Glancing at the effect of Death God Power, Tatsuma closed the trait panel and came before Ophis without looking back.
"Let's go, back to the Lucifer Palace."
Ophis asked, "Dost thou not take the spoils?"
"Spoils?"
"Cao Cao said, the victor shall take everything."
Ophis raised a hand and pointed at Hades, who had lost consciousness and fallen into a pit not far away.
"You have defeated the God of the Dead, why not go to his treasury and collect the spoils?"
"Hmm... that was my oversight."
Tatsuma lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, suddenly realizing that Ophis's words made quite a bit of sense.
In the past, most of his enemies were terrorists or special creatures like Cursed Spirits and Hollows.
After defeating the former, Sirzechs and the others would help clean up the battlefield and deposit the earnings into his bank account. As for the latter, most had no collections, and he acted purely to farm traits.
Enemies like Hades, who had considerable wealth but couldn't be killed, upon careful thought, were the first of their kind he had faced.
"Well done, Ophis." Tatsuma stroked Ophis's head.
"Is there anything you want as a reward?"
"Great Red."
"No, pick something else."
Ophis stopped speaking, merely staring silently at Tatsuma with her gaze, silently accusing him.
"Cough! How about this? Let's make a contribution list."
Tatsuma took out a small notebook, wrote a line of text on it, and handed it to Ophis.
"Rewards are tiered, defeating the Great Red requires 1000 contribution points."
"If you can do something that earns me 1000 contribution points, I'll help you teach the Great Red a lesson."
[Helped remind to collect Hades's spoils, reward 50 contribution points.]
"I understand."
Staring at the line of text on the small notebook for two seconds, Ophis put it away.
"Remind you of forgotten matters 19 more times, and I'll regain tranquility."
"Your understanding isn't wrong." Tatsuma stroked Ophis's head again.
Honestly, it felt quite good.
Buzz!
Just then, white radiance surged on Terminus Est, and Est switched back to her human form, appearing beside him.
Staring at Tatsuma's hand for two seconds with her gaze, she reached out and tugged at her master's sleeve.
"Tatsuma, I want some too."
"Alright, everyone gets some." Tatsuma cooperatively stroked Est's head.
Est comfortably narrowed her eyes, then seemed to think of something and spoke, "Little notebook."
"No problem."
Tatsuma took out another small notebook and handed it to Est.
Est was in a happy mood, opened the first page, and began drawing and writing on it.
Tatsuma's peripheral vision swept over it, and his lips twitched.
[Helped Tatsuma defeat a small clown-masked Grim Reaper, 50 contribution points.]
[Helped Tatsuma defeat a group of weak mob Grim Reapers, 50 contribution points.]
[Helped Tatsuma defeat Hades, 100 contribution points.]
Isn't your way of earning money a bit too fast?
Tatsuma silently stood in front of Est, preventing Ophis from seeing the content.
A few seconds later, Est finished recording the items.
After the other party put away the little notebook, Tatsuma coughed and led the two towards the depths of the temple.
Perhaps because he hadn't considered the possibility of the temple falling, Hades hadn't concealed the location of the treasury.
Pushing open the door, a small mountain made of piled gold and jewels appeared before them.
With a wave of his hand, Tatsuma collected it, and his gaze turned towards the row of shelves in the depths of the treasury. Compared to ordinary items, many precious artifacts were placed on these shelves.
A black horn that could make souls tremble and summon terrifying monsters—Konax.
A helmet that could conceal one's presence and eliminate aura, preventing ordinary people from noticing—Dark Helmet.
A giant axe that could greatly amplify the wielder's strength and easily sever everything—Axe of Atreus.
After putting all these divine artifacts with unique effects into his storage space, Tatsuma then activated Teleportation Magic to return to the Lucifer Palace.
Inside the room, Ajuka and Serafall had already disappeared, leaving only Sirzechs.
"Tatsuma, you're back."
Seeing Tatsuma and the two return, Sirzechs immediately stepped forward to inquire about the situation.
"You didn't attack, did you?"
"Of course I attacked. Did you expect me to just talk and intimidate the other party?"
"Uh... then you didn't go too hard, did you?"
"Not too hard, just beat him half to death."
"Huh?"
"Oh right, I cleared out Hades's treasury while I was at it. You get a share, 10% for you."
"..."
Looking at the gold and silver treasures that kept pouring out before him, piling up into a small mountain in the blink of an eye, Sirzechs's hanging heart finally died.
Trembling, he took out stomach medicine, poured out two pills, and swallowed them.
"Hmm? What are you eating?" Tatsuma saw this scene and asked curiously.
"Health supplements."
Sirzechs silently handed the bottle over. "Do you want to try some?"
"Uh... no thanks."
Tatsuma waved his hand, politely refusing.
Although he didn't know what had happened, Sirzechs's condition looked a bit poor.
After a brief thought, he raised his hand and sent two bursts of Senjutsu onto Sirzechs.
The effect of the Rainbow level Senjutsu was immediate, Sirzechs's complexion visibly improved greatly.
"Thanks, Tatsuma. I've been under a bit of stress lately."
Sirzechs rubbed his forehead and put away the stomach medicine.
"Relax a bit, there's no need to put pressure on yourself. If anyone causes trouble, I'll step in."
My source of stress is you.
Looking at Tatsuma, who was speaking eloquently before him, with an air of 'there won't be any surprises with me around', Sirzechs sighed inwardly, not knowing what to say.
"Oh right, Sirzechs."
"How is the Devil God Religion management system I asked you to prepare before coming along?"
Just then, Tatsuma's voice sounded again.
Sirzechs came back to his senses, turned around, and pulled out a stack of documents from the drawer.
"This is something I formulated by combining the structure of the Church. See if there's anything that needs to be modified."
"No problem, this will do."
Tatsuma activated Time energy, and in the blink of an eye, he finished reviewing all the content.
It must be said, Sirzechs's ability is still very good, worthy of being the only Devil who works seriously.
Putting away this management system, Tatsuma and Sirzechs began discussing the development of the Devil God Religion.
Regarding this, Sirzechs was prepared.
"Tatsuma, you still remember the Seven Satans system I mentioned to you during the previous meeting, right?"
Tatsuma nodded. "Of course I remember."
"The time is almost ripe. In ten days, I plan to gather the new generation of Devils and publicly announce the Seven Satans system at the gathering."
"That's a bit faster than I expected. I thought you would prepare for a year and a half before making this public."
"I originally did think that, but plans can't keep up with changes."
Sirzechs looked at Tatsuma, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Tatsuma's growth rate was simply too fast.
From defeating Riser and initially gaining attention, to becoming famous throughout the world at the Three Factions Conference, and now surpassing Ophis to become a Dragon God Level powerhouse.
The entire process didn't even take half a year, let alone a full year.
If this progress continues, Sirzechs dared not imagine what he would become in another year.
Considering all aspects, he finally decided to announce the Seven Satans system in advance and let Tatsuma ascend to power.
This way, it could not only help Tatsuma develop the Devil God Religion but also give him a greater sense of belonging. Even if Tatsuma takes another step forward in the future and breaks through beyond the Dragon God Level, the Devils could still follow and get a piece of the action.