Chapter 408 407- Departing To Hell
A day later.
"Are you sure about this, Zach?" Aurora asked with a concerned look on her face.
"Yeah. Sooner or later, I had to do this. And now I am in a situation where it's 'the sooner, the better'. I truly should have done this a long time ago."
"But… is there no other way?" Victoria asked this time.
"No. How can there be another way? I want to go to hell, unless, of course, there are other hells… well, there actually are, but I only have one way to enter hell, which is the crack that Aria is trying her best to open for a few seconds," Zach asserted.
"My Lord…" Ninia hugged Zach's arm and said, "I don't want you to go there."
"Ninia, we already talked about it, didn't we?" Zach gently patted Ninia on the head and said, "I have to do this. Don't worry, nothing will happen to me. I promise."
"I will pray for your safety…" she muttered.
Rudy turned to Misha, who was staring at him for a while and asked, "Uhh… well, I would appreciate good luck from you. You have always been my lucky charm."
He said with a smile.
"..." Aurora and Victoria raised their brows and looked at Zach with a judging look on their faces.
"I didn't mean it in a weird way. I swear. It's just Misha that wishes have always helped me. Her words are like blessings for me." He chuckled softly and said, "It's almost as though she is some sort of angel."
Misha's face turned pale after hearing that, but she kept her calm and smiled it off Zach.
"Yeah, I wish you luck, Zach. And I hope you get what you are seeking," Misha prayed.
"Uhh… should I say 'Amen' in my own church?" he scoffed softly.
Aurora and Victoria glanced at each other and nodded in agreement.
"Ahem." Victoria nudged Zach and said, "Can I talk to you for a second?"
"Sure."
Victoria and Aurora grabbed Zach's arm and took him to the corner.
"What's all this?" Zach asked with a confused look on his face.
"You do know that Misha is your best friend's wife, right?" Victoria asked with a knowing look on her face.
"Obviously. I went to their wedding with Aurora and Aria."
"So why were you flirting with her just now?" Aurora remarked.
"What the—! How was that flirting? Come on, that was just a regular chat between two childhood friends. And besides, I think of Misha as my sister. There is no way I would ever—"
Zach stopped on his words as he recalled what the Overlord said and how he had exposed Zach's every hidden secret.
'Dammit! It's true that Misha was my first love, but that was just a childhood crush. It was never serious! And she is Kayden's wife now. I need to stop thinking about it before I become overly conscious of it,' Zach uttered inwardly and prepared his mind to forget about Misha.
He had only given up on Misha because Kayden loved her. He didn't want to ruin their relationship. Hence he distanced himself from Misha and kept doing it, but God's Impact brought them close again.
However, Kayden and Misha had gotten married, so Zach couldn't do anything, even if his feelings for Misha resurfaced. Unbeknownst to Zach that Kayden and Misha had already talked things out, and they had already divorced.
Moreover, Misha was with the girls because she wanted to join Zach's party and accompany him, as Kayden had suggested. However, she discovered that Zach had changed his plan and wasn't going to ascend before finishing the unfinished business in hell.
So now she no longer had to rush everything and wait until Zach returned from hell.
"Hmm?" Victoria and Aurora ganged up on Zach and asked, "What's with that sudden pause, huh? Don't tell me you actually have a thing for Misha!"
"No… come on…" Zach released a weary sigh and uttered, "I understand why Aurora is acting like this since she has always been a weirdo. But you too, Victoria?"
"It's not my fault if you act so suspicious, you know?"
Zach glanced at Aria, who was watching everything from the side, and used his telepathy to connect to her.
'Help your husband out!'
'Why should I? After all, I am also curious to know your answer,' Aria responded with telepathy.
'Oh great, so now it's three verses one. I need someone on my side.'
"You two, stop troubling him!" Ninia rushed to help Zach. "He has a lot in his mind."
Zach rushed to Ninia and stood beside her with a smirk on his face. Then, he glanced at Aria, Aurora, and Victoria and said, "Thank you, Ninia. You are the best."
"It's my duty to help you, my Lord."
The trio and Ninia exchanged a few remarks while Zach smiled at them wryly. He might be acting normally, but he was still devastated about Shay's death and nervous about entering hell.
Aria looked at her nails and said, "I think I am ready. I conjured as many soul powers as I could. But it's thanks to your energy-binding technique, Zach. You made me a soul power potion from my domain, which I can use outside my domain to manifest my goddess form for a few seconds."
"Don't thank me. I got the idea from Victoria."
"Yes, I know. But still, you did the work and made it possible."
"Let's go now."
Aria, Aurora, Victoria, Ninia, Misha, and Zach went outside the church and gazed up at the sky.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Victoria asked curiously. "What if Aria opens the crack and demons invade again?"
"That won't happen because I will be standing right in front of the crack." Zach summoned Cerberus and climbed on top of him. Then, he turned to the girls and said, "I will be leaving all my shadow army here to protect you girls and this realm.
Urluk has already told me everything about the demon king of that hell. I know the shortcuts and all. He even drew me a map, so invading hell would be easy. But he doesn't know anything about the inner hell, so I will have to find my way there."
'Finally, I am going to take revenge for the demon invasion. And perhaps… meet mother too… if possible.'
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