Chapter 402: Lord of Hell
"Has it been discovered?"
Dracula shook his head.
No, it is no longer possible to call him "Dracula".
"How do you see that?"
"How can a real ghost easily tell others about his essential rules?"
Charlotte shrugged,
"So, as Dracula elaborated your rules in more detail, I started to get suspicious. Besides, even if for some reason, you once told Dracula about your rules, he couldn't just tell me casually, right?"
β...... You're right!"
"Dracula" knocked his hand on the head,
"It's been too long since I didn't think about things with a human mind, and some details are not so clear. β
"So, you're really the Lord of Hell you just talked about?"
Charlotte's face was a little serious,
"Were you here in the first place, or were you halfway throughβ"
"I replaced Dracula halfway through!"
The Lord of Hell explained,
"Dracula used my power to steal the power of the goblin from Mephistopheles or Xu Fu, so I can force him to descend when I need to. β
"Forced to descend?"
Charlotte, who had descended with the help of Charlize's body, naturally understood the meaning.
However, he didn't know what the difference between a ghost and a living person was to descend with the presence of another ghost.
Of course, what is more important now is another question -
"What did you come here for?"
Charlotte asked,
"You're not really someone who can't be named?ββ you're going to feel it when someone mentions your name?"
"How is that possible?"
The Lord of Hell laughed,
"As I told you just now, in this world, there are countless names for hell, and there are countless names for the Lord of hell - if you respond to everyone's call, then what difference is there between me and the so-called God?"
"God doesn't exist!"
Charlotte said in a deep voice.
"But I'm real!"
The Lord of Hell blinked,
"Actually, we've met before. β
"Met!?"
Charlotte was stunned for a moment, but the lord of hell in front of her pointed to her arm,
"It's youβ"
Charlotte reacted at once,
"Are you the one who left that countdown red mark on my arm?
"Yes. β
The Lord of Hell nodded,
"I am the consciousness in the Hell Gate, and you say that I am the consciousness of the Hell Gate, and it is not impossible for you to say that I am the consciousness of the Hell Gate. β
"Then we can indeed say that we are old acquaintances. β
Charlotte was really nervous right now.
Although the previous things were a little complicated, they were not beyond his grasp after all. But now, if the Lord of Hell is really the consciousness in the gates of hell......
"But why do you leave those red marks on my arms?
"Isn't that impossible?"
The Lord of Hell shrugged,
"It was just my instinctive reaction, though. β
"Instinctive reaction?"
"Yes. β
The Lord of Hell nodded,
"You should be able to understand that I'm actually a demigod and half-ghost?ββ a pure god can't have a human mind like me - so, of course, I have my own rules. β
"Because I have existed for so long, my consciousness as a human is usually asleep - at that time, without the interference of human consciousness, I am a complete deity. β
"Do you rule over the gods of hell?"
Charlotte understood,
"I brought other ghosts out of hell, so I was noticed by your consciousness when I was in a state of godhood, right?"
"Yes. β
The face of the Lord of Hell was a little solemn,
"Although I am representing, I am not really dying, but only the world of death that people imagine. But in the end, the dead cannot be resurrected, and they can still be regarded as ironclad. For saboteurs, I naturally pay special attention. β
"I see!"
Charlotte nodded,
"It's a bit of a problem, but even if I break your rules, you can't kill me directly, right? At least while your human consciousness is still asleep, right?"
"Why do you think so?"
The Lord of Hell looked at Charlotte strangely, with a "Who gave you courage" expression.
Charlotte is not timid at all,
"Because according to what you just said, what you represent is actually the imagination and fear of the afterlife in the hearts of the world, not death itself, right?"
"That's right!"
"Since you don't represent death itself, then naturally you can't directly kill the living with your own rules!"
Charlotte affirmed,
In fact, whether you are the lord of hell in myths and legends of various countries, one thing is certain: the gods of death cannot take the lives of the living at will. The Grim Reaper, who is more in charge of the dead than the living. β
"That's true!"
The Lord of Hell sighed,
"I didn't expect you to see it. β
"So, not revealing your own details at will is the rule of the ghosts when facing exorcists!"
Charlotte spoke with a bit of sarcasm, but the Lord of Hell didn't care at all,
"But I didn't tell you all the details of me! And you're not a particularly persistent exorcist!"
"But I still understand the rules you set for yourself!"
"So what!?"
The Lord of Hell asked,
"Can you still make people not afraid of death?"
"This ......"
"My rules are based on the fear of death, and no one can change that!"
The Lord of Hell looked very confident, and he waved his hand,
"Don't talk to me about the advancement of science and technology, the development of medicine or anything like that. History has long proven that the better life is, the more people fear death. β
"It's the same thing you said about the concept of heaven that you came up with β the more hope and beauty people have, the more they fear going to hell after death. β
Charlotte has thoroughly understood the thinking of the Lord of Hell, and he feels that the other party is actually a philosopher from a certain point of view.
"You didn't choose to represent the whole imagination of the world's death, but only the part of hell that people fear, right?"
"yes!"
The Lord of Hell nodded,
"Moreover, we ghosts only need the fear of human beings - the fear of hell can give me strength, but the yearning for heaven cannot bring me. β
"Definitely. β
Charlotte nodded as well,
"But in this case, the only thing your rules can really affect is the ghosts left behind after people die, right?
"That's right!"
The Lord of Hell laughed,
"Although I have gained countless mana from the world's fear of death, the rules that I represent as a god can actually affect a very small range. β
"It can be said that only those of you who are connected to spells or ghosts are likely to encounter the part of my gods. Butβ"
"That doesn't mean that I can't use spells independently with the consciousness of a human being!"