Chapter 495: Chaos Incarnate!

The chief just smiled wider. "Well, because even if I tried, I wouldn’t be able to save them. So why waste my energy?"

Yuusha’s frown deepened. "Aren’t you the chief? Shouldn’t you at least try?"

Yuusha gestured to all of the bodies scattered all over the place.

"Every single tribe that I visited until now fought me until death," Yuusha complained. "The chiefs of those tribes tried to save as many as they could. Of course they failed, but there were some who did escape. Let’s not talk about that part."

The chief just started laughing when he heard those words. It was a deep, unnatural sound.

"Well, do you really think that what you are doing right now does not have any consequences?" the chief asked.

Yuusha spat on the ground. "What do you even know? I know that you are a demon. You are pretty much the exact same as those angels based on your own words. But you also can’t do shit, can you? You are limited by that weak body of yours."

Yuusha stepped closer, looking impatient.

"Those angels can send out an apostle," Yuusha said. "Well, it’s not like they can. It’s more like they are forced to send out an apostle whenever I set up a ritual. By using all of these bodies as sacrifices, I allow them to summon someone strong."

Yuusha scratched his neck. "Or well, how do I even explain that."

The chief chuckled condescendingly.

"I know exactly what you mean, boy," the chief said smoothly. "By drawing the blood diagram, you open a connection. When a connection is established, it consumes faith energy. It doesn’t consume yours because you don’t have any faith energy yet. While you have accumulated quite a bit of karma, you aren’t a god yet."

Yuusha just glared at him, clearly hating the lecture.

"But since you forcefully open a connection," the chief continued, completely ignoring Yuusha’s irritation. "If the angels don’t do anything, they will be punished by the laws of this world for opening a portal. So to equalize the whole thing, they have no choice but to accept your sacrifices. But you don’t give them a choice on the amount, do you? You just pile every single body there. They can’t just pick a few souls and bodies to equalize the cost. They have no choice but to take everything."

The chief slowly paced around a dead body.

"And when they take everything, it ruins the balance," the chief explained. "Since they can’t really sit back and neutralize the energy like they usually do and thanks to your brute-force methods, they just choose to fight. They send the strongest apostle they can possibly squeeze through."

Yuusha nodded impatiently. "Yeah, you got the gist of it. Even I didn’t fully know the boring details on how it worked, but thanks for explaining I guess."

The chief laughed again. "Do you know what that also does?"

Yuusha shook his head as he was getting tired of talking already.

"While you force them to use the sacrifices and send apostles over and over again, it does create a temporary balance," the chief said. "But it also gives us, the demons, a massive amount of leverage. You probably didn’t know this but I assume whoever is feeding you this information doesn’t know this either. Because how would you even know about this method without knowing its true origins?"

Yuusha gripped his fists as he thought to himself. ’Is he fucking looking down on me?’

"There is no Heaven or Hell," the chief said coldly. "The connection you open goes to outer space. And this connection is established between both the angels and the demons. Do you know the difference between angels and demons whenever this situation occurs?"

Yuusha just shook his head. "What?"

The chief chuckled.

"The angels are forced to send new avatars down here because this is a method that was originally created by demons. It is an advantage for us, but a massive disadvantage for them. Do you know why?"

Yuusha shook his head again, feeling incredibly frustrated and annoyed. He hated how this chief was just calmly talking to him without an ounce of fear. But deep down, Yuusha also felt a creeping sense of nervousness in front of this man.

"It is because it is a method designed to increase our power in this world," the chief said softly. "It forces the angels to send new apostles down, but it also forces the demons to act. And since our bodies... since the avatars that we take over are already set in stone, we don’t need to send new people. We just inject more power into the existing host. We just get stronger and stronger."

The chief stopped pacing and stared directly into Yuusha’s eyes.

"So now, why don’t you answer me," the chief challenged. "Considering the number of times you butchered these tribes and established these connections, how strong do you think I have become?"

Yuusha frowned. "Pretty strong, I guess."

"Pretty strong indeed." The demon chuckled.

A moment later, the young chief’s skin turned sickly and extremely pale. His short hair rapidly grew long, cascading down his back. Thick, golden scales suddenly erupted and spread all over his arms and neck while the air around him grew heavy.

"On top of that," the demon said, his voice now distorting slightly. "You know when the angels send over their apostles? I can actively interfere with that process. Can you make a guess on what that means for you?"

Yuusha just shook his head and gritted his teeth.

"Stop asking me fucking questions," Yuusha snapped. "Just sacrifice yourself for me just like those apostles did. I will consume you! And I will consume you along with your divinity."

The demon chief just shook his head, and the golden scales on his face caught the dim light.

"I don’t work with divinity, boy," the chief said. "I work with chaos. I am the king of all demons! The chaos incarnate!"