create an Angel bearing the mark of the Death Dimension, yet loyal to them."
"Death Angels!"
"With the birth of a new Death Angel, since it belongs to the Death Dimension, this Death Angel is qualified to launch a war to seize the dimension from the Lord of Death."
"At that time——"
"The Death Dimension will become theirs, the Planet of Life will also become theirs, and all the souls on the Planet of Life will, under their unique brainwashing, turn into endless fuel for their attack on the next Planet of Life."
"..."
After three glasses of wine,
Mephisto had finished telling the story of how the Heaven Dimension seizes ownership of a Planet of Life, and the fate Earth would face if the Heaven Dimension conquered it.
The story was exciting.
Hawk's heart was unmoved.
So what if it's conquered.
What does it matter to him?
As if without the Heaven Dimension, the little Earth wouldn't be fraught with disasters.
However, Hawk understood the core of Mephisto's storytelling.
"Buddy, I'm in big trouble, help me!"
This was the subtext of Mephisto and the reason he came over for drinks.
Clearly, Mephisto, who had just returned home, must have noticed something, which is why he hastily invited him over.
But...
This time, Hawk snatched the wine bottle, pouring for Mephisto, a bit curious.
"What did you discover?"
"..."
At Hawk's words, the corners of Mephisto's mouth and eyes both twitched involuntarily. He thought for a moment, looked at Hawk, "The seed of the Death Angel has already been planted by those birdmen."
Hawk's eyebrows shot up, "The seed of the Death Angel, I remember you said that this method seems like it would take hundreds of..."
At this point, Hawk paused.
Because if the doppelganger state like Catherine Pierce is indeed an angel soul from the Heaven Dimension.
Then Catherine Pierce wasn't the first doppelganger.
The earliest doppelganger came before Catherine Pierce.
This means!
Hawk, looking at Mephisto's grim expression, couldn't help but chuckle.
Mephisto's brows furrowed.
Hawk quickly raised his hand, "Sorry, I didn't mean it, after all, you always told me that Earth's souls were your exclusive domain, and it turns out a bunch of birdmen had been busy under your nose for about hundreds of years, and only now did you realize, and that was even under my reminder?"
Mephisto's expression turned dark.
"I thought they would keep their promise and relinquish this planet."
"Come on, you're a Demon, and you don't even keep promises, you expect them to?"
Hawk retorted speechlessly.
Mephisto's face darkened further.
"I called you over, not for you to ridicule me."
"Apologies."
No harm in politeness.
Aside from Mephisto wanting to kill him, and him wanting Mephisto's Hell, they actually shared a good relationship.
So Hawk promptly apologized again, then picked up his glass, clinked it with Mephisto's, and after downing his drink, watched Mephisto pour more wine, "So, you want to ally with me, the two of us, against those birdmen from Heaven?"
After pouring Hawk's drink, Mephisto looked at Hawk.
"Yes, they've already set their sights on you, haven't they?"
"I still can't be sure about that."