Theo’s expression stiffened before he could feel any pleasure at Pluto’s Palace being destroyed.

It was because he heard a word that shouldn’t be said.

The evil dragon, Nídhöggur! The name of the amethyst that Gluttony swallowed was Nídhöggur’s Bloodstone, and the message that said the evil dragon was aware of Theo’s presence was eerie. Above all, Nídhöggur was the demon king of Nastrond, an external dimension adjacent to this material world.

A long time ago, Theo read a prophecy related to him in a book in the library.

Remote from the sun, 

On the shore of corpses, 

Venom drops through holes in the roof. 

The backbone of the snake is woven into the frame. 

The deceitful, murderers, and adulterers are gathered. 

Nídhöggur devours their bodies. 

Wolves tear at the wreckage. 

Do you still seek to know?

They were horrifying sentences that described a hell that didn’t permit the entrance of the living and killed the sinners. However, Hell was mellow compared to Nastrond. Hell was a Buddhist place where, after punishment, the sinners would receive enlightenment and be reincarnated. It might be painful, but...