In the halls of the Palace of the Ruler of Hell.
The King of Cities and King Libra were chained to the walls. The more that they looked at each other, the more unpleasant they felt.
It was all because of each other that the space between them was so small. How embarrassing!
Then all of a sudden, there was a massive rumbling sound. The space in the palace also started to rumble.
The two Kings were baffled and said simultaneously: “Did you feel that?!”
The King of Cities was stunned: “What just happened…? Something feels different…”
They couldn’t figure out an answer no matter how hard they tried, because the Palace was suppressing them. They could only feel that something was different, but they weren’t sure what it was.
After an uncountable amount of time had passed with them deep in thought, the two of them suddenly spun into the air, and were thrown outside of the space with a bang.
The King of Cities and King Libra remained seated on the floor, and when they looked up, they could see a silhouette of someone small sitting on the throne…
They could tell who it was even if they were turned into ash!
“It’s you!” King Libra gritted his teeth. “You despicable little pest!”
“It was a mistake then I didn’t kill you off back then!”
They were exposing themselves…
Suddenly they felt that the atmosphere was off, and when they turned their heads, they could see a few people seated around them.
The Kings of Styx, Contemplation, the Five Offices, and Transformation… They were all here.
King Libra: “...”
His face sank, and asked: “Why are all of you here? Where’s the King of Judgement? And the King of Reincarnation?”
At first, the three of them had some private meetings together before, but now that King Libra and the King of Cities were imprisoned, where could the King of Reincarnation have gone?”
The King of Styx snorted. “So you *are* traitors!”
The King of Transformation shot the both of them a look. “Turns out that you can be demoted after all.”
The King of Cities was still in his first rank.
King Libra was locked up for too long and starved. When the new Order took effect, he was demoted back to the ranking of a mere ghost king.
The King of Contemplation remained quiet. But he suddenly had a sense of danger, an urge of sorts. Although he was not the same as the King of Judgement, he, too, wanted to be the head of the Ten Palaces.
Who would condescend themselves to a woman when they could be number one themselves?
But looking back on it now, everything has changed. Under the new Order, true strength was the most important. He felt that the Ruler of Hell wasn’t actually going after being the head of the Ten Palaces. And yet, they were still chasing after superficial fame and fortune.
The functional ranking of one in the Underworld did not equate to one’s true strength!
In the “functional” ranking of the Underworld, the Emperor Prosper was the one who governs the realm. He was the true “big boss”.
And the Ruler of Hell was the leader of the Ten Palaces. And under the Ruler were judges, the top ten dark generals…
These are all regarded as “official positions”.
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