He's in Marvel, working behind the scenes.

"It's not that bad."

Agamotto replied calmly.

Sithon is the source of dark magic, and is the ultimate darkness. Those who are not skilled enough will be plunged into endless darkness and unable to extricate themselves simply by seeing his true form, let alone have any further conversation or try to build a relationship with him.

There's no way we could hit it off immediately.

"But I think that someone equally powerful might come out to help him at that time."

Agamotto gave an example: "Just like us. To unsuspecting outsiders, as a part of Vishanti, the gods of the universe... have never had any concrete contact with him, yet they inexplicably help him—perhaps the same thing will happen in the future."

Upon hearing this, Death fell silent.

After a long while, he raised his head and stared silently at Agamotto. "Son of Dawn, I ask you."

"Please speak, Ms. Death."

"If it weren't for us, and Gu Qing asked you for help again, would you help him?"

"...Probably, let's go back."

After a moment of contemplation, Agamotto said, "He is willing to stand up for the world, and I will certainly help him, no matter who it is."

"I understand."

Death took a deep breath and said, "Then give him the final trial. If he passes, I will no longer interfere with his growth, but will provide him with the necessary assistance during the final battle."

Agamotto sensed the gravity of the situation from Death's solemn words and immediately became serious. "What trial?"

Death smiled slightly.

"Confront the demon!"

……

In the swamp, which seemed like a bottomless abyss.

Escanor used his solar magic to dry it out, and then roasted all the demon race, which resembled lizardmen, that lurked in this swamp.

The Fallen Sword absorbs the life of the Demon God.

Gu Qing then opened the map to find her next target.

But the next second, his expression changed drastically.

"how so!?"

Chapter 246 I'll Start the War

The red dots on the map seemed to have received some signal and frantically gathered in a certain direction.

They are gathered.

"What's going on!?"

Morgan also looked surprised.

Although the demons all came to invade Earth, they did not come from the same dimension and were rivals to each other.

If the strong and the weak meet, they will inevitably fight.

Therefore, it is impossible for the demons to unite against a common enemy.

"Could it be caused by our hunting?"

Hawke asked, speculating.

"impossible!"

Morgan shook his head in denial, "We only hunt weak demon gods, which is not enough to cause such a reaction, let alone attract their attention."

"That's definitely impossible."

Gu Qing nodded slightly, agreeing with this statement.

The intelligent beings in this world can also provide prayer points. And judging from the amount of prayer points they obtain, their actions have indeed not attracted the attention of all the demon gods.

To put it bluntly, weak or even medium-sized demon gods are nothing special. There are countless such creatures in every dimension, hardly enough to attract much attention.

This can also be seen from the reactions of life on Earth.

If their actions have a significant impact, then the creatures of Earth should be paying close attention to and discussing them everywhere.

But in fact, it doesn't exist.

Even without the internet in this era, the scarcity of survivors on other continents led to information overload, leaving many unaware of the situation. However, the level of discussion surrounding it remained extremely low.

“If it’s not our fault, then there’s only one possibility left…” Morgan’s expression was somewhat serious. “The demons have discovered the location of the continent of Atlantis and are preparing to launch an attack.”

No, it's also possible that the trial has changed.

Gu Qing thought to himself.

He felt no difficulty or challenge in this trial.

Perhaps that's why.

Only the person who sets up the trial can interfere with its content and increase the difficulty for the person undergoing the trial.

Now that all the demons have begun to gather, the difficulty and risk of hunting them have increased proportionally. If they wait until all the demons have assembled, it will be almost impossible for them to hunt them all down.

"Regardless of their motives, we'll kill as many as we can before they've all assembled," Gu Qing said, unleashing hellfire from his right hand.

Flames swirl around the space, forming a vortex.

An invisible passage opens here.

Latitude Transmission —

This is one of Hellfire's abilities; it can teleport people to other dimensions, and can also achieve spatial transfer by traversing higher dimensions.

……

The Holy Tower, guarding the Temple.

Agamotto stared at Death in disbelief and questioned, "Lady Death, isn't this going a bit too far?"

“Only by turning the impossible into the possible can we save the world from Sithon.” Deathly chuckled. “If he can pass the test like this, then I will admit that he has the potential to save the world without our help.”

Upon hearing this, Agamotto fell silent.

All I can do is wish Gu Qing good luck in my heart.

……

Kill! Kill! Kill!

It was a desolate, wild place, filled with poisonous gas.

Morgan cast a spell, and the light of the incantation protected him.

Escanor wielded the Fallen Sword, wreaking havoc across the desolate land.

Hordes of insectoids charged forward, only to fall victim to the sword.

The dim, toxic energy was absorbed from the corpse by the demonic sword, becoming increasingly powerful and unstable, as if thousands of species were fighting within the sword, seemingly trying to determine who would prevail.

Moments later, the fire of the sun descended.

The desolate land was instantly turned into scorched earth.

However, the earth no longer emits poisonous gas.

In just over a decade, as nature awakens, this once desolate land will become vibrant with life.

"Next up, the Fire Demon of the Blazing Mountains!"

Gu Qing looked at the map and chose a suitable target.

"I suggest you change your target!"

Morgan frowned and said, "Those fire demons are natives of Muspelheim, subjects of Surtur. Surtur is very likely there."

"Surtur?"

Gu Qing chuckled, "He's the one I've been looking for."

"But didn't you say before..."

"Times change."

Gu Qing looked at the red coordinates moving in a certain direction on the map and said, "There's no way we can become invincible before the demon gods reunite. If we want to continue hunting demon gods, we must find allies."

"You want to build your prestige with Surtur's head?"

Morgan instantly understood Gu Qing's thoughts.

Prestige is a good thing.

If you lack prestige, no one will believe you.

Only with sufficient prestige can you raise your voice and have the masses respond.

Surtur is an old-fashioned Godfather.

His head would be enough to make Gu Qing's team famous throughout the world, and their hunting of the demon god would be recognized.

At that time, all we need to do is stand up and call for action.

Countless people will surely respond and join his team to fight the demon god.

In this way, the war against the demon god can begin.

"Yes."

Gu Qing nodded in agreement.

But Morgan shook his head. "Let's not even talk about how we can kill Surtur. Even if we succeed in all of this and start a war between the creatures of Earth and the demons, we still have no chance of winning."

Hawke nodded in agreement, "Yes, if we had the power to win the war, the creatures of Earth wouldn't be hiding in Atlantis."

"I don't need to win the war."

Gu Qing gazed at the girl and said frankly, "What I need is an environment for the Fallen Sword to grow and for Ecanos to grow. Even if we lose the war, as long as Ecanos grows strong enough to face all the demon gods alone—even if it's not a direct confrontation, but only a guerrilla war—we can gradually erode their strength over a long period of time."