..And after many illusory hours, Litha and Sho move to the Fire Abyss area, where there is barren land and a river with volcanic lava that exceeds the concept of heat and death.
. Then Sho decides to lower Litha from his shoulder and then uses the power of the Infinite Eye and brings out Ford, leaving Han as he is in the infinite cycle of torment.
.Ford is surprised and finally feels joy, and then Sho speaks immediately and says:
"Tell me, is that the Fire Abyss?"
.Ford replies with complete confidence, saying:
"This is the barren area of it, as for Gorgon Fortress, it is a little far from it."
.And while Litha explores the place, Sho continues and says:
"Well then, what comes after Gorgon Fortress?"
.Ford smiles and replies, saying:
"After that, the land of winter and lightning, and in order to cross Gorgon Fortress you must obtain a permit."
.Sho sighs and then says:
"Well then, goodbye."
.And while Sho is about to activate the power of the Infinite Eye, Ford speaks quickly and says:
"Please wait one illusory minute, I want to be a helper to you on the journey."
.Sho replies with no reaction and says:
"I do not need helpers, I do everything alone."
.Then Sho points his finger toward Litha, confirming that he and she are one.
.Then Sho speaks and says:
"Well then, it is over, return to your place."
.Ford replies and says:
"I can help you obtain a permit and avoid facing Gorgon directly. I have many connections in Gorgon Fortress and I can help you."
.Sho thinks a little then looks toward Litha and says:
"What do you think about this?"
.Litha looks toward Ford, the little child who is no more than 9 illusory years old, then says:
"All right, leave him if you wish, Lord of Darkness."
.The God of Darkness looks toward Ford and approaches him very closely, and their eyes meet, then suddenly Sho splits his face into two halves, one black half with teeth like fangs, completely black, and another normal part, then he says in a terrifying voice coming from his mouth and from the demonic face at the same time:
"Do not ever think about running away, and if you try to run away, you will never see the light after this, and you will receive something even darker and worse than absolute erasure of existence."
.Ford understands Sho's words and nods and says:
"All right, all right, do not worry, I will never run away."
.Sho turns and looks at him from the corner of his eye and says:
"Do not think that you are in a safe place from me ever; wherever you are, I am present."
.Ford swallows nervously as Sho and Litha walk in front of him, then he covers his face and says to himself:
"[He is truly a monster. I do not know how that lady can puts up with him.]"
.And in that land devoid of life, where death and fire and billions of strange beings of different colors and sizes exist, Ford tries to hurry a little and approaches Sho, then says:
"I want to ask you a question."
.Sho does not answer, so Ford feels embarrassed and frightened for moments, then Sho speaks and says:
"My silence is a sign of my acceptance. Go ahead and ask, and define your question well."
.Ford raises his head, looking at Sho, then says:
"Are you a metaspiritual human or a demon angel, a dragon race, or are you something mysterious and strange? What is your kind? I know that every entity has a distinct type, but this type always includes those factions."
.Then Sho replies and says:
"I am not within any of them. I am only the God of Darkness."
.Ford is surprised and changes the question and says:
"What is your goal then?"
.And while Sho, Ford, and Litha walk, Sho replies and says:
"My current goal is to go to the second layer, and Litha and I want to reach the Castle of Beginning and End, where the passage to the second layer is."
.Ford is surprised then says:
"You must break through and become a demigod in order to reach that, and I do not know your aura; it seems extremely weak compared to your strength. Are you deliberately hiding your power?"
.Sho grits his teeth then says to himself:
"[I forgot that that version of Oxford is a small child in the end, damn it, he talks too much.]"
.Ford thinks internally while observing Sho's facial expressions and says:
"[He seems to get angry quickly and also extremely confident in himself, and he is not within any of those things. I trust him in the end. I have never seen an entity come out of your shadow before, what is this horror?]"
.At that moment entities from the volcanic lava of the High Ruler sequence appear and scream toward Sho, Litha, and Ford, then rush toward them from behind.
.Ford notices that and then warns Sho, saying:
"Lord of Darkness, there are monsters behind us. Their auras seem to be from the High Ruler sequence. They are approaching very closely."
.Litha and Sho do not care, while Ford worries greatly. The monsters draw closer and closer, and Sho simply stomps his foot on the ground, releasing absolute black energy that swallows those monsters and erases them from existence.
.Ford is surprised and says to himself:
"[My God, even I can only imagine one thing affecting reality at a time. He killed those five just by moving one foot and without even caring about them.]"
.Suddenly the ground shakes with tremendous force, and the lord of the volcanic reptiles that Sho killed moments ago appears from the depths of the volcanic lava with a terrifying aura exceeding the Saint sequence of the second layer.
.Sho is extremely surprised while Ford feels complete suppression, then says:
"He was drawn toward something that has tremendous energy. I cannot stand."
.Ford uses the power of imagination and his hair turns into the same color as his eye and he tries to affect the lord of reptiles with no result at all.!
.Sho tries to endure while Litha places a sword in the ground and tries to hold steady, then looks toward Sho and says:
"This is not like the huge dragon you killed in the crystal ice area. This entity's aura is extremely terrifying."
