GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?



Her maws opened to reveal glistening sharp teeth. Her throat lit up with a red, blue, and green fiery glow. Three flames flickered within the jaws of her three heads. Then her jaws clamped shut suddenly. 

All three of her heads glared at the culprit who foiled her plan. She growled and bared her teeth at him. Aeternus smiled and waved to her. He admires her resourcefulness but no one will spoil his fun.

A day went by for the selection of teams. Then the fighting started. Everything went just as Aeternus expected, the four of them focused on the level 7 demon king. She was cornered very quickly. 

"You will regret this. My death will be avenged. You will be destroyed." She roared as she struggled to fend off her assailants. 

She is strong but there are four opponents. A normal demon king will struggle with two opponents but she has three heads so she can manage. But four is still too much. They are going to kill her soon. So she screamed and cried out in indignance. 

Aeternus was watching with a small smile on his face. He doesn't take her threats seriously. This entire thing is entertainment to him. He is in his backyard having fun by watching people kill each other. Then he will bury their bodies in his backyard where no one will find them. Nothing serious can possibly come out of it.

He believes he has nothing to be afraid of. But something unprecedented suddenly happened. It made his face change. The smile on his face died off and was replaced by a grim look. A strong wave of power was forcefully injected into his plane. The wave entered his plane and was ejected into the surroundings from the pillar of energy. An aura spread out with the wave. It made everything and everyone freeze. 

Aeternus stood up from his throne in surprise. He muttered in shock, "A demon God."

The aura that accompanied the wave is that of a demon God. It is certainly a surprise. The wave entered his plane without his permission and it even froze everything within it. He is the only one still moving and that's because he is the sovereign of the plane. The other demon Kings are frozen in the act of whatever they are doing.

Aeternus prepared himself for a fight. A demon God is very powerful but he is not so easy to defeat either. His chances will depend on how much power the demon God is bringing with its manifestation. He should be able to commit suicide as long as he has time to prepare.

No, he doesn't intend to fight a demon god. He is already preparing to kill himself at the sight of a demon god. A demon god is that dangerous. So he examined everything in his plane instantly for an intruder. But he couldn't find anything out of place. He can't find anything outside his plane either.

He was looking for his enemy when the next change happened. The wave spread throughout the plane. Then it bounced off the boundary of the plane and returned to the purple energy pillar in the sky at the center of the plane. It combined with energy at the top of the pillar before suddenly exploding to release the intent stored within the wave. 

Aeternus relaxed after understanding the intent. "I shouldn't have worried."

The wave contained a message. It is a summons for an abyssal meeting. The wave is an invitation to an unprecedented meeting for all demon Kings and demon lords in the abyss. 

WRATH sent the message to everyone, not him specifically. It is an abyss-wide summons not an interference by a demon God to rescue the hellhound demon king. The demon God also guaranteed their safety from other demon gods during the meeting by swearing on its sin.

The frozen demon Kings and everything in the plane were released when the wave exploded. All five of them heard the message within the intent. They paused their fighting and looked at Aeternus. They want to know what he plans to do with them now.

The hellhound demon king looked smug. She said to him, "You hear that. There's going to be a meeting. Everyone was informed. CARNAGE will definitely notice it if I am not there. You can't kill me now."

"Something momentous must have happened. Could it be about me?" Aeternus asked himself uncertainly.

This kind of meeting is very rare. It hasn't happened in more than 100 origin cycles or 10 million years. Something very important that concerns the entire abyss must have happened for the summons to be sent out. It could be about him so he is not sure if he should attend or start preparing for war. The demon God might be calling everyone for a planned assault on him and his plane.

"I should be fine as long as I am not killed by a demon God. I'll attend the meeting. Let me see what all the fuss is about." He thought to himself.

He decided to attend the meeting. He is prepared to fight and he is prepared to die. 

"I should be safe as long as I am not killed or captured by a demon God."

Then his gaze turned to the five demon Kings fighting. His gaze became hard and cold as ice steel.

"As for these ones, I won't take any chances."

He extended his hand to them and exerted his control over the plane. The entire plane began to pressure the demon Kings from every direction. The pressure became so great that space solidified like tar around them but they were still unharmed. So he shot blades of Chaos energy at them. They couldn't escape since they couldn't move. They watched as death approached and crushed them. 

Chaos energy ravaged them. It destroyed their souls and their bodies. Then he added their crowns to his collection. Their crowns entered his skull and five crowns were added to the Halo around the core of the plane.