Nameless Death appeared on the Voraka Site. He could see Zagreus, Asmodea, and Leonora in the distance along with the demon.
He didn’t approach him immediately and instead turned to the gatekeeper of the Sacred Gate.
"Are you and the Shadow Supreme of this Cosmos the same people?"
"I apologize. I cannot answer that."
The shadowy being was not surprised Nameless Death had deduced the truth. Since he was a Heavenbreaker he must’ve heard the demon and him talking.
"I see."
Nameless Death returned to Zagreus and others.
"Welcome back, bitch. I thought you died there." Zagreus grinned, and bumped his fist into Nameless Death’s shoulder.
Normally, Nameless Death would’ve cursed back.
But he stayed still.
And.
He asked,
"Did you find the soul Berserker took?"
"...."
Zagreus’ smile disappeared. He shook his head and clicked his tongue.
"We didn’t. Barbatos is still searching throughout the planet for the [Life Flame], but we still don’t know where the ant bastard took it."
Life Flame was what Zagreus called the broken piece of Persephone’s soul.
"Anyway, what happened inside the Sacred Gate?"
"Nothing much."
Zagreus frowned when Nameless Death dodged the question.
He wanted to argue, but sighed in the end.
"Well, we will talk later. First, we should prepare that Berserker. The hundred years he gave you will be finished in a few weeks. He is going to come.
"When he does come, we will capture him and force the location of the Life Flame from him," Zagreus said with clenched jaw.
"Are you sure Berserker will come? We outmatch him by a huge margin. Forget Berserker’s current state, which I think will be Stage 4 Grade 4 Level 10 at best, even if he was Stage 4 Grade 1 Level 10, he wouldn’t have been able to defeat me.
"Even if he can defeat me, there are two Grim Reapers with us."
Nameless Death’s words surprised Zagreus. He chuckled, since it was true.
After using his Darkness, Nameless had reached Stage 4 Grade 1 Level 10. In other words, he was at the peak of Stage 4.
But he was not a normal peak Stage 4 God.
He had all 108 elements.
He had countless techniques, which made him incredibly versatile.
Lastly, [Core Creation].
It was the technique where Nameless Death created multiple Cores, and activated them at once to increase his strength.
He could create nine Cores at his current level.
In other words, he could increase his power nine times exponentially.
Moreover, being a Heavenbreaker, his energy was pure and his energy reserves were at the level of a Stage 5 being.
Nameless Death was already this strong.
However....
’What happened inside the Sacred Gate?’
Zagreus couldn’t help but take a second look at Nameless Death.
’He was inside the Sacred Gate for a few decades only.’
’However, his whole presence and temperament has changed.’
’I can’t even see how strong he is anymore.’
Nameless Death always had a restless aura about him.
But his aura had become calm, and deep like an ocean.
"To answer your question, the Berserker will come. He will never back down from a fight, even if he is the weaker one," Zagreus said.
"Then we should put some teleporters around the forest," Nameless Death said.
"Why?" Zagreus questioned.
"There is a chance the ant would come with Berserker, and it might try to escape later when it starts losing against us.
"Even if the ant doesn’t come, Berserker himself can try a hit-and-run practice. Since he knows the entire area, he might have a way to travel around quickly.
"The teleporters will help us catch him if he or the ant tries to escape," Nameless Death explained.
"That’s a good idea." Zagreus nodded. "Asmodea, you and your disciple will take the north and the east, Nameless and I will take the south and west. We will meet at this location again after five days when we have put the teleporters in key locations."
Zagreus quickly created a plan, and began to fine-tune it.
Since they already had teleporters around the jungle to help reduce their travel time, this wouldn’t take long.
Afterwards, Nameless Death and Zagreus were left alone.
While walking with Zagreus, countless questions arose in Nameless Death’s mind.
’He really is my brother.’ Nameless Death was sure of it.
He could tell how much Zagreus cared about Life Flame, which was part of Persephone’s soul.
And since Nameless Death was Persephone’s son, it made the relationship between Zagreus and Nameless Death clear.
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