.Ford is surprised and says:
"A dragon?! There are no dragons in the crystal ice area except one of Saint level. Do you mean that the Lord of Darkness killed it?!"
.Litha confirms that, then suddenly the giant reptile rushes toward everyone, and Sho grits his teeth and says to himself:
"[This monster is not ordinary. I can resist it, but it is at a completely different level compared to the dragon.]"
.Sho steps forward a little while the reptile stands there studying the situation, then Sho looks toward Litha and Ford and says:
"Run now and move ahead. I will at least distract it, then I will come after you."
.At that moment Sho rushes toward the reptile, which appears the same color as volcanic lava, and prepares an extremely powerful strike with his right hand, whose tips, specifically his claws, cut through higher concepts and surpass the concept of cutting itself, pure white energy.
.At that moment Sho strikes the entity with it, and the reptile blocks it, surprising Sho, then the reptile hits him with its tail at great speed, crushing Sho into the ground with force and scattering many rocks into the air.
.Sho raises his thumb upward while his head is in the ground, then says:
"Do not worry, I am fine, I just need some rest."
.Then suddenly Sho screams and says:
"What are you doing? I told you to run!"
.Suddenly Ford imagines a huge, fast three-headed dog, then climbs on it and asks Litha to climb up, and at that moment the dog runs to bypass the monster and continue the path.
.The lord of the reptiles notices that and extends his front hand toward the dog in order to kill it. At that moment Sho strikes the monster a blow stronger than the previous one and moves its hand away from the dog, then looks toward Litha smiling.
.Suddenly the monster grabs Sho and throws him, causing him to pierce through some mountains.
.Litha becomes extremely worried, and Ford notices that and says:
"Do not worry, although he cannot kill it easily, at least he has not been harmed. He is enjoying himself, and if anything happens to him, he can simply appear from the shadow of any one of us."
.Then Ford asks the dog to hurry more, so the dog rushes at full speed toward Gorgon Fortress.
.On the other side, Sho came out of the mountain and appears angry and says:
"I am being mocked in this way."
.Sho notices a strange red point appearing from the mouth of the distant reptile, which resembles a huge lion, then suddenly a red beam launches that can annihilate everything, piercing through the mountains, then suddenly Sho lowers his head at the last moment where the star cloak's upper edge disappears.!
.Sho is surprised and says:
"I did not expect the difference between a first-layer Saint and a third-layer Saint to be this great indeed.!
.At that moment the star cloak regenerates on its own, then Sho releases his aura completely and rushes toward the monster smiling, with his fangs appearing in his mouth.
.Then he kicks it with a very powerful kick that sends it flying into the sky, then Sho appears from its shadow while flying above it and strikes it with a powerful punch, then suddenly.
"Boom"
.The metaspiritual dust spreads on the ground while Sho is in the sky about to land, deciding to descend with his hand covered in the power of darkness over the reptile.
.Sho gets extremely close to the reptile while the dust vanishes, revealing that the reptile is preparing another breath. Sho is surprised and avoids the attack at the last moment, then activates his heartbeat power strongly, causing the monster to be somewhat affected.
.Then Sho thinks for a few moments while the monster tries to grab him, deciding to try what the monster did, then he opens his mouth forcefully, releasing black energy compressed into the shape of a very small completely black sphere, then suddenly a breath of absolute dark energy emerges, causing the reptile to crash through the ground and spread dust.
.And at that moment the reptile lets out a powerful scream that blows away all the dust, revealing that it has been injured a little while the mountains have completely disappeared.
.Sho is shocked and says:
"After all this and it is still standing, enough, I will leave."
.The monster rushes with extreme speed faster than before, while Sho suddenly disappears from under its claws.
.And while Ford and Litha are on the three-headed dog, suddenly Sho appears behind them and says:
"I am back."
.Litha smiles and turns around, then hugs him, then suddenly grabs his ear a little forcefully and lowers his neck and says:
"You are putting your life at risk. What if that reptile were stronger than you and you could not do anything?"
.Sho smiles, revealing his fangs, while Ford listens silently as he guides the dog, then Sho says:
"Do not worry, we have already moved away from it a lot, and also I did not kill it, I only retreated. I neither won nor lost at the same time. Although the qualitative gap in strength is not measurable, its quantitative power is far above mine by a lot. I am a normal first-layer ruler. I can defeat those who exceed me by two full sequences and even more, while that reptile is much stronger. If I were, for example, a normal third- or second-layer ruler, the matter would be completely different."
.Litha lets go of Sho's ear, then says:
"The important thing is that you are okay, right?"
.Sho replies and says:
"Yes, I am completely fine. At least I made it injured. If it were a life-or-death battle, I think I would win."
.Ford smiles, admiring the vitality of the god and Lord of Darkness, and does not speak because he does not want to interfere between them, and whispers saying:
"Enough that he got me out of that damned prison."
.And at that moment the dog continues its path toward Gorgon Fortress while Sho and Litha shout at each other.