The sound of leather boots clicking along a hard floor rang out across the entire hall. This was an extremely antiquated hall with walls that were riddled with murals and vines.

An underworld emissary wearing a suit was quickly walking through the hall with a grim expression, and he soon emerged from the hall onto the cliff outside.

This was a bottomless cliff that was filled with inky-black Yin energy, and he quickly made his way over to the edge of the cliff before reporting with a respectful bow, "Lord Jörmungandr, a letter has come from the Cathayan Underworld!"

Silence. 

Despite the lack of a response, the underworld emissary didn't move a single muscle, and after a full five seconds, a burst of violent rumbling erupted from the bottom of the abyss. Close to a minute later, a gigantic skeletal snake's head suddenly rose up from within the rift, emerging through the inky-black Yin energy.

On top of the head stood a woman in a long dress, woven from black swan feathers.

Half of her face belonged to a beautiful woman, while the other half was a mass of mangled blood and flesh so rotten and hideous that it was enough to make the beholder's skin crawl. She took a glance at the underworld emissary before waving a dismissive hand as she said, "You can go now."

The letter that the underworld emissary was holding flew up into the air before drifting toward Hela.

Right as the underworld emissary disappeared, Hela immediately opened the letter before quickly...