In a mysterious palace, a middle-aged man with a dark red rune on his forehead was performing a summoning ritual with several subordinates.
The middle-aged man's finger traced through the air in front of him, drawing a crimson rune identical to the one on his forehead.
He chanted, "We now accept the energies that can destroy us, and the entire world."
His subordinates followed, shouting in unison, "We summon you, Demon King. Hear our call, and come to our side. Let us see your true face. We are summoning."
As the incantation ended, a mysterious magic circle appeared beneath their feet.
The ground seemed to begin to twist and deform. Not only the ground, but the surrounding walls and ceiling also twisted and deformed. The entire world seemed to roll like a gear.
However, the Demon King did not respond to them.
Although the commotion was significant, the summoning ritual had failed once again.
A moment later, the palace returned to its original state.
The middle-aged man and his subordinates dejectedly packed up the spellcasting materials.
"Kaecilius, your Demon King doesn't seem to want to respond to you. Perhaps he is dead, or has been banished."
A genderless, featureless voice suddenly echoed in the palace.
The owner of the voice was Agatha.
Leveraging the connections she had cultivated over hundreds of years, she successfully located Kaecilius after some time.
As for why she didn't use her own voice, it was naturally to conceal her identity.
The middle-aged man, Kaecilius, looked in the direction of the voice, seeing only a tall, stout figure completely shrouded in a black robe.
"A hidden, cowardly wretch dares to speak so boldly here."
As Kaecilius's cold voice sounded, the space within the palace twisted and deformed again.
Especially the area where Agatha stood. To describe it as the sky and earth spinning would be no exaggeration.
But no matter how the surrounding space changed, Agatha remained standing steadily, her figure not shaking in the slightest. If one looked closely, they would notice her feet were slightly off the ground, floating in the air.
"Kaecilius, I have no ill intentions, nor do I wish to fight you. Otherwise, it wouldn't be just me appearing here but the Ancient One, or Lucas who gained prominence in Japan."
Agatha's voice remained devoid of emotion or inflection, like a robot. But her tone did not diminish the persuasiveness of her words.
Kaecilius snorted, pressing his hands down, and the surrounding space returned to calm.
"Looking at your secretive appearance, if you were to go to the Ancient One, I'm afraid you'd be taken down before you even accused me, wouldn't you?"
Agatha was noncommittal, ignoring Kaecilius's mockery, and instead produced a parchment scroll.
"This parchment scroll records the method to summon another Demon King. Since the previous Demon King doesn't respond to your summons, why not switch to another Demon King?"
Kaecilius was somewhat moved. "Switch to another Demon King? Which Demon King?"
"The God of Fear, All-Father, Asgardian King, Cul Borson." Agatha's tone fluctuated, sounding impassioned, as if chanting and praising some extraordinary deity.
In fact, Agatha didn't know who Cul was. She only knew he came from another Universe.
"The God of Fear? All-Father? Asgardian King?" Kaecilius repeated the titles of this Demon King.
He had never heard the name Cul Borson but he knew that the current Asgardian King's name was Odin Borson.
According to the naming conventions of the Asgardian, Borson meant Bor's son. So this God of Fear, Cul, should be Odin's brother.
"I haven't heard of him, who is this Cul? I only know that the Asgardian King is Odin Borson."
"Kaecilius, you are too ignorant." Agatha feigned disdain.
"You should understand the concept of the Multiverse, right? You should know that besides our current Universe, there are other Universes."
"And this one is from another Universe. He is the Asgardian King there."
Kaecilius was even more intrigued. "What about his abilities? Is he powerful?"
Agatha still maintained a disdainful tone. "Kaecilius, you should know what a Dimensional Lord is, right? The Demon King you summon is the Lord of the Dark Dimension."
"And this great God of Fear, All-Father, Asgardian King, once defeated and killed countless Dimensional Lords."
"Your Demon King wouldn't even dare to face him. Otherwise, there would only be death."
Kaecilius was half-convinced, taking the parchment scroll from Agatha's hand. On the parchment scroll, a green rune was etched, along with a summoning circle and incantations.
"I will try to communicate with this God of Fear and summon him to descend if he can grant me sufficiently powerful strength."
Kaecilius clutched the parchment scroll in his hand.
With his mastery of magic, he recognized the function of this magic circle at a glance and the characteristics of this green rune.
Fear!
An unspeakable, maddening, and irrational fear!
Truly worthy of being the God of Fear.
Just before Agatha persuaded Kaecilius, Mephisto had already begun to persuade the Serpent, Cul.
"Serpent, being imprisoned can't be easy. I have a way to release you, but you must act for me once."
Through the seal, Mephisto called out to Cul.
"Alright." A deep voice replied, agreeing.
The owner of the voice was undoubtedly the Serpent, Cul.
Hearing him agree directly, Mephisto was slightly stunned.
This simpleton...
Wouldn't he set a time, or put a limit on the action?
Otherwise, if Mephisto did nothing, when Cul came out, he would still have to act for Mephisto once.
Although he grumbled inwardly, Mephisto quickly drafted an agreement.
Cul glanced at the agreement, found nothing unusual, and signed it.
This time, Mephisto was truly speechless.
Are these Asgardian gods' brains full of muscles?
As if remembering something, Cul asked belatedly, "Oh, right, Mephisto, aren't you afraid of Odin and Thor finding out? I heard that Thor has become very powerful now."
It wasn't his first time being sealed. The last time he emerged from the seal, he fought Thor to a mutual destruction, both falling into Hell.
However, with their strength, death was not the end. They both fought their way back from Hell to the human world.
Mephisto explained, "Serpent, I will send you to another Universe, Earth-404. The Odin and Thor of that Universe are not as powerful as the Odin and Thor of Earth-616."
"You can first create fear on Earth-404 to recover your strength and then return to Earth-616."