“Was a fortnight in hell 15 years on the surface?”

It was a half-hearted joke. It was Baal’s own effort to understand Grid’s rapid development.

Of course, the current Baal wasn’t complete. A substitute for Yatan—it was also right after he consumed a considerable amount of energy while experimenting with creating a new evil god. Due to this devastated mind, his mental image loosened. His condition was bad, his magic power weakened, he felt numb and dull, etc. 

Nevertheless, he was still an Absolute. He was in a position where he shouldn’t suffer a unilateral loss twice in a row. However, he received a blow. It meant that Grid had truly become strong.

‘This is why the failure I experienced a fortnight ago was great.’

It was a failure, not a defeat.

The cooperation between Grid and Bunhelier—Baal had only died once to the Crazy God and Crazy Dragon, who had reached the level of an Absolute. He could fight harder until he got the same result thousands of times. However, Grid’s epic judged his death to be a defeat. It was pure nonsense. It was an unacceptable defeat for Baal. Therefore, he described it as a failure.

‘It is a shame that my status was damaged back then.’

Why did he feel regret now? Of course, it was